Scrooge McDuck
"Scrooge McDuck, the Richest Duck in the World", by Carl Barks
First appearance	Christmas on Bear Mountain Donald Duck Four Color #178 December 1947
Created by	Carl Barks
Voiced by	Bill Thompson (English, Scrooge McDuck and Money) Will Ryan (English, Sport Goofy in Soccermania) Alan Young (English, 1983-present) Kenji Utsumi (Japanese, DuckTales, TV Tokyo edition) Kōichi Kitamura (Japanese, 1983-2007)
Also known as	Uncle Scrooge, The Richest Duck in the World

Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional Scottish Glaswegian^[1] anthropomorphic duck created by Carl Barks that first appeared in Four Color Comics #178, Christmas on Bear Mountain, published by Dell Comics in December, 1947. Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Christmas on Bear Mountain ( 1947) is a Donald Duck story by Carl Barks, first published in Dell Comics Four Color Comics Four Color, also known as Four Color Comics and One Shots, was an extremely prolific American Comic book Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and Bill Thompson may refer to Bill Thompson (auto racer, 3-time winner of the Australian Grand Prix in the 1930s Bill Thompson (voice Will Ryan is a Voice actor originally from Cleveland Ohio. Something of a prodigy his music career began when while still in high school he signed the first Alan Young (born 19 November 1919 is an Emmy Award -winning prolific Character actor, best known for his Television role opposite a talking horse ( August 26, 1937 -) is a Japanese Actor and Seiyū from Kitakyūshū, affiliated with the self-founded Ken Production. real name ( December 18, 1931 - October 2, 2007) was a japanese Seiyū. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Anthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely Human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings natural and supernatural phenomena material states and objects Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who Four Color, also known as Four Color Comics and One Shots, was an extremely prolific American Comic book Christmas on Bear Mountain ( 1947) is a Donald Duck story by Carl Barks, first published in Dell Comics Four Color Comics Dell Comics was the Comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in Pulp magazines.

Over the decades, Scrooge has emerged from being a mere supporting character to a major figure of the Duck universe, even giving it its popular name Scrooge McDuck universe. Scrooge McDuck universe is the fictional world where Scrooge McDuck lives In 1952, he was given his own comic book series, Uncle Scrooge, which still runs today. This article is about a comic book For information on the character see Scrooge McDuck. As the character's popularity rose, he appeared in various television specials, films, and video games. A television special is a Television program, typically a Short film or Television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Scrooge, along with several other characters of Duckburg, has enjoyed international popularity, particularly in Europe, and his books are frequently translated into other languages. Duckburg is a Fictional city which appears in Walt Disney 's Comic books and animated projects

Scrooge's name is based on the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, a character from Charles Dickens' 1843 novel A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge is the Main character in Charles Dickens ' 1843 Novel, A Christmas Carol. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A Christmas Carol in Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol) is a Novella by Charles Dickens ^[2] Although never explicitly confirmed by Barks, it is theorized that Scottish industrialist Andrew Carnegie, who left his country for America at 13, served as a model for Uncle Scrooge (in Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Scrooge leaves Scotland for the United States at age 13). Andrew Carnegie (properly kɑrˈneɪgi but commonly /ˈkɑrnɨgi/ or /kɑrˈnɛgi/ (25 November 1835 – 11 August 1919 was a Scottish -born American Industrialist The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a revisionist Comic book story by Don Rosa about Scrooge ^[3] Another prototype for Scrooge was a character (with no name) with Scrooge's characteristic sideburns, glasses and Scottish accent who was featured in the Disney-produced World War II propaganda film, The Spirit of '43 in 1943. Glasses, also called eyeglasses or spectacles, are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the Eyes normally for vision correction, Scottish English is the variety of English spoken in Scotland, also called Scottish Standard English. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A propaganda film is a Film, either a documentary -style production or a fictional screenplay that is produced to convince the viewer of a certain political point The Spirit of '43 is a World War II Propaganda Cartoon created by Walt Disney Studios in 1943 and starring

Contents 1 Comics history 1.1 First appearance 1.2 As a recurring character 1.3 First hints of Scrooge's past 1.4 Precursors to later stories 1.5 Scrooge as a major character 1.6 Final developments 1.7 Later stories 2 Characterization 2.1 Wealth 2.2 Education 2.3 Morality and beliefs 2.4 In DuckTales 2.5 In Europe 3 Impact 3.1 Scrooge McDuck universe 3.2 In other media 4 Notes 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

