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The Breakout Character of the Classic Disney Shorts, Donald Fauntleroy Duck is one of history's most famous cartoon characters.Donald first appeared in the Silly Symphonies short The Wise Little Hen in 1934, where he played one of the lazy animals in the Fable, refusing to help the Hen plant her corn and was thus denied a reward at the end. His distinct voice, given to him by Clarence "Ducky" Nash, singled him out for stardom. He quickly became a bit player in several other shorts before finally landing a role alongside Mickey Mouse and Goofy in 1935's Mickey's Service Station.From there, Donald took off, gaining his own supporting cast in the process. In 1937's Don Donald, he got a girlfriend, Donna (who was replaced by Daisy Duck in 1940's Mr. Duck Steps Out). In 1938, his "darling nephews" Huey, Dewey & Louie came for a visit (officially in 1938's Donald's Nephews, but the story had been told in the comics a few months earlier). The nephews' mother, Donald's twin sister Della note "Dumbella" in the short based on the comic strip and still the canonical name in some countries, was never seen or heard from again, note until DuckTales (2017) and Donald became their permanent foster parent. The next year, Donald's Cousin Gus introduced his cousin Gus Goose.Donald was nearly the complete opposite of Mickey. Unlike The Everyman, he was brash, quick-tempered and loaded with faults. Because of this, audiences loved him and responded to him very positively.In 1939, he got his own Newspaper Comic and in the 1940s, Carl Barks began making an entire comic universe based around him. Barks' role was eventually inherited by Don Rosa and the stories by these two creators are the only ones that are officially considered within the Disney comics universe.World War II was especially good to Donald. A series of Wartime Cartoons showed him enlisting in the army and he won his only Academy Award for Der Fuehrer's Face in 1943. It was also during the 1940s that he was featured in four entries in the Disney Animated Canon: Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Fun and Fancy Free and Melody Time.After theatrical shorts fell out of favor, his appearances slowed down, but he was never quite out. He appeared in DuckTales as a supporting character and starred in Quack Pack. He also appeared with Daffy Duck in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starred in the "Pomp and Circumstance" segment of Fantasia 2000, reappeared with the gang in Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers and in 2004, he got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He also came back in Mickey MouseWorks / House of Mouse and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, as well as the new series of Mickey Mouse shorts, Mickey and the Roadster Racers / Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, the DuckTales revival (as a regular this time), and Mickey Mouse Funhouse. He appeared as a court mage and recurring party member in the Kingdom Hearts series of video games, to say nothing of the few games he got to himself such as the fondly remembered Quackshot. He is the protagonist of Legend of the Three Caballeros.And naturally, there are the comics. Donald Duck has a specific universe associated with him and Uncle Scrooge: the Disney Ducks Comic Universe. In some countries, Donald has also developed a super-hero alterego, Paperinik (called Duck Avenger in the USA). These comics often show just how much of a hero that "loser duck" can be. Tropes specific to the comic go on that page.He has the fewest official voice actors of Disney's Sensational Six; he was originally voiced by Clarence "Ducky" Nash. After Nash's death in 1985, animator Tony Anselmo has been the official voice of Donald in all Disney productions, except for Mickey and the Roadster Racers / Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, in which Daniel Ross voices Donald due to Anselmo being too busy with other projects. | |
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Badly Battered Babysitter: Whenever he has to babysit Shelby the Turtle or his nephews. Or any creature at all, for that matter. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: In Donald's Happy Birthday, when Donald finds out about the gift cigars which he forced his nephews to smoke, he shrinks! Nice Job Breaking Your Nephews, Donald. A more serious variant in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, after the nephews decide to "liven up" Christmas with a rather cruel prank, the resulting mess completely destroys the celebrations, not to mention a lot of Donald's house. Expecting another temper tantrum from their uncle, they decide to make a run for it before noticing Donald...slumped over, very still and speechless, depressed at ruining his family's Christmas. It is this huge change in demeanor that leads the boys to realize that they took their antics too far this time. | |
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In "Donald's Rocket Ruckus", Donald sees what he thinks is Huey, Dewey, and Louie disguised as a tall woman in order to trick him into letting them on the titular amusement park ride. He tears the dress off only to find that the tall and lumbering woman actually is a tall and lumbering woman and is now naked, getting a punch from the embarrassed woman for all his troubles. | |
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Hero Antagonist: He can be this in some cartoons, especially with Huey, Dewey and Louie or Chip and Dale. | |
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This Loser Is You: Donald is incredibly unlucky and has very little patience for anything. The adult audience of the shorts can easily relate to him. | |
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Boisterous Bruiser | |
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Boisterous Bruiser: Donald can have shades of this, if the situation arises. | |
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Badass Adorable | |
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Badass Adorable: Yes, Donald is a cute looking duck. but don't make him angry, or else he will beat the crap outta you. | |
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Enmity with an Object: Similarly to Goofy, Donald troubles himself with inanimate things a lot, often because he tends to mishandle them due to his roughness, other times the object he's messing with is vaguely sentient and mocks him while being uncooperative, like the mainspring from Clock Cleaners or the steam engine piston in Tugboat Mickey. | |
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The Heart: For all of his faults, Donald serves as this towards the Duck family. In "The Duck Who Never Was" by Don Rosa, it's shown that everyone (aside from Gladstone Gander) would be a miserable mess without him, with Duckberg decaying from injustice and poverty. Same for DuckTales (2017). Donald was the one to ultimately convince his nephews to forgive Scrooge after their conflict, as well as leading the fight in their darkest hours. He even talked down Mrs. Beakley in season 3 when her paranoia was terrorizing the children. | |
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Poor Communication Kills | |
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Poor Communication Kills: In two shorts, "Donald's Happy Birthday" and "Lucky Number," the nephews attempt to do something nice for Donald and give him a nice surprise; by buying him a birthday present in the former and trying to pick up the car he unknowingly won in the latter. Sadly, both times due to the nephews being too secretive and Donald's own stubborn and mistrustful nature cause things to backfire horribly, and Donald doesn't learn the truth until it's too late. | |
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Green-Eyed Monster: Donald gets like this in Donald's Double Trouble, when he tries to get a more civilized duplicate of himself to help win Daisy back for him, only to see the twin actually fall for her himself. | |
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Papa Wolf: Can pull it out when Huey, Dewey and Louie are threatened. In DuckTales (2017) especially, with Neighbor Jones, Donald's anger management therapist, says that Donald's learned to channel his anger in such a way that his kids being threatened is one of the best ways to make Donald release all of his pent-up rage. | |
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Dangerously Close Shave: Donald almost gets one from an automated barber's chair in Modern Inventions. | |
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Angrish: Very fluent speaker, when Donald is enraged he'll be reduced to nothing but furious quacks in the place of actual words. | |
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Polka-Dot Paint: In "The Vanishing Private", Donald paints a field cannon with red, green and yellow stripes, and black polka dots. All at once, with a single brush and bucket. | |
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Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off!: An usual, effective resource that Donald uses to punish his nephews with when they’re too bratty to endure. However, very rarely is the bottom reddening directly shown; it’s mostly implied, with him frenetically chasing the trio while holding a tree’s branch. (He couldn’t use a belt for obvious reasons.) He is shown spanking the snot out of Junior in Bellboy Donald (complete with an Evil Laugh and sharp teeth in his beak), though considering what the little brat put him through, it's still rather amusing to watch. | |
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Signed with a Kiss | |
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Signed with a Kiss: In The Autograph Hound, Donald meets Shirley Temple and asks for her autograph. After she does, she dots the I by kissing it. | |
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Good is Not Nice: Despite his good intentions, he is usually grumpy and irritable most of the time. | |
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Toothy Bird: Donald has been known to call pearly whites into existence, mainly to express anger. Or when he has a particularly mischievous smile. Donald's Double Trouble's 5th minute takes the anger part of this to dangerous heights. | |
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Baseball Episode: Slide, Donald, Slide has a variation, in which Donald tries to listen to the World Series on the radio and pretends to play baseball along with it, in spite of constant interruptions from Spike the Bee, who would much rather listen to classical music on the radio. | |
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Public Domain Animation | |
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Public Domain Animation: The short "The Spirit of '43". However, you won't find it in any compilations—in fact, Disney halted the release of a public domain DVD with Donald displayed on the cover, pointing out that while the cartoon is Public Domain, Donald Duck isn't. | |
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Covered in Kisses | |
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Covered in Kisses: The ending to Mr. Duck Steps Out adds a nice visual gag to the trope; one of Daisy's lipsticky kisses has landed right in the middle of Donald's eyelids. He blinks. Cue illusion of lips smacking! | |
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Furry Confusion | |
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Furry Confusion: Hilariously brought up in Fantasia 2000, where Donald notices a couple of non-anthropomorphized ducks passing by and realizes that evolution may have done him special favors. His face says it all. | |
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Carnivore Confusion | |
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Carnivore Confusion: Chef Donald opens with Donald using rubber cement to insert a recipe into his scrapbook. But the recipe turns out to be for "roast duck", much to his annoyance. | |
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Small Name, Big Ego | |
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Small Name, Big Ego: He thinks he's better than his rivals, but he's often at the receiving end and usually lets it go into his head. | |
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Made Out to Be a Jerkass | |
Donald Duck / int_28bb0e7e | comment |
Made Out to Be a Jerkass: Even when he's the one being tormented, we're supposed to root for the other guy. He can also be criticized simply for wanting to have some time alone in peace. | |
