The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

1946
7.7| 0h8m| NR| en
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While reading his favorite comic book, Daffy accidentally knocks himself unconscious and dreams he's Duck Twacy, famous detective, trying to solve the case of the missing piggy banks. Taking a streetcar (conducted by Porky Pig, in a non-speaking cameo role) to the gangsters' hideout, he meets up with such grotesque criminals as Pickle Puss, Eighty-Eight Teeth and Neon Noodle.

Cast

Mel Blanc

Director

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Warner Bros. Pictures

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VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
HeadlinesExotic Boring
Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Edgar Allan Pooh . . . when he knocks himself out reading a Dick Tracy comic book; if anything, Daffy's Final Destination is even Loonier than Dorothy Gale's. Dottie of the Ruby Red Slippers, you may recall, has an early adventure back in Kansas of falling into a Pig Sty. The Cowardly Lion nearly blows a gasket fishing her out of ham's way, knowing as a veteran farm hand that a pack of adult pigs can generally chow down a medium-sized human being three times as fast as a school of piranhas (even if she's not on her dot). THE GREAT PIGGYBANK ROBBERY ends with Daffy waking up in a Pig Sty, which might not be QUITE as bad as a time traveler arriving on the deck of the Titanic as it approaches a 90-degree angle with the frigid North Atlantic, but almost. It's a case of out of the frying pan and into the mire for the slobbering duck, as his snooze-fest opponents are far scarier than Dorothy's (Snake Eyes, Hammer Head, and the Neon Noodle, to name just three of many). The original Eraserhead--Rubberhead--is my favorite, as he nearly succeeds in rubbing out the irritating fowl permanently.
Foreverisacastironmess Detective noir was never as much fun as when Daffy took it on in this 1946 animated masterwork. Just what is it about this cartoon that makes it one of the exceptionally special and long-lasting beloved ones? It has such a great rare kind of quality and appeal about it that makes it such a brilliant little watch to this day, and I just love it. I find it to be a surrealistic ride into freaky cartoon nightmaresville! And while to me it doesn't seem like it was specifically made to be as disorienting and eerie as possible like in the best and most 'out there' of the Betty Boop shorts, it's surely uncanny and offbeat in its own very special way. I love how, for as brief as it is, it manages to quite wonderfully play into the pop culture and folklore of old comic books. I think that I must have seen it before at some point when I was very little, because for the longest time whenever I would think of vintage cartoons I always had a vivid image that would pop into my head of a figure in a shadowed room surrounded by weird colourful monster faces all angrily glaring down at him, and I never did know exactly where it was from... Then much later when I eventually just happened to watch this and it got to that part where things really do take off so magnificently as Daffy meets all of the marvelously spooky and fun bizarre criminals who all look like their namesakes and they all give chase, I was delighted as it clicked into place and the mystery of the unknown cartoon was finally solved! They're all so neat! I like the pumpkin one, the hammer-headed one, the Batman one is an especially hilarious visual play on words, but my favourite one is um.."Guess who!" I hate to negative-it-up, but I really hate that stupid campy pig, he somehow manages to single-handedly mar the ending, as well as for me at least take the whole short down a peg! If it weren't for him, I'd happily bestow a mighty ten! The short just demands it because it's still so amazing, and it will forever be. It is indeed fantastic and unbelievable!!!
agj8012 Most people consider this one of the greatest cartoons in history, but I just do not like this one that much. Bob Clampett was a really great director and made some fabulous cartoons, but I do not consider this to be one of them. First of all, the editing in this cartoon is extremely sloppy. I am not sure why this is, but Clampett cartoons seem to be really poorly edited together. Usually, this does not bother me, but it is impossible trying to avoid the poor editing in this cartoon. Also, this cartoon does not appear to have any real focus. It reminds me of a cartoon from the thirties. It started off with a great plot, but drifts away into corny extended jokes that take up WAY too much screen time(a great example of this is when Daffy Duck talks to himself on the phone.)For a while, though, this could still pass for an average Warner Bros. cartoon until Daffy Duck gets inside the gangster's hideout. Right around here, the plot goes out the window and absolutely nothing makes sense. Usually, the Warner Bros. cartoons have really sharp writing and an amazing sense of timing. You will not find that here. None of the jokes are timed very well and the writing is sub-average. The only thing that I really like about this cartoon is the animation. This is hands down some of the best quality animation that ever hit the screen, but the animation still doesn't save this silly cartoon with stupid jokes and a weird plot. This cartoon really disappointed me. If you want to see great Clampett cartoons, watch "Becall to Arms" or "Porky in Wackyland". Those cartoons are extremely wacky but held together by good writing and direction. The same cannot be said for this.
movieman_kev Daffy Duck cant wait to get the new Dick Tracey comic book in the mail. He's practically bursting at the seems with the prospect. When it comes he's so excited that he accidentally punches himself in the face and dreams he's Duck Twacy facing off against many a evil character. This cartoon is nut, but it a very good way. Clampett is always amazing and this short is no exception. It's everything a looney Tunes short should by: Hilarious, fast, and abstract to a degree. This animated short can be seen on Disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 and also features an optional commentary by Contemporary Animator John Kricfalusi My Grade: A+