Warner Bros. animation was known for a more original, anarchistic style compared to Disney's safer, more traditional approach.

The book Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation (cited in the retrieved sources) notes that Warner Bros. is known for a more original and even anarchistic style of narration, a willingness to take risks in story construction, a fearlessness in crossing gender lines with its characters, and a freedom in breaking boundaries. In contrast, Disney's animation plays it safe and mirrors traditional cinema stories. This distinction is essential to understanding why Daffy Duck — with his unpredictable, self-destructive energy — emerged from Warner Bros. and not from Disney, where characters were more carefully curated and morally unambiguous.