| DuckTales | |
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 From left to right: Dewey, Huey and Louie, and Scrooge McDuck as seen in the show's opening. Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck are a trio of Ducks who appear in Animated cartoons and Comic books published by The Walt Disney Company Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional |
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| Also known as | Disney's DuckTales |
| Format | Animated series |
| Created by | Carl Barks Jymn Magon Fred Wolf |
| Voices of | Alan Young Hamilton Camp Peter Cullen Brian Cummings Miriam Flynn June Foray Kathleen Freeman Joan Gerber Chuck McCann Terry McGovern Hal Smith Russi Taylor Frank Welker |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who Jymn Magon (born 7 December 1949 is an American television and film writer. Fred Wolf is an American Animator. His works include the 1967 short subject The Box, for which he won an Academy Award; television specials Alan Young (born 19 November 1919 is an Emmy Award -winning prolific Character actor, best known for his Television role opposite a talking horse Hamilton Camp ( October 30, 1934 &ndash October 2, 2005) was an English-born American Singer, Songwriter Peter Cullen, born in 1944 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a Voice actor who is best known for providing the voices for Optimus Prime Brian Cummings is an American Voice actor known primarily for his work in cartoons Miriam Flynn (born June 18, 1952) is an American Voice artist and character actress. June Foray (born September 18, 1917) is an American Voice actress who has worked for most of the studios which produced Animated films Kathleen Freeman ( February 17, 1919 - August 23, 2001) was an American Film, Television, and stage Joan Gerber is an American voice actress born July 29, 1935 in Detroit Michigan. Chuck McCann (b September 2, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York) is a movie TV stage and Voice actor. Terence "Terry" McGovern was born May 11, 1942, and is an American film Actor, television broadcaster radio personality voice-over Harold John "Hal" Smith ( August 24, 1916 - January 28, 1994) was an American Character actor and voice-over Russi Taylor (born on May 4, 1944 in Cambridge Massachusetts) is the current voice actress for Disney 's Minnie Mouse character Franklin W Welker (born March 12 1946 is an American voice actor. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 100 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Disney Channel/Syndication |
| Original run | September 11, 1987 – May 6, 1990 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Darkwing Duck (1991) Quack Pack (1996) |
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| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
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Premise
The general premise of the show is about the adventures of Scrooge and his nephews. Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck are a trio of Ducks who appear in Animated cartoons and Comic books published by The Walt Disney Company The nephews, who were originally living with their uncle Donald, are left in Scrooge's care when the former joins the Navy. Donald Duck is a cartoon character from The Walt Disney Company.
Though Scrooge is the richest duck in the world, he constantly tries to find ways to increase his wealth. A few episodes involve protecting his wealth from villains who want to rob Scrooge of all his money. The prominent recurring antagonists in the show include The Beagle Boys and Magica De Spell who are always finding ways to rob and swindle Scrooge and his nephews. The Beagle Boys are a group of Fictional characters from the Scrooge McDuck universe loosely based on the popular image of Ma Barker and the Barker-Karpis Magica De Spell is a Fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck universe, a Witch created by Carl Barks. Scrooge's nemesis in the show is Flintheart Glomgold, who always tries to devise plans to dethrone Scrooge Mcduck from his "Richest duck in the world" tag. Flintheart Glomgold is a Fictional character in Disney Comic books, one of Scrooge McDuck 's main rivals who holds the title of The Second
The show's second season saw the addition of characters Fenton Crackshell and Bubba Duck. Fenton Crackshell, also known as GizmoDuck, is a Fictional character created by the Walt Disney company and voiced by Hamilton Camp. Along with them came stories that generally shifted away from the globetrotting plots of the first season, and revolved primarily in the contemporary setting of Duckburg. Episodes would feature either Bubba or Fenton but rarely both.
Although Scrooge and his nephews were the show's main characters, some episodes focused on other characters like Launchpad or Gyro. Launchpad McQuack is a character created by the Walt Disney Company who first appeared as Scrooge McDuck 's pilot on DuckTales, and later in the Gyro Gearloose is a Fictional character, an anthropomorphic Chicken created by Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company.
