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6[[caption-width-right:350:"Donald is a very outrageous fellow, with bad manners and a worse temper, and everyone is fond of him." — Walt Disney\
7[[note]]"Celebration of the Duck" painted by Disney fine artist Tim Rogerson; features Donalds from ''WesternAnimation/OrphansBenefit'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros''. [[/note]]]]
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9->''"Who's got the sweetest disposition?''\
10''One guess, guess who...''\
11''Who never, ever starts an argument? ('''Woman:''' "Hmm?")''\
12''Who never shows a bit of temperament?''\
13''Who's never wrong, but always right? ('''Donald:''' "Yeah?")''\
14''Who'd never dream of starting a fight? ('''Donald:''' "That's so!")''\
15''Who gets stuck with all the bad luck?''\
16''No one ("QUAAAAAAACK!!") -- but Donald Duck!" ('''Donald:''' "Yeah!")''
17-->-- [[BraggingThemeTune Theme song for the Donald cartoons (after 1947)]]
18
19The BreakoutCharacter of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, Donald Fauntleroy Duck is one of history's most famous cartoon characters.
20
21Donald first appeared in the WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies short ''WesternAnimation/TheWiseLittleHen'' in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 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 WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} in 1935's ''Mickey's Service Station''.
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23From 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 WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck 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[[/note]], was never seen or heard from again, [[note]]until WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 [[/note]] and Donald became their permanent foster parent. The next year, ''Donald's Cousin Gus'' introduced his cousin Gus Goose.
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25Donald was nearly the complete opposite of Mickey. Unlike TheEveryman, he was brash, quick-tempered and loaded with faults. Because of this, [[BreakoutCharacter audiences loved him]] and responded to him very positively.
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27In 1939, he got his own NewspaperComic and in the 1940s, Creator/CarlBarks began making [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse an entire comic universe based around him]]. Barks' role was eventually inherited by Creator/DonRosa and the stories by these two creators are the only ones that are officially considered within the Disney comics universe.
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29UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was especially good to Donald. A series of {{Wartime Cartoon}}s showed him enlisting in the army and he won his only Academy Award for ''WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace'' in 1943. It was also during the 1940s that he was featured in four entries in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon: ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'', ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' and ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime''.
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31After theatrical shorts fell out of favor, his appearances slowed down, but he was never quite out. He appeared in ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'' as a supporting character and starred in ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack''. He also appeared with WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', starred in the "Pomp and Circumstance" segment of ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'', reappeared with the gang in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'' and in 2004, he got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He also came back in ''Mickey [=MouseWorks=] / WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'', as well as the new series of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mickey Mouse|2013}}'' shorts, ''WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheRoadsterRacers / Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures'', the ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|2017}}'' revival (as a regular this time), and ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseFunhouse''. He appeared as a court mage and recurring party member in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series of video games, to say nothing of the few games he got to himself such as the fondly remembered ''VideoGame/{{Quackshot}}''. He is the protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheThreeCaballeros''.
32
33And naturally, there are the comics. Donald Duck has a specific [[TheVerse universe]] associated with him and Uncle Scrooge: the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse''. 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 [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass "loser duck"]] can be. '''Tropes specific to the comic go on that page.'''
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35He 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 Creator/TonyAnselmo has been the official voice of Donald in all Disney productions, except for ''WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheRoadsterRacers / Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures'', in which Daniel Ross voices Donald due to Anselmo being too busy with other projects.
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38[[foldercontrol]]
39
40[[folder:Donald Duck Filmography]]
41!!!1930s
42
43!1934
44
45* WesternAnimation/TheWiseLittleHen, released on 9 June 1934 – in a Silly Symphony cartoon; Donald's grand debut.
46* WesternAnimation/OrphansBenefit, released on 11 August 1934 – in a Mickey Mouse Cartoon for the first time, also remade and released on 22 August 1941. It would also debut a staple of Donald's character, his HairTriggerTemper.
47* The Dognapper, released on 17 November 1934 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
48
49!1935
50
51* WesternAnimation/TheBandConcert, released on 23 February 1935 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon, where Donald's eyes would be colored light blue for the first time.
52* Mickey's Service Station, released on 16 March 1935 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon, acting with Mickey and Goofy as a trio for the first time.
53* Mickey's Fire Brigade, released on 3 August 1935 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
54* On Ice, released on 28 September 1935 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
55* Cock o' the Walk: November 30, 1935, Ben Sharpsteen: In a Silly Symphony short. Makes a ''very'' easy to miss cameo in the opening, playing a drum.
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57!1936
58
59* Mickey's Polo Team, released on 4 January 1936 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
60* Orphans' Picnic, released on 15 February 1936 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
61* Mickey's Grand Opera, released on 7 March 1936 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon for the last time in his original design.
62* WesternAnimation/MovingDay, released on 20 June 1936 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon, marking the debut of his modernized design.
63* Alpine Climbers, released on 25 July 1936 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
64* Mickey's Circus, released on 1 August 1936 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
65* WesternAnimation/DonaldAndPluto, released on 12 September 1936 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon, [[WolverinePublicity though Mickey doesn't actually appear at all in it.]] It could be considered a PoorlyDisguisedPilot for Donald's own series of shorts.
66
67!1937
68
69* WesternAnimation/DonDonald, released on 9 January 1937 – first Donald & Daisy Duck cartoon; this one features Daisy's predecessor, Donna Duck
70* WesternAnimation/MagicianMickey, released on 6 February 1937 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
71* Moose Hunters, released on 20 February 1937 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
72* WesternAnimation/MickeysAmateurs, released on 17 April 1937 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
73* WesternAnimation/ModernInventions, released on 29 May 1937 – the last Disney cartoon released through United Artists
74* Hawaiian Holiday, released on 24 September 1937 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
75* WesternAnimation/ClockCleaners, released on 15 October 1937 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
76* Donald's Ostrich, released on 10 December 1937
77* WesternAnimation/LonesomeGhosts, released on 24 December 1937 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
78
79!1938
80
81* Self Control, released on 11 February 1938
82* Boat Builders, released on 25 February 1938 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
83* Donald's Better Self, released on 11 March 1938
84* [[WesternAnimation/DonaldsNephews Donald's Nephews]], released on 15 April 1938
85* WesternAnimation/MickeysTrailer, released on 6 May 1938 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
86* Polar Trappers, released on 17 June 1938 – in a Donald & Goofy cartoon
87* WesternAnimation/GoodScouts, released on 8 July 1938
88* The Fox Hunt, released on 9 July 1938 – in a Donald & Goofy cartoon--Name's the same as an earlier Disney short.
