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{{short description|Fictional universe involving Donald Duck and related Disney characters}}
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| title = Donald Duck
| image = Donald Duck.png
| caption = The logo used by Disney to promote the ''Donald Duck'' franchise
| creator = [[Walt Disney]]<br>[[Dick Lundy (animator)|Dick Lundy]]<br>[[Carl Barks]] (expansion)
| origin = ''[[The Wise Little Hen]]'' (1934)
| owner = [[The Walt Disney Company]]
| years = 1934–present
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| comics = [[Donald Duck in comics]]
| strips = [[Donald Duck (comic strip)|Donald Duck in comic strips]]
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| films = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Saludos Amigos]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'' (1945)
* ''[[DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp]]'' (1990)
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| shorts = [[Donald Duck (film series)|''Donald Duck'' film series]] (1934–1961)
| animated_series = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Donald Duck Presents]]'' (1983–1992)
* ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'' (1987–1990)
* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' (1991–1992)
* ''[[Donald's Quack Attack]]'' (1992–2002)
* ''[[Quack Pack]]'' (1996)
* ''[[DuckTales (2017 TV series)|DuckTales]]'' (2017–2021)
* ''[[Legend of the Three Caballeros]]'' (2018)
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| video_games = {{Collapsible list|
* ''Donald Duck's Playground'' (1984)
* ''Donald's Alphabet Chase'' (1988)
* ''Donald The Hero'' (1988)
* ''[[DuckTales (video game)|DuckTales]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Lucky Dime Caper|The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck]]'' (1991)
* ''Quackshot'' (1991)
* ''[[World of Illusion|World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck]]'' (1992)
* ''[[DuckTales 2]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck]]'' (1993)
* ''Donald Duck no Mahō no Bōshi'' (1995)
* ''[[Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey & Donald]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow|Donald in Maui Mallard / Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers]]'' (2000)
* ''Donald Duck Quest'' (2006)
* ''Duckburg P.D.: Donald on Duty'' (2007)
* ''Donald Duck Quest Deluxe'' (2007)
* ''Donald Duck Chaos of the Road'' (2008)
* ''Phantom Duck'' (2008)
* ''[[DuckTales: Remastered]]'' (2013)
}}
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| attractions = [[Mickey's Toontown|Donald's Boat]] (1993–present)
| otherlabel1 = Related universe
| otherdata1 = [[Mickey Mouse universe]]
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| footnotes = {{center|Due to the vast filmography of Donald Duck and related characters, this infobox does not exhaustively cover all works in this franchise.}}
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The '''Donald Duck universe''' is a [[fictional universe|fictional]] [[shared universe]] which is the setting of stories involving [[Walt Disney Company|Disney]] cartoon character [[Donald Duck]], as well as [[Daisy Duck]], [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]], [[Scrooge McDuck]], and [[List of Donald Duck universe characters|many other characters]]. Life in the Donald Duck universe centers on the city of [[Donald Duck universe#Duckburg|Duckburg]] and is a part of the larger [[Mickey Mouse universe]]. In addition to [[List of Disney comics by Carl Barks|the original comic book stories by Carl Barks]], the Duckburg cast was featured in [[Little Golden Books]], television series such as ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'' (1987–1990), ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' (1991–1992), and the [[DuckTales (2017 TV series)|''DuckTales'' reboot]] (2017–2021), and video games such as ''[[DuckTales (video game)|DuckTales]]'' (1989), ''[[QuackShot]]'' (1991), ''[[Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers|Goin' Quackers]]'' (2000), and ''[[DuckTales: Remastered]]'' (2013).

"Donald Duck universe", sometimes called '''Duckverse''' or '''Scrooge McDuck universe''', are unofficial terms used by Disney, but are sometimes used by fans. [[Disney comics]] artist/writer [[Don Rosa]] has also used the terms '''[[Carl Barks|Barks]] Universe''' and '''Italian Duck Universe''' to describe different versions of history. According to [[Carl Barks]], the [[comic book]] creator of [[Scrooge McDuck]], [[Duckburg]], and its original cast of characters and themes (who also developed [[Donald Duck]] and created [[Daisy Duck]] and [[Huey, Dewey and Louie]] for the early ''Donald Duck'' cartoons) — "Now we're beginning to read about Batman's universe, the Spiderman universe. All of those guys had their own universe, and so the ducks have their own universe." Barks adds, "Whenever I wrote the script and it was drawn by some other artist ... it came out looking so different, it didn't look like it belonged in the duck universe .. .Didn't look as real, or I use the word, 'sincere'. You couldn't tell whether the guy who drew it was really interested in turning out a nice product or not."<ref>''Carl Barks: Conversations'' 2003, p.207; ed. [[Donald Ault]]</ref>

The core Duckverse family dates back to the [[golden age of American animation]], generally introduced in Disney [[short film|short]]s, weekly newspaper comics, or [[comic book]]s of the period as [[supporting character]]s for [[Donald Duck]], who premiered in 1934 in ''[[The Wise Little Hen]]'' (but was mentioned as a friend of Mickey's as early as 1931). Donald's nephews, [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]], debuted in 1937 in a [[Donald Duck (comic strip)|comic strip]] adaptation of an in-production film, [[Donald's Nephews]]. [[Daisy Duck]], Donald's on-again-off-again girlfriend premiered in 1940, in ''[[Mr. Duck Steps Out]]''. [[Grandma Duck]] also appeared in 1940, as a character in [[Donald Duck (comic strip)|the comic strip]]. [[Scrooge McDuck]], the family's elderly uncle and "richest duck in the world", was created in [[1947]] by [[Carl Barks]] for the [[Uncle Scrooge|comic book]] story, ''[[Christmas on Bear Mountain]]''.