Aqua Duck

Aqua Duck
Merrie Melodies/Daffy Duck series
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Produced by	Warner Bros.
Story by	John Dunn
Voices by	Mel Blanc
Music by	Bill Lava
Animation by	Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder George Grandpre' Keith Darling
Layouts by	Robert Gribbroek
Backgrounds by	Robert Gribbroek
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	September 28, 1963 (USA)
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	6 min.
Language	English

Aqua Duck is a 1963 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Daffy Duck. This short is directed by Robert McKimson and written by John Dunn.

Plot

Daffy is wandering across a Dalí-style desert. Under the broiling sun he is suffering from hyperthermia and dehydration. He seeks water, but finds a gold nugget instead. A pack rat wants to give him water in exchange for the gold, but Daffy refuses to trade. The desert heat and his thirst take a toll on Daffy's sanity, as he begins imagining that he's in a bar, in a hotel, playing baseball, waiting for the bus, and dancing with a cactus. Finally Daffy becomes so severely dehydrated that he turns to dust and agrees to surrender the gold after the rat restores him with a drop of water. As he takes a glass of water, a storm swamps him in a flood. For the closing line he says, "When I buy water, I sure get my money's worth!"