In 1987, Donald was the focus of Down and Out with Donald Duck, a television special in which he was fired from Disney due to his unstable temper. That same year, DuckTales premiered on television, on which Donald was an occasional guest star, despite the series starring his three nephews...
In the 2017 DuckTales series, Donald for the first time in animation history wears a black sailor suit and white sailor cap from the classic Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics by Carl Barks as opposed to his usual blue sailor suit. Popularity “Donald, I can't understand a word ya ...