The Prize Pest

1951 Looney Tunes cartoon by Robert McKimson

The Prize Pest

Directed by| Robert McKimson
Story by| Tedd Pierce
Produced by| Edward Selzer
Starring| Mel Blanc
Tedd Pierce[1] (uncredited)
Music by| Carl Stalling
Animation by| Rod Scribner
Phil DeLara
Emery Hawkins
Charles McKimson
John Carey (uncredited)
Layouts by| Peter Alvarado
Backgrounds by| Richard H. Thomas
Color process| Technicolor

Production
company

Warner Bros. Cartoons

Distributed by| Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation

Release date

* December 22, 1951 (1951-12-22) (USA)

Running time

| 7 minutes
Language| English

The Prize Pest is a 1951 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert McKimson, and written by Tedd Pierce.[2] The cartoon was released on December 22, 1951, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.[3]

## Plot

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After winning a prize from a radio show, Porky Pig receives an unexpected house guest — Daffy Duck — who refuses to leave. Daffy claims to have a split personality, turning sweet when treated kindly and monstrous when mistreated. Falling for Daffy's ruse, Porky agrees to serve him, but secretly plans to call the authorities. Daffy, however, outsmarts Porky by impersonating the phone.

When Porky tries to scare Daffy out of the house by dressing up as a monster, Daffy's reaction is so extreme that he flees, hiding back in the gift box he arrived in. In a twist, Porky catches sight of himself in the mirror wearing the monster costume and frightens himself, realizing he is just as cowardly as he accused Daffy of being.

## Aftermath

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* The Prize Pest is considered by some to be one of the last screwball Daffy Duck cartoons, as all of the directors eventually stuck with the greedy, self-centered Daffy that emerged in Rabbit Fire (1951).
* The cartoon was incerpted in the 1988 compilation film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters in which Daffy hired Porky in his "Paranormalist at Large" company. The cartoon was shortened in the movie, with a mix of new animation.
* Daffy reprises his "crazy" look from this short in the Looney Tunes Show episode "Devil Dog" when trying to distract some SWAT team guys while Bugs and Taz escape.

## References

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1. ^ "Robert McKimson's "The Prize Pest" (1951)". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
2. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 230\. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

## External links

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* The Prize Pest at IMDb

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Daffy Duck in animation

* List of Daffy Duck cartoons

Looney Tunes
short films|

| 1930s|

* Porky's Duck Hunt (1937)
* What Price Porky (1938)
* Porky & Daffy (1938)
* The Daffy Doc (1938)
* Scalp Trouble (1939)
* Wise Quacks (1939)
* Naughty Neighbors (1939)

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1940s|

* Porky's Last Stand (1940)
* You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)
* A Coy Decoy (1941)
* The Henpecked Duck (1941)
* Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)
* The Impatient Patient (1942)
* The Daffy Duckaroo (1942)
* My Favorite Duck (1942)
* To Duck or Not to Duck (1943)
* The Wise Quacking Duck (1943)
* Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)
* Porky Pig's Feat (1943)
* Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)
* Daffy – The Commando (1943)
* Tom Turk and Daffy (1944)
* Tick Tock Tuckered (1944)
* Duck Soup to Nuts (1944)
* Plane Daffy (1944)
* The Stupid Cupid (1944)
* Draftee Daffy (1945)
* Ain't That Ducky (1945)
* Book Revue (1946)
* Baby Bottleneck (1946)
* Daffy Doodles (1946)
* The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)
* Birth of a Notion (1947)
* Along Came Daffy (1947)
* Mexican Joyride (1947)
* What Makes Daffy Duck (1948)
* The Up-Standing Sitter (1948)
* The Stupor Salesman (1948)
* Riff Raffy Daffy (1948)
* Wise Quackers (1949)
* Daffy Duck Hunt (1949)

1950s|

* Boobs in the Woods (1950)
* The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
* The Ducksters (1950)
* Rabbit Fire (1951)
* The Prize Pest (1951)
* Thumb Fun (1952)
* The Super Snooper (1952)
* Fool Coverage (1952)
* Design for Leaving (1954)
* Sahara Hare (1955; cameo)
* Dime to Retire (1955)
* Stupor Duck (1956)
* A Star Is Bored (1956)
* Deduce, You Say! (1956)
* Boston Quackie (1957)
* Show Biz Bugs (1957)
* China Jones (1959)