Some episodes are based on Carl Barks stories or simply have elements from such stories. Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who (The Unbreakable Bin is based on Barks' The Unsafe Safe)
Production
The series is notable for being the first Disney cartoon to be produced for syndication[1] , and paving the way for future Disney cartoons, such as Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and TaleSpin. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters DuckTales also spawned two spinoffs – Darkwing Duck and Quack Pack. Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Quack Pack is an Animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company.
A world broadcast premiere television movie (entitled "The Treasures of the Golden Suns") first aired on September 11, 1987. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Afterwards, it was later turned into a five-part pilot episode. The hundredth episode (which was also the series finale) aired on May 6, 1990. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) A feature-length movie was released in theatres on August 3, 1990. DuckTales The Movie Treasure of the Lost Lamp is an Animated film released by The Walt Disney Company in 1990; it is based on the Animated Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
The show was the most successful of Disney's early attempts to create high-quality animation for a TV animated series (earlier shows included The Wuzzles and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears in 1985). The Wuzzles is an American Animated television series created for Saturday morning television and was first broadcast on September 14, Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American Animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) [2] Disney invested a far greater amount of money into the TV series than had previously been spent on animated shows of the time. This was considered a risky move, because animated TV series were generally considered low-budget investments for most of the history of TV cartoons up through the 1980s. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Most of the DuckTales episodes were animated in Asia by companies such as Cuckoo's Nest Studios, Wang Film Productions of Taiwan, and Tokyo Movie Shinsha of Japan. The name of this Taiwanese company is not related to that of the 1975 film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Wang Film Productions is one of the oldest and most prolific Animation studios Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. [3]
Many critics say that Disney's own animation studio had lost most of its luster during the period from Walt Disney's passing through the 1980s. Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter However, the studio took a number of risks that paid off handsomely, and DuckTales was one of those risks that won big. The studio gambled on the idea that a larger investment into quality animation could be made back through syndication — a concept that worked well with live-action TV reruns, but which had only been used with inexpensive cartoon series that either recycled theatrical shorts from decades past or only featured limited, low-budget animation. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through A rerun or repeat is a re-airing of an episode of a Radio or Television broadcast.
The 1987-1988 season of DuckTales consisted of 65 episodes (the standard length for a Disney TV show). Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The next season (1989-1990) included an additional 35 episodes, bringing the total to 100 episodes — making DuckTales one of the longest-running Disney shows in terms of number of episodes. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) (The longest-running Disney show is Dumbo's Circus). Dumbo's Circus is a Live-action / Puppet Television series on The Disney Channel, featuring the character of Dumbo from the In the second season, Bubba the Caveduck and his pet triceratops, Tootsie, and Fenton Crackshell and his alter ego Gizmo Duck appeared.
The show was successful enough to spawn a feature film, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, and two spinoff series: Darkwing Duck and Quack Pack. DuckTales The Movie Treasure of the Lost Lamp is an Animated film released by The Walt Disney Company in 1990; it is based on the Animated Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Quack Pack is an Animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company. The success of DuckTales also paved the way for a new wave of high-quality animated TV series, including Disney's own The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in 1988. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an American Animated Television series made by The Walt Disney Company, and inspired by Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
The 1989 series Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers was paired with DuckTales in an hour-long syndicated show through the 1989-1990 television season. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) In the 1990-1991 season, Disney expanded the idea even further, to create The Disney Afternoon, a two-hour long syndicated block of half-hour cartoons. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Disney Afternoon was a created-for- syndication two-hour television programming block which aired from September 10, 1990, until mid- DuckTales was one of the early flagship cartoons in the series.
