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| Promo art featuring Scrooge, Donald and the kids fending off a dragon from the Money Bin. |
Like
its predecessor, the series focused on the adventures and treasure hunts of
Scrooge McDuck (David Tennant), the wealthiest resident of the city of Duckburg,
that he shared with his nephews Donald (Tony Anselmo, Don Cheadle
in 2 episodes, and Russi
Taylor & Cristina
Valenzuela as a kid), Huey (Danny Pudi), Dewey (Ben Schwartz)
and Louie (Bobby Moynihan), as well as his housekeeper, Mrs. Beakley (Toks
Olagundoye), her granddaughter Webby Vanderquack (Kate Micucci), and Scrooge’s
inept and accident-prone chauffer/pilot Launchpad McQuack (Beck Bennett). The
show set itself apart from the original in that it took a greater inspiration
from the comic book work of Carl Barks,
creator of Duckburg and many of its residents. Most notably, the style of the
show was heavily influenced by both his comics and paintings, immediately
evident by the presence of comic panels and Ben
Day dots (the dot-like coloring process used to color comics
through the 1970s) in the title sequence and end credits, as well as the color palette
used. Additionally, Scrooge and Donald were designed wearing their typical
comic outfits not generally seen in other Disney media, involving a red coat
and black sailor suit, respectively. And not to mention that Donald would play
a much larger role in the series as many of his comic adventures were often
intertwined with Scrooge’s. Sean Jimenez
served as the art director while Timothy
A. Moen was the lead character designer. Additional character
designs were done by Matt
Braly, Anthony
Holden, Alonso
Ramirez Ramos, Andy Suriano,
Sarah Craig,
Erik Elizarrez,
Jeremiah Alcorn,
Tapan Gandhi,
Khang Le,
Alex Kirwan,
Elsa Chang,
Justin Rodrigues,
Devin Roth,
Thomas Perkins,
Shakeh
Haghnazarian, Baptiste Rogron,
Soyeon Yoo,
Andy Ristaino,
Kali Fontecchio
and Gary Montalbano.
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| Launchpad at the controls. |
While the characters are the same,
they received some tweaks for the new version outside of their visual designs.
Scrooge was still the wealthy adventure capitalist and CEO of McDuck
Enterprises with his mansion, fortified Money
Bin
(now on a small island in the bay instead of the middle of the city) and his
lucky Number
One Dime (the first dime he ever earned), but he lost the spark
for adventure until his nephews moved in and helped reignite it. Tennant, being
actually Scottish like the character, was allowed to improvise and add some
authenticity. Donald was initially estranged from Scrooge for 10 years over a
falling out (which will be explained in a bit), but reluctantly reconciled with
him in order to ensure his nephews had someone to babysit while he hunted for
work (bouncing from job to job was an innovation of Barks’ based on his own
experiences). As a result, he ended up being dragged into Scrooge’s new
adventures. Launchpad served as the series’ comic relief with his ability to
crash any kind of vehicle, of which was a great source of pride for him. As a
nod to his role in Darkwing
Duck, that series was made his
favorite show within the DuckTales universe.
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| Louie, Dewey and Huey. |
Huey, Dewey and Louie were depicted
as slightly older--as it was felt that opened up more story possibilities--and
were given new features to distinguish them from each other for the first time
since the series Quack
Pack. Traditionally, the only way to tell them apart was
by the color of their clothing as they not only looked and acted the same but
typically shared the same voice actor. Huey, in a red polo shirt and cap, was
the oldest (by three seconds) and really threw himself into his Junior
Woodchuck (the duck version of scouts) training. Dewey,
wearing a blue t-shirt over a light blue long-sleeved shirt, was adventurous,
courageous and sensitive and the most eager to learn the truth about their
mother. Louie, with a green hoodie, was the self-described “evil brother” who
was lazy, money-grubbing and opportunistic; eager to become an entrepreneur and
echo Scrooge’s success by any means possible (provided it didn’t require too
much effort on his part, that is).
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| Beakley and Webby. |
Webby was an intellectual nerd, a
bit of a genius, and incredibly athletic. She was an enthusiastic fan of
adventure driven by her own curiosity, and a historian on Clan McDuck,
idolizing Scrooge. She spent most of her life sheltered in the mansion by her
grandmother, Mrs. Beakley. Mrs. Beakley was changed from a mere housekeeper to
a former agent and director of the espionage organization known as S.H.U.S.H.
(a parody of Marvel Comics’
S.H.I.E.L.D.
introduced in Darkwing Duck) with impressive strength. As the series
progressed, it was revealed that Webby was actually a clone of Scrooge created
by criminal agency F.O.W.L.
(Fiendish Organization for World Larceny, also from Darkwing) as an
attempt to retrieve a powerful artifact that could only be reclaimed by an heir
of Scrooge’s; of which he had none. Beakley adopted her and retired as a spy,
coming to work for Scrooge. Both Webby and Beakley were given an extreme
overhaul to make them more interesting and stronger characters, according to
Youngberg. Notably absent for a time was Scrooge’s butler, Duckworth
(David Kaye).
It was revealed that he had died before the series began, however his ghost
ended up being summoned back to the world of the living and he remained as a
guardian for the manor, as well as Beakley’s chief critic in regards to her
cleaning methods.
