Muscle Tussle

Title Card
Muscle Tussle
Short Information
Series:	Merrie Melodies (Blue Ribbon)
Production No.:	1244
Starring	Daffy Duck Melissa Duck
Excerpted In:	Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Story	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Rod Scribner Phil DeLara Charles McKimson Herman Cohen
Layouts	Robert Givens
Backgrounds	Carlos Manriquez
Uncredited Film Editor	Treg Brown
Voice Characterizations	Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck, Hunky Duck, Atomcol SalesDuck)
Uncredited Voice Characterizations	Gladys Holland (Melissa Duck)
Music	Carl Stalling
MPAA No.:	15241
Release date(s):	April 18, 1953
Preceded by	Fowl Weather
Followed by	Southern Fried Rabbit

Muscle Tussle is a 1953 Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short released in April 18, 1953 and directed by Robert McKimson and featuring Daffy Duck and Melissa Duck.

Plot

Daffy goes to the beach with his girlfriend and wants to take her picture. While posing she sees a muscle-bound duck and turns her attention toward him. Daffy tries to win back his girl and takes some muscle tonic which he thinks has made him as strong as the muscle-bound duck. Daffy repeatedly falls short in his attempts to demonstrate his strength, but through a fluke manages to get rid of his rival in the end.

Availability

• Laserdisc - Daffy Duck's Screen Classics: Duck Victory
• DVD - Trouble Along the Way

Censorship

• The ABC version of this cartoon cuts the part where the big, muscular duck pounds Daffy's head into his shirt.

References

v - e - d

1930s Porky's Duck Hunt • Daffy Duck & Egghead • What Price Porky • Porky & Daffy • The Daffy Doc • Daffy Duck in Hollywood • Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur • Scalp Trouble • Wise Quacks • Naughty Neighbors 1940s Porky's Last Stand • You Ought to Be in Pictures • A Coy Decoy • The Henpecked Duck • Conrad the Sailor • Daffy's Southern Exposure • The Impatient Patient • The Daffy Duckaroo • My Favorite Duck • To Duck or Not to Duck • The Wise Quacking Duck • Yankee Doodle Daffy • Porky Pig's Feat • Scrap Happy Daffy • A Corny Concerto • Daffy - The Commando • Tom Turk and Daffy • Tick Tock Tuckered • Duck Soup to Nuts • Slightly Daffy • Plane Daffy • The Stupid Cupid • Draftee Daffy • Ain't That Ducky • Nasty Quacks • Book Revue • Baby Bottleneck • Daffy Doodles • Hollywood Daffy • The Great Piggy Bank Robbery • The Birth of a Notion • Along Came Daffy • A Pest in the House • Mexican Joyride • What Makes Daffy Duck • Daffy Duck Slept Here • The Up-Standing Sitter • You Were Never Duckier • Daffy Dilly • The Stupor Salesman • Riff Raffy Daffy • Wise Quackers • Holiday for Drumsticks • Daffy Duck Hunt 1950s Boobs in the Woods • The Scarlet Pumpernickel • His Bitter Half • Golden Yeggs • The Ducksters • Rabbit Fire • Drip-Along Daffy • The Prize Pest • Thumb Fun • Cracked Quack • Rabbit Seasoning • The Super Snooper • Fool Coverage • Duck Amuck • Muscle Tussle • Duck Dodgers and the 24 1/2 Century • Duck, Rabbit, Duck! • Quack Shot • Design for Leaving • My Little Duckaroo • Beanstalk Bunny • Stork Naked • Sahara Hare • This is a Life? • Dime to Retire • The High and the Flighty • Rocket Squad • Stupor Duck • A Star is Bored • Deduce, You Say • Ali Baba Bunny • Boston Quackie • Ducking the Devil • Show Biz Bugs • Don't Axe Me • Robin Hood Daffy • China Jones • Apes of Wrath • People Are Bunny 1960s Person to Bunny • The Abominable Snow Rabbit • Daffy's Inn Trouble • Quackodile Tears • Good Noose • Fast Buck Duck • The Million Hare • Aqua Duck • The Iceman Ducketh • It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House • Moby Duck • Assault and Peppered • Well Worn Daffy • Suppressed Duck • Corn on the Cop • Tease for Two • Chili Corn Corny • Go Go Amigo • The Astroduck • Mucho Locos • Mexican Mousepiece • Daffy Rents • A-Haunting We Will Go • Snow Excuse • A Squeak in the Deep • Feather Finger • Swing Ding Amigo • A Taste of Catnip • Daffy's Diner • Quacker Tracker • The Music Mice-Tro • The Spy Swatter • Speedy Ghost to Town • Rodent to Stardom • Go Away Stowaway • Fiesta Fiasco • Skyscraper Caper • See You Later, Gladiator 1970s-present Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Ghoulies • Carnival of the Animals • Daffy Duck's Easter Special • Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special • Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2th Century • The Duxorcist • Night of the Living Duck • (Blooper) Bunny • Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers • Carrotblanca • Superior Duck • Duck Dodgers in Attack of the Drones • Daffy Duck for President • Daffy's Rhapsody See Also The Bugs Bunny Show • The Porky Pig Show • The Merrie Melodies Show • The Daffy Duck Show (1978) • Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island • Tiny Toon Adventures • Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends • Daffy Duck and the Great Paint Caper • Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions • Bugs N' Daffy • The Daffy Duck Show (1996) • Space Jam • Daffy Duck: Fowl Play • Duck Dodgers: Starring Daffy Duck • Baby Looney Tunes • Duck Dodgers (TV series) • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas • The Looney Tunes Show • Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run • New Looney Tunes