89* The Whalers, released on 19 August 1938 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
90* Donald's Golf Game, released on 4 November 1938
91* WesternAnimation/MotherGooseGoesHollywood, released on 23 December 1938 – cameo, in a Silly Symphony cartoon
92
93!1939
94
95* The Standard Parade, released in 30 September 1939 – cameo, in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
96* Donald's Lucky Day, released on 13 January 1939
97* The Hockey Champ, released on 28 April 1939
98* Donald's Cousin Gus, released on 19 May 1939
99* Beach Picnic, released on 9 June 1939 – in a Donald and Pluto cartoon
100* WesternAnimation/SeaScouts, released on 30 June 1939
101* Donald's Penguin, released on 11 August 1939
102* The Autograph Hound, released on 1 September 1939
103* Officer Duck, released on 10 October 1939
104
105!!!1940s
106
107!1940
108
109* The Riveter, released on 15 March 1940
110* Donald's Dog Laundry, released on 5 April 1940 – in a Donald and Pluto cartoon
111* Tugboat Mickey, released on 26 April 1940 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
112* Billposters, released on 17 May 1940 – in a Donald & Goofy cartoon
113* WesternAnimation/{{Mr Duck Steps Out}}, released on 7 June 1940 - First cartoon with the actual Daisy Duck character
114* Put-Put Troubles, released on 19 July 1940 – in a Donald and Pluto cartoon
115* Donald's Vacation, released on 9 August 1940
116* The Volunteer Worker, released on 1 September 1940
117* WesternAnimation/WindowCleaners, released on 20 September 1940 – in a Donald and Pluto cartoon, first cartoon with Spike the Bee
118* Fire Chief, released on 13 December 1940
119
120!1941
121
122* Timber, released on 10 January 1941
123* Golden Eggs, released on 7 March 1941
124* A Good Time for a Dime, released on 9 May 1941
125* WesternAnimation/TheNiftyNineties, released on 20 June 1941 – cameo, in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
126* Early to Bed, released 11 July 1941
127* WesternAnimation/TruantOfficerDonald, released on 1 August 1941
128* Orphan's Benefit, released on 22 August 1941 – in a Mickey Mouse Cartoon, remake of version released on 11 August 1934
129* Old Mac Donald Duck, released on 12 September 1941
130* Donald's Camera, released on 24 October 1941
131* Chef Donald, released on 5 December 1941
132
133!1942
134
135* Donald's Decision, released on 11 January 1942
136* All Together, released on 13 January 1942 – in a WWII cartoon
137* The Village Smithy, released on 16 January 1942
138* WesternAnimation/TheNewSpirit, released on 23 January 1942
139* WesternAnimation/MickeysBirthdayParty, released on 7 February 1942 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
140* WesternAnimation/SymphonyHour, released on 20 March 1942 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
141* WesternAnimation/DonaldsSnowFight, released on 10 April 1942
142* Donald Gets Drafted, released on 1 May 1942
143* Donald's Garden, released on 12 June 1942
144* Donald's Gold Mine, released on 24 July 1942
145* WesternAnimation/TheVanishingPrivate, released on 25 September 1942
146* Sky Trooper, released on 6 November 1942
147* WesternAnimation/BellboyDonald, released on 18 December 1942
148
149!1943
150
151* WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace AKA [[ThoseWackyNazis Donald Duck In Nutzi Land]] released on 1 January 1943.
152* WesternAnimation/TheSpiritOf43, released on 7 January 1943, first appearance of the prototype for what would later become [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]];[[note]]Uncle Scrooge would make his official debut in "Christmas on Bear Mountain" (December 1947)[[/note]]; one of the ''very'' few Disney cartoons in the PublicDomain.
153* WesternAnimation/DonaldsTireTrouble, released on 29 January 1943
154* Lake Titicaca, released on 6 February 1943 segment of WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos
155* Aquarela do Brasil, released on 6 February 1943 segment of WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos
156* The Flying Jalopy, released on 12 March 1943
157* Fall Out Fall In, released on 23 April 1943
158* The Old Army Game, released on 5 November 1943
159* Home Defense, released on 26 November 1943
160
161!1944
162
163* Trombone Trouble, released on 18 February 1944
164* Donald Duck and the Gorilla, released on 31 March 1944
165* Contrary Condor, released on 21 April 1944
166* Commando Duck, released on 2 June 1944
167* The Plastics Inventor, released on 1 September 1944
168* Donald's Off Day, released on 8 December 1944
169
170!1945
171* WesternAnimation/TheClockWatcher, released on 26 January 1945
172* WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros, released on 3 February 1945 – in a Donald Duck, Jose Carioca & Panchito Pistoles movie; this entire Donald Duck production is one of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon movies.
173* The Eyes Have It, released on 30 March 1945 – in a Donald and Pluto cartoon
174* WesternAnimation/DonaldsCrime, released on 29 June 1945
175* WesternAnimation/DuckPimples, released on 10 August 1945
176* No Sail with Goofy, released on 7 September 1945 – in a Donald & Goofy cartoon
177* WesternAnimation/CuredDuck, released on 26 October 1945
178* Old Sequoia, released on 21 December 1945
179
180!1946
181
182* [[WesternAnimation/DonaldsDoubleTrouble Donald's Double Trouble]], released on 28 June 1946
183* Wet Paint, released on 9 August 1946
184* Dumb Bell of the Yukon, released on 30 August 1946
185* Lighthouse Keeping, released on 20 September 1946
186* Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive, released on 1 November 1946 – in a Donald & Goofy cartoon
187
188!1947
189
190* Straight Shooters, released on 18 April 1947 - First Donald Duck cartoon to feature the iconic theme song at the top of this page
191* Sleepy Time Donald, released on 9 May 1947
192* Clown of the Jungle, released on 20 June 1947
193* WesternAnimation/{{Donalds Dilemma}}, released on 11 July 1947 - Daisy is actually the protagonist, with Donald being her "dilemma".
