![]() ![]() And I'm the Queen of Sheba: When the Japanese duck tries to tell a turtle he's not Japanese by showing him a badge that says "I am Chinese" note with a Made in Japan mark on the bottom, the turtle doesn't fall for it and keeps hitting him, saying "Yeah, and I'm mock turtle soup!".The Japanese are also the first ones to be beaten up. audience, even with shouts like "Give 'em one for Pearl Harbor!" near the end. America Won World War II: The cartoon is obviously aimed at a U.S. ![]() ![]() The ducks nearly take over the world before the FDR peace dove decides to fight back, at which point they are easily subdued. An Aesop: "The Ducktators" shows that sometimes, peace talks won't change the policies of evil dictators and that war is the only solution.Adolf Hitlarious: Hitler is shown as an angry duck who makes a fool of himself.It's mostly interesting for historians or people interested in wartime cartoons. As a result, it has fallen into Public Domain. Since the end of World War II, it has been seldom seen on television due to its explicit ties to the era, though on the rare times it has been shown on TV, it has usually been shown edited, barring its sole appearance on the Cartoon Network program Toon Heads. The short ends with a propaganda message to buy war bonds. Near the end, after being trampled in a failed attempt to end the Ducktators' reign of terror peacefully, he decides to muster up the courage to defeat them. President Roosevelt) feels powerless to stop them. It's notable for being a satirical allegory for World War II depicting Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo (though some sources claim that the Japanese duck caricature is, in fact, Emperor Hirohito) as ducks and geese who take over a farm, while a peace dove (possibly based on U.S. and directed by Norm McCabe, who would later direct " Tokio Jokio" (1943). "The Ducktators" is a 1942 Wartime Cartoon released by Warner Bros. ![]()
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