10 Bizarre Origins Of Your Favourite Cartoon Characters

8. Donald Duck Was An Ex-Paratrooper In WWII

Who could forget Donald's explosive behaviour? We all laughed ourselves silly when he went off on an erratic rage; spitting and spluttering all over the place. What we were actually laughing at was a suffering duck with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, induced from his days as a paratrooper in WWII. Seriously, Donald is literally having nervous breakdowns all the damn time: especially after his time as an artillery factory worker in "Nutzi Land", where he was forced to work long hours, eat minuscule food rations and made to salute every time he saw a picture of Adolf Hitler. The 1943 propaganda film "Der Fuerher's Face" shows Donald's flashbacks to this time, showing the real reason behind his rage and hyper vigilance. Jesus Christ, Disney.