Why wasn't Donald Duck in the original DuckTales?

I watched both versions and can’t get my kids (who loved the reboot) interested in the original. I think it’s just a generational thing; I was the right age and target demographic for the first Ducktales when it came out in the 80s and my kids are the right age and target demo for the new one.

That said there was a lot of stuff I liked about the reboot too, like how the show finally got to explore the relationship between Donald and his sister Della (the triplets’ mom) as well as why Donald was the one tasked with raising them.

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