79-616: (Redirected from Ducktales ) DuckTales refers to: Film and television [ edit ] DuckTales (1987 TV series) , original TV series DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp DuckTales (2017 TV series) , reboot TV series Video games [ edit ] DuckTales (video game) DuckTales: Remastered DuckTales 2 DuckTales: The Quest for Gold Topics referred to by
158-490: A DuckTales collection in the video game Disney Magic Kingdoms , along with The Money Bin and The Golden Condor as attractions. In 2019, the original characters of the series Gizmoduck and Launchpad McQuack were added to Disney Heroes: Battle Mode as playable characters. DuckTales (2017 TV series) DuckTales is an American animated television series , developed by Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones, and produced by Disney Television Animation . The series
237-498: A Disney animated classic is far bolder than its predecessor." IGN ' s Chris Hayner gave the series premiere, "Woo-oo!", a score of 8.5 out of 10, stating that the reboot "may be aimed at modern young audiences but there's no denying the heart and adventurous spirit it gets from the original series." IndieWire complimented the series premiere, claiming that "the reboot of the series keeps all of those important original hallmarks. American Idol alum Felicia Barton re-recorded
316-714: A Fastplay mode, and only four language tracks: English, Dutch, German and French, but subtitles have not been added. There are currently no plans to release the rest of the series, or the seven episodes missing between the first two sets. In India where Duck Tales was dubbed in Hindi for TV broadcast on Doordarshan and syndication on Star Plus , 60 episodes out of the first 70 episodes from Seasons 1 and 2 were released by Sony DADC India under license from Disney India , on 20 DVD volumes and Video CDs in PAL format. These discs support Region 2, Region 4 and Region 5. However, due to
395-716: A Launchpad McQuack townsperson was added. Launchpad was a selectable character for the mobile game titled Disney Snow Sports in 2007. An app was released by Disney in the late summer/early fall of 2013 called DuckTales: Scrooge's Loot , where the player tries to get Scrooge back his money that was stolen by Flintheart Glomgold, Magica de Spell, and the Beagle Boys. Scrooge McDuck, Launchpad McQuack, Webby Vanderquack, Magica De Spell, and Gizmoduck appeared in Disney Emoji Blitz . Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby appear as playable characters as part of
474-510: A box containing 3 slipcases, one for each. The 2013 re-releases of the first three volumes packages the discs into one DVD case. DuckTales: Destination Adventure! , a DVD compilation release of episodes from the 2017 reboot, contains two episodes from the original series as bonus features: "New Gizmo Kids on the Block" and "Ducky Mountain High". These episodes were available before their inclusion in
553-672: A chorus. A shorter version of the opening theme was used in The Disney Afternoon lineup with the line, "Everyday they're out there making Duck Tales, woo-ooh", taken out. A full-length version of the theme song was released on the Disney Afternoon soundtrack, the third volume (which was released in a set with the other two volumes) in The Music of Disney: a Legacy in Song along with the full TaleSpin theme and in
632-515: A close friend of the nephews; and the McDuck Manor butler, Duckworth . The second season later introduced three new additional characters as part of the show's stories: "caveduck" Bubba Duck and his pet triceratops Tootsie; and Fenton Crackshell , Scrooge's personal accountant who secretly works as a superhero named Gizmoduck. The show's primary villains consist of those from the comics: Flintheart Glomgold , who seeks to replace Scrooge as
711-604: A code to download the game and a DuckTales collector pin. Various DuckTales items appear in the Toy Box of the Disney Infinity franchise. In 1.0 , the Money Bin item and Scrooge and Beagle Boy townspeople appear in addition to the "Scrooge's Lucky Dime" power disc. In 2.0 , Scrooge's pile of money and a Scrooge portrait are interior items in addition to the iOS-exclusive "Scrooge's Top Hat" power disc. In 3.0 ,
790-411: A companion book covering the majority of season one, as seen from the perspective of Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby. It is written by Rob Renzetti and show writer Rachel Vine. In 2022, Ken Plume revealed he was working on a DuckTales art book. Titled "The Art of DuckTales", the book was published by Dark Horse Comics and released on October 24, 2022. An ongoing comic book series based on
869-524: A full-length version of the Rescue Rangers theme song in a music video aired on The Disney Channel in 1989. Maximilian Leunig of Collider wrote, "This classic series brought along characters that hadn't been in much media apart from comic books, notably written by Carl Barks and Don Rosa. Among these were famous villains like Magica De Spell, the Beagle Boys, and Flintheart Glumgold, to allies like Gyro Gearloose and Glittering Goldie. Of course,
