Daffy Duck

"You're despicable!"

- Daffy's catchphrase "I'm not crazy. I just don't give a darn."

- Daffy in "Daffy Duck & Egghead"

"And don't get any ideas. I locked the glove compartment!"

- Daffy in "We're In Big Truffle"

Daffy Duck is the anti-heroic deuteragonist in the animated series Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies and one of the two main protagonists in the 2003 live-action/animated film Looney Tunes: Back In Action, and a deuteragonist in the 1996 live-action/animated film Space Jam.

He is Bugs Bunny's arch-rival and occasional best friend.

Personality
Daffy Duck is best described as a selfish, greedy, arrogant, egotistical, mean-spirited, spotlight-hungry duck who is Bugs Bunny's arch-rival and occasional best friend. Daffy also craves for the spotlight which he rarely succeeds because of Bugs' fame and has tried many attempts to come out on top but fails repeatedly. He also antagonized other protagonists such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Speedy Gonzales which also makes him a anti-hero and occasionally villain in the series.

In earliest cartoons, he was undefeatable. He was a greatest cartoon star. When company made Bugs Bunny, who became more popular than Daffy, bit by bit, Daffy became less and less undefeatable. Chuck Jones broke original Daffy Duck, and make him selfish, evil, jealous character.

Daffy is usually underestimated by his enemies such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Nasty Canasta, Marvin the Martian, and Speedy Gonzales due to them being smarter and more competent than him and Daffy's arrogance getting the better of him and he is always defeated in the end.

Daffy is also very greedy and loves money as when he saw a mound of treasure when he and Bugs were traveling to Pismo Beach and wanted it all to himself, and when he heard about a $5,000 award for the Tasmanian Devil's capture which he captured and got the money.

Despite his selfishness and greediness, he has done plenty heroic acts such as when he is Duck Dodgers trying to protect earth from Marvin the Martian, teaming up with Bugs to defeat the villains, and joining the other Looney Tunes to defeat the Monstars.

Heroic Acts

 * In Space Jam (1996), he teams up with the other Looney Tunes and Michael Jordan to defeat the Monstars.
 * In Duck Dodgers (2003), He protects Earth from oppression under the guise of his alter-ego Duck Dodgers.
 * In Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), He saves Earth from being turned into monkeys by throwing his beak into the beam and holding it and swallowing it reversing it in the process and saves Bugs from falling.
 * In Bah Humduck: A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006), He redeems himself and gives everyone presents on Christmas Day after meeting The Ghosts of Christmas.
 * In Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal (2007), He teams up with the Looney Tunes to stop Dr. Frankenbeans.
 * He saves Bugs and Porky on certain occasions.
 * He is sometimes a friend of Bugs and teams up with him to defeat the villains.
 * In the New Looney Tunes episode Hare to the Throne, He along with Porky help Bugs retake his place as ruler of an Kingdom in Hare to the Throne.
 * In the New Looney Tunes episode Bugs Bunny Saves the Universe, he helps save the universe.

Trivia

 * Despite being the deuteragonist of the series and Bugs Bunny's best friend, Daffy is also an antagonist at times.
 * He shares his similarities with Donald Duck, his Disney counterpart and rival as both are anti-heroes and are jealous of the mascots of the companies (Daffy is jealous of Bugs and Donald is jealous of Mickey) and want to become the top star, but their plans are always foiled.