"DuckTales" (1987) TV series 1987-1990

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Fred Wolf

Writers:

Evelyn Gabai (writer)
Jean-Marc Lofficier (series)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

16 April 1988 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Duck | Pilot | Beagle | Scrooge McDuck | Donald Duck

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Alan Young	...	Scrooge McDuck / ... (98 episodes, 1987-1990)
Russi Taylor	...	Dewey Duck / ... (93 episodes, 1987-1990)
Terence McGovern	...	Launchpad McQuack / ... (72 episodes, 1987-1990)
Joan Gerber	...	Mrs. Bentina Beakley / ... (56 episodes, 1987-1990)
Frank Welker	...	Bigtime Beagle / ... (45 episodes, 1987-1990)
Chuck McCann	...	Duckworth / ... (44 episodes, 1987-1990)

Also Known As:

Disney's DuckTales (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

30 min (100 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:G | Ireland:G (DVD rating) | UK:U (DVD rating) | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | USA:TV-Y

Company:

Walt Disney Television Animation

Trivia:

Uncle Scrooge's millionaire nemesis, Flintheart Glomgold, is portrayed in this series as a Scot. In fact, he was a native Afrikaner in the original comic.

Quotes:

Mrs. Beakley: There now, don't you look nice? Just like the Beagle Boys.
[shouts]
Mrs. Beakley: The Beagle Boys?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Diabolik (#11.13)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

DuckTales

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'.