List of DuckTales episodes
The following is an episode list for the Disney animated television series DuckTales. The series is based on the Scrooge McDuck character and the Uncle Scrooge comic books created by Carl Barks. The series stars Scrooge, his great-nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie and Webby Vanderquack, and several characters created for the series. While Huey, Dewey, and Louie originated in Donald Duck animated short subjects in the 1930s, their characterization on DuckTales approximated that of Barks' comics. Although Donald Duck was a major player in the Uncle Scrooge comics, he appeared as a guest star in a few DuckTales episodes.
The series aired in syndication. It premiered during the week of September 14–18, 1987 with an edited two-hour television movie version of the five-part serial "Treasure of the Golden Suns". (The airdate varied by market – WSYT aired it on September 18,[1] while WSBK-TV aired it on September 20).[2] Subsequently, on September 21, 1987, the series began airing in its regular time slot on weekdays. ("Treasure of the Golden Suns" first appeared in its serialized form from November 9–13, 1987).[3] The first season, totaling 65 episodes, aired its finale, "Till Nephews Do Us Part", on January 1, 1988.[3]
Ten episodes premiered during the second season, and 18 in the third. Three episodes produced for the third season were held back for broadcast until the fall of 1990, when the series was incorporated into The Disney Afternoon. Four additional episodes were produced for its short final season, totaling 100 for the series. The show aired its final episode on November 28, 1990.[3]
All 100 episodes from all 4 seasons are available on DVD in Region 1. The first twenty individual episodes of season one, numbered 6 to 25 in the list below, are also available on DVD in Region 2.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| 1 | 65 | September 18, 1987 | January 1, 1988 | ||
| 2 | 10 | November 24, 1988 | March 26, 1989 | ||
| 3 | 18 | September 18, 1989 | February 11, 1990 | ||
| Film | August 3, 1990 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | September 10, 1990 | November 28, 1990 | ||
Episodes
Season 1 (1987–1988)
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| 1 | 1 | "Don't Give Up the Ship" | Alan Zaslove | Story by : Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, and Mark Zaslove Teleplay by : Jymn Magon and Bruce Talkington | September 18, 1987 | 124 | ||||||
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Donald Duck joins the Navy and sends the nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie off to live with his uncle Scrooge McDuck. Meanwhile, a mysterious man named El Capitán busts the Beagle Boys out of jail to help him steal an awkward treasure map in Scrooge's possession.
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| 2 | 2 | "Wronguay in Ronguay" | Steve Clark | Story by : Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, and Mark Zaslove Teleplay by : Mark Zaslove | September 18, 1987 | 125 | ||||||
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After foiling the Beagle Boys, Scrooge and his nephews decipher the strange marking on the map, which leads to a sunken treasure ship in Ronguay. However, Flintheart Glomgold and El Capitán are out to stop them at every turn.
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| 3 | 3 | "Three Ducks of the Condor" | Alan Zaslove | Story by : Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, and Mark Zaslove Teleplay by : Jymn Magon and Bruce Talkington | September 18, 1987 | 126 | ||||||
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Upon finding out about the Valley of the Golden Suns, Scrooge begins an expedition to find the treasure therein, starting with finding the map that leads to it. First, he must get one half of the map from High Golden Sun Priest Joaquin Slowly, but to reach Slowly's mountaintop fortress, he must enlist Gyro Gearloose to construct a special aircraft, and Launchpad McQuack to fly it. He is joined by his nephew Donald who is on a three-day leave in the Andes Mountains.
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| 4 | 4 | "Cold Duck" | Terence Harrison | Story by : Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, and Mark Zaslove Teleplay by : Mark Zaslove | September 18, 1987 | 127 | ||||||
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The nephews, Webby, and Mrs. Beakley find themselves joining Scrooge in his adventure as he looks for the second half of the treasure map in Antarctica.
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| 5 | 5 | "Too Much of a Gold Thing" | Alan Zaslove | Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, and Mark Zaslove | September 18, 1987 | 128 | ||||||
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Scrooge develops gold fever as he and the gang make their way to the Valley of the Golden Suns, all the while pursued by El Capitán.
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| 6 | 6 | "Send in the Clones" | Alan Zaslove | Story by : Astrid Ryterband Teleplay by : Ken Koonce and David Weimers | September 21, 1987 | 120 | ||||||
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Everyone begins seeing double when Magica DeSpell gets the Beagle Boys to help her steal the Number One Dime, disguising them as replace the nephews. Can the nephews expose them before the dime is stolen (and before Mrs. Beakley loses her mind)?
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| 7 | 7 | "Sphinx for the Memories" | David Block | Michael Keyes | September 22, 1987 | 141 | ||||||
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An ancient Egyptian Civilization abducts Donald so that he can host a spirit of a Pharaoh. But the jealous high-priest unleashes a mummy to destroy Donald, and it's up to Scrooge and the boys to save him.
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| 8 | 8 | "Where No Duck Has Gone Before" | David Block | Len Uhley | September 23, 1987 | 133 | ||||||
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Gyro's props for a science fiction television show accidentally launch the cast into space, and Launchpad becomes the hero when it is realized that he is the only real pilot on board.
