"Official" and non-official Love Interests

[Orora]

Most of the main characters in the comics have "official" love interests. Donald has Daisy, Mickey has Minnie... you can say Scrooge's is Goldie.


Some of the "official" love interests are not very well-known, or are quite restricted.

For example, Fethry's more-or-less "official" love interest is Glória, a hippie girl who has only appeared in Brazilian-made stories. (seldom translated)



Goofy's more-or-less "official" love interest was Glory Bee (coincidentally called "Gloria" in most translations), a dognose girl who has mostly appeared in USA-made newspaper comic strips and some very rare comic books.


She kinda disappeared since the 1970s... but because she was the most used love interest, a lot of headcanons have her as Max Goof's mother.

Gyro's more-or-less "official" love interest is Matilda, a toucan (or something) girl who originally only appeared in a USA-made story, but was used a dozen times in Brazil-made stories.



Although, sometimes, I prefer another love interest to them because I feel they have better chemistry, or something!


For example, for Fethry...

Margherita, from Donald and Fethry's Crush (aka Bride of Fethry aka Love is Blind)


The funny thing is, Margherita is not even a sentient robot like Little Helper. She only does what she is programmed for and follows orders.


Fethry: "I'd like us to go out in a nightclub! Please tell me you blissfully accept!"

Margherita: "I blissfully accept!"

...
Fethry: "Everyone has eyes on you! I hope you won't get too much of an attitude!"
Margherita: "I do not know how to answer this question!"
Fethry: "... I love your sense of humor!"

It creates a lot of silly, awkward and very cute moments. Fethry remains completely oblivious to the fact that she is a robot, despite Donald's attempts to explain.

How about you? Are there some one-time/minor love interests that you prefer for the main characters?

[Matilda]

Well, for Donald there's Reginella. The Reginella stories are not "real" in my headcanon, but I'm glad they exist--they do have a certain charm.

As for Gyro, I haven't had the opportunity to see most of the stories where he has a girlfriend. But I do like the name of the "Gyro's girlfriend" character Janet Gilbert created: Dana Data. And I like that she was created by a woman. Dana has also been used in a story by Lars Jensen, who is particularly good at using and creating and giving active roles to female characters in the Duck universe. I believe I've read a story in Italian which involves Gyro's aunt and a love interest for Gyro, but I can't track that down right now. (It's not the Brazilian story, B 810121, at least not as far as Inducks' publication list knows.) I'm pretty sure the girlfriend in that story was neither Dana Data nor Matilda/Ermengarda.

On DCF we had a discussion about girlfriends created for Gus Goose, I believe because Rob Klein was creating such a character in a story he was writing. I think we established that two girlfriends had already been created for Gus. The one I know is Cissy Swann, created by Michael T. Gilbert. Inducks identifies her as a "rich female acquaintance of Gus Goose," and it's not clear they're a socially recognized couple, but they're not just pals.

And speaking of pals...I'm very grateful to Casty (& Cavazzano) for creating female characters in the Mouse universe (Eurasia Toft, Estrella Marina) who are friends and colleagues of Mickey's and *not* love interests. We need to have more female characters who are neither relatives nor girlfriends.

[sirtao]

Indiana Pipps\Arizona Goof has Giada, an actual fairy who did star in three stories.



He also has his colleague archeologist Martina Ubersetzen who starred in 9 stories, but her obvious interest for him is unrequired



Italian authors seem to like giving Duck characters space-girlfriends: lately both Feathry and Gladstone got one. Though, IIRC, Feathry's hasn't got another story and Gladstone's was in this week issue of Topolino