"DuckTales" (1987) TV series 1987-1990

Director:

Fred Wolf

Writer:

Jean-Marc Lofficier (series)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

16 April 1988 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey & Louie find themselves in all sorts of adventures on this animated cartoon series from Walt Disney.

Plot Keywords:

Donald Duck | Scrooge McDuck | Beagle | Pilot | Duck

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Alan Young	...	Scrooge McDuck / ... (98 episodes, 1987-1990)
Russi Taylor	...	Dewey Duck / ... (93 episodes, 1987-1990)
Terence McGovern	...	Launchpad McQuack / ... (72 episodes, 1987-1990)
Joan Gerber	...	Mrs. Bentina Beakley / ... (56 episodes, 1987-1990)
Frank Welker	...	Bigtime Beagle / ... (45 episodes, 1987-1990)
Chuck McCann	...	Duckworth / ... (44 episodes, 1987-1990)

Also Known As:

Disney's DuckTales (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

30 min (100 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:G | Ireland:G (DVD rating) | UK:U (DVD rating) | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | USA:TV-Y

Company:

Walt Disney Television Animation

Trivia:

In Carl Barks' stories, the Beagle Boys have no individual personalities and they all look the same. They are only mentioned by their numbers and they all begin with "176". The only exception is the founder of the Beagle Boys, Blackheart Beagle, unless you count the fact that 176-167 is very fond of prunes. Blackheart never appeared in Ducktales and was replaced with an original creation, Ma Beagle.

Quotes:

Launchpad McQuack: NASA's gonna send the monkey into space instead of me!
[sigh]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore/Regina Spektor (#35.3)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

DuckTales

DuckTales is a timeless classic!!

I am a great fan of the DuckTales cartoon series, and I think that it is a real classic! As a child, I have seen almost all of the series in the evening when they were shown in Germany (every Saturday evening) and I was always looking forward to it. I think that most of the plots were interesting and exiting, and the drawings are made very well. Most of the cartoons which you can watch today, like a "modern" Donald Duck series, I think it's named "Uncle Donald and the boys", are of a much worse quality. Sometimes the plots of DuckTales also refer to classic themes, like to a Shakespeare play ("Much to do about nothing"), to Helen of Troy or to Homer, just to mention a few, or to historical events, like the first flight of the Hindenburg. I just loved to see how Magica de Spell screamed out loud "Next time lucky dime will be mine" or how Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold talked with their "typical Scottish accent". There are only little things which could be better: I think that the 2nd edition is not as good as the first one; I loved to see adventures with the "classical stuff" like the Beagle Boys, Magica de Spell or Flintheart Glomgold, but I didn't like the new guys which were introduced during the 2nd part like Bubba and Gizmo Duck so much; in my opinion they did not really fit with the classical Disney characters. But nevertheless DuckTales is a real classic which I highly recommend to all people who like cartoons in general! I give it ten points as it's really my favourite cartoon!!