The Spirit of '43 is an American animated World War II propaganda film created by Walt Disney Studios and released in January 1943.

The purpose of the film is to encourage patriotic Americans to file and pay their income taxes faithfully in order to help the war effort.

The "bad duck" appears as a zoot suit-wearing hipster who urges Donald to spend his money on idle pleasures such as "good dates".

[8] The narrator explains that Americans should "gladly and proudly" pay their income taxes which are higher than ever that year "thanks to Hitler and Hirohito".

The second part of the film is a montage entirely recycled from The New Spirit, showing how the taxes are being used to make planes, bombs, ships, and other war materials.