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| 9 | 9 | "Armstrong" | Alan Zaslove | Michael Keyes | September 24, 1987 | 114 | ||||||
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Gyro presents the McDuck household with a robot named Armstrong to do their work for them. However, the robot decides it would rather work for itself.
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| 10 | 10 | "Robot Robbers" | Alan Zaslove | Story by : Carl Barks; Teleplay by: Michael Keyes | September 25, 1987 | 134 | ||||||
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After the incident with Armstrong, Gyro builds giant human-operated robots for Flintheart Glomgold, only to have them be stolen and operated by Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys.
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| 11 | 11 | "Magica's Shadow War" | David Block | Randy Lofficier | September 28, 1987 | 135 | ||||||
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Magica's plot to steal the Number One Dime using her own shadow goes awry when her shadow develops a mind of its own.
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| 12 | 12 | "Master of the Djinni" | Alan Zaslove | Sam Joseph and Manette Beth Rosen | September 29, 1987 | 110 | ||||||
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Scrooge and Glomgold race for mastership of Aladdin's genie, who makes it difficult by sending them back in time to the Arabian Nights.
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| 13 | 13 | "Hotel Strangeduck" | Alan Zaslove | Richard Merwin | September 30, 1987 | 122 | ||||||
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Scrooge turns a castle once owned by a mad scientist into a hotel, but he does not believe that the place is haunted.
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| 14 | 14 | "Lost Crown of Genghis Khan" | Alan Zaslove | Story by : Carl Barks; Teleplay by: Anthony Adams | October 1, 1987 | 108 | ||||||
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Scrooge goes searching for a crown in the Himalayas, which is guarded by a snow beast.
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| 15 | 15 | "Duckman of Aquatraz" | Steve Clark | Francis Moss[4] | October 2, 1987 | 129 | ||||||
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Scrooge is framed for stealing a painting from Glomgold's art gallery and sent to Aquatraz. Luckily, Flintheart disguised himself as Scrooge and stole it from his own art gallery. Scrooge got the blame.
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| 16 | 16 | "The Money Vanishes" | Steve Clark | David Schwartz | October 5, 1987 | 107 | ||||||
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The Beagle Boys steal Gyro's handheld teleporter and use it to steal Scrooge's fortune.
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| 17 | 17 | "Sir Gyro de Gearloose" | Steve Clark | Mark Zaslove | October 6, 1987 | 115 | ||||||
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Gyro, tired of being looked upon as a "gadget man", invents a time machine and uses it to go back in time to the Middle Ages.
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| 18 | 18 | "Dinosaur Ducks" | Alan Zaslove | Ken Koonce and David Weimers | October 7, 1987 | 106 | ||||||
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Scrooge and Launchpad explore a land where dinosaurs still live, but the kids tag along against Scrooge's directions to the contrary.
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| 19 | 19 | "Hero for Hire" | Steve Clark | Ken Koonce and David Weimers | October 8, 1987 | 113 | ||||||
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After being fired by Scrooge, Launchpad is tricked by the Beagle Boys into performing a series of bank robberies disguised as movie scenes.
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| 20 | 20 | "Superdoo!" | Steve Clark | Michael Keyes | October 9, 1987 | 121 | ||||||
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Having a hard time at camp, Doofus accidentally finds a stolen alien crystal that grants him numerous super powers. But the aliens who lost it want it back.
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| 21 | 21 | "Maid of the Myth" | Alan Zaslove | Anthony Adams | October 12, 1987 | 112 | ||||||
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Mrs. Beakley is abducted by Vikings from Norse mythology and it is up to Scrooge and the others to rescue her.
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| 22 | 22 | "Down & Out in Duckburg" | Terence Harrison | Ken Koonce and David Weimers | October 13, 1987 | 147 | ||||||
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A family debt causes Scrooge to lose his entire fortune, sending his entire family into the poorhouse.
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| 23 | 23 | "Much Ado About Scrooge" | David Block | Michael Keyes | October 14, 1987 | 131 | ||||||
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Scrooge and the boys track down a lost play of the famed playwright William Drakespeare. But a master salesman is also on their trail.
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| 24 | 24 | "Top Duck" | Alan Zaslove | Richard Merwin | October 15, 1987 | 132 | ||||||
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Launchpad's family comes to visit while the Beagle Boys eye Scrooge's new jet so that they can use it to pilfer his Money Bin.
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| 25 | 25 | "Pearl of Wisdom" | Steve Clark | Michael Keyes | October 16, 1987 | 109 | ||||||
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Scrooge learns that a pearl he bought will grant him infinite wisdom once he takes it back to its homeland. But a slippery pair of Martinique thieves want the pearl for themselves.
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| 26 | 26 | "The Curse of Castle McDuck" | Steve Clark | Anthony Adams | October 19, 1987 | 119 | ||||||
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Scrooge, the nephews, and Webby visit Scrooge's ancestral home in Scotland, only to be embroiled in a mystery surrounding Castle McDuck, involving Druids and a Ghost Hound.
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| 27 | 27 | "Launchpad's Civil War" | Steve Clark | Pamela Hickey and Dennys McCoy | October 20, 1987 | 123 | ||||||
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When going to Duck Ridge for an American Civil War reenactment, Launchpad encounters aged Union veterans who once served under his ancestor, who had lost a battle. Meanwhile, Doofus and the nephews learn that a businessman is exploiting the reenactments for financial gain. Launchpad works to avenge his family's honor by rallying the old veterans to a "rematch" of sorts against the reenactors.