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Donald Duck / int_28bb0e7e | |
Donald Duck / int_29429eec | type |
Community-Threatening Construction | |
Donald Duck / int_29429eec | comment |
Community-Threatening Construction: On the short "Dragon Around", Chip 'n Dale defend their home from a "dragon" that turns out to be Donald in a steam shovel, who has to uproot their tree to clear the way for a highway. | |
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Donald Duck / int_29429eec | |
Donald Duck / int_297170d3 | type |
Halloween Episode | |
Donald Duck / int_297170d3 | comment |
Halloween Episode: "Trick or Treat... Trick or Treat... Trick or Treat for Halloween..." (Yeah, that song is quite catchy.) | |
Donald Duck / int_297170d3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Donald Duck / int_297170d3 | |
Donald Duck / int_2af6bbeb | type |
Break the Haughty | |
Donald Duck / int_2af6bbeb | comment |
Break the Haughty: When he's being a selfish jerkass, he often receives a Humiliation Conga. | |
Donald Duck / int_2af6bbeb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Donald Duck / int_2af6bbeb | |
Donald Duck / int_2d4fa515 | type |
Ax-Crazy | |
Donald Duck / int_2d4fa515 | comment |
Ax-Crazy: In an infamous scene in Mickey And The Beanstalk he goes crazy with starvation and tries to kill his own cow with an axe so he, Mickey and Goofy can eat. And when he fails to do so he even tries to eat it alive, starting to bite its tail. | |
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Donald Duck / int_2d4fa515 | |
Donald Duck / int_2e528f4e | type |
What Measure Is a Non-Cute? | |
Donald Duck / int_2e528f4e | comment |
What Measure Is a Non-Cute?: Seemed to play into Donald's victory streak according to his enemies. Regardless of who started the war per se, when placed against cute smaller animals or troublemakers, Donald usually didn't stand a chance. When placed against repulsive antagonists like Pete however, Donald was often allowed to win for once. | |
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Donald Duck / int_2e528f4e | |
Donald Duck / int_2ef005ab | type |
Vocal Evolution | |
Donald Duck / int_2ef005ab | comment |
Vocal Evolution: Donald's speech impediment, even voiced by Clarence Nash, gets more comprehensible over time. | |
Donald Duck / int_2ef005ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Donald Duck / int_2ef005ab | |
Donald Duck / int_2f253c94 | type |
Glass Cannon | |
Donald Duck / int_2f253c94 | comment |
Glass Cannon: Literally part of Donald's character in many of the Classic Disney Shorts - he enjoys imposing on others as The Berserker would, but when met with adversity he goes down fast. In other words, he can dish it out, but can't take it. Sometimes subverted. In many cartoons, he can take as good a punishment as he gives, especially in cartoons with Chip and Dale, Shelby, his nephews, or Pete where's he's often put in dangerous situations from which he sometimes escapes or lasts until the end. This makes him more of a Lightning Bruiser since he's been put through more punishment than probably another other original Disney character except for maybe Pete, but can also dish out more punishment than anyone else as seen by "Tapped Out" where he almost effortlessly beats the crap of the world wrestling champion, Pete. | |
Donald Duck / int_2f253c94 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
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Donald Duck / int_2f253c94 | |
Donald Duck / int_31df118 | type |
Attention Whore | |
Donald Duck / int_31df118 | comment |
Attention Whore: He believes he deserves the spotlight more than Mickey and tried numerous attempts to do so. | |
Donald Duck / int_31df118 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Donald Duck / int_31df118 | |
Donald Duck / int_32821ceb | type |
The Unintelligible | |
Donald Duck / int_32821ceb | comment |
The Unintelligible: Donald's voice can be so hard to understand that it has caused at least two misunderstandings in the form of people accusing him of screaming "Fuck you!" in Clock Cleaners and calling Daffy Duck the n-word in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (he actually says "Sez you!" and "You doggone stubborn little...", respectively). This does not apply to him in the comics, though for obvious reasons, though once in a while a story may allude to his odd voice. His characteristic unintelligible ranting aside, Disney does go to great lengths to make sure Donald's voice is understandable as it can be, especially in modern productions that emphasize dialogue, unlike the shorts which tended towards minimal dialogue. Word choice helps, as certain words just sound better in that voice than others, particularly multi-syllabic ones, while soft monosyllabic words become mushy and impossible to say. note If Donald literally can't get around saying a word like that, they compensate by adding more syllables. i.e. "girls" becomes "gir-uls". The 2017 reboot of DuckTales even makes this a plot point. In the Season 1 finale, no one's able to understand Donald's plan to fight the Big Bad, so he's temporarily given a Barksian modulator from Gyro Gearloose, giving him Don Cheadle's baritone. It doesn't last, but several characters note that being able to understand his dialogue makes him seem far more capable than before. | |
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Donald Duck / int_32821ceb | |
Donald Duck / int_32da91b8 | type |
Out of Focus | |
Donald Duck / int_32da91b8 | comment |
Out of Focus: Not to the extent of Pluto, but in the newest Mickey Mouse (2013) series, Donald has thus far made only 13 appearances (15 if you include cameos). | |
Donald Duck / int_32da91b8 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_32da91b8 | |
Donald Duck / int_32e05e5e | type |
The Prankster | |
Donald Duck / int_32e05e5e | comment |
The Prankster: He loves to prank his nephews and anyone else but his karma comes to bite him in the ass in the end. | |
Donald Duck / int_32e05e5e | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_32e05e5e | |
Donald Duck / int_34593622 | type |
Dripping Disturbance | |
Donald Duck / int_34593622 | comment |
Dripping Disturbance: The main plot line of Drip Dippy Donald, which takes this trope up to eleven, as the dripping just won't stop no matter what Donald does. | |
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Donald Duck / int_34593622 | |
Donald Duck / int_34ae8c28 | type |
Rod-and-Reel Repurposed | |
Donald Duck / int_34ae8c28 | comment |
Rod-and-Reel Repurposed: In cartoon "Donald's Happy Birthday", Donald takes his nephews' piggy bank away from them, so they use a fishing rod try to fish it out of his hands while he's napping. | |
Donald Duck / int_34ae8c28 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_34ae8c28 | |
Donald Duck / int_34dcfc96 | type |
Kick the Dog | |
Donald Duck / int_34dcfc96 | comment |
Kick the Dog: Sometimes he has a very cruel sense of humor and likes to mess with smaller animals or his own nephews, which leads to his undoing by the end of the short. | |
Donald Duck / int_34dcfc96 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_34dcfc96 | |
Donald Duck / int_35f4f6 | type |
Karmic Butt-Monkey | |
Donald Duck / int_35f4f6 | comment |
Karmic Butt-Monkey: The eponymous Donald Duck. There is a very good reason his theme song says, "Who gets stuck with all the bad luck? No one but Donald Duck." A lot of his problems are self-inflicted due to his bad temper and the fact that he imposes on other people for his own sick kicks. The "Butt-Monkey" part is lampshaded in his theme song. | |
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Donald Duck / int_35f4f6 | |
Donald Duck / int_36135fb0 | type |
Official Couple | |
Donald Duck / int_36135fb0 | comment |
Official Couple: With Daisy Duck. | |
Donald Duck / int_36135fb0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Donald Duck / int_36135fb0 | |
Donald Duck / int_37a6a66a | type |
Instrumental Theme Tune | |
Donald Duck / int_37a6a66a | comment |
Originally, Donald’s cartoons were accompanied by diverse instrumental themes, each suiting the short featured, such as the Mexican melody in Don Donald. They would also play prominently within the short itself. This practice was later abandoned; the first two tunes that stuck can be heard here and here. Finally, in the second half of the forties, the theme we’re most familiar with appeared, an inversion of the Bragging Theme Tune, since most of the qualities it attributes to Donald are the complete opposite of his behavior in the cartoons. | |
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Donald Duck / int_37a6a66a | |
Donald Duck / int_389b0e | type |
Title Theme Tune | |
Donald Duck / int_389b0e | comment |
A Title Theme Tune, combined with elements from a Thematic Theme Tune, was used as the intro to the old show Donald Duck Presents. A song with a very strong 80’s scent, take a listen here. | |
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Donald Duck / int_389b0e | |
Donald Duck / int_38b05ae7 | type |
Poorly Disguised Pilot | |
Donald Duck / int_38b05ae7 | comment |
Poorly Disguised Pilot: "The Wise Little Hen" notwithstanding, a year prior to Donald getting his own individual shorts, the Mickey Mouse cartoon, "Donald and Pluto", was centered entirely around Donald and Pluto, with no appearance whatsoever by Mickey. A few months later, supposedly, the same thing happened with the duck's next appearance in "Don Donald", the debut appearance of Daisy, which was also released as a Mickey cartoon, but again with no appearance at all by Mickey. | |
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Donald Duck / int_38b05ae7 | |
Donald Duck / int_396e1c2a | type |
Face Death with Dignity | |
Donald Duck / int_396e1c2a | comment |
Face Death with Dignity: In Commando Duck, Donald gets pursued by a wave of rocks and water after his rubber raft fills up with water and then explodes. He reaches the end of a tree branch sticking out over a cliff and finds that he has been trapped by the surge coming his way. He cowers briefly, then stands stoically with his hand in salute, preparing to perish. This is averted, of course; he is thrown clear in the nick of time. | |
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Donald Duck / int_396e1c2a | |
Donald Duck / int_3c8be88f | type |
Bird-Poop Gag | |
Donald Duck / int_3c8be88f | comment |
Bird-Poop Gag: Implied in "Rear Admiral Donald", when a seagull looks at Donald's hat and Donald moves away. | |
Donald Duck / int_3c8be88f | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_3c8be88f | |
Donald Duck / int_3cd7e10c | type |
Bizarre and Improbable Golf Game | |
Donald Duck / int_3cd7e10c | comment |
Bizarre and Improbable Golf Game: The title couldn't be any more misleading, but it's the premise for Donald's Golf Game, where Don's nephews start playing tricks on their uncle to entertain themselves, completely ruining the day for him. All in the name of comedy! More golf games appear in other comics and newspaper strips, and a House of Mouse short has Chip and Dale screwing the duck's fun by putting metal on his ball, keeping him from hitting it with a magnet's help. Naturally, once he finally completes the course, he gets a trophy for the worst score ever. | |
Donald Duck / int_3cd7e10c | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_3cd7e10c | |
Donald Duck / int_3dcc914f | type |
Took a Level in Kindness | |
Donald Duck / int_3dcc914f | comment |
Took a Level in Kindness: He and his nephews act much nicer to each other in DuckTales (1987), with Donald also being more reasonable overall. This has carried on in other works, such as the reboot. | |
Donald Duck / int_3dcc914f | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_3dcc914f | |
Donald Duck / int_3e1c753d | type |
Blue Is Heroic | |
Donald Duck / int_3e1c753d | comment |
Blue Is Heroic: He wears a blue sailor suit and while he's not always heroic, he is at best a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. | |
Donald Duck / int_3e1c753d | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_3e1c753d | |
Donald Duck / int_3e92ed3e | type |
Groupie Brigade | |
Donald Duck / int_3e92ed3e | comment |
Groupie Brigade: Donald acquires one after being hit on the head by a flowerpot and becoming a famous crooner in Donald's Dilemma. | |
Donald Duck / int_3e92ed3e | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_3e92ed3e | |
Donald Duck / int_40bb59d0 | type |
Blatant Lies | |
Donald Duck / int_40bb59d0 | comment |
Blatant Lies: The theme song for the cartoons. Except for the last part. | |
Donald Duck / int_40bb59d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Donald Duck / int_40bb59d0 | |
