Della Duck/Relationships

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Family[]

Scrooge McDuck[]

Scrooge is Della and Donald's uncle through their mother, Hortense's side. They adventured together even in hardships, with her piloting skills.like a big help in their adventures, Scrooge praised his niece more than his nephew, Donald, as they bonded more over their mutual love of adventure and discovery. When Della had the idea of exploring outer space, Scrooge decided to make the idea a reality and built the rocket Della had been designing - the Spear of Selene.

Scrooge finally embraces Della for the first time in 10 years

Scrooge originally intended for the rocket-ship to be a gift to Della in celebration of her triplets' births, but he realized too late that she discovered it earlier than expected and took the rocket for herself for a test run. Scrooge tried to navigate her through a sudden cosmic storm as she was entering orbit, but his attempts, unfortunately, ended in failure and his communications with Della and the rocket were cut off.

But desperate to get Della back from the depths of space, Scrooge spent an enormous amount of his hard-earned fortune on search and rescue parties throughout space to find her. Despite his efforts, none were proven successful, and eventually, his Board of Directors shut down the program over worries that his desperate attempts to find Della would lead him and his companies to bankruptcy. Della's disappearance and his unsuccessful attempts at saving her took a toll on Scrooge.

Plus his involvement in Della's disappearance into space caused Donald to leave and not contact him for 10 years. Della's failed "test run" of the ship not only caused Scrooge to lose her, but it also caused him to lose his spirit of adventure itself. After Della's return home, Scrooge is the first to welcome her home. However, Scrooge doesn't approve of Della's stubborn, thrill-seeking attitude since it can still blind her to the dangers and consequences of her actions as shown during her first adventure with one of her sons, Dewey.

Donald Duck[]

Donald is Della's twin brother, years prior to the main series, they had been very close

and were always together on adventures with their Uncle Scrooge, with Donald being a transportation method for boats and Della for planes. In "Last Christmas!", in their pre-teens, Donald decided he would rather spend Christmas alone in his room playing his guitar, leaving Della upset, but eventually, he apologized to her and they spent Christmas together for the rest of the night, showing just how much they love, care, and treasure each other. It is also revealed that Donald was the one who gifted Della a blue scarf for her on Christmas, something which Della still wears to this day.

Later on, Della began designing plans of a rocket-ship for exploring outer space after realizing they had explored everywhere there was to on Earth. However, this put a spark in Donald who protested that the idea was too risky, especially with her eggs about to hatch. Despite this, Della disregarded Donald's warnings and flew a rocket-ship Scrooge made for her (originally planning to be a surprise) for a test run in orbit, but unfortunately, it crashed on the Moon.

This event left to hold on Donald and Della's close relationship for 11 years, but Della still holds onto a photo of her and Donald with their Uncle Scrooge and her newborn eggs. Later, in "The Golden Spear!", Donald is the first of the family to realize that Della is still alive when he spots the Spear of Selene landing on Earth for the first time in ages. He falls steps short of reuniting with her when his bad luck reactivates the Spear of Selene and he flies away in her place.But nevertheless, after reuniting in "Moonvasion!," even though they were mad at each other at first for their current situation, they quickly make up after realizing that they both missed each other.

Della's Kids[]

Della happily reunited with her boys at last

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Della's children whom she did not meet for 11 years. The first time she saw them was on the TV while she was stranded on the Moon within the Spear of Selene wreckage. Even when it seemed hopeless, her love and devotion to her kids kept her going.

They eventually meet for the first time in "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!", when Della first saw her children face-to-face, she couldn't have been more proud of this moment than she already was.

Huey[]

Huey is Della's oldest son. After finally meeting in "Nothing Can

Stop Della Duck!", Huey came to her after he was impressed by his mother's responses to his questions using her Junior Woodchuck knowledge.

In "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!" Della and Huey bond through playing the computer game Legends of Legend Quest Dereznaroth. Della, wearing a science-fiction uniform in the game, wanted to get Huey to adventure with her.

Della defends him in "Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!", when she was sure Launchpad rigged the trial, even though Huey honestly admitted he lost fair and square.

Dewey[]

Dewey is Della's middle son. Since he didn't know much about her growing up, it caused him to become obsessed with solving the mystery of her disappearance.

Della's childish, reckless actions have affected Dewey in some ways. By making him feel abandoned it caused Dewey to act out, becoming attention-seeking in many ways through several adventures. When discovering more about his mother's amazing adventurous talents it caused him to behave similarly, resulting in dangerous consequences. Even his obsession in learning what happened to Della lead him to seek her out, even in dangerous situations such as what occurred in "The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!".

When meeting in "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!", Dewey first mistook her for a cyborg. Dewey, having waited for this moment his whole life for a long time, rushed to hug his mother without hesitation.

In "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!", Della and Dewey went on their first adventure together and she began to grow more proud of her son when she learned that he shared a similar love for adventure and musical inclination like herself. Eventually, Della believed Dewey could do anything despite unexpected outcomes as a result of such beliefs as the latter tried to prove himself to his mother and earn the love he wanted so desperately. However, when Dewey finally got stuck in a situation he couldn't get himself out of until his mother saved him, Dewey was sad as he tried to apologize to his mother for letting her down and not being the adventurer she hoped he would be. Nevertheless, being the kind and caring person she is, Della simply reassured her son that she will always believe he can do anything without him ever having to prove anything to her as the two hugged each other in joy and happiness.

Louie[]

Louie is Della's youngest son. After finding out about her disappearance Louie, along with his brothers were deeply heartbroken. It even got Louie to become afraid of adventures

as shown in "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!" When Louie first met his mother he initially had doubts about her before accepting that his encounter with his mother was real and tearfully embraced her alongside his brothers. During her first day back on Earth, Huey and Dewey continued to admire her talents while Louie still remained somewhat skeptical about her since he wasn't quite used to having a mother, despite being happy to have her back. Della overhears this and is deeply upset and tries to show her effort for them, during the battle with the Gilded Man, when Della was willing to sacrifice herself to save him from getting crushed to death. Louie was tearfully touched by his mother's efforts to keep him safe and finally learned to give her the love, gratitude, approval, and respect she deserved in the end.

In "Timephoon!", when Della finds out about Louie's Time Tub plans to get rich are causing disruptions in the space-time continuum, Della grills her youngest son for putting innocent lives in danger and grounds him, though Louie explicitly pointed out how she'd done almost the same thing in taking a contraption without thinking of the consequences that it had on her family.

In "GlomTales!", Della grounds Louie and prevents him from going adventuring. She even pointed out that his schemes only cause trouble for his family, making him more upset with her. When Louie schemes the villains out of their fortunes, Della accepts her son for who he is as it was shown to be helpful for his family in many situations.

In "Moonvasion!", Louie and the others try to help Della find allies during the invasion despite Della insisting that finding a place to hide the children is more important, but Louie calms her down with Della's Lullaby when she thinks all hope is lost and it inspires her to face off against Lunaris and save the Earth.

In "Escape from the ImpossiBin!", she's even proud of him when he outsmarts the hacked Lil Bulb while they're helping Scrooge test out the upgraded Money Bin and Louie agrees with her saying that their family is amazing.

Webby Vanderquack[]

Della is Webby's cousin through cloning. Webby, pursuing knowledge of anything to do with Clan McDuck, works with Dewey in their investigation of Della's mysterious disappearance for the majority of Season 1. During Season 2, in "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!", Webby meets Della for the first time and cries tears of joy after witnessing her hug her children. Webby introduces herself properly to Della while eating in the dining hall.

Della and Webby after finishing their adventure

Webby is a great friend of Della. An example of this is in "The Golden Armory of Cornelius Coot!", where Webby praises her skills as an adventurer and thinks of Della as a professional even when she was younger than her and Della tells Webby that she is just as impressive and amazing in her own way.

Friends[]

Bentina Beakley[]

Della originally knew Beakley as "Agent 22" and was surprised to find out that she's the new housekeeper. Their relationship following Della's return starts out rocky with Beakley chastising Della's immaturity and lack of parenting experience, coming to a head in Timephoon!, when Della's lax parenting leads to Louie nearly destroying the space-time continuum. Despite this, they fight well together, suggesting they had worked together professionally in the past. Beakley's actions towards Della do not come from personal antagonism but rather from a desire to teach her to be a better parent, coming off of her own experiences in raising Webby. After the situation gets out of hand, Della resolves to take Beakley's advice, and Della's subsequent actions in grounding Louie prove to her that she understood the lesson. After this point, Della and Beakley maintain a friendly working relationship.

Launchpad McQuack[]

At first Della thought that Launchpad was replacing her as a pilot; however, they become friends. In "The Golden Armory of Cornelius Coot!" Della teaches Launchpad how to fly her plane the Sunchaser. She thought she had failed to teach him, but nonetheless was impressed by his action when they manage to save the boys and Webby from Ma Beagle and The Beagle Boys.

Selene[]

Penumbra[]

For much of Della's time on the Moon, she got along with Penumbra who distrusted her at first out of fear that she would bring danger to the Moonlanders. At a point in Della's quest to repair her rocket, Penumbra reluctantly allowed her to stay at her home even though she "playfully" tried to assassinate the duck during her stay. When Penumbra realized that family was more important to Della, she solemnly gave her a hug before they parted ways for a period of time.

Rivals/Neutral[]

Gyro Gearloose[]

“	Another classic Gyro failure! Along with his weird tiny glasses and his dumb tiny hat and his complete inability to perform even the basic functions required to PASS FOR A HUMAN BEING!	”
–Della about Gyro, "Escape from the ImpossiBin!"

Della and Gyro have a long-standing antagonism, the origins of which are unknown. Among other things, Gyro is incredibly fond of the taste of black licorice, whereas Della finds it appalling. In "What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!", this proved a considerable annoyance for Della when she had to rely on Gyro's black licorice flavored Oxy-Chew to survive. Gyro's manual for the Spear of Selene also blatantly insulted Della's intelligence at least once.

In "Escape from the ImpossiBin!", Della's continued dislike for Gyro becomes evident as she, Scrooge, and Louie are making their way through a gauntlet of security measures designed by the inventor. Upon realizing that provoking some of his creations to anger works to their advantage, Della proceeds to unleash a torrent of insults aimed at Gyro. Della claims to have a wealth of insult material derived from the decade she was forced to survive on nothing but Gyro's Oxy-Chew.

Despite this implied antagonism between the two characters, they seldom interact on-screen, even when they share scenes.