The whole Della storyline made the show for me. I actually grew bored with the first season and abandoned it partway through. Then I caught the finale…and the end of the finale, panning up to the moon while playing the moon theme from the NES game pulled me right back in. Della’s reuniting with Scrooge pulled my heartstrings, and then the dynamic between her and Donald thereafter (y’know, once he returned from the moon) was played perfectly.
On the note of Donald’s being tasked with caring for the triplets, their introduction came at a weird time in the media when niblings were introduced as characters just dropped off with known characters, often indefinitely. The Nancy comic strip spawned from that practice. I’m curious if this was based on a common practice in the 20’s and 30’s or if it was just in the “creative” air at the time.