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| Gyro and Gizmoduck. |
Other returning characters included
inventor Gyro
Gearloose (Jim
Rash),
Scrooge’s head of research and development who was as irritable as he was
eccentric; Lil
Bulb,
the lightbulb-headed tiny robot Gyro invented as his helper; Fenton
Crackshell-Cabrera (Lin-Manuel Miranda),
changed from an accountant to a semi-competent scientist working as Gyro’s
intern that would still become the high-tech superhero Gizmoduck (he was made
Hispanic because Angones felt there weren’t enough positive Latino superheroes);
Officer
Maria Antonia Magdalena Aldonsa Cabrera (Selenis Levya),
Fenton’s mother changed from a soap opera-watching couch potato to a
no-nonsense Latina detective for the police department; Gladstone
Gander (Paul
F. Tompkins), Donald’s annoyingly-lucky cousin; Emily
Quackfaster (renamed from Featherby
in the original, voiced by Susanne
Blakeslee) altered from Scrooge’s secretary to being the
archivist of his personal archive; Goldie
O’Gilt (Allison
Janney), Scrooge’s former girlfriend and rival who, while
having deep affection for Scrooge, just loved gold more; Gandra
Dee
(Jameela Jamil),
Fenton’s love-interest who was depicted as a rebel scientist initially working
for his rival and later revealed as a cyborg in the employ of F.O.W.L.; and Doofus
Drake (John
Gemberling), originally a friend to the triplets reimagined as a
selfish, insane, sociopathic rich kid whose inheritance of a fortune allowed
him to turn his parents into servants and enjoyed hurting other people. Bubba
the Caveduck (Dee
Bradley Baker), revealed to be an ancestor to Clan
McDuck, and Gene
the Genie (Jaleel
White) with Faris D’jinn
(previously Dijon,
voiced by Omid Abtahi), both
originally from DuckTales:
The Movie, also made appearances. Donald’s long-time girlfriend Daisy
Duck
(Tress MacNeille)
made her DuckTales animation debut (she appeared in some of the tie-in
comics before) as the personal assistant to Emma Glamour
(Bebe Neuwirth),
a famous trendsetter, as did Donald’s other cousin, Fethry
(Tom Kenny),
who was the caretaker of one of Scrooge’s marine science stations (and also
appeared in previous
tie-in comics).
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| Glomgold pits the Beagle Boys, Magica and the Air Pirates against the Ducks. |
Of course, those were just the good
guys. A number of recurring villains received updates as well. The
Beagle Boys—Bigtime, Burger, Bouncer (all Eric Bauza),
and their Ma (Margo
Martindale)—were a family of crooks intent on robbing Scrooge’s
Money Bin, operating out of the junkyard Ma ran. Flintheart
Glomgold (Keith
Ferguson) remained Scrooge’s chief rival, except now was
comically unhinged in his dedication to besting and ruining Scrooge after Scrooge
refused to pay him properly for a shoe polish years prior. He ran Glomgold
Industries with a focus on personal branding and making products
cheaply. In this series, he was born Duke Baloney in South Africa (his original
nationality before it was changed in the original cartoon) and adopted his
Scottish guise to emulate Scrooge as a means to outdo even his nationality. Magica
De Spell (Catherine
Tate)
was still an evil sorceress, however her desire for Scrooge’s Number One Dime
was altered to be because an encounter with Scrooge saw her trapped within it
and only able to project her shadow form into the outside world. The
Phantom Blot (Giancarlo Esposito)
was made a magic-hating agent of F.O.W.L. who wanted to destroy Magica and was
often disguised as the mascot to one of F.O.W.L.’s front companies.
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| Della finally makes it home. |
Presented for the first time outside
of comics was the triplet’s mother and Donald’s twin sister, Della Duck (Paget
Brewster). The first mention of the character came in the 1938 short Donald’s
Nephews, via a postcard bearing
her name: “Dumbella”. When Barks came up with the Duck
family tree, he renamed her Thelma. In Don Rosa’s
version
of the family tree published in 1993, he
restored her name to the shortened “Della”. Outside of cameo appearances in
flashbacks, Della typically only appeared via correspondence to Donald about
her sons. Following a reappearance in the Dutch Donald
Duck magazine in 2014 for his 80th
anniversary as one of the first female pilots and eventual astronaut, she
continued to make
appearances in its pages throughout 2017. For the DuckTales version,
Della was a pilot who frequently went on adventures with Scrooge and Donald. Before
the triplets hatched, Della took off in Scrooge’s spaceship, the Spear of
Selene, which hit a cosmic storm and left her stranded on the moon; able to
survive for a decade thanks to Gyro’s Oxy-Chew gum,
which gave her oxygen, nutrients and water. She also lost a leg, fashioning a
prosthetic one for herself while attempting to rebuild her ship and get home.
Her disappearance was what caused the rift between Scrooge and Donald, and his
inability to find her cost Scrooge his adventurous spirit.
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| Manny with Fenton and Lil Bulb in a gun. |
Newly created characters for the
series included Lena Sabrewing
(Kimiko Glenn),
a shadow being created by Magica to act as her agent in the physical world to
free her by befriending the Ducks, however she turned against Magica thanks to
her friendship with Webby; Violet
Sabrewing (Libe
Barer), became Webby’s new friend over their shared
interest in magic and helped rescue Lena from Magica’s shadow realm, and later
became her adoptive sister when Lena was taken in by Violet’s
fathers; Mark Beaks
(Josh Brener),
a tech industry billionaire and Glamour’s son whose driving factor was ensuring
he remained popular on social media by any means necessary, which often meant
trying to steal the Gizmoduck suit for himself (he represented the kind of new
billionaire of the tech generation in controls to Scrooge being old-school); the
Greek Gods, particularly Storkules
(aka Hercules,
voiced by Chris
Diamantopoulos), Selene
(Nia Vardalos),
and Zeus
(Michael Chiklis),
who had encountered Scrooge, Donald and Della before; B.O.Y.D.
