Line #20 Heartwarming/DonaldDuck


1	A [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck duck]] with [[UnstoppableRage severe]] [[BerserkButton anger]] [[HairTriggerTemper issues]] has his own SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments page. [[DidntSeeThatComing Surprising, huh?]]
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3	''[[JustifiedTrope ...Then again...]]''
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5	[[AC: Creator/CarlBarks's Comics]]
6	* This doubles as both awesome and heartwarming. In Knight in Shining Armor, Donald gets invited to a Suppressed Desire Party where you dress as the type of person you've always wanted to be. So, Donald dresses up as a knight. His nephews don't think it's such a good idea and everyone makes fun of him once he arrives at the party. But when a lion tamer accidentally releases his lions into the crowd at the party (he was, after all, just a guy in a lion tamer's costume), Donald in his armor is the only one able to beat them back into their cage. Needless to say, no one laughs at him anymore and even praise his courage. His nephews even offer to carry his rubber sword and shield on the way home.
7	* This page in [[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?num=10&loc=1956/W_WDC_188-01R&s=date The Olympic Hopeful]]. The entire comic is basically just everybody laughing at Donald Duck's incredible lack of physical fitness while the ''real'' athletes all get disqualified for one reason or another, but because of his determination to try, Donald goes through all the tryouts despite wheezing and ''suffering a concussion.'' And then it culminates in the last page where his nephews help him finish the last tryout and even pushes him forward so that he could actually break the finish tape. And then they give him a medal.
8	* "Christmas For Shacktown", when the Nephews wander through Shacktown, a ghetto filled with unfortunate people, they feel like fat pigs (their words) for wanting more for Christmas, when the kids in Shacktown won't be able to even ''have'' Christmas. Daisy decides to get her ladies club to pool their cash to give the Shacktowners a decent meal and the kids a toy train for Christmas, and the rest of the story is trying to finagle Scrooge [=McDuck=] into helping out. At the end of the story, Scrooge, due to rash promise, ends up donating ''hundreds'' of dollars to Shacktown, allowing the unfortunates to have a Christmas feast like never before, and the destitute kiddies a toy land of their own.
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10	[[AC:Creator/DonRosa's Comics]]
11	* "Super Snooper Strikes Again". Huey, Dewey and Louie's love for Super Snooper comics isn't approved by their uncle, who would prefer them reading stuff with more plot and character, so he concludes that their superhero stories are "the pits". Annoyed, one of them cracks that Donald isn't any better, being an overage messenger boy. Donald gets a lump in his throat, and leaves the scene in complete silence. Depressed because he thinks his nephews may be right, he ends up finding a [[PowerUpFood drink that grants him superpowers]]. He ''rushes'' to show the kids and regain their respect, but they don't believe him when he tries to prove it to them. [[CassandraTruth They think he's just gone crazy]]. Towards the end the super-powers wear off, before his nephews ever get to see him in action, and Donald still thinks his nephews see him as a failure...But when they're alone, the boys comment on how Donald is their true hero, how none of their comic book heroes could ever measure up to someone who took in his three nephews and does whatever he can to support them in life.
12	-->I'd say Unca Donald is a pretty ''super'' kinda guy!
13	-->Agreed!
14	-->Yeah! "Super Snooper" may be the mightiest mortal to ever trod the soil...But he's no ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck!''
15	** [[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=11&loc=D91076&s=date This page is maybe the best.]]
16	* When Scrooge admits to his sister that he ''envies'' Donald, and also [[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=31&loc=D2003-081&s=date credits Donald and the nephews for making him a better duck]].
17	* In "The Three Caballeros Ride Again", the Caballeros find a treasure and discuss what they'll do with it; José wants to use his share to jumpstart his singing career and open a nightclub, Panchito wants to buy a ranch and Donald says he doesn't really want for anything, but he thinks he'll save it so he can get his nephews a proper education. José is so moved that he asks Panchito to shoot him in the feet, as he doesn't deserve to walk on the same ground as Donald.
18	* "The magnificent 7 (minus 4) caballeros." Noticing that Donald has become depressed, Huey, Louie, and Dewey decide to arrange a surprise vacation for the poor duck to reunite him with his friends Jose and Panchito to improve his mood and make him happy again.