v - e - d

Media Franchises: • Shorts: Television: The Bugs Bunny Show • The Porky Pig Show • The Road Runner Show • The Merrie Melodies Show • Sylvester and Tweety • The Daffy Duck Show • The Daffy/Speedy Show • Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon • Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends • That's Warner Bros.! • Bugs N' Daffy Feature Films: The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie • The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales • Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island • Daffy Duck's Quackbusters • Space Jam • The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame • Looney Tunes: Back in Action Specials: Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Ghoulies • Carnival of the Animals • Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies • Bugs Bunny in Space • Bugs Bunny's Howl-o-Ween Special • A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court • Bugs Bunny's Valentine • Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales • How Bugs Bunny Won the West • The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special • Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet • Daffy Duck's Easter Special • Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over • The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special • Daffy Duck's Thanks-For-Giving Special • Bugs Bunny: All American Hero • Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television • An Ounce of Prevention • Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars • Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports • Happy Birthday Bugs! 50 Looney Years • Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster • Bugs Bunny's Creature Features • Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes Characters Main characters: Barnyard Dawg • Beaky Buzzard • Bugs Bunny • Cecil Turtle • Charlie Dog • Claude Cat • Daffy Duck • Elmer Fudd • Foghorn Leghorn • Gossamer • Granny • Hector the Bulldog • Henery Hawk • Hippety Hopper • Hubie and Bertie • Lola Bunny • Mac and Tosh • Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot • Marvin the Martian • Michigan J. Frog • Miss Prissy • Penelope Pussycat • Pepé Le Pew • Pete Puma • Porky Pig • Ralph Wolf • Road Runner • Sam Sheepdog • Speedy Gonzales • Sylvester • Sylvester Jr. • Taz • The Crusher • Tweety Bird • Wile E. Coyote • Witch Hazel • Yosemite Sam Minor characters: Blacque Jacque Shellacque • Bosko • The Crusher • Giovanni Jones • Yoyo Dodo • Tasmanian She-Devil • Melissa Duck • Hugo the Abominable Snowman • Spike and Chester • Nasty Canasta • The Gremlin • Private Snafu • Petunia Pig • Playboy Penguin • Shropshire Slasher • Count Bloodcount • Mama Buzzard • Colonel Shuffle • Egghead Jr. • Owl Jolson • Toro the Bull • Rocky and Mugsy • Minah Bird • Inki • Beans • Little Kitty • Ham And Ex • Oliver Owl • Piggy • Gabby Goat • Buddy • Honey • Slowpoke Rodriguez • The Three Bears • Foxy • K-9 • A. Flea • Sniffles • Construction Worker • Frisky Puppy • Ralph Mouse • Honey Bunny • Roxy • The Martin Brothers • Ralph Phillips • Clyde Bunny • Fauntleroy Flip • Dr. I.Q. Hi • Gruesome Gorilla • Sloppy Moe • Hatta Mari • Businessman • The Weasel • Wiloughby • The Two Curious Puppies • Cool Cat • Babbit and Catstello • Instant Martians • Bobo the Elephant • Colonel Rimfire • Smokey The Genie • Jose and Manuel • Merlin the Magic Mouse and Second Banana • Conrad the Cat • Angus MacRory • Banty Rooster • Three Little Pigs • Tom Turkey • Goopy Geer • Nelly the Giraffe • Ala Bahma • Dr. Lorre • Cottontail Smith • Bunny and Claude • Claude Hopper • The Hep Cat •The Drunk Stork • The Cat • Singing Cat • Southern Sheriff • Old Woman's Canary • Old Woman's Cat • Bluebeard • Porky's Drunken Friends • Old Woman• Little Red Riding Hood's Grandma • Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Walking Hood/Little Red Riding Rabbit/Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears) • Goldilocks (The Bear's Tale/Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears) • The Crow • King Arthur • King Arthur's Knights Studios Warner Bros. Cartoons • DePatie-Freleng Enterprises • Format Films • Chuck Jones Enterprises • Reel FX People Dave Barry • Warren Batchelder • Mel Blanc • Ted Bonnicksen • Arthur Q. Bryan • Bill Butler • Bob Clampett • Russ Dyson • Milt Franklyn • Friz Freleng • Manny Gould • George Grandpre • Ken Harris • Hugh Harman • Rochelle Hudson • Rudolf Ising • Ub Iwerks • Chuck Jones • Carman Maxwell • Norman McCabe • Chuck McKimson • Robert McKimson • Tom McKimson • Willian Lava • Lou Lilly • Michael Maltese • Tedd Pierce • Hawley Pratt • Tom Ray • Virgil Ross • Leon Schlesinger • Rob Scribner • Eddie Selzer • Carl Stalling • Larry Storch Music/Songs A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight • Whistle and Blow Your Blues Away • I Think You're Ducky • The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down • Merrily We Roll Along Other

