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The Essential Daffy Duck

2011 film by Chuck Jones

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ7732458 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Essential Daffy Duck is a DVD set of cartoons featuring Daffy Duck. It was released on November 1, 2011.

Contents

The contents are split over two discs. The first disc features 15 classic Daffy Duck shorts (14 of which were previously released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection sets or Frustrated Fowl plus his debut cartoon, Porky's Duck Hunt, which makes its DVD debut). The second disc features more recent shorts and TV appearances.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “The Essential Daffy Duck” as 2011 film by Chuck Jones. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Essential, Daffy and Duck.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Essential, Daffy and Duck providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “The Essential Daffy Duck”, the useful work is to connect “2011 film by Chuck Jones” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7732458. The first chronological checks are 2011.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Essential Daffy Duck” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.