Tom Turk and Daffy

{{Infobox film

| name = Tom Turk and Daffy

| image = TomTurkDaffyTC.png

| starring = Mel Blanc
Billy Bletcher{{Cite book |title=Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70 |last=Scott |first=Keith |publisher=BearManor Media |year=2022 |isbn=979-8-88771-010-5 |pages=58}}

| music = Carl W. Stalling

| animator = Ken Harris
Ben Washam
Robert Cannon
Rudy Larriva

| layout_artist = Bernyce Polifka

| background_artist = Bernyce Polifka

| studio = Leon Schlesinger Productions

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.

| released = {{Film date|1944|2|12}}

| color_process = Technicolor

| runtime = 7:17

| language = English

}}

Tom Turk and Daffy is a 1944 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.{{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=147}} The cartoon was released on February 12, 1944, and stars Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/70/mode/2up |pages=70–72}}

The voices of Daffy and Porky were provided by Mel Blanc, while Tom Turk was voiced by Billy Bletcher.

Plot

In a wintry setting, Daffy Duck constructs a snowman until his solitude is disrupted by distant gunfire. Tom Turk, a pursued turkey, beseeches Daffy for refuge from Porky Pig's pursuit. Initially hesitant, Daffy relents and shelters Tom within his snowman creation. However, Daffy's allegiance falters under Porky's persuasive appeals for a turkey dinner. Betrayed by Daffy's guilty conscience, Tom retaliates by adorning Daffy with his incriminating tail feathers, initiating a chase between Porky and Daffy across the snowy expanse.

Employing diverse strategies, Daffy evades Porky's pursuit, leveraging the terrain to his advantage. The ensuing exchanges feature Daffy's resourceful use of frozen elements, resulting in comedic clashes with Porky. Employing subterfuge, Daffy coerces Porky into unwittingly conceding to a toll, heightening Porky's exasperation. A crescendo of chaos ensues as Porky, irate at Daffy's duplicity, embarks on an unremitting pursuit, symbolizing his diminishing composure. Daffy seeks refuge with Tom once more, imploring aid in evading Porky. Tom complies, endeavoring to conceal Daffy in various locations as night falls.

Cast

Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck, Porky Pig
Billy Bletcher as Tom Turk

Production notes

Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce are both the writers of the short, and are credited here as "The Staff".
Tom Turk later reappeared in the 1949 Daffy Duck short Holiday for Drumsticks, albeit redesigned and having a different voice.
This is the final Chuck Jones short that was animated by Rudy Larriva.{{cite web | url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/au/movietopic.php?topic=903226&orderby=ratcount&chv=list&nodoc&p=19 | title=FilmAffinity }}
After being betrayed by Daffy, Tom, still inside the snowman, mutters the word "Quisling",{{cite web |title=Transcript of Daffy and Porky's confrontation in the cartoon. |url=https://www.quotes.net/mquote/1126588}} which is the name of the Norwegian Prime Minister Vidkun Quisling who sold out to the Nazis which would be synonymous with "traitor" and "Benedict Arnold" forever after, which, his betrayal towards Norwegians, resulted in a relatively bloodless invasion of Norway by the Nazis while Quisling himself is granted preferential custody of his occupied nation.{{cite web | url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/happy-thanksgiving-4-123532.html | title=Happy Thanksgiving! | date=26 November 2015 }}