The Prize Pest

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]

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

Plot

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.

After discovering that Daffy was scaring him with the prank of scaring people, to get revenge and get rid of him, Porky dresses up in a monstrous Halloween costume. Daffy's reaction is so extreme that he flees, hiding back in the gift box he arrived in. In a twist, Porky managed to scare away the duck, while he mocks Daffy's cowardice, he looks in the mirror and scares himself, that he admits to himself that he is a coward, just like Daffy.

Aftermath

• 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 included 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.