Donald Duck

Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character best known for his cartoons from Walt Disney Productions. Donald is a white anthropomorphic duck with yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He usually wears a sailor shirt and cap — but no pants (except when he goes swimming). Some people believe that Finland banned him because he has no trousers, but this is an urban legend, explained here.

Beyond Disney

Donald Duck is the only popular film and television cartoon character to appear as a mascot for a major American university, namely, the University of Oregon. The University of Oregon mascot is a cartoon-like duck similar to Walt Disney's Donald Duck character, often referred to as "the duck", and may also be referred to as Donald or Puddles. The mascot wears a green and yellow costume, a green and yellow beanie cap with the word "Oregon" on it and originated from cartoons drawn of a white duck known as Puddles that frequented football games during the early 20th century. The cartoon duck became more similar to Donald Duck over time, and the University received permission from the Walt Disney company to use the likeness of the Donald Duck character as a symbol of the University.

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University of Oregon - 20th century

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Donald's name and image are also used on numerous commercial products, one example being Donald Duck brand orange juice, introduced by Citrus World in 1940.

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Orange juice - Citrus World - 1940

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