Comics history

First appearance

Main article: Christmas on Bear Mountain

Scrooge, maternal uncle of previously established character Donald Duck, made his first named appearance in Christmas on Bear Mountain in December 1947, a story written and drawn by artist Carl Barks. Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who

In Christmas on Bear Mountain^[4], Scrooge was a bearded, bespectacled, reasonably wealthy old duck, visibly leaning on his cane, and living in isolation in a "huge mansion". ^[5] Scrooge's misanthropic thoughts in this first story are quite pronounced: "Here I sit in this big lonely dump, waiting for Christmas to pass! Bah! That silly season when everybody loves everybody else! A curse on it! Me—I'm different! Everybody hates me, and I hate everybody!"^[5]

Barks later reflected, "Scrooge in 'Christmas on Bear Mountain' was only my first idea of a rich, old uncle. Misanthropy is a general dislike distrust or hatred of the Human species or a disposition to dislike and/or distrust other people I had made him too old and too weak. I discovered later on that I had to make him more active. I could not make an old guy like that do the things I wanted him to do. "^[6]

As a recurring character

Barks would later claim that he originally only intended to use Scrooge as a one-shot character, but then decided Scrooge (and his fortune) could prove useful for motivating further stories. Barks continued to experiment with Scrooge's appearance and personality over the next four years.

Scrooge's second appearance, in The Old Castle's Secret^[7] (first published in June 1948), had Scrooge recruiting his nephews to search for a family treasure hidden in Dismal Downs, the McDuck family's ancestral castle, built in the middle of Rannoch Moor in Scotland. Rannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km² of boggy Moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. "Foxy Relations" (first published in November 1948) was the first story where Scrooge is called by his title and catchphrase "The Richest Duck in the World". A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance

First hints of Scrooge's past

"Voodoo Hoodoo", first published in August 1949, was the first story to hint at Scrooge's past with the introduction of two figures from it. Jack Bradbury ( December 27, 1914 - May 15, 2004) was an American animator and comic book artist The first was Foola Zoola, an old African sorcerer and chief of the Voodoo tribe who had cursed Scrooge, seeking revenge for the destruction of his village and the taking of his tribe's lands by Scrooge decades ago.

Scrooge privately admitted to his nephews that he had used an army of "cutthroats" to get the tribe to abandon their lands, in order to establish a diamond-mining colony. In Mineralogy, diamond is the allotrope of carbon where the carbon atoms are arranged in The event was placed in 1879 during the story, but it would later be retconned to 1909 to fit with Scrooge's later-established personal history. Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction

The second figure was Bombie the Zombie, the organ of the sorcerer's curse and revenge. He had reportedly sought Scrooge for decades before reaching Duckburg, mistaking Donald for Scrooge. Bombie was not really undead and Foola Zoola did not practice necromancy. Undead is a collective name for fictional beings that are deceased yet behave as if alive Necromancy ( Greek νεκρομαντία nekromantía) is a form of Divination in which the practitioner seeks to summon "operative spirits"

Barks, with a note of skepticism often found in his stories, explained the zombie as a living person who has never died, but has somehow gotten under the influence of a sorcerer. In ordinary usage skepticism or scepticism ( Greek 'σκέπτομαι' skeptomai, to look about to consider see also spelling differences Although some scenes of the story were intended as a parody of Bela Lugosi's White Zombie, the story is the first to not only focus on Scrooge's past but also touch on the darkest aspects of his personality. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Béla Lugosi (October 20 1882 &ndash August 16 1956 was an iconic Hungarian stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American White Zombie ( 1932) is an American Horror film, first released on August 4, 1932.

Precursors to later stories

"Trail of the Unicorn"^[8], first published in February 1950, introduced Scrooge's private zoo. A zoological garden, shortened to zoo, is an institution in which living animals are exhibited in captivity One of his pilots had managed to photograph the last living unicorn, which lived on the Indian part of the Himalayas. A unicorn (from Latin unus 'one' and cornu 'horn' is a Mythological creature. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Scrooge offered a reward to competing cousins Donald Duck and Gladstone Gander to whoever would be the first to capture the unicorn for his collection of animals. Gladstone Gander is a Walt Disney Fictional character created by comic artist and writer Carl Barks for Western Publishing.

This was also the story which introduced his private airplane. Overview Fixed-wing aircraft range from small training and recreational aircraft to Wide-body aircraft and military cargo aircraft. Barks would later establish Scrooge as an experienced aviator. Donald had previously been shown as also being a skilled aviator, with Flintheart also being shown as such in later stories. In comparison, Huey, Dewey and Louie were only depicted having taken flying lessons in the story "Frozen Gold" (published in January 1945).