Donald Duck / int_44fc28e8 | type |
Honor Before Reason | |
Donald Duck / int_44fc28e8 | comment |
Honor Before Reason: Again, as part of his trademark temper, Donald often exhibits signs of this by standing up to his principles even when common sense states that doing so would be the stupidest thing imaginable. Notable cases include "The Flying Squirrel" where he wastes a large supply of snacks at his vendor stand while simply trying to recover one measly peanut that the titular character of the short steals and "Trick or Treat" where after being called a pushover by Witch Hazel vehemently refuses to let his nephews have any of the Halloween goodies he's been saving rather than be thought as such, even after Hazel casts a spell on him that puts him through numerous pratfalls. Likely exhibiting the fact that they're related, Huey, Dewey, and Louie can occasionally exhibit signs of this as well. In "Soup's On", rather than just do the easy thing and wash up before dinner, they try to trick him into thinking they did it, which leads to him punishing them. When Donald starts to feel guilty for sending them to bed without supper after hearing their (fake) crying, he decides to let up... only for them to prank him with a mouse trap and then eventually fake his death and convince him he's now an angel all so they can get their turkey dinner. This is in spite of the fact, mind you, that he'd already had a change of heart prior to said prank. Needless to say, it does not end well. | |
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Donald Duck / int_44fc28e8 | |
Donald Duck / int_45a559cf | type |
Wardrobe Malfunction | |
Donald Duck / int_45a559cf | comment |
Wardrobe Malfunction: In "The Clock Watcher" 1945 cartoon short. When the speaker horn sends in a pile of toys down the sliding table. They rush by so fast it literally blows Donald's Shirt right off and he falls on the floor. Realizing he's undressed he quickly rushes over and grabs his shirt and hat and quickly puts it right back on him. | |
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Donald Duck / int_45a559cf | |
Donald Duck / int_45e41b66 | type |
It's a Wonderful Failure | |
Donald Duck / int_45e41b66 | comment |
It's a Wonderful Failure: Donald was treated to a rare non-video-game example of this trope in the 1990 storybook Donald's Dream, in which he has a nightmare where he is shown the consequences of not doing the chores he has promised to do for his friends. | |
Donald Duck / int_45e41b66 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_45e41b66 | |
Donald Duck / int_46332d5a | type |
Civilized Animal | |
Donald Duck / int_46332d5a | comment |
"The Wise Little Hen" portrays him as a Civilized Animal instead of a Funny Animal. | |
Donald Duck / int_46332d5a | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_46332d5a | |
Donald Duck / int_4781adbb | type |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
Donald Duck / int_4781adbb | comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: For the "Jerk" part, he's hot-tempered, rude, aggressive, and loves imposing on people for his amusement. The "Heart of Gold" part shows up far more often in the comics, modern cartoons and other spin-offs than in the classic cartoons, but... for all his faults, Donald does have a heart and will usually do the right thing in the end. | |
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Donald Duck / int_4781adbb | |
Donald Duck / int_482a960a | type |
Fantastic Plastic | |
Donald Duck / int_482a960a | comment |
Fantastic Plastic: Parodied in "The Plastics Inventor", released in 1944, just as plastics were becoming mainstream. Following the instructions from a radio show, Donald makes a plastic airplane by melting down random junk and pouring it into a mold, then baking it. The finished plane flies like a dream, but there's one drawback: it's not waterproof. As soon as Donald flies into a downpour, the fuselage starts melting away. | |
Donald Duck / int_482a960a | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_482a960a | |
Donald Duck / int_4856ac40 | type |
Stock Footage | |
Donald Duck / int_4856ac40 | comment |
Lake Titicaca, released on 18 February 1955 (Stock Footage taken from The Three Caballeros) | |
Donald Duck / int_4856ac40 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_4856ac40 | |
Donald Duck / int_4c798fd5 | type |
Shock and Awe | |
Donald Duck / int_4c798fd5 | comment |
Shock and Awe: Donald gets lightning powers from Zeus himself to pester Pete in response to bad Trombone playing in Trombone Trouble. | |
Donald Duck / int_4c798fd5 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_4c798fd5 | |
Donald Duck / int_4e3d253b | type |
Downer Ending | |
Donald Duck / int_4e3d253b | comment |
Downer Ending: A lot of his shorts, one in particular being "Donald's Dream Voice". | |
Donald Duck / int_4e3d253b | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_4e3d253b | |
Donald Duck / int_4f4372e9 | type |
Early-Installment Weirdness | |
Donald Duck / int_4f4372e9 | comment |
Early-Installment Weirdness: Donald's very first appearance, preceding even "Wise Little Hen", was in a 1931 Mickey Mouse story book The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. His original design◊ looks nothing like we remember him as. "The Wise Little Hen" portrays him as a Civilized Animal instead of a Funny Animal. | |
Donald Duck / int_4f4372e9 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_4f4372e9 | |
Donald Duck / int_501ccf86 | type |
Angry Fist-Shake | |
Donald Duck / int_501ccf86 | comment |
Angry Fist-Shake: When getting angry, he typically starts jumping in the spot while shaking both of his fists and quacking in anger. | |
Donald Duck / int_501ccf86 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_501ccf86 | |
Donald Duck / int_50b05d30 | type |
Disproportionate Retribution | |
Donald Duck / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: Donald is often both the initiator and the victim to this trope, he and his foes often switching from playing mild pranks to trying to kill each other! A huge driving force in many of his shorts' Escalating Wars is that neither side knows where "an eye for an eye" ends. For example, Donald often plays a prank on, or otherwise annoys, some small woodland creature, which then retaliates in kind and sends Don into a rage, leading to an Escalating War. Usually results in nothing more than total humiliation for Donald, but major collateral damage is not unheard of. (One cartoon ends with Donald's house being blown to bits, while another has him blown straight down to China.) | |
Donald Duck / int_50b05d30 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_50b05d30 | |
Donald Duck / int_534bc834 | type |
Escalating War | |
Donald Duck / int_534bc834 | comment |
Escalating War: Used frequently in later shorts, usually against Chip and Dale. | |
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Donald Duck / int_534bc834 | |
Donald Duck / int_53a7089a | type |
Pint-Sized Powerhouse | |
Donald Duck / int_53a7089a | comment |
Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Many times, his strength isn't just due to his Unstoppable Rage, but also sheer determination. In the Quack Pack episode "Ducks By Nature", the camping leader is jealous of Donald and calls him "city wimp" but Donald carries BOTH their camping equipment (which includes a CANOE!) and then the camp leader challenges Donald to a race to climb up a cliff. Then, he cheats by secretly tying Donald to a tree with an EXTRA-STRONG Bungie cord. Donald struggles for a bit before his determination makes him so strong that he not only uproots said tree but literally SENDS IT INTO ORBIT and gets him to the cliff top faster than the camp leader! In "Bird Brained Donald", he lifts a metal rail in from its post in cement to use as a ladder! And he beats BOTH Mickey and Goofy in a pseudo tug-of-war in "Answering Service". And these are just a FEW examples! | |
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Donald Duck / int_53a7089a | |
Donald Duck / int_54adb6a3 | type |
Staircase Tumble | |
Donald Duck / int_54adb6a3 | comment |
Staircase Tumble: Falling down the stairs is one of the kinds of accidents Donald demonstrates in "How to Have an Accident in the Home", and in fact J.J. Fate comes up with names for several different ways of doing it. | |
Donald Duck / int_54adb6a3 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_54adb6a3 | |
Donald Duck / int_56866bd2 | type |
Never Wake Up a Sleepwalker | |
Donald Duck / int_56866bd2 | comment |
Never Wake Up a Sleepwalker: In one cartoon, Daisy has to race ahead of a sleepwalking Donald to move obstacles out of his way. Considering he's doing gravity-defying tricks such as climbing up walls, it's quite a feat. | |
Donald Duck / int_56866bd2 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_56866bd2 | |
Donald Duck / int_56fb299 | type |
Raincoat of Horror | |
Donald Duck / int_56fb299 | comment |
Raincoat of Horror: In the short Duck Pimples, Donald is greeted at his door by an intimidating-looking figure wearing a raincoat. It turns out to be a jolly character looking to sell him magazines. | |
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Donald Duck / int_56fb299 | |
Donald Duck / int_5707e92c | type |
Feather Fingers | |
Donald Duck / int_5707e92c | comment |
Feather Fingers: While his original design in The Wise Little Hen played this straight, his current design instead has actual human-like, feather covered, hands. | |
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Donald Duck / int_5768d31 | type |
Super-Speed | |
Donald Duck / int_5768d31 | comment |
Super-Speed: Downplayed, but it's not unusual to see Donald running like heck with Wheel o' Feet and all if his life depends on it. In games featuring Donald, both Western and Japanese, it is also curiously common to either have a powerup that makes Donald run around very fast or to incorporate speed in some quirky way on his normal moveset. In Maui Mallard, for instance, ninja Donald had a dash move with Wheel o' Feet. And in Mahou no Boushi, Donald could run over walls. | |
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Donald Duck / int_58970413 | type |
Coincidental Broadcast | |
Donald Duck / int_58970413 | comment |
Coincidental Broadcast: Several times in "Donald Duck and the Gorilla". | |
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Donald Duck / int_58cb5c33 | type |
Escaped Animal Rampage | |
Donald Duck / int_58cb5c33 | comment |
Escaped Animal Rampage: The cartoon "Donald Duck and the Gorilla" has a Killer Gorilla escaping from the local zoo and encountering Donald. | |
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Donald Duck / int_5904e198 | type |
Tuft of Head Fur | |
Donald Duck / int_5904e198 | comment |
Tuft of Head Fur: Donald's usually drawn with two little tufts of feathers on his head, one on the front and one on the back, giving him a ruffled look. | |
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Donald Duck / int_5904e198 | |
Donald Duck / int_5d716d61 | type |
Ground by Gears | |
Donald Duck / int_5d716d61 | comment |
Ground by Gears: This almost happens to Donald in How to Have an Accident at Work when he accidentally starts the machine he is eating lunch on and the napkin tied around his neck is snagged in the gears. In freeing himself, he completely derails western civilization. | |
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Donald Duck / int_5d716d61 | |
Donald Duck / int_5f207a1a | type |
Courtroom Episode | |
Donald Duck / int_5f207a1a | comment |
Courtroom Episode: The Trial of Donald Duck, he’s brought to court as he refused to pay for the food he brought himself. Admittedly, he was already in hot water not noticing the $5 cover charge card on his table after flaunting the nickel he carried with him, but still... | |
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Donald Duck / int_5f207a1a | |
Donald Duck / int_5fcedca | type |
Big Eater | |
Donald Duck / int_5fcedca | comment |
Big Eater: Donald's cousin Gus Goose, who almost immediately begins to eat him out of house and home when he's sent to visit Donald; in fact, he sets his clock by mealtimes (dinner, tea, supper, lunch). | |
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Donald Duck / int_5fcedca | |
Donald Duck / int_60b21fa3 | type |
The Lancer | |
Donald Duck / int_60b21fa3 | comment |
The Lancer: In ensemble stories with the rest of the classic cast, he typically fills the role of Mickey's Lancer because of their highly contrasted personalities. | |
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Donald Duck / int_60b21fa3 | |
Donald Duck / int_61d054a0 | type |