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| 28 | 28 | "Sweet Duck of Youth" | Steve Clark | Ken Koonce and David Weimers | October 21, 1987 | 103 | ||||||
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Scrooge and the boys head to the Okeefadokie Swamp in search of the fabled Fountain of Youth from Spanish mythology. There they encounter the ghost of Ponce De Loon.
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| 29 | 29 | "Earth Quack" | Alan Zaslove | Story by : Carl Barks; Teleplay by: Mark Young | October 22, 1987 | 102 | ||||||
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Scrooge and the boys discover that the games of an underground civilization are causing earthquakes directly under the Money Bin.
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| 30 | 30 | "Home Sweet Homer" | Alan Zaslove | Anthony Adams | October 23, 1987 | 130 | ||||||
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According to Greek mythology, Circe, a wicked sorceress from the past, accidentally transports Scrooge and the boys back to time of Ancient Greece, where they meet up with Homer.
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| 31 | 31 | "Bermuda Triangle Tangle" | Steve Clark | Frank Ridgeway | October 26, 1987 | 117 | ||||||
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Scrooge seeks to find out why his ships are disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle.
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| 32 | 32 | "Micro Ducks from Outer Space" | Alan Zaslove | Story by : Carl Barks Teleplay by : Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | October 27, 1987 | 104 | ||||||
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Scrooge misuses an alien size-shifting device, and accidentally ends up shrinking himself, the boys, and Webby, to the size of ants.
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| 33 | 33 | "Back to the Klondike" | Steve Clark | Story by : Carl Barks Teleplay by : Tedd Anasti and Patsy Cameron | October 28, 1987 | 101 | ||||||
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Scrooge takes the kids to the Klondike, where he met an old flame, Glittering Goldie.
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| 34 | 34 | "Horse Scents" | Alan Zaslove | Earl Kress | October 29, 1987 | 118 | ||||||
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Webby helps trains a horse for the Kenducky Derby so the owner will have the money to raise it.
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| 35 | 35 | "Scrooge's Pet" | Steve Clark | Jack Enyart | October 30, 1987 | 105 | ||||||
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Scrooge loses the new combination for his vault to a lemming that the boys and Webby got him as a pet.
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| 36 | 36 | "A Drain on the Economy" | Alan Zaslove | Story by : Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, and Mark Zaslove Teleplay by : Len Uhley | November 2, 1987 | 137 | ||||||
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Scrooge and Glomgold compete in a contest where the winner, being the world's richest duck, becomes the sales broker for a new fruit from Macaroon that works like a flashlight. First, though, Scrooge must keep his fortune away from the Beagle Boys.
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| 37 | 37 | "A Whale of a Bad Time" | Alan Zaslove | Story by : Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, and Mark Zaslove Teleplay by : Anthony Adams | November 3, 1987 | 138 | ||||||
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As Scrooge tries to deliver his fortune to Macaroon, he experiences an interference in the form of a rogue Navy super-submarine working for Glomgold. Donald is there to help his uncle reclaim his fortune.
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| 38 | 38 | "Aqua Ducks" | Alan Zaslove | Story by : Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, and Mark Zaslove Teleplay by : Michael Keyes | November 4, 1987 | 139 | ||||||
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After dumping his fortune under the sea, Scrooge, along with Launchpad, Gyro, and Doofus, submerges in order to get it out. There they encounter an underwater race of mermen, and a monster named Glubbzilla.
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| 39 | 39 | "Working for Scales" | Terence Harrison | Story by : Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, and Mark Zaslove Teleplay by : Bruce Reid Schaefer | November 5, 1987 | 140 | ||||||
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Glomgold and the Beagle Boys attempt to make sure Scrooge does not win the contest on his way to Macaroon.
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| 40 | 40 | "Merit-Time Adventure" | Alan Zaslove | Sharman DiVono | November 6, 1987 | 116 | ||||||
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The Nephews, Webby, and Doofus attempt to earn a Junior Woodchuck badge in sailing while a sea monster is preying on Scrooge's shipping fleet.
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| 41 | 41 | "The Golden Fleecing" | Terence Harrison | Ken Koonce and David Weimers | November 16, 1987 | 146 | ||||||
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After hearing about Launchpad's encounter with several Harpies, Scrooge heads to the Black Sea to seek out the legendary Golden Fleece. However, the fleece is guarded by a Sleepless Dragon.
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| 42 | 42 | "Ducks of the West" | David Block | Richard Merwin | November 17, 1987 | 136 | ||||||
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Scrooge and the boys go to Scrooge's oil wells to find out why they ran dry.
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| 43 | 43 | "Time Teasers" | David Block | Anthony Adams | November 18, 1987 | 142 | ||||||
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Gyro invents a watch that allows anyone to move super fast. But the Beagle Boys want to use it so they can steal all of Scrooge's money. Things get worse when the whole group ends up traveling backwards in time and end up meeting pirates.
