Donald Duck and the Gorilla - Dark Toons
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2024
- This highly requested short has Donald running through a creepy house fighting a damn dirty ape! Doug takes a look at Donald Duck and the Gorilla on a new Dark Toons.
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Donald Duck and the Gorilla is a Donald Duck short adventure horror and monster film which was originally released in 1944. It stars Donald Duck along with his three nephews; Huey, Dewey and Louie and Ajax, the killer gorilla. The 1930 Mickey Mouse cartoon The Gorilla Mystery has a similar plot involving a gorilla named Beppo who captures Minnie Mouse.
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Grizzly tales for gruesome kids
Do the "Ducktator's by Loony Toons
SpongeBob - Nasty Patty
More courage the cowardly dog episode.
Like the burger episode.
Heads Of Beef
Ed, Edd, 'n Eddy, The Day the Ed Stood Still.
I remember a scene where Donald looks in the gorilla's eye and sees a grave that said "Here Lies a Dead Duck." That's darker than anything shown in this review.
Yeah, that's part of the short. At one point the radio announcer states that you can subdue any wild animal by staring it straight in the eye. Donald is relieved and immediately tries it out--only to see a gravestone in Ajax's eyes reading "Here Lies a Dead Duck." It's a great gag.
Ironic how that's the quickest way to piss some animals off. I wonder how many idiot kids this cartoon killed....
Ironically, with real-life gorillas, staring them in the eye is a very bad idea. If you avert their gaze and show submissive behaviour, they'll likely leave you alone, but if you look them straight in the eye, they might interpret that as a challenge to fight.
@@ernovincze2900 My mom's Sister and her Husband told me that same thing when they saw Gorillas while on Vacation.
@@areyousureyouenteredyourna85 To be fair, not many kids are gonna encounter gorillas outside a zoo.
I like how Donald Duck keeps gorilla gloves on a stand in his living room at all times in case a gorilla escapes a zoo and he needs to prank someone.
Well, in those year, they were probably made from a real Gorilla.
Donald is very strange. XD
@@pundertalefan4391 hes not strange
@@K1RM0 Just a little bit. And it's not meant as an insult. XD
@@pundertalefan4391 yea well hes not strange
According to the Disney Wiki: Breckenridge (Radio voice) was done by Billy Bletcher, the original voice of Pete...and was the Laughter of the Headless Horseman.
Ya I saw it on Disney wiki too
@@mojoproductions9677 me too
Welp, that's enough confirmation for ME to not have to go look it up!
The laughter of the headless horseman... a laugh that just itself alone is completely terrifying.
What's the wiki's source?
Who all remembers this from House of Villains?
I loved that movie.
Disneys Halloween Treat OG right here
Me
It’s our house nooooow
I love it
Aww, you skipped over one of my favorite parts -- where the nephews in the costume take a bite out of Donald's lollipop and then put it back in his hand. Donald jumps at the disturbance, looks at his bitten lollipop, and mimics the fangs fit the bite mark before running away in terror. Donald's growing alarm is really well done, I think.
What about Donald looking into the gorilla's eyes and seeing a gravestone reading: "Here lies a dead duck"?
This needs to be a kingdom hearts stage
Dude! We still need the Disney Afternoon to appear in a KH game!
Seriously! Who doesn't wanna team up with Darkwing Duck, Goliath, Wild Wing, Montarey Jack, etc.?
@@nine_tails137 I'm totally down for a gargoyles stage, zanatos is pretty much already a kingdom hearts bad guy with overcomplicated schemes that don't really make sense
This would be more of an Epic Mickey thing
Epic Donald when
@@GeekCredTrivia IKR! they've done every other main line Disney movie. So why not the Disney afternoon?
House Of Mouse as the main hub with Muppet Theater replacing The Hundred Acre Wood.
Am I the only who prefers this type of videos over the Nostalgia Critic show? I like to see Doug talking and explaining more seriously about stuff he likes.
Who wants to see him talk about Spongebob: graveyard shift or the one where they kill the health inspector?
