On their way to the ancient altar where they discover the true power of the Blue Monkey Diamond, the foursome must walk across a 28-foot, 10,000-pound stone bridge spanning across a steaming molten lava pit. For the set, Peter Chesney and his team fabricated the pit using 600 gallons of orange Methocellulose lit from beneath, as well as a 2000-gallon-a-minute waterfall. A scissor lift was used to raise a 30-foot stone monkey out of the ground.
Once Bugs, Daffy, DJ and Kate finally make it across these treacherous hazards and reach the Blue Monkey Diamond, they are shocked to discover that they are not alone – Mr. Chairman has managed to track them across the world, and quickly relieves them of their prize before zapping himself and his captives back to his vile headquarters.
It seems that the malevolent madman’s maniacal monkey plot revolves around the placement of the Diamond on an Acme satellite orbiting the globe, where it will transmit to all the citizens of Earth, instantly transforming them into his monkey minions. To this end, Mr. Chairman sends resident alien Marvin the Martian into space with the Diamond. Luckily, Bugs and Daffy manage to escape his clutches and take off after the rogue extraterrestrial. Of course, Daffy has had some experience in the realm of the cosmos (from his days playing itinerant spaceman Duck Dodger), so it looks like the duck may at long last have a shot at the matinee idol heroism he’s always aspired to.
Meanwhile, back at the evil headquarters, actual matinee idol Damian Drake is in terrible peril – tied to the Acme railroad tracks beneath a precariously hung Acme brand anvil and surrounded by Acme brand dynamite, while the Acme brand train races down the tracks straight for him. It quickly becomes clear that Damian’s fate rests in the questionably capable hands of DJ, and the rescue is complicated a bit by the additional challenge of the enormous mechanical guard dog standing between DJ and his father. Will our heroes triumph? Will DJ and Daffy finally save the day? Will the Chairman’s dastardly deeds go unpunished? Will we all be turned in to monkeys in a matter of minutes? Toon in to find out!
Movie Database
In Theaters
