Downhearted Duckling

What could be funnier than depression and suicide? Almost anything, but it didn't stop Hanna Barbera from making this cartoon in which down-hearted duckling Quacker, convinced that he is ugly (having just read The Ugly Duckling), repeatedly attempts to kill himself, with Jerry narrowly intervening.

After Jerry prevents Quacker from taking his own life with an axe, the duckling asks Tom if he would like to eat him, which of course he does. But Jerry isn't about to let that happen… cue hilarity as each time Tom is about to swallow Quacker, Jerry steps in to save the little bird.

At the end of the tale, Quacker meets a girl duckling who tells him he is cute and together they walk off into the sunset. Problem solved.

As much as I dislike Quacker as a character (he's not ugly, just irritating), having him suffer from depression and suicidal tendencies doesn't make for much fun, in my opinion. I guess that in the '50s, such issues weren't treated very seriously; thankfully, times have changed.