Dadnald

Dadnald is the family ship between Donald Duck, Huey Duck, Dewey Duck and Louie Duck from the DuckTales fandom.

Canon
Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are Donald's troublesome nephews, who are well known for pulling pranks on their uncle and pressing his buttons. They mostly do it for fun as they enjoy getting a reaction from him, but there been times when Donald gives them just cause. Like when he denies the three their fun, from the trouble they have caused him, Donald pranking them for a change or when they affect Donald's job (that changes between Donald cartoon shorts), or simply time that Donald wants to himself. Without the three disturbing his peace and quiet moments alone with their noisy, chaotic games.

There have been times, depending on the media, that Huey, Dewey and Louie don't cause Donald any trouble at all. With him mostly been featured as the guardian of the triplets, since Donald's sister and the mother of the three didn't have many media appearances or mentions outside the classic comics. Until the 2017 reboot of DuckTales came out.

Donald's Nephews
In the boys first appearance in animation, Huey, Dewey, and Louie are sent to visit Donald by their mother, Dumbella. She promises that they are little angels, but they immediately enter Donald's house on their tricycles and start wreaking havoc. They break items around the house, douse him in water, and throw a pie in his face. Donald attempts to control the boys by using advice from a book called "Modern Child Training", but none of the advice seems to work. The boys finally leave his house, completely destroyed, just as Donald gets to the last page of the book. It says "Children are only angels without wings". Donald angrily rips the page out of his book.

Mr. Duck Steps Out
Donald is trying to head out on a date with Daisy, but the boys try to follow him. He tricks them into returning to the house, then locks them in a closet. However, they escape and are waiting for him at Daisy's house when he arrives. Huey steals the box of chocolate that Donald brought for Daisy, and Donald chases them into the house. In an attempt to distract them, he offers the boys some money for ice cream in exchange for the chocolates. They happily agree, and run out of the house.

Donald tries to woo Daisy, but the boys quickly return with their treats. They knock Donald off the couch and into the radio, which starts playing music. Donald and Daisy begin dancing, but Louie quickly decides to cut in. Donald, furious, tosses Louie aside. However, the boys aren't done yet. They line up like football players and tackle Donald out of the way. Donald then tricks them into dancing onto a rug, which he pulls out from under them, knocking them into the kitchen. There, the boys discover a bag of popping corn. They heat up the corn, then launch it into Donald's mouth. Donald starts jittering and jumping as the popcorn explodes inside of him. The boys grab a number of household items, and begin to play music as Donald and Daisy continue to dance.

DuckTales (2017)
After Donald's twin sister had her eggs and knew that they could hatch at any moment, Donald wanted Della to put her unhatched children first and to put her love for adventure on hold, but Della refused to listen. Resulting in Donald adopting her eggs and raising the triplets as his own, after she got in space. Donald never told the three how they lost their mother, but did made sure that they knew about her. Donald blaming his uncle Scrooge for what happen to Della had him keep the three away from him, never telling his nephew wards that they are related to the Scrooge McDuck. Raising Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck on his own has Donald refer to them as his boys. Putting his adventure days behind him and being over protective of the three and knowing that they can't be trusted to be left on their own, has the triplets thinking that their uncle isn't existing and were tried of their simple boat house life in Duckverd.

When Webby revealed their uncle's days as Scrooge's adventuring sidekick, after Donald had little choice but to ask his great uncle to watch over the boys while he was at his job interview, the three brothers didn't believe her. Until they realise that it was true and when Scrooge invited the kids on an adventure, the three okay with not telling Donald about it. After Donald did find out and got ropped into their adventure, as he keeps them safe from Glomgold's hired goons and Atlantis's traps. Seeing his boys handling themselves on their own and uncovering the true gem of Atlantis, Donald begins to think that Scrooge could teach them how to get out of trouble. With them commonly finding themselves in it, like accidentally blowing up Donald's boat house and having to move in with Scrooge until it was fixed.

Due to how their lives were before they moved in with Scrooge and as the brothers enter the world of the rich, Donald felt jealous of his more successful relatives. With his sister's sons looking up to them than they did with him. Even though Huey, Dewey and Louie do love their uncle and live by his "family being there for each other" saying. As the three use it to stick together and to help those they consider family.

Fanon
When it comes to the families within Disney's iconic and central characters, Donald and his troublesome nephews are well loved among their duck characters. Next to Scrooge McDuck, Daisy Duck and a few other white feathered, webbed feet characters from DuckTales. With Donald and his three nephews bringing joy and laughter in the Donald short episodes they appear in together. Even though some feel sorry for Donald when it comes to the three, there are those who love seeing Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck provoking their uncle into his iconic temper outbursts.

Fans of the 2017 reboot of DuckTales loved the way Donald was presented as a caring father-like figure than just an uncle to the three. With very little known about Huey, Dewey and Louie's father and their mother having minor appearances outside the reboot and comics, she was first featured in.

On AO3 Danald is the fourth most written ship for Donald. There are currently 250+ written works.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * The ship's current title comes from Donald being the guardian of his troublesome nephews in the DuckTales reboot.
 * The four appear in the Kingdom Hearts series. Donald has a key role in the games, while the triplets' role are quite small and they haven't been featured beside their uncle in the series. That is why this familyship isn't part of the KH fandom.