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#1732780855503948-403: A greater involvement of Donald Duck . The series premiered on August 12, 2017, with a 44-minute long pilot episode on Disney XD , before the first season was green-lit for broadcast from September 23 that year on Disney XD. From May 2018 to September 2019, the series was moved to Disney Channel for the previously not broadcast part of the first season and all of the second season. DuckTales
1027-457: A limited number of copies, they quickly went out of stock. Each DVD contained only 3 episodes. Episodes 08, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24, 36, 55 and 61 are missing from the released set. The remaining episodes starting from episode 70 to 100 ("Super DuckTales" from Season 2, and entire Seasons 3 and 4) are yet to be released in Hindi on DVD. Season One of DuckTales was released on Amazon Video in 2013 and
1106-518: A new two-hour programming block called "Block Party" that aired on weekday late afternoons, with it returning to syndication between 1997 and 1999. Reruns were later shown on Toon Disney between 1999 and late 2004. The show proved an immense success for Disney, who decided to commission other cartoons with a similar level of quality, which included Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers , Darkwing Duck , and TaleSpin . In addition, DuckTales also spawned its own feature-length movie, entitled DuckTales
1185-448: A rare extended version that was used in the read-along cassettes in 1987. It has a sequence order of verse-chorus-bridge-chorus-instrumental break-chorus. According to an interview conducted with Jeff Pescetto in 2009, he was originally approached by Mark Mueller to cut a demo version of the theme song for Disney's approval. Although they were impressed with Pescetto's demo, Disney had decided at first to hire pop group The Jets to perform
1264-410: A result. In February 2015, Disney XD announced a reboot of the original DuckTales TV series. It premiered on August 11, 2017 and ran for three seasons. In May 2015, Terry McGovern (the original voice of Launchpad McQuack) stated on Facebook that the entire voice cast would be replaced, stating he felt "heartsick" at the news. A DuckTales video game was developed by Capcom and released for
1343-630: A television movie special entitled " The Treasure of the Golden Suns ", which was later split up into a five-part serial in future reruns. The first season, aired between 1987 and 1988, consisted of 65 episodes, the "magic number" requirement needed for a show to have weekday syndication (five days a week for thirteen weeks). Disney then commissioned three more seasons – the second season (aired between 1988 and 1989) consisted of two television specials entitled "Time Is Money" and "Super DuckTales", with future reruns splitting them into two five-part serials;
1422-426: Is a reboot of the original 1987 series of the same name , itself an adaptation of Uncle Scrooge and other Duck universe comic books created by Carl Barks , which focused on the lives of Scrooge McDuck and his family as they engaged in a variety of adventures around the world, as well as in the fictional city of Duckburg . The reboot itself focuses on newer elements and deeper character stories, including
1501-506: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages DuckTales (1987 TV series) DuckTales is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation . It originally premiered on syndication on September 18, 1987, and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seasons, with its final episode airing on November 28, 1990. Based upon Uncle Scrooge and other Duck universe comic books created by Carl Barks ,
1580-407: Is well known for his characteristic Scottish accent, spats, and top hat. We later learn in the series his family comes from Castle McDuck, and he came to America when he was young learning how to "work smarter not harder". In addition to them, the show features frequent appearances by Gyro Gearloose , an established comic book character, as well as guest appearances by Donald in the first season – this
1659-544: Is well noted for its many references to popular culture, including Shakespeare , Jack the Ripper , Greek mythology , Ancient Egypt , James Bond , Indiana Jones , and Sherlock Holmes . After its first season, the show moved away from globe-trotting stories, with adventures focused mainly within Duckburg. The show also featured a range of additional voice actors who voiced several minor characters, most frequently including
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#17327808555031738-458: The Beagle Boys , and Mark Beaks . In the first season, Dewey and Webby search for the truth about Scrooge and Donald's strained relationship and the unexplained disappearance of the boys' mother and Donald's twin sister Della Duck while the sorceress Magica De Spell manipulates events to facilitate her return and exact revenge on Scrooge for imprisoning her in his Number One Dime . In