Me
Yes
Me! Or the other two when Gary is with the old lady who kills snails and when Mr. Krabs waiting for Plankton to come steal the formula (saw it on PhantomStrider).
Absolutely
Nasty Patty
You should do Mickey Mouse in Runaway Brain
Yesss!
I second that motion!
Hell Yeah!!!
Oh definitely. So freaking dark
Yes, it looks like it is trying really hard to be like those old Disney cartoons.
The thing that scared me as a kid about this was the shot with the gorilla in the window. More specifically that really odd moment when he just appears out of nowhere. For some reason I always remembered being scared shitless of it.
I remember watching this on The House of Mouse on Netflix for Halloween and this short is amazing
Same
The house of mouse is on netflix?
@@skeletonentertainment4201 It used to be a long time ago
Same
Skeleton Entertainment It was last Halloween, but I guess they moved everything to Disney+ now.
I think the most traumatizing thing about this cartoon to me as a kid was just that title screen. It's pretty terrifying for a young kid and the fact that they add in the roar just for good measure makes it even more effective.
I first saw this as part of House Of Villains.
Same here and it still funny
Me too!
Same
I'm not usually one that makes requests, but may I suggest Lambert the Sheepish Lion? Kinda freaked me for life when I was a kid.
I don't know about dark but man is it nostalgic for me!💜
@@ThatPurpleGirl81 The last bit is traumatic for me. That, the wolf from Peter and the Wolf, Gmork and an italian fable are the reasons why I have lycophobia to this day.
How is that dark? I saw Lambert, and it wasn't dark at all.
@@Goldstar_ I think it was because of how feral the wolf was portrayed in it. But once Lambert gained courage, the wolf was afraid and was more cartoony towards the end.
@@jyoster6447 Yeah, it's mainly the hungy wolf bit that is scary. It don't last long but it's pretty intense, even thou it's a re-skin of Peter's Wolf. I think the fact that it's night changes the stmosphere a bit.
U should do a dark toons on episode of Rugrats where Chuckie wished he was never born
I don't remember that one being especially dark?
The one with Chucky having nightmares was scarier
That would be "Chuckie's Wonderful Life", and that was moody, but not dark. "In The Dreamtime" (the short where Chuckie has strange dreams) wasn't dark either. Guys, the title of this show is DARK Toons.
Poor Chuckle. Relatable a.f.
@@Goldstar_ He should do some newer stuff like Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Twas Donald that killed the Beast XD
Twas he that made the beast cry.
Nay, they stabbed it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast.
'twas Donald's booty that killed the Beast. (cue the scene where Donald's tail pokes the gorilla in the eye)
Do Phineas And Ferb: Night of The Living Pharmacists next!
I love that episode!
Actually yeah hit this one with likes that episode is brilliant
Please
Lots of me!
@@tatianahernandez2865 I like the Simon Pegg and Nick Frost cameos.
You gotta do "baloon land" with the Pin cushion man.
Definitely, some of Ub Iwerks' post-Disney cartoons were super weird.
Omg I remember that! Isn't there one about like, living vegetables with a potato police man?
He have to do the balloon land that the cinema snob did
@@RobiticDuck i watch it.
Yes!!!!
If this was made last year:
Donald: THUNDAGA!!!
*gorilla gets blown away*
Plot Twist: The Gorilla's name was Hambre.
WHO DOESN'T LOVE THIS CLASSIC
It’s not dark
I saw this on a "Halloween Compilation" vhs tape.
Guy who played the radio announcer, or Breckenridge, is Billy Bletcher, who also played Detective Hennessy in Duck Pimples
Donald is at his funniest when you can’t understand him, and I feel Clarence Nash did this perfectly.
I don’t know man, I think that Don Cheadle showing up as Articulate!Donald in Ducktales Reboot are some of my favorite Donald moments.
This was actually the first Disney cartoon I ever saw, back when I was like 4-5. What an introduction. The radio voice really stuck with me and even back then I wasn't really afraid of Ajax. I thought he was awsome.
I always loved the way they animated the speed of the characters in early Disney shorts especially the chase scenes. The use of blurring art helps you see how fast they're moving versus a chase in Looney Tunes where they just *zip* away in a puff of smoke or are seen running much slower.
