History Trivia / DonaldDuck

** According to Disney illustrator and animator Bill Peet (who worked as an inbetweener on the shorts) in his autobiography, he came to dislike Donald so much that at one point during the production of one short, he [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere would temporarily leave Disney in a fit of rage]] after being handed a giant stack of Donald Duck drawings, screaming ''"NO MORE DUCKS!!! NO MORE LOUSY DUCKS!"'' in the process.

* BannedInChina: Not an actual example, but there's a popular rumor that he was banned in Finland for [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal not wearing pants]]. Strangely, the choice of Finland in the urban legend might have to do with Donald Duck being [[http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2009/12/nordic_quack.html really popular in Scandinavia]].

* TalkingToHimself: The ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents Disneyland]]'' episode "A Day in the Life of Donald Duck" had Donald getting into an argument with Clarence Nash, his own voice actor.
** Most shorts involving the nephews consist of this, since Nash voiced Unca Donald as well as the nephews in a higher octave.
** In ''Don Donald'' and ''Mr. Duck Steps Out'', Nash also provided the voices for Donna Duck and Daisy Duck, respectively, before it was ultimately decided to cast a woman in the role.

** According to Disney illustrator and animator Bill Peet (who worked as an inbetweener on the shorts) in his autobiography, he disliked Donald so much that at one point during the production of one short, he would leave Disney in a fit of rage after being handed a giant stack of Donald Duck drawings, screaming ''"NO MORE DUCKS!!! NO MORE LOUSY DUCKS!"'' in the process.

** His official Dutch dub voice since 1984 (and also German one since 2019, when his previous German VA [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Krause_(Synchronsprecher) Peter Krause]] retired from the role) has been provided by Dutch actress Anita Heilker.

** His offical Dutch dub voice since 1984 (and also German one since 2019, when his previous German VA [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Krause_(Synchronsprecher) Peter Krause]] retired from the role) has been provided by Dutch actress Anita Heilker.

** According to Disney illustrator and animator Bill Peet (who worked as in-betweener on the shorts) on his autobiograhpy, he ended up hating Donald so much that at one point during the production of one short, he would reach his RageBreakingPoint and go on what he describes as a "Donald Duck tantrum", as after being handed a giant stack of Donald Duck drawings and angrily screamed, ''"NO MORE DUCKS!!! NO MORE LOUSY DUCKS!"'' as he he sat up and walked out of Disney in a fit of rage and would continue to rage about his displeasure towards Donald all the way home (he came back to Disney the next day).

* CreatorsPest: According to Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic", some of the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck staff grew to dislike the character and how formula driven his shorts became over time. One of the directors, veteran Jack Hannah (no relation to Hanna-Barbera) even complained "I got so damned tired of that duck's voice. I just could not stand having to work with it all the time." According to Disney illustrator and animator Bill Peet (who worked as in-betweener on the shorts) on his autobiograhpy, he ended up hating Donald so much that he would go berserk during production and go up and down the office, shouting, ''"NO MORE DUCKS!!! NO MORE LOUSY DUCKS!"'' as he left Disney in a fit of rage and apparently continued to rage about his displeasure Donald all the way home (he came back to Disney the next day).

* CreatorsPest: According to Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic", some of the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck staff grew to dislike the character and how formula driven his shorts became over time. One of the directors, veteran Jack Hannah (no relation to Hanna-Barbera) even complained "I got so damned tired of that duck's voice. I just could not stand having to work with it all the time." Allegedly, Disney illustrator and animator Bill Peet (who worked as in-betweener on the shorts) ended up hating Donald so much that he would leave Disney during production in rage, shouting, ''"NO MORE DUCKS!!! NO MORE LOUSY DUCKS!"''

* CreatorBacklash: According to Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic", some of the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck staff grew to dislike the character and how formula driven his shorts became over time. One of the directors, veteran Jack Hannah (no relation to Hanna-Barbera) even complained "I got so damned tired of that duck's voice. I just could not stand having to work with it all the time." Allegedly, Disney illustrator and animator Bill Peet (who worked as in-betweener on the shorts) ended up hating Donald so much that he would leave Disney during production in rage, shouting, ''"NO MORE DUCKS!!! NO MORE LOUSY DUCKS!"''

* CreatorBacklash: According to Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic", some of the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck staff grew to dislike the character and how formula driven his shorts became over time. One of the directors, veteran Jack Hannah (no relation to Hanna-Barbera) even complained "I got so damned tired of that duck's voice. I just could not stand having to work with it all the time." Allegedly, Bill Peet (who worked as in-betweener on the shorts) ended up hating Donald so much that he would leave Disney during production in rage, shouting, ''"NO MORE DUCKS!!! NO MORE LOUSY DUCKS!"''

* CreatorBacklash: According to Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic", some of the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck staff grew to dislike the character and how formula driven his shorts became over time. One of the directors, veteran Jack Hannah (no relation to Hanna-Barbera) even complained "I got so damned tired of that duck's voice. I just could not stand having to work with it all the time." Allegedly, Bill Peet (who worked as in-betweener on the shorts) ended up hating Donald so much that he would leave Disney during production in rage, shouting, ''NO MORE DUCKS!!! NO MORE LOUSY DUCKS!''

* CreatorBacklash: According to Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic", some of the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck staff grew to dislike the character and how formula driven his shorts became over time. One of the directors, veteran Jack Hannah (no relation to Hanna-Barbera) even complained "I got so damned tired of that duck's voice. I just could not stand having to work with it all the time."

** In Japan, Donald used to be voiced by a female during the 70's and 80's before being voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera.
** His offical Dutch dub voice since 1984 was provided by Dutch actress Anita Heilker.

* BabyNameTrendKiller: The name [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/donald/top "Donald"]] has been in decline ever since the character debuted in 1934. He went on to become one of history's most famous cartoon characters because of how entertaining his numerous character flaws are, but the same flaws made people reluctant to name their children in a way that would get them associated with him.

* CrossDressingVoice: In Japan, Donald used to be voiced by a female during the 70's and 80's before being voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera.

** ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'' was to have a completely different premise, making it a true sequel series to ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''. What was it? "The idea was to bring Donald back from the navy. Scrooge realizes that one day Donald will take over the [=McDuck=] fortune, so Don should have an idea of what it's like to handle such responsibility, hence he leaves Huey, Dewey, and Louie back with him. They are older now, but are still the kids who used to look up to him and think the world of their Uncle Donald, who just finished basic training. Donald should try to do his best to take care of the nephews while he gets reacquainted with Daisy and works in his new job."
** Disney wanted Donald to be the main character of the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' games, but Creator/SquareEnix preferred Mickey Mouse for that role. Series creator Tetsuya Nomura didn't like either choice, so he decided to TakeAThirdOption and design a human protagonist in Sora, while keeping Donald as one of his sidekicks and Mickey as Donald's missing superior and king.