Animal Stereotypes | |
Donald Duck / int_61d054a0 | comment |
Animal Stereotypes: Donald is a textbook example of the idea of ducks being dim-witted, strong-willed and temperamental, and is likely one of the Trope Codifiers. | |
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Donald Duck / int_61d054a0 | |
Donald Duck / int_63b02752 | type |
Hair-Trigger Temper | |
Donald Duck / int_63b02752 | comment |
Hair-Trigger Temper: Put very lightly, the Duck really doesn't enjoy the Universe screwing him over. | |
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Donald Duck / int_63b02752 | |
Donald Duck / int_63cad64b | type |
Threatening Shark | |
Donald Duck / int_63cad64b | comment |
Threatening Shark: Donald has encountered sharks in at least three shorts: "Sea Scouts", "No Sail" and "Bee at the Beach". | |
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Donald Duck / int_63cad64b | |
Donald Duck / int_6628e603 | type |
Synchronized Swarming | |
Donald Duck / int_6628e603 | comment |
Synchronized Swarming: In the cartoon "Inferior Decorator", Donald gets into a feud with a bee. Toward the end of the cartoon, it cuts part of the wallpaper out on the ceiling exposing Donalds rear end, calls on all its friends, which swarm out of the hive and form a question mark, as if to say "Yeah, what do you want?" Then Spike the Bee has them invited into Donalds house through the keyhole and the bees sting his butt one by one, however this is implied but not shown. | |
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Donald Duck / int_6628e603 | |
Donald Duck / int_68068108 | type |
Evil Laugh | |
Donald Duck / int_68068108 | comment |
He is shown spanking the snot out of Junior in Bellboy Donald (complete with an Evil Laugh and sharp teeth in his beak), though considering what the little brat put him through, it's still rather amusing to watch. | |
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Donald Duck / int_68068108 | |
Donald Duck / int_688afa6a | type |
Evil Uncle | |
Donald Duck / int_688afa6a | comment |
Evil Uncle: Sometimes towards his nephews. If not "evil" he's surely an insensitive bully. | |
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Donald Duck / int_6ace37f | type |
Through a Face Full of Fur | |
Donald Duck / int_6ace37f | comment |
Through a Face Full of Fur: When Donald loses his temper, he will often turn scarlet — either in the face, or on occasion all over his body. | |
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Donald Duck / int_6ace37f | |
Donald Duck / int_6b05b601 | type |
Jerkass Has a Point | |
Donald Duck / int_6b05b601 | comment |
Jerkass Has a Point: For all his faults, Donald is actually right about a good number of things. His Dude, Where's My Respect? argument certainly isn't without merit. He takes care of three rambunctious children on his own, he looks out for his family and friends when the chips are down, and he's a capable jack of all trades. Yet, everyone tends to treat him as a lazy good-for-nothing or a complete joke. Similarly, since he is more popular than Mickey for a great number of Disney fans, Donald's belief that he should be the center of attention isn't completely unjustified. While not exactly a careful duck, Donald's unluckiness is still a significant factor for mishaps; others rarely expressing sympathy for the latter. It's honestly impressive that Donald manages to be so chipper when unangered, instead of being a nervous wreck from all the suffering received over the years. Many stories portray Donald as wrong for getting angry at someone or something. The thing is though, his anger is actually pretty understandable on several occasions, especially when Donald initially tries to be reasonable. It also doesn't help that Donald's criticizers usually ignore his problems entirely. | |
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Donald Duck / int_6b146924 | type |
Species Surname | |
Donald Duck / int_6b146924 | comment |
Species Surname: Donald's a duck with the last name "Duck" Curiously, a gag in House of Mouse revealed that Donald is seemingly part-goose, even more goose than duck, so his name ought to be Donald Goose. He’s terrified about people finding out, for it would ruin his career. This was likely something made out of thin air to give Don a secret in an episode where everyone had an embarrassing one, rather than a notion to be taken seriously. It was never been brought up before, nor has it been mentioned ever again. (There are geese in his family, though) | |
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Donald Duck / int_6b983bf7 | type |
Unstoppable Rage | |
Donald Duck / int_6b983bf7 | comment |
Unstoppable Rage: Varies. Donald's strength seems to be directly proportional to the person (or thing) he is trying to fight. He regularly beats the crap out of his ex-con neighbour, who's twice his height and three times his width, yet once got knocked out cold by a sleepy Volcanovian. He's lifted up and thrown a wardrobe and uprooted a telephone pole in Cured Duck, he punches out a huge shark in Sea Scouts, head-butted a large mountain goat in Alpine Climbers, and nearly demolishes an amusement park's Tunnel of Love in Donald's Double Trouble when he sees his doppelganger kissing Daisy in there. His strength seems to increase even when he's determined as well. In the House of Mouse episode Clarabelle's Christmas List, Donald effortlessly reeled in Monstro thinking it was the Naughty or Nice list. And in Answering Service, he rips a keypad off the wall and beats BOTH Mickey and Goofy together in a pseudo tug-of-war. He's also performed amazing feats of strength in the comics including: breaking free of strong ropes, pulling in a TRACTOR, among others. And in the Mickey Mouse (2013) short "Tapped Out", Donald completely demolishes Pete, who is a Gorgeous George-type wrestler, when the latter accidentally ruins the duck's nachos, which he does not want others to so much as touch (he had already snapped at Mickey for his unintentionally doing so twice). Basically, don't mess with this duck if he's determined or angry, just like his uncle Scrooge McDuck. | |
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Donald Duck / int_6b983bf7 | |
Donald Duck / int_6d00503a | type |
Rain Dance | |
Donald Duck / int_6d00503a | comment |
Rain Dance: In the cartoon Grand Canyonscope, Donald fools around with a genuine raindancing costume and manages to summon a Personal Rain Cloud before the ranger catches him and confiscates the costume. | |
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Donald Duck / int_6d00503a | |
Donald Duck / int_6d119285 | type |
Animal Species Accent | |
Donald Duck / int_6d119285 | comment |
Animal Species Accent: He has a unique voice verging on The Unintelligible which sounds like duck quacks. The formal name for it is "buccal speech", an alaryngeal form of vocalization which uses the inner cheek to produce sound rather than the larynx; Clarence Nash discovered the technique while trying to imitate his pet goat. | |
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Donald Duck / int_6d119285 | |
Donald Duck / int_6df8075f | type |
Clueless Chick-Magnet | |
Donald Duck / int_6df8075f | comment |
Clueless Chick-Magnet: In one cartoon, "Double Date Don", Daisy's neighbor Clara Clucknote His recurring theater/opera partner. falls in love with him, with him mostly trying to fend her off and finish building Daisy a brick wall. This seems to happen in a few other cartoons and comics as well. And poor Donald never knows what to do with all the attention. Parodied by a Disney Trading Pin saying "Chicks Dig Me!" while he's surrounded by actual baby chicks! | |
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Donald Duck / int_6df8075f | |
Donald Duck / int_6e92a631 | type |
Four-Fingered Hands | |
Donald Duck / int_6e92a631 | comment |
Four-Fingered Hands: Like most cartoon characters of the era. Anatomically correct though, since ducks are birds and birds have only three fingers/toes in real life. | |
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Donald Duck / int_6e92a631 | |
Donald Duck / int_6f33059b | type |
Iconic Outfit | |
Donald Duck / int_6f33059b | comment |
Iconic Outfit: His sailor's outfit is immediately to be recognized. | |
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Donald Duck / int_6f33059b | |
Donald Duck / int_701bd8f1 | type |
Auto-Incorrect | |
Donald Duck / int_701bd8f1 | comment |
Auto-Incorrect: In "Computer.don", Donald orders a modern computer with voice recognition software. When he says his name, the computer addresses him as "Dewald", due to Donald's status as The Unintelligible. | |
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Donald Duck / int_701bd8f1 | |
Donald Duck / int_708614d3 | type |
Killer Outfit | |
Donald Duck / int_708614d3 | comment |
Killer Outfit: In "How to Have an Accident at Work", Donald gets dragged through an industrial hole punch by his tie and suffers Amusing Injuries that would have been fatal had he not been an animated character. | |
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Donald Duck / int_708614d3 | |
Donald Duck / int_725a80b2 | type |
Mistaken for an Imposter | |
Donald Duck / int_725a80b2 | comment |
Mistaken for an Imposter: One cartoon, "Donald Duck and the Gorilla", has Donald's nephews pretend to be an escaped killer ape to scare Donald. He catches them, and when the actual killer ape shows, he slaps it around a few times before realizing what it is and running for his life. Also, in another cartoon, "Lion Around", two of Donald's nephews dress up in a lion costume to scare Donald while the third nephew goes for a yummy pie. However, one slip-up has Donald discover who the "lion" really is and shoos the nephews out of the house. Then a real mountain lion shows up and goes to Donald's house in an attempt to eat him and the pie. However, Donald thinks the actual lion is just his nephews in costume and tries shooing it away, but the lion persists and enters his house. At once Donald becomes infuriated and even attempts to rip off the lion's head, but then one of his nephews knocks on the window and tries convincing Donald that the lion is real by showing him the costume, which the nephews had taken off. It takes Donald a few seconds to realize that the "lion costume" he attempted to "take off" is actually a real lion, whom he had just ticked off! Oh, Crap!! In "Donald's Rocket Ruckus", Donald sees what he thinks is Huey, Dewey, and Louie disguised as a tall woman in order to trick him into letting them on the titular amusement park ride. He tears the dress off only to find that the tall and lumbering woman actually is a tall and lumbering woman and is now naked, getting a punch from the embarrassed woman for all his troubles. | |
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Donald Duck / int_725a80b2 | |
Donald Duck / int_728298ef | type |
Vandalism Backfire | |
Donald Duck / int_728298ef | comment |
Vandalism Backfire: In "Lucky Number", Donald wins a new car in a radio raffle drawing, but due to an error in announcing the winning number, he had thrown his ticket away thinking it was a loser. His nephews hear the correction, realize he's won, and cash the ticket in secret to surprise him. When they show up with the new car, Donald thinks it's a prank and unknowingly destroys his own winnings in a rage. | |
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Donald Duck / int_728298ef | |
Donald Duck / int_72852a93 | type |
Henpecked Husband | |
Donald Duck / int_72852a93 | comment |
Henpecked Husband: Donald has a nightmare about becoming one in "Donald's Diary." | |
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Donald Duck / int_735dd172 | type |
Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl | |
Donald Duck / int_735dd172 | comment |
Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: The Brooding Boy to Daisy's Gentle Girl. Donald is usually hot-tempered, grumpy, and aggressive while Daisy is sweet, calm and cheery. | |
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Donald Duck / int_735dd172 | |
Donald Duck / int_736d791f | type |
Adaptational Badass | |
Donald Duck / int_736d791f | comment |
Adaptational Badass: The Kingdom Hearts series of games paints Donald as a Black Mage and prominent ally to Sora. Exaggerated in Kingdom Hearts III where he casts Zetta Flare, the most powerful spell in the Final Fantasy series, albeit fainting right afterward. There’s also whenever he’s Paperinik in the comics, where he’s shown to be a competent and powerful crime fighter. | |
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Donald Duck / int_76b4b7dd | type |
The Comically Serious | |
Donald Duck / int_76b4b7dd | comment |