1817-580: The Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy in 1989. A sequel to the game, DuckTales 2 , was released for NES and Game Boy in 1993. A Disney's DuckTales hand-held LCD game from Tiger Electronics was also released in 1990. A DuckTales mobile game was developed by Artefact Games and published by Disney Mobile and released for Mobile Phones on 2011 in Moscow . A different platform game, DuckTales: The Quest for Gold ,
1896-504: The "richest duck in the world"; the Beagle Boys , who seek to rob Scrooge of his fortune and often target his money bin; and Magica De Spell , who seeks to steal his Number One Dime. A few changes were made to these villains – unlike the comics, Flintheart is of Scottish descent and wears a couple of pieces of Scottish attire, including a kilt; Magica, who is Italian in the comics, has an Eastern European accent, always saying "darling" (which shocks Scrooge in an episode when Magica changes into
1975-509: 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, as the earlier version had been restricted by an edict from The Walt Disney Company – stating 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; this restriction
2054-761: The Block and Ducky Mountain High ). In the United States, iTunes and Amazon Prime Video offer the first and second seasons, split into four volumes. The first and second seasons have been released on Disney+ since its launch, but users have noted episodes being out of order. The series had its episodes arranged in the proper order on June 26, 2020. The entire third season was released on Disney+ on April 30, 2021. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 100% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Highly energetic, distinctively designed, and attuned to its nostalgia, this update to
2133-520: The DVD contained only 20 episodes, while having 5 language tracks: English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. Other regional versions were distributed to other countries, but only going up to episode #20. On November 12, 2012, the UK received two further releases of Collection 2 and Collection 3, being a Region version of the 2nd and 3rd volumes from North America. Unlike the first release, these 3-disc sets include
2212-463: The Disney Afternoon, DuckTales reruns remained in syndication until 1995. On April 19, 1997, reruns began airing on ABC's "Animal Broadcasting Company" Saturday Morning block, up until August 30, 1997. Two days later, on September 1, 1997, Ducktales began reairing again in a new syndication run. Reruns continued on the Disney Channel from October 1995 to 2000, where it was at first part of
2291-485: The Japanese provided them with more available artists for the cartoon, this also increased production costs, due to the currency exchange rates between the yen and the dollar , though Disney intended to invest heavily in its DuckTales ' s production, with plans to recuperate its money by having it syndicated via its syndication unit, Buena Vista Television , with a 2.5/3.5 syndicator/station ad split. While this
2370-534: The Lost Lamp was released nationwide in the United States on August 3, 1990, by Walt Disney Pictures and Disney MovieToons , Disney TV Animation division and Disney France . The film follows Scrooge McDuck and his nephews as they try to defeat the evil warlock Merlock from taking over the legendary magic lamp. The film was well received by critics and audiences, but was considered a financial disappointment by Disney and several planned sequels were abandoned as
2449-458: The Memories" and "Launchpad's Civil War" are missing. The series theme song was written by Mark Mueller , an ASCAP award-winning pop music songwriter who also wrote the theme song to Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers ; Mueller was paid a little over $ 1,000 to write the tune. Episode musical scores and background cues were written by at least four musicians. The primary and most known composer
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2528-416: The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp , that was released to theaters across the United States on August 3, 1990. The series is notable for being the first Disney cartoon to be produced for weekday syndication, with its success paving the way for future Disney cartoons, such as Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and TaleSpin , creating the syndication block The Disney Afternoon . The show's popular theme song
2607-467: The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp , which was released to theaters on August 3, 1990, along with a franchise of merchandising, including toys, comic books and video games, a spin-off series , and eventually a revival in 2017, that rebooted the series . In 1990, the same year the original show ended, Russi Taylor -the voice of regular DuckTales characters Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby- obtained more voiceover work outside of Disney when she began providing