Huey, Dewey, and Louie all appeared in the drug prevention video Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue. Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is an animated drug prevention Television special starring many of the popular cartoon characters from American Scrooge and Launchpad appeared in Disney's short-lived animated series Raw Toonage (originally aired on CBS in 1992 and 1993). Raw Toonage was a half hour Disney Animated cartoon series aired on the CBS network in the fall of 1992 CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
DuckTales was last seen on Toon Disney, a Disney-owned network that airs mostly animated cartoons. Toon Disney is a soon to be defunct 24-hour American Cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly airs Children After the addition of Jetix in February 2004, the show left circulation along with a number of other shows, and as of 2006, it is currently being syndicated on the United Kingdom channel Disney Cinemagic. Jetix is a Children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Disney Cinemagic is the movie service for the Disney Channel in the UK & Ireland (and now on Portugal available through Sky Digital, Tiscali TV and The Disney Channel reran the series in the late-1990s until their pre-teen lineup took over. For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999
Characters
The main characters of the series, who appear in almost every episode, are Scrooge McDuck and his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. This article includes a partial list of characters from the animated series DuckTales. Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck are a trio of Ducks who appear in Animated cartoons and Comic books published by The Walt Disney Company Scrooge McDuck is a serious businessman, often shown to be a tightwad, who managed to earn a fortune so vast that he became the richest duck in the world. He claims to have succeeded by being "smarter than the smarties, and tougher than the toughies". Despite his harsh business ethics, Scrooge shows that he is also a caring man to his family. Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Scrooge's great-nephews, who are left in his care during the entire length of the series. Although the boys are fairly hyperactive, they are also shown to be rather clever and intelligent.
The series also features a mix of established characters carried over from the comics, as well as new ones created for the show. Scrooge's household also consists of his butler, Duckworth; Mrs. Beakley, a nanny hired to look after Huey, Dewey and Louie; and Webby Vanderquack, the granddaughter of Mrs. Bentina Beakley, better known as Mrs Beakley, is a Fictional character, a relatively late addition to the fictional Scrooge McDuck universe from the Disney Webbigail "Webby" Vanderquack is a Fictional character from the Walt Disney Company, created exclusively for DuckTales and voiced Beakley.
Initially, recurring characters included the absent-minded inventor Gyro Gearloose, the heroic but not too bright pilot Launchpad McQuack and the loyal but somewhat foolish Doofus Drake. Doofus Drake is a character created by The Walt Disney Company exclusively for the animated Television show DuckTales. During the second season, Bubba, a caveduck from the past, and an accountant, Fenton Crackshell, who had the dual identity of Gizmoduck, were added to the cast.
The show's primary villains consist of characters Magica De Spell, Flintheart Glomgold and the Beagle Boys. Although they are all financial threats to Scrooge in one way or another, they each have different motives: Magica wants Scrooge's Number One Dime to complete her magic spell, which will enable her to take over the world; Glomgold wants to replace Scrooge as the "Richest duck in the world"; and the Beagle Boys want to rob Scrooge of his fortune. The Number One Dime is an artifact of the fictional Scrooge McDuck universe, the first Coin that Scrooge McDuck ever earned (or according to some stories New villains created for the show include Ma Beagle, mother of the Beagle Boys, and Poe De Spell, Magica's brother who has been transformed into a raven. Ma Beagle is a Fictional character created for the Animated series DuckTales. Poe De Spell, better known as either Poe or Mr Poe, is a Fictional character from the Walt Disney Company, created exclusively for
Other minor, but notable characters include Donald Duck, who left Huey, Dewey and Louie in Scrooge's care at the start of the series; Gladstone Gander, Scrooge's inexplicably lucky nephew; Scrooge's old flame, Glittering Goldie O'Gilt; Merlock, a powerful magician who served as the movie's main villain; and Dijon, a thief who worked for either Merlock or himself. Gladstone Gander is a Walt Disney Fictional character created by comic artist and writer Carl Barks for Western Publishing. Goldie O'Gilt (or Glittering Goldie) is a Fictional character Merlock is a sorcerer and a Villain of the Scrooge McDuck universe.
Episodes
Setting
Film
The film was released wide in the United States on August 3, 1990 by Walt Disney Pictures. The following is an episode list for the Disney animated television series DuckTales. Duckburg is a Fictional city which appears in Walt Disney 's Comic books and animated projects DuckTales The Movie Treasure of the Lost Lamp is an Animated film released by The Walt Disney Company in 1990; it is based on the Animated The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established The film follows Scrooge McDuck and his nephews as they try to defeat the evil warlock, Merlock from taking over the legendary magic lamp.