This is an absolute CLASSIC! The “here lies a dead duck” joke absolutely KILLS me every single time, as does the use of the foghorn for his blowing his nose
It’s not really a dark toon or even really a movie but Mickey’s House of Villains is my core Halloween tradition. It’s always the last thing I watch on Halloween night and I only watch it once a year. It’s not really a movie since it’s just spooky themed shorts with a little bit of framing animation about the villains taking over the house, but the shorts are for the most part great (this short is one of them) and the big villain song is really fun and cool to see, even if the villains don’t do anything heinous. I’d recommend giving it a look if just for the shorts and a fun villain song while understanding it’s really not a “movie”.
Since he did Tiny Toons: One Beer episode, I'd suggest Doug look at Tiny Toons- Toons from the Crypt: Night of the Living Pets. That one was also banned by FOX Kids for being too dark.
I regret not seeing that one all the way through
@@rangerfanboy1710 Its great. It has some wonderfully creepy imagery for Tiny Toons. Especially when Elmyra's pets first rise out of the graves. Its also neat because usually Elmyra is the source of terror for most of the show's episodes, but here she's the one terrified. And while she does once again become the figure of real horror at the end, and it also turns out to be a dream, its still a nice change of pace.
"For some reason, they're really obsessed with DUCK ASS."
Well, you said it before, dude. "Butts are funny". :D
Duck tails, WOO-HOO!
@@ericrakestraw664 omg he missed such a great joke...
@@SukiNoKoe I'm surprised it wasn't used myself.
Ducks just have big butts, so yeah.
@@ericrakestraw664 XD WOW.
The moral of the story: Never ever ever EVER get on Huey, Duey and Louey's bad sides! X3
I remember seeing this in Mickey’s House of Villans
Same
@@edgarbanuelos6472 cool
Me too! XD
@Corbin Fitzpatrick same here
Same here
I had this cartoon on VHS when I was a kid and I friggin' loved it!
I was never afraid of this. I loved it as a kid, and I still think it's a lot of fun now. The chase music always had me smiling, and the funniest thing in the episode (to me) was the gorilla running so fast up the ladder he goes through several ceilings, but the hole is shaped like him, so it's like he TRIED to stop?, but just kept going up; cuts to him laying with his BACK against the ceiling pieces, confused. It's just great slapstick.
This wasn’t that scary, but I enjoyed it anyway, I love hearing you talk about cartoons in general.
You should do Mickeys house of villains, that one scared the heck out of me and my sisters, especially the scene where Huey Dewey and Louie pretended they were dead and almost buried their uncle.
That scene wasn't technically made for the movie, that was from the 2000 Mickey Mouse Works short "Donald's Halloween Scare."
Several decades later, Disney does a movie on Disney+ about a talented gorilla named Ivan
Its based of a book
I have it
@@stefaniaiusut9001 that was based on a true story
I wouldn’t be surprised if this cartoon help inspire the ending to the “I had an accident” episode of spongebob.
You know what always struck me about this cartoon? Donald's house is HUGE! As a kid, I thought they were house sitting for Uncle Scrooge or something. Just look at how many rooms, stairways, balconies, foyers, hallways and doors there are in this place.
SpongeBob SquarePants: “The Graveyard Shift”
Grizzly tales for gruesome kids
For the truly grizzly, life itself is a gruesome tale.
Fuck, I think I mixed that up.
Hell yeah ! Not sure if he’s familiar with it though. It’s pretty obscure outside the UK
@@ANDCFC95 I’m from Australia alot of cartoon i grew up with were mostly UK and Canadian
Ah, the 1940s, when everyone was inexplicably terrified of being killed by gorillas.
Ironic, considering gorillas are among the more passive of the Great Apes (second perhaps only to orangutans)...chimpanzees on the other hand.
@@cartooncritique6625 I don't want to face off with a chimpanzee
I remember this from House if Villians
I have such a deep connection with that movie. When I was eight I was diagnosed with type one diabetes and during the week I was in the hospital I watched that on loop constantly
The final persecution always makes me laugh. It's extremely funny
Things always make you laugh cause you're The Joker!