19	* "Dream of a Lifetime." Donald travels through his Uncle Scrooge's dreams to thwart the Beagle Boys from making Scrooge tell them the combination to his money vault. But, Donald almost forgets his mission to spend a few precious moments with his [[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=19&loc=D2002-033&s=date mother!]] It's absolutely heart-wrenching and touching that the only time Donald is shown to have direct contact with his mother is in someone else's dream and she was a toddler and didn't recognize him. This is especially a TearJerker given the known fact that Donald's parents and sister all inexplicably disappeared from his life in reality. Despite that, Donald cries out "MA!" in joy and desperately hugs her all the while calling the meeting a miracle and asking her to say something to him. To which she says, "glxblt" right before Donald's kicked out by Scrooge's dad for "acting peculiar with Hortense." Not to mention the end of the story: thanks to Donald's intervention, Scrooge finally has the chance to spent with Goldie the moment he lost so many years ago. When all the others are about to wake up Scrooge, Donald stops them to give his uncle a bit of happiness, even if it's just a dream.
20	* "The Duck Who Never Was." [[TearJerker Donald is depressed when he finds out that nearly all his friends, even his nephews, have forgotten his birthday, making him feel like the most worthless person in Duckburg.]] All that changes when he accidentally makes a wish to a genie who lives at a museum to have never been born, resulting in Duckburg becoming a ghost town, with his relatives leading horrible lives (excluding [[{{Jerkass}} Gladstone]], who's still the luckiest duck). Donald manages to reverse the wish, and finds himself back in good old Duckburg. When he comes home, he finds his family, nephews, Daisy, Scrooge and everybody he's cared about (and [[{{PetTheDog}} Gladstone]]) have thrown him a surprise birthday party.
21	* ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20150301031847/http://alexmagnus.free.fr/Picsou/64%20-%20W.H.A.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N.pdf U.N.C.A.D.O.N.A.L.D.]]''[[note]]Unselfish, noble, caring, affectionate and dedicated overseer of nephews, and altogether lovable duck.[[/note]], on the penultimate page.
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23	[[AC:Others' Comics]]
24	* In one story, Donald pretends to be a burglar and steals Gladstone's wristband, thinking it's the source of his luck. When he realizes it isn't, he leaves the house depressed over his bad luck in life, and goes into the wilderness to wallow in a secluded cave. Through thunder and rain, his nephews chase after him and try to bring him back home, because "we don't want our uncle far away from us." And Donald, moved, tells them that if there is one thing he lucked out at more than Gladstone, is that he had nephews like them.
25	* In another story, Donald saves the life of a maharadja visiting Duckburg. The maharadja brings Donald back to his country and showers him with various luxeries for a while and then reveals that to thank Donald for saving his life he means to marry him off to one of the women of his court. Donald adamantly refuses and wants to go home to Daisy. This offends the maharadja who places Donald by a lion pit and insists he will feed him to the felines if he doesn't agree to the marriage. When asked why he refuses a life of luxury with whichever lady he chooses to marry he replies: "Because I love Daisy!" Luckily Daisy shows up to save him, unleashing wrath upon the maharadja that almost puts her boyfriend's famous outbursts to shame. The story ends with Donald and Daisy returning home together.
26	* In the Reginella Saga, every time his alien LoveInterest needs help Donald ''will'' come there, prepared to help however he can:
27	** In "Donald and Reginella's Return" Reginella has arrived to Duckburg to recover the last piece needed to complete the spaceship necessary for her people to finally go home when she's harassed by bullies, making her cry for help... And Donald, who was passing by, charges in, beats the bullies up and forces them to flee, and ''then'' looks at the woman he just saved and discovers it's Reginella.
28	** In "Donald and Reginella's Wedding" Donald received a visit from one of Reginella's subjects, that tells him the planet Pacificus has been conquered by the Mighty Bingo and [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe Reginella herself is being forced to marry him]]. Donald comes ready to deal with Bingo and his army... And had everything he needed already packed because he had ''dreamed'' her trouble.
