| Dr. Jerkyl and Chloe | |
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Other Names |
Dr. Jerkyl, Chloe |
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First Appearance |
The Impatient Patient (September 5, 1942) |
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Original Publisher |
Warner Bros. |
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Created by |
Norman McCabe & Don Christensen |
Origin[]
Dr. Jerkyl as his alter ego Chloe.
While traipsing through the Ookaboochie Swamps, Daffy Duck seeks to deliver a telegram to "Chloe." He finds the home of "Dr. Jerkyl", and hopes that the physician can cure his hiccups. Daffy's hiccups are so severe that they cause him to damage or destroy everything around him.
Dr. Jerkyl captures Daffy and restrains him to a doctor's chair. Hoping to scare Daffy in order to cure his hiccups, Dr. Jerkyl drinks a potion that turns him into an ogre. Terrified, Daffy asks him who he is, and he responds, "I'm Chloe." Daffy then reads him the telegram, which is a cheerful Happy Birthday message from Frank N. Stein.
Chloe chases Daffy around the laboratory until the radio is accidentally switched on, prompting him to dance. Once the music ends, the chase resumes. Daffy scrambles to the lab table and mixes a potion, which turns Chloe into an infant. Daffy hits the infant with a hammer. "He don't know me very well, do he?"
Public Domain Animated Appearances[]
- The Impatient Patient (1942)
Notes[]
- Dr. Jerkyl and his alter ego Chloe parody The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a story by Robert Louis Stevenson about a man with a severe split personality.
- Chloe's birthday message comes from Frank N. Stein, a reference to Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Shelley.
- This cartoon entered the public domain in 1970 as Warner Bros. did not renew the copyright in time.
- Despite Daffy Duck being featured prominently in "The Impatient Patient", the character of Daffy himself is still under copyright and goes public domain in the year 2033.