DuckTales
Format:	Animation Comedy Mystery
Created by:	Carl Barks
No. of seasons:	4
No. of episodes:	100
First aired:	September 18, 1987
Last aired:	November 28, 1990

Disney's DuckTales is an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show premiered on September 18, 1987 and ended on May 6, 1990. This show starred Donald Duck's uncle Scrooge McDuck, who is in charge of his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie while Donald has left Duckburg to join the navy. The show's characters include Webby Vanderquack, Mrs. Betina Beakley, Launchpad McQuack, and the Beagle Boys.

Together with the other most successful series, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Bonkers and Quack Pack, DuckTales is the first cartoon series dedicated to the popularity of Disney characters that mated with the new.

Premise

The show features the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and Huey, Dewey, and Louie. The nephews, who were originally living with their uncle Donald Duck, are left in Scrooge's care when the former joins the Navy. Though Scrooge is the richest duck in the world, he constantly tries to find ways to increase his wealth. Many 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. 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" title. A few of the stories also surround Scrooge's "Number One Dime" which is the source of Scrooge's good luck and wealth. Scrooge keeps the dime in a glass jar in his money vault, and constantly protects it from the villains on the show.

The show's second season saw the addition of characters Fenton Crackshell and Bubba Duck. 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 McQuack or Gyro. Some members of Scrooge's extended family (The Duck Universe), like Gladstone Gander who had extremely good luck, were also seen in the series. Characters like Gladstone were often seen in the early Carl Barks comic book stories.

Some episodes are based upon Carl Barks stories or simply have elements from such stories. For example, the episode "The Unbreakable Bin" is based on Barks's story The Unsafe Safe.

The show still shows in some countries like Spain

DVD Release

There have been 3 volumes of Ducktales DVDs so far.

Ducktales Volume 4 will contain the last 25 episodes on 3 discs and might be released sometime in 2013.

One volume has been released to Region 2 DVD, which contains seven fewer episodes than the Region 1 set. No release dates have been set for any additional volumes.

The series first 65 episodes are available on amazon instant video.

Episode List

Main article: DuckTales Episode List

DuckTales

Media: DuckTales | Videography | Video game (HD remake) | DuckTales 2 | The Quest for Gold | Treasure of the Lost Lamp | Raw Toonage Heroes and Allies: Scrooge McDuck | Huey, Dewey and Louie | Launchpad McQuack | Webby Vanderquack | Betina Beakley | Gyro Gearloose | Doofus Drake | Fenton Crackshell | Donald Duck | Bubba the Cave Duck | Gene the Genie Villains: Beagle Boys | Ma Beagle | Flintheart Glomgold | Magica De Spell | El Capitan | Merlock the Magician | Dijon Locations: Duckburg Objects Junior Woodchucks Guidebook Songs: DuckTales Theme See also: Carl Barks | The Disney Afternoon | Darkwing Duck | Quack Pack

The Disney Afternoon

Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985-90) • DuckTales (1987-90) • Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (1989-90) • TaleSpin (1990-91) • Darkwing Duck (1991-92) • Goof Troop (1992-93) • Bonkers (1993-94) • Aladdin (1994-96) • Gargoyles (1994-97) • The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show (1995) • Timon and Pumbaa (1995-98) • Quack Pack (1996) • Mighty Ducks (1996)