194* Crazy with the Heat with Goofy, released on 1 August 1947 – in a Donald & Goofy cartoon
195* Bootle Beetle, released on 22 August 1947
196* WesternAnimation/WideOpenSpaces, released on 12 September 1947
197* Mickey and the Beanstalk, released on 27 September 1947 – the second half segment of WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree
198* WesternAnimation/ChipAnDale, released on 28 November 1947
199
200!1948
201
202* Drip Dippy Donald, released on 5 March 1948
203* Blame It On The Samba, released on 1 April 1948 segment of WesternAnimation/MelodyTime
204* Daddy Duck, released on 16 April 1948
205* Donald's Dream Voice, released on 21 May 1948
206* WesternAnimation/{{The Trial of Donald Duck}}, released on 30 July 1948
207* Inferior Decorator, released on 27 August 1948
208* Soup's On, released on 15 October 1948
209* Three for Breakfast, released on 5 November 1948
210* WesternAnimation/TeaForTwoHundred, released on 24 December 1948
211
212!1949
213
214* WesternAnimation/DonaldsHappyBirthday, released on 11 February 1949
215* Sea Salts, released on 8 April 1949
216* Winter Storage, released on 3 June 1949
217* Honey Harvester, released on 5 August 1949
218* All in a Nutshell, released on 2 September 1949
219* The Greener Yard, released on 14 October 1949
220* Slide, Donald, Slide, released on 25 November 1949
221* WesternAnimation/ToyTinkers, released on 16 December 1949
222
223!!!1950s
224
225!1950
226
227* Lion Around, released on 20 January 1950
228* Crazy Over Daisy, released on 24 March 1950
229* Trailer Horn, released on 28 April 1950
230* Hook, Lion & Sinker, released on 1 September 1950
231* Bee At The Beach, released on 13 October 1950
232* WesternAnimation/OutOnALimb, released on 15 December 1950
233
234!1951
235
236* WesternAnimation/DudeDuck, released on 2 March 1951
237* Corn Chips, released on 23 March 1951
238* Test Pilot Donald, released on 8 June 1951
239* Lucky Number, released on 20 July 1951
240* Out of Scale, released on 2 November 1951
241* Bee On Guard, released on 14 December 1951
242
243!1952
244
245* Donald Applecore, released on 18 January 1952
246* Let's Stick Together, released on 25 April 1952
247* [[WesternAnimation/UncleDonaldsAnts Uncle Donald's Ants]], released on 18 July 1952
248* [[WesternAnimation/TrickOrTreatDisney Trick or Treat]], released on 10 October 1952
249* Pluto's Christmas Tree, released on 21 November 1952 (cameo) – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
250
251!1953
252
253* Don's Fountain of Youth, released on 30 May 1953
254* The New Neighbor, released on 1 August 1953
255* WesternAnimation/RuggedBear, released on 23 October 1953
256* Working for Peanuts, released on 11 November 1953
257* WesternAnimation/CanvasBackDuck, released on 25 December 1953
258
259!1954
260
261* Spare The Rod, released on 15 January 1954
262* Donald's Diary, released on 5 March 1954
263* Dragon Around, released on 16 July 1954
264* Grin & Bear It, released on 13 August 1954
265* The Flying Squirrel, released on 12 November 1954
266* WesternAnimation/GrandCanyonscope, released on 23 December 1954 – the first Disney cartoon released through the newly-formed Buena Vista Distribution
267
268!1955
269
270* WesternAnimation/NoHunting, released on 14 January 1955
271* Lake Titicaca, released on 18 February 1955 (StockFootage taken from WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros)
272* Bearly Asleep, released on 19 August 1955
273* Beezy Bear, released on 2 September 1955
274* Up a Tree, released on 23 September 1955
275
276!1956
277
278* Chips Ahoy, released on 24 February 1956 – the last Disney cartoon released through RKO
279* How to Have an Accident in the Home, released on 8 July 1956
280
281!1957
282
283* Cosmic Capers, released in 1957 (educational, cameo)
284* Duck for Hire, composite film shown on Wonderful World of Color 23 October 1957
285
286!1959
287
288* WesternAnimation/DonaldInMathmagicLand, released on 26 June 1959 (educational)
289* How to Have an Accident at Work, released on 2 September 1959
290
291!!!1960s
292
293!1961
294
295* Donald & The Wheel, released on 21 June 1961 (educational)
296* WesternAnimation/TheLitterbug, released on 21 June 1961 – the last regular Donald Duck cartoon
297
298!1965
299
300* Steel & America, 1965 (commercial)
301* Donald's Fire Survival Plan, 1965 (educational)
302
303!1968
304
305* Planificacion Familiar, 1968 (educational, "Family Planning", produced for the U.S. Population Council and distributed by Asociación Chilena de Protección de la Familia, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood)
306
307!1980s
308
309* WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol, released on 16 December 1983 and re-issued in 24 December 1987 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon or movie from Donald Duck Classics after 1985 Walt Disney Pictures logo ends
310* WesternAnimation/DownAndOutWithDonaldDuck, TV special released on March 22, 1987.
311
312!1990s
313
314* WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper, released on 16 November 1990 – in a Mickey Mouse cartoon
315* Stuck On Christmas, a segment of WesternAnimation/MickeysOnceUponAChristmas released direct-to-video on 7 December 1999
316
317!!!2000s
318
319!2000
320
321* Noah's Ark, the segment of ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'' released on 1 January 2000
322
323!2001
324
325* Donald's Goofy World, released on 5 February 2001 – in a Donald and Goofy cartoon released on TV and not in theaters
326[[/folder]]
327
328[[folder:Other Donald Duck Media]]
329Comic Books:
330* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse''
331* ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures''
332* ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck''
333
334Video Games:
335* ''VideoGame/{{Quackshot}}''
336* ''VideoGame/TheLuckyDimeCaper''
337* ''VideoGame/DeepDuckTrouble''
338* ''VideoGame/DonaldInMauiMallard''
339* ''VideoGame/DonaldDuckNoMahouNoBoushi''
340* ''VideoGame/DonaldDuckGoinQuackers''
341* ''VideoGame/WorldOfIllusion''
342** ''VideoGame/DisneyIllusionIsland''
343* ''VideoGame/DisneysMagicalQuest'' ''3''
344* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''
345* ''VideoGame/KinectDisneylandAdventures''
346* ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity''
347* ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicalWorld''
348* ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms''
349* ''VideoGame/DisneyHeroesBattleMode''
350* ''VideoGame/DisneySorcerersArena''
351* ''VideoGame/DisneyMirrorverse''
352* ''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley''
353* ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm''
354
355Western Animation - Series:
356* ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}''
357** ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|2017}}''
358* ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack''
359* ''[[WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse Mickey Mouse Works]]''
360** ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse''
361* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse''
362* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mickey Mouse|2013}}''
363** ''The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse''
364* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheRoadsterRacers''
365** ''Mickey Mouse: Mixed-Up Adventures''
366* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheThreeCaballeros''
367* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseFunhouse''
368[[/folder]]
369----
370!!Tropes associated with this character include:
371* AdaptationalBadass: The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series of games paints Donald as a BlackMage and prominent ally to [[TheHero Sora]]. Exaggerated in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' where he [[spoiler:casts '''''Zetta Flare''''', the most powerful spell in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, albeit fainting right afterward]].