2686-525: The November 2013 release of the Disney Classics collection. Also, it is heard in the end credits of DuckTales: Remastered and is also released on its official soundtrack. The full version contains a second verse, and it includes a guitar solo , which is performed with a wah-wah pedal to make it sound like duck-like noises. It also has a fadeout ending, unlike the other versions. There is also
2765-583: The Volume 4 release. The episodes are in the order that they originally aired (except for the five-part serial "Treasure of the Golden Suns", placed at the beginning of Volume 2). None of the DVD sets contain any special features. In the United Kingdom, Disney released one Region 2 volume in 2007, titled DuckTales First Collection . Despite the set being similar to the North American version,
2844-463: The age of 10 — we're not sure how life in Duckburg is like a hurricane , or exactly what a 'duck blur' is — but the DuckTales song is still awesome." An article from Vanity Fair noted that the song has a tendency to stick in someone's head, a phenomenon known as an earworm . TVLine lists the theme song among the best animated series themes of all time. DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of
2923-476: The animation was handled by Wang Film Productions (some 1987 and 1989–1990 episodes only), Cuckoo's Nest Studio, Tokyo Movie Shinsha (season 1 only), and Burbank Films (1 episode only) having previously been used on two other Disney cartoons in 1985 – The Wuzzles and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears – both of which had demonstrated better quality cartoons on TV than in previous years. Although
3002-539: The complete series on DVD; four volumes have been released in Region 1 featuring all 100 episodes of the series. The first was released on November 8, 2005 (containing episodes 1–27), the second on November 14, 2006 (containing episodes 28–51), and the third volume on November 13, 2007 (containing episodes 52–75). The fourth and final volume was released as a Disney Movie Club exclusive on September 11, 2018 (containing episodes 76–100). The first three volumes were packaged in
3081-611: The correct airdate order but some episodes are simply missing. For instance, the episodes on Netflix do not include a lot of Season 1 episodes, even though they have indeed been dubbed into Danish. Amongst the episodes missing are the Five-Part Miniseries, "Treasure of the Golden Sun", "Duckman of Aquatraz", and "Top Duck". The entire series is currently available for purchase on Amazon Instant Video in Germany, with
3160-556: The day. Shortly after accidentally releasing and defeating a few ancient evils, Scrooge regains his sense of adventure and invites Donald and the boys to live at McDuck Manor with him, along with his housekeeper Mrs. Beakley and her granddaughter Webby Vanderquack . Together, along with Scrooge's chauffeur and pilot Launchpad McQuack , the Ducks go on many new treasure-hunting expeditions and globetrotting adventures while contending with villains like Flintheart Glomgold , Ma Beagle and
3239-544: The dynamic trio of Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Because the stories often are set in far-flung places such as Greece, Antarctica, and the Klondike, kids are introduced to basic concepts of geography and diverse world cultures." Jeremy Hayes of BuzzFeed ranked DuckTales 2nd in their "Best Cartoons From The '80s" list, saying, "Arguably the greatest Disney cartoon show ever, the animation and voice acting really stand out (from what I've seen of this show). Often considered one of
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3318-465: The episodes split into eight different seasons. iTunes and Amazon Instant Video in the United States currently offer the entire series (except the episode "Sphinx for the Memories") for purchase in SD format, split into six volumes at $ 9.99 per volume. The series has been available to stream on Disney+ since its launch on November 12, 2019, however some episodes are out of order and the episodes "Sphinx for
3397-428: The following: Walt Disney Television Animation began production on DuckTales in 1986, intending to have it ready for a premiere in 1987, and its episodes airing within a 4–6 p.m. placement, at a time when more children would be watching television, rather than within a morning timeslot. Seeking to create a cartoon with high quality animation, in comparison with other 1980s cartoons which had much lower budgets,
3476-439: The form of Mrs. Beakly). She has a brother named Poe, who was transformed into a raven; the Beagle Boys have individual personalities and are headed by their mother, Ma Beagle, who sometimes springs them from jail to conduct schemes with her, but always avoids being caught by the police. The animated series also featured a list of minor villains , most of whom sought to either claim Scrooge's wealth or beat him to treasure. Most of
3555-468: The humour of the show, alongside the performance of the voice actors. Disney comics creator Don Rosa , primarily known for his Uncle Scrooge comic sub-series The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck , has stated that the DuckTales reboot series bears "virtually no similarity whatsoever" to Barks' original comics. In 2018, Disney Press published "DuckTales: Solving Mysteries and Rewriting History!",