"The Pixilated Parrot", first published in July 1950, introduced the precursor to Scrooge's money bin; in this story, Scrooge's central office building is said to contain "three cubic acres of money". In Arithmetic and Algebra, the cube of a number n is its third power &mdash the result of multiplying it by itself three times The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U Two nameless burglars who briefly appear during the story are considered to be the precursors of the Beagle Boys. 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

Scrooge as a major character

"The Magic Hourglass", first published in September 1950, was arguably the first story to change the focus of the Duck stories from Donald to Scrooge. During the story, several themes were introduced for Scrooge.

Donald first mentions in this story that his uncle practically owns Duckburg, a statement that Scrooge's rival John D. Rockerduck would later put in dispute. John D Rockerduck is a Fictional character from the Scrooge McDuck Universe. Scrooge first hints that he was not born into wealth, as he remembers buying the Hourglass of the story in Morocco when he was a member of a ship's crew as a cabin boy. Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa It is also the first story in which Scrooge mentions speaking another language besides his native English and reading other alphabets besides the Latin alphabet, as during the story, he speaks Arabic and reads the Arabic alphabet. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing several languages of Asia and Africa such as Arabic, Persian, and Urdu.

The latter theme would be developed further in later stories. Barks and current Scrooge writer Don Rosa have depicted Scrooge as being fluent in Arabic, Dutch, German, Mongolian, Spanish, Mayan, Bengali, Finnish, and various dialects of Chinese. 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 Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The Mongolian language (mn [[ImageMonggol kelesvg 17px]] Mongɣol kele, Cyrillic: Монгол хэл Mongol khel) is the best-known member of Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside Scrooge acquired this knowledge from years of living or traveling to the various regions of the world where those languages are spoken. Later writers would depict Scrooge having at least working knowledge of several other languages.

Scrooge was shown in "The Magic Hourglass" in a more positive light than in previous stories, but his more villainous side is present too. Scrooge is seen in this story attempting to reacquire a magic hourglass that he gave to Donald, before finding out that it acted as a protective charm for him. An hourglass, also known as a sandglass, sand timer or sand clock, is a device for the measurement of Time. To convince his nephews to return it, he pursues them throughout Morocco, where they had headed to earlier in the story. Memorably during the story, Scrooge interrogates Donald by having him tied up and tickled with a feather in an attempt to get Donald to reveal the hourglass's location. Scrooge finally manages to retrieve it, exchanging it for a flask of water, as he had found his nephews exhausted and left in the desert with no supplies. As Scrooge explains, he intended to give them a higher offer, but he just could not resist having somebody at his mercy without taking advantage of it.

Final developments

"A Financial Fable", first published in March 1951, had Scrooge teaching Donald some lessons in productivity as the source of wealth, along with the laws of supply and demand. Supply and demand is an Economic model describing effects on price and quantity in a Market. Perhaps more importantly, it was also the first story where Scrooge observes how diligent and industrious Huey, Louie and Dewey are, making them more similar to himself rather than to Donald. Donald in Barks's stories is depicted as working hard on occasion, but given the choice often proves to be a shirker. The three younger nephews first side with Scrooge rather than Donald in this story, with the bond between granduncle and grandnephews strengthening in later stories. However, there have been rare instances where Donald proved invaluable to Scrooge, such as when the group traveled back in time to Ancient Egypt to retrieve a pharaoh's papyrus. Papyrus (/pəˈpaɪrəs/ (Rhymes -aɪrəs)is a thick paper-like material produced from the Pith of the papyrus plant Cyperus papyrus Donald cautions against taking it with him, as no one would believe the story unless it was unearthed. Donald then buries it and makes a marking point from the Nile River, making Scrooge think to himself admiringly "Donald must have swallowed the Encyclopedia Britannica!"

"Terror of the Beagle Boys", first published in November 1951, introduced the readers to the Beagle Boys, although Scrooge in this story seems to be already familiar with them. The Nile (النيل, Ancient Egyptian iteru or Ḥ'pī, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing River The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc "The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill" introduced Scrooge's money bin, built on Killmotor Hill in the center of Duckburg.

