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The Aracuan Bird (pronounced AIR-uh-kwan) is a wacky South American bird of an undetermined species who appears in the Disney animated feature films The Three Caballeros and Melody Time, and in a few Donald Duck cartoons where he drove Donald crazy.
Characteristics[]
Background[]
The Aracuan Bird is an odd species of tropical bird (even described in the film Donald was watching that first revealed it to him as "one of the most eccentric birds ever seen") that got personalize first name from a song that it sings. It has the power to do the impossible (this includes, but is not limited to, simple cartoon antics like reaching out of a film reel image to shake someone's hand). It is aforesaid to exist seen everywhere, most notably South America.
Design[]
Aracuan Bird is a pink bird with red hair, yellow beak and red tail feathers, white shirt with blue stripes (first appeared while wearing a yellow-and-green striped bathing-suit while swimming), orange legs. He has a Woody Woodpecker-like facial expression.
Voice[]
Aracuan Bird has a wacky, high-pitched, sped-up voice, done by Goofy's voice actor Pinto Colvig. Colvig also provided the Aracuan's distinctive song in The Three Caballeros and Clown Of The Jungle. Today, Frank Welker provides his wacky, high-pitched, speedy voice, but without the use of the distinctive 'Aracuan bird song'. The Aracuan does not speak, but only gives out vocal effects.
Appearances[]
The Three Caballeros[]
His first appearance, the Aracuan is contractual in the "Aves Arras" film Donald receives in his birthday gifts. His clownish nature continues throughout the sequence after his introduction and advanced on when Donald and Jose are traveling to Bahia on a train, he draws many tracks for the different train carts to follow with a piece of chalk.
Melody Time[]
Appearing in the "Blame it on the Samba" sequence, the Aracuan helps cure Donald and Jose of the blues with some music.
Clown of the Jungle[]
While traveling through the jungle to photograph rare birds, Donald runs afoul of the Aracuan, who keeps thwarting his attempts to photograph him and other birds.
Mickey Mouse Works[]
In the cartoon "Bird Brained Donald", Donald and Daisy take a trip to the zoo where Donald encounters the Aracuan Bird and spends the day trying to take a picture of it for Daisy. In the end, Donald fails.
House of Mouse[]
The Aracuan Bird makes a cameo in the first episode "The Stolen Cartoons " When he was shaking hands with Donald in a fast way. The Aracuan Bird has a starring role in the episode "Donald and the Aracuan Bird", Mickey invites the Aracuan Bird to the club to perform. Donald is skeptical about the entire thing. Donald then tries to get rid of the Aracuan Bird and during his performance tries to dart him. Instead, Donald accidentally darts everyone in the club except the Aracuan Bird and Aurora. As the show ends the Aracuan Bird begins to make his way home, sad that he has to leave, until Mickey offers him to stay at the club with them. He is also shown to exist a master of disguise, often impersonating others using full body suits and flawlessly mimicking their voices. During the episode, the Aracuan disguises himself as Jafar, Pluto, Goofy, Donald, and Mickey.
The Aracuan Bird also compels an emergence in the episode "Ask Von Drake" during the Ludwig Von Drake song. Other than these two episodes, his other appearances in the shows are cameos.
Mickey's Soundsational Parade[]
In the parade in Disneyland, The Bird Kerry can exist seen apart of Donald's Fiesta Fantastico unit as apart of the decor.
Comics[]
The Aracuan Bird as known the Name titled Beckett was appeared as the Comics
- Clown of the Jungle (Comic, 1947)
- Astronautas Por Engano (Comic, 1961)
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Zé Carioca[]
- A Fonte De Renda (Comic, 1986)
- A Pérola Da Sorte (Comic, 1986)
- Cinco É Pouco! (Comic, 1986)
- Jogos Apaixonantes (Comic, 1986)
- Ai, Meu Ídolo! (Comic, 1986)
- Te Pego, Cachorro! (Comic, 1986)
- O Despenteado Da Moda (Comic, 1986)
- Vamos Malhar? (Comic, 1986)
- Não Picha, Não! (Comic, 1986)
- Clip-Confusão (Comic, 1986)
- Ted Bolinho E As Geléias Opacas (Comic, 1986)
- Cai, Cai, Caiaque! (Comic, 1987)
- Baixo Astral (Comic, 1987)
- Entrei De Gaiato No Navio (Comic, 1987)
- Os Birutas Também Amam (Comic, 1987)
- Quem Entende As Mulheres? (Comic, 1987)
- O Mais Inútil (Comic, 1987)
- Papai Faliu! (Comic, 1987)
- Festa Sem Piloto (Comic, 1987)
- Que Sono, Hein? (Comic, 1987)
- O Destino Dos Tomates Podres (Comic, 1988)
- O Astro Folião (Comic, 1988)
- Cada Um Na Sua (Comic, 1988)
- Por Que Você Não Olha Pra Mim? (Comic, 1988)
- O Cobra Do Skate (Comic, 1988)
- Dois É Demais (Comic, 1988)
- Qual É A Sua, Parceiro? (Comic, 1988)
- É Natural Vitamina Em Pó? (Comic, 1988)
- Balão Cabeça-de-Vento (Comic, 1988)
- O Talismã (Comic, 1988)
Margarida (1° Série)[]
- A Vida Dos Caracóis (Comic, 1989)
- Um Bebê E Um Doidão (Comic, 1989)
- Ficou Escrito Nas (Estrelas) (Comic, 1989)
- Visual "In" Concebível (Comic, 1990)
- Habilitação Para Navalhas (Comic, 1990)
- Rebelde Com Causa (Comic, 1990)
- Defeitos Especiais (Comic, 1990)
- Namoro Atlético (Comic, 1990)
- Leribi (Comic, 1991)
- O Mistério Do Tamanduataí (Comic, 1991)
- Paixão Musculosa (Comic, 1991)
- Namoro À Folião (Comic, 1991)
- O Parque É Nosso (Comic, 1991)
- Esses Grandes São Uns Chatos (Comic, 1991)
- No Amor E Nos Esportes... (Comic, 1991)
Trivia[]
- Warren Spector, director of Epic Mickey, has stated the Aracuan Bird is one of his favorite Disney characters.
- In the music video for the Parachute Express song "Dr. Looney's Remedy", when the musical group seemed to had danced themselves into delusions of several classic Disney Movies in a jungle colleague, the Aracuan seems to exist the epitome of the son's title character, as fitting to this bird's personality.
- The Plains is certainly an exist force bird, but the Aracuan does not resemble that species at all.
- He looks and acts a lot like Woody Woodpecker, star of Universal Studios, the company that bought Disney's original mascot.
See Also[]
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