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| 44 | 44 | "Back Out in the Outback" | David Block | Story by : James A. Markovich; Teleplay by: Richard Merwin | November 19, 1987 | 143 | ||||||
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Something's attacking Scrooge's sheep and shearing off their wool, so Scrooge heads off for Australia to find out what's going on. What's worse, is that Webby gets lost in the outback.
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| 45 | 45 | "Raiders of the Lost Harp" | David Block | Cherie Dee Wilkerson | November 20, 1987 | 144 | ||||||
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Scrooge acquires a magical harp that can determine if someone was lying or not. However, Magica de Spell wants the harp for herself, and so does the harp's guardian: a five-story stone Minotaur.
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| 46 | 46 | "The Right Duck" | Terence Harrison | Ken Koonce and David Weimers | November 23, 1987 | 148 | ||||||
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After being fired again by Scrooge, Launchpad enters the space program, and accidentally gets sent to Mars. Worse, Doofus joins him on his trip, the pair accidentally causing the Martians to attack Earth.
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| 47 | 47 | "Scroogerello" | Terence Harrison | Story by : John Pirillo; Teleplay by: Evelyn Gabai | November 24, 1987 | 149 | ||||||
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While experiencing a fever, Scrooge has an extended dream sequence parodying the fairy tale of Cinderella, with himself in the titular role.
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| 48 | 48 | "Double-O-Duck" | Terence Harrison | Ken Koonce and David Weimers | November 25, 1987 | 150 | ||||||
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Launchpad finds himself masquerading as Bruno Von Beak, an agent for the Foreign Organization of World Larceny, whose leader, Dr. Nogood, wants to wipe out the world's money supply.
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| 49 | 49 | "Luck o' the Ducks" | Terence Harrison | Michael O'Mahony | November 26, 1987 | 145 | ||||||
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After finding a leprechaun in his cargo, Scrooge is led to Ireland, where he believes that he will find a vast fortune of gold. However, the leprechauns will not give it up without a fight.
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| 50 | 50 | "Duckworth's Revolt" | Terence Harrison | Dale Hale | November 27, 1987 | 153 | ||||||
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After being fired from being a butler by Scrooge, Duckworth and the boys are abducted by plant aliens and enslaved aboard their ship along with dozens of other kidnapped aliens.
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| 51a | 51a | "Magica's Magic Mirror" | Steve Clark | Richard Merwin | November 30, 1987 | 111a | ||||||
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Magica uses a pair of magic mirrors to try to get Scrooge's Number One Dime.
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| 51b | 51b | "Take Me Out of the Ballgame" | Vincent Davis | Tedd Anasti | November 30, 1987 | 111b | ||||||
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Duckworth coaches the Junior Woodchucks in a baseball game.
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| 52 | 52 | "Duck to the Future" | Terence Harrison | Ken Koonce and David Weimers | December 1, 1987 | 152 | ||||||
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Magica sends Scrooge into the future, where she has stolen his Number One Dime and taken over his company.
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| 53 | 53 | "Jungle Duck" | Terence Harrison | Story by : Evelyn Gabai, Jymn Magon, and Bruce Talkington Teleplay by : Judy Zook | December 2, 1987 | 151 | ||||||
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While accompanying Scrooge in his search for silver, Mrs. Beakley encounters a Tarzan-like character who used to be a boy she helped raise as a nanny.
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| 54 | 54 | "Launchpad's First Crash" | Terence Harrison | Anthony Adams and Michael Keyes | December 3, 1987 | 155 | ||||||
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Scrooge and Launchpad reminisce on how they first met.
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| 55 | 55 | "Dime Enough for Luck" | Terence Harrison | Story by : Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington, and Mark Zaslove Teleplay by : Diane Duane | December 4, 1987 | 157 | ||||||
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Magica tricks Gladstone Gander into stealing the Number One Dime for her, and as a result, he is cursed with bad luck.
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| 56 | 56 | "Duck in the Iron Mask" | David Block | Don Glut | December 7, 1987 | 158 | ||||||
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Scrooge and the boys take a trip to visit an old friend of his, Count Roy. However, unknown to Scrooge, Roy's evil twin Ray rules Roy's kingdom with an iron fist.
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| 57 | 57 | "The Uncrashable Hindentanic" | David Block | Ken Koonce and David Weimers | December 8, 1987 | 156 | ||||||
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Scrooge makes a bet with Glomgold that he can make money off a blimp called the Hindentanic.
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| 58 | 58 | "The Status Seekers" | Terence Harrison | Story by : Carl Barks; Teleplay by: Jymn Magon | December 9, 1987 | 159 | ||||||
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Seeking respect from other members of Duckburg's elite, Scrooge hunts down a mask he gave away, while other people hunt him down.
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| 59 | 59 | "Nothing to Fear" | David Block | Richard Merwin, Patsy Cameron, and Tedd Anasti | December 14, 1987 | 160 | ||||||
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Scrooge, the nephews, Doofus, and Duckworth are intimidated by a cloud that generates their worst fears, conjured by Magica.
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| 60 | 60 | "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck" | Terence Harrison | Margaret Osborne and Michael Keyes | December 23, 1987 | 161 | ||||||
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Scrooge becomes a victim of a potion that causes him to be obsessive with giving money away. It is up to his nephews to find an antidote before he stays a big spender forever. Against them is the infamous mugger Jack the Tripper. Aiding them is Junior Woodchuck super-sleuth, Shedlock Jones.