By this point, Scrooge had become familiar to readers in the United States and Europe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Other Disney writers and artists besides Barks began using Scrooge in their own stories, including Italian writer Romano Scarpa. The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging Romano Scarpa (September 27 1927 Venice - April 23 2005 Málaga) was one of the most famous Italian creators of Disney comics. Western Publishing, the then-publisher of the Disney crafty comics, started thinking about using Scrooge as a protagonist rather than a supporting character, and then decided to launch Scrooge in his own self-titled comic. Western Publishing, also known as "Western Printing and Lithographing Co Uncle Scrooge #1, featuring the story "Only a Poor Old Man", was published in March 1952-1953. Only A Poor Old Man is a Comic story written by Carl Barks for the first issue of Uncle Scrooge. This story along with "Back to the Klondike", first published a year later in March 1953, became the biggest influences in how Scrooge's character, past, and beliefs would become defined. For the DuckTales episode see Back to the Klondike (DuckTales episode.

After this point, Barks produced most of his longer stories in Uncle Scrooge, with a focus mainly on adventure, while his ten-page stories for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories continued to feature Donald as the star and focused on comedy. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (WDC or WDC&S for short is an Anthology Comic book that has an assortment of Disney characters including In Scrooge's stories, Donald and his nephews were cast as Scrooge's assistants, who accompanied Scrooge in his adventures around the world. This change of focus from Donald to Scrooge was also reflected in stories by other contemporary writers. Since then, Scrooge remains a central figure of the Duck comics' universe, thus the coining of the term "Scrooge McDuck Universe". Scrooge McDuck universe is the fictional world where Scrooge McDuck lives

Later stories

After Barks' retirement, the character continued under other artists. In 1972, Barks was persuaded to write more stories for Disney. He wrote Junior Woodchuck stories where Scrooge often plays the part of the villain, closer to the role he had before he acquired his own series. In Disney 's fictional universe The Junior Woodchucks are the Boy Scouts of America -like youth organization to which Donald Duck 's nephews Huey Dewey Under Barks, Scrooge always was a malleable character who would take on whatever persona was convenient to the plot.

The Italian writer and artist Romano Scarpa made several additions to Scrooge McDuck's universe, including characters such as Brigitta McBridge, Scrooge's self-styled fiancée, and Gideon McDuck, a newspaper editor who is Scrooge's brother. Romano Scarpa (September 27 1927 Venice - April 23 2005 Málaga) was one of the most famous Italian creators of Disney comics. This is a list of members of the fictional Clan McDuck, all of whom are characters owned by the Walt Disney Company. Those characters have appeared mostly in European comics. So is also the case for Scrooge's rival John D. Rockerduck (created by Barks for just one story) and Donald's cousin Fethry Duck, who sometimes works as a reporter for Scrooge's newspaper. John D Rockerduck is a Fictional character from the Scrooge McDuck Universe.

Another major development was the arrival of writer and artist Don Rosa in 1987. 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 Rosa considers Scrooge to be his favourite Disney character. Unlike most other Disney writers, Don Rosa considered Scrooge as a historical character whose Disney adventures had occurred in the fifties and sixties and ended in 1967 when Barks retired. He considered only Barks' stories canonical, and fleshed out a timeline as well as a family tree based on Barks' stories. Eventually he made The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, a full history in twelve chapters which received an Eisner Award in 1995. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a revisionist Comic book story by Don Rosa about Scrooge The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner Later on he included additional chapters. Under Rosa, Scrooge became more ethical, he never cheats. He owes his fortune to his hard work and his money bin is "full of souvenirs" rather than full of money since every coin reminds him of a specific circumstance. Although his work is scarce, Rosa remains the foremost contemporary duck artist and was nominated for five 2007 Eisner Awards. His work is regularly reprinted by itself as well as along with Barks stories for which he created a sequel.

Daan Jippes, who can mimic Barks' art, is currently repenciling the Barks' 1970s Junior Woodchucks stories. Daan Jippes (birth name Daniel Jan Jippes, born 14 October 1945 in Amsterdam) is a Cartoonist, who has worked with Disney Other notable Disney artists who have worked with the Scrooge character include Marco Rota, William Van Horn, and Tony Strobl. Marco Rota (born September 18, 1942) is an Italian Disney comic artist who served as editor-in-chief of Disney Italia from 1974 to 1988 William Van Horn (born February 15, 1939) has been a Disney comics artist and writer since 1988. Anthony Joseph (Tony Strobl ( May 12 1915 &ndash December 29 1991) was an American

