Post by TheMidgetMoose on Oct 7, 2019 17:47:30 GMT
I'm sure we all know it already, but there's about a million different stories for how Donald and Daisy first met. Some of that has already been discussed on this thread and maybe other threads too. While there is a plethora of options for one's headcanon's version of Donald and Daisy's first encounter, I'm curious about how Donald, Mickey, and Goofy met. Some properties, such as Disney Babies, clearly show them as knowing each other since their infant days.A Mysterious Melodysupports this, showing Mickey and Goofy as having being babyhood playmates.
On the other hand, The Goofy Success Story sort of implies otherwise. In it, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are all actors. The first film the trio do together is shown to be Moving Day, which was released in 1936 in our real-world. The Mickey, Donald, and Goofy of Moving Day are certainly not babies.
Does anyone know of any other stories that show the trio meeting for the first time? I'm willing to accept that Goofy and Mickey have just always known each other, but what about Donald? Do you know any stories where he meets the two for the first time? Does anyone know if Young Donald Duck shows Donald meeting the other two for the first time? This description seems to imply as much.
Also, besides official stories, do you have any personal headcanons as to how the trio came to be?
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Since the three live in Duckburg, i just supposed they are childhood friends. Comic stories doesn't seem to use the three togheter very much, so i doubt there is a story about how they met each other
Since the three live in Duckburg, i just supposed they are childhood friends. Comic stories doesn't seem to use the three togheter very much, so i doubt there is a story about how they met each other
Of course, Mickey and Goofy don't live in Duckburg in all stories. They may in some, but they're more typically placed in Mouseton. There's been a pretty big and insightful discussion about that here. Yes, the trio is used together more often in animation, as Donald was pretty much spun off into his own series with his own supporting characters and co-stars. Still, it looks like Young Donald Duck might tell the story of how they met, but I can't say for sure.
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Since the three live in Duckburg, i just supposed they are childhood friends. Comic stories doesn't seem to use the three togheter very much, so i doubt there is a story about how they met each other
Of course, Mickey and Goofy don't live in Duckburg in all stories. They may in some, but they're more typically placed in Mouseton. There's been a pretty big and insightful discussion about that here. Yes, the trio is used together more often in animation, as Donald was pretty much spun off into his own series with his own supporting characters and co-stars. Still, it looks like Young Donald Duck might tell the story of how they met, but I can't say for sure.
What do you mean? I have read hundreds of stories with Mickey and Goofy, and they live in Duckburg in all of them
Of course, Mickey and Goofy don't live in Duckburg in all stories. They may in some, but they're more typically placed in Mouseton. There's been a pretty big and insightful discussion about that here. Yes, the trio is used together more often in animation, as Donald was pretty much spun off into his own series with his own supporting characters and co-stars. Still, it looks like Young Donald Duck might tell the story of how they met, but I can't say for sure.
What do you mean? I have read hundreds of stories with Mickey and Goofy, and they live in Duckburg in all of them
Maybe they are more commonly placed in Duckburg. I don't know for sure. Still, that's not where they're always placed.
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I'm currently reading Young Donald Duck and... well, it's quite disappointing on all fronts. Anyways, during fourth grade, Donald is sent to a boarding school where he becomes Mickey's roommate. The very next day, he meets Daisy. There's no introduction to Goofy or Minnie, they just appear in the third chapter and are suddenly a part of the gang.
I'm currently reading Young Donald Duck and... well, it's quite disappointing on all fronts. Anyways, during fourth grade, Donald is sent to a boarding school where he becomes Mickey's roommate. The very next day, he meets Daisy. There's no introduction to Goofy or Minnie, they just appear in the third chapter and are suddenly a part of the gang.
Does it portray Mickey and Donald as meeting for the first time, or do they already know each other? Also, just how old is Donald supposed to be in this story? This description implies he is 12. Scrooge MacDuck implied that an editorial in the German edition said something about his "teenage years", which would mean he's at least 13 if my definition of teenage is correct. You said that the story takes place during fourth grade. At least here in the states, that he would mean he's 8-10. I do think there was an Italian story that said something about Donald repeating sixth grade three times or something of the like. If I'm misremembering and the story actually said he repeated fourth grade three times, that might explain how Donald can be a 12/13-year-old in fourth grade.
It's a little bit disappointing to hear that we've been given yet another story about Donald and Daisy meeting. The author reserves every right to, but it feels quite repetitive at this point. There's probably near a dozen stories on that topic already.