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| 61 | 61 | "Once Upon a Dime" | David Block | Story by : Richard Esckilsen; Teleplay by: Ken Koonce and David Weimers | December 24, 1987 | 162 | ||||||
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Scrooge tells the story of how his Number One Dime got his fortune started.
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| 62 | 62 | "Spies in Their Eyes" | David Block | Sharman DiVono and Bruce Reid Schaefer | December 25, 1987 | 154 | ||||||
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A hypnotist brainwashes Donald into giving her a remote control device for a submarine that's Scrooge's companies built for the navy. As a result, Donald is scheduled to be court-martialed unless Scrooge and the boys can clear his name.
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| 63 | 63 | "All Ducks on Deck" | Terence Harrison | Story by : Patsy Cameron and Tom Naugle Teleplay by : John Semper and Tedd Anasti | December 30, 1987 | 163 | ||||||
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Donald Duck makes up a story about being a hero to his nephews. They stow away in the Navy and try to make him a hero. Meanwhile, the Phantom Blot has a spy infiltrating the Navy while he has Scrooge McDuck and Launchpad McQuack as prisoners on Cat Island after they go to investigate Scrooge's missing fishing fleet there.
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| 64 | 64 | "Ducky Horror Picture Show" | Terence Harrison | Richard Merwin, Patsy Cameron, and Tedd Anasti | December 31, 1987 | 164 | ||||||
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Scrooge finances a meeting house/convention center, which is then used by a group of horror movie-based monsters.
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| 65 | 65 | "Till Nephews Do Us Part" | Terence Harrison | Ken Koonce and David Weimers | January 1, 1988 | 165 | ||||||
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Scrooge is romanced by a billionairess named Millionara Vanderbucks, but as the nephews and Webby find out, she only wants his money.
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Season 2 (1988–1989)
In the wake of the first season and DuckTales' first 65 episodes, Disney announced 30 additional episodes. However, during the second season, the only new DuckTales episodes to air were two television movie specials: "Time Is Money" in syndication (some stations airing it on November 24,[5] others on December 9,[6]) and "Super DuckTales" on NBC's The Magical World of Disney.[3] Like "Treasure of the Golden Suns" before them, "Time Is Money" and "Super DuckTales" premiered in the two-hour television movie format, but would repeat in the series' regular rotation as five-part serials. Specifically, "Time Is Money" was first serialized from February 20–24, 1989, and "Super DuckTales" was first serialized from October 9–13, 1989.[3]
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| 66 | 1 | "Marking Time" | Bob Hathcock | Story by : Jymn Magon and Bruce Talkington Teleplay by : Bruce Talkington | November 24, 1988 | 201 | ||||||
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Scrooge buys one of Glomgold's islands, wherein houses a diamond mine. Upon finding out, Glomgold has the diamond mine blown away from the island. Scrooge, Launchpad, and the nephews go back in time to try to prevent the explosion, but end up going 1 million years back, where they meet Bubba the Caveduck and his pet Triceratops, Tootsie.
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| 67 | 2 | "The Duck Who Would Be King" | Bob Hathcock and Terence Harrison | Story by : Jymn Magon and Bruce Talkington Teleplay by : Bruce Coville, Jymn Magon, and Len Uhley | November 24, 1988 | 202 | ||||||
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In their attempt to go back to the present, Scrooge, Launchpad, the nephews, Bubba and Tootsie crash-land in an ancient kingdom terrorized by a tyrant.
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| 68 | 3 | "Bubba Trubba" | Bob Hathcock, James T. Walker, and Jamie Mitchell | Story by : Jymn Magon and Bruce Talkington Teleplay by : Len Uhley | November 24, 1988 | 203 | ||||||
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Upon their return to the present, Scrooge blames all his financial troubles on Bubba, all the while the Beagle Boys try to capture him.
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| 69 | 4 | "Ducks on the Lam" | James T. Walker | Story by : Jymn Magon and Bruce Talkington Teleplay by : Jymn Magon and Len Uhley | November 24, 1988 | 204 | ||||||
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After the Beagle Boys kick them out of the Money Bin, Scrooge and Bubba have a series of troubles that land them in jail.
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| 70 | 5 | "Ali Bubba's Cave" | James T. Walker | Story by : Jymn Magon and Bruce Talkington Teleplay by : Doug Hutchinson, Jymn Magon, and Len Uhley | November 24, 1988 | 205 | ||||||
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As Scrooge, the nephews, and Launchpad try to find a way to pay Glomgold for the aforementioned island, Bubba and Tootsie, having returned to the past, feel lonely and try to return to the present.
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| 71 | 6 | "Liquid Assets" | James T. Walker | David Weimers and Ken Koonce | March 26, 1989 | 206 | ||||||
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In order to move his Money Bin after the Beagle Boys secretly change the new freeway route as part of their plan for Ma Beagle's birthday, Scrooge decides to hire an accountant, and Fenton Crackshell gets the job.
