''The Daffy Duckaroo'' is a

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'' cartoon directed by

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. The cartoon was released on October 24, 1942, and stars

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. The film is set in the

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, and Daffy plays a

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(a genre of

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popular at the time).

Plot

On a donkey and pulling a trailer, recently retired

Daffy Duckaroo moves from Hollywood to the American West, where he comes upon an

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encampment. He is about to run away when he is wooed by an Indian girl. He serenades her and follows her into her

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. The Indian girl, actually a New Yorker named Daisy June, says she would love to be Daffy's girlfriend, but her boyfriend, a hulking Indian man named Little Beaver with a reputation for taking scalps, will never allow it. When Little Beaver arrives, Daffy hides in a dresser and emerges disguised as an Indian girl himself. Little Beaver quickly forgets Daisy June and falls for the costumed Daffy. When Little Beaver discovers Daffy's ruse, he chases Daffy through the Painted Desert, the

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and into

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until he calls for aid with

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. The Indians surround Daffy's trailer, and in a '' non sequitur'' ending, they remove the tires and run off, only for an Indian to return them a few seconds later as they do not fit his

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; a sign reading " keep it under 40" is seen on the back of the cart as the cartoon ends. As with most Warner Bros. cartoons of the era, the cartoon is peppered with then-current pop culture gags . A shootout during the chase contains no bullets, as Daffy has saved them "for the Army" and the

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effort; the "keep it under 40" ending is also a reference to the 35 mph speed limit imposed during the war to ration gasoline.

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