3634-561: The most underrated cartoons ever, the show ran for four seasons after debuting in September of 1987." In January 2009, IGN listed DuckTales as the 18th best show in the Top 100 Best Animated TV Shows, writing, "This was Disney's first syndicated animated TV series and it paved the way for other hugely successful shows like TaleSpin and Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers . It even created two spin-offs, Darkwing Duck and Quack Pack . Disney made
3713-405: The original series and 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
3792-401: 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
3871-462: The pilot episode and all 6 Welcome to Duckburg shorts. A second DVD titled Destination Adventure! was released on June 5, 2018. It contains the episodes The Beagle Birthday Massacre! , The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra! , The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest! , The Spear of Selene! , The Missing Links of Moorshire! , and Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System! , as well as 2 episodes of the original 1987 series previously unreleased on DVD ( New Gizmo Kids on
3950-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title DuckTales . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DuckTales&oldid=1240921147 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
4029-584: The second season, Scrooge and Glomgold compete to become the richest duck in the world by the end of the year, Louie tries to start up his own multi-million dollar business in hopes of following in Scrooge's footsteps, and Della reunites with her family following her escape from the Moon and adapts to her newfound motherhood, unaware that the Moonlanders, led by General Lunaris, are planning to invade Earth. In
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#17327808555034108-471: The series aired on Disney Channel during the premiere of Tangled: Before Ever After , and on June 14, 2017, the title sequence for the series, featuring a re-recording of the theme song written by Mark Mueller , performed by Felicia Barton and animated by Golden Wolf, was released. A DVD titled Woo-oo! was released on December 19, 2017, in the US and on July 9, 2018, in the UK and Ireland. The DVD contains
4187-440: The series returned to Disney XD. On October 20, 2020, "Let's Get Dangerous!", the 44-minute Darkwing Duck -themed episode from season 3, was made available for free on Disney XD's YouTube channel. Between September 26 and October 6, 2022, the entirety of season 1 was uploaded as well. In Canada, the pilot premiered on Disney XD on August 12 and the full series started on September 23, 2017. In Australia and New Zealand,
4266-416: The series, saying, "With an unimpeachable cast, a clever sense of humor, and a commitment to the underlying thematic concerns of the story, these three seasons represent the best-case scenario for the reboot of a beloved TV show: a sensationally self-aware series that takes its characters seriously while still delivering side-splitting slapstick." CinemaBlend.com gave a positive review of the series, praising
4345-431: The show also created beloved partners like Launchpad McQuack, Gizmoduck, and Webby, who all brought fun and adventure to this Disney classic." Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media rated the show a 4 out of 5 stars, stating, " DuckTales was a huge hit with fans during its four-year run in the '80s and continues to entertain today with quality stories, wild adventures, and classic Disney characters such as Scrooge McDuck and
4424-426: The show follows Scrooge McDuck , his three grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie , and close friends of the group, on various adventures, most of which either involve seeking out treasure or thwarting the efforts of villains seeking to steal Scrooge's fortune or his Number One Dime . DuckTales has inspired video games, merchandise, and comic books, along with an animated theatrical spin-off film entitled DuckTales
4503-414: The show is being published by IDW Publishing , with Joe Caramagna, Joey Cavalieri and Steve Behling sharing writing duties, and Luca Usai, Gianfranco Florio and others providing the art. Ducktales #0 was released on July 19, 2017, and #1 of the monthly series followed on September 27. The individual issues are also collected in trade paperbacks : List of comic book stories On March 10, 2021, it
4582-412: The show premiered on Disney Channel on October 13, 2017. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the pilot premiered on Disney Channel on November 4, 2017. The full series debuted on March 1, 2018, on Disney XD . On December 7, 2016, a teaser trailer was released for the series. The first season was announced to consist of 21 half-hour episodes and two hour-long specials. On March 10, 2017, a trailer for