1960s|

* The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961)
* Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961)
* Good Noose (1962)
* The Million Hare (1963)
* The Iceman Ducketh (1964)
* It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (1965)
* Moby Duck (1965)
* Well Worn Daffy (1965)
* Suppressed Duck (1965)
* Tease for Two (1965)
* Chili Corn Corny (1965)
* The Astroduck (1966)
* Daffy Rents (1966)
* A-Haunting we will Go (1966)
* A Squeak in the Deep (1966)
* Swing Ding Amigo (1966)
* Quacker Tracker (1967)
* The Spy Swatter (1967)
* Rodent to Stardom (1967)
* Fiesta Fiasco (1967)
* Skyscraper Caper (1968)
* See Ya Later Gladiator (1968)

1980s|

* The Duxorcist (1987)

1990s|

* Box-Office Bunny (1991)
* Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992)
* Carrotblanca (1995)
* Superior Duck (1996)
* Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1996)

2000s|

* Attack of the Drones (2004)

2010s|

* Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)

Merrie Melodies
short films|

| 1930s|

* Daffy Duck & Egghead (1938)
* Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1938)
* Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939)

|

1940s|

* Conrad the Sailor (1942)
* A Corny Concerto (1943)
* Slightly Daffy (1944)
* Nasty Quacks (1945)
* Hollywood Daffy (1946)
* A Pest in the House (1947)
* Daffy Duck Slept Here (1948)
* You Were Never Duckier (1948)
* Daffy Dilly (1948)
* Holiday for Drumsticks (1949)

1950s|

* His Bitter Half (1950)
* Golden Yeggs (1950)
* Drip-Along Daffy (1951)
* Cracked Quack (1952)
* Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
* Duck Amuck (1953)
* Muscle Tussle (1953)
* Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
* Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953)
* Quack Shot (1954)
* My Little Duckaroo (1954)
* Beanstalk Bunny (1955)
* Stork Naked (1955)
* This Is a Life? (1955)
* The High and the Flighty (1956)
* Rocket Squad (1956)
* Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
* Ducking the Devil (1957)
* Don't Axe Me (1958)
* Robin Hood Daffy (1958)
* Apes of Wrath (1959; cameo)
* People Are Bunny (1958)

1960s|

* Person to Bunny (1960)
* Quackodile Tears (1962)
* Fast Buck Duck (1963)
* Aqua Duck (1963)
* Assault and Peppered (1965)
* Corn on the Cop (1965)
* Go Go Amigo (1965)
* Mucho Locos (1966)
* Mexican Mousepiece (1966)
* Snow Excuse (1966)
* Feather Finger (1966)
* A Taste of Catnip (1966)
* Daffy's Diner (1967)
* The Music Mice-Tro (1967)
* Speedy Ghost to Town (1967)
* Go Away Stowaway (1967)

1980s|

* The Night of the Living Duck (1988)

1990s|

* (Blooper) Bunny (1991)

Other short films|

* The Yolk's on You (1980)
* The Chocolate Chase (1980)
* Daffy Flies North (1980)
* Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980)

Feature films|

| Theatrical|

* The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
* The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
* Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
* Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; cameo)
* Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
* Space Jam (1996)
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
* Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
* The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)

|

Direct-to-video|

* Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000; cameo)
* Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (2003)
* Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
* Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015)

TV series|

* Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995)
* Baby Looney Tunes (2002–2005)
* Duck Dodgers (2003–2005)
* The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013)
* New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
* Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024)
* Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–present)
* Tiny Toons Looniversity (2023-present)

TV specials|

* Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (1972)
* Carnival of the Animals (1976)
* Easter Special (1977)
* Bugs Bunny in Space (1977)
* Howl-oween Special (1977)
* Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988)
* Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990)
* Overtures to Disaster (1991)

