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DuckTales is an American animated television series developed by Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones and produced by Disney Television Animation. It is a reboot based on the 1987 series with the same name, which itself based on the Disney comics by Carl Barks. The show premiered on August 12, 2017.

In December 2020, Disney announced the third season would be the last and "fans will get an epic season finale in 2021."[2]

Premise[]

After not speaking to one another for ten years, Scrooge McDuck is reunited with Donald Duck after he and his three nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie move into McDuck Manor. The presence of the newcomers rekindles Scrooge's spirit of adventure, leading the group to go on many new treasure-hunting expeditions, while the nephews and their new friend Webby uncover the truth behind what caused their uncles to become estranged and retire from adventuring.

Cast and characters[]

For supporting cast and characters, see Season 1 guest cast, Season 2 guest cast, and Season 3 guest cast

Crew[]

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Production[]

Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones grew up watching the original series as children and stated that they had always wanted to develop an updated version for a newer generation. Youngberg said, "We're hoping that in thirty years, the kids who watch our show will then be bringing back the next version of DuckTales because they loved what we did so much."

In May 2015, Terry McGovern, the original voice of Launchpad McQuack, stated in an interview that the entire voice cast from the original series would not be returning for the reboot, which made him "heartsick" at the news. The new voice cast for the series was revealed on December 16, 2016 in a video where they sing an a cappella version of the original theme song in promotion of the news. The following May, Lin-Manuel Miranda was announced as the voice of Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Gizmoduck. The character was changed to being Latino due to Lin-Manuel's heritage and because Angones felt that there were not enough positive Latino superheroes. In June, more cast members, including Tony Anselmo reprising his role as Donald Duck, were announced, and during the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Disney announced that Darkwing Duck would also make an appearance in the TV series.

At the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, several characters from other Disney Television Animation cartoons were revealed to appear in the show's third season; the Rescue Rangers from Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers; Kit Cloudkicker and Molly Cunningham from TaleSpin; Rhinokey (as adults) and Butterbear from The Wuzzles, and Gosalyn Mallard and Taurus Bulba from Darkiwng Duck, as well as Chip and Dale (based on their Rescue Rangers incarnations), Goofy (based on his Goof Troop incarnation), and Daisy Duck.

The art style of the show is heavily influenced not just by Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge comics, but also some of his paintings. The theme song, written by Mark Mueller for the 1987 series, was re-recorded for the 2017 reboot. It was arranged by Michael "Smidi" Smithand and TJ Stafford and sung by Felicia Barton.

Donald Duck has a larger role in this version compared to the 1980s version, where he was downplayed due to the fact that the earlier version had been restricted by an edict from The Walt Disney Company. It stated that the television studio could not use Donald or any of the other stars from Disney's Golden Age shorts, only allowing Donald to make short cameos to set up storylines. However, this restriction was lifted shortly after the original version of DuckTales ended.

Episodes[]

Main article: List of episodes (DuckTales 2017)

DVD Releases[]

Main article: DuckTales (2017) videography

Shorts[]

Main article: DuckTales (2017) shorts

Comics[]

Main article: DuckTales (2017) comics

Games[]

Main article: DuckTales (2017) games

Books[]

Main article: DuckTales (2017) books

Merchandise[]

Main article: DuckTales (2017) merchandise

Podcast[]

Main article: This Duckburg Life

Attraction[]

Main article: DuckTales World Showcase Adventure!

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • This is the first time since Quack Pack that Huey, Dewey, and Louie have separate physical appearances and different voice actors.
  • Huey is the only nephew to sport his traditional color-coded cap.
  • This series marks the animated debut of the nephews' mother Della Duck as well as many other comics characters like Cousin Fethry, John D. Rockerduck, Jeeves, the Gilded Man, Neighbor Jones, Phooey, Bombie the Zombie, and Matilda McDuck.
  • For the first time in an animated production, Donald Duck wears a black sailor suit as in the classic Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics by Carl Barks and Don Rosa as opposed to his usual blue sailor suit.
  • Eight actors have now appeared in both the original and reboot including Tony Anselmo, Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Keone Young, Russi Taylor, and Tress MacNeille.
  • Excluding Kaitlyn Robrock, all the main cast voices from the currently airing series The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, along with concluded series Wander Over Yonder have provided a voice for the Ducktales reboot.
    • Russi Taylor originally provided the Minnie Mouse voice for the Mickey Mouse 2013 series that eventually became The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, and she also played a role in the new Ducktales series as the young Donald Duck, but due to her passing in 2019, Kaitlyn Robrock replaced her in The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse and other media.
  • Co-producer Frank Angones wanted to include Mickey Mouse in the series and proposed stories that would feature and/or mention him. However, the Disney executives forbade the team from using Mickey in the show; thus any ideas involving him were denied.[4]
    • Despite this never happening, a indirect mention to Mickey was included in Moonvasion!.
  • While the television movie premiered in August, the actual series premiered in the same month the original series premiered in 1987.
    • Not counting the day, this also coincides with the 30th anniversary of the original series.
  • The theme song, written by Mark Mueller for the original series, has been updated and is performed by singer Felicia Barton.
  • Many of the scenes in the theme song, as well as the portraits in Scrooge's manor, are based on paintings done by Carl Barks.
  • "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" was a huge influence on the series and it was required reading for all the writers.
  • The creators of the series wrote it "like a family comedy. The family just happens to be the greatest adventurers of all time".
  • Like Carl Barks and Don Rosa's comics and unlike the original television series, Donald assumes a major role rather than making just guest appearances.
  • All episodes (with the exception of The Last Adventure! Part 3: Tales End...), comics (with the exception of Flintheart... McDuck?!?), most of the books, some of the shorts, and the attraction have an exclamation mark at the end of their title.