4661-601: The show's third season: Chip 'n Dale and the Rescue Rangers from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers ; Kit Cloudkicker and Molly Cunningham from TaleSpin ; Rhinokey and Butterbear from The Wuzzles ; and Gosalyn Mallard and Taurus Bulba from Darkwing Duck ; as well as Goofy (based on his Goof Troop incarnation), and Daisy Duck . The art style of the show is heavily influenced not just by Carl Barks ' original Uncle Scrooge comics, but also some of Barks' paintings. The theme song, written by Mark Mueller for
4740-472: The show. Three other musicians worked on creating incidental music cues for DuckTales . One musician, Stephen Rucker , also was in charge of conducting and composing tracks, much like Jones. The two other musicians, Steve Zuckerman, and Thomas Chase Jones, composed only synthetic cues for the show, and generally kept the tone lighter, as opposed to Jones and Rucker. In total, there were approximately 85(?) incidental music cues composed for DuckTales . A track
4819-572: The signature theme song but keeps its sense of fun and excitement intact." Collider rated the last season 5 out of 5, indicating that "Season 3 is really where the new vision of the fan-favorite series takes off." Den of Geek reviewed the last episode of the show positively, stating, "DuckTales has power; it'll keep having power. Now that the show's ended I have no doubt more people will check it out on Disney+ and realize how special it was. How great it was. How even if it still had more stories to tell it still gave all it had." ComicsBeat praised
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#17327808555034898-421: The smart move of taking classic characters like Scrooge McDuck and Baloo from The Jungle Book and giving them a late '80s reboot." The theme song, written by Mark Mueller, has been widely regarded as one of the most memorable for a television program, with Dan Fletcher of Time magazine noting its lasting impact despite being just a children's song: "Some of the lyrics might not make sense to those older than
4977-516: The stories used in the show revolve around one of three common themes – the first focuses on the group's efforts to thwart attempts by various villains to steal Scrooge's fortune or his Number One Dime ; the second focuses on a race for treasure; the third focused on specific characters within the show. Although some stories are original or based on Barks' comic book series, others are pastiches on classical stories or legends, including characters based on either fictional or historical persons. DuckTales
5056-544: The theme song for broadcast. However, after recording a version with the group, Disney felt that the theme song needed a different vocal style, and instead commissioned Pescetto to perform the theme. After performing on DuckTales , Pescetto would later be asked to sing the vocal themes for Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (composed by Mueller and produced by Alf Clausen ), Darkwing Duck (composed by Steve Nelson and Thom Sharp and produced by Steve Tyrell ), and for The Disney Afternoon itself. The Jets, meanwhile, later performed
5135-474: The third and final season, the Ducks set out to find several lost artifacts detailed in the journal of the legendary explorer Isabella Finch, while the criminal organization F.O.W.L. plan to eliminate Scrooge and his family and obtain the artifacts first in order to rid the world of adventuring. Note: Each colour represents which one of the triplets gets the main focus. The show's main voice cast includes: Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones grew up watching
5214-558: The third season (aired between 1989 and 1990) consisted of 18 episodes, with it forming an hour-long syndicated block alongside Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers ; and the fourth season (aired during late 1990) consisted of seven episodes (including three unaired episodes meant for the previous season), which was used to form a two-hour-long syndicated block called The Disney Afternoon , consisting of DuckTales and three other half-hour cartoons. The cartoon continued running within The Disney Afternoon until 1992. Following its departure from
5293-542: The voices of some recurring characters on The Simpsons . 10 VHS cassettes, containing two episodes each, were released in the United States. Also, the episode "Ducky Horror Picture Show" was released with the Goof Troop episode "FrankenGoof" on a VHS cassette entitled Monster Bash in 1993. 10 VHS cassettes, each containing two or three episodes, were released in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released
5372-512: Was Ron Jones , who wrote and conducted orchestral themes for the program. In contrast to how the other composers were creating a "patronizing" and "cute" score for the show, Jones says he composed the music with regard to the audience and its intelligence. "I would not play the score like a kid's show at all. If they went on an adventure I would play it serious like Raiders of the Lost Ark . Jones' score for DuckTales has been praised by fans of