372* AdaptationalJerkass: Donald was even more angry and trigger happy than usual in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013''. Although it's PlayedWith in the later shorts DependingOnTheWriter.
373* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While he still has a temper, in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' , he's more openly caring due to his devotion to his family.
374* AgeInappropriateDress: If his middle name, [[Literature/LittleLordFauntleroy Fauntleroy]], is any indication, he's not dressed like a naval officer, he's dressed like a turn of the century child.
375* AlliterativeName: Subverted as soon as you discover Don's middle name, ''Fauntleroy''.
376* AllJustADream: ''WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace'' features Donald working in a Nazi bomb factory, but is ultimately revealed to be a nightmare, which Donald is ''very'' relieved to discover.
377-->'''Donald''': [[PatrioticFervor Am I glad to be a citizen of the United States of America!]]
378* AndIMustScream: The end of "Donald's Snow Fight", where Donald is ''frozen alive''.
379* {{Angrish}}: ''Very'' fluent speaker, when Donald is enraged he'll be reduced to nothing but furious quacks in the place of actual words.
380* AngryFistShake: When getting angry, he typically starts jumping in the spot while shaking both of his fists and quacking in anger.
381* AnimalSpeciesAccent: He has a unique voice verging on TheUnintelligible 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.
382* AnimalStereotypes: Donald is a textbook example of the idea of ducks being dim-witted, strong-willed and temperamental, and is likely one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s.
383* AntiHero: 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.
384* AttentionWhore: He believes he deserves the spotlight more than Mickey and tried numerous attempts to do so.
385* ArtEvolution: 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.
386* AutoIncorrect: 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 TheUnintelligible.
387* AxCrazy: In an infamous scene in ''[[WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree 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.
388* BadassAdorable: Yes, Donald is a cute looking duck. but don't make him angry, or else he will beat the crap outta you.
389* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Whenever he has to babysit [[Characters/HouseOfMouse Shelby the Turtle]] or his nephews. Or any creature at all, for that matter.
390* BaseballEpisode: ''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.
391* BearsAreBadNews: 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 BearyFunny.
392* BigEater: 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).
393* BigRedDevil: There have been ''many'' times when he's angry that he's resembled a devil. The cartoons [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R09WVwjutus "Rocket Ruckus"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkIrdmY3GlQ "Trombone Trouble"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kk0AGH50V8 "Soup's On"]] are just a few. He's also usually dressed as a red devil in [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween-related works]] and merchandise.
394* BigShutUp: Donald gives one to an InteractiveNarrator in both ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'' and in the "Mickey and the Beanstalk" scene of ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree''.
395** In ''Saludos Amigos'', this happens as Donald tries to cross a rickety, falling-apart suspension bridge on a llama high up in the air while the narrator provides the play-by-play on how not to behave on the bridge:
396--->'''Narrator:''' The traveler should be cautioned against any reckless behavior at this high altitude. Overexertion is dangerous. And above all, one should never lose one's temper.\
397'''Donald:''' ''[struggling]'' Shut up, you big windbag!
398** 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 [[InsaneEqualsViolent nervous breakdown]] while the narrator comments on this:
399--->'''Narrator:''' [[TemptingFate But Donald doesn't whimper. Donald doesn't give up--]]\
400'''Donald:''' ''SHUT UP!!'' '''I CAN'T STAND IT!''' (grabs everything, including plates and tries to shove them down his mouth)
401** Also, in "Clock Cleaners", Donald gives a BigShutUp to an uncooperative mainspring that somehow talks back at him.
402--->'''Donald:''' Aw, shut up!\
403'''Mainspring:''' ''You'' shut up!
404* BirdPoopGag: Implied in "Rear Admiral Donald", when a seagull looks at Donald's hat and Donald moves away.
405* BizarreAndImprobableGolfGame:
406** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The title]] [[SarcasmMode 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 [[ForTheEvulz to entertain themselves]], completely ruining the day for him. [[PlayedForLaughs All in the name of comedy!]]
407** More golf games appear in other comics and newspaper strips, and a WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse 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.
408* BlatantLies: The theme song for the cartoons. [[KarmicButtMonkey Except for the last part.]]
409* BlindingFlash: 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.
410* BlueIsHeroic: He wears a blue sailor suit and while he's not always heroic, he is at best a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
411* BoisterousBruiser: Donald can have shades of this, if the situation arises.
412* BornUnlucky: Like his theme song says, who gets stuck with all the bad luck? No one but Donald Duck.
413* {{Bowdlerize}}: The Ink and Paint Club TV airing of "Spare the Rod" was ''heavily'' edited down to half of its original length, due to the inclusion of pygmy cannibals as the antagonists. The TV edit of the cartoon is borderline incomprehensible thanks to these edits.
414%%* TheBoxingEpisode: ''Canvas Back Duck''.
415* BreakoutCharacter: 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.
416* BreakTheHaughty: When he's being a selfish jerkass, he often receives a HumiliationConga.
417* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Brooding Boy to Daisy's Gentle Girl. Donald is usually hot-tempered, grumpy, and aggressive while Daisy is sweet, calm and cheery.
418%%* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: Almost every time he ends up in a dark room.
419* CanonDiscontinuity: 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.
420* CarnivoreConfusion: ''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.
