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|name=Donald Duck

|game3=Kingdom Hearts II

|game4=Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

|game7=Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

|game8=Kingdom Hearts χ

|journalKH3=The Wise Little Hen (1934)<br><br>King Mickey's court magician and a loyal friend. Donald has journeyed with Sora many times to keep the worlds safe. He has pledged to help Sora through the trials ahead.

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'''Donald Duck''' is a major supporting protagonist from the ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|series}}'' series.

Though he initially only cares about [[Sora]] as a means to track down King Mickey with [[Goofy]], Donald soon grows to deeply care for him as a friend.

==Development==

==Story==

===Before ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===

During his time as a Musketeer, Donald is forced to go up against his captain, [[Pete]], alongside Mickey and Goofy, when Pete begins plotting to overthrow Princess Minnie and become King{{?}} himself.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance}}

When [[King Mickey]] decides to have [[Master Yen Sid]] test him for the [[Mark of Mastery]], Donald accompanies him to the [[Mysterious Tower]] along with [[Goofy]]. After the King steals a [[Star Shard]] to help the other worlds plagued by the [[Unversed]], Donald and Goofy are left moping around and waiting for his safe return. [[Ventus]] later arrives via the [[Star Shard]], which he found in [[Neverland]]. Yen Sid reveals that the constant unstable transportation of the Star Shard kept him from finding Mickey, to which Donald is relieved as it means he can now be found. Through a magical mist Yen Sid conjures, it reveals Mickey lies badly injured at the [[Badlands]]. Ventus goes to rescue Mickey, not wishing to put Donald and Goofy in danger.

[[Aqua]] later returns with Mickey, who remains unconscious from the beating [[Vanitas]] gave him. Donald and Goofy tend to the King, until he recovers and heads to the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] himself.

After Aqua takes Ventus to be hidden in [[Castle Oblivion]], Donald and Goofy watch as Mickey hands over his Keyblade and Star Shard to Yen Sid, believing himself unworthy. However, Donald becomes elated when Yen Sid returns the Keyblade, a sign that the King has been named a [[Keyblade Master]].

[[File:Disney Castle 01 KH.png|thumb|200px|left|Donald strikes Goofy to get his attention.]]

One day, Donald goes to see the King in the morning, but is shocked to see that he has disappeared, leaving behind only a letter in the mouth of the King's dog [[Pluto]], explaining his absence. Donald rushes to tell Goofy about the King's absence, but his secret is quickly discovered by Queen Minnie and Daisy when they overhear him telling Goofy what happened.

However, things take a turn for the worst when Heartless attack the hotel that Donald and the others are in (with Leon, [[Yuffie]] and Sora, the [[Keyblade wielder]] they have been searching for, in the next room). Donald and Goofy are about to go talk to Leon, but Yuffie dashes out of the room and crushes Donald with the door in her haste. Donald and Goofy arrive in the Third District, where they attempt to fight some Heartless, but are unable to defeat them, and a massive explosion sends them flying through the air and right on top of Sora, where they immediately recognize the Keyblade in his hand. However, before they have a chance to formally introduce themselves, they are attacked by a giant Heartless known as the [[Guard Armor]], starting a fight that they manage to win.

After the battle, the three introduce themselves. Donald and Goofy explain that they have been searching for Sora, and that if he travels with them, they can go search for the King as well as Sora's friends [[Riku]] and [[Kairi]]; however, Donald secretly tells Goofy that he doesn't know if they will find Sora's friends, but they need him either way if they expect to find the King. Donald proceeds to tell a depressed Sora to cheer up if he wants to come with them. Sora attempts to look happy, but only ends up making a fool of himself, much to Donald and Goofy's amusement. Nonetheless, Sora agrees to accompany them, and the three set off.

The trio then make their way back to Hollow Bastion, fighting their way through Heartless and sealing up the [[Final Keyhole]] opened up by the seven princesses. They then journey to the [[End of the World]], the home of the Heartless. There, they confront Ansem at the remains of [[Destiny Islands]], and then at the endless abyss, where the [[Door to Darkness]] that leads to [[Kingdom Hearts]] itself resides. After Ansem's defeat, Sora, Donald, and Goofy attempt to seal the door, but their efforts are futile.

But then, the King makes his appearance, wielding the Keyblade of the [[Realm of Darkness]]. With the two Keyblades and the assistance of Riku, the Door to Darkness is sealed, and the worlds are restored. However, the King and Riku are sealed in the Realm of Darkness, though the King leaves Donald and his companions with the knowledge that there will always be a door to the light.