I think that tear gas grenade was left over from Donald's time in the military/navy.
I'm not questioning how that just happened to be in his house
You think the gorilla costume might be as well? XD
I remember this! It was part of the House of Mouse Halloween special; House of Villains. 🎃
*sigh*
Memories ☺
I'd love to see an episode on Disney's The Old Mill. Some groundbreaking animation techniques that it was made specifically to show off, that I'm sure Doug would have some interesting thoughts on.
I've always found it fascinating that Donald is the member of the trio who is relatable to adults: a selfish jerk who always manages to learn his lesson. I remember watching this years ago and finding it both scary and hilarious, especially with all the little details and moments. Donald may not be the best caregiver letting his nephews have tear gas in the house, but at least they defeated a gorilla who is like the rhino from James and the Giant Peach, but doesn't kill people
I saw this cartoon in House of Villians. I don’t consider this a dark toon.
Same.
I don’t but it s a fun one all the same
HOUSE OF VILLAINS?!....I remember having the VHS Tape, good times.
I also did
House of Mouse was never dubbed to my native language, Icelandic, but for some reason House of Villains was.
I had it on DVD growing up and I watched it to pieces. I loved it.
That house was a flippin' Tardis
This is one of my favourite cartoons as a kid, I think it's arguably the scariest ! also some of the close ups with extra details and shadows remind me of the gross up.
I'd like to request "Mickey's Christmas Carol." The ending where the Ghost of Christmas Future throws Scrooge into his grave reeaally freaked me out as a kid, and the creepy lead-up to Jacob Marley was pretty effective, too.
I completely forgot about this short. It was the source of a lot of childhood trauma for me personally and I think I subconsciously repressed any memories I may have had about it. I'm glad you made this review, though! Perhaps I'll make this short a yearly Halloween watch. :)
Do: The Cat Came back (the one from the national film board of Canada.
That one, though disturbing was just bizarre. It had a bit of a Ren and Stimpy vibe prior to the show itself. I recall seeing it on Nickelodeon in June or July of 1991.
@@spindalis79 it's on TH-cam, if you want to watch it for old times sake
The cat came back the very next day
The cat came back they thought he was a goner
I remember finding the animation a long while ago on TH-cam and it's one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen
I watched that short once... ONCE... as a kid. Almost thirty years later and I STILL have that damn tune stuck in my head (which says a lot, as I have the memory of a goldfish).
I actually watched this cartoon a LOT as a kid because it was on the Mickey’s House of Villains video. It was one of the cartoons that was played.
This episode scared the shit out of me as a kid
"Do I always have to start with a Zinger?" Yes. Yes you do. :D
YES!!! The “Native American” music always stuck out to me and I loved it; but always assumed it was a reference I was missing.
Donald Duck 🦆: We better lock 🔒 up. We’re not far from the Zoo!
I first saw this short back when I was 5 and it's still one of my all time favorite Donald Duck cartoons.
Cartoon suggestions: "Ghoul Friend" and "Runaway Brain", both are Mickey Mouse shorts
I've got a suggestion for Dark Toons, "Inhumanoids"!! A very slept on 80's cartoon, very underated and short lived. Can we get some likes so he can do this one next?!!? Also, this IP needs a reboot! A live action movie would be dope. Though I think it would and could be easily messed up.
Shame Doug didn't show one of the best little jokes in this cartoon where Donald looks at the gorilla straight in the eye and the gorilla's pupil turns into a gravestone that reads "Here lies a dead duck". My dad and I would always crack up when that happened whenever we watched this cartoon back in the day. XD
That chase scene had me weak already, the boots continuing to run under the table finished me x'D
I think this was actually included within Mickey's House of Mouse Halloween Special Mickey's House of Villains.
Ed Edd and Eddy
The Day The Ed Stood Still (the one where Ed thinks he's a monster)
Hope that's the right title
That one is hilarious funny most monster movies are very dark.
FATHER'S GARAGE!!