* v
* t
* e

Porky Pig in animation

* Porky Pig filmography

Short films|

| 1930s|

| 1935|

* I Haven't Got a Hat
* Country Mouse (cameo)
* Hollywood Capers (cameo)
* Gold Diggers of '49

|

1936|

* Alpine Antics
* The Phantom Ship (cameo)
* Boom Boom
* The Blow Out
* Westward Whoa
* Plane Dippy
* Fish Tales
* Shanghaied Shipmates
* Porky's Pet
* Porky the Rain-Maker
* Porky's Poultry Plant
* Porky's Moving Day
* Milk and Money
* Boulevardier from the Bronx (cameo)
* Little Beau Porky
* The Village Smithy
* Porky in the North Woods

1937|

* Porky the Wrestler
* Porky's Road Race
* Picador Porky
* Porky's Romance
* Porky's Duck Hunt
* Porky and Gabby
* Porky's Building
* Porky's Super Service
* Porky's Badtime Story
* Porky's Railroad
* Get Rich Quick Porky
* Porky's Garden
* Rover's Rival
* The Case of the Stuttering Pig
* Porky's Double Trouble
* Porky's Hero Agency

1938|

* Porky's Poppa
* Porky at the Crocadero
* What Price Porky
* Porky's Phoney Express
* Porky's Five & Ten
* Porky's Hare Hunt
* Injun Trouble
* Porky the Fireman
* Porky's Party
* Porky's Spring Planting
* Porky & Daffy
* Wholly Smoke
* Porky in Wackyland
* Porky's Naughty Nephew
* Porky in Egypt
* The Daffy Doc
* Porky the Gob

1939|

* The Lone Stranger and Porky
* It's an Ill Wind
* Porky's Tire Trouble
* Porky's Movie Mystery
* Chicken Jitters
* Porky and Teabiscuit
* Kristopher Kolumbus Jr.
* Polar Pals
* Scalp Trouble
* Old Glory
* Porky's Picnic
* Wise Quacks
* Porky's Hotel
* Jeepers Creepers
* Naughty Neighbors
* Pied Piper Porky
* Porky the Giant Killer
* The Film Fan

1940s|

| 1940|

* Porky's Last Stand
* Africa Squeaks
* Ali-Baba Bound
* Pilgrim Porky
* Slap Happy Pappy
* Porky's Poor Fish
* You Ought to Be in Pictures
* The Chewin' Bruin
* Porky's Baseball Broadcast
* Patient Porky
* Calling Dr. Porky
* Prehistoric Porky
* The Sour Puss
* Porky's Hired Hand
* The Timid Toreador

|

1941|

* Porky's Snooze Reel
* Porky's Bear Facts
* Toy Trouble
* Porky's Preview
* Porky's Ant
* A Coy Decoy
* Porky's Prize Pony
* Meet John Doughboy
* We, the Animals
* The Henpecked Duck
* Notes to You
* Robinson Crusoe, Jr.
* Porky's Midnight Matinee
* Porky's Pooch

1942|

* Porky's Pastry Pirates
* Who's Who in the Zoo
* Porky's Cafe
* Any Bonds Today?
* My Favorite Duck

1943|

* Confusions of a Nutzy Spy
* Yankee Doodle Daffy
* Porky Pig's Feat
* A Corny Concerto

1944|

* Tom Turk and Daffy
* Tick Tock Tuckered
* Swooner Crooner
* Duck Soup to Nuts
* Slightly Daffy
* Brother Brat

1945|

* Trap Happy Porky
* Wagon Heels

1946|

* Baby Bottleneck
* Daffy Doodles
* Kitty Kornered
* The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (cameo)
* Mouse Menace

1947|

* One Meat Brawl
* Little Orphan Airedale

1948|

* Daffy Duck Slept Here
* Nothing But the Tooth
* The Pest That Came to Dinner
* Riff Raffy Daffy
* Scaredy Cat

1949|

* Awful Orphan
* Porky Chops
* Paying the Piper
* Daffy Duck Hunt
* Curtain Razor
* Often an Orphan
* Dough for the Do-Do
* Bye, Bye Bluebeard