The Comically Serious: Donald tends to take everything seriously and have a straight face most of the time and also gets tormented and is comedic from time to time. | |
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Donald Duck / int_76b4b7dd | |
Donald Duck / int_77321e44 | type |
Flower-Pot Drop | |
Donald Duck / int_77321e44 | comment |
Flower-Pot Drop: In the cartoon "Donald's Dilemma", a flowerpot falling on Don's head gives him Identity Amnesia, making him think he's a great singer. Daisy brings him back to normal by dropping another pot on his head. | |
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Donald Duck / int_77321e44 | |
Donald Duck / int_78a0f3ec | type |
Chaste Toons | |
Donald Duck / int_78a0f3ec | comment |
Chaste Toons: Other Disney characters may have nieces and nephews, but only Donald is the legal guardian of his. Donald had a son in "How to Have An Accident at Work" and in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse named Donald Jr. | |
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Donald Duck / int_78a0f3ec | |
Donald Duck / int_7a4013f3 | type |
Deuteragonist | |
Donald Duck / int_7a4013f3 | comment |
Deuteragonist: Whenever he would team up with Mickey. | |
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Donald Duck / int_7a4013f3 | |
Donald Duck / int_7aa989ea | type |
Token Evil Teammate | |
Donald Duck / int_7aa989ea | comment |
Token Evil Teammate: While not evil, he's often the most antagonistic, selfish, and ill-tempered out of the rest of the cast. | |
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Donald Duck / int_7b666ad | type |
Filching Food for Fun | |
Donald Duck / int_7b666ad | comment |
Filching Food for Fun: Donald Duck's 1950 short "Lion Around" involves Donald's nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie disguising themselves as a mountain lion in order to scare Donald and steal a pie off his windowsill. Things get complicated when a real mountain lion shows up. | |
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Donald Duck / int_7ba00b55 | type |
Superstition Episode | |
Donald Duck / int_7ba00b55 | comment |
Superstition Episode: Whether Donald is actually unlucky or brings it all on himself varies Depending on the Writer; The cartoon "Donald's Lucky Day". Donald is a courier delivering a package on Friday 13, and a radio broadcast on the subject puts him on edge. First he narrowly avoids going under a ladder, which leads him to crash into a mirror. Then he finds a black cat trying to cross his path, and spends most of the cartoon trying to elude it. And for added suspense, the package is a Time Bomb. | |
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Donald Duck / int_7cc8d769 | type |
Sore Loser | |
Donald Duck / int_7cc8d769 | comment |
Sore Loser: One of Donald's key traits, aside from the temper, of course, is that he can dish it out, but absolutely cannot take it. | |
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Donald Duck / int_7ce7d94d | type |
Age-Inappropriate Dress | |
Donald Duck / int_7ce7d94d | comment |
Age-Inappropriate Dress: If his middle name, Fauntleroy, is any indication, he's not dressed like a naval officer, he's dressed like a turn of the century child. | |
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Donald Duck / int_7ce7d94d | |
Donald Duck / int_7e98c85e | type |
Jeweler's Eye Loupe | |
Donald Duck / int_7e98c85e | comment |
Jeweler's Eye Loupe: In some old cartoons, Daisy Duck would be the one to use the loupe to check jewelry (like an engagement ring from Donald), for instance Donald's Diary (at 4:38 on the video). | |
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Donald Duck / int_7e98c85e | |
Donald Duck / int_7f080f98 | type |
Vague Age | |
Donald Duck / int_7f080f98 | comment |
Vague Age: His typical portrayal is that of a young adult (Information found in various comics suggest he is, in fact, in his late twenties) But in earlier shorts, he often comes across as a child, "Donald's Better Self" explicitly portrays him as a schoolboy, yet the very next short introduces his nephews. Averted in DuckTales (2017), where he's officially 36 as per Word of God. | |
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Donald Duck / int_7f080f98 | |
Donald Duck / int_7f6f9cc7 | type |
Honking Arriving Car | |
Donald Duck / int_7f6f9cc7 | comment |
Honking Arriving Car: Played With in the 1937 short Don Donald. Donald Duck arrives at Donna's casa on his pet burro, and he gets her attention by pulling its tail to make it "honk." A little later, after having a rough ride on the stubborn beast, she hears what sounds like the donkey's braying outside and comes out to give Donald what for, only to find that he actually traded it in for a shiny new runabout and was merely honking the horn. | |
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Donald Duck / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
Donald Duck / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Usually during his temper tantrums. Gets Lampshaded and Played for Laughs in one episode of House of Mouse. | |
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Donald Duck / int_823c6e3e | |
Donald Duck / int_82a64c4b | type |
Adaptational Nice Guy | |
Donald Duck / int_82a64c4b | comment |
Adaptational Nice Guy: While he still has a temper, in DuckTales (2017) , he's more openly caring due to his devotion to his family. | |
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Donald Duck / int_82b4f38e | type |
Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist | |
Donald Duck / int_82b4f38e | comment |
Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: When he's being an asshole to anyone, expect karma to hit him in the end. | |
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Donald Duck / int_82b4f38e | |
Donald Duck / int_83445b04 | type |
Pun | |
Donald Duck / int_83445b04 | comment |
Also, in another cartoon, "Lion Around", two of Donald's nephews dress up in a lion costume to scare Donald while the third nephew goes for a yummy pie. However, one slip-up has Donald discover who the "lion" really is and shoos the nephews out of the house. Then a real mountain lion shows up and goes to Donald's house in an attempt to eat him and the pie. However, Donald thinks the actual lion is just his nephews in costume and tries shooing it away, but the lion persists and enters his house. At once Donald becomes infuriated and even attempts to rip off the lion's head, but then one of his nephews knocks on the window and tries convincing Donald that the lion is real by showing him the costume, which the nephews had taken off. It takes Donald a few seconds to realize that the "lion costume" he attempted to "take off" is actually a real lion, whom he had just ticked off! Oh, Crap!! | |
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Donald Duck / int_83445b04 | |
Donald Duck / int_83b464fb | type |
Straight Man | |
Donald Duck / int_83b464fb | comment |
Straight Man: He'll fall into this role if he's paired up with certain characters, such as Goofy, Scrooge, or Sora. He'll also trade the Straight Man role with Mickey if Mickey's eccentricities are being played up. | |
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Donald Duck / int_83b464fb | |
Donald Duck / int_8409a385 | type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
Donald Duck / int_8409a385 | comment |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: His shorts have been particularly guilty about this. Donald in charge of a lighthouse? Lighthouse Keeping. The duck's nephews come for a visit? Donald's Nephews. Donald loses his memory, becomes a singer and forgets about Daisy, who is stuck with the dilemma of her boyfriend abandoning her forever and being completely happy about it? Daisy's Dill...Wait, no, that one's actually called Donald's Dilemma. What do you know! | |
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Donald Duck / int_8409a385 | |
Donald Duck / int_8411ab92 | type |
Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
Donald Duck / int_8411ab92 | comment |
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Mickey Mouse's blue. Whenever he's paired with Goofy, Goofy takes Mickey's place as the blue oni. Ironic since Donald wears a blue sailor suit, while Mickey wears red shorts. | |
Donald Duck / int_8411ab92 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_8411ab92 | |
Donald Duck / int_849af6e1 | type |
Dragged into Drag | |
Donald Duck / int_849af6e1 | comment |
In Mickey's Big Break, he gets Dragged into Drag by Mickey as they disguise themselves as their own girlfriends in order to take a replacement photo after accidentally breaking the old one. | |
Donald Duck / int_849af6e1 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_849af6e1 | |
Donald Duck / int_85ebb64d | type |
Humanlike Hand Anatomy | |
Donald Duck / int_85ebb64d | comment |
Humanlike Hand Anatomy: Donald and the other Ducks have designs that avert Feather Fingers, instead giving them fully anthropomorphized arms and hands. | |
Donald Duck / int_85ebb64d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Donald Duck / int_85ebb64d | |
Donald Duck / int_875615dd | type |
Truth in Television | |
Donald Duck / int_875615dd | comment |
Truth in Television: In "Donald and the Gorilla," the announcer proclaims that you can establish dominance over an animal by giving it a challenging gaze. As shown, this would be a horrible idea when dealing with an already-agitated gorilla. | |
Donald Duck / int_875615dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Donald Duck / int_875615dd | |
Donald Duck / int_898ff050 | type |
Villain Protagonist | |
Donald Duck / int_898ff050 | comment |
Villain Protagonist: In "Dumb Bell of the Yukon" if we don't count the times he antagonizes his nephews. | |
Donald Duck / int_898ff050 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_898ff050 | |
Donald Duck / int_8ca20b69 | type |
Out-of-Character Moment | |
Donald Duck / int_8ca20b69 | comment |
Out-of-Character Moment: Donald is far more lustful in The Three Caballeros than he is anywhere else. | |
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Donald Duck / int_8ca20b69 | |
Donald Duck / int_8cb1a369 | type |
Took a Level in Jerkass | |
Donald Duck / int_8cb1a369 | comment |
Took a Level in Jerkass: He became more rude and insensitive in Mickey Mouse (2013), and sometimes shifted into a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk. | |
Donald Duck / int_8cb1a369 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_8cb1a369 | |
Donald Duck / int_8cd20432 | type |
Cartoony Eyes | |
Donald Duck / int_8cd20432 | comment |
Cartoony Eyes: Blue sclerae in The Band concert and onwards, white ones in the comics and The Wise Little Hen. | |
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1.0 | |
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Donald Duck / int_8cd20432 | |
Donald Duck / int_8d0785d5 | type |
Didn't Think This Through | |
Donald Duck / int_8d0785d5 | comment |
Didn't Think This Through: Whenever he's enraged, he loses all sense of common sense and logic leading to his downfalls. | |
Donald Duck / int_8d0785d5 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_8d0785d5 | |
Donald Duck / int_8d718b9e | type |
Bears Are Bad News | |
Donald Duck / int_8d718b9e | comment |
Bears Are Bad News: Done in Good Scouts, Donald's Vacation and Dumbbell of the Yukon. Subverted with Donald's encounters with Humphrey the Bear, which is more of an example, at least as far as the short in question is concerned, of Beary Funny. | |
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Donald Duck / int_8d718b9e | |
Donald Duck / int_8efe85df | type |
Tame His Anger | |
Donald Duck / int_8efe85df | comment |
Tame His Anger: In "Cured Duck", after Daisy scolds Donald for yet another of his self-induced destructive mishaps, Donald orders a "temper machine" designed to teach him to keep his cool. It actually seems to work; then Donald sees Daisy's outrageous hat and goes into hysterics over it, whereupon Daisy throws a frenzy that puts the Don's to shame. | |
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Donald Duck / int_8efe85df | |
Donald Duck / int_8f27123b | type |
Non-Dubbed Grunts | |
Donald Duck / int_8f27123b | comment |
Non-Dubbed Grunts: The majority of Donald’s dubs around the globe preserve Clarence Nash’ original laughs, unintelligible tantrums, and so on. Saludos Amigos took it one step further; both Donald and Joe Carioca's entire dialogue in the segment "Aquarela Do Brasil" were left intact for the Latin American release. As if Donald's voice wasn't difficult enough to understand already... | |