29	** In "Reginella and the Terran Threat":
30	*** Donald discovers that Pacificus is being ruined by an Earth millionaire that is setting up tourist visits for rich men. Donald not only comes to help, but has the courage to ask Scrooge for the ''20,000 dollars'' he needs.
31	*** Scrooge too: once Donald explains ''why'' he needs to go on Pacificus he not only gives him the money, he ''adds a thousand dollars more''. And doesn't want it back.
32	** In "Donald, Reginella and the Fearsome Vampirione":
33	*** Reginella calls for Donald... And he comes ''immediately''.
34	*** Scrooge again: as Donald's way to come there was a rocket bicycle and had failed, Scrooge asked him why he dropped in the money bin... And as soon as Donald mentioned Reginella he provided a SpaceFighter. And would have come to help too, [[GenreSavvy except he knew exactly what could have happened between Donald and Reginella and realized he could have interfered]].
35	* In one of the Junior Woodchucks comics from the eighties, there was a story where the nephews were about to get yet another medal. At the ceremony, Donald proudly boasted that those were HIS nephews up there. But the head scoutmaster suddenly interrupts to say that they're at the weight limit for medals and aren't allowed to receive these, prompting outrage from the audience...the loudest of all being Donald, who shouted that he wasn't about to let them cheat his nephews out of what they'd earned, even if they weighed a THOUSAND pounds.
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37	[[AC:WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts]]
38	* "The Autograph Hound" is one of the biggest wins Donald Duck gets in his illustrious career. The only celebrity on his autograph hunt NOT to treat him like a fool? Is Shirley Temple! Both are just so excited to see each other and get the other's autograph, it's one of the cutest moments in Disney history. In the end, Shirley even saves Donald from the security guard and has all of Hollywood at his feet for HIS autograph! If that isn't proving how loved you are, nothing is.
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40	[[AC:WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse]]
41	* Goofy's musical tribute to Donald in "Gone Goofy" must be heard to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ9k2LUrUns believed.]]
42	* The short "Donald's Goofy World", where Donald has a nightmare of everyone (including himself) becoming Goofy. At the end, he wakes up and he lashes out at the real Goofy. Then when Goofy walks away sadly, Donald runs up to him and says "At least there's only ''one'' of you."
43	--> '''Goofy:''' That's right! The one and only! And I'm going to fix your door! [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments (enters in Donald's house and locks it).]]
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45	[[AC:WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987]]
46	* The very first episode of ''[=DuckTales=]'', "Don't Give Up the Ship" is as heartwarming as it is heartbreaking. Donald leaves for the Navy and leaves his three nephews in the care of his Uncle Scrooge. But before he goes, he gives them a little [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-NV9tgepdg&t=1m23s farewell]] speech. When Scrooge shows up and tries to dissuade Donald, Donald says that he's already enlisted and wants to see the world. Then he tells him to take care of his nephews and that he chose Scrooge to take care of them because he's the only one he trusts his nephews with. Throughout the first half of the episode, the kids misbehave and Scrooge just ignores or scolds them, at one point questioning Donald's parenting skills. Needless to say, the kids got pretty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-NV9tgepdg&t=6m55s defensive]] of their Unca Donald. After they overhear Scrooge tell his butler how troublesome they are, they even run away from home, hoping to go back to Donald. This whole series, especially the episodes with Donald, proved that although Donald and his nephews drive each other crazy much of the time, they truly love each other.
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48	[[AC:WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017]]
49	* This version of Donald put his life on hold to raise his nephews after his sister, and their mother, Della was accidentally lost in space for ten years. He went to Anger Management Therapy and was able to harness his anger into a protective instinct - threaten Donald's family, you '''will''' regret it.
50	* Donald finally meeting the one person who can perfectly understand him - WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck. In this series, she is an assistant to a vain fashion blogger, and Donald and Daisy bond over the fact that no-one ever listens to or understands them (both figuratively and literally in Donald's case). She even loves [[HollywoodToneDeaf his singing]].
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53	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA93vBjD4EU Magic Happens.]]
