In which 1938 cartoon did Huey, Dewey, and Louie first appear?

Huey, Dewey, and Louie first appeared together in the 1938 cartoon Donald’s Nephews.

The short introduced Donald Duck’s three identical-looking nephews as energetic children sent to stay with their uncle. Their arrival immediately creates the kind of domestic chaos that became central to Donald’s later cartoons and comic-book adventures.

The nephews were created by writer Ted Osborne and artist Al Taliaferro for Disney comic strips before becoming recurring screen characters. Their red, blue, and green clothing commonly helps viewers distinguish them, although the colors have varied across productions.

Donald’s Nephews is sometimes confused with later shorts such as Good Scouts, which also features the boys. Good Scouts was released in 1938 after their introduction and places the characters in a scouting story rather than establishing who they are.