Donald Duck / int_8f27123b | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_8f27123b | |
Donald Duck / int_90e31482 | type |
Laser-Guided Karma | |
Donald Duck / int_90e31482 | comment |
Laser-Guided Karma: He always gets repercussions for his mean actions, such as for abusing his nephews, or picking on Chip and Dale or anyone else. It actually dips into Karmic Overkill sometimes. | |
Donald Duck / int_90e31482 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_90e31482 | |
Donald Duck / int_90e3b9be | type |
BlindingFlash | |
Donald Duck / int_90e3b9be | comment |
Blinding Flash: In "Grand Canyonscope", Donald asks the ranger to photograph him atop his burro. The flash blinds the burro, leaving him stumbling along the steep Grand Canyon trail. | |
Donald Duck / int_90e3b9be | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_90e3b9be | |
Donald Duck / int_9141fba3 | type |
Fountain of Youth | |
Donald Duck / int_9141fba3 | comment |
Fountain of Youth: "Don's Fountain of Youth": Donald finds the spring that was mistaken for the Fountain of Youth, so he decides to play a little trick on his nephews, who'd rather read comic books than enjoy their vacation. | |
Donald Duck / int_9141fba3 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_9141fba3 | |
Donald Duck / int_9228c8fd | type |
Quacking Up | |
Donald Duck / int_9228c8fd | comment |
Quacking Up: Donald Duck is an anthropomorphic duck and one of the most iconic cartoon characters. Notorious for his speech pattern and short temper, he's also strong-willed and unafraid to use violence to overcome his problems. | |
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Donald Duck / int_9228c8fd | |
Donald Duck / int_943b920b | type |
Electrified Bathtub | |
Donald Duck / int_943b920b | comment |
Electrified Bathtub: How to Have an Accident in the Home. | |
Donald Duck / int_943b920b | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_943b920b | |
Donald Duck / int_963acdd6 | type |
Real Vehicle Reveal | |
Donald Duck / int_963acdd6 | comment |
Real Vehicle Reveal: In the cartoon The Autograph Hound, Donald appears to be in a limo with Greta Garbo. He is actually sitting on the fender on the other side. | |
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Donald Duck / int_963acdd6 | |
Donald Duck / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
Donald Duck / int_970c790a | comment |
The 2017 reboot of DuckTales even makes this a plot point. In the Season 1 finale, no one's able to understand Donald's plan to fight the Big Bad, so he's temporarily given a Barksian modulator from Gyro Gearloose, giving him Don Cheadle's baritone. It doesn't last, but several characters note that being able to understand his dialogue makes him seem far more capable than before. | |
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Donald Duck / int_970c790a | |
Donald Duck / int_973d220f | type |
Never My Fault | |
Donald Duck / int_973d220f | comment |
Never My Fault: Zigzagged overall, depending on the incarnation. Donald, though quite unlucky, has more than a few times tried to shoot blame for his misgivings onto someone else. This became the pivot for "How To Have An Accident In The Home", to the point that Fate itself takes on a sapient personification just to point out how nearly everything Donald goes through is not his doing but caused by Donald's own stupidity. | |
Donald Duck / int_973d220f | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_973d220f | |
Donald Duck / int_98576799 | type |
Throw the Dog a Bone | |
Donald Duck / int_98576799 | comment |
Throw the Dog a Bone: Despite his iconic bad luck, every now and then Donald did come out clean or get the last laugh by the end of the short. | |
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Donald Duck / int_98576799 | |
Donald Duck / int_98591d23 | type |
Speech Impediment | |
Donald Duck / int_98591d23 | comment |
Speech Impediment: Donald's distinctive, quacking voice is sometimes treated as a speech impediment in-universe, especially when it's unique to him instead of something shared by other ducks. | |
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Donald Duck / int_98591d23 | |
Donald Duck / int_9b5a308c | type |
Crocodile Tears | |
Donald Duck / int_9b5a308c | comment |
Likely exhibiting the fact that they're related, Huey, Dewey, and Louie can occasionally exhibit signs of this as well. In "Soup's On", rather than just do the easy thing and wash up before dinner, they try to trick him into thinking they did it, which leads to him punishing them. When Donald starts to feel guilty for sending them to bed without supper after hearing their (fake) crying, he decides to let up... only for them to prank him with a mouse trap and then eventually fake his death and convince him he's now an angel all so they can get their turkey dinner. This is in spite of the fact, mind you, that he'd already had a change of heart prior to said prank. Needless to say, it does not end well. | |
Donald Duck / int_9b5a308c | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_9b5a308c | |
Donald Duck / int_9f6fb586 | type |
Leitmotif | |
Donald Duck / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: "The Sailor's Hornpipe", particularly moreso in his early days. | |
Donald Duck / int_9f6fb586 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_9f6fb586 | |
Donald Duck / int_a1b141f4 | type |
My God, What Have I Done? | |
Donald Duck / int_a1b141f4 | comment |
My God, What Have I Done?: How many of Donald's cartoons end when he realizes the wrong that he had done in his fit of temper. | |
Donald Duck / int_a1b141f4 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_a1b141f4 | |
Donald Duck / int_a23613f9 | type |
Inconvenient Itch | |
Donald Duck / int_a23613f9 | comment |
Inconvenient Itch: In the Wartime Cartoon "Donald Gets Drafted", Donald is instructed by Sergeant Pete to stand still. Unfortunately, he's standing on an anthill. | |
Donald Duck / int_a23613f9 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_a23613f9 | |
Donald Duck / int_a236dd4c | type |
Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal | |
Donald Duck / int_a236dd4c | comment |
Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Donald Duck is known for wearing a blue shirt and blue hat. But he doesn't wear pants or shoes in most of the cartoon episodes. This is played with in the Mickey Mouse (2013) episode, "No Service", where he has to borrow Mickey's pants and shoes to comply with the Dress Code at Goofy's Snack Shack. | |
Donald Duck / int_a236dd4c | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_a236dd4c | |
Donald Duck / int_a32334b4 | type |
Canon Discontinuity | |
Donald Duck / int_a32334b4 | comment |
Canon Discontinuity: Implied with "Donald's Diary," which bears little continuity with the rest of the Donald Duck cartoons, as Huey, Dewey, and Louie appeared as Daisy's younger brothers instead of Donald's nephews. Even so, this is the only time we see Daisy's parents. | |
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Donald Duck / int_a32334b4 | |
Donald Duck / int_a8a04f6f | type |
And I Must Scream | |
Donald Duck / int_a8a04f6f | comment |
And I Must Scream: The end of "Donald's Snow Fight", where Donald is frozen alive. | |
Donald Duck / int_a8a04f6f | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_a8a04f6f | |
Donald Duck / int_a91078ea | type |
Adaptational Jerkass | |
Donald Duck / int_a91078ea | comment |
Adaptational Jerkass: Donald was even more angry and trigger happy than usual in Mickey Mouse (2013). Although it's Played With in the later shorts Depending on the Writer. | |
Donald Duck / int_a91078ea | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_a91078ea | |
Donald Duck / int_a94eaaa4 | type |
Odd Friendship | |
Donald Duck / int_a94eaaa4 | comment |
Odd Friendship: Despite the fact that Donald can be cynical and temperamental, with Mickey Mouse anything but, 9 times out of 10, Donald will be the character singled out as Mickey's best friend. | |
Donald Duck / int_a94eaaa4 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_a94eaaa4 | |
Donald Duck / int_a97f5053 | type |
Misleading Package Size | |
Donald Duck / int_a97f5053 | comment |
Misleading Package Size: There's a cartoon in which he's a gift wrapper in a department store. He puts a small ring inside a large box, then tries to put a football in the box meant for the ring. He has to deflate the ball in order to fit it in. | |
Donald Duck / int_a97f5053 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_a97f5053 | |
Donald Duck / int_a9de87d2 | type |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass | |
Donald Duck / int_a9de87d2 | comment |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Donald has taken on Mooks and monster many times his own size, strength, and ability. It's usually thanks to Donald going into Unstoppable Rage that he manages it. His incarnation in DuckTales (2017) is this especially. Despite being Born Unlucky, Webby unironically says that "Donald Duck is one of the greatest adventurers in the entire world". Donald's managed to beat up a shadow wearing Gizmoduck's armor, a demigod with Super-Strength, and a mad Moon general trying to destroy the Earth, all with his bare hands. | |
Donald Duck / int_a9de87d2 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_a9de87d2 | |
Donald Duck / int_aa9fcfed | type |
Embarrassing Middle Name | |
Donald Duck / int_aa9fcfed | comment |
Embarrassing Middle Name: Fauntleroy (for his sailor suit, after the Little Lord Fauntleroy series of children's books). It was first revealed on his draft notice in Donald Gets Drafted. | |
Donald Duck / int_aa9fcfed | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_aa9fcfed | |
Donald Duck / int_ab1064b3 | type |
Modesty Towel | |
Donald Duck / int_ab1064b3 | comment |
Modesty Towel: It happens, logic be damned. | |
Donald Duck / int_ab1064b3 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_ab1064b3 | |
Donald Duck / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
Donald Duck / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Usually reaches this point after various freakouts from whatever issue he was previously having. | |
Donald Duck / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_ae3d6438 | |
Donald Duck / int_af1aee4f | type |
High-Pressure Emotion | |
Donald Duck / int_af1aee4f | comment |
High-Pressure Emotion: He has such a bad temper that, in some shorts, his head is literally smoking with anger. | |
Donald Duck / int_af1aee4f | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_af1aee4f | |
Donald Duck / int_b0485a20 | type |
Ditzy Genius | |
Donald Duck / int_b0485a20 | comment |
Ditzy Genius: Donald's often shown to be pretty smart and clever when he actually puts his mind to things. However, this is often counteracted by bad luck, as well as carelessness and/or temper. Whenever he's written as a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk, he's also petty, lazy, and completely lacking in common sense. Much like his Jerk with a Heart of Gold tendencies, this is another trait that's more commonly seen in modern productions that portray him in a flattering light. | |
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Donald Duck / int_b0485a20 | |
Donald Duck / int_b8e3f20a | type |
Demoted to Extra | |
Donald Duck / int_b8e3f20a | comment |
Demoted to Extra: In DuckTales, he only appears in a handful of episodes. Averted in the 2017 reboot where he's now part of the main cast. | |
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Donald Duck / int_b8e3f20a | |
Donald Duck / int_bb18a227 | type |
It's All About Me | |
Donald Duck / int_bb18a227 | comment |
It's All About Me: He tried to change the Mickey Mouse Works logo into Starring Donald Duck and in it's spin-off House of Mouse, he tried to change the logo into House of Duck. | |
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Donald Duck / int_bb18a227 | |
Donald Duck / int_bb30961 | type |
Born Unlucky | |
Donald Duck / int_bb30961 | comment |
Born Unlucky: Like his theme song says, who gets stuck with all the bad luck? No one but Donald Duck. | |
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Donald Duck / int_bb30961 | |
Donald Duck / int_bd4264a3 | type |
Slasher Smile | |
Donald Duck / int_bd4264a3 | comment |
Donald has been known to call pearly whites into existence, mainly to express anger. Or when he has a particularly mischievous smile. | |
Donald Duck / int_bd4264a3 | featureApplicability |
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Donald Duck / int_bd4264a3 | |
Donald Duck / int_be009bbc | type |
Alliterative Name | |
Donald Duck / int_be009bbc | comment |
Alliterative Name: Subverted as soon as you discover Don's middle name, Fauntleroy. | |