54	* The Disneyland special episode "This Is Your Life, Donald Duck!" is all about looking back at the important events in Donald's life and celebrating him as the guest of honor. We meet Grandma Duck for the first time ever in animation as his grandma and not a cameo and their reunion is so [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5k6eoTmjm4&feature=related touching.]] Even Chip and Dale and Pete are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHw99UCFHWA nice]] to him. All the Disney characters who were around at the time sing "Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck" and "Jolly Good Fellow" including: Capt. Hook, the Seven Dwarfs, Ichabod Crane, the Reluctant Dragon, Cinderella, the Lost Boys, etc. But most heart warming of all is at the very end when his nephews [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soA64h5bWaM&feature=related jump]] into his arms, hugging and kissing him, and one of them says, "Wasn't this nice, Unca Donald?" and they laugh together as the curtain falls.
55	* Another '"Disneyland'' episode, "A Day In The Life Of Donald Duck", features [[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub the Mouseketeers]] visiting the Disney studio and presenting Donald with a special pair of mouse ears, naming him an honorary Mouseketeer. Considering that these live-action kids are interacting with an ink-and-paint character, this is an example of the RogerRabbitEffect.
56	* From ''Mickey's 60th Birthday'', a spell causes Mickey to disappear from the public eye and Donald is the prime suspect and is sent to jail. When Mickey reverses the spell and is "found" by Roger Rabbit, Donald (though shaking him furiously) begs Mickey to tell where the heck he's been. During all the fiasco, never once did Donald blame Mickey for it, though the whole thing was Mickey's mistake in the first place.
57	* From 1984, the song put together for Donald's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obhsql25Hc4 50th birthday celebration]].
58	* In the new Mickey Mouse cartoon "Duck the Halls," Donald's family migrates south for the winter while Donald insists on staying up north to experience Christmas. The whole time they're on vacation, Daisy, Uncle Scrooge, Uncle Ludwig, and the nephews miss him terribly and they're all ready to brave the cold to bring him back south safely. On the other side, Mickey, Minnie and Goofy are actually thrilled Donald is around to celebrate with them this year. In contrast to his usual selfish persona, Donald really wants to enjoy the festivities with his friends, and desperately hides his poor health caused by the winter.
59	* Pretty much anytime Donald is reacquainted with Jose Carioca. In contrast to Donald's usual UnpopularPopularCharacter routine, Jose and Donald always seem so happy to be around each other (not to say Jose doesn't heckle Donald, but it's ''much'' more playful than his usual turmoil):
60	** Their first meeting in ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'', where Jose even appears to be a fan of Donald's work.
61	** The "Two Happy Amigos" episode of ''The Wonderful World of Disney'', where Jose visits Donald to see his homeland of America. Their embrace when he first arrives is adorable.
62	* Crossing over with TearJerker, how Creator/TonyAnselmo got the job of voicing Donald Duck: He was originally an animator with no desire to act. While working for Disney, he made friends with Donald's original actor, Clarence Nash, who showed him how to do the voice when Anselmo admitted it was the only one he couldn't replicate. They grew closer over the years, and Nash continued to train Anselmo, who had no idea of the elder man's intentions and thought they were just doing the voices for fun. 1984 was Donald's 50th birthday, which was celebrated with many personal appearances. During a parade, Nash was missing and Anselmo was tasked with finding him. When he finally got in contact with his friend, Nash finally confided to Anselmo that he was dying of leukemia and he had actually been training the young animator to replace him. Tony filled in for Nash throughout 1984 when he was too ill to work. And when he died in 1985, Tony became the full-time voice actor of Donald Duck.
63	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6VVOmT0Vk8 this commercial]] for Disneyland Paris, a little duckling becomes a fan of Donald after coming across one of his comic books. When it's time to migrate, he tries to take the comic with him, but it's too heavy to carry and ends up falling into the lake. He has to leave it behind and go south with his flock for the winter. After they've resettled, the duckling is just walking around, dejected, not knowing what to do without his favorite comic book. But it turns out they're actually in Disneyland, and who does he come across...but Donald himself! The commercial ends with the happy duckling hugging Donald's leg. Many users in the comment section have said that this is one of the only commercials that made them cry TearsOfJoy.

Context Heartwarming / DonaldDuck