Notes and References[]

  1. 75 if you count "Woo-oo!" and "Escape To/From Atlantis!", "The Shadow War! Part 1: The Night of De Spell!" and "The Shadow War! Part 2: The Day of the Ducks!", "Moonvasion! Part 1" and "Moonvasion! Part 2", "Let's Get Dangerous! Part 1: The St. Canardian Guardian!" and "Let's Get Dangerous! Part 2: A Case of Mistaken Reality!", as well as "The Last Adventure! Part 1: A Tale of Three Webbys!", "The Last Adventure! Part 2: The Lost Library of Isabella Finch!", and "The Last Adventure! Part 3: Tale's End!" as separate episodes.
  2. "Yes, ‘DuckTales’ is Really Done (Updated: Now Confirmed By Disney)", Collider, December 1, 2020
  3. Della was promoted to the main cast for Season 3 after having a cameo in Season 1 and being a part of the supporting cast during Season 2.
  4. Mickey Mouse in 2017's DuckTales
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EpisodesShortsComicsGamesBooksVideographyMerchandise
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Season 1
Pilot (37) Angry scary pig The Great Dime Chase Quackfaster 4 Maxresdefault (3)
Episodes 1
Woo-oo!
Episodes 2
Daytrip of Doom!
Episodes 3
The Great Dime Chase!
Episodes 4
The Beagle Birthday Massacre!
Terror of the Terra-firmians scary monster (2) Maxresdefault Dewey - My face looks like a butt TothRa(40)
Episode 5
Terror of the Terra-firmians!
Episode 6
The House of the Lucky Gander!
Episode 7
The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!
Episode 8
The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra!
Huey and scrooge see webby yodel The Spear of Selene 19 Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System Fentons laboratory (6) Webby playing vuvuzela again
Episode 9
The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!
Episode 10
The Spear of Selene!
Episode 11
Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!
Episode 12
The Missing Links of Moorshire!
Dewey playing on duckworth's legs Adventures in Duckburg (8) LIFEISLIKEAGOLDENLAGOONHEREINWHITEAGONYCREEK Day of the Only Child Creepy Doofus 7
Episode 13
McMystery at McDuck McManor!
Episode 14
Jaw$!
Episode 15
The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!
Episode 16
Day of the Only Child!
Black heron 3 Who is Gizmduck Huey and Gizmoduck 3 Screen Shot 2018-07-28 at 11.50.23 PM Don Karnage smile
Episode 17
From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!
Episode 18
Who is Gizmoduck?!
Episode 19
The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!
Episode 20
Sky Pirates…in the Sky!
Medium-clean Scrooge - Which she stole early! DuckTales 2017 Magica
Episode 21
The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!
Episode 22
The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!
Episode 23
The Shadow War!"
Season 2
FFAB4BB9-B294-4555-9572-CA331064720E The Depths of Cousin Fethry undersea escape (11) Louie and webby screaming at glomgold Ducktales-season-2-episode-4-the-town-where-everyone-was-nice
Episodes 1
The Most Dangerous Game...Night!
Episodes 2
The Depths of Cousin Fethry!
Episodes 3
The Ballad of Duke Baloney!
Episodes 4
The Town Where Everyone Was Nice!
Storkules in Duckburg Harpies defeated (8) Battle Dellafirstep (121) Louie booing at dewey
Episodes 5
Storkules in Duckburg!
Episodes 6
Last Christmas!
Episodes 7
What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!
Episodes 8
Treasure of the Found Lamp!
152086 0002-450x0 The 87 Cent Solution Gizmoduck (36) Dewey throws confetti Nothing Can Stop Della Duck! (45)
Episode 9
The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!
Episode 10
The 87 Cent Solution!
Episode 11
The Golden Spear!
Episode 12
Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!
Raiders of the Doomsday Vault (92) 20200628 164954 A little too late The Duck Knight Returns 10
Episode 13
Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!
Episode 14
Friendship Hates Magic!
Episode 15
The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!
Episode 16
The Duck Knight Returns!
Lunarispsycho (2) Goldie 10 A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill Dewey High 8 The Golden Armory of Cornelius Coot Beagles in Fort Duckburg
Episode 17
What Ever Happened to Donald Duck?!
Episode 18
Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!
Episode 19