Characterization

Wealth

Scrooge had worked his way up the financial ladder from humble immigrant roots. Born in Glasgow, Scotland he made a living shining boots, and was enraged when a ditchdigger paid him with a US dime. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The dime is a coin worth Ten cents, or one tenth of a United States dollar. However, the coin inspires him to take a position as cabin boy on a Clyde cattle ship to the United States to make his fortune. ^[1] Scrooge is now the richest duck in the world, rivaled only by Flintheart Glomgold, John D. Rockerduck and, less prominent, the maharaja of the fictional country Howdoyoustan (play on Hindustan). For duck as a food see Duck (food; for other meanings see Duck (disambiguation. Flintheart Glomgold is a Fictional character in Disney Comic books, one of Scrooge McDuck 's main rivals who holds the title of The Second John D Rockerduck is a Fictional character from the Scrooge McDuck Universe. The word Mahārāja (also spelled maharajah) is Sanskrit for "great king" or " High king " (a Karmadharaya from mahānt A fictional country is a Country that is made up for fictional stories Hindustan (हिन्दुस्तान, ہندوستان,) is one of the popular Names of India.

He keeps a portion of his wealth, that money he has personally earned himself, in a massive Money Bin overlooking the city of Duckburg, which he explains to his nephews, in the short Scrooge McDuck and Money, is "just petty cash. " In the Italian version he regularly forces Donald and his nephews to polish the coins one by one in order to pay off Donald's debts — Scrooge will not even pay them much for this lengthily, tedious, hand-breaking work. As far as he is concerned, even 5 cents an hour is too much expenditure.

A shrewd businessman and noted tightwad, his hobbies include diving into his money like a porpoise, burrowing through it like a gopher, and throwing coins into the air to feel them fall upon his skull. Porpoises are Small Cetaceans of the Family Phocoenidae; they are related to Whales and Dolphins They are distinct from dolphins He is also the richest member of The Billionaires Club of Duckburg, a society which includes the most successful businessmen of the world and allows them to keep connections with each other. A business (also called firm or an enterprise) is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and/or services to Glomgold and Rockerduck are also influential members of the Club. His most famous prized possession is his Number One Dime. 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

The sum of Scrooge's wealth is disputed. ^[9] According to Barks' The Second Richest Duck as noted by a TIME article, Scrooge is worth one multiplujillion, nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and ^[10] Don Rosa's the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck notes that Scrooge amounts to five multiplujillion, nine impossibidillion, seven fantasticatrillion dollars and sixteen cents. 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 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a revisionist Comic book story by Don Rosa about Scrooge In 2007, Forbes listed his wealth at a much more modest $28. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly 8 Billion. ^[11] Whatever the amount, Scrooge never considers it enough: he has to continue to earn money by any means possible.

Education

Scrooge is not formally educated, as he quit school at an early age. However, he has a sharp mind and is always ready to learn new skills.

Because of his secondary occupation as a treasure hunter, Scrooge has become something of a scholar and an amateur archaeologist. Scholarly method &mdash or as it is more commonly called scholarship &mdash is the body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos Starting with Barks, several writers have explained how Scrooge becomes aware of the treasures he decides to pursue. This often involves periods of conducting research in various written sources in search of passages that might lead him to a treasure. Often Scrooge decides to search for the possible truth behind old legends, or discovers obscure references to the activities of ancient conquerors, explorers and military leaders that he considers interesting enough to begin a new treasure hunting expedition.

As a result of his research, Scrooge has collected an extensive personal library, which includes many rare written sources. In Barks's and Rosa's stories, among the prized pieces of this library is an almost complete collection of Spanish and Dutch naval logs of the 16th and 17th centuries. Their references to the fates of other ships have often allowed Scrooge to locate sunken ships and recover their treasures from their underwater graves. Mostly self-taught as he is, Scrooge is a firm believer in the saying "knowledge is power".

Scrooge is also an accomplished polyglot, having learned to speak several different languages during his business trips around the world, selling fridges to eskimos, wind to windmill manufacturers in the Netherlands etc. Eskimos or Esquimaux are Indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia ( Russia) across The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands

Morality and beliefs

Both as a businessman and as a treasure hunter, Scrooge is noted for his need to set new goals and face new challenges. As Carl Barks described his character, for Scrooge there is "Always another rainbow. " The phrase later provided the title for one of Barks' better-known paintings depicting Scrooge. Periods of inactivity between adventures and lack of serious challenges tend to be depressing for Scrooge after a while; some stories depict this phase to have negative effects on his health. Scrooge's other motto is "Work smarter, not harder. "

As a businessman, Scrooge often resorts to aggressive tactics and deception. He seems to have gained significant experience in manipulating people and events towards his own ends. As often seen in stories by writer Guido Martina and occasionally by others, Scrooge is noted for his cynicism, especially towards ideas of morality when it comes to business and the pursuit of set goals. Cynicism (Kυνισμός originally comprised the various philosophies of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Morality (from the Latin la moralitas "manner character proper behavior" has three principal meanings This has been noted by some as not being part of Barks's original depiction of the character, but it has since come to be accepted as one valid interpretation of Scrooge's way of thinking.