Donald Duck / int_be009bbc | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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Donald Duck / int_be009bbc | |
Donald Duck / int_bea84606 | type |
Pain to the Ass | |
Donald Duck / int_bea84606 | comment |
Pain to the Ass: Donald sometimes suffers this, like in "Window Cleaners" where Spike stings him there in retribution for trying to drown him in a tulip. | |
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Donald Duck / int_bea84606 | |
Donald Duck / int_beb9a361 | type |
Anti-Hero | |
Donald Duck / int_beb9a361 | comment |
Anti-Hero: Though he's on the side of good, he can act temperamental, antagonistic, and selfish and is not above pulling devious tactics to come out on top. | |
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Donald Duck / int_c3191ad7 | type |
Smooch of Victory | |
Donald Duck / int_c3191ad7 | comment |
Smooch of Victory: At the end of Maui Mallard, a SNES/Genesis/PC videogame. As a reward for saving her island, an Amazon duck pleases Don with the best kiss he's received on his entire existence, then teleports both of them to some unknown destination...Considering she promised to take him "on an adventure he'd never forget" and that the wedding march starts playing as they disappear...OH, LUCKY DUCK! In a more traditional, approved-for-kids instance, Daisy gives him one (on the cheek, mind you, after risking his life to save her from an evil magician with a wicked mind, come on now) - at the end of the videogame, Goin' Quackers. | |
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Donald Duck / int_c335b9ec | type |
Irony | |
Donald Duck / int_c335b9ec | comment |
Irony: Despite his famous sailor outfit, Donald was almost always depicted as being in the Army during the wartime cartoons, to the point that he actually considered a member of the US Army until his 50th birthday in 1984, when he retired. | |
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Donald Duck / int_c4d09d24 | type |
Couch Gag | |
Donald Duck / int_c4d09d24 | comment |
Couch Gag: Early on, Don would open every episode of The Mickey Mouse Club by striking a gong with humorous consequences. Matt Groening has revealed that Donald's gong gag having different outcomes in each episode actually inspired the Trope Namer. | |
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Donald Duck / int_c4db6423 | type |
Yank the Dog's Chain | |
Donald Duck / int_c4db6423 | comment |
Yank the Dog's Chain: Some of Donald's shorts end this way. In "Crazy Over Daisy", it seems Donald has finally won over Chip and Dale and prepares to kiss Daisy when he finally arrives at his house. Daisy, upon seeing that Donald is using Chip and Dale to power his bike, slaps him and calls him out for it. | |
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Donald Duck / int_c55c31e2 | type |
Non-Standard Character Design | |
Donald Duck / int_c55c31e2 | comment |
Non-Standard Character Design: Owning to his debut being a standalone Silly Symphony, Donald and the rest of the duck characters are fairly distinct compared to the rest of the classic cast. Mickey, Goofy, Pete and the others all have designs that grew from their Inkblot Cartoon Style and the fact that they're anthropomorphic animals rarely if ever comes up. Donald, on the other hand, started with a more "theatrical" design that was simplified to fit and his status as an anthropomorphic duck is emphasized by his voice and mannerisms, like how he waddles when he walks, for example.) Donald and most of his kin not wearing pants also makes them stand out. | |
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Donald Duck / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Donald Duck / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: When Donald gets hung up like a marionette from his overly-sticky attempted waffle batter in Chef Donald, the music plays to the tune of "I've Got No Strings" from Pinocchio. | |
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Donald Duck / int_c8b7513e | type |
Cub Cues Protective Parent | |
Donald Duck / int_c8b7513e | comment |
Cub Cues Protective Parent: In the case of Don's Fountain of Youth, it's an egg that cues one; namely, an alligator egg Don stole to fool the boys into thinking he'd regressed back to egg state. | |
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Donald Duck / int_ca4569bd | type |
"Test Your Strength" Game | |
Donald Duck / int_ca4569bd | comment |
"Test Your Strength" Game: In "Canvas Back Duck", Donald tries his hand at a high striker, but he slips and falls headfirst on the machine, with the mallet hitting him immediately afterwards. This makes it strike the bell, and Don wins a prize. | |
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Donald Duck / int_cbaa9102 | type |
Signature Headgear | |
Donald Duck / int_cbaa9102 | comment |
Signature Headgear: Donald's "classic" outfit just isn't complete without his iconic sailor hat. It started off as white, then became blue to better match his shirt. And woe betide anyone to harms that hat. | |
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Donald Duck / int_ce6555f0 | type |
Lighter and Softer | |
Donald Duck / int_ce6555f0 | comment |
Lighter and Softer: Modern interpretations of Donald tend to paint the Duck in a much more flattering light than the old shorts, making it clear that, in spite of all of his faults, he is a good person, establishing him as a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. | |
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Donald Duck / int_ceb924d5 | type |
Sarcastic Well Wishing | |
Donald Duck / int_ceb924d5 | comment |
Sarcastic Well Wishing: Grand Canyonscope ends with Donald, Ranger Woodlore and a mountain lion all having destroyed and filled in the Grand Canyon, leading to a stern reprimand from Woodlore to Donald and the lion that begins in this way: | |
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Donald Duck / int_ceef363b | type |
Shameful Shrinking | |
Donald Duck / int_ceef363b | comment |
Shameful Shrinking: In "Truant Officer Donald", he's a truancy officer, out to catch Huey, Dewey, and Louie skipping school. When he finally captures them, it turns out school was out for summer. Donald shrinks in shame as a result. In "Donald's Happy Birthday", Donald catches his nephews with cigars and makes them smoke the whole box as punishment. When he realizes the cigars were his birthday present, he shrinks down until he falls through a knothole on the floor. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d080f396 | type |
The Napoleon | |
Donald Duck / int_d080f396 | comment |
The Napoleon: "Hot-blooded" and "short" are probably two of the most apt adjectives to describe Donald. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d0b60f23 | type |
GoshDangItToHeck | |
Donald Duck / int_d0b60f23 | comment |
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: In GOLDARN spades. It often sounds like he's swearing for real because of his voice, anyway. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d112f7ec | type |
"Oh, Crap!" Smile | |
Donald Duck / int_d112f7ec | comment |
"Oh, Crap!" Smile: He sports one when he realizes he was lawnmowning a high voltage wire in "Out on a Limb", even chuckling nervously, before he gets electrocuted in one of the most hilarious ways possible. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d1814802 | type |
Big Red Devil | |
Donald Duck / int_d1814802 | comment |
Big Red Devil: There have been many times when he's angry that he's resembled a devil. The cartoons "Rocket Ruckus", "Trombone Trouble", and "Soup's On" are just a few. He's also usually dressed as a red devil in Halloween-related works and merchandise. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d1e7f24a | type |
Big "SHUT UP!" | |
Donald Duck / int_d1e7f24a | comment |
Also, in "Clock Cleaners", Donald gives a Big "SHUT UP!" to an uncooperative mainspring that somehow talks back at him. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d20d14ad | type |
Cue O'Clock | |
Donald Duck / int_d20d14ad | comment |
Cue O'Clock: The title character of "Donald's Cousin Gus" has a watch that tells mealtimes. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d2ca1c6c | type |
Mouth Full of Smokes | |
Donald Duck / int_d2ca1c6c | comment |
Mouth Full of Smokes: In the cartoon short "Donald's Happy Birthday", when Donald finds his nephews with a box full of cigars, he forces them to smoke them all, even going so far as to shove a bunch of lit cigars in their mouths to smoke all at once, only to find out that the box of cigars was their present for him. He gets so flustered and embarrassed that he shrinks down to the size of a mouse and disappears into a hole in the nephews' tree house. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d2ca1c6c | |
Donald Duck / int_d308cbb0 | type |
Character Catchphrase | |
Donald Duck / int_d308cbb0 | comment |
Character Catchphrase: Quite a few: "Oh yeah?", "Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" "Aw, phooey!" "Nothin' to it!" "What's the big idea?!" "So!!" "Hiya toots" "That's the last straw!" "Come down and fight!" "Ya big palooka!" See this Oh My Disney article for even more duck phrases. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d3da7dd6 | type |
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep | |
Donald Duck / int_d3da7dd6 | comment |
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep: In Sea Scouts, A Good Time For a Dime, Lion Around and the Prince and the Pauper adaptation. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d4e9de59 | type |
Dreadful Musician | |
Donald Duck / int_d4e9de59 | comment |
Dreadful Musician: He has a terrible singing voice, due to his duck voice. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d5a50cc2 | type |
Noisy Duck | |
Donald Duck / int_d5a50cc2 | comment |
Noisy Duck: He could be considered the Trope Codifier along with Daffy. He is similar to Daffy Duck as well, being an angry noisy duck quacking incessantly when people get too close. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d6042336 | type |
Lower-Deck Episode | |
Donald Duck / int_d6042336 | comment |
Lower-Deck Episode: An old beetle's narration of the encounters he’s had with the Duck gets the focus in "Bootle Beetle", "Sea Salts" and "The Greener Yard", the last one downplaying Donald's presence to an extended cameo. It also happened with an elderly bee playing the narrator in "Let's Stick Together". | |
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Donald Duck / int_d6042336 | |
Donald Duck / int_d71f18e | type |
Rescue Sex | |
Donald Duck / int_d71f18e | comment |
At the end of Maui Mallard, a SNES/Genesis/PC videogame. As a reward for saving her island, an Amazon duck pleases Don with the best kiss he's received on his entire existence, then teleports both of them to some unknown destination...Considering she promised to take him "on an adventure he'd never forget" and that the wedding march starts playing as they disappear...OH, LUCKY DUCK! | |
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Donald Duck / int_d71f18e | |
Donald Duck / int_d8c10bd9 | type |
Ensemble Dark Horse | |
Donald Duck / int_d8c10bd9 | comment |
Ensemble Dark Horse: Believe it or not, this was invoked; the book "Mickey and the Gang" by historian David Gerstein reveals that Walt Disney already thought Donald would be his next star, organizing press kits to theaters that were showing Don's debut, The Wise Little Hen. | |
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Donald Duck / int_d8c10bd9 | |
Donald Duck / int_d9ee7048 | type |
Spin-Off | |
Donald Duck / int_d9ee7048 | comment |
The Spin-Off series has Darkwing Duck whose civilian alter-ego Drake Mallard is caretaker to a highly active and energetic young charge like Donald. Darkwing Duck also has Donald's distinct hot-head Small Name, Big Ego personality from the comics and likewise resembles Paperinik. | |
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Donald Duck / int_da0eeab5 | type |
Breakout Character | |
Donald Duck / int_da0eeab5 | comment |
Breakout Character: As mentioned in the book Mickey and the Gang: Classic Stories in Verse, Walt intentionally planned Donald to be his next star character, even having press kits ready by the day "The Wise Little Hen" was released. | |
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Donald Duck / int_db6230b7 | type |
Lightning Bruiser | |
Donald Duck / int_db6230b7 | comment |
