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Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a animation character developed by Walt Disney and Dick Lundy and certified by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck having a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He usually wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald's most well-known personality trait is his easily provoked and explosive temper. Together with his friend Mickey Mouse, Donald is among the most popular Disney characters and has been incorporated into TV Guide's list of the 50 greatest animation characters ever in 2002.

It had been in animated cartoons that Donald first shown up and raised to celebrity. His introduction has been the 1934 Silly Symphony The Wise Little Hen, but it was his second presence in Orphan's Benefit that Donald was shown to the Mickey Mouse cartoons and provided his temperamental personality. During the entire 1930s, '40s and '50s he shown up in more than 100 theatrical movies, many of which were recognized at the Academy Awards. Donald shown up many times included in a comic trio with Mickey and Goofy, and later starred in his own series of movies, occasionally with his sweetheart Daisy Duck or his 3 nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Following the 1956 film Chips Ahoy Donald appeared primarily in educational movies before at some point going back to theatrical cartoon in 1983 with Mickey's Christmas Carol. Donald has also shown up in tv programs for example DuckTales (1987-1990), Quack Pack (1998-2004), and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006-present).

Donald's voice, probably the most recognizable voices in cartoon, has been performed by voice actor Clarence Nash up to his death in 1985. It had been mostly this semi-intelligible speech that would definite Donald's image into audiences' minds and aid fuel both Donald's and Nash's rise to fame.Since 1985, Donald is voiced by Tony Anselmo who had been trained by Nash for the role.
Beyond cartoon Donald is mostly recognized for his performances in comics, both in comic books and newspaper strips. Donald was most famously drawn by Al Taliaferro, Carl Barks, and Don Rosa. Barks in particular is acknowledged for significantly expanding the "duck universe," the world in which Donald lives, and developing many additional characters for example Donald's maternal uncle Scrooge McDuck. Today Donald is a specially popular character in Scandinavian countries as a comic book hero.