v - e - d

Media Shorts (1929-1939): Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid • Sinkin' in the Bathtub • Congo Jazz • Hold Anything • The Booze Hangs High • Box Car Blues • Big Man from the North • Ain't Nature Grand! • Speaking of the Weather • Daffy Duck & Egghead • Katnip Kollege • Have You Got Any Castles? • Believe It or Else Shorts (1940-1949): A Wild Hare • Odor-able Kitty • Life with Feathers Shorts (1950-1959): Home, Tweet Home Shorts (1960-1969): False Hare Studios Songs Other Warner Bros. Cartoons • Looney Tunes • Merrie Melodies See also

v - e - d

Looney Tunes/Spielberg universe Animated series: The Bugs Bunny Show • Tiny Toon Adventures • Taz-Mania • Animaniacs • The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries • Pinky and the Brain • Freakazoid! • Road Rovers • Histeria! • Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain • The Cat&Birdy Warneroonie PinkyBrainy Big Cartoonie Show • Baby Looney Tunes • Duck Dodgers • Loonatics Unleashed • The Looney Tunes Show • New Looney Tunes Films: Bugs Bunny: Superstar • The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie • The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales • Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island • Daffy Duck's Quackbusters • Space Jam • Wakko's Wish • Tweety's High-Flying Adventure • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas • Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run DC Comics Animated series: Batman: The Animated Series • Superman: The Animated Series • Batman Beyond • Static Shock • The Zeta Project • Justice League • Teen Titans • Justice League Unlimited • The Batman • Krypto the Superdog • Legion of Super Heroes • Batman: The Brave and the Bold • Young Justice • Green Lantern: The Animated Series • Teen Titans Go! • Beware the Batman • DC Super Hero Girls Animated films: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm • Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero • The Lego Batman Movie • Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders • Batman vs. Two-Face Hanna-Barbera Animated series: What's New, Scooby-Doo? • Tom and Jerry Tales • Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! • Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated • The Tom and Jerry Show • Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! • Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! Direct-to-video film series: Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island • Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost • Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring • Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars • The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! • The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania! Other TV series Detention • ¡Mucha Lucha! • Xiaolin Showdown • Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island • Baby Blues • Right Now Kapow • Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz • Bunnicula • Green Eggs and Ham • Unikitty! • Waynehead • Ozzy & Drix • Mike Tyson Mysteries • 3 South • Mad • Johnny Test • Firehouse Tales • ThunderCats • ThunderCats Roar Other original films Theatrical: Quest for Camelot • The Iron Giant • Osmosis Jones • The Lego Movie • Storks • The Lego Ninjago Movie Direct-to-video: Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! • ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico • Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown Films, distribution only Gay Purr-ee • The Incredible Mr. Limpet • Treasure Island • Oliver Twist • The Nutcracker Prince • Rover Dangerfield • Thumbelina • A Troll in Central Park • The Pebble and the Penguin • Cats Don't Dance • The Fearless Four • The King and I • The Scarecrow