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*The Plucky Duck Show*
The Plucky Duck Show
Also known as	Steven Spielberg Presents The Plucky Duck Show
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Tom Ruegger
Directed by	Rich Arons
Voices of	Joe Alaskey; Don Messick; Charlie Adler; Tress MacNeille; Gail Matthius; Kath Soucie; Cree Summer; Frank Welker; John Kassir;
Theme music composer	Bruce Broughton
Composers	Richard Stone; Julie Bernstein; Steven Bernstein; Mark Watters; Don Davis;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (31 segments)
Production
Executive producer	Steven Spielberg
Producer	Sherri Stoner
Running time	21–22 minutes
Production companies	Amblin Entertainment; Warner Bros. Animation;
Original release
Network	Fox Kids
Release	September 19 –; December 12, 1992
Related
	Tiny Toon Adventures; Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain;

The Plucky Duck Show is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment. It is a short-lived spin-off of Tiny Toon Adventures focusing primarily on the character of Plucky Duck.^[1] It premiered on September 19, 1992, and ended on December 12, 1992, with a total of 13 episodes.

History

Of the 13 episodes produced, only "The Return of Batduck" was original to the series. All remaining episodes were compilations of Tiny Toons produced shorts, though some aired on The Plucky Duck Show first.

The theme song is a rendition of the Tiny Toons theme, set to the same music, but with Plucky himself as the subject of the song. Some of the lyrics were reused in the Tiny Toons episode "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special".

After the show was canceled, "Batduck" was edited and added in as an episode of Tiny Toons. The show's formula was attempted again several years later when Pinky and the Brain, the supporting characters from Animaniacs (Steven Spielberg's next collaboration with Warner Bros. Animation), were also given their own show. Unlike The Plucky Duck Show, however, Pinky and the Brain consists entirely of original material rather than reusing pre-existing shorts from the show it was spun-off from.

The "Yakety Yak" segment was made commercially available on the Tiny Toons Sing! CD/cassette album.