The old Casper cartoons dealing with death. The one that i remember the most was with the fox called "There's Good Boos To-Night".
I saw it as fun and entertaining, also partially because of the movie The Gorilla with Bela Lugosi was one of my favorites growing up. Just a kinda spooky comedy that was loads of fun, just like Bob Hope's The Ghost Breakers.
I can see someone make an indie horror game based on this concept. The player is just sitting at home, and listening to the radio (in the 40's and 50's). And when the radio announces an escaped convict, animal, mental patient, etc. the player hears sounds around the house. Now it's up to the player to switch channels and guard themselves from those intruders.
You're literally describing Night Trap here. Literally. Down to the "switch channels" concept.
3:49 It's Donald Duck's nephews, we don't question it
Junior Woodchuck Rule No. 4382: A good Woodchuck always has a gorilla suit available.
@@ernovincze2900 That's a thing?
I remember watching this several times as a kid, and I really liked it, I'm happy I was able to see it again.
I remember loving this short. Anything with the Disney or WB animals was a good show in my book as a kid.
I do also remember and find it disturbing how Donna Duck being also voiced by Nash in Don Donald. Hearing two voices of Donald talking to each other made that animated short feel like Donald has manifested a feminine side in him in a physical form of a female duck who was literally naked.
Agreed. Clarence Nash voicing Daisy Duck was very disturbing for me.
"Ghost Bride" from Hey Arnold!
I still laugh each time when Donald tries staring down that gorilla and its pupil turns into the “Here lies a dead duck” tombstone
i enjoyed this short, this, Donald Loses His Mind and Donald's Birthday (though I don't fully remember that one as well cause when it was recorded the vhs decided to just cut off after he went through things that caused bad luck when trying to deliver a package) were some of my faves along with two shorts were he had to deal with Chip and Dale x3
You should do, “The Edds are coming” from Cartoon Network’s invasion event.
Still going to ask for Inhumanoids and/or “The Fan” from Jem.
yeah well he has to find this stuff ya know, and that isnt always easy.
The evil that lies within. Pulled for being too scary for kids. Stupid censors.
@@nooctip censors do indeed suck ass.
I saw this as a little kid and that night a Gorilla actually did escape from a zoo in a nearby city. I was terrified that night it was going to come get me.
Animation and so many different angle shots made this into one of my favorite shorts from Disney, I loved it
I think I recall watching this on the house of mouse
House of Villains
Me too
Yeah, same here. House of Villains.
I loved this when I was a kid. Good times rewatching the video recording of Disney's Halloween Treat of this, and I would always rewind that chase scene when he is on the makeshift stilts and that awesome chase music would come on...well time to do the same only for youtube LOL
Thank you so much for reviewing this. A great childhood memory for me. My mom used to rent Scary Tales (1983) for my sister and I and I remember these cartoons so well. I’m glad we grew up with some of the darker and creepier cartoons. I vividly remember sitting on our old family room sofa watching this on our top load VHS player.
I remember watching this short in The House of Villains
Image of the gorilla still recovering from that King Kong image.
Take a shot for Hambre
He took one for you
I never actually saw this short growing up.. If I saw this one.. I dont think I would have found it dark or scary.
My top recommendations
*Courage the Cowardly Dog - Windmill Vandals
*Looney Tunes - Satans Waitin (1954)
*The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937)
Other recommendations
*Hey Arnold - Ghost Bride
*Ed Edd N Eddy's Boo Boo Haw
Love the videos as always
There's a few good episodes of Hey Arnold to do. The Haunted Train and The Headless Cabbie come to mind.
The line about Donald's house not needing to be fixed up made me laugh since the houseboat in Ducktales (2017) keeps getting blown up.
Doug, you should do ‘for whom the booth tolls’. It’s another modern nickel mouse cartoon and it’s really scary
You should review Adventure Times "No One Can Hear You", aka the creepy deer episode.
I was sooooo gonna suggest this
When I was a kid, my uncle used to tease me for being scared during this. One time we were watching a movie and he snuck behind the chair I was sitting in and wrapped his arms around me like Donald did to his nephews.
