Daredevil Droopy is a 1951 animated cartoon short, one of the few cartoons in which Droopy was paired with the dog Spike. It is based on the 1950 film The Chump Champ.^[3]

A circus arrives to town, and features its famous attractions, including "The Great Barko and His Famous Acrobatic Dogs". And under the commercial posters, an advertisement stands, titled "Dare Devil Dog Wanted", advertising a job for Barko's new dog-acrobats, under the condition "Must be Fearless!". This attracts both Droopy and Spike's attention to apply for the job.

Satisfied with the applications of the two dogs, The Circus Owner decides to put the situation on the competitive basis: "The one that gives me the best performance in strength and daring, gets the job!", to which the dogs agree. During the try-outs on every circus attraction – "see Simpson the Strong Man" test of strength, ringing the bell, "Pop the Balloons" shooting, "See a Woman Sawed in Half", "The Flying Human" flight test with a propeller on the head, riding a car through a solid brick wall, "The Sharp Shooter", juggling, riding on a motorcycle through a ring of fire, flying on the trapeze, tightrope-walking, figure skating and "The Human Bullet" shooting out of the cannon – Spike tries to outperform Droopy and sabotage his performances. But the former fails every time, and gets himself injured in a cruise ship a couple of times.

Spike tries to sabotage his competitor again, by burning his foot with a matchstick. This leads Droopy to perform faster, leaving the audience to applaud. It also gives Droopy a minor burn on the foot. Impressed with Droopy's successful performances, The Great Barko chooses the later to be one of his Acrobatic Dogs. Outraged for being rejected, Spike chops one of the trapeze poles to bring it down on both Droopy and Barko, but instead, it lands on Spike ("TIM- *crash* -ber."), ending the short.

Note: All voices are uncredited:

• Bill Thompson as Droopy ^[1][4]
• Tex Avery as Spike (vocal effects) ^[1][4]
• Daws Bulter as The Great Barko.

It is currently unknown who provided the voice of The Circus Owner, but it is speculated to be either Shepard Menken or Stan Freberg.^[1][4] Also, the voices of the sideshow and circus audience, are voiced by the sound effects of the program's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sound production crew.

Daredevil Droopy premiered in the United States on March 31, 1951.

• The scene in which Spike is left in blackface after a dynamite stick explodes on him has been edited out of modern releases.

• Daredevil Droopy on IMDb
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