421* CartoonyEyes: Blue sclerae in The Band concert and onwards, white ones in the comics and The Wise Little Hen.
422* CharacterCatchphrase: Quite a few:
423** "Oh yeah?",
424** "Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!"
425** "Aw, phooey!"
426** "Nothin' to it!"
427** "What's the big idea?!"
428** "So!!"
429** "Hiya toots"
430** "That's the last straw!"
431** "Come down and fight!"
432** "Ya big palooka!"
433** [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210801104035/https://ohmy.disney.com/movies/2013/03/28/donald-dialogue/ See this Oh My Disney article for even more duck phrases.]]
434* CharacterCelebrityEndorsement:
435** 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' [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/ddojbig.jpg 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=]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-65EIkPyams part one]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8rHktQrUto part two]].
436** To a lesser extent, Donald Duck is also licensed for the University of Oregon football team's ("the Ducks") merchandise.
437* ChasteToons:
438** Other Disney characters may have nieces and nephews, but only Donald is the legal guardian of his.
439** Donald had a son in "How to Have An Accident at Work" and in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'' named Donald Jr.
440* TheChewToy: Donald in most of the cartoons he was in.
441* ClothingSwitch: "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.
442* CluelessChickMagnet: In one cartoon, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCC5QBy_jtg "Double Date Don"]], Daisy's neighbor Clara Cluck[[note]]His recurring theater/opera partner.[[/note]] 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 [[http://s991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/brini7882/?action=view¤t=DonaldDuck-ChicksDigMe.jpg&newest=1 "Chicks Dig Me!"]] while he's surrounded by actual baby chicks!
443* CoincidentalBroadcast: Several times in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GyiXa3ou2Y "Donald Duck and the Gorilla".]]
444* ColorBlindConfusion: 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."
445* TheComicallySerious: 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.
446* CommunityThreateningConstruction: On the short "Dragon Around", WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale 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.
447%%* CompetitionCouponMadness: Several examples. "A Deadly Game... Night" from the 2017 ''[=DuckTales=]'' is a good example
448* CouchGag: Early on, Don would open every episode of ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'' 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 [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Trope Namer]].
449* CourtroomEpisode: ''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...
450* CoveredInKisses: 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!
451* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Donald has taken on {{Mook}}s and monster many times his own size, strength, and ability. It's usually thanks to Donald going into UnstoppableRage that he manages it.
452** His incarnation in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' is this especially. Despite being BornUnlucky, Webby unironically says that "Donald Duck is one of the greatest adventurers in the entire world". Donald's managed to beat up [[spoiler:a shadow wearing Gizmoduck's armor, a demigod with SuperStrength, and a mad Moon general trying to destroy the Earth]], all with his bare hands.
453* CubCuesProtectiveParent: 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.
454* CueOClock: The title character of "Donald's Cousin Gus" has a watch that tells mealtimes.
455* DangerouslyCloseShave: Donald almost gets one from an automated barber's chair in ''Modern Inventions''.
456* DeadpanSnarker: Usually reaches this point after various freakouts from whatever issue he was previously having.
457* DecompositeCharacter: Since ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'' had Donald Duck DemotedToExtra 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.
458** Launchpad [=McQuack=] ends up being TheDitz and punching bag accompanying Scrooge and the nephews on the adventures, sometimes complicating their adventures by being incompetent, impulsive and short-sighted.
459** 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).
460** The SpinOff series has ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' 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 SmallNameBigEgo personality from the comics and likewise resembles Paperinik.
461* DemotedToExtra: In ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'', he only appears in a handful of episodes. Averted in the 2017 reboot where he's now part of the main cast.
462* DependingOnTheWriter: 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 [[HairTriggerTemper got an explosive temper,]] and he's ''always'' [[KarmicButtMonkey unlucky.]]
463* TheDeterminator: No matter how tough things may get for Donald, he has a relentless attitude that keeps him going. Lampshaded by Louie in the WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 episode, "The House of the Lucky Gander".
464** Deconstructed in some shorts, such as "Trick or Treat". Donald may refuse to give up, but considering that he is up against an actual witch, who is able to ''control his body'', he really ought to admit he's bitten off more than he can chew. It gets him put through the ringer, and even at the end, barely conscious, he's proclaiming "I won't do it!" before being mercifully knocked out by Witch Hazel's broom.
465* {{Deuteragonist}}: Whenever he would team up with Mickey.
466* DidntThinkThisThrough: Whenever he's enraged, he loses all sense of common sense and logic leading to his downfalls.
467* DisguisedInDrag:
468** 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).
469** In ''Mickey's Big Break'', he gets DraggedIntoDrag by Mickey as they disguise themselves as their own girlfriends in order to take a replacement photo after accidentally breaking the old one.
470** 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 (''[[{{Pun}} literally]]'') to do the job. With [[AttractiveBentGender predictable]] results. Keep in mind that the disguise consisted of nothing more than [[PaperThinDisguise a sack of flour, a feather duster, and a glove that wouldn't stay on his head for very long]].
471** One of the triplets does this in "Lucky Number".
472* DisproportionateRetribution: 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 War}}s 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 EscalatingWar. 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.)
473* DitzyGenius: 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 JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, he's also petty, lazy, and completely lacking in common sense. Much like his JerkWithAHeartOfGold tendencies, this is another trait that's more commonly seen in modern productions that portray him in a flattering light.
474* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff:
475** 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 [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal obvious reasons.]])
476** He is shown spanking the snot out of Junior in ''Bellboy Donald'' (complete with an EvilLaugh and [[ToothyBird sharp teeth in his beak]]), though considering what the little brat put him through, it's still rather [[ComedicSpanking amusing to watch]].
477* DownerEnding: A lot of his shorts, one in particular being "Donald's Dream Voice".
478* DreadfulMusician: He has a terrible singing voice, due to his [[TheUnintelligible duck voice]].
479* DrippingDisturbance: 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.
480* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
481** Donald's very first appearance, preceding even "Wise Little Hen", was in a 1931 Mickey Mouse story book ''The Adventures of Mickey Mouse''. [[http://www.salimbeti.com/paperinik/images/donald01.jpg His original design]] looks ''nothing'' like we remember him as.
482** "The Wise Little Hen" portrays him as a CivilizedAnimal instead of a FunnyAnimal.
483* EdutainmentShow: ''Donald In Mathmagic Land'', still to this day a staple of math classes everywhere.