However, Scrooge does seem to have a personal sense of honesty that offers him an amount of self-control. As a result, he can often be seen contemplating his course of action, while divided between adopting a ruthless pursuit of his current goal and using tactics which he considers more honest. At times, he can sacrifice this goal in order to remain within the limits of this sense of honesty. Several fans of the character have come to consider these depictions of him as adding to the depth of his personality because based on the decisions he takes Scrooge can be both the hero and the villain of his stories. A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and This is one thing he has in common with his nephew Donald Duck. Donald Duck is a cartoon character from The Walt Disney Company. Scrooge's sense of honesty also makes him different from his rival Flintheart Glomgold, who places no such limitations on his own actions. During the cartoon series DuckTales, he could at times be heard saying to Glomgold, "You're a cheater, and cheaters never prosper!"

Scrooge has a nasty temper and rarely hesitates to use violence against those who provoke his anger; however, he seems to be against the use of lethal force. On occasion, he has even saved the lives of enemies who had threatened his own life but were in danger of losing theirs. According to Scrooge's own explanation, this is in order to save himself from feeling guilty over their deaths; he generally awaits no gratitude from them. Scrooge has also expressed his belief that only in fairy tales do bad people turn good, and that he is old enough to not believe in fairy tales. A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving He also believes in keeping his word and never breaks a promise once it is given. ^[12] In Italian-produced stories of the 1950s to 1970s, however, particularly those written by Guido Martina, Scrooge often acts differently than in American or Danish comics productions.

Carl Barks gave Scrooge a definite set of ethics that was in tone with the time he was supposed to have made his fortune. The robber barons and industrialists of the 1890–1920 era were McDuck's competition as he earned his fortune. Scrooge proudly asserts "I made it by being tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties! And I made it square!" It is obvious that Barks's creation is averse to dishonesty in the pursuit of money. When Disney filmmakers first contemplated a Scrooge feature cartoon in the fifties, the animators had no understanding of the Scrooge McDuck character and simply envisioned Scrooge as a duck version of Ebenezer Scrooge— a very unsympathetic character. In the end they shelved the idea because a duck who gets all excited about money just was not funny enough.

In an interview, Barks summed up his beliefs about Scrooge and capitalism:

I've always looked at the ducks as caricatured human beings. In rereading the stories, I realized that I had gotten kind of deep in some of them: there was philosophy in there that I hadn't realized I was putting in. It was an added feature that went along with the stories. I think a lot of the philosophy in my stories is conservative—conservative in the sense that I feel our civilization peaked around 1910. Since then we've been going downhill. Much of the older culture had basic qualities that the new stuff we keep hatching can never match.

Look at the magnificent cathedrals and palaces that were built. Nobody can build that sort of thing nowadays. Also, I believe that we should preserve many old ideals and methods of working: honor, honesty, allowing other people to believe in their own ideas, not trying to force everyone into one form. The thing I have against the present political system is that it tries to make everybody exactly alike. We should have a million different patterns.

They say that wealthy people like the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers are sinful because they accumulated fortunes by exploiting the poor. I feel that everybody should be able to rise as high as they can or want to, provided they don't kill anybody or actually oppress other people on the way up. A little exploitation is something you come by in nature. We see it in the pecking order of animals—everybody has to be exploited or to exploit someone else to a certain extent. I don't resent those things.

This is Barks' most outright defense of capitalism and the indictment of any political system that "tries to make everybody exactly alike", which is the Marxist philosophy of equality in all things. Accordingly, Scrooge McDuck is both morally righteous and has to exploit people (such as his nephews and Donald at 30 cents an hour) to accumulate his fortune. Scrooge McDuck is a noble capitalist as conceived by Barks. Other cartoonists have generally failed to capture the nuanced morality and ethics held by Scrooge.

However, although Scrooge will go to great lengths to defend his wealth, he has always shown that he values his family more, trading his wealth for their safety (although he manages to get it back in the end).