1950s|

* Boobs in the Woods (1950)
* The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
* An Egg Scramble (1950)
* Golden Yeggs (1950)
* The Ducksters (1950)
* Dog Collared (1950)
* The Wearing of the Grin (1951)
* Drip-Along Daffy (1951)
* The Prize Pest (1951)
* Thumb Fun (1952)
* Cracked Quack (1952)
* Fool Coverage (1952)
* Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
* Claws for Alarm (1954)
* My Little Duckaroo (1954)
* Jumpin' Jupiter (1955)
* Dime to Retire (1955)
* Rocket Squad (1956)
* Deduce, You Say! (1956)
* Boston Quackie (1957)
* Robin Hood Daffy (1958)
* China Jones (1959)

1960s|

* Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961)
* Dumb Patrol (1964)
* Corn on the Cop (1965)
* Mucho Locos (1966)

1980s|

* Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979)

1980s|

* Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980)

1990s|

* Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992)
* Carrotblanca (1995; cameo)
* Superior Duck (1996)

2000s|

* My Generation G...G...Gap (2004)

Feature films|

| Theatrical|

* The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
* The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
* Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
* Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; cameo)
* Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
* Space Jam (1996)
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003; cameo)
* Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
* The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)

|

Direct-to-video|

* Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
* Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015)

TV series|

* The Porky Pig Show (1964–1967)
* Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992)
* Baby Looney Tunes (2002–2005)
* Duck Dodgers (2003–2005)
* The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013)
* New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
* Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024)
* Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–present)
* Tiny Toons Looniversity (2023–present)

TV specials|

* Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (1972)
* Carnival of the Animals (1976)
* Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977)
* Bugs Bunny in Space (1977)
* Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977)
* Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1979)
* Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
* The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980)
* Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988)
* Overtures to Disaster (1991)

* v
* t
* e

Films directed by Robert McKimson

Short subjects|

| 1940s|

* The Return of Mr. Hook (1945)
* Tale of Two Mice (1945)
* Hare Remover (1946)
* Daffy Doodles (1946)
* Hollywood Canine Canteen (1946)
* Acrobatty Bunny (1946)
* Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
* The Mouse-Merized Cat (1946)
* One Meat Brawl (1947)
* Birth of a Notion (1947)
* Hobo Bobo (1947)
* Easter Yeggs (1947)
* Crowing Pains (1947)
* A Horse Fly Fleas (1947)
* Gorilla My Dreams (1948)
* Daffy Duck Slept Here (1948)
* Hop, Look and Listen (1948)
* The Up-Standing Sitter (1948)
* The Shell Shocked Egg (1948)
* Hot Cross Bunny (1948)
* The Foghorn Leghorn (1948)
* A-Lad-In His Lamp (1948)
* Paying the Piper (1949)
* Daffy Duck Hunt (1949)
* Rebel Rabbit (1949)
* Henhouse Henery (1949)
* The Grey Hounded Hare (1949)
* The Windblown Hare (1949)
* Swallow the Leader (1949)
* Hippety Hopper (1949)
* A Ham in a Role (1949)