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| 72 | 7 | "Frozen Assets" | James T. Walker | Story by : David Weimers and Ken Koonce Teleplay by : Jymn Magon | March 26, 1989 | 207 | ||||||
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Gyro builds a giant robot to help guard the Money Bin, but it goes out of control, cutting Scrooge off from the Money Bin. Meanwhile, after accidentally losing the Number One Dime to the Beagle Boys, Fenton makes several attempts to get it back, eventually becoming the cybernetic superhero GizmoDuck (with the suit Gyro built for Scrooge as an alternate means of guarding the Money Bin) but in the process accidentally leaves behind the instruction booklet on how to work the suit.
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| 73 | 8 | "Full Metal Duck" | James T. Walker | David Weimers and Ken Koonce | March 26, 1989 | 208 | ||||||
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After narrowly destroying Gyro's giant robot, as well as saving Scrooge's nephews and other hostages from the Beagle Boys, GizmoDuck becomes a sensation with the people of Duckburg – that is, until Ma Beagle finds the instruction booklet and has her smartest son, Megabyte Beagle, make a remote control with which to make him work for them.
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| 74 | 9 | "The Billionaire Beagle Boys Club" | James T. Walker | David Weimers and Ken Koonce | March 26, 1989 | 209 | ||||||
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After the Beagles get GizmoDuck to steal Scrooge's fortune for them and land Scrooge in jail, the nephews work to save the day and manage to get hold of the remote control.
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| 75 | 10 | "Money to Burn" | James T. Walker | David Weimers and Ken Koonce | March 26, 1989 | 210 | ||||||
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Alien robots invade and steal Scrooge's Money Bin so that it can be melted down to produce more metal. While in pursuit with Scrooge and Launchpad, the robots' leader discovers that Gizmoduck is not an actual robot and exposes his secret identity to Scrooge. In the end, using his brains, Fenton manages to outsmart the leader allowing him to recover the suit and save Scrooge and Launchpad as well as recover the Money Bin. On their way back to Earth, an accident Launchpad causes allows the Money Bin to crash land and end up in its original location.
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Season 3 (1989)
In September 1989, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers joined DuckTales in syndication as a companion series.[7] That fall, 17 of the 20 still-expected episodes first aired. Also, "A DuckTales Valentine (Amour or Less)" premiered in February 1990 on NBC's The Magical World of Disney.[3]
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [3] | Prod. code |
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| 76 | 1 | "Land of Tra La La" | James T. Walker | Story by : Carl Barks; Teleplay by: Doug Hutchinson | September 18, 1989 | 301 |
| When Scrooge develops an unnatural ailment, Fenton takes him to a place where money is not used. But Fenton's plan backfires when he gets the locals to use bottlecaps as currency. | ||||||
| 77 | 2 | "Allowance Day" | James T. Walker | Story by : Alan Burnett; Teleplay by: Alan Burnett, David Weimers, and Ken Koonce | September 19, 1989 | 303 |
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In order to receive their allowances ahead of time so they can buy a new scooter, the nephews trick Scrooge into believing it is Saturday instead of Friday, resulting in mass confusion worldwide.
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| 78 | 3 | "Bubbeo and Juliet" | James T. Walker | Story by : Evelyn Gabai; Teleplay by: Doug Hutchinson | September 20, 1989 | 304 |
| In this spoof of Romeo and Juliet, Bubba falls in love with the daughter of Scrooge's new neighbors, who have gotten in a feud with Scrooge. | ||||||
| 79 | 4 | "The Good Muddahs" | James T. Walker | David Weimers and Ken Koonce | September 21, 1989 | 305 |
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The Beagle Babes, female cousins of the Beagle Boys, kidnap Webby in ransom for a set of crown jewels.
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| 80 | 5 | "My Mother the Psychic" | James T. Walker | Alan Burnett | September 22, 1989 | 302 |
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Fenton's mother suffers a bad shock when trying to get better television reception. Her new-found psychic abilities are soon exploited by Scrooge, much to Fenton's chagrin.
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| 81 | 6 | "Metal Attraction" | James T. Walker | Story by : Cliff MacGillivray; Teleplay by: Alan Burnett, David Weimers, and Ken Koonce | November 2, 1989 | 307 |
| A robot maid built by Gyro falls in love with GizmoDuck. | ||||||
| 82 | 7 | "Dough Ray Me" | James T. Walker | Story by : Brooks Wachtel; Teleplay by: Gordon Bressack | November 3, 1989 | 309 |
| Inflation shoots up the roof when duplicating coins caused by the nephews spread through Duckburg. | ||||||
| 83 | 8 | "Bubba's Big Brainstorm" | James T. Walker | Story by : Evelyn Gabai and Mark Seidenberg; Teleplay by: Mark Seidenberg | November 6, 1989 | 308 |
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Bubba's grades are deplorable, so the nephews use one of Gyro's latest inventions to increase his IQ, but they all soon become annoyed with the new Bubba.
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| 84 | 9 | "The Big Flub" | James T. Walker | David Weimers and Ken Koonce | November 7, 1989 | 312 |
| Fenton shoots a series of test commercials, but mistakingly creates demand for a nonexistant product. In desperation, he uses a new bubble gum invented by Gyro, who has not had time to test for side effects. While successful at first, it becomes a problem when it is causing people to float in the air. | ||||||
| 85 | 10 | "A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity" | James T. Walker | Alan Burnett | November 8, 1989 | 313 |
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Scrooge's nephews are trying to figure out just who Gizmoduck's secret identity is. So far, their predictions all point to Launchpad McQuack.