A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!
Episode 20
The Golden Armory of Cornelius Coot!
Roxanne Timephoon 2 GlomTales (34) The Richest Duck in the World Bombie chase 1 Moonvasion203
Episode 20
Timephoon!
Episode 21
GlomTales!
Episode 23
The Richest Duck in the World!
Episode 24
Moonvasion!
Season 3
Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks 13 Quackpack 32 Rescue Rangers and Launchpad Mervanaharp (12)
Episode 1
Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!
Episode 2
Quack Pack!
Episode 3
Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice!
Episode 4
The Lost Harp of Mervana!
Louies eleven 15 BOYD and Huey Dewey roaring in The Rumble for Ragnarok! The Phantom and the Sorceress (46)
Episode 5
Louie's Eleven!
Episode 6
Astro B.O.Y.D.!
Episode 7
The Rumble for Ragnarok!
Episode 8
The Phantom and the Sorceress!
They Put a Moonlander on the Earth (26) The Trickening - HUEY, WEBBY, LOUIE, DEWEY The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades (13) Let's Get Dangerous! Darkwing trio
Episode 9
They Put a Moonlander on the Earth!
Episode 10
The Trickening!
Episode 11
The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!
Episode 12
Let's Get Dangerous!
Escape from the ImpossiBin! (5) The Split Sword of Swanstantine! (33) New Gods on the Block! - STORKULES, ZEUS, SELENE The First Adventure! Young Scrooge, Della, and Donald
Episode 13
Escape from the Impossibin!
Episode 14
The Split Sword of Swanstantine!
Episode 15
New Gods on the Block!
Episode 16
The First Adventure!
DellapictureFightForMcDuck (2) How Santa Stole Christmas! (5) Beaks in the Shell! (28) The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker! (24)
Episode 17
The Fight for Castle McDuck!
Episode 18
How Santa Stole Christmas!
Episode 19
Beaks in the Shell!
Episode 20
The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker!
The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck! (10) The Last Adventure! (15) The Last Adventure! (82) The Last Adventure! (120)
Episode 21
The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!
Episode 22
A Tale Of Three Webbys!
Episode 23
The Lost Library of Isabella Finch!
Episode 24
Tale's End!
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Welcome to Duckburg!The Lost Key Of Tralla La30 ThingsWebby ReactsThe World's Longest Deathtrap!Summer Secrets Unlocked with WebbyFlyDewey Dew-Night!Duckburg's Funniest Home Videos!DuckFAILS!Top Things • Crossovers (Random RingsChibi Tiny TalesChibiverse)
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Trade paperbacks (Treasure TroveMysteries and MallardsQuests and QuacksFowl PlayMonsters and MayhemMischief and MiscreantsImposters and Interns) • The Chilling Secret of the Lighthouse!The Repeating Revenge of the Screaming Duck!Big Trouble at Little Lake!The Great Experiment of the Washing Machine!A Viking at My Door!Old Monteplumage Had a Chicken!Cheating Like Nostradogmus!Beware of the Phenomenal Pumpkin People!A Series of Unfortunate Substitutions!Fight!Go, Go Golden Years!Happy, Happy Valley!The Giant Butterfly of Duckburg!There Is No Place Like a Ghost Town!Welcome to Beagle Island!The Stone of Truth!Sleep (Walk) of Doom!The Beast in the Board Room!Spies Like Us!The Frightful Family Fishing Trip!The Risk McDuck Refused!The Twisted Tale of the Two-Headed Horse!The Hedge Enigma!On the Tail of the Run-Amok Raven!When Luck Ran Out!Nightmare on Bear Mountain!Horror in the Highlands!The Greatest Adventure, the Greatest Price!Countdown to Termination!The Mighty Ducks of Duckburg!The Monsters Are Due at McDuck Manor!The Incredible Shrinking Webby!The Greatest Invention He's Never Had!Marooned in Mystery Mansion!Money-Grubbing Hooligans from the Deep!Flintheart... McDuck?!?Saga of the Super-Intern!Silence Is Golden!Phantom Science!Where No Duck Has Gone Before, Sort Of!Will the Real Launchpad Please Stand Up!The Renaissance Faire...Affair!Under the Cover of Can'tarctica!
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DuckTales: All Ducked OutDuckTales: Duckburg QuestDuckTales QuackShotMinecraft: DuckTales Adventure Map • Crossovers (Angry Birds 2Disney Emoji BlitzDisney Channel Phone CallDisney All-Star RacersDisney Super ArcadeDisney BounceDisney Bubble BurstDisneyNOW POPQuiz of the Week)