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I'm currently reading Young Donald Duck and... well, it's quite disappointing on all fronts. Anyways, during fourth grade, Donald is sent to a boarding school where he becomes Mickey's roommate. The very next day, he meets Daisy. There's no introduction to Goofy or Minnie, they just appear in the third chapter and are suddenly a part of the gang.
I’m glad I decided to skip this one, then. Although I suppose the kids who like the current DuckTales might enjoy the modern take on these classic characters, and that’s a good thing. I think I’m just too stuck in the classics to enjoy this.
In "This is Your Life, Donald Duck" (the comic by Lockman and Strobl, not the animated TV special of the same name), we're shown in a flashback that Donald, Mickey and Goofy were already mates when Donald was eight years old. By the way, the flashback also shows Pluto as a pup back then, which implies that, in "present time", Pluto must be one impossibly old dog indeed.
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My idea of their early days is based on the cartoons and comic strips of 1934/35/36, with Donald being a young bothersome joker (Orphan’s Benefit, The Band Concert) who gradually befriends Mickey and Goofy through work (Mickey’s Service Station, Editor-in-Grief).
I'm currently reading Young Donald Duck and... well, it's quite disappointing on all fronts. Anyways, during fourth grade, Donald is sent to a boarding school where he becomes Mickey's roommate. The very next day, he meets Daisy. There's no introduction to Goofy or Minnie, they just appear in the third chapter and are suddenly a part of the gang.
Does it portray Mickey and Donald as meeting for the first time, or do they already know each other? Also, just how old is Donald supposed to be in this story? This description implies he is 12. Scrooge MacDuck implied that an editorial in the German edition said something about his "teenage years", which would mean he's at least 13 if my definition of teenage is correct. You said that the story takes place during fourth grade. At least here in the states, that he would mean he's 8-10. I do think there was an Italian story that said something about Donald repeating sixth grade three times or something of the like. If I'm misremembering and the story actually said he repeated fourth grade three times, that might explain how Donald can be a 12/13-year-old in fourth grade.
It's a little bit disappointing to hear that we've been given yet another story about Donald and Daisy meeting. The author reserves every right to, but it feels quite repetitive at this point. There's probably near a dozen stories on that topic already.
Donald and Mickey meet for the first time, yes. The principal introduces the two of them to each other, Mickey says "nice to meet you", and they even shake hands. So yes, this is indeed supposed to be their first meeting.
I've just finished reading Part 3, so I don't yet know if they'll state Donald's age in later parts. However, Daisy is said to be in fourth grade, and later we see her, Donald, Mickey and Minnie in the same class. In my home country, you're around 12 in fourth grade, but I'm not sure what the writers intended exactly. If Donald did indeed repeat a grade three times, he would be older than Mickey, and I don't like that at all (I don't even like them being the same age). In the old Gottfredson-strips, Donald is clearly younger than Mickey, and seems to be closer in age to Mickey's nephews even.
I agree that him meeting Daisy again is disappointing (especially in how it's handled in the story). Young Donald Duck seems to just have followed a checklist in things they had to include, and it seems that story-quality was a secondary concern. I guess it's trying to be fan-service, but I don't think it's done very well.
Donald Duck lives with his parents until Scrooge McDuck returned to Duckburg. Donald goes to live at his grandmother's farm. Mickey lives at a neighboring farm, as seen in the story book The Adventures of Mickey Mouse, the first source to ever use the name "Donald Duck". So those two met by living close to each other. Mickey still lives on the farm in Lost on a Desert Island, but eventually moves to Mouseton as the strips go on. By the time of The Case of the Vanishing Coats, Donald has also moved to Mouseton, and is living with Uncle Amos.
Goofy enters the picture in Mickey's Revue. He's alone and socially awkward, but takes an interest in Mickey's gang. He tries to join their group by showing off his own musical talents, as seen in Enter... Dippy Dog!, where he desperately wants to show off his mouth harp skills. As the strips go on, Mickey eventually accepts him into the group.
Donald probably first met Goofy in Editor-in-Grief, where the two of them work for Mickey's newspaper. They never interact during the story, and are only seen together in one panel near the end, but it's clear that they know each other by then.
I haven't read A Mysterious Melody or How Mickey Met Minnie yet. I doubt it will enter my head-canon, but it still seems interesting.