Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island

Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck) series
UK VHS Cover
Directed by	Friz Freleng Chuck Jones
Produced by	Friz Freleng Hal Geer Jean MacCurdy
Voices by	Mel Blanc June Foray Les Tremayne
Music by	Robert J. Walsh Carl Stalling (classic cartoons) Milt Franklyn (classic cartoons) Eugene Poddany (classic cartoons) William Lava (classic cartoons)
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	August 5, 1983
Running time	78 min
Language	English
Preceded by	Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Followed by	Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

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.

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 Sam, 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.

Classic cartoons in order

Captain Hareblower (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.")

See also

• List of animated feature films
• List of package films

Availability

The movie is available as a download from the iTunes Store. 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.

External links

• Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island at the Internet Movie Database