Della Duck

Della Duck
Donald Duck character
A female duck with a prosthetic left leg wearing a bomber jacket, brown shorts, blue scarf and aviator hat standing in front of a crashed airplane
Della Duck in the DuckTales reboot
First appearance
  • In print:
  • Donald Duck Sunday strip on October 17, 1937 (name only)
  • Donald Duck Family Tree by Carl Barks (1990; as Thelma Duck) (picture)
  • Donald Duck Family Tree by Don Rosa (1993; as Della Duck) (picture)
  • The Empire-Builder from Calisota (1994)
  • In animation:
  • Donald's Nephews (1938) (name only)
  • DuckTales (2017)
Created byAl Taliaferro and Ted Osborne
Voiced byPaget Brewster (2018–2021)
In-universe information
Aliases
  • Dumbella Duck
  • Thelma Duck
SpeciesAmerican Pekin Duck
GenderFemale
FamilyDuck family
Clan McDuck
SpouseMr. Duck
Children
RelativesQuackmore Duck (father)
Hortense McDuck (mother)
Donald Duck (older twin brother)
Scrooge McDuck (maternal uncle)
Ludwig Von Drake (uncle)
Gladstone Gander (first cousin)
Gus Goose (second cousin)
NationalityAmerican

Della Duck (sometimes named Dumbella Duck) is a character from the Donald Duck universe, created in 1937 by Al Taliaferro and Ted Osborne. She is a core member of the Disney Duck family, as the niece of Scrooge McDuck, the younger twin sister of Donald Duck and the mother of his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Della is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet.

She is one of the main characters in the DuckTales reboot, where Paget Brewster voices her. Della typically wears an aviator hat, bomber jacket with a light blue scarf and brown shorts or pants. As an adult, being an amputee, she also has a robot leg. Della has received positive reviews, with critics praising her buoyant energy and Brewster's performance. She is known for her boisterous and adventurous spirit as a female adventurer, and has been deemed a positive role model to other women and to people with disabilities. Della is often considered the breakout character of the reboot.