DuckTales (1987–1990)

Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey & Louie find themselves in all sorts of adventures on this animated cartoon series from Walt Disney.

Stars:

Alan Young, Russi Taylor, Chuck McCann

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Alan Young	...	Scrooge McDuck (98 episodes, 1987-1990)
Russi Taylor	...	Huey Duck (92 episodes, 1987-1990)
Chuck McCann	...	Duckworth (56 episodes, 1987-1990)
Terence McGovern	...	Launchpad McQuack (56 episodes, 1987-1990)
Frank Welker	...	Bigtime Beagle (56 episodes, 1987-1990)
Hal Smith	...	Gyro Gearloose (46 episodes, 1987-1990)
Joan Gerber	...	Mrs. Bentina Beakley (43 episodes, 1987-1990)

Storyline

When Donald Duck decides to join the Navy, he leaves his nephews, Hewey, Dewey and Louie, in the care of his cantankerous Uncle Scrooge. He is an eccentric and miserly billionare who loves to literally swim in his money that is held in his corporate headquarters/vault known as the Money Bin. While the initial meeting was less than pleasant, events soon have them, along with a newly hired nanny, her granddaughter and Scrooge's stupid but skilled pilot, on countless adventures as the group goes around the world looking for treasure, or defending Scrooge's current assets from enemies like the Beagle Boys or Magica De Spell.

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Plot Keywords:

pilot | beagle | duck | millionaire | mother son relationship | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Details

Official Sites:

Disney [United States] Fred Wolf Films

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 1988 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Disney's DuckTales

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Television Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 22 min (100 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Carl Barks' comics the money is Scrooge's money bin is mostly sliver and copper, almost none of it is gold.

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Quotes

Webby: Uncle Scrooge, do you have a great masher I can borrow?
Scrooge McDuck: If I do, darling, its all yours.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Justin Timberlake (2013)

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Soundtracks

"DuckTales"
Written by Mark Mueller
Performed by Jeffrey Pescetto

User Reviews

Disney's version of "Indiana Jones"

I am fifteen years old, going on sixteen, and this is still one of my favourite shows. It had that level of smarts that wasn't achieved by secondary shows like "Goof Troop" or "Bonkers". A simple idea, pretty much just putting some classic Disney characters in a world full of mysteries and treasures to be discovered. This show also blends in some original elements of the classic characters into this new and often exciting environment, casting Scrooge McDuck as the greedy, self-centered rich man who, as the series progresses, learns that there's more to life than money through the eyes of his grand-nephews who have been left behind by their true uncle, Donald Duck, who decides to join the Navy. Heck, they even made a movie out of it with Christopher Lloyd that was released at the cinemas. That shows how popular it was. The second, and final season, however, took a downwards slope. Concentrating mostly on the new characters in the forms of Gizmo Duck and Bubba Duck, of whom no-one knew about and didn't really gel well with the classic duck community. Sadly, this brought the series to an unfortunate end which is a shame, because it was by far the best of the modern Disney animated series'.