1987
The Terra-firmians are minor DuckTales 1987 characters, appearing in the episode "Earth Quack".
History[]
The Terra-firmians are underground creatures. They are round, and enjoys rolling into walls, which causes earthquakes. Scrooge and the nephews encounters them, as led by a King. Other individuals include who stands out among the rest are the Coach Terra-firmian, who teaches the rolling, and a Small Terra-firmian who befriends the nephews.
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- "Earth Quack" (The King, Coach and Small Terra-firmians, and several generic individuals)
Video games[]
- "DuckTales"/"DuckTales: Remastered" (The King Terra-firmian)
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Trivia[]
- The Terra-firmians were created by Carl Barks for the comic book story Land Beneath The Ground. Like the cartoon, they were segregated by their attire; Fermies wearing four-in-hand knots around their necks and Terries wearing bow ties. They engaged in competition to see which group could make the biggest earthquake within a timeframe. The results would be broadcast to them through slabs of germanium ore which picked up radio waves on the surface. The winner would be awarded a piece of Grecian pottery that fell to the subterranean world from a crevice before the birth of Christ. Their trophy was later replaced by Scrooge's top hat, which had fallen off his head during his escape.
- The Terra-Firmians have a similar appearance to the default form of the "Barbapapa". Barbapapa is a 1970 children's picture book by the French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who lived in Paris, France. Barbapapa is both the title character and the name of his "species". The book was the first of a series of children's books originally written in French and later translated into over 30 languages.