Why are Donald Duck's nephews more memorable than Mickey Mouse's?

[Bucky]

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Most people know who Huey, Dewey, and Louie are. I don't think I can even name Mickey Mouse's two nephews without Googling. Why is it that the Duck triplets register more in the social psyche than the Mouse twins?

What's the critical Factor here? Duckness over Mouseness? The rule of three over the rule of 2? The rhyming names? Or is there something more gratifying against our social expectations sets, something that roots for a more parental role for the more childish acting Donald Duck, whereas Mickey Mouse has already been parentified by evolving into a more mature and emotionally balanced character in the years since his Steamboat Willie debut, and thus is less compelling when he adapts to the mentor role with his nephews?

[msongs]

1. never knew mickey had nephews nt

[JI7]

2. because of the cartoons

[Solly Mack]

3. I agree. Mickey's nephews appear in comic books, strips, books, and animated flicks but DD's nephews

were there almost every Saturday morning. Readily accessible.

[Binkie The Clown]

4. I always like Donald Duck comic books better than Mickey Mouse, so I never noticed...

..that Mickey had nephews.

[world wide wally]

5. Because they don't wear pants?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

6. I heard Mickey Mouse divorced Minnie

He said she was fuckin' Goofy.

[Blue_Roses]

19. lol...

[customerserviceguy]

7. I have to go for the rhyming names thing

Plus, the nephews got a lot of time in the comic books, they'd love to flabbergast a duck who was perpetually PO'd about something!

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

8. Because at any given moment Ducktales is probably being aired on dozens of stations worldwide?

I have probably watched it in half a dozen languages.

[TeamPooka]

9. Disney storyteller comic book artist Carl Barks Made y Donald's nephews famous

It was his work that raised the nephews to an iconic status and then it was that work that was the Disney cartoon Duck Tales that was based on and that's cemented them in there for generations in the last 30 years

[FSogol]

21. +1. Carl Banks. n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

10. Morty and Ferdy ?

Thought everyone knew that.

A more fundamental question: Why are there aunts and uncles, nephews and nieces, but no fathers, mothers, sons, daughters ?

[JI7]

16. so they can have their own stories without worrying about how they are raising their kids

[Warren DeMontague]

11. The illuminati.

[JHB]

12. The twins have a lousy agent

[brettdale]

13. I was always more of a fan of donald duck than Mickey myself

Donald made me laugh more as a child.

Why do Adam Sandler movies make more money than say a European art movie?

Why did Breaking bad average something like 3 million viewers per episode, and everybody loves
raymond averaged 15 million??

Why has Kayne got a ton of Grammys and the beatles only have a few???

[Bucky]

14. Thank you

Although your answer made me cry a little

[Achilleaze]

15. Hmmmm?

[phleshdef]

17. Because of the Duck Tales franchise. And Scrooge McDuck is a far better person than Trump.

[LAS14]

18. Huh. I was never aware of Mickey's nephews. DU is great! nt

[Bucky]

20. Follow-up question

Are they lumped together, or do Huey Dewey and Louie each have their own Wikipedia page? Give me your answer before you go over to check it out.

[Maeve]

22. Mickey is a nice grown-up, Donald is an angry man-child

so there is more comic tension in pairing him with kids, particularly ones as prone to trouble as H, D and L. Mickey might sigh and get upset but Donald goes ballistic--which one is more fun to tease?