DuckTales All 100 Episodes!@

Posted by fetchblog

June 3, 2008

This show has a lot to do with some of my favorite characters from the “Wonderful World of Disney.” When Donald Duck decides that its in his best interest to join the United States Navy, he leaves his nephews (probably estranged from their parents) in the care of his spendthrift, multi-gazillionare Uncle Scrooge McDuck. He is a duck who is obsessed with money and saving every penny he can get his hands on. At times you see him handling pennies and other times handling $50 bills. His money is held in a high security corporate headquarters/vault ironically known as the “Money Bin.” Uncle Scrooge does not seem excited about the arrangement but as you quickly see, within the first episode the boys are starting to warm up to him and possibly give him a second chance at living life like a normal person.

Characters

Scrooge McDuck - Donald Duck’s wealthy uncle, Scrooge McDuck. He is a millionaire who has many businesses all over the world, from oil companies to factories. He takes care of his three newphews when their Uncle Donald enlists in the Navy.
Huey, Duey, Louie - Scrooge takes care of his three Nephews after their Uncle Donalds joins the Navy. Being identical triplets, Huey, Dewey and Louie are impossible to tell apart, except by the colors they wear, and historically, red for Huey, blue for Dewey and green for Louie. At first they disturb Scrooge whilst he is working and irritate him to the point that the nephews overhear him telling Mrs. Beakly that they are too much trouble. As a result, they decide to leave, and end up running into the Beagle Boys who are planning to steal Scrooge’s money. The triplets end up saving Scrooge’s money and proving they’re worth to their Uncle. They may seem like trouble, but they are always there for Scrooge when the chips are down.
Launchpad McQuack - Scrooge’s pilot Launchpad is somewhat disaster-prone. Launchpad is mistaken for a spy, in Double-O-Duck. He comes from good stock as his whole family trains and
Gyro Gearloose - Duckburg’s greatest inventor. Scrooge often calls opon Gyro when the Beagle Boys try and break into his money bin, although Gyro’s ideas often backfire and he ends up aiding the Beagle Boys.
Mrs. Beakly - Mrs. Beakley is the only one who can tolerate Huey, Dewey and Louie’s bad behaviour and exert some level of control over it. She is hired by Scrooge as the nanny and stays at the McDuck mansion with her Grand-daughter Webby. She agrees with Scrooge to work for room and board for her grand-daughter and herself.
Webber Vanderquack - Mrs. Beakley’s grand-daughter Webby, lives with Mrs. Beakly at the McDuck Mansion. At first, Scrooge’s nephews don’t welcome her, and play pranks on her. Webby often follows the boys around Duckburg getting into trouble on the way. Webby is warm hearted and sweet.
Bubba - A caveduck Scrooge meet when he accidentally traveled into the past. As Scrooge was departing to return to the future, Bubba and his pet triceratops, Tootsie stole away on the time machine. Ever since then, Bubba has been a part of Scrooge’s family.

At first, DuckTales was intended as a 1-hour network series. However, when Bob Jacquemin, head of the studio’s newly formed syndication unit, learned of the series, he realized that it had the potential to be his first hit. After immense internal lobbying, Jacquemin convinced Michael Einser to let him have DuckTales, and in doing so, he virtually reinvented television animation.

One of the first decisions he announced was that Donald Duck would play a minor role in the series, for the emphasis this time was going to be on Uncle Scrooge and his three nephews. To explain Donald’s absence, the writers had him enlist in the Navy after leaving his nephews with Scrooge. The studio also created some new additions to the Disney stable. Among these were Launchpad McQuack, Mrs. Beakley, Webbigail (Webby) Vanderquack, Doofus, Duckworth, Fenton Crackshell, and Bubba Duck.

87 episodes were orginally aired, 100 in total if you count the special episodes: Treasure of the Golden Suns, Time Is Money and Super DuckTales that were later split into 30 minute shows.