5451-474: Was a concept that worked well with live-action TV reruns, it had only ever been used with inexpensive cartoon series in the past that either recycled theatrical shorts from decades past or only featured limited, low-budget animation, and thus had never been attempted with a high quality animated series, with the heavy investment considered a risky move. The cartoon premiered worldwide between 18 and 20 September 1987 (the time and date varying between markets), with
5530-484: Was announced that a seven-episode scripted podcast spinoff of the series would be launching via the Disney XD YouTube channel on March 29, two weeks after the series finale. The podcast is called This Duckburg Life (a parody of the popular public radio program/podcast This American Life ) and is hosted by Huey Duck for "Duckburg Public Radio" and focuses on slice of life occurrences in Duckburg. Many of
5609-552: 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
5688-560: Was either a full appearance, or in a cameo scene when Scrooge and his nephews read letters he sends to them, and a few minor appearances by Scrooge's old flame, Glittering Goldie , whose character was adapted from the comic books. The show introduced new characters to the Duck universe; while some were minor including the nanny Mrs. Beakley , whom Scrooge hires to babysit the nephews; Mrs. Beakley's granddaughter Webby ; Scrooge's pilot Launchpad McQuack ; Doofus Drake , an admirer of Launchpad and
5767-455: Was free for Amazon Prime members but as of February 28, 2014, DuckTales Season 1 is no longer accessible through Amazon Video or Amazon Prime accounts. As of December 11, 2015, some episodes from Season 1 have been made available on Netflix in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In Denmark, at least, only 20 episodes from season 1 are available on Netflix. The episodes available do follow
5846-452: Was lifted shortly after the original version of DuckTales ended. The popular theme song, written by pop songwriter Mark Mueller (both words and music), was the subject of a Vanity Fair magazine article in 2017, which called the song "History's Catchiest Single Minute of Music". The actual song is sung by Felicia Barton , a notable children's singer. The 44-minute pilot, titled Woo-oo! , premiered on August 12, 2017, at midnight and
5925-407: Was played on different occasions on an episode, appropriate with the current ongoing situation. As of 2019, there has never been an official release of any of the background music on DuckTales . The DuckTales Theme was sung by Jeff Pescetto . There are four different versions of the theme song. The original version, serving as the show's opening theme, contained one verse, chorus, bridge, and then
6004-424: Was released by Incredible Technologies for computers in 1990. DuckTales: Remastered , an HD remake of Capcom's original game, developed by WayForward Technologies , was released by Disney Interactive for PlayStation Network , Nintendo eShop and Steam on August 13, 2013. It was also released on September 11, 2013, for Xbox Live Arcade . A retail copy for PlayStation 3 was released on August 20, 2013, with
6083-476: Was repeated consecutively for the next 24 hours. Two days later on August 14, 2017, the pilot was also released on YouTube, though it has since been set to private. The pilot also aired on Disney Channel on September 17, 2017. The series officially premiered on September 23, 2017, coinciding with the original show's 30th anniversary. On May 1, 2018, the show moved to the Disney Channel , with new episodes airing on Fridays beginning May 4, 2018. With season three,
6162-513: Was then moved back to Disney XD for its third season, and concluded with a 67-minute finale on March 15, 2021. Since its release, the reboot has generated positive reviews from critics and audiences, as well as a comic book series, a scripted podcast, and several online shorts. After not speaking to each other for ten years, Donald Duck reunites with his estranged uncle, business mogul and former adventurer Scrooge McDuck , when he asks him to babysit his triplet nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie , for
6241-923: Was written by Mark Mueller . Also, Launchpad McQuack later returned to appear in another Disney animated series, becoming a main character in Darkwing Duck . In February 2015, Disney XD announced the revival of the show, with the intention of rebooting the series . The rebooted series premiered on August 12, 2017, and concluded on March 15, 2021. When Donald Duck decides to join the US Navy , he enlists his uncle Scrooge McDuck to look after his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie . Although reluctant to do so due to their hyperactivity, along with his continual pursuit of increasing his wealth and maintaining harsh business ethics, he eventually warms up to them upon seeing how smart and resourceful they are and takes them into his manor as well as several adventures. Scrooge McDuck
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