ANAHEIM — Famed cartoon curmudgeon Donald Duck was arrested today after authorites received obscenity complaints from several guests at the Disney Resort in Anaheim. “It just sickens me,” said Mary Ballard, who filed one of the formal complaints. “You can’t even take your kids to Disneyland anymore without having to see this smut.”

The complaints stemmed from the fact that the duck was completely exposed from the waist down, wearing only a shirt and a hat. When police apprehended him, he reportedly became belligerent. “Mr. Duck started waving his fists in the air,” said Officer Mike Black of the Anaheim PD, “and kept shouting ‘What’s the big idea?’ When I cuffed him, he began screaming a bunch of words I couldn’t understand, but I’m pretty sure at one point he called me a [bleep]ing pig.”

This isn’t the first time that Mr. Duck’s pantsless antics have landed him in hot water. Parents have long expressed concern over the fact that when their small children hug him, their faces are perfectly aligned between his naked thighs. “We have to stop giving celebrities a free pass,” said Officer Black. “I mean, first Roman Polanski, and now this? But look, people. If a grown man wearing only a sailor hat and a bowtie started wandering around an amusement park hugging your children, would you tolerate it? I really don’t think so.”

Bail for Mr. Duck is set at $10,000.

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