484* ElectrifiedBathtub: ''How to Have an Accident in the Home''.
485* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Fauntleroy (for his sailor suit, after the ''Literature/LittleLordFauntleroy'' series of children's books). It was first revealed on his draft notice in ''[[WartimeCartoon Donald Gets Drafted]]''.
486* EnmityWithAnObject: Similarly to WesternAnimation/{{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 [[AnimateInanimateObject vaguely sentient]] and mocks him while being uncooperative, like the mainspring from ''WesternAnimation/ClockCleaners'' or the steam engine piston in ''Tugboat Mickey''.
487* EnsembleDarkhorse: Believe it or not, this was {{invoked|Trope}}; the book "Mickey and the Gang" by historian David Gerstein reveals that Creator/WaltDisney already thought Donald would be his next star, organizing press kits to theaters that were showing Don's debut, ''The Wise Little Hen''.
488* EscapedAnimalRampage: The cartoon "Donald Duck and the Gorilla" has a KillerGorilla escaping from the local zoo and encountering Donald.
489* EscalatingWar: Used frequently in later shorts, usually against Chip and Dale.
490* EvilUncle: Sometimes towards his nephews. If not "evil" he's surely an insensitive bully.
491* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: 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''. [[SubvertedTrope What do you know!]]
492* FaceDeathWithDignity: 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.
493* FantasticPlastic: 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.
494* FeatherFingers: While his original design in ''The Wise Little Hen'' played this straight, his current design instead has actual human-like, feather covered, hands.
495* FilchingFoodForFun: 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.
496* FlowerPotDrop: In the cartoon "Donald's Dilemma", a flowerpot [[TapOnTheHead falling on Don's head]] gives him IdentityAmnesia, making him think he's a great singer. Daisy brings him back to normal by [[EasyAmnesia dropping another pot on his head]].
497* {{Foil}}: Donald was created to portray some of the more negative character traits that [[TheEveryman Mickey]] couldn't, since the latter had become a role model for children and had to stick to a mild-mannered, easygoing persona.
498* FoulWaterfowl: Especially in the classic cartoons, he is characterized as temperamental and jerkish towards others he interacts with.
499* FountainOfYouth: "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.
500* FourFingeredHands: Like most cartoon characters of the era. Anatomically correct though, since ducks are birds and birds have only three fingers/toes in real life.
501%%* FunnyAnimal: Maybe he's only a duck, but he's human.
502* FurryConfusion: Hilariously brought up in ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'', where Donald notices a couple of non-anthropomorphized ducks passing by and realizes that evolution may have done him special favors. His [[MindScrew face]] says it all.
503* GlassCannon:
504** Literally part of Donald's character in many of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts - he enjoys imposing on others as TheBerserker would, but when met with adversity he goes down ''fast''. In other words, he can dish it out, but can't take it.
505** 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 LightningBruiser 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haiRE_e3LLs "Tapped Out"]] where he almost effortlessly beats the crap of the world wrestling champion, Pete.
506* GoodIsNotNice: Despite his good intentions, he is usually grumpy and irritable most of the time.
507* GoshDangItToHeck: In GOLDARN spades. It often sounds like he's swearing for real because of his voice, anyway.
508* GreenEyedMonster: 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.
509* GroundByGears: 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 [[KillerOutfit the napkin tied around his neck is snagged in the gears]]. In freeing himself, [[ItMakesSenseInContext he completely derails western civilization]].
510* GroupieBrigade: Donald acquires one after being hit on the head by a flowerpot and becoming a famous crooner in ''Donald's Dilemma''.
511* HairTriggerTemper: Put very lightly, the Duck '''really''' doesn't enjoy the Universe screwing him over.
512* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Donald Duck is known for wearing a blue shirt and blue hat. But he doesn't wear pants or [[BarefootCartoonAnimal shoes]] in most of the cartoon episodes. This is played with in the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' episode, "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E1NoService No Service]]", where he has to borrow Mickey's pants and shoes to comply with the DressCode at Goofy's Snack Shack.
513* HalloweenEpisode: "Trick or Treat... Trick or Treat... Trick or Treat for Halloween..." (Yeah, that song is quite catchy.)
514* HaveAGayOldTime:
515** ''[[WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros We’re three caballeros, three gay caballeros, they say we are birds of a feather!]]''
516** 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.
517* TheHeart: For all of his faults, Donald serves as this towards the Duck family.
518** 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.
519** Same for ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''. 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 [[NeverMessWithGranny Mrs. Beakley]] in season 3 when her paranoia was terrorizing the children.
520* HenpeckedHusband: Donald has a nightmare about becoming one in "Donald's Diary."
521* HeroAntagonist: He can be this in some cartoons, especially with [[BrattyHalfPint Huey, Dewey and Louie]] or [[InvincibleHero Chip and Dale]].
522* HeroicBSOD:
523** In ''Donald's Happy Birthday'', [[spoiler:when Donald finds out about the gift cigars which he forced his nephews to smoke, [[ShamefulShrinking he shrinks]]! [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Breaking Your Nephews, Donald]]]].
524** A more serious variant in ''WesternAnimation/MickeysOnceUponAChristmas'', 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...[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness 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 [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone they took their antics too far this time]].
525* HighPressureEmotion: He has such a bad temper that, in some shorts, his head is literally smoking with anger.
526* HonkingArrivingCar: PlayedWith 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.
527* HonorBeforeReason:
528** 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.
529** 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 ([[CrocodileTears 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.
530* HumanlikeHandAnatomy: Donald and the other Ducks have designs that avert FeatherFingers, instead giving them fully anthropomorphized arms and hands.
531* IconicOutfit: His sailor's outfit is immediately to be recognized.
532* InconvenientItch: In the WartimeCartoon "Donald Gets Drafted", Donald is instructed by Sergeant Pete to stand still. Unfortunately, he's standing on an anthill.
533* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He sometimes takes this role in the shorts with Chip and Dale.
534* {{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.
535* ItsAllAboutMe: He tried to change the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseworks'' logo into Starring Donald Duck and in it's spin-off ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'', he tried to change the logo into House of Duck.
536* ItsAWonderfulFailure: 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.
537* JerkassHasAPoint: For all his faults, Donald is actually right about a good number of things.