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Sora, using the card, goes deeper into the castle, only to find that he is in Traverse Town. In addition, Donald and Goofy have disappeared, being at the mercy of the cards that control Castle Oblivion. After learning to battle, Sora reunites with Donald and Goofy, who have also gained new clothes. The three continue on, meeting memory versions of the people they have encountered in ''Kingdom Hearts''.

The three, after Vexen had been eliminated by Axel, become separated once Sora's anger at the Organization's manipulations overcomes him. When Sora is caught off by Riku, who in turn is knocked unconscious by Naminé shattering Riku's memories apart, Donald and Goofy arrive to save Sora from Larxene and the trio defeat her. It is then that they learn of Naminé's true nature, as well as the fact that the Riku before them is only a [[Riku Replica|replica]] of the real person. Naminé tells them that she can restore their memories, but only after they defeat Marluxia, the lord of Castle Oblivion, who had been manipulating them the entire time they were in the castle. The three then travel to the 13th floor of Castle Oblivion. By this point, however, Donald and Goofy have forgotten about King Mickey, only recalling that they are looking for someone important.

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Donald appears within Roxas's and [[Xion]]'s dreams of Sora.

[[File:An Awakening Voice 01 KHII.png|thumb|left|Sora, Donald, and Goofy awaken in the Old Mansion after sleeping for almost a year.]]

Donald, like Sora and Goofy, has been asleep in special chambers to regain his lost memories. Donald is unknowingly visited by Roxas, Sora's [[Nobody]]. Donald and Goofy are the first to wake up out of the trio. Sora awakes soon after and is reunited with Donald and Goofy. The three encounter [[Hayner]], [[Pence]] and [[Olette]] when they enter [[Twilight Town]], and then a group of Nobodies at the train station, but are saved by the timely arrival of King Mickey, who sends them off to the tower of Yen Sid, who Donald greatly respects. The trio also encounter Pete at the tower.

Donald is overjoyed when he is reunited with King Mickey, practically leaping upon his king to hug him, eventually having to be pushed off by Mickey himself. During the [[Battle of the 1000 Heartless|Battle of Hollow Bastion]], Mickey orders the trio to go search for Riku and Kairi and leave the Heartless to them. Sora is extremely reluctant to leave, so Donald and Goofy go against Mickey's orders and assist Sora in helping Leon and the others, apologizing to the king as they do so. When Goofy seemingly dies during the Battle of Hollow Bastion, Donald completely loses control of his rage and rushes off to destroy Heartless. Goofy later appears unharmed and an enraged Donald hits him in the kneecap with his staff, telling Goofy never to "scare me like that again!".

He is reunited with Sora and Riku when they return to Destiny Islands. The three of them share a joyful moment before Sora turns his attention to Kairi. After their long journey, Donald returns to Disney Castle with Goofy, Mickey, Pluto, his nephews, and Scrooge McDuck and is happily reunited with Daisy.

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Donald and Goofy, stationed once more in Disney Castle, are present in aiding King Mickey solve a mystery regarding a mysterious message written in Jiminy's Journal. While they find clues and mysterious additions to the journal, Heartless suddenly appear in their castle. King Mickey manages to fend them off, but when they try to leave the library, where the data experiment is being held, they find themselves trapped inside.

Donald and Goofy later use Mickey's old Star Shard to return to The World That Never Was and help Riku, Mickey and Lea in saving Sora from Master Xehanort by striking Ansem's Guardian from behind and knocking it out. They bring Sora's comatose body back to the tower, and Donald is visibly ecstatic when Riku succeeds in awakening Sora, and later shocked when Lea brandishes his own Keyblade. Donald later bids farewell to Sora when the latter leaves to train alone, and greets Riku when he returns with Kairi.

Donald and Goofy greet Sora when he returns to the Mysterious Tower after a secret mission just as Riku and Mickey leave to rescue [[Aqua]] from the Realm of Darkness. As Yen Sid informs Sora of his lost power, Donald playfully chastises him for failing the Mark of Mastery exam, and accompanies him, along with Goofy, to visit [[Hercules]] at the [[Olympus Coliseum]] for training.

Donald and Goofy join Sora's side again to help him discover the power of waking and to help regain his lost strength. The trio goes to [[Olympus]] to find a way to restore Sora's strength, but their visit proves fruitless and they are now set on following Roxas's heart and setting him free.  

All the guardians arrive at the Keyblade Graveyard where they are greeted by Master Xehanort and the other members of the [[Real Organization XIII]] and are ambushed by a massive swarm of Heartless, Nobodies and Unversed. The trio battles the horde and comes out victorious and they quickly catch up to the other [[Guardians of Light]] coming face to face with [[Terra-Xehanort]]. The guardians are quickly overwhelmed, but gets staggered by Goofy and Donald uses a powerful Zettaflare spell to finish him off. As a result of using such a powerful spell, Donald collapses to the ground exhausted after using a lot of energy from that attack. All the guardians of light get swept away from a massive [[Demon Tide]] and Donald loses his heart from it, but Sora is able to save his heart as well as the other guardians of light that fell in battle. The guardians confront Terra-Xehanort but Terra's [[Lingering Will]] fights him and defends the guardians. Sora, Donald, and Goofy face off against a Demon Tide, which Sora manages to dispatch thanks to the help from the [[light]] of the past. Afterwards, [[Xigbar]] and [[Dark Riku]] come in to taunt the guardians before summoning another massive swarm of enemies. The guardians are overwhelmed, but then they're saved by Yen Sid who creates a path for all the guardians to advance though Donald and Goofy stay behind to defend Yen Sid.

Donald and Goofy and the other guardians catch up to Sora and find that Xehanort has summoned Kingdom Hearts and [[Darkness]] is quickly spreading. Mickey and Riku get the idea to trap Xehanort as he's a portal and finish him off. Sora takes up the job and Donald and Goofy go with him and with the help of the guardians, the trio crosses over into the portal and arrive at [[Scala ad Caelum]] for the final battle with Xehanort. The trio emerge victorious over the battle and are quickly rejoined by the other guardians. Xehanort gives Sora the [[χ-blade]] before passing on and Sora uses it to close Kingdom Hearts. The guardians return to the Keyblade Graveyard and Sora decides to go look for Kairi despite knowing the risks if he uses the Power of Waking too many times.

A year after Xehanort's defeat, Donald joins his friends in searching for Sora.

After Kairi awakes and informs Yen Sid and others about what they discovered, Donald and Goofy stop Mickey from going after Riku, who went to Quadratum to look for Sora. Under the sorcerer's instructions, he and Goofy were sent to the Land of Departure, Twilight Town, and Radiant Garden to inform their friends about what they discovered.

==Design==

In contrast to Goofy who is a physical [[party]] member, Donald focuses on his [[magic]] in battle. He equips rods, and is capable of conjuring all the magic that Sora has learned (excluding Summon magic). Unfortunately, Donald is far less capable of enduring attacks compared to his allies and is often knocked out a lot. Overall, Donald is a good support in terms of offense, as well as healing Sora in tight situations. He is also shown to be a fighter on a fairly effective level due to having a sufficient strength stat, able to fight his enemies with his staff if and when his magic runs out. His [[Limit]] unleashes a variety of powerful magical attacks in the form of rockets and fireworks.  In ''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded'', he appears as an ally in Hollow Bastion, where he casts [[Donald Firaga|Fire]] and [[Donald Thundaga|Thunder]] spells using Sora's converted commands. It is also stated in ''Kingdom Hearts'' that he uses his magic to alter his, Goofy's and Sora's physical appearances in certain worlds in order to blend in with the inhabitants and avoid suspicion.

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===''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories''===

[[File:Donald Duck (card).png|right]]

===''Kingdom Hearts II''===

Donald has two limit abilities. [[Fantasia]] causes Donald to bombard enemies with fireworks and pure energy. The second limit, [[Flare Force]], allows Donald to release a barrage of rockets.

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===''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded''===

===''Kingdom Hearts III''===

Like in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', Donald has two armor slots, three accessory slots, and three item slots. Donald's magic abilities are [[Donald Fire]], [[Donald Blizzard]], [[Donald Thunder]], [[Donald Aero]], and [[Donald Cure]], as well as [[Fire Boost]], [[Blizzard Boost]], [[Thunder Boost]], and [[Aero Boost]] which further increase the damage of his magic. Donald's magic will provide considerable damage output for as long as he has MP, as well as decent crowd control when using Aero on groups of enemies, and can be further buffed by accessories and staves which provide magic boosts. The frequency of his MP usage can be adjusted in customization.

==Origin==

[[File:Donald - The Wise Little Hen (1934).png|thumb|left|Donald's debut in ''The Wise Little Hen''.]]

Donald originally debuted in the 1934 Disney short ''The Wise Little Hen'', in which his self-centered nature is seen when he, along with his friend Peter Pig, fake stomach aches so they avoid physical work to help a hen with planting and harvesting her corn. Since then, Donald became popular in cartoons, alongside Mickey and Goofy.

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