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| 86 | 11 | "Blue Collar Scrooge" | Jamie Mitchell and James T. Walker | David Weimers and Sam Locke | November 9, 1989 | 311 |
| While planning to sell one of his factories off to a business rival, Scrooge suffers a case of amnesia, during which he protests at a factory against himself from the terrible working conditions and dates Fenton's mother. Meanwhile to prevent Scrooge's business enterprise from falling apart before his disappearance becomes known, Fenton is forced to impersonate Scrooge and complete the sale of the factory, unaware that it is the one where the amnesiac Scrooge is at. | ||||||
| 87 | 12 | "Beaglemania" | James T. Walker | Mark Seidenberg | November 10, 1989 | 310 |
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The Beagle Boys become the latest music sensation in Duckburg, much to Scrooge's chagrin.
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| 88 | 13 | "Yuppy Ducks" | James T. Walker and Jamie Mitchell | David Weimers and Ken Koonce | November 13, 1989 | 306 |
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The nephews makes business decisions in Scrooge's name while Scrooge is in the hospital.
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| 89 | 14 | "The Bride Wore Stripes" | Jamie Mitchell | Story by : David Weimers and Ken Koonce; Teleplay by: George Atkins | November 14, 1989 | 314 |
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Ma Beagle pretends that she is married to Scrooge in order to inherit his fortune.
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| 90 | 15 | "The Unbreakable Bin" | James T. Walker | Story by : Carl Barks; Teleplay by: Alan Burnett | November 15, 1989 | 315 |
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Scrooge acquires a special glass from Gyro that makes the Money Bin invulnerable to attack, which puts Gizmoduck out of a job. Nothing, not even Magica's most powerful spells can break through. That is, unless she were to acquire a bird that can shatter the glass with an ear-piercing shriek, to which Scrooge will need Gizmoduck to help stop her.
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| 91 | 16 | "Attack of the Fifty-Foot Webby" | James T. Walker and Jamie Mitchell | Story by : Mark Seidenberg and Alan Burnett; Teleplay by: Mark Seidenberg | November 16, 1989 | 316 |
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Webby, who has been feeling overlooked, ends up becoming a giant after falling into a mysterious pool in the jungle. While she is the center of attention, she does not like it very much. While Scrooge searches for a way to reverse the process, a corrupt circus owner seeks to kidnap Webby for his new sideshow.
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| 92 | 17 | "The Masked Mallard" | James T. Walker and Jamie Mitchell | Len Uhley | November 17, 1989 | 318 |
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Scrooge decides to become a vigilante after an unflattering report on him airs on television by a sleazy reporter. He is soon framed by a villain impersonating him and unmasked by Gizmoduck, unaware his doppelganger is actually the reporter who smeared him in the first place.
Notes: Elements of this episode, along with the first season episode Double-O-Duck, would eventually be spun off into Darkwing Duck. Scrooge's mannerisms and equipment as the Masked Mallard are meant to, in part, resemble those of Batman. | ||||||
| 93 | 18 | "A DuckTales Valentine (Amour or Less)" | Mircea Mantta | Len Uhley | February 11, 1990 | 401 |
| Scrooge acquires magical love arrows that once belonged to a goddess. | ||||||
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp is a feature film based on DuckTales. It was released by Walt Disney Pictures on August 3, 1990. It was produced by the Disney Television Animation studios, Walt Disney Animation France and DisneyToon Studios, and not by Walt Disney Feature Animation.
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | Bob Hathcock | Alan Burnett | August 3, 1990 |
Season 4 (1990)
On September 10, 1990, The Disney Afternoon started airing, with DuckTales included as part of its lineup and takes place after the events of DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp.[3] "Ducky Mountain High", "The Duck Who Knew Too Much", and "Scrooge's Last Adventure" were produced for season three, but did not air until season four.[3]
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [3] | Prod. code |
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| 94 | 1 | "Ducky Mountain High" | James T. Walker | Rich Fogel, David Weimers, and Ken Koonce | September 10, 1990 | 317 |
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Scrooge meets up with Glittering Goldie again in order to acquire land filled with golden trees from her. However, Glomgold also wants that land.
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| 95 | 2 | "Attack of the Metal Mites" | Rick Leon | Jeffrey Scott | September 18, 1990 | 402 |
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Glomgold's scientists create metal-eating mutant insects that he intends to use to wipe out Scrooge's fortune. The bugs devour the Gizmoduck suit, so Fenton must find the confidence to stop the metal mites without it.
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| 96 | 3 | "The Duck Who Knew Too Much" | Terence Harrison | Doug Hutchinson | September 26, 1990 | 319 |
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Fenton uncovers an international conspiracy to steal Scrooge's gold overseas while supposedly on vacation.
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| 97 | 4 | "New Gizmo-Kids on the Block" | Rick Leon | Jeffrey Scott | November 5, 1990 | 403 |
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Fenton's mother accidentally shrinks the GizmoDuck suit, and the child-size suit ends up in the hands of Scrooge's nephews.