(aka Be Only Yourself, Dude, voiced by Nicolas Cantu
& Noah Baird),
a childlike android created by Gyro and his former mentor, Dr. Akita
(Cary-Hiroyuki
Tagawa); Akita himself was a new character, and an evil
roboticist; Manny
the Headless Man Horse (Keith David
in the finale, silent otherwise), a headless horse monster that was
rehabilitated when the head from a statue of Scrooge landed on his neck, and would
go on to become Gyro’s intern; Gabby
McStabberson (Jennifer
Hale),
a trained assassin raised by warrior monks that worked as Glomgold’s
henchwoman; and the Moonlanders
(inspired by the moon stage from the DuckTales video
game),
a civilization that lived on the moon and included General Lunaris
(Lance Reddick),
who resented the Earth and used Della’s arrival and departure to incite an
invasion against it, and Lieutenant Penumbra
(Julie Bowen),
who was extremely protective of her people and reluctantly came to view Della
as a friend.
DuckTales’ 44-minute first
episode premiered on Disney
XD
on August 12, 2017, airing for a consecutive 24 hours before being posted onto YouTube the next day. It
then aired again on Disney Channel
on September 17 to coincide with the original’s 30th anniversary before
the series made its official debut on September 23rd. As part of the
promotion for the series, a video was released on December 16, 2016 announcing
the top-billed voice cast as they performed the theme; which was the same as
the original written by Mark Mueller.
The actual theme for the series would be performed by Felicia Barton.
Original Launchpad Terry
McGovern would express that he was “heartbroken”
that none of the surviving original cast was invited back except Anselmo, who
was Donald’s official voice actor, and Taylor for a guest role voicing a young
Donald (a great number of that cast had passed before or during the show’s
production). The series was written by Angones, Youngberg, Madison Bateman,
Colleen Evanson,
Nate Federman,
Noelle Stevenson,
Christian
Magalhaes, Bob
Snow,
Rachel Vine,
Ben Joseph,
Emmy Cicierega,
Ben Siemon,
Sam King
and Megan
Gonzalez, with Angones serving as story editor. Animation
duties were provided by Snipple
Animation Studios and Toon City Animation,
while Golden Wolf, Inc.
did the main titles. Dominic
Lewis served as the series composer.
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| The ever-growing cast of characters on DuckTales. |
The series proved immensely popular
with fans, both new and of the original, allowing it to run for three seasons. No
official reason was given for the show’s cancellation. In May of 2018, the
series moved to Disney Channel until it returned to Disney XD with the third
season. The few extra-sized episodes that aired were later broken up into
multiple regular-length ones for reruns. While episodes seemed to be standalone
similarly to its predecessor, each season contained an overreaching story arc.
Season one dealt with Dewey and Webby trying to learn the secret behind Donald
and Scrooge’s rift, as well as what happened to Della, while Magica worked
towards her freedom from the dime. In season two, Scrooge and Glomgold were in
a competition to become the richest duck in the world, Della worked towards
getting back home, and Louie tried to start his own multi-million-dollar
business. In season three, the Ducks came under the watchful eye of F.O.W.L. in
a race to find and retrieve several lost treasures and artifacts leading up to
the final confrontation in the finale. Angones further broke
down the season structure on the tumblr account
where he answered fan questions into past, present and future. He also stated
that they had figured a 4th season was unlikely and wrapped up as
many of the storylines they could while setting up the next chapter for the
characters if their versions were ever revisited.
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| Season 3 promo poster showcasing all the crossover characters. |
Along with DuckTales-centric
characters, characters from other franchises were brought into the show for
guest appearances. Long-time Disney
character Ludwig
Von Drake (Corey
Burton), who only appeared once in the original, had a
recurring role as a colleague of Scrooge’s and the director of S.H.U.S.H. Don Karnage
(Jaime Camil)
and his Air
Pirates, originating from TaleSpin,
appeared
as recurring antagonists. Kit
Cloudkicker (Adam Pally)
and Molly
Cunningham (Eliza
Coupe), the young children characters from TaleSpin, were
now adults and had attended flight school with Della. Kit took over the cargo
delivery business from the show (as well as his mentor, Baloo’s,
personality) while Molly became the owner of a stunt plane circus. José Carioca
(Bernardo De Paula)
and Panchito
Pistoles (Arturo
Del Puerto), were Donald’s college friends and the show’s
interpretation of The
Three Caballeros that appeared in the 1940s films Saludos Amigos and
The
Three Caballeros, and would go on to
have their own unrelated
streaming show on Disney+.
The
Rescue Rangers (Burton, Jeff Bennett
& April
Winchell) from Chip ‘n Dale:
Rescue Rangers appeared as lab animals turned intelligent via
F.O.W.L.’s Intelli-Ray. Goofy
(Bill Farmer)
appeared in his Goof
Troop form in the episode
“Quack Pack!” (named for the show), as did his son, Max,
Max’s best friend, P.J.,
and girlfriend from A
Goofy Movie, Roxanne,
in a photograph in his wallet. Additionally, the characters of Bumblelion, Rhinokey
and Butterbear
from The Wuzzles were alluded to in “The Lost Treasure of Kit
Cloudkicker”. Mickey
Mouse made a vocal cameo for a melon fashioned by
Donald in his image when he was stranded on an island, provided
by his regular voice actor Diamantopoulos. Other little nods and allusions to
other Disney characters and franchises were peppered in various episodes as
Easter Eggs.
