OllieSuave-007 In this Disney short, Admiral Byrd ships Donald Duck a penguin from the South Pole. Donald takes the penguin as his pet, but gets angry with it when he thinks it has eaten his goldfish.It could have been all-around adorable cartoon, but the penguin acting as a stuck-up animal at first and eating Donald's goldfish was cause for it to have no redeeming qualities. Donald wasn't even very funny in this one and, save from the nice animation, this is one of my least favorite Donald cartoons.To me, you wouldn't get a good laugh with this cartoon. It might be cute for others, but overall, it wasn't entertaining.Grade D--

TheLittleSongbird Ah, how much I love this cartoon. It is funny and cute if anything. Donald's Penguin also is lovingly animated, with detailed and colourful backgrounds and crisp character features. The music is as is the case with these Disney cartoons is excellent, the scripting is funny and there are some interesting sight gags such as the goldfish disappearing suddenly. The characters featured are engaging, Donald, superlatively voiced by Clarence "Ducky" Nash, is as cantankerous as ever. But in a rare case, he is almost upstaged by none other than Tootsie, who is one of the most adorable penguins I have seen in anything to do with animation. Also some lively chemistry between Donald and Tootsie and a simple but effective story.Overall, sweet and entertaining! 10/10 Bethany Cox

Julia Arsenault (ja_kitty_71) Donald Duck is my favorite Disney character and this is one of favorite shorts from the 1930s era of Donald's cartoon career. In this short, Donald doesn't get an ostrich like in "Donald's Ostrich", but a penguin. I have ordered "The Chronological Donald Duck #1" on DVD from Amazon.ca, and this short is on it. Like most theatrical shorts I've watched, it's both cute and funny at the same time.The funny parts is when Tootsie the penguin woke up with a start and slaps Donald on the face. I also love it when ever Donald turns around, the fishes disappear suddenly. The sweet part is when Donald just can't shoot Tootsie, for eating the fishes. And when the gun accidentally fell and blasted the wall, Donald thought the gun shot Tootsie and looks for her. But she was really hiding in the closet, Donald found her and all was forgiven.

Shawn Watson Though, let's face it, it would probably be not as cute as the one in this cartoon. For some reason a pal of Donalds sends him a penguin as a present out of the blue. Donald doesn't quite know what it is (despite hunting them in The Polar Trappers cartoon) or how to work it. He freaks when he sees that the penguin, called Tootsy, has eaten his goldfish but apologises when it turns out he didn't. So to make Tootsy feel better Donald gives him a fish from the refrigerator. Which means that Donald has fish for pets and for dinner. A bit odd.So annoyed is Donald by his inability to care for Tootsy that he tries to execute him but ends up only loving more. Still, it's a funny cartoon and it's good to see Donald making pals.