Merchandise
DuckTales had two series of comic books. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative The first series was published by Gladstone Publishing and ran for 13 issues from 1988 to 1990, and the second series was published by Disney Comics and ran for 18 issues from 1990 to 1991. Gladstone Publishing was an American company that published Disney comics from 1986 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998. This article is about Disney Comics a Publisher of Comic books. Disney also published a children's magazine based on the show, which also featured comic stories, one of which was the only story written by Don Rosa without any illustrations. Keno Don Hugo Rosa (often just called Don Rosa) (born June 29, 1951) is a comic book writer and illustrator best known for his stories about Scrooge Subsequent comic stories were also printed in the magazine Disney Adventures from 1990 to 1996. Disney Adventures was a children's entertainment and educational magazine published ten times per year by The Walt Disney Company.
Home releases
Video and computer games
Comic Books/Trade Paperbacks
On May 24 and July 19, 2006, Gemstone published a two-volume trade paperback, Carl Bark's Greatest Ducktales Stories. Disney is currently in the process of releasing DuckTales onto DVD. DuckTales is a Video game based on the Disney animated TV series of the same name. DuckTales 2 is a Video game based on the TV Series DuckTales, and is a sequel to the original DuckTales game Duck Tales The Quest for Gold is a Platform game developed by Incredible Technologies for the Amiga, Apple II, Commodore The trades contain reprints of stories written by Carl Barks which were specifically adapted into television episodes of Ducktales.
Both volumes start out with an introduction and compare the original comic story with its Ducktales episode counterpart. Volume 1 also includes a two page article delving into details on the adapting the show from the comic series.
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| Issue Number | Story |
| Four Color #456 | Back To The Klondike |
| Uncle Scrooge #13 | Land Beneath The Ground (The episode was titled Earthquack) |
| Uncle Scrooge #65 | Micro Ducks From Outer Space |
| Uncle Scrooge #9 | Lemming With The Locket (The episode was titled Scrooge's Pet) |
| Uncle Scrooge #14 | Lost Crown Of Genghis Khan |
| Uncle Scrooge #29 | Hound Of Whiskervilles (The episode was titled The Curse Of Castle McDuck) |
| Volume 2 | |
| Issue Number | Story |
| Uncle Scrooge #58 | The Giant Robot Robbers (The episode was titled Robot Robbers) |
| Uncle Scrooge #12 | The Golden Fleecing |
| Uncle Scrooge #3 | The Horseradish Story (The episode was titled Down And Out In Duckburg) |
| Uncle Scrooge #41 | The Status Seeker |
| Uncle Scrooge #38 | The Unsafe Safe (The episode was titled The Unbreakable Bin) |
| Uncle Scrooge #6 | Tralla La (The episode was titled The Land Of Tra-La-La) |
In August 29, 2007, Disney released a trade paperback of Scrooge's Quest. Four Color, also known as Four Color Comics and One Shots, was an extremely prolific American Comic book Scrooge's Quest is a seven parts 1990 Duck Tales comics story written by Marv Wolfman. The TPB reprints the first seven issues of the Ducktales comic series.
International
The success of DuckTales led to the translation of the show into many languages. DuckTales was the first American animated TV series to be officially broadcast in syndication in the former USSR. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Featured together with Chip ‘n Dale’s Rescue Rangers in a Sunday evening program titled Walt Disney Presents, the show premiered in 1991.
The show’s theme song (written by Mark Mueller and originally sung by Jeff Pescetto) however remained in English for a number of episodes. Jeff Pescetto is a musical artist who is most notable for collaborating with David Foster on the 1990 recreation of John Farnham's Australian single " You're The first Russian version of the song was inexplicably replaced mid-way through the series with an alternate rendition that contained completely different lyrics. Similarly, the Swedish version changed the lyrics to the theme halfway through the series. The series aired in India, dubbed in Hindi. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
The most known local singer of Duck Tales song was in Finland, where it was sung by well-known singer Pave Maijanen. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
See also
External links
- Official web page at the Toon Disney Channel
- DuckTales at the Internet Movie Database
- DuckTales: Volume 1 DVD Review at UltimateDisney.com
- DuckTales on TV.com
- DuckTales on The Big Cartoon Database
- DuckTales on Retro Junk
- All about DuckTales (Russian) In English
References
- ^ Syndication. Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Quack Pack is an Animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company. Toonopedia. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ Wuzzles and Gummi Bears. Toonopedia. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ TMS Entertainment. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
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