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F.A.Q. - Frequently Asked Questions |
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| Who were Donald Duck's parents? |
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| Quackmore Duck, born 1875 in Duckburg, and Hortense Duck, born 1876 in Glasgow, Scotland (both first mentioned in the early 1950's in Carl Bark's Duck Family Tree). Hortense Duck is the sister of Scrooge McDuck. |
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| What's Donald's middle name? |
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| It's Fauntleroy. |
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| When is Donald's birthday? |
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| Donald Duck's birthday is officially recognised as June 9th, 1934 - the day "The Wise Little Hen" was first released in the United States. |
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| Where does Uncle Scrooge live? |
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Scrooge lives in his "Money Bin" on top of Kill Motor Hill, Duckburg. According to Don Rosa (in "The Invader Of Fort Duckburg") the Money Bin was built in 1902, after Scrooge bought Kill Motor Hill for an apple and an egg from a farmer. |
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| How old are Huey, Dewey and Louie, and where do they live? |
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When Della (also called Dumbella), Donald's sister, first sent the triplets to visit their uncle, they were still very young, maybe about 4 or 5 years. Since then, they have grown up a bit, joined the pathfinder-club "The Junior Woodchucks" (in other languages called Faehnlein Fieselschweif/german, Castors Juniors/french, Giovanni Marmotte/italian, Los Jovenes Castores/spanish and Hakkespettene/norwegian) and over the years, they have become far more serious and responsible. They are now between 11 and 12 years old and live with their uncle, Donald, in a rented detached house with garden (owned by Uncle Scrooge) in Duckburg. They have a tree house in the garden which they sometimes use to escape Donald's occasional temper tantrums. But don't be fooled - Donald and his nephews usually get along very well. The triplets have no contact whatsoever with their parents - to my knowledge they've never been a feature in any Donald Duck comic or cartoon anywhere in the world. |
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| What are Donald's hobbies and interests? |
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| Donald is rather laid-back (others call him "lazy") and he enjoys nothing more than spending whole afternoons in his hammock or on his sofa. He is also a keen gardener and a good cook, whereas he loathes housework like cleaning or doing the washing-up - he always gets the kids to do these chores. Donald loves going out with his fiancee (and cousin) Daisy, preferably to posh restaurants or to the theatre (in the rare events he can afford these costly trips). If money's tight, he takes Daisy and the kids on picknics or goes fishing with his nephews. Sometimes the four of them visit Donald's grandmother who lives on a farm outside Duckburg, with her helper Gus Goose. Grandma Duck loves spoiling Donald and the rest of her family with her terrific cakes. |
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| Does Donald have a job? |
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| Donald intensely dislikes working - he has often stated that he'd 'much rather belong to those, who can stay home'. Due to his constant lack of money, he is frequently forced to make debts with various traders and companies all over Duckburg, and he is heavily indebted to his rich uncle Scrooge, who in return forever uses this fact to force Donald into endless arduous labour, such as the polishing of Scrooges mountains of coins, or other much-dreaded jobs. In recent European comics, Donald has been known to hold down a job as a worker in a butterspread factury. In older comics, when money was tight, Donald is often pictured raiding his nephew's piggy bank, which at one point the boys even fitted with an alarm system in a desperate attempt to protect their meagre savings. |
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| Who is "Superduck"? |
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| In some countries, Donald has a super-hero alias called Superduck (in the UK), Phantomias (in Austria, Germany and Switzerland), Fantomiald in France and Paperinik in Italy. Superduck has loads of useful gadgets, all invented by Gyro Gearloose, and fights Duckburgs criminals (the Beagle Boys, for example) successfully and tirelessly. Superduck's true identity (Donald Duck, of course) is kept secret even from his own family. Superduck was created in 1969 by Giovan Battista Carpi and Guido Martina. |
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(sources: wikipedia, imdb and my personal extensive DD comic book collection) |
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