| “ | Can't start a fire without a spark, Scroogie. | ” |
–Goldie | ||
Goldie O'Gilt is a female duck who originated in the comics as Scrooge McDuck's old flame from his Gold Rush days.
History[]
Originally created by Carl Barks as a character in the comic Back to the Klondike, Goldie was shown to be a music hall singer in Dawson. Where in the 1987 show. she appeared in the episode with the same name as her original stories and as well as presented the same way. Don Rosa also used her in several stories, including his The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck series and his comic Last Sled to Dawson (Uncle Scrooge Adventures#5). Here, it is implied that Scrooge and Goldie fell in love with each other, but never revealed their feelings of affection to one another and eventually drifted apart as Scrooge traveled across the world and acquired his fortune while Goldie remained in Dawson. In Last Sled to Dawson, Goldie owns a hotel in Dawson.
Personality[]
Goldie is a greedy and manipulative wealthy businesswoman and Scrooge's ex-business partner and girlfriend. She is an ambitious woman who loves adventure but loves treasure even more, that she will trick and use others to get it. Goldie is known for being underhanded, crafty, and beautiful, she uses her sly and flirtatious ways to get others to trust her and give her what she wants. Although, she isn't afraid to get her hands dirty, as she is very hardworking and can hold her own in a fight. Intelligent, determined, and strong, Goldie has faced many exotic, dangerous, and magical situations without a scratch, typically because she has magical or cursed artifacts to protect her from certain harms. Despite her ways, Goldie does do the right things, especially for the ones she care the most about.
Relationships[]
Scrooge McDuck[]
Goldie is Scrooge's underhanded ex-partner and on again-off again girlfriend.
While they are very flirtatious with each other, they often trick one another with Goldie being much more selfish and mischievous of the two. She does however still seem to show a soft spot for Scrooge, as seen at the end of "The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!" when she chooses to leave Scrooge a clue to her next adventure inside his top hat. On top of that, she is also revealed during "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!" to be keeping an old photo of Scrooge in her wallet.
After temporarily regaining her youth in "The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!," she reveals that she wanted to use her and Scrooge's regained youth to restart their relationship. Wanting to fix the mistakes she made with him in the past, She sacrifices her youth to save Scrooge from Ponce de Leon and ends up giving him a good-bye kiss after returning Isabella Finch's journal.
Louie Duck[]
In "The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!", Louie learns to respect Goldie's methods and reaches out to her as a mentor. They get together in "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!", to con their way to riches.
They bond, which shows Goldie isn't entirely stone-cold in her ways, as she developed a sincere fondness for Louie despite swindling him like she does everyone, evident by how she added a picture of Louie into her wallet, right next to a picture of Scrooge. Seeing Louie trapped by Ponce de Leon in "The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!", Goldie not only rescued him, Dewey, and Huey, but also went back to save Scrooge from Jeeves as well.
Skills and Abilities[]
- Master Swindler: Goldie specializes in swindling others, a skill she uses to manipulate people and take all the gold for herself and is perceptive enough to see through others' attempts at duplicity.
- Combat Skills:
- Boat Driving: Goldie knows how to drive a boat. After stealing the liquid gold from the golden lake of the Klondike, she made her escape via boat.
- Beautiful Voice: Goldie sang a song to distract Rockerduck while Scrooge snuck away to take back the giant golden bolder.
- Fire Immunity: Due to wearing the Eye of the Demogorgon, Goldie is granted invulnerability to fire, lava, and heat. However, she must be wearing the amulet in order to retain this power.
- Youth: Goldie is implied to be older than she looks, as Scrooge commented on how Goldie looked younger than the last time he saw her, and she confirmed his suspicion by mentioning she found a fountain of youth to reverse her physical age to some degree. Because of this, Goldie remains able-bodied and spry enough to continue her adventuring and her young looks to aid in her swindling.
Quotes[]
"Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark, Scroogey."
"I'm Goldie O'Gilt."
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Appearances[]
Season 1 []
Season 2 []
- 6. Last Christmas! (non-speaking appearance)
- 9. The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck! (In backstory; on phone)
- 18. Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!
- 24. Moonvasion! (non-speaking cameo)
Season 3 []
- 11. The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!
- 13. Escape from the Impossibin!
- 22. The Last Adventure! (non-speaking cameo)
Video[]
DuckTales - The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains! EXCLUSIVE CLIP
Trivia[]
- The creators of the series have indicated that Goldie and Scrooge have a sort of rivalry, not unlike that of Batman and Catwoman.
- The inspiration of her character was from Kathleen "Klondike Kate" Rockwell.
- Unlike the other previous appearances, while they feature her as elderly, Goldie is infinitely younger in the reboot. It was said that Goldie found the fountain of youth to restore her vitality as her elderly appearance wouldn't be a good representation of her in the reboot.