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| F.O.W.L. company: Phantom Blot, Don Karnage, Black Heron, Bradford Buzzard, Steelbeak, John D. Rockerduck and top Egghead Pepper. |
F.O.W.L.
was given a new origin as being founded by Bradford
Buzzard (Marc
Evan Jackson), who was the first Junior Woodchuck which
made him decide being adventurous was too dangerous, deciding to take over the
world and end chaos forever. He founded the organization with Black Heron
(Winchell), a martial artist and engineer who ran up against Beakley when she
was an agent. Another member was John
D. Rockerduck (John Hodgman),
an Old West robber baron thwarted by Goldie and Scrooge, and used experimental
cryogenic technology to stay alive to get his revenge. Rockerduck was a modern-day
rival of Scrooge’s in the international comics,
whose name was a play on John
D. Rockefeller. With him as in the comics was Jeeves
(Ferguson), his enforcer and assistant modeled after Odd Job
and Jaws
from the James Bond
franchise. Only the metal-mouthed Steelbeak
(Jason Matzoukas) and the
nameless legion of Egghead
(renamed from Eggmen since some were women) foot soldiers were previously
established F.O.W.L. characters from Darkwing Duck.
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| Launchpad, Gosalyn and Darkwing Duck, together again for the first time! |
As
stated before, Darkwing Duck was a fictional show within this universe.
Scrooge’s studio was producing a reboot film with actor Drake
Mallard (Darkwing’s actual identity, voiced by Diamantopoulos)
taking over the role from a bitter Jim Starling
(Jim Cummings,
Darkwing’s original voice actor). Launchpad convinced Mallard to become
Darkwing for real in the town of St. Canard, while in
his mania Starling became Negaduck, Darkwing’s evil doppelganger. This marked
the first time that Darkwing was seen in an animated DuckTales production,
although Gizmoduck had appeared on Darkwing and a full crossover has
occurred in comic
form before. The 1-hour special
“Let’s Get Dangerous!” was essentially a reworking of the debut movie of the
original Darkwing series, featuring Taurus Bulba
(James Monroe
Iglehart) and his sinister Ramrod
device that could pull any item from other dimensions, and Gosalyn
Waddlemeyer (Stephanie Beatriz),
granddaughter of its co-inventor, helping to stop him and becoming Darkwing’s
sidekick (as opposed to his adopted daughter). The Ramrod was used to bring
other Darkwing villains into the episode from the TV show: Bushroot,
Megavolt,
Liquidator
(both Ferguson) and Quackerjack
(Michael Bell,
reprising the role). Additionally, Jumbalaya Jake
and Bugmaster
appear as disguises. Originally. Negaduck was set to return for the second half
of the special and to be the one that conjured the villains, as revealed in
storyboards posted by artist Diana Huh.
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| The kids hanging out with Marshmello. |
Supplementing
the show were several series of shorts that aired online and many between
commercial breaks. Welcome
to Duckburg! aired in June before the
first episode, introducing the main characters to the audience. The Lost Key of
Tralla La was a stand-alone short released
the following month, billed as a 360-degree adventure as viewers could control
the camera’s angles while it played. A channel-wide 30
Things aired in May of 2018 and
featured the kids listing off their 30 (or so) favorite things. Immediately
following was Webby
Reacts, which saw Webby reacting
various live-action Disney program and film clips when she stumbled upon a
smartphone. Next was The World’s
Longest Deathtrap! where the kids and
Launchpad tried to get themselves out of a pit with (extremely) slowly closing
walls. Then came Dewey
Dew-Night!, which saw Dewey trying to
host his own late-ish night talk show from the boys’ bedroom. Another
stand-alone short, Duckburg’s
Funniest Home Videos, saw a static image
of Louie on the couch watching live-action funny animal videos and commenting
on them. Ending the 2018 offerings was DuckFAILS!,
which
were done in stop-motion and featured various characters blundering through
their activities. Between 2019 and 2021, Launchpad and Glomgold participated in
channel-wide short series: Theme
Song Takeover, where characters sung
their show’s theme (with some alterations); Top Favorite,
where
characters listed off their top favorite things within a certain theme; Random Rings,
which
featured characters prank calling various establishments or having silly
conversations with characters/stars from other shows, had Launchpad interacting
with Baymax
(Scott Adsit)
from Big
Hero 6: The Series and Cricket
(Chris Houghton)
from Big City Greens; and Chibi Tiny Tales,
inspired
by Big
Hero 6: The Series’ shorts, which featured
chibi versions of the show’s characters pantomiming their way through comedic
adventures. Following the conclusion of the series, a podcast called This Duckburg Life featured
Huey hosting a show on “Duckburg Public Radio” discussing riveting stories from
around town. In a special collaboration between Disney and music producer Marshmello,
a partially-animated music video
for his song “Fly” featuring the DuckTales characters was made and
simultaneously released in 2018 by Marshmello and Disney Channel.