|

1950s|

* Hurdy-Gurdy Hare (1950)
* Boobs in the Woods (1950)
* Strife with Father (1950)
* The Leghorn Blows at Midnight (1950)
* An Egg Scramble (1950)
* What's Up, Doc? (1950)
* It's Hummer Time (1950)
* Hillbilly Hare (1950)
* A Fractured Leghorn (1950)
* Pop 'im Pop! (1950)
* Bushy Hare (1950)
* Dog Collared (1950)
* Hare We Go (1951)
* A Fox in a Fix (1951)
* Corn Plastered (1951)
* Early to Bet (1951)
* French Rarebit (1951)
* Leghorn Swoggled (1951)
* Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
* Sleepy Time Possum (1951)
* Big Top Bunny (1951)
* The Prize Pest (1951)
* Who's Kitten Who? (1952)
* Thumb Fun (1952)
* Kiddin' The Kitten (1952)
* Sock a Doodle Do (1952)
* The Turn-Tale Wolf (1952)
* Oily Hare (1952)
* Hoppy Go Lucky (1952)
* The EGGcited Rooster (1952)
* The Super Snooper (1952)
* Rabbit's Kin (1952)
* Fool Coverage (1952)
* Upswept Hare (1953)
* A Peck o' Trouble (1953)
* Muscle Tussle (1953)
* There Auto Be a Law (1953)
* Plop Goes the Weasel (1953)
* Cat-Tails for Two (1953)
* Easy Peckin's (1953)
* Of Rice and Hen (1953)
* Cat's A-weigh (1953)
* Wild Wife (1954)
* Design for Leaving (1954)
* Bell Hoppy (1954)
* No Parking Hare (1954)
* Little Boy Boo (1954)
* Devil May Hare (1954)
* The Oily American (1954)
* Gone Batty (1954)
* Quack Shot (1954)
* Feather Dusted (1955)
* All Fowled Up (1955)
* Lighthouse Mouse (1955)
* The Hole Idea (1955)
* Dime to Retire (1955)
* Too Hop To Handle (1956)
* Weasel Stop (1956)
* The High and the Flighty (1956)
* Mixed Master (1956)
* The Unexpected Pest (1956)
* Stupor Duck (1956)
* Half-Fare Hare (1956)
* Raw! Raw! Rooster! (1956)
* The Slap-Hoppy Mouse (1956)
* Wideo Wabbit (1956)
* The Honey-Mousers (1956)
* Bedevilled Rabbit (1957)
* Cheese It, the Cat! (1957)
* Fox-Terror (1957)
* Boston Quackie (1957)
* Tabasco Road (1957)
* Ducking the Devil (1957)
* Mouse-Taken Identity (1957)
* Rabbit Romeo (1957)
* Don't Axe Me (1958)
* Tortilla Flaps (1958)
* Feather Bluster (1958)
* Now Hare This (1958)
* Dog Tales (1958)
* Weasel While You Work (1958)
* Pre-Hysterical Hare (1958)
* Gopher Broke (1958)
* Mouse-Placed Kitten (1959)
* China Jones (1959)
* The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)
* A Mutt in a Rut (1959)
* Backwoods Bunny (1959)
* Cat's Paw (1959)
* Bonanza Bunny (1959)
* A Broken Leghorn (1959)
* People Are Bunny (1959)

1960s|

* West of the Pesos (1960)
* Wild Wild World (1960)
* Crockett-Doodle-Do (1960)
* Mice Follies (1960)
* The Dixie Fryer (1960)
* Dog Gone People (1960)
* Cannery Woe (1961)
* Hoppy Daze (1961)
* Strangled Eggs (1961)
* Birds of a Father (1961)
* Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961)
* What's My Lion? (1961)
* Wet Hare (1962)
* Fish and Slips (1962)
* Bill of Hare (1962)
* The Slick Chick (1962)
* Mother Was a Rooster (1962)
* Good Noose (1962)
* Fast Buck Duck (1963)
* The Million Hare (1963)
* Banty Raids (1963)
* Aqua Duck (1963)
* Claws in the Lease (1963)
* A Message to Gracias (1964)
* Bartholomew Versus the Wheel (1964)
* Freudy Cat (1964)
* Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964)
* False Hare (1964)
* Moby Duck (1965)
* Assault and Peppered (1965)
* Well Worn Daffy (1965)
* Suppressed Duck (1965)
* Rushing Roulette (1965)
* Tease for Two (1965)
* Chili Corn Corny (1965)
* Go Go Amigo (1965)
* The Astroduck (1966)
* Mucho Locos (1966)
* Mexican Mousepiece (1966)
* Daffy Rents (1966)
* A-Haunting We Will Go (1966)
* Snow Excuse (1966)
* Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux (1966)
* A Squeak in the Deep (1966)
* Feather Finger (1966)
* Swing Ding Amigo (1966)
* Sugar and Spies (1966)
* A Taste of Catnip (1966)
* Toulouse La Trick (1966)
* Daffy's Diner (1967)
* Le Quiet Squad (1967)
* Bomb Voyage (1967)
* Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches) (1968)
* The Great Carrot Train Robbery (1969)
* Fistic Mystic (1969)
* Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! (1969)
* Shamrock and Roll (1969)
* Bugged by a Bee (1969)
* Injun Trouble (1969)

1970s|

* Pink DaVinci (1975)
* It's Pink, But Is It Mink? (1975)
* Mystic Pink (1976)
* The Pink Pro (1976)
* Sherlock Pink (1976)

TV shows|

* The Oddball Couple (1975)
* Misterjaw (1976)
* Baggy Pants and the Nitwits (1977)

People|

* Charles McKimson (brother)
* Thomas McKimson (brother)

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