ve 2017 Crew
Creator/Executive Producers Francisco AngonesMatt Youngberg
Producers Francisco AngonesMatt YoungbergSuzanna OlsonLaura Leganza Reynolds
Production Associates Maggie BushiriMorgan McManusSofia Canales
Directors Matthew HumphreysTanner JohnsonJason ZurekJohn AoshimaDana TerraceTom OwensMatt YoungbergVince AparoJason ReicherStephanie GonzagaSam King
Voice actors Main Cast: David TennantDanny PudiBen SchwartzBobby MoynihanKate MicucciTony AnselmoBeck BennettToks OlagundoyePaget Brewster

Recurring Cast: Kimiko GlennKeith FergusonJim RashLin-Manuel MirandaEric BauzaSam RiegelKari WahlgrenLibe BarerDavid KayeMargo MartindaleCatherine TateApril WinchellJosh BrenerMarc Evan JacksonChris Diamantopoulos
Other Cast: Abby Ryder-FortsonAdam PallyAllison JanneyAmy SedarisAndrea LibmanArturo Del PuertoAshley JensenBassem YoussefB.D. WongBebe NeuwirthBernardo de PaulaBill FagerbakkeBill FarmerCarlos AlazraquiCary-Hiroyuki TagawaClancy BrownCorey BurtonCree SummerCristina VeeDeborah MarloweDee Bradley BakerDominic LewisDon CheadleDoug JonesEdgar WrightEliza CoupeEmma Sloan JacobsFlula BorgFred TatascioreGabe KundaGiancarlo EspositoGraham McTavishGreg CipesGrey GriffinHenry WinklerHugh BonnevilleHynden WalchJack McBrayerJaime CamilJaleel WhiteJames AdomianJames MarstersJames Monroe IglehartJameela JamilJason MantzoukasJason MarsdenJeff BennettJenna Lea RosenJennifer HaleJim CummingsJohn GemberlingJohn HodgmanJulie BowenKeith DavidKeone YoungKimberly BrooksKristofer HivjuLance ReddickLaura BaileyMartin FreemanMichael BellMichael ChiklisMichelle GomezNatasha RothwellNestor CarbonellNia VardalosNicolas CantuNoah BairdNoël WellsOmid AbtahiPaul F. TompkinsRettaRiki LindhomeRob PaulsenRobin Atkin DownesRussi TaylorSelenis LeyvaSelma BlairStephanie BeatrizStephen RootSusanne BlakesleeTad StonesTamlyn TomitaTara PlattTara StrongTom KennyTress MacNeilleYuri Lowenthal

International Voice Actors Giorgos SkoufisDimitris SarlosIsatxa MengíbarIro Michalakakou
Writers Francisco AngonesMatt YoungbergMadison BatemanColleen EvansonBob SnowChristian MagalhaesTony CampanellaBen SiemonRachel VineNate StevensonBen JosephNate FedermanEmmy CicieregaMegan GonzalezSam KingTanner Johnson
Animators Kat KosmalaRick FarmiloeKendall NelsonCat RenWill CunaJohn DusenberryAnthony HoldenTom LawDan Lund
Storyboard Artists Vince AparoAaron AustinDavid BakerBenjamin BalistreriSamir BarrettMatthew CarbonellaJohnny CastucianoEmmy CicieregaJack ConwayJean-Sebastien DuclosEvon FreemanHayley FosterMark GarciaKristen GishJasmine GogginsMichael GoguenStephanie GonzagaCatherine HarmanVictoria HarrisAdam HenryBen HolmDiana HuhJustin HuntSam KingKalvin LeeLior LevKathryn MarusikAntony MazzottaBrandon McKinneyRachel PaekStephan ParkJohn RamirezJason ReicherArielle RosensteinWilliam RuzickaFill Marc SagadracaCalvin SuggsVaughn TadaKrystal UretaJeff WamesterBrandon WarrenJake WyattDalton E. Grant Jr.
Background Artists Lysa CervantesKaz AizawaDavid Christopher ColeEmily M. ColeJoshua ParpanRachel YungTim ArtzBrigette BarragerHeather CollinsElle MichalkaTrevor SimonsenAmanda Winterstein
Musicians Mark MuellerDominic Lewis
Singers Felicia BartonSam RiegelJaime CamilBobby MoynihanKeith FergusonBen SchwartzKimberly BrooksKate MicucciArturo Del PuertoBernardo de PaulaTony AnselmoTom KennyDanny PudiPaget BrewsterDominic Lewis
International Singers Erasmia MarkidiChristina Alexiou
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