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Draftee Daffy is a 1945 Looney Tunes short directed by Bob Clampett.

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Having read about the U.S. fighting forces pushing the Nazi troops back during World War II ("A thshmathing frontal attack on the enemy rear?"), Daffy is in a patriotic mood. However, his mood quickly changes to fear when he gets a call that "The Little Man from the Draft Board" wants to see him.

Hiding in his house, Daffy looks out, eventually seeing the little man, who attempts to hand him a telegram (presumably with Daffy's conscription order). Daffy continues to try and outrun the little man, who seems to be everywhere that Daffy happens to be at the moment.

Daffy even goes so far as to plant a bomb near the man, finally, Daffy locking him in a safe, bricking the safe up, putting up a wall over the bricks, chortling, "So long, Dracula!", running to the roof and taking off in a rocket. However, the rocket soon plunges back to earth, causing Daffy to crash-land in Hell. Shrugging off this turn, Daffy spots a demon and tells him, "Oh well, at least I put one over on that dope from the draft board!" The demon takes off his mask to reveal he's the man from the draft board, who then replies with the popular catchphrase of the "Richard Q. Peavey" character from The Great Gildersleeve, "Well, now, I wouldn't say that," and proceeds to chase Daffy into the distance, letter still in hand.

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  • Daffy had already been depicted as serving in the armed forces in two earlier cartoons, "Daffy - The Commando" and "Plane Daffy".
  • The setup of Daffy and The Little Man from the Draft Board in this cartoon is very similar to that of the wolf and Droopy from the Tex Avery cartoons from rival studio MGM (particularly the Droopy cartoon "Dumb Hounded"), as The Little Man from the Draft Board often pops up everywhere Daffy is, causing the duck to flee to escape from him throughout the picture to avoid getting drafted into the army.
  • The Little Man from the Draft Board makes a cameo in the Tiny Toons episode, "Buster's Directorial Debut" and later in the Animaniacs episode, "Pitter Patter of Little Feet".
  • This is the first Looney Tune to have the black background with red Color Rings, a color scheme that had previously been used in the 1942-43 season. However, the background is smaller than the 1942-43 season.

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See Also
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