In DuckTales

In the DuckTales series, Scrooge displays a high sense of honor. In a time travel episode, pirates capture him, his money, and the Beagle Boys. He devises a plan of escape: the Beagle Boys are to distract the pirates while Scrooge and the others repair the time machine so that they can go home. Fearing Scrooge will abandon them, the Beagle Boys are reluctant to accept this. But Scrooge promises to return for them, giving his word that he won't leave without them. Later when they are ready to go his nephews recommend that he just leave the Beagle Boys here. Scrooge responds by saying, "the thought did cross my mind, but I gave them my word and Scrooge McDuck's word is as good as gold. "

In Europe

Many of the European Scrooge comics have created their own version of Scrooge McDuck, usually involving him in slapstick adventures. This is particularly true of the Italian comics which were very popular in the 1960s, 70s and 80s in most parts of Western continental Europe. In these, Scrooge is mainly an anti-hero dragging his long-suffering nephews into treasures hunts and shady business deals. Donald is a reluctant participant in these travels, refusing for the most part to get involved and only agreeing to go along when Uncle Scrooge reminds him of the debts and back-rent Donald owes him, threatens him with a sword or blunderbuss or offers a share of the loot. The blunderbuss is a muzzle-loading Firearm with a short large Caliber barrel, which is flared at the muzzle, and used with When he promises Donald a share of the treasure, Scrooge adds a little loophole in the terms which may seem obscure at first but which he brings up at the end of the adventure and uses to deny Donald his share, thus keeping the whole treasure for himself. After risking life and limb — something which Scrooge shows little concern for — Donald tends to end up with nothing.

On other occasions the treasure is lost but Scrooge uses some equally obscure reason for taking it out on Donald. It does not necessarily have to be Donald's fault, he simply has to make a suggestion which Scrooge then acts on and then uses to blame Donald for everything that has gone wrong: even though it was unforeseen and unintentional. The resulting punishment can be Donald being chased all over the place by Scrooge, who is using the most threatening language imaginable, or having to work for Scrooge for endless days and hours on measly pay, which means that Scrooge won't be compensated for years (something he is probably counting on).

Scrooge has also threatened to strike Donald off his will, and has done so on occasions when he decided that, rather than love and cherish his money like he does, Donald would simply spend it.

This version of Scrooge would wallow in self-pity (showing little for anyone else) especially where money was concerned, describing himself as a wretched and poor old man at just the loss of a single cent.

In France he was known as "Balthazar Picsou", but was referred to by everyone as Picsou or Oncle Picsou. "Pic-sou" means "coin pincher".

Impact

Scrooge McDuck universe

Main article: Scrooge McDuck Universe

The popularity of Scrooge McDuck comics spawned an entire mythology around the character, including new supporting characters, adventures, and life experiences as told by numerous authors. Scrooge McDuck universe is the fictional world where Scrooge McDuck lives Based on writer Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, a popular timeline chronicling Scrooge's adventures was created consisting of the most important "facts" about Scrooge's life. 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 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a revisionist Comic book story by Don Rosa about Scrooge See Scrooge McDuck Timeline according to Don Rosa. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a revisionist Comic book story by Don Rosa about Scrooge

In addition to the many original and existing characters in stories about Scrooge McDuck, authors have frequently led historical figures to meet Scrooge over the course of his life. Characters from the Scrooge McDuck universe. The families are listed chronologically the others are listed alphabetically Scrooge has most notably met U. S. president Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T Roosevelt and Scrooge would meet each other at least three times: in the Dakotas in 1883, in Duckburg in 1902, and in Panama in 1906. See Historical Figures in Scrooge McDuck stories. Characters from the Scrooge McDuck universe. The families are listed chronologically the others are listed alphabetically

In other media

The character of Scrooge has appeared in various media aside from comic books. Scrooge's first appearance in animated form (save for a brief cameo appearance on the Mickey Mouse Club television series) was in Disney's 1967 theatrical short Scrooge McDuck and Money, in which he teaches his nephews some basic financial tips. Scrooge McDuck and Money is a short Animated cartoon made by Walt Disney Studios in 1967. ^[13]

He later appeared as Ebenezer Scrooge in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983), an animated version of the Dickens classic. Ebenezer Scrooge is the Main character in Charles Dickens ' 1843 Novel, A Christmas Carol. Mickey's Christmas Carol is a twenty-four minute animated Short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released in the ^[14] He appeared as himself in the television special Sport Goofy in Soccermania (the only time when he was voiced by Will Ryan). A television special is a Television program, typically a Short film or Television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally Goofy is an Animated cartoon character from Walt Disney 's Mickey Mouse universe.

