Chapter Four: Daffy Takes it Easy
NOTE: "Wall-E" is a trademark and copyright of Pixar, a division of Buena Vista International.
Pixar and Disney had just released "Wall-E" into movie theaters. As usual, Bugs and Daffy were not planning to see it. But this morning, when Wile E. read the newspaper stating on the front page that "Wall-E" had opened right at number one in box-office, he got nervous. He knew Daffy was going to have a fit over it. Rather than wait to build the suspense, he figured it was time to face the music. So he entered the den where Daffy Duck was relaxing on the love seat.
"Here… I think you should read this." Wile E. said, managing to get the sentence out of his mouth and handing the paper to the duck.
Daffy read the paper, and Wile E. braced himself for the explosion. After waiting half a minute, he heard Daffy say, "So 'Wall-E' is at top of the box-office. Big deal! Who cares? NOT ME!" The duck tossed the paper back to Wile E.
"I don't care either!" Bugs's voice rang out from the kitchen.
"Huh?" the coyote was confused.
"Yes," Daffy explained. "Dr. Spots has been helping me out in therapy. Besides, this isn't a talking animal movie, and it's not getting wildly over rated like 'Ratatouille' did." He shuddered.
"So that explains why you aren't throwing a fit right now," Wile E. pointed out.
"Right," Daffy said.
The coyote grinned and said, "I guess things are starting to look up for you."
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Over at the office later that day, Daffy was talking with Isobel again. "…so when 'Ratatouille' won the Oscar, it was the last straw. The Looney Tunes and I, except for Wile E. Coyote, lead a huge assault against Pixar!"
"Oh yeah, I heard about that…" Dr. Spots said. "Didn't you guys get caught?"
"No, Wile E. stopped us," Daffy said. "He prevented us from making a terrible mistake. Even though I will still hate Pixar for many, many years, it was wrong to try and destroy them."
"Atta boy, Daffy." Isobel patted Daffy on the back.
"So assaults against studios like we did are out?" Daffy asked.
"I'm afraid so," Isobel chuckled, "but only here in North America. Well that wraps up this session."
Daffy sighed with relief. "Good thing, too," he said. "I don't know what else to tell you right now!"
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As Daffy Duck was leaving the building, he didn't notice that a certain small white beagle with black ears and spots, and his little yellow bird friend were watching him.
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What do these two want with our heroes? Will the Looney Tunes become popular and survive in TV reruns once again? Will Pixar ever have a box-office bomb? Will the Cartoon Network boss achieve his dream and totally eliminate classic programming from his channel? You'll have to wait a little to find out. I apologize this chapter was too short. I am going to loosen up on another project before I come up to Chapter 5 of "Daffy on the Couch!"