''Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas'' (also known as ''Looney Tunes: Bah Humduck'') is a 2006 animated direct-to-DVD Christmas comedy film starring the

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characters, directed by Charles Visser, produced by

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and animated by Toon City Animation. The film is based on

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' novella ''

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'' (1843). The special was released on DVD on November 14, 2006, and was then broadcast on

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in December 2006. The special was rereleased on DVD as part of the ''Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature'' on September 1, 2020. It continues to air annually on Cartoon Network, as well as sister networks

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and

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, as part of their All I Watch for Christmas block.

Plot

At the beginning of the movie,

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(in a role that's a mixture of Fred and the narrator) pops up out of his hole to clear away the snow and explains to the audience he's all about winter holidays, even though rabbits are traditionally associated with

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. He's then almost run over by Daffy Duck's (in an

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-like role) gas-guzzling SUV. Daffy is the owner of the Lucky Duck Superstore (a

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-esque megastore). True to his Scrooge-like role, he treats his employees (played by other Looney Tunes characters) like they're garbage. Despite Bugs scolding him for his treatment of Playboy Penguin, Daffy still acts in a snobbish manner and tries to abscond with the money Priscilla Pig, Egghead Jr.,

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, and Barnyard Dawg Jr. are collecting for charity. Daffy especially has trouble with his hover scooter and gets beaten up by his employees (through no fault of their own) and the customers (since he insulted them too). After Daffy openly states he hates the holidays, Bugs warns him that bad things would happen to people like him (referring to ''

'') and tells him "Bah, Humduck!" (an adaptation of Scrooge's "Bah, Humbug!"), which Daffy then takes as his own. After working his employees to the bone on Christmas Eve, Daffy expects them all back at 5:00 AM on Christmas Day so he can make more money off of last-minute shoppers. Assistant Manager

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(in a Bob Cratchit-like role) pleads with Daffy to let him go home for Christmas and spend time with his daughter Priscilla (in a Tiny Tim-like role), but Daffy refuses. Later that day, the spirit of Daffy's deceased business idol Sylvester the Investor (

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in a

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-like role) appears before Daffy where he is clad in chains as punishment for his greed after a disgruntled employee ran over him nine times with a

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. Sylvester warns Daffy that if he doesn't change his ways, he will be doomed to the same fate. He also tells Daffy that he still has a chance of escaping his fate and foretells that three ghosts will visit him. Thinking of this as a trick by Bugs after Sylvester disappears, Daffy does not believe what Sylvester said to him. After the visit, Daffy turns down the requests of

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(who would like some vacation time),

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(who would like to go home to Mars), and Porky Pig (who wants to go home and spend time with her daughter Priscilla and that doll she wanted Porky tried to buy since Daffy tripled the store's prices). At the end of the day, everyone goes home for the night. Later that night, Daffy ends up trapped in the store by a snowdrift with Bugs. Daffy locks himself in his vault to sleep safely. But The Ghosts of Christmas Past (portrayed by Granny and

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) appears right in front of him, then takes Daffy back to his childhood, where they see that Daffy lived at the Lucky Duck Orphanage (with his design from '' Baby Looney Tunes'' reused) and every Christmas, he was ignored by potential parents, which explains his unhappy demeanor in the Present Day (and how his store got its name). The

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(portrayed by Yosemite Sam) then appears and berates Daffy for his treatment of his employees, telling him that if he doesn't change his ways, his future will be very bleak. He shows him Elmer Fudd being forced to sleep on the street due to the ridiculous amount of work Daffy is putting on his shoulder, Marvin the Martian grieving for not being able to visit his home planet for the holidays, and Porky Pig's situation with his daughter Priscilla. By this time, Daffy is starting to feel tender emotion (though he doesn't attribute it to guilt), which earns him a visit from one final Ghost. By this time, he pleads with Bugs to hide him from the ghost and, after a reenactment of Bugs and Daffy's hiding routine, Daffy is left alone at the mercy of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (portrayed by the

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). The Ghost takes Daffy to the future and shows him that, because of his greed and selfishness during his life, he has died from an unknown cause. At Daffy's headstone, Porky Pig tells Priscilla that Daffy tried to name himself as his heir, which is illegal. Because of this, the Lucky Duck Superstore was forced to close down, leaving all of its employees out of a job but allowing them to spend Christmas with their families just like they wanted. After Porky leaves the grave, Priscilla stays longer and reveals that she never really hated Daffy. Like him, Priscilla can understand what it's like not having family around at the holidays, and, feeling that no one should be alone at this time of year, she promises to come visit his grave every year on Christmas. Priscilla leaves a plate of

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on Daffy's grave before following her dad out of the cemetery. Because of Priscilla's kindness, Daffy's cold demeanor melts, and his heart breaks. Realizing his greed and selfish nature was to cover up his real wish to be part of a family, Daffy vows to be a kinder and more generous person as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come sends him on his way. Returning to the present, he starts to make reparations by waking up a nearby Elmer, whom he promised his much-requested paid vacation. He promotes Porky to the store manager, gives Marvin a rocket to go home to Mars, hires Playboy Penguin as his new employee, gives all of his employees the gifts they desired, along with a raise and a paid vacation. There's a brief moment when he slides back to his greedy self while contemplating just how he is going to recover all the costs. However, it immediately fades when Priscilla presents a plate of duck-shaped cookies and calls him "Uncle Daffy". Daffy thinks she's pushing it until she kisses him on the cheek and he lets her call him "Uncle Daffy" (implying that he finally got his wish to be part of a family). All of this is witnessed by the Ghosts of Christmas, who are joyed to see that their work was successful. As the film reaches its end, Bugs comments on how he loves the holidays (chomping on a candy cane afterwards), and the camera pulls out of the mall to end the movie. Porky and Priscilla finish the movie by saying Porky's famous line: "T-T-T-That's all folks!"

Characters

- Himself, Narrator, also a Lucky Duck customer; serves as a Fred-type foil to Daffy. *

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- Owner of Lucky Duck Superstore, he despises families and Christmas because he was continuously rejected by potential adopters, which basically explains his greed and love for money. He would stop despising families when he finally gets his wish to be a part of a family by allowing Priscilla to call him uncle. He is based on

. *

- Assistant Manager of Lucky Duck Superstore; based on Bob Cratchit. * Egghead Jr.,

, Barnyard Dawg Jr. - Carolers * Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales,

, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn, The Three Bears,

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, Miss Prissy, Barnyard Dawg, Mac, Tosh, Hippety Hopper, Beaky Buzzard, Hubie and Bertie - Lucky Duck employees ** Pete Puma - Lucky Duck

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, reprising this occupation from ''

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'' ** Gossamer - Lucky Duck

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* Penelope Pussycat - Lucky Duck customer; as with her original role, she is also Pepé Le Pew's girlfriend. *

- Ghost of "Sylvester the Investor". Based on

, Sylvester was Daffy's business idol, whose fate was predetermined because of his own greed. He warns Daffy that the same fate would befall on him unless he changes his ways, while also saying that three Ghosts of Christmas will visit him. The scene also reveals that his death was caused by a disgruntled employee, as opposed to the novel in which Marley died of more natural causes (such as old age). * Granny and

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- Ghosts of Christmas Past who takes Daffy to his past to reveal how his greed and love for money surfaced. * Yosemite Sam -

who beats up Daffy every time he gets insensitive for his employees' misery. * Taz - Ghost of Christmas Future who is the only one who actually got through to Daffy when he shows him the consequences of his greed: his untimely death. * Priscilla Pig - Kind and caring daughter of Porky; serves as a Tiny Tim-type foil to Daffy. * Playboy Penguin - Beggar who lives near Lucky Duck Superstore; towards the end, he becomes a Lucky Duck employee.

Cast

* Joe Alaskey as

, Sylvester the Investor,

, Pepé Le Pew, Foghorn Leghorn * Bob Bergen as

, Speedy Gonzales, the Ghost of Christmas Past *

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as the Ghost of Christmas Past *

Maurice LaMarche Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian voice actor. Across a career spanning more than four decades he has voiced Chief Quimby on Inspector Gadget, Egon Spengler on ''The Real Ghostbusters'', The Brain on ''Animaniacs'' and its spi ...

as the Ghost of Christmas Present *

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as Priscilla Pig and Housewife *

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as the Ghost of Christmas Future and

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* Paul Julian as the Road Runner (archived) behindthevoiceactors.com 2009

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