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| 98 | 5 | "Scrooge's Last Adventure" | Jeff Hall and Richard Trueblood | David Weimers and Ken Koonce | November 17, 1990 | 320 |
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When Scrooge loses his money due to a computer bug, he and Fenton travel through cyberspace to get it back.
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| 99 100 | 6 7 | "The Golden Goose" (Part 1&2) | Rick Leon | Story by : Alan Burnett; Teleplay by: Jeffrey Scott Ken Koonce, David Weimers, and Alan Burnett | November 27, 1990 (Part 1) November 28, 1990 (Part 2) | 404 405 |
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Part 1: Dijon joins the Brotherhood of the Goose, a group dedicated to protecting the Golden Goose (a goose that can turn anything to gold), led by his brother Poupon. Dijon "borrows" it, but accidentally loses it to Scrooge, who soon discovers its secret but then loses it to the Beagle Boys, whom Glomgold has sent to get it. Part 2: Scrooge, Launchpad, Dijon, and Poupon try to retrieve the Golden Goose from Glomgold and the Beagles before it can set off its transformations that can bring forth the end of the world.
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Home media
NTSC
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released four DVD volumes that contained the entire series in NTSC format. 99 out of 100 episodes are available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon as well (the episode "Sphinx For the Memories" is not available). There have been only four volumes released on DVD for Region 1.
| Season | Episodes | Years active | Release dates | |
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| 1 | 65 | 1987–88 | Volume 1: November 8, 2005 Episodes: "Send in the Clones" – "Micro Ducks from Outer Space" Volume 2: November 14, 2006 Episodes: "Don't Give Up the Ship" – "Too Much of a Gold Thing" • "Back to the Klondike" – "Take Me Out of the Ballgame" Volume 3: November 13, 2007 Episodes: "Duck to the Future" – "Till Nephews Do Us Part" 4-Pack Collection (The Complete First and Second Seasons + Movie): January 20, 2019 Episodes: Entire season featured | |
| 2 | 10 | 1988–89 | Volume 3: November 13, 2007 Episodes: Entire season featured 4-Pack Collection (The Complete First and Second Seasons + Movie): January 20, 2019 Episodes: Entire season featured | |
| 3 | 18 | 1989 | Volume 4: September 11, 2018 (Disney Movie Club) Episodes: Entire season featured | |
| Feature film | 1990 | Treasure of the Lost Lamp: March 15, 1991 (VHS); January 16, 2006 (DVD); October 14, 2014 (DVD reissue) 4-Pack Collection (The Complete First and Second Seasons + Movie): January 20, 2019 (Film featured) | ||
| 4 | 7 | DuckTales (2017): Volume 2: Destination: Adventure: June 5, 2018 Episodes: "Ducky Mountain High" • "New Gizmo-Kids on the Block" Volume 4: September 11, 2018 (Disney Movie Club) Episodes: Entire season featured | ||
India (PAL)
In India where DuckTales 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. [8] These discs support Region 2, Region 4 and Region 5. However, due to limited number of copies, they quickly went out of stock. Each DVD contains 3 episodes encoded in MPEG-2 at a high bit rate of 8000 kbit/s and 720x576 resolution. Episodes 08, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24, 36, 55 and 61 are missing from the released set. All episodes starting from episode 70 to 100 (Seasons 2, 3 and 4) and earlier 10 random episodes from Season 1 of DuckTales are yet to be released in Hindi on DVD.
| DVD Volume | Episode number | Episodes |
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| Vol. 1 | 42, 37, 7 | Ducks of the West | Catch as Cash Can: A Whale of a Bad Time | Sphinx for the Memories |
| Vol. 2 | 38, 43, 44 | Catch as Cash Can: Aqua Ducks | Time Teasers | Back Out in the Outback |
| Vol. 3 | 39, 45, 49 | Catch as Cash Can: Working for Scales | Raiders of the Lost Harp | Luck o' the Ducks |
| Vol. 4 | 41, 46, 47 | The Golden Fleecing | The Right Duck | Scroogerello |
| Vol. 5 | 48, 53, 52 | Double-O-Duck | Jungle Duck | Duck To The Future |
| Vol. 6 | 50, 62, 54 | Duckworth's Revolt | Spies in Their Eyes | Launchpad's First Crash |
| Vol. 7 | 57, 56, 58 | The Uncrashable Hindentanic | The Duck in the Iron Mask | The Status Seekers |
| Vol. 8 | 59, 60, 63 | Nothing To Fear | Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck | All Ducks on Deck |
| Vol. 9 | 64, 65, 66 | Ducky Horror Picture Show | Till Nephews Do Us Part | Time Is Money: Marking Time |
| Vol. 10 | 67, 68, 69 | Time Is Money: The Duck Who Would Be King | Time Is Money: Bubba Trubba | Time Is Money: Ducks on the Lam |
| Vol. 11 | 33, 29, 28 | Back to the Klondike | Earth Quack | Sweet Duck Of Youth |
| Vol. 12 | 32, 35, 18 | Micro Ducks from Outer Space | Scrooge's Pet | Dinosaur Ducks |
| Vol. 13 | 16, 14, 25 | The