538** His DudeWheresMyRespect 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.
539** 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.
540** 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.
541** 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.
542* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: 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.
543* JewelersEyeLoupe: 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 ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnXBkjRqkIo Donald's Diary]]'' (at 4:38 on the video).
544* KarmicButtMonkey: 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 [[HairTriggerTemper 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.
545-->''Who gets stuck with all the bad luck?''\
546''No one--but Donald Duck!'
547* KickTheDog: 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.
548* KillerGorilla: Donald gets in a fight with one in "Donald Duck and the Gorilla".
549* KillerOutfit: In "How to Have an Accident at Work", Donald gets dragged through an industrial hole punch by his tie and suffers AmusingInjuries that would have been fatal had he not been an animated character.
550* TheLancer: 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.
551* LargeHam: Usually during his temper tantrums. Gets [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and PlayedForLaughs in one episode of WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse.
552* LaserGuidedKarma: 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 KarmicOverkill sometimes.
553* {{Leitmotif}}: "The Sailor's Hornpipe", particularly moreso in his early days.
554* LighterAndSofter: 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 JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
555%%* LiteralAssKicking: This tends to happen to Donald...''a lot''.
556* LowerDeckEpisode:
557** 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.
558** It also happened with an elderly bee playing the narrator in "Let's Stick Together".
559* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: Even when he's the one being tormented, [[DesignatedHero we're supposed to root for the other guy]]. He can also be criticized simply for wanting to have some time alone in peace.
560%%* TheMcCoy: [[HairTriggerTemper Boy is he ever]].
561* MisleadingPackageSize: 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.
562* MistakenForAnImposter:
563** 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.
564** 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 ''[[{{Pun}} ticked off]]''! OhCrap!
565** In "Donald's Rocket Ruckus", Donald sees what he thinks is [[TotemPoleTrench Huey, Dewey, and Louie disguised as a tall woman]] in order to [[YouMustBeThisTallToRide 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 [[MegatonPunch a punch]] [[PervertRevengeMode from the embarrassed woman]] for all his troubles.
566* ModestyTowel: It happens, [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal logic be damned]].
567* MouthFullOfSmokes: 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.
568* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: How many of Donald's cartoons end when he realizes the wrong that he had done in his fit of temper.
569* TheNapoleon: "Hot-blooded" and "short" are probably two of the most apt adjectives to describe Donald.
570* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Some episodes has Donald working in various occupations, most of which backfires on him due to his own sheer incompetence.
571* NeverMyFault: 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 [[CosmicPlaything his doing]] but [[TooDumbToLive caused by Donald's own stupidity.]]
572* NeverWakeUpASleepwalker: 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.
573* NoisyDuck: He could be considered the TropeCodifier along with Daffy. He is similar to WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck as well, being an angry noisy duck quacking incessantly when people get too close.
574* NonDubbedGrunts:
575** The majority of Donald’s dubs around the globe preserve Clarence Nash’ original laughs, unintelligible tantrums, and so on.
576** WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos 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...
577* NonStandardCharacterDesign: 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 InkblotCartoonStyle 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 [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal not wearing pants]] also makes them stand out.
578* NowILayMeDownToSleep: In ''Sea Scouts'', ''A Good Time For a Dime'', ''Lion Around'' and the ''Prince and the Pauper'' adaptation.
579* OddFriendship: 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.
580* OfficialCouple: With Daisy Duck.
581* OhCrapSmile: 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.
582%%* OtherMeAnnoysMe: When forced to spend time with a duplicate of himself, he was annoyed.
583* OutOfCharacterMoment: Donald is far more [[LovableSexManiac lustful]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'' than he is anywhere else.
584* OutOfFocus: Not to the extent of [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]], but in the newest ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' series, Donald has thus far made only 13 appearances (15 if you include cameos).
585* PainToTheAss: Donald sometimes suffers this, like in "Window Cleaners" where Spike stings him there in retribution for trying to drown him in a tulip.
586* PapaWolf: Can pull it out when Huey, Dewey and Louie are threatened. In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' 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.
587* ThePrankster: He loves to prank his nephews and anyone else but his karma comes to bite him in the ass in the end.
588* PintSizedPowerhouse: Many times, his strength isn't just due to his UnstoppableRage, but also sheer determination. In the ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'' episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmjnY3u9aCU "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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH3iSxyhVF4 "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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJmgOQdHO-I "Answering Service"]]. And these are just a FEW examples!
589* PolkaDotPaint: 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.
590* PoorCommunicationKills: In two shorts, "Donald's Happy Birthday" and "Lucky Number," the nephews attempt to [[PetTheDog 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.
591* PoorlyDisguisedPilot:
592** "The Wise Little Hen" notwithstanding, a year prior to Donald getting his own individual shorts, the WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse cartoon, "Donald and Pluto", was centered entirely around [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Donald and Pluto]], with no appearance whatsoever by Mickey.
593** 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.
594* PublicDomainAnimation: 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 PublicDomain, Donald Duck isn't.
595* QuackingUp: 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.
596* RaincoatOfHorror: In the short ''Duck Pimples'', Donald is greeted at his door by an intimidating-looking figure wearing a raincoat. [[SubvertedTrope It turns out to be]] a jolly character looking to sell him magazines.
597* RainDance: In the cartoon ''Grand Canyonscope'', Donald fools around with a genuine raindancing costume and manages to summon a PersonalRainCloud before the ranger catches him and confiscates the costume.
598* RealVehicleReveal: In the cartoon ''The Autograph Hound'', Donald appears to be in a limo with Creator/GretaGarbo. He is actually sitting on the fender on the other side.
599* RedOniBlueOni: The red to WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's blue. Whenever he's paired with Goofy, Goofy takes Mickey's place as the blue oni. [[{{Irony}} Ironic]] since Donald wears a blue sailor suit, while Mickey wears red shorts.
600* RodandReelRepurposed: 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.
601* SarcasticWellWishing: ''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:
602-->'''Woodlore:''' Well, I hope you're satisfied. You two have in a matter of minutes messed up what had took Mother Nature ''millions of years to create.'' The national park rule book states, and I quote: "When a natural object is marred or defaced, it must be restored to its original state." ''[holds up some shovels]'' So... ''[tosses them the shovels]'' [[SuddenlyShouting START DIGGING!]]
