Donald Duck and the bear (Disney, do not feed the bears)
Five-panel Disney comic strip: Donald Duck and his nephews ignore a 'Do not feed the bears' sign, hand bananas to a bear, and are left with a wrecked car and scattered belongings. The technique is faint here; the closest is transfer, borrowing a popular cartoon character to carry a safety warning, with the consequence shown as a joke.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Walt Disney Productions
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Walt Disney Productions. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-468 (NAID 513938).
Text on the object
[panel 1] HEY, Y' BETTER NOT! LOOK AT THAT SIGN! AW, PHOOEY! C'MON, BRUIN ...HAVE A BANANA WARNING! DO NOT FEED THE BEARS NATIONAL PARK [imprint:] Copr. 1941, Walt Disney Productions World Rights Reserved [panel 2] SEE, TAME AS A KITTEN! GIMME ANOTHER BANANA! [panel 3] OKAY! GIMME ANOTHER ONE! [panel 4] THEY'RE ALL GONE, UNCA DONALD! [panel 5] DO NOT FEED THE BEARS NATIONAL PARK [signature:] WALT DISNEY