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
Season	Episodes		First aired	Last aired
1	13		September 19, 1992 (1992-09-19)	December 12, 1992 (1992-12-12)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"The Return of Batduck"	Rich Arons	Storyboarded by : Jim Fletcher (as James Fletcher), Eddie Fitzgerald, Rusty Mills and Jenny Lerew Written by : Peter Hastings	September 19, 1992 (1992-09-19)
Plucky returns to his role as Batduck to star in a new movie. Note: This is the only episode with John Kassir as Buster.
2	"Ducklahoma"	Rich Arons	Sherri Stoner and Nicholas Hollander	September 26, 1992 (1992-09-26)
	"Video Game Blues"	–	–
	"Yakety Yak"	–	–
	"Party Crasher Plucky"	Byron Vaughns	Story by : Sherri Stoner Written by : George McGrath
(1.) Actually an edited version of the cartoon, which is a spoof of Oklahoma!. (2.) A musical number in which Plucky and Fowlmouth sing about Plucky's addiction to video games; set to music from The Nutcracker. (3.) A "music video" set to the song Yakety Yak. (4.) Plucky crashes a celebrity party, and brings Shirley the Loon with him.
3	"Minister Golf"	Directed by : Alfred Gimeno Co-directed by : David West	Tom Ruegger	October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03)
	"Particle Man"	–	–
	"Istanbul"	–	–
	"My Brilliant Revenge!"	Ken Boyer	Peter Hastings
(1.) A "Baby Plucky" cartoon in which Plucky remembers the first time he played miniature golf. (2.) A "music video" set to the song Particle Man. (3.) Another "music video," set to the They Might Be Giants' version of Istanbul (Not Constantinople). (4.) Hamton destroys Plucky's bagpipes in a fit of anger, and Plucky plots a way to get back at Hamton.
4	"Kon Ducki"	Rich Arons	Storyboarded by : Eddie Fitzgerald, Jim Fletcher (as James Fletcher), Enrique May and Rusty Mills Written by : Sherri Stoner, Peter Hastings and Stephen Hibbert	October 10, 1992 (1992-10-10)
A feature about Pluck Heyerdahl's voyage on the Kon Ducki (which is a parody of the Kon-Tiki); followed by a "making of" featurette.
5	"Inside Plucky Duck"	Art Vitello	Paul Dini and Buzz Dixon	October 17, 1992 (1992-10-17)
	"Bat's All, Folks"	–	Teleplay by : Paul Dini and Buzz Dixon
	"Wild Takes Class"	Art Vitello	Paul Dini
(1.) Plucky and Hamton star as Batduck and Decoy, a parody of Batman and Robin. (2.) Plucky does a cartoon-style take in which he turns into a giant eyeball, but then finds out that he is stuck that way.
6	"A Quack in the Quarks"	Art Vitello	Storyboarded by : Douglas McCarthy and Bruce Timm Written by : Tom Minton	October 24, 1992 (1992-10-24)
In this spoof of the Star Wars films, aliens choose Plucky to defend their world against a Darth Vader-style villain.
7	"A Ditch in Time"	Art Vitello	Storyboarded by : Bruce Timm and Douglas McCarthy (as Doug McCarthy) Written by : Wayne Kaatz, Art Vitello, Bruce Timm and Douglas McCarthy	October 31, 1992 (1992-10-31)
Plucky builds a time machine so that he can go back a few days and finish his homework on time, but ends up traveling to prehistoric days.
8	"Going Up"	Byron Vaughns	Story by : Tom Ruegger Written by : Nicholas Hollander	November 7, 1992 (1992-11-07)
	"Wait Till Your Father Gets Even"	Ken Boyer	Nicholas Hollander
	"Never Too Late to Loon"	Rich Arons	Jim Reardon
(1.) A "Baby Plucky" cartoon in which little Plucky is playing with the buttons in an elevator at the shopping mall. (2.) Hamton loses his father's bottle cap collection to Plucky, and he is afraid to face his father. (3.) Afraid of failing a math test, Plucky asks his psychic girlfriend Shirley the Loon to give him Albert Einstein's brain.
9	"Just-Us League of Supertoons"	Byron Vaughns	Paul Dini	November 14, 1992 (1992-11-14)
	"A Bacon Strip"	Ken Boyer	Wayne Kaatz
	"Migrant Mallard"	Tom Minton	Rich Arons
(1.) Batduck and Decoy try to join the Just-Us League (a parody of the Justice League). (2.) After skinny-dipping in Max's pool, naked Hamton tries to get home without being seen. (3.) Unable to fight his instincts, Plucky flies south for the winter against his will.
10	"Hollywood Plucky"	Art Vitello	Storyboarded by : Bruce Timm and Douglas McCarthy Written by : Sherri Stoner	November 21, 1992 (1992-11-21)
Plucky, accompanied by Hamton, goes to Hollywood to try to sell his movie script.
11	"The Potty Years"	Jon McClenehan	Storyboarded by : Ken Boyer and Alfred Gimeno Written by : Tom Ruegger	November 28, 1992 (1992-11-28)
	"Milk, It Makes a Body Spout"	Rich Arons	Tom Minton and Tom Ruegger
	"The Anvil Chorus"	Art Leonardi	Don Dougherty and Tom Ruegger
(1.) The first "Baby Plucky" cartoon, in which Plucky remembers his potty training. (2.) Buster and Plucky have a contest to see who can make Hamton laugh hard enough to shoot the milk he is drinking out of his nose. (3.) An orchestra plays the Anvil Chorus while Plucky tries to avoid the falling anvils that are crashing down around him.
12	"Slugfest"	Art Vitello	Jim Reardon	December 5, 1992 (1992-12-05)
	"Duck Dodgers Jr."	Directed by : Kent Butterworth Design by : Maurice Noble	Mike Kazaleh, Maurice Noble and Wayne Kaatz
	"Duck Trek"	Ken Boyer	Jim Reardon
(1.) In this satire of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Plucky and Hamton dress up as Plucky's cartoon heroes, the Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs. (2.) Plucky is Duck Dodgers' sidekick as Dodgers once again faces off against Marvin. (3.) A parody of Star Trek, featuring Plucky in the role of Captain Kirk.
13	"One Minute Till Three"	Rich Arons	Tom Ruegger and Tom Minton	December 12, 1992 (1992-12-12)
	"Sticky Feathers Duck"	Rich Arons	Beth Bornstein
	"Duck in the Dark"	–	–
(1.) Plucky is anxiously waiting for the class to end, and hoping to avoid getting stuck with a weekend assignment for getting the wrong answers. (2.) Plucky and Hamton steal a candy bar, and it weighs on their consciences. (3.) Plucky sleeps over at Buster's house, but stays up late watching horror movies, causing him to have nightmares.

Notes

^ "A Ditch in Time"

References

^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 626. ISBN 978-1476665993.