Donald's Double Trouble

Donald's Double Trouble

Synopsis[]

Donald is inside a telephone booth in a telephone call with Daisy, who scolds him for a lack of manners along with his poor use of the English language and threatens to end their relationship if Donald doesn't improve his personality after which she slams the phone down so hard it causes the telephone booth to literally explode.

Fearing that he will lose Daisy, Donald wanders through the streets to figure out a solution when he meets a nameless look-alike British-accented duck with a more pleasant voice and temper than him, to whom he offers money to impersonate him in order to win back Daisy.The plan goes awry when "Dapper Duck" starts falling for Daisy, who is calling him Donald since he looks a lot like him, which incurs Donald's wrath and jealousy, despite Dapper assuring Donald everything is working in his favor. For the rest of the date, Donald tries everything to prevent them from getting closer and win back Daisy himself.

Donald follows them to an amusement park, where he tries several attempts to stop Daisy from falling for Dapper, but fails at every turn. The final attempt is at the Tunnel of Love, where he begs the Dapper to stop, but Dapper, fed up with Donald’s disruptions, shuts him up by pushing him underwater. Donald, now soaked and infuriated, and hearing a kiss from right outside the entrance, takes this as the last straw and storms into the tunnel to stop Dapper as a brief but massive and brutal fight ensues from inside the tunnel.

The camera then zooms to the exit of the tunnel, where it shows Donald and Dapper holding hands and closing eyes romantically, exiting the tunnel, mistaking each other for Daisy. Both become shocked upon seeing each other and then look back to see Daisy walking out of the tunnel, completely drenched and angrily ranting at them incoherently. Realizing he got the wrong duck, Donald, alongside Dapper (who also sees that Daisy is mad at him too), quickly runs away and head for the park's exit to escape Daisy's wrath as she continues to yell at them, even after they are long gone.

Characters[]

• Donald Duck (voiced byClarence Nash)
• Daisy Duck (voiced byGloria Blondell)
• Dapper Duck (voiced by Leslie Denison)

Trivia[]

• Running gag: Every time Daisy kisses the Donald imposter, it is accompanied by a ringing alarm sound.
• This is the first cartoon where Donald's usual blue sailor shirt appears without four white buttons on it, which would continue to be seen in future appearances.
  • However, the buttons are still shown sometimes.
• Dapper Duck went unnamed up until 2018, when he briefly returned in an episode ofLegend of the Three Caballeros.
• When Daisy furiously takes out her temper at the two Donalds at the ending, her voice becomes increasingly high-pitched and sped-up, just like in the ending ofCured Duck.

Releases[]

Television[]

• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, episode #8.6: "Inside Donald Duck"
• Disney's Wonderful World, episode #26.8: "Donald's Valentine's Day Salute"
• Good Morning, Mickey, episode #30
• Good Morning, Mickey, episode #78
• From Disney, with Love
• The Magical World of Disney, episode #33.15: "Mickey's Happy Valentine Special"
• Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #3
• Donald's Quack Attack, episode #54
• The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.40: "Crazy Over Daisy"

Home video[]

VHS

• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Donald Duck's First 50 Years (1961 reissue print without Buena Vista logo)
• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Donald & Daisy (1961 reissue print without Buena Vista logo)
• Mickey Loves Minnie (1961 reissue print with Buena Vista logo)
• Mickey and Minnie's Sweetheart Stories

Laserdisc

• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Donald & Daisy / Starring Pluto & Fifi

DVD

• The Parent Trap (included as bonus feature)
• Mickey and Minnie's Sweetheart Stories
• Walt Disney Treasures:The Chronological Donald, Volume 2 (1961 reissue print with Buena Vista logo, unrestored)
• Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Vol. 10 - Best Pals: Donald and Daisy

Gallery[]

Title card

"Your manners and your English is terrible! Until you develop a more pleasant personality, I don't want to ever see you again!"

Daisy slams the phone so hard it somehow blows up the phone booth Donald was using.

"Here's her picture, mister."

Daisy caught off guard by "Donald" speaking the King's English.

The button shows on Donald's shirt.

"Not the tunnel oflove —anything but that! Signed, Don"

Daisy none too pleased at being deceived.

Donald and his doppelgänger getting the hell outta dodge!

Publicity art for the short.

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