Yes, there was an actual duck on which the well-known screen character was based. He did not have a name; around the poultry shed where he nested, he had only a number, like all the other black ducks, but today there are conflicting stories about what the number was. His original owner says it was 27, but that could be wrong. Everyone who knew him agrees that nobody on the farm ever called him "Daffy," and that some scriptwriter must have thought that up. The pig was based on a real pig named Porky Pig who lived on the farm and died in 1989. He wore the little narrow-brimmed hat and bow tie only on special occasions, and the rest of the time he just rooted around in the mud with the other pigs. The fact that the fictional version of him became famous did not affect him at all. The stutter was a complete fabrication added by Hollywood to make him more interesting. The real pig did not stutter and spoke rarely or never, depending on who you ask.
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