Don't Axe Me

{{Infobox film

| name = Don't Axe Me

| producer = John W. Burton{{cite book|last=Webb|first=Graham|title=The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999)|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|year=2011|isbn=978-0-7864-4985-9|page=95}}
Edward Selzer (uncredited)

| story = Tedd Pierce

| music = Milt Franklyn

| editing = Treg Brown

| animator = Ted Bonnicksen
George Grandpré
Tom Ray
Uncredited:
Warren Batchelder
Art Leonardi

| layout_artist = Robert Gribbroek

| background_artist = William Butler

| starring = Mel Blanc
(all other voices)
Arthur Q. Bryan
(Elmer Fudd)
June Foray
(Elmer's Wife)

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures

| color_process = Technicolor

| released = {{Film date|1958|1|4}}

| language = English

}}

Don't Axe Me is a 1958 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=304}} The short was released on January 4, 1958, and stars Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Barnyard Dawg.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/60/mode/2up |pages=60–62}}

Plot

In this cartoon, Daffy is Elmer's pet, always looking for ways to eat as much food as possible, including the dog's food. When the dog hears that Elmer and his wife are planning a dinner and need to prepare an animal, he convinces the wife to turn Daffy into the meal. So, Elmer goes after Daffy, with Daffy always figuring out a way to avoid getting captured.