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| The toyline. |
Phatmojo
became the official toy manufacturer for the series. In 2018, they released a wave of action figures
including Scrooge, Launchpad and Glomgold with Huey & Dewey and Webby &
Louie in 2-packs, as well as a Sun Chaser vehicle and Money Bin playset; a figurine
collection with Scrooge and the kids, available both in regular
colors and in gold; blind
packaging figurines “Money Stacks Mystery Mini Figures” that
came in plastic containers resembling a stack of coins, featuring Scrooge,
Donald, Launchpad, the kids, Lena and Darkwing; and 7”
talking plush dolls of Scrooge and the kids at Target. A second wave of figures
featuring new characters and vehicles was planned and promoted during Toy Fair 2019,
but Phatmojo lost the license before they could be released. A Disney Store
exclusive 7-piece
figurine set, 12”
plushes of the kids, and Tsum
Tsum plushes of Scrooge and the kids were also
released. In 2019, Hallmark
released a set of two miniature replica tin lunchbox and thermos ornaments
adorned with promotional images. Funko,
who had been producing figures based on the classic series, made a red
coat variant of Scrooge in their Pop! line as an Entertainment Earth
exclusive. A pin
featuring the characters was made available at the Disney
theme parks.
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| Promo for the then-upcoming comic series. |
Beginning
in 2017, IDW Publishing
began an ongoing
comic series written by Joe Caramagna, Joey Cavalieri, Steve Behling and Alessandro
Ferrari, and drawn by Luca Usai,
Gianfranco Florio,
Andrea Greppi, Paolo
Campinoti, Roberta
Zanotta, Manuela
Razzi, Michela Frare,
Cristina Stella,
Emilio Urbano, Ciro Cangialosi and Danilo Loizedda. The first four
issues contained prequel stories set before the events of the show, and
actually introduced Della a full year before her first actual appearance. After
20 issues (plus a #0 issue), the series was cancelled and replaced with two mini-series:
Silence
and Science and Faires
and Scares. Starting in 2018, Disney Press
released various books centered on the series. “Woo-oo!” was adapted by into a read-along
storybook and CD, as well as a Cinestory
Comic featuring stills from the episode. “The Living
Mummies of Toth-Ra!” and “Terror of the Terrafirmians!” were adapted into a combined
storybook with included stickers, and “The Missing Links of
Moorshire” was adapted into an illustrated hardcover storybook by Maggie
Fischer titled Duck,
Duck, Golf. Solving
Mysteries and Rewriting History! was
written by Rob Renzetti and
Rachel Vine with art by Niki Foley, and
presented as a journal kept by Scrooge that received later additional notations
by the kids. Media
Lab Books published DuckTales
Adventurer’s Guide: Explorer Skills and Outdoor Activities for Daring Kids that
provided encyclopedic entries of various locations along with outdoor skills
and games kids could learn. There was also a coloring and activity book, DuckTales:
Doodles, and joke book, Launchpad’s
Notepad: Jokes to QUACK You Up. A
number of unofficial notebooks and coloring and activity books have flooded the
market, sometimes combining both versions of DuckTales.
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| DVD cover. |
In
June of 2017, an online mix-and-match character building game called All Ducked Out was
released on the Disney Channel website and as an Android app. On the same day
as the series preview, Disney released a mobile game called Duckburg
Quest, where a player had to
control the kids around Duckburg to stop Scrooge from marrying Ma Beagle. In
2019, a DuckTales-themed
adventure map was released for the blocky open sandbox
game Minecraft. To date, only two DVDs have been released for
the series. The first, Woo-oo!,
was
released in December of 2017 and contained only the pilot and all 6 Welcome
to Duckburg shorts. The second, Destination
Adventure!, was released in June of
2018. It contained 6 episodes plus 2 episodes from the original series released
to DVD for the first time. The series was made available to stream on Disney+.
EPISODE
GUIDE:
“Woo-oo!”
(8/12/17) – Donald and his nephews move in with his Uncle Scrooge who regains
his thirst for adventure and sets out to find the Lost Jewel of Atlantis.
“Daytrip
of Doom!” (9/23/17) – The boys take Webby out but she has trouble having fun,
and then they end up captured by the Beagle Boys for ransom.
“The
Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!” (12/2/17) – Scrooge attempts to complete
his feat of climbing Mt. Neverrest while the rest of his family gets into
little adventures of their own.
“The
Great Dime Chase!” (9/23/17) – When Louie loses Scrooge’s Number One Dime, he
tries to use Little Bulb to get it back but ends up turning it into a giant
coin-collector instead.
“The
Beagle Birthday Massacre!” (9/30/17) – Webby makes friends with the rebellious
Lena before they accidentally crash Ma Beagle’s birthday party and end up being
chased by the Beagles.
“The
House of the Lucky Gander!” (10/14/17) – The ducks discover that Donald’s
cousin Gladstone is being held prisoner by a luck vampire feeding off his
unnatural good luck.
“The
Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!” (10/21/17) – Huey and Dewey must stop
competing for an internship and save their prospective employer from a scheme
that went sideways.
“The
Living Mummies of Toth-Ra!” (10/28/17) – The ducks explore an Egyptian pyramid
only to end up separated and Louie and Webby imprisoned by its resident,
Toth-Ra.
“Terror
of the Terra-firmians!” (10/7/17) – A scary movie inspires Huey, Webby and Lena
to explore an abandoned subway in search of legendary creatures.
“McMystery
at McDuck McManor!” (5/25/18) – Against warnings Huey throws a birthday party
of Scrooge, but the guests end up being his worst enemies and Scrooge goes
missing.
“The
Missing Links of Moorshire!” (5/18/18) – Not only does Scrooge have to beat
Glomgold in a game of golf, but he must deal with his jealousy over Dewey’s
skill and interrupting spirits.
“The
Spear of Selene!” (5/4/18) – While stranded on an island, Dewey and Webby
search for the Spear of Selene and end up discovering the mystery of Della’s
disappearance.
