Donald Duck

Donald Duck is the deuteragonist of the Mickey Mouse franchise.

Despite being a protagonist, he's also an antagonist (more accurately considered as an anti-hero) at times because he is often cruel to his friends, his nephews, and even to lesser life forms such as Chip and Dale.

His first appearance was in The Wise Little Hen (1934), where he was asked by the Wise Hen to help her plant her corn, but he faked a belly ache to get out of doing the chore and play rather than work, along with his friend who did the same thing. When the Wise Hen sees this, she gives them castor oil, to teach them a lesson. As the hen and her chicks eat the corn themselves, Peter and Donald, with nothing but an appetite, repent with all their might by kicking each other on the rear.

He is shown to have rivals, such as Mickey Mouse, Chip 'n' Dale, Gladstone Gander, and many others.

Personality
Donald's most famous personality trait is his uncontrollable temper. This has gotten him into some tight spots with his relationship with Daisy, as she is easily annoyed by his constant anger issues. However, things always turn out right in the end. Donald's jealousy towards Mickey's popularity sometimes gets in the way of their friendship and causes him to almost be a villain at times because of his angry temper. Although Donald can be loud, rude and selfish, he is extremely loyal and will do anything to help a friend in need. Donald also has an obsession over being disney's most famous and popular star and also obsessed with money, treasure, gold, etc., which he gets from his Uncle Scrooge, and can sometimes be found participating in a get-rich-quick scheme.

Donald's aggressive nature is a double-edged sword however, and while it at times is a hindrance and even a handicap for him, it has also helped him in times of need. When faced against a threat of some kind, Donald may get frightened and even intimidated (mostly by his nemesis Pete, but rather than getting scared, he gets mad and has taken up fights with ghosts, sharks, mountain goats and even the forces of nature. And, more often than not, Donald has come out on top.

Antagonistic acts

 * In The Wise Little Hen (1934), He fakes his belly ache to get out of doing his chore.
 * He picks on and bullies others (including small creatures) for his own amusement.
 * He bullies and pranks his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie in several cartoons.
 * In Donald's Crime (1945), He steals Huey, Dewey, and Louie's piggy bank, breaks it, and takes $1.25 to go on a date with Daisy, which makes him feel guilty and works through the night to pay back the nephews, learning a valuable lesson in the end.
 * In Cured Duck (1945), After struggling to open Daisy's window, he throws a massive tantrum and wrecks Daisy's house, which leads to Daisy kicking him out until he controls his temper, after he learns to control his temper, he keeps calm when he tries to open it again, then he laughs at Daisy's new hat which leads to Daisy losing her temper in the end, hitting Donald with a broom.
 * In Wet Paint (1946), He tries to kill the mother bird who keeps ruining his paint job on his car but redeems himself in the end when he finds that she has kids in her nest.
 * He picks on Chip and Dale in several cartoons.
 * He went psychotic and started chomping in plates spoons and grabbed an axe to kill Mickey's cow for food.
 * He threw a fish at Goofy and put an anchor on his leg so he would not swim up after being hit with a fish.
 * He always attempts to steal the spotlight from Mickey but fails repeatedly.
 * In Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004), He acts selfish on Christmas, he even went as far as to destroys Mousey's display in a fit of rage, after hearing the Christmas Carols from everywhere.
 * In The Nutcracker (1999), He portrays the villainous mouse king and kidnaps Minnie to make her his queen.

House of Mouse

 * In Big Bad Wolf Daddy (2001), He hires the Big Bad Wolf to perform on stage which he wrecks the House of Mouse club in the process.
 * In Timon & Pumbaa (2001), He attempts to change the House of Mouse to House of Duck
 * In Gone Goofy (2001), He tries to get Goofy fired.
 * In Donald's Pumbaa Prank (2001), He attempts to stink up the club (encouraged by Pete) by using Pumbaa to fart through the air conditioner but stops after he has a change of heart.
 * In Donald & the Aracuan Bird (2002), He attempts to dart the Aracuan Bird during his performance.

Trivia

 * In the Disney Studios, Donald is often referred to as The Duck.
 * Walt Disney himself referred to Donald Duck as "the problem child" of Disney.
 * Appearing in over 150 theatrically released films and shorts, Donald has the record for most theatrical appearances for a Disney character.
 * He is very similar to Daffy Duck (owned by Warner Bros.), as both are jealous of the top stars of their owned companies (Donald is jealous of Mickey and Daffy is jealous of Bugs), and their main goals is to have the spotlight, but fail repeatedly.