Daffy goes to the beach with his girlfriend Melissa Duck, who bears a strong resemblance to Veronica Lake (voiced by an uncredited Gladys Holland), and prepares to take her picture. While posing, she sees a muscle-bound duck and turns her attention toward him. Daffy gets upset and calls out the muscle-bound duck (a soft-spoken yet still arrogant fellow) for "tryin' to muscle in on [his] chick". He replies that he'll bob Daffy so hard he'll have to open his vest to eat if he says one more word. Daffy takes the threat rather lightly, and the muscle-bound duck proceeds to hit Daffy so hard that his head sinks into his stomach. In a daze, Daffy orders "One cheeseburger, hold the onions".
Melissa urges Daffy to fight back, but he backs down knowing the size of his opponent. Disgusted by his cowardice, Melissa goes off with the muscle-bound duck and bids Daffy farewell, calling him a "scrawny little nine-pound weakling" which offends Daffy as he considers himself a "scrawny little ten-pound weakling." A glad-handed traveling salesman who happens to be nearby overhears the whole thing and sells Daffy some muscle tonic (actually hot mustard), which he thinks has made him as strong as the muscle-bound duck and just might help him win back his girl. Daffy repeatedly falls short in his attempts to demonstrate his strength, but through a fluke (and one of the salesman's props, a "five thousand-pound" barbell), manages to dispose of his rival in the end. The muscle-bound duck lifts the "barbell" which sends him rocketing thousands of feet into the air. When he plummets back to Earth now squashed from the impact, he tells the couple "You all can call me shorty!", and waddles off. With that, Melissa takes Daffy back saying she likes her man “tall, dark and gruesome”.
The ABC version of this cartoon cuts the part where the big, muscular duck pounds Daffy's head into his shirt.
Referencesedit
^Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 247. ISBN0-8050-0894-2.
^Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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muscle, tussle, 1953, warner, bros, merrie, melodies, theatrical, cartoon, short, directed, robert, mckimson, cartoon, released, april, 1953, stars, daffy, duck, directed, byrobert, mckimsonstory, bytedd, pierceproduced, byedward, selzer, uncredited, starringm. Muscle Tussle is a 1953 Warner Bros Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short directed by Robert McKimson 1 The cartoon was released on April 18 1953 and stars Daffy Duck 2 Muscle TussleDirected byRobert McKimsonStory byTedd PierceProduced byEdward Selzer uncredited StarringMel Blanc Gladys Holland uncredited Edited byTreg Brown uncredited Music byCarl StallingAnimation byRod ScribnerPhil DeLaraCharles McKimsonHerman CohenKeith Darling uncredited Layouts byRobert GivensBackgrounds byCarlos ManriquezColor processTechnicolorProductioncompanyWarner Bros CartoonsDistributed byWarner Bros PicturesRelease dateApril 18 1953Running time7 00LanguageEnglish Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Home media 3 Censorship 4 References 5 External linksSynopsis editDaffy goes to the beach with his girlfriend Melissa Duck who bears a strong resemblance to Veronica Lake voiced by an uncredited Gladys Holland and prepares to take her picture While posing she sees a muscle bound duck and turns her attention toward him Daffy gets upset and calls out the muscle bound duck a soft spoken yet still arrogant fellow for tryin to muscle in on his chick He replies that he ll bob Daffy so hard he ll have to open his vest to eat if he says one more word Daffy takes the threat rather lightly and the muscle bound duck proceeds to hit Daffy so hard that his head sinks into his stomach In a daze Daffy orders One cheeseburger hold the onions Melissa urges Daffy to fight back but he backs down knowing the size of his opponent Disgusted by his cowardice Melissa goes off with the muscle bound duck and bids Daffy farewell calling him a scrawny little nine pound weakling which offends Daffy as he considers himself a scrawny little ten pound weakling A glad handed traveling salesman who happens to be nearby overhears the whole thing and sells Daffy some muscle tonic actually hot mustard which he thinks has made him as strong as the muscle bound duck and just might help him win back his girl Daffy repeatedly falls short in his attempts to demonstrate his strength but through a fluke and one of the salesman s props a five thousand pound barbell manages to dispose of his rival in the end The muscle bound duck lifts the barbell which sends him rocketing thousands of feet into the air When he plummets back to Earth now squashed from the impact he tells the couple You all can call me shorty and waddles off With that Melissa takes Daffy back saying she likes her man tall dark and gruesome Home media editDVD Trouble Along the WayCensorship editThe ABC version of this cartoon cuts the part where the big muscular duck pounds Daffy s head into his shirt References edit Beck Jerry Friedwald Will 1989 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros Cartoons Henry Holt and Co p 247 ISBN 0 8050 0894 2 Lenburg Jeff 1999 The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Checkmark Books pp 60 62 ISBN 0 8160 3831 7 Retrieved 6 June 2020 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Muscle Tussle Muscle Tussle at IMDb nbsp Preceded byDuck Amuck Daffy Duck Cartoons1953 Succeeded byDuck Rabbit Duck nbsp This Merrie Melodies related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Muscle Tussle amp oldid 1208213346, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