603* SemiaquaticSpeciesSailor: Donald Duck may be the TropeMaker, being a duck and a sailor.
604* ShamefulShrinking:
605** In "WesternAnimation/TruantOfficerDonald", he's a truancy officer, out to catch Huey, Dewey, and Louie skipping school. When he finally captures them, [[spoiler:it turns out school was out for summer]]. Donald shrinks in shame as a result.
606** In "Donald's Happy Birthday", Donald catches his nephews with cigars and [[UnstoppableRage 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.
607* ShockAndAwe: Donald gets lightning powers from Zeus himself to pester Pete in response to bad Trombone playing in ''Trombone Trouble''.
608* ShoutOut: When Donald [[ItMakesSenseInContext 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 ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''.
609* SignatureHeadgear: 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.
610* SignedWithAKiss: In ''The Autograph Hound'', Donald meets Creator/ShirleyTemple and asks for her autograph. After she does, she dots the I by kissing it.
611* SmallNameBigEgo: He thinks he's better than his rivals, but he's often at the receiving end and usually lets it go into his head.
612* SmoochOfVictory:
613** 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...[[RescueSex OH, LUCKY]] [[{{Pun}} DUCK!]]
614** 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''.
615* SoreLoser: One of Donald's key traits, aside from the temper, of course, is that he can dish it out, but absolutely ''cannot'' take it.
616* SpecialEditionTitle:
617** "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.
618** 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.
619* SpeciesSurname:
620** Donald's a duck with the last name "Duck"
621** Curiously, a gag in WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse 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 [[RuleOfFunny 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)
622* SuddenEyeColor: Donald's eyes are shown to be blue whenever an EyeTake is emphasizing his irises.
623* SpeechImpediment: 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.
624* StaircaseTumble: 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.
625* StraightMan: 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.
626* SuperSpeed: Downplayed, but it's not unusual to see Donald running like heck with WheelOFeet and all [[RuleOfFunny 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 ''[[VideoGame/DonaldInMauiMallard Maui Mallard]]'', for instance, ninja Donald had a dash move with WheelOFeet. And in ''[[VideoGame/DonaldDuckNoMahouNoBoushi Mahou no Boushi]]'', Donald could run over walls.
627* SuperstitionEpisode: Whether Donald is actually unlucky or brings it all on himself varies DependingOnTheWriter; 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 TimeBomb.
628* SynchronizedSwarming: 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.
629* TameHisAnger: 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'' [[HypocriticalHumor throws a frenzy that puts the Don's to shame]].
630* TeamRocketWins: 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".
631* TestYourStrengthGame: 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.
632* ThemeTune:
633** Originally, Donald’s cartoons were accompanied by diverse {{instrumental theme|Tune}}s, each suiting the short featured, such as the Mexican melody in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8iRblwvg00 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoqXzmEYcyU here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbWI4jUc8xo here]]. Finally, in the second half of the forties, the theme we’re most familiar with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jRILvxnf94 appeared]], an inversion of the BraggingThemeTune, since most of the qualities it attributes to Donald are the complete opposite of his behavior in the cartoons.
634** A TitleThemeTune, combined with elements from a ThematicThemeTune, was used as the intro to the old show ''Donald Duck Presents''. A song with a very strong 80’s scent, take a listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loAtfAIQ7k4 here]].
635* ThisLoserIsYou: Donald is incredibly unlucky and has very little patience for anything. The adult audience of the shorts can easily relate to him.
636* ThreateningShark: Donald has encountered sharks in at least three shorts: "Sea Scouts", "No Sail" and "Bee at the Beach".
637* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: When Donald loses his temper, he will often turn scarlet -- either in the face, or on occasion all over his body.
638* ThrowTheDogABone: 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.
639* TokenEvilTeammate: While not evil, he's often the most antagonistic, selfish, and ill-tempered out of the rest of the cast.
640* TookALevelInKindness: He and his nephews act much nicer to each other in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', with Donald also being more reasonable overall. This has carried on in other works, such as the reboot.
641* TookALevelInJerkass: He became more rude and insensitive in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'', and sometimes shifted into a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk.
642* ToothyBird:
643** Donald has been known to call pearly whites into existence, mainly to express anger. Or when he has a particularly [[SlasherSmile mischievous smile]].
644** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysPdGeX5vr0 Donald's Double Trouble's]] 5th minute takes the anger part of this to dangerous heights.
645* TruthInTelevision: 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.
646* TuftOfHeadFur: 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.
647* TwoDecadesBehind: In the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' 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.
648* UnbuiltTrope: Huey, Dewey and Louie are, perhaps, the most famous case of a [[ChasteToons 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.
649* TheUnintelligible:
650** 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 [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Daffy Duck]] the n-word in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' (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.
651** 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". [[/note]]
652** 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 BigBad, so he's temporarily given a Barksian modulator from Gyro Gearloose, giving him Creator/DonCheadle'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.
653* UnstoppableRage:
654** 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.
655** He's lifted up and thrown a wardrobe and uprooted a telephone pole in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXGR4NBKkRo Cured Duck]], he punches out a huge shark in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlsY8okcfxo Sea Scouts]], head-butted a large mountain goat in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0IrqkLPu5A Alpine Climbers]], and nearly demolishes an amusement park's Tunnel of Love in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysPdGeX5vr0 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWtQldeYi5c Clarabelle's Christmas List]], Donald effortlessly reeled in Monstro thinking it was the Naughty or Nice list. And in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJmgOQdHO- 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 [[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?num=5&loc=1948/W_WDC_88-02&s=date TRACTOR]], among others. And in the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E16TappedOut Tapped Out]]", Donald completely ''demolishes'' WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}, who is a GorgeousGeorge-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=].
656* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: When he's being an asshole to anyone, expect karma to hit him in the end.
657* VagueAge: 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.
658** Averted in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', where he's officially 36 as per WordOfGod.
659* VandalismBackfire: 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.
660* VillainProtagonist: In "Dumb Bell of the Yukon" if we don't count the times he antagonizes his nephews.
661* VocalEvolution: Donald's speech impediment, even voiced by Clarence Nash, gets more comprehensible over time.
662* WardrobeMalfunction: 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.
663* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: 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.
664* WithFriendsLikeThese: 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 WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse.
665* YankTheDogsChain: 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 [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out for it]].
666* WouldHitAGirl: ''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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