The Stupid Cupid is a 1944 Looney Tunes short directed by Frank Tashlin.
Plot[]
Elmer Fudd plays cupid (still wearing his trademark derby) shooting arrows at animals so they fall in love with their female counterparts (sans a bulldog who falls in love with a cat he's chasing, making the cat commit suicide). When he attempts to shoot Daffy Duck, who is bathing in a barn, the duck complains of the last time he was shot, ending up tied down to a wife and many ducklings (including one with two heads), whose wallet photos he offers as evidence. Daffy stuffs Elmer into his own derby and shoots him away with his own bow, telling him to get away. Although Elmer was cheerful at his job before, when he emerges from his hat, his stuttering laugh has never sounded more ominous.
Showing a rarely-seen fiendish side, Elmer shoots a giant arrow to Daffy, crashing through henhouses and half of the landscape, and makes Daffy fall in love with a married hen named Emily. Her rooster husband named Rocko furiously and getting ready to pummel Daffy. The duck declares it a mishap, claiming to be a family man himself (briefly appearing with a jalopy full of the previously mentioned ducklings). Rocko lets Daffy go, but Elmer shoots him yet again, starting the whole process over again. While Rocko is smooching his wife, Daffy slips in-between the two and begins smooching the Emily. Emily taps on Rocko's shoulder to alert him.
Availability[]
- (1988) VHS - Viddy-Oh! For Kids Cartoon Festivals: Daffy Duck Cartoon Festival Featuring "Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur"
- (1992) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Vol. 2, Side 8: The Art of Daffy (MGM/UA Home Video)
- (2006) DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc 2 (Warner Home Video)
- (2012) Blu-ray, DVD - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3, Disc 2 (Warner Home Video)
Notes[]
- Elmer would play cupid again in the Valentine's Day special Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers.
- When the rooster is shocked that he is kissing Daffy, there is an abrupt fade to black. According to historian Greg Ford, the original ending involved Daffy saying "If you haven't tried it, don't knock it."[1] Whether it was removed for the Blue Ribbon reissue or from the original release print is unknown.
Censorship[]
- Two censored versions of this cartoon (both of which cut the scene of the cat shooting himself in the head after the dog gets hit by Cupid's arrow and declares his love for the cat) exist:
- The a.a.p. version (which aired on Cartoon Network before 1995 and currently airs on Latin America's Tooncast channel) removes the entire scene featuring the cat and the bulldog, making the cartoon go from the horse getting hit with Cupid's arrow and gleefully bouncing around the barnyard after kissing the female horse to Daffy bathing in a trough and Cupid Elmer about to target him.
- The 1995 dubbed version (which aired on Cartoon Network after 1995 and is the version that currently airs on Boomerang) leaves in the part with the cat and dog fighting, Cupid Elmer firing his arrow at the dog, and the dog suddenly sounding like Charles Boyer and declaring his love for the cat, but as soon as the cat shrugs his shoulders, the edited version fades into the scene of Daffy bathing in a trough and Cupid Elmer about to target him.
Gallery[]
Daffy stops Cupid Elmer from shooting his arrow at him.
Daffy and his wife in a shotgun wedding
Daffy's many children
"I'm no wolf. I'm a family man myself."
Lobby Card
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