And no, I didn’t get to dress up in a gorilla costume to scare him in retaliation.
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack-''How the West was Fun'', ''K'nuckles and His Hilarious Problem'', ''No Syrup for Old Flapjacks'', ''Gone Wishin'' and ''Mechanical Genie Island''
Omg, that episode from My Life as a Teenaged Robot where she gets “human” skin!! Do it!! Please!!
You mean the one where she first gets it of the one where it becomes sentient?
@@phantomdragon9936 I'd say the second one. The second one is quite disturbing.
The Return of Raggedy Android. I've seen reviews of it.
SpongeBob - the Nasty Patty
SpongeBob and Mr Krabs think they killed a man
As a kid, this cartoon was both hilarious and scary at the same time for me. That scene at 4:20 was probably the first jump scare I ever experienced, and it terrified me for a while afterwards!
But there are some pretty funny scenes too that made it endearing. My favorite is when Donald looks into the gorilla's eye and sees his own grave.
I don't know the name of this one, but when I was a kid, I had this VHS of old public domain cartoons, and there was this one about Humpty Dumpty that scared the crap out of me. It was mainly the ending that scared me. The cartoon was about Humpty Dumpty building his wall high enough to reach the sun, cuz he thought it was made of gold. When he got there, some freaky lightning demons emerged from the sun and attacked him pretty fiercely, and that was the part that scared me as a kid. I wish I could remember the name of this cartoon, but I'd love for Doug to review it.
For me, this cartoon is tied to Halloween for I reason: Disney's Halloween Treat, a very cool series of cartoons tied together for Halloween. Like the Villains special and DTV's Monster Mash, a part of my Halloween cartoon tradition (like Garfield and Charlie Brown), worth looking up, they used to be on TH-cam.
Looking for help: Does anyone remember a Disney special that featured Cartoons about Donald's temper and him dealing with it? Or do anyone remember a Cartoon (I thinks 80s, called Charles Dickens Ghost Stories, an anthology cartoon (I think ) featuring ghost stories being told that may be based on Dickens or not (I tried looking it up and find nothing familiar)
I think the Donald Duck special you're thinking of was called 'Down and Out with Donald Duck' (it fits the description, at least: disney.fandom.com/wiki/Down_and_Out_with_Donald_Duck ). I watched that one a lot as a kid, but that was so long ago I barely remember anything about it other than Donald being in therapy with Ludwig Von Drake. I've never heard of the Dickens cartoon, tho, sorry.
Also, wow! Someone else who remembers DTV?! **fist bump** XD
@@Spectra651 DTV was fun. I remember Dog Gone Valentine, myself. First exposure to songs like Eat it and Bad to the Bone
Steven Universe-Keeping it Together
Over the Garden Wall-The Ringing of the Bell
Yes, all of Over the Garden Wall could go here really
Over the garden wall that would at least need to be an hour.
The Ringing of the bell
My favorite moment was actually when Donald turns off the lamp next to his chair, the only light on in the room, and everything went black until the nephews switch on the lamp next to the sofa where they're sitting.
It's an elegant subtle moment because it changes all the shadows in the room. Instead of being brightly lit, Donald's chair is now faded because the light is coming from farther away and from a shaded lamp. The shadows on the wall are deeper giving the empty chair a foreboding look. And now, the nephews are in the spotlight.
Can we just mention how insanely huge Donald’s house is in this toon?
Infinite hallways and elongated tables aside; the scene where the gorilla crashes through the ceilings when he runs up the ladder....it was like fourteen floors!
2 things:
1) I remember this short from the Halloween special from House of Mouse,
2) Graveyard Shift or Nasty Patty from SpongeBob SquarePants
As an animation buff, seeing someone geek out over animation detail and art is a lot of fun
One Donald cartoon I found much scarier was the Halloween episode where he was scaring the nephews the whole time as a prank until they turned it around and pretended that he had killed them. Though what really stuck out to me was the music, I think they use “In the Hall of the Mountain King” which I absolutely loved and which worked amazingly well to build the tome