Angry Donald Duck
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About
Angry Donald Duck, also known as Donald Duck Raging, is a reaction GIF depicting animated character Donald Duck from the Disney cartoon Cured Duck where he destroys a house in a fit of rage after inflicting accidental injury on himself. The format is typically used to express intense anger or rage, often as a result of something not going one’s way.
Origin
The original clip that the meme is pulled from is seen during the Disney animated short, Cured Duck, released on October 26th, 1945, specifically the scene where Donald destroys Daisy Duck’s house. During the scene (featured below), Donald visits Daisy at her home and after blowing cigar smoke in her face, she becomes upset and insists he opens a window. While doing so, he fails to open the window, which causes him to go into an uncontrollable rage where he destroys her house, frequently hurting himself in the process. Later, she shows him that the window opens with ease if he had simply turned a knob to unlock it.
Spread
The exact origin of the clip being used as a reaction GIF is unknown, but it can be seen being used as early as 2015. It first appears on Reddit[1] after user whoyou291 posted it to the r/gifs sub on September 12th, 2015. The post (shown below) received nearly 2,000 upvotes and 67 comments.
Donald Duck rage fit. from r/gifs
On January 17th, 2016, Imgur[2] user AtLeastMyInternetConnectionDidWork uploaded an edited version of the scene where Kylo Ren’s mask was placed over the top of Donald’s face, referencing a similar clip where he throws a tantrum in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The GIF (seen below) has been viewed over 154,000 times and since spread to numerous places online.
iFunny[3] user TheOfficialKairi uploaded one of the earliest versions in a more traditional meme format to the site on August 15th, 2016, referencing the website’s servers crashing. This post (shown below) received over 93,000 likes and 2,200 comments.
On Twitter,[4] user Gen_Kenobi896 can be seen using the GIF as a reaction to a tweet from ExtraTV on July 25th, 2016. The reply (seen below), which follows up to a comment from LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy, uses Donald’s rage scene as a reaction to the question, “Will Hayden Christensen appear in Rogue One?”
@maryemma41 pic.twitter.com/0WLpIvFTtB
— Obi-Wan Kenobi (@Gen_Kenobi896) July 25, 2016
After numerous failed attempts to upload videos to YouTube, Twitter[5] user BlackNerd also tweeted the GIF on October 17th, 2019. This tweet (shown below) received 309 likes, 28 comments and 13 retweets.
So every YouTube video I tried to make in the past week or so hit a technical issue internally or something happen externally that caused it to not go up. Never have had this string of bad luck making videos before. Trying not to have a Donald Duck tantrum and just push forward. pic.twitter.com/eaygaZTKvU
— Andre the Hedgehog (@BlackNerd) October 17, 2019
On April 7th, 2020, Redditor[6] TomMcWeedy posted another meme variant to the r/dankmemes sub. Uploaded under the title, “You should've come for my house instead,” the post (seen below) received over 68,000 upvotes, almost 500 comments and several Reddit awards.
"You should've come for my house instead" from r/dankmemes
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