Do we like them?

Do we like Donald Duck?

A character from Donald Duck cartoons (debut: The Wise Little Hen) (1934–present)

Our score: 7 out of 10. He's a loud, grumpy, accident-prone mess, but he's loyal and keeps getting back up. We'd back him, and we'd also keep him away from anything breakable.

Donald Duck is an anthropomorphic duck who wears a sailor shirt and cap, no trousers, and talks in a famously garbled voice. He first showed up in 1934 in the Silly Symphony short The Wise Little Hen. There he and Peter Pig fake stomach aches to get out of helping a hen with her corn. He is cocky, impatient and a bit of a shirker from the start.

Donald was soon reworked as a short-tempered foil for Mickey Mouse, and audiences loved him. He later got his own series and became one of Disney's most prolific cartoon stars. In the shorts and comics he is usually a put-upon everyman. He works odd jobs, fights with neighbours and pests, looks after his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, and ends up in one disaster after another.

Why a 7? His flaws are the point: he is vain, easily provoked and often petty. But he is rarely malicious, he tries hard, and he is loyal to his family and friends. That makes him easy to root for, even when his bad luck is partly his own doing.