Scrooge's biggest role outside of comics would come in the 1987 animated series DuckTales, a series loosely based on Carl Barks's comics, his character being voiced by Alan Young. 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 DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Alan Young (born 19 November 1919 is an Emmy Award -winning prolific Character actor, best known for his Television role opposite a talking horse In this series, of which a two-hour premiere aired on September 18, 1987, and the regular episodes began September 21, 1987, Scrooge becomes the caretaker of Huey, Dewey and Louie when Donald joins the United States Navy. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Scrooge's persona in DuckTales is considerably softer than in most previous appearances; his ruthlessness is played down considerably and his often abrasive personality is reduced in many episodes to that of a crotchety but lovable old uncle. Still, there are flashes of Barks' Scrooge to be seen, especially in early episodes of the first season.

He has appeared in some episodes of Raw Toonage, two shorts of Mickey Mouse Works and some episodes (specially "House of Scrooge") of Disney's House of Mouse, as well as the direct-to-video films Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. is an Action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios in 2005 for the Sony Raw Toonage was a half hour Disney Animated cartoon series aired on the CBS network in the fall of 1992 Mickey Mouse Works is a television show that features the cartoon character Mickey Mouse and his friends in a series of animated segments Disney's House of Mouse is an American Animated Television series, produced by Walt Disney Television, that originally aired from Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas is an animated Christmas made directly for video by The Walt Disney Company in 1999 Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas is a computer-animated Direct-to-video movie on VHS and DVD made by The Walt Disney He also makes an appearance in Disney's and Square Enix's video game Kingdom Hearts II as a minor non-playable character in Hollow Bastion, where he is trying to recreate his favorite flavor of ice cream (sea-salt). is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its Console role-playing game franchises which include the Final Fantasy series the Dragon is an Action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios in 2005 for the Sony ^[15] His other video game appearances include the three DuckTales video games (DuckTales, DuckTales 2, and DuckTales - the Quest for Gold). 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

In 2002, Forbes magazine named Scrooge McDuck history's fourth richest fictional character at $8. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly 2 billion^[16] but moved him down to sixth place in 2005. ^[17] In 2006, Scrooge was moved back up to third place, with a worth of $10. 9 billion, trailing only Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks and Charles Montgomery Burns. Lieutenant General Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks is a Fictional character from the Comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Charles Montgomery Burns, also referred to as Mr Burns is a recurring Fictional character and Antagonist in the animated television series ^[18] In 2007, the self-made Scottish businessman finally got on the top of the Forbes Fictional 15 with a net worth of $28. 8 billion. ^[19]

Also in 2007, Glasgow City Council added Scrooge to its list of "Famous Glaswegians", alongside the likes of Billy Connolly, Sir Alex Ferguson and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Billy Connolly, CBE (born William Connolly Jr on 24 November, 1942) is a Scottish Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE, (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager ^[1]

Notes

References

Uncle Scrooge McDuck, Carl Barks, Edward Summer, Walt Disney Productions 1981 ISBN 0-89087-290-2

Carl Barks Library, Another Rainbow Publishing 1984

Scrooge McDuck Capitalist and Proud of it!, Goldbrick & Bond, USA-International Publications 2004

How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic, Dorfman & Mattelart, International General 1975

Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book, University Press of Mississippi, Thomas Andrae 2006

See also

• The Scrooge McDuck universe
• The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck with a timeline
• Uncle Scrooge comic book
• Money Bin
• Clan McDuck
• Castle McDuck

External links

• Scrooge McDuck at the INDUCKS
• An index of historical figures appearing in Scrooge McDuck stories
• Who's who in Duckburg: profiles of Scrooge McDuck and the Billionaires Club
• Disney's HooZoo - Scrooge McDuck
• The Loves of Scrooge McDuck, as they have appeared in comics by various artists
• Scrooge McDuck at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
• Scale model of Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin

Carl Barks Library ( CBL) is a series of 30 books with all Disney comics and covers written and/or drawn by Carl Barks. Ariel Dorfman (born May 6 1942 Buenos Aires) is a Chilean Novelist, Playwright, Essayist, Academic Scrooge McDuck universe is the fictional world where Scrooge McDuck lives The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a revisionist Comic book story by Don Rosa about Scrooge This article is about a comic book For information on the character see Scrooge McDuck. The Money Bin is a fictional structure in Disney Comic books first appearing in comic book stories created by Carl Barks The Clan McDuck is a fictional family in the style of a Scottish clan, from which a great number of Walt Disney Company 's Comic book characters McDuck Castle is a fictional Scottish castle in The Scrooge McDuck universe. INDUCKS or Inducks (for International Network of Disney-Universe Comic Knowers and Sources) is a freely available database aiming to index all Disney comics Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled "A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge" is a Web Encyclopedia of print and animated cartoons

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