“Day
of the Only Child!” (6/30/18) – Dewey makes up a holiday causing the boys to
split up and pretend to be an only child for the day, getting into trouble
along the way.
“Beware
the B.U.D.D.Y. System!” (5/11/18) – Launchpad and the newly-minted Gizmoduck
must rescue Scrooge, Dewey, Gyro and Beaks from the self-driving car Beaks
stole from Gyro’s plans.
“The
Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!” (6/23/18) – Scrooge goes gold-hunting
with his ex only to have Glomgold intervene and seemingly kill her.
“Jaw$!”
(6/16/18) – Lena unleashes a giant money shark in the Money Bin to get the dime
for Magica, which ends up escaping and ruining Scrooge’s attempts to bolster
his public image.
“From
the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!” (7/7/18) – Beakley’s days as a
S.H.U.S.H. agent comes back to haunt her as a foe returns to seek a formula she
kept from him.
“Sky
Pirates...in the Sky!” (7/28/18) – Dewey ends up trapped with the Sky Pirates
that just robbed Scrooge and manages to convince the crew to mutiny against
their leader, Don Karnage.
“The
Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!” (8/4/18) – Scrooge tries to recruit his estranged
parents on a hunt for some treasure while Huey and Louie learn about Dewey’s
investigations.
“Who
is Gizmoduck?!” (7/14/18) – Getting chided out for destroying a bank he was
saving, Fenton decides to get a job with Beaks who decides to take over the
role of Gizmoduck himself.
“The
Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!” (7/21/18) – While the boys deal with a con artist
bigfoot, Lena attempts to fight against Magica’s control of her life to protect
Webby.
“The
Last Crash of the Sunchaser!” (8/11/18) – A fateful crash forces Scrooge to
reveal what really happened to Della, resulting in everyone angrily leaving the
mansion and Scrooge alone.
“The
Shadow War!” (8/18/18) – Magica makes her move and breaks free of her prison,
freeing all the shadows of the citizens of Duckburg.
Season
2:
“The
Most Dangerous Game…Night!” (10/20/18) – Tired of adventuring, Louie suggests a
game night which brings out Scrooge’s competitive side and is about to be set
upon by tiny manor inhabitants.
“The
Depths of Cousin Fethry!” (10/27/18) – A visit to Donald’s cousin at a marine
station turns into an adventure when they’re attacked by a giant sea monster.
“The
Ballad of Duke Baloney!” (11/3/18) – Louie and Webby stumble upon an amnesiac
Glomgold who has been spending the past 4 months as a fisherman.
“The
Town Where Everyone Was Nice!” (11/10/18) – Donald reunites with the Three
Caballeros in time to save themselves and his family from a dangerous trap.
“Storkules
in Duckburg!” (11/17/18) – Storkules rents a room from Donald and harpies
follow him, inspiring Louie to create a monster-control business.
“Last
Christmas!” (12/1/18) - Scrooge avoids holiday stress
by traveling to the past with a trio of ghosts and crashing history’s greatest
Christmas parties.
“What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!” (3/9/19) – Della spends 10
years on the moon trying to get home when befriending the Moonlanders that live
there lead her to the gold she needs for fuel.
“Friendship Hates Magic!” (5/15/19) – While trying to find a way
to bring Lena back, Webby befriends another girl interested in magic whose
possession of Magica’s amulet has Lena suspicious.
“Treasure of the Found Lamp!” (5/7/19) – An Arabian warrior comes
looking for a lamp Scrooged acquired which Louie accidentally sold at a yard
sale.
“The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!” (5/8/19) – Scrooge tries to reignite
Louie’s business sense with a story about his days as a prospector in the Old
West.
“The 87 Cent Solution!” (5/9/19) – When a sick Scrooge goes on a
rampage to find 87 missing cents, his family worries that he may be suffering
from gold fever.
“The Golden Spear!” (5/10/19) – Penumbra launches Della’s ship
early and she leaves her plans for it with Lunaris, who lies about her
attacking him in order to rally the Moonlanders into an invasion.
“Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!” (5/13/19) – Della tries to readjust
to motherhood while Donald crashes onto the moon in her ship and ends up
captured by the Moonlanders.
“Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!” (5/14/19) – Scrooge takes Della
and Dewey to the Arctic to secure the contents of a doomsday vault, but
Glomgold and Owlson set their sights on it as well.
“The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!” (5/16/19) – Fenton
invites a rebel scientist back to the lab, not knowing she’s working for Beaks
in an attempt to steal his Gizmo-tech.
“The Duck Knight Returns!” (5/17/19) – Launchpad ends up caught
between the new star of the Darkwing Duck reboot movie and the original
star who will do anything to reacquire his glory.
“Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!” (9/4/19) – Louie and Goldie attend
Doofus’ party in an attempt to scam their way into all of his gift bags.
“What Ever Happened to Donald Duck?!” (9/3/19) – Penumbra frees
Donald from the gold mines and enlists his help to attempt to stop Lunaris’
invasion plans.
“A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!” (9/5/19) – Magica invades the
kids’ dreams and attempts to prove Lena is just like her by making her resemble
her so the others will attack Lena.
“The Golden Armory of Cornelius Coot!” (9/6/19) – Webby attempts
to find a treasure Della couldn’t and Big Time Beagle follows so as to win his
way back into the gang.
“Timephoon!” (9/9/19) – Loui’s scheme to use Gyro’s time tub to
treasure hunt turns a hurricane into a time storm that displaces people in
history and his entire family.