Sometimes subverted. In many cartoons, he can take as good a punishment as he gives, especially in cartoons with Chip and Dale, Shelby, his nephews, or Pete where's he's often put in dangerous situations from which he sometimes escapes or lasts until the end. This makes him more of a Lightning Bruiser since he's been put through more punishment than probably another other original Disney character except for maybe Pete, but can also dish out more punishment than anyone else as seen by "Tapped Out" where he almost effortlessly beats the crap of the world wrestling champion, Pete. | |
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Donald Duck / int_dc26326 | type |
Two Decades Behind | |
Donald Duck / int_dc26326 | comment |
Two Decades Behind: In the House of Mouse short computer.don, Donald is depicted as being pathetically behind the times (having a rotary phone and an old fashioned ice box that Goofy stops by to refill), and is repeatedly labeled a dweeb because of it. | |
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Donald Duck / int_dfa71e43 | type |
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain | |
Donald Duck / int_dfa71e43 | comment |
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: He sometimes takes this role in the shorts with Chip and Dale. | |
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Donald Duck / int_e2d457 | type |
The Ditz | |
Donald Duck / int_e2d457 | comment |
Launchpad McQuack ends up being The Ditz and punching bag accompanying Scrooge and the nephews on the adventures, sometimes complicating their adventures by being incompetent, impulsive and short-sighted. | |
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Donald Duck / int_e37f19 | type |
Disguised in Drag | |
Donald Duck / int_e37f19 | comment |
Disguised in Drag: In Donald's Dream Voice, he briefly disguises himself as a girl in order to get back a voice-changing pill from an antisocial man (who, ironically, becomes quite friendly when he sees the disguised Donald). In Mickey's Big Break, he gets Dragged into Drag by Mickey as they disguise themselves as their own girlfriends in order to take a replacement photo after accidentally breaking the old one. There's also Golden Eggs, where he intends to collect some eggs from his farm but an imposing rooster won't let him get close, so he dresses up as a chick (literally) to do the job. With predictable results. Keep in mind that the disguise consisted of nothing more than a sack of flour, a feather duster, and a glove that wouldn't stay on his head for very long. One of the triplets does this in "Lucky Number". | |
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Donald Duck / int_e43c66bd | type |
Art Evolution | |
Donald Duck / int_e43c66bd | comment |
Art Evolution: He emerged with his trademark sailor suit and feather/beak colors already, but he was much closer in look to a real duck, with his plumper body and longer neck. From 1936 onwards, he was redesigned to have more depth, a rounder shape and to be overall cuter and more appealing. An easy way to confirm this is to compare Don's appearance in The Orphan's Benefit with the short's remake 7 years later. | |
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Donald Duck / int_e4f5affb | type |
The Chew Toy | |
Donald Duck / int_e4f5affb | comment |
The Chew Toy: Donald in most of the cartoons he was in. | |
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Donald Duck / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
Donald Duck / int_e5421161 | comment |
Fenton Quackshell is more or less just like Donald. Poor white-collar scrapper, a suitor to Gandra Dee (a Daisy Expy), butting heads with Scrooge while also being irreplaceable to him, and finally a civilian alter-ego to the Superhero Gizmoduck (much like Donald and Paperinik). | |
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Donald Duck / int_e57c714d | type |
Insane Equals Violent | |
Donald Duck / int_e57c714d | comment |
In "Mickey and the Beanstalk", Donald is, to put it mildly, not in the best of moods when his hunger causes him to have a nervous breakdown while the narrator comments on this: | |
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Donald Duck / int_ea0c6ff0 | type |
Foul Waterfowl | |
Donald Duck / int_ea0c6ff0 | comment |
Foul Waterfowl: Especially in the classic cartoons, he is characterized as temperamental and jerkish towards others he interacts with. | |
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Donald Duck / int_ea85d6ea | type |
All Just a Dream | |
Donald Duck / int_ea85d6ea | comment |
All Just a Dream: Der Fuehrer's Face features Donald working in a Nazi bomb factory, but is ultimately revealed to be a nightmare, which Donald is very relieved to discover. | |
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Donald Duck / int_eac601 | type |
Clothing Switch | |
Donald Duck / int_eac601 | comment |
Clothing Switch: "The Clock Watcher" 1945. As Donald is trying to pull out the Jack-in-the-box out of the floor, the box comes out and pulls Donald in the box with him trapped inside the box and Donald struggles to get out. When he finally bounced out of the box. Donald's clothes switch when he is wearing the Jack-in-the-box clown's costume with his nightcap and accordion with neck ruffle collar as a shirt while the Jack-in-the-box is wearing Donald's blue shirt and hat. | |
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Donald Duck / int_eeb2d092 | type |
Killer Gorilla | |
Donald Duck / int_eeb2d092 | comment |
Killer Gorilla: Donald gets in a fight with one in "Donald Duck and the Gorilla". You can probably guess how that turns out for him. | |
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Donald Duck / int_f0508c08 | type |
Decomposite Character | |
Donald Duck / int_f0508c08 | comment |
Decomposite Character: Since DuckTales had Donald Duck Demoted to Extra and sent to the navy so to give more screen-time to the relatively underexposed Uncle Scrooge. Donald did appear a few times in the original cartoon, but never in a big role and he didn't have much of his original personality and characteristics. Nevertheless, aspects of his traditional role in the comics were distributed to other characters, who eventually evolved aspects of their own personality. Launchpad McQuack ends up being The Ditz and punching bag accompanying Scrooge and the nephews on the adventures, sometimes complicating their adventures by being incompetent, impulsive and short-sighted. Fenton Quackshell is more or less just like Donald. Poor white-collar scrapper, a suitor to Gandra Dee (a Daisy Expy), butting heads with Scrooge while also being irreplaceable to him, and finally a civilian alter-ego to the Superhero Gizmoduck (much like Donald and Paperinik). The Spin-Off series has Darkwing Duck whose civilian alter-ego Drake Mallard is caretaker to a highly active and energetic young charge like Donald. Darkwing Duck also has Donald's distinct hot-head Small Name, Big Ego personality from the comics and likewise resembles Paperinik. | |
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Donald Duck / int_f08c8211 | type |
Semiaquatic Species Sailor | |
Donald Duck / int_f08c8211 | comment |
Semiaquatic Species Sailor: Donald Duck may be the Trope Maker, being a duck and a sailor. | |
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Donald Duck / int_f0e85546 | type |
Unbuilt Trope | |
Donald Duck / int_f0e85546 | comment |
Unbuilt Trope: Huey, Dewey and Louie are, perhaps, the most famous case of a cartoon character having nephews instead of children. However, unusually for this trope, which is usually used to give the protagonist children to interact with without tying them down to parenthood, Donald Duck is explicitly the legal guardian of the triplets, and has been since the 1940s. | |
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New Job as the Plot Demands | |
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New Job as the Plot Demands: Some episodes has Donald working in various occupations, most of which backfires on him due to his own sheer incompetence. | |
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Team Rocket Wins | |
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Team Rocket Wins: Donald normally loses when confronted with Chip 'n' Dale. In the short "Working for Peanuts", Donald manages to repeatedly thwart them, with the aid of Dolores the Elephant. They still end up getting what they wanted, though for once not at Donald's expense but by successfully faking a place for themselves in the zoo as rare albino chipmunks. Later, Donald and Dolores get back at the chipmunks for their trouble-making in "This is Your Life, Donald Duck". | |
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Would Hit a Girl | |
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Would Hit a Girl: Chef Donald has Donald angry at the radio host Mother Mallard because his recipe didn't come out right, and ends with Donald running to the station and (since we don’t see what actually goes down) seemingly pummeling her. | |
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Colorblind Confusion | |
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Color Blind Confusion: In Donald Gets Drafted, during his physical exams, Donald correctly identifies a red card, but when shown a green card (The physician even asks "What color is this green card", and Donald begins to spell out the word "GREEN" on the card), he answers "Blue", to which the physician says, "Eh, close enough." | |
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Dude, Where's My Respect? | |
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His Dude, Where's My Respect? argument certainly isn't without merit. He takes care of three rambunctious children on his own, he looks out for his family and friends when the chips are down, and he's a capable jack of all trades. Yet, everyone tends to treat him as a lazy good-for-nothing or a complete joke. | |
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Have a Gay Old Time | |
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Have a Gay Old Time: We’re three caballeros, three gay caballeros, they say we are birds of a feather! In Grin and Bear It, Donald arrives at Brownstone National Park, and is told "not to molest the bears". The connotation given to that verb in modern times makes Don's reaction hysterical. | |
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Special Edition Title | |
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Special Edition Title: "Trick or Treat". Donald's face is painted on a fence at night, instead of the usual head shot on the starburst frame. The credits are featured on a house surrounded by dead trees’ shadows, which serves this Halloween short better than the ordinary red burlap design. Finally, the camera pans around before revealing the title, which is neatly painted on a broken window in a seemingly abandoned house. The rarely seen original opening for "Rugged Bear" depicts Don's headshot as a portrait over a fireplace mantle, which pans down to the dark fireplace opening with the title and artist credits. After that, the camera pans down to a shot of a bear-skin rug with the cartoon's title. The reissue title shows only the artist credits in the fireplace and the title over the bear-skin rug; the shot of Donald's head and the title are both shown on generic title cards. | |
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With Friends Like These... | |
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With Friends Like These...: At times, Donald's family and friends can be pretty mean towards him. Believe it or not, even Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy have moments like this, such as in a few episodes of House of Mouse. | |
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Depending on the Writer | |
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Depending on the Writer: Different stories depict Donald as lazy or overzealous, as stupid or hyper-competent, as boorish or aspiring to be cultured, as an unrepentant jerk or a flawed but good guy... There's really only two constants: he's always got an explosive temper, and he's always unlucky. | |
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Character Celebrity Endorsement | |
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Character Celebrity Endorsement: Donald never drank orange juice in the cartoons, not even once, but that doesn't stop him from lending his name and image to Florida Natural Growers' orange juice◊ since 1940. In the 1970s, there was produced a whole film about the production of Donald Duck orange juice, which can be found on YouTube: part one and part two. To a lesser extent, Donald Duck is also licensed for the University of Oregon football team's ("the Ducks") merchandise. | |
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