Editing Donald Duck universe (section)

==Characters==
{{main|List of Donald Duck universe characters}}
{{see also|Duck family (Disney)|Clan McDuck|List of DuckTales characters}}
[[Donald Duck]] and his maternal uncle [[Scrooge McDuck]] received nearly equal exposure in comics. (The reduced emphasis on Donald in the 1980s version of ''DuckTales'' was largely due to a Disney mandate that forbade its nascent television division from using major characters from the Golden Age of Animation, including Donald and Daisy.<ref name="fbee">{{cite news|last1=Bentley|first1=Rick|date=November 19, 2014|title=Disney TV Animation Is 30 Years Old, and It's Going Strong|work=Valley News|agency=The Fresno Bee|url=http://www.vnews.com/news/nation/world/14417461-95/disney-tv-animation-is-30-years-old-and-its-going-strong|access-date=April 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093955/http://www.vnews.com/news/nation/world/14417461-95/disney-tv-animation-is-30-years-old-and-its-going-strong|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>) Other primary characters include Donald's three young nephews [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]], and girlfriend [[Daisy Duck]].

Several secondary characters have also achieved star status in certain publications, such as [[Grandma Duck]], Donald Duck's grandmother; [[Gladstone Gander]], Donald Duck's incredibly lucky cousin; [[Gyro Gearloose]], an inventor who is often patronized by Scrooge; and [[Ludwig Von Drake]], a knowledgeable professor. Scrooge also has several enemies, such as the [[Beagle Boys]], a gang of robbers and escaped prisoners; [[Magica De Spell]], an Italian sorceress; and South African [[Flintheart Glomgold]] and English-American [[John D. Rockerduck]], both rival business men of Scrooge.

Some characters have appeared alongside Donald primarily in animation, such as chipmunks [[Chip 'n' Dale]] (''[[Chip an' Dale]]'', ''[[Toy Tinkers]]'') and [[Humphrey the Bear]] (''[[Rugged Bear]]'', ''[[Grin and Bear It (film)|Grin and Bear It]]''), as well as [[Mickey Mouse]] (''[[The Dognapper]]'', ''[[Magician Mickey]]''), [[Goofy]] (''[[Polar Trappers]]'', ''[[Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive]]''), and [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]] (''[[Donald and Pluto]]'', ''Window Cleaners''), who are more often associated with the [[Mickey Mouse universe]].