Donald Duck (1987)

1987

2017

Donald Duck
Aliases	Uncle Donald (his nephews) Seaman Duck (Navy)
Species	Duck
Gender	Male
Alignment	Good
Relatives	Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck (nephews) Scrooge McDuck (uncle)
Occupation	Navy Soldier
Allies	Admiral Grimitz Launchpad McQuack Duckworth Bentina Beakley Webby Vanderquack
Other Information
First Appearance	"Don't Give Up the Ship"
Voiced By	Tony Anselmo

Seaman Donald Duck USN, is a recurring character from DuckTales 1987's 1st season. He is the nephew of Scrooge McDuck and the uncle and legal guardian of Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck. His signature look incudes a white sailor hat, a blue sailor suit with red accents and a black collar.

Personality

Donald from the chapters that appears, is shown to be a loving duck who loves his nephews and they love him, since Donald and his nephews had a sentimental farewell accompanied with a hug also for when Donald left them in the care of his uncle Scrooge while Donald was in the navy. Donald has great respect for his Uncle Scrooge and will not tolerate anyone who gets on top of or insults his Uncle.

Donald also does not like someone to insult him for his unintelligible voice that he has, something that Launchpad once did so annoying Donald.

History

While a central Disney character, Donald's role in the original DuckTales is downplayed to give his relatives lead roles. The five-part pilot episode, "The Treasure of the Golden Suns", begins as Donald is about to leave Duckburg to join the US Navy. Which his nephews living with Donald's wealthy uncle Scrooge McDuck throughout the series, Donald makes occasional appearances throughout the first season, meeting up with his relatives on various remote locations, as he serves under Admiral Grimitz.

In the episode "Nothing to Fear", Donald does not appear physically, but only appears in a photo that his nephews keep in their room until an illusion of an evil version of Scrooge (created by Magica De Spell) breaks it by throwing it in front of the triplets.

In "Till Nephews Do Us Part", Donald returns to Duckburg for his final appearance on the show, to serve as best man at his uncle's wedding to Millionara Vanderbucks.

Although he didn't make any appearances after season 1, Donald still made appearances in the DuckTales and Darkwing Duck comic series.

Appearances

Season 1

• "Don't Give Up the Ship"
• "Three Ducks of the Condor"
• "Sphinx for the Memories"
• "Home Sweet Homer"
• "A Whale of a Bad Time"
• "Nothing to Fear" (photo cameo)
• "Spies in Their Eyes"
• "All Ducks on Deck"
• "Till Nephews Do Us Part"

Movie

• "DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp" (photo cameo)

Comics

• "The Everlasting Coal"
• "The Arcadian Urn"
• "Rightful Owners"
• "Dangerous Currency"

Video games

• "DuckTales: Scrooge's Loot" (mentioned)

Trivia

• Donald's role in the series was downplayed due to Disney executive Michael Eisner and the show's writers agreeing that his voice, which tends to be hard to understand, would make him too difficult to use in an action-adventure series, in contrast to the animated shorts, where physical comedy served as the main plot device.

• Donald's temper was hardly ever shown, except when he's captured in incidents like A Whale of a Bad Time.

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