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Duck Cousins is the family ship between Donald Duck, Della Duck, Fehtry Duck and Gladstone Gander from the DuckTales fandom.
Canon[]
Donald and Della are twin siblings. Fethry and Gladstone are their cousins. They are related through the shared grandparents, Humperdink Duck and Elvira Coot.
Fethry and Gladstone are both reoccuring characters in the "Donald Duck" and "Uncle Scrooge" comics. Gladstone was first introduced in the 1940s, while Fethry did not make his first appearance until the 1960s. Despite being cousins to each other, they rarely appeared together in English-language comics. However, they can be seen in a number of Brazilian comics together, notably their duo adventure "Il Socio Di Fortuna". Della herself rarely made any appearances until she was given a large role in the 2017 DuckTales reboot.
DuckTales (2017)[]
Gladstone is the first of the cousins to be introduced, appearing in the episode "The House of the Lucky Gander!". He summons Donald, Scrooge, and the kids to a casino in Macau where he has been trapped due to his good luck. He utilizes Donald's bad luck to help free himself, and the pair come to a sort of appreciation for each other.
Fethry first appears in the episode "The Depths of Cousin Fethry!". Donald refers to Fethry as "coo coo bananas" and tries to disuade Huey and Dewey from going to visit him. The boys decide to go anyways, and Fethry is glad to see them. He refers to them as "Little Donalds", and claims to be Donald's favourite cousin.
Della returns to Earth in "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!", but unbeknownst to her Donald has climbed into her rocket and blasted himself to the moon. The pair don't reunite with each other until "Moonvasion!", when Della and the kids find Donald on a deserted island. While they try to come up with a plan to get back to civilization, Gladstone and Fethry happen to ride up on Mitzy, Fethry's giant mutated krill. They have arrived thanks to Gladstone's luck, and offer their cousins a ride. They prepare to fight off the moon invaders together, and strike a confident pose.
Gladstone and Fethry are later invited to Webby's birthday, which they attend alongside Donald and Della. Donald, Della, and Gladstone are seen playing skee-ball together, with Gladstone easily winning. Fethry approaches and offers Donald a going away present, which surprises Della. Donald tries to lie, but Fethry keeps talking, revealing to Della that Donald intends to go on a trip around the world with his new girlfriend, Daisy. Gladstone, sensing the awkwardness, pretends that he sees $20 and drags Fethry away from Donald, Della, and Daisy.
Fanon[]
Duck Cousins is a well-liked relationship in the fandom. Although they experience very little screen time together, fans enjoy the potential for a relationship between the four of them. Many who choose to explore Donald and Della's childhood like to add both Gladstone and Fethry into their works. They are often shown to be a particularly close foursome, and are typically shown to have spent ample time together on their grandmother's farm.
Some fans exclude Della from the "Duck Cousins" dynamic, and focus on the three males instead. This is likely because Della was a virtually unknown character prior to the DuckTales reboot, and Donald, Fethry, and Gladstone have over fifty years of comic book history together.
There are currently over 45 works for this pairing on AO3. It is Della's eighth most popular ship.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Donald & Della & Fethry & Gladstone tag on AO3
- TUMBLR
- Duck Cousins tag on Tumblr
