Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
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Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (also known as Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island) is a 1983 Looney Tunes
film with a compilation of classic Warner Bros.
cartoon shorts and animated
bridging sequences, hosted by Daffy Duck
and Speedy Gonzales
. This was the first Looney Tunes compilation film to center on Daffy Duck, as the previous ones had centered on Bugs Bunny
.
, cast as a pirate, and his first mate, the Tasmanian Devil
, search for the map, which originally belonged to them (they had earlier lost their ship in a battle with Bugs Bunny
). They find out that someone who took the Map has black feathers. Eventually, the map is lost to all after being burnt, and Daffy, Speedy, Sam, and Taz end up trapped on the once-again-deserted island. The well gives them three wishes individually, but warns them to use them wisely for it assures them they are the last wishes it will grant. After Daffy and Speedy waste their wishes (Speedy wishing for a burrito, then Daffy angrily responding by wishing the burrito was stuck on the end of Speedy's nose, an obvious reference to The Ridiculous Wishes
), Daffy asks Sam to wish the burrito off Speedy's nose (saying it's the only humane thing to do), the pair discover that Sam wishes for a ship, abandoning Daffy, and telling them after he sinks Bugs, he'll come back and pick them up. Daffy (now furious), then shouts out his famous catchphrase, "You're Desthspicable!" at Sam and Taz, the wishing well does the sign-off.
(Pirate Sam vs. Bugs Bunny)
Stupor Duck
(Daffy's wish) (The Well: "Your fondest wish, your fondest dream. I'll make you Super Duck Supreme!")
Greedy For Tweety
(Granny's wish) (The Well: "Your wish shall be granted. Gaze into me and see. The next time that you see yourself, a nurse is what you'll be.")
Banty Raids
(Foghorn's wish) (The Well: "I am here to grant your wish; the Spirit of the Well. I will knock the cockiness out of that little cockerel!") After this one, Foghorn, believing he was hornswoggled, demands a refund, but gets another penny.
Louvre Come Back to Me!
(Pepe Le Pew's wish) (The Well: "I grant your wish to meet a girl of beauty unsurpassed, which, when compared with works of art, will leave the Louvre outclassed.")
Tree for Two (Spike and Chester's wish) (The Well: "If that's his wish, and yours alike, I'll make Chester brave and strong, like Spike.")
Curtain Razor
(Porky Pig's wish) (The Well: "Discovering new talent for the world to see; a wondrous thing for a producer to be.")
A Mouse Divided
(Sylvester's wife's wish) (Sylvester's wife: "Wishing Well. Oh, Wishing Well, you I do entreat. I wish our house would resound, to the patter of little feet." The Well: "I hear your wish and I obey. The patter of little feet you shall hear this day.") Sylvester's wife's wish is included in the bracketed description because she, like the Well, speaks it in rhyme.
Of Rice and Hen
& Lovelorn Leghorn
(Prissy's wish) (The Well: "Your mind is such a simple thing. Your wish I can foretell. Your wishing for a husband, and the ring of a wedding bell?")
From Hare to Heir
(Pirate Sam's wish) (The Well: "A very rich relative in poor health doth will to you his entire wealth.")
. There has been no formal announcement as to whether Warner Home Video
will issue a DVD release of the film or not. As of 2011, it is available on Netflix
Instant Streaming.
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
film with a compilation of classic Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
cartoon shorts and animated
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
bridging sequences, hosted by Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
and Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales is an animated caricature of a mouse in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast and speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent...
. This was the first Looney Tunes compilation film to center on Daffy Duck, as the previous ones had centered on Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
.
Plot
The premise of the framing animation was a general parody of the popular 1970s/1980s television series Fantasy Island, with Daffy and Speedy playing caricatures of that series' principal characters, Mr. Roarke and Tattoo (respectively). The pair, stranded on a desert island for months with nothing on it but a coconut tree (and Daffy's sick and tired of eating coconuts), discover a treasure map which leads them to a magical, talking wishing well (voiced by Les Tremayne). The greedy Daffy proposes to use the power of the well, which obeys the commands of whoever holds the map, to make himself and Speedy rich by selling wishes for a hefty fee, and has the well transform the island into a tourist paradise. (This showcases the modern Daffy's short-sightedness along with his greed, as he could have easily used the well himself to wish for all the wealth he desired). As various Warner Bros. animated characters step up for their chance at the well, their wishes are fulfilled through the events of a classic Warner cartoon. Meanwhile, Yosemite SamYosemite Sam
Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park...
, cast as a pirate, and his first mate, the Tasmanian Devil
Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)
The Tasmanian Devil, often referred to as Taz, is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons. The character appeared in only five shorts before Warner Bros...
, search for the map, which originally belonged to them (they had earlier lost their ship in a battle with Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
). They find out that someone who took the Map has black feathers. Eventually, the map is lost to all after being burnt, and Daffy, Speedy, Sam, and Taz end up trapped on the once-again-deserted island. The well gives them three wishes individually, but warns them to use them wisely for it assures them they are the last wishes it will grant. After Daffy and Speedy waste their wishes (Speedy wishing for a burrito, then Daffy angrily responding by wishing the burrito was stuck on the end of Speedy's nose, an obvious reference to The Ridiculous Wishes
The Ridiculous Wishes
The Ridiculous Wishes or The Three Ridiculous Wishes is a French literary fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It is Aarne-Thompson type 750A.-Synopsis:...
), Daffy asks Sam to wish the burrito off Speedy's nose (saying it's the only humane thing to do), the pair discover that Sam wishes for a ship, abandoning Daffy, and telling them after he sinks Bugs, he'll come back and pick them up. Daffy (now furious), then shouts out his famous catchphrase, "You're Desthspicable!" at Sam and Taz, the wishing well does the sign-off.
Classic cartoons in order
Captain HareblowerCaptain Hareblower
Captain Hareblower is a 1953 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short released in 1954. It was directed by Friz Freleng and starred Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam, with both voices provided by Mel Blanc.-Plot:...
(Pirate Sam vs. Bugs Bunny)
Stupor Duck
Stupor Duck
Stupor Duck is a Looney Tunes animated short starring Daffy Duck. A Superman parody directed by Robert McKimson, the cartoon was released July 7, 1956. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and Daws Butler; Butler — who voiced the narrator and the newspaper editor — was...
(Daffy's wish) (The Well: "Your fondest wish, your fondest dream. I'll make you Super Duck Supreme!")
Greedy For Tweety
Greedy For Tweety
Greedy for Tweety is a 1957 Looney Tunes cartoon.-Synopsis:Hector, Sylvester and Tweety are chasing each other in the street. But they get injured by passing cars. They are taken to the hospital where nurse Granny tends to them. Only Tweety tries to get rest, while Sylvester tries to get him and...
(Granny's wish) (The Well: "Your wish shall be granted. Gaze into me and see. The next time that you see yourself, a nurse is what you'll be.")
Banty Raids
Banty Raids
Banty Raids is a "Merrie Melodies" cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg, and features the only appearance of the "Banty Rooster" character. Released June 29, 1963, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc.This cartoon marked...
(Foghorn's wish) (The Well: "I am here to grant your wish; the Spirit of the Well. I will knock the cockiness out of that little cockerel!") After this one, Foghorn, believing he was hornswoggled, demands a refund, but gets another penny.
Louvre Come Back to Me!
Louvre Come Back to Me!
Louvre Come Back to Me! is a 1962 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. It is the last Pepé Le Pew cartoon .-Plot:...
(Pepe Le Pew's wish) (The Well: "I grant your wish to meet a girl of beauty unsurpassed, which, when compared with works of art, will leave the Louvre outclassed.")
Tree for Two (Spike and Chester's wish) (The Well: "If that's his wish, and yours alike, I'll make Chester brave and strong, like Spike.")
Curtain Razor
Curtain Razor
Curtain Razor is a 1949 Looney Tunes short directed by Friz Freleng and starring Porky Pig. It is notable as a showcase of the voice talent of Mel Blanc.- Plot :...
(Porky Pig's wish) (The Well: "Discovering new talent for the world to see; a wondrous thing for a producer to be.")
A Mouse Divided
A Mouse Divided
A Mouse Divided is a 1953 animated short featuring Sylvester.-Plot:The short starts with a drunken stork delivering a baby to the nearest available home. Sylvester's wife, wanting a baby despite his objections , graciously receives the package...
(Sylvester's wife's wish) (Sylvester's wife: "Wishing Well. Oh, Wishing Well, you I do entreat. I wish our house would resound, to the patter of little feet." The Well: "I hear your wish and I obey. The patter of little feet you shall hear this day.") Sylvester's wife's wish is included in the bracketed description because she, like the Well, speaks it in rhyme.
Of Rice and Hen
Of Rice and Hen
Of Rice and Hen is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy and The Barnyard Dog. The title is a play on John Steinbeck's 1937 novel Of Mice and Men...
& Lovelorn Leghorn
Lovelorn Leghorn
Lovelorn Leghorn is a 1950 cartoon short starring Foghorn Leghorn, the Barnyard Dawg, and Miss Prissy. It was released in 1951 by Warner Bros. and directed by Robert McKimson.-Plot:Miss Prissy is trying to land a husband and sets her sights on Foghorn....
(Prissy's wish) (The Well: "Your mind is such a simple thing. Your wish I can foretell. Your wishing for a husband, and the ring of a wedding bell?")
From Hare to Heir
From Hare to Heir
From Hare to Heir is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short released on September 3, 1960 starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam as Sam, Duke of Yosemite at Bedlam Manor. The cartoon was directed and written by Friz Freleng.-Plot:...
(Pirate Sam's wish) (The Well: "A very rich relative in poor health doth will to you his entire wealth.")
Availability
The movie is available as a download from the iTunes StoreITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
. There has been no formal announcement as to whether Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., itself part of Time Warner. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video . The company launched in the United States with twenty films on VHS and Betamax videocassettes in late 1979...
will issue a DVD release of the film or not. As of 2011, it is available on Netflix
Netflix
Netflix, Inc., is an American provider of on-demand internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, and Latin America and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California...
Instant Streaming.