Self Control is an animated short film in the Donald Duck series, produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on February 11, 1938, by RKO Radio Pictures.

[2] The film follows Donald trying to learn to control his temper by following the advice of a radio program.

[3] Donald Duck is enjoying a leisurely day in his hammock sipping lemonade and listening to his radio.

However Donald's temper is soon put to the test first by a fly that lands on his foot, followed by a caterpillar which crawls down the underside of his hammock and tickles him.

Finally Donald fights with a woodpecker for bathing in his bowl of lemonade, who retaliates by causing a huge amount of apples to fall onto the hammock tearing it up before pecking Donald's hat into a riddled rag.