“GlomTales!” (9/10/19) – Glomgold teams up with the other villains
to invade the manor and win his bet with Scrooge, and gains an unlikely ally in
a grounded Louie.
“The Richest Duck in the World!” (9/11/19) – Louie decides to keep
his newfound wealth, unwittingly releasing a monster bent on destroying the
world’s richest person.
“Moonvasion!” (9/12/19) – The Moonlanders invade the Earth with
the plot to either use an engine to make it orbit the moon—or destroy
it.
Season 3:
“Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!” (4/4/20) – When Violet
seems to ace winning a promotion to Senior Woodchuck Huey decides to cheat and
get ahead.
“Quack Pack!” (4/4/20) – The ducks realize they’re trapped in a
90s sitcom as the result of Donald making a wish with a genie for a normal
life.
“Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice!” (4/11/20) –Steelbeak
accidentally increases Launchpad’s intelligence and allows him to stop the F.O.W.L.
agents’ latest plans.
“The Lost Harp of Mervana!” (4/18/20) – The ducks head to an
underwater society to find a sentient harp that forces Beakley to reveal the
lies she’s told Webby over the years.
“Louie’s Eleven” (4/25/20) – Louie plots with the Three Caballeros
to invade a trendsetter’s party to get them on her blog, but her son, Beaks,
has his own plan to steal her phone.
“Astro B.O.Y.D.!” (5/2/20) – Gyro takes a malfunctioning B.O.Y.D.
to Tokyolk to get him fixed, only to have Dr. Akita take control of the android
to enact his revenge on Gyro.
“The Rumble for Ragnarok!” (5/9/20) – Dewey ends up having to take
Scrooge’s place in a wrestling tournament, but Dewey quickly loses confidence
in his abilities.
“The Phantom and the Sorceress!” (9/21/20) – Webby, Violet and
Lena are forced to team-up with Magica to fend off the Phantom Blot from
stealing Magica’s amulet.
“They Put a Moonlander on the Earth!” (9/28/20) – In trying to get
Penumbra used to her new life on Earth, Webby and Dewey end up trapped in
Glomgold’s latest scheme against Scrooge.
“The Trickening!” (10/5/20) - Louie convinces the others to go to
a haunted house rumored to have candy left by terrified kids and they wind up
the prizes of candy-seeking monsters.
“The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!” (10/12/20) –
Scrooge, Goldie and Rockerdock on behalf of F.O.W.L. all seek the legendary
fountain of youth.
“Let’s Get Dangerous!” (10/19/20) – Scrooge heads to St. Canard to
invest in Taurus Bulba’s device that can seemingly create anything from
nothing, only to learn he’s a rogue F.O.W.L. agent.
“Escape from the ImpossiBin!” (10/26/20) – While Scrooge has Della
and Louie test out his bin’s new security system, Beakley and Webby train the
others to fight off F.O.W.L.
“The Split Sword of Swanstantine!” (11/2/20) – The family races
against F.O.W.L. to find all the pieces of a magical sword.
“New Gods on the Block!” (11/9/20) – The kids think they’re being
replaces when Scrooge calls in more help; Storkules tries to help Donald with
Daisy and ends up driving her off; and Zeus plots to have a Titan released so
that he may regain his lost powers.
“The First Adventure!” (11/16/20) – In the 60s, Scrooge is tasked
with caring for Della and Donald while trying to find a magical papyrus that
can create anything written on it for S.H.U.S.H.
“The Fight for Castle McDuck!” (11/23/20) – As Scrooge argues with
his sister, F.O.W.L. agents use magical bagpipes to bring Clan McDuck statues
to life who join in on the arguing.
“How Santa Stole Christmas!” (11/30/20) - Scrooge has to put aside
his long-standing feud with Santa in order to help deliver presents when
Santa hurts his leg.
“Beaks in the Shell!” (2/22/21) – Fenton and Gandra keep their
relationship a secret as they work on a VR landscape together, which Beaks
decides he wants to steal and traps them within.
“The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker!” (3/1/21) – Della and Dewey
enlist Kit’s help to find a cargo he lost years ago, which the Air Pirates are
also looking for on behalf of F.O.W.L.
“The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!” (3/8/21) – Doofus plans
revenge against Louie by putting Scrooge on trial in a karmic court for
creating his enemies.
“The Last Adventure!” (3/15/21) – Webby learns of her origins as
F.O.W.L. captures the family and forces Scrooge to sign an anti-adventuring
agreement for their release.
Shorts:
Welcome
to Duckburg:
“Donald’s
Birthday” (6/9/17) – Scrooge uses a magical candle on Donald’s cake.
“Meet
Scrooge!” (6/9/17) – Louie’s messing with a clock sends Scrooge through time.
“Meet
Huey!” (6/9/17) – Huey uses his Junior Woodchuck Guidebook to help him catch a
sasquatch.
“Meet
Launchpad McQuack!” (6/16/17) – Launchpad leaves notes on some cars he crashed
into.
“Meet
Mrs. Beakley!” (6/16/17) – Mrs. Beakley casually cleans while the kids are
terrorized by a ghost.
“Meet
Webby Vanderquack!” (6/16/17) – Webby goes on the hunt for a very special kind
of treasure.
The
Lost Key of Tralla La:
“The
Lost Key of Tralla La” (7/29/17) – Scrooge and the kids must escape Glomgold,
who is after their latest acquisition.
30
Things:
“With
Huey” (5/1/18) – Huey reveals his 30 favorite things.
“With
Webby” (5/2/18) – Webby runs through a list of her 30 favorite things.
“With
Dewey” (5/3/18) – Dewey talks about his 30 favorite things.
“With
Louie” (5/4/18) – Louie shares a list of his 26 favorite things (and 1 thing he
hates).
Webby
Reacts:
“Andi
Mack – ‘Bex’s Secret’” (5/8/18) – Webby finds a smartphone and stumbles
upon some family drama on Andi Mack.
“Andi
Mack – ‘Ummm’” (5/10/18) – An awkward scene teaches Webby that “um” is a
valid answer.
“ZOMBIES”
(5/12/18) – Webby gets really into fighting against a zombie to the point she
whips out a crossbow.
“Stuck
in the Middle” (5/16/18) – An emotional scene makes Webby vow to never let
her family go.
“Raven’s
Home” (5/18/18) – Guilt manifestations has Webby thinking various kinds of
demons are attacking the characters on the show.
“Descendants
2” (5/24/18) – Webby wonders why the pirate on her screen keeps asking
what’s her name.
“Descendants
3” (5/26/18) – Webby finds a movie that speaks to her themes of mysterious
parentage and a desire for long-lost family.
The
World’s Longest Deathtrap!:
“Part
1” (5/27/18) – Webby and Dewey fall into a deathtrap that Dewey ends up
activating.
“Part
2” (6/3/18) – They realize the trap is super slow from age, however their
situation doesn’t improve when Louie falls in and Dewey tosses his phone out.
“Part
3” (6/10/18) – Launchpad’s incompetence causes him to fall into the trap as
well, and now the floor comes alive with buzzsaws.
“Part
4” (6/17/18) – With Dewey unable to follow his instructions, Huey comes down to
deactivate the trap himself only to end up making things worse.
“Part
5” (6/24/18) – Huey ends up stopping the trap by catching his guidebook in the
gears, allowing them to escape the pit—and fall victim to the ceiling
deathtrap.
Dewey
Dew-Night!:
“The
Sidekick” (7/8/18) – Dewey launches his own talk show and quickly regrets
making Webby his first guest.
“The
Interview” (7/15/18) – Unable to get Scrooge on his show, Dewey substitutes him
with the headless man horse.
“Will
it Crash?!” (7/22/18) – Dewey enlists Launchpad’s help in drumming up
excitement for his show by crashing a fan boat.
“Bedtime”
(7/29/18) – Dewey’s attempt to break the internet into quarters is interrupted
by his brothers’ desire to get to bed.
Duckburg’s
Funniest Home Videos:
“Duckburg’s
Funniest Home Videos” (9/4/18) – Louie watches and comments on some funny
animal videos.
DuckFAILS!:
“Part
1” (10/15/18) – Huey, Dewey, Louie and Webby’s epic fails.
“Part
2” (10/16/18) – Launchpad joins in on the blunders.
“Part
3” (10/17/18) – Donald gets added to the mix.
Disney
Theme Song Takeover:
“Launchpad”
(6/27/19) – Launchpad sings his own version of the DuckTales theme and
runs through the intro.
“Glomgold”
(7/19/19) – Glomgold animates and sings his own intro for GlomTales.
Top
Favorites:
“Webby’s
Top 4 Disguises” (7/23/19) – Webby recounts the best disguises seen on the
show.
“Louie’s
Top 4 Treasures” (7/30/19) – Louie names his favorite treasures they’ve found.
“Webby’s
Top 4 Monsters” (8/11/19) – Webby counts down her favorite monsters they’ve
encountered.
“Huey’s
Top 4 Tech” (8/18/19) – Huey lists his favorite pieces of tech featured on the
show.
“Dewey’s
Top 4 Quests” (8/25/19) – Dewey shares his favorite adventures on the show.
Disney
Random Rings:
“Baymax
Helps Launchpad” (6/29/20) – Launchpad calls Baymax while trying to order a
pizza.
“Launchpad
Calls Cricket” (1/31/21) – Launchpad accidentally calls Cricket Green while
trying to inform Scrooge he found his massive gem.
Chibi
Tiny Tales:
“Mayan
Mayhem” (2/26/21) – The ducks have some misadventures exploring a Mayan temple
for some treasure.
“Dime
and Dash” (3/7/21) – Magica and Glomgold both try to get their hands on
Scrooge’s #1 dime.
“Burrito
Bash” (3/14/21) – Webby and Launchpad head out to see the world’s largest
burrito.
This
Duckburg Life:
“Adventure
Calls” (3/29/21) – A series of voicemails to Launchpad relays how Dewey and
Louie got kidnapped by the Beagle Boys while waiting for him.
“Narratron
3000” (4/5/21) – Gyro’s latest invention gains sentience and attempts to take
over Huey’s body.
“Louie
Sells Out” (4/12/21) – Louie drops advertisements on Huey’s lecture about the
Duckburg Bark Beetle.
“Ghost
Library” (4/19/21) – Scrooge, Dewey and Webby visit a library that only appears
for 13 minutes every hundred years while Huey interviews Ms. Quackfaster about
it.
“The
Framing of Flintheart Glomgold” (4/26/21) – Huey decides to prove Glomgold’s
innocence in sabotaging Scrooge’s new water park with sharks.
“Out
to Lunch” (5/3/21) – Huey spends the day with Launchpad.
“Beagle
Day” (5/10/21) – Louie and Webby must retrieve Scrooge’s top hat from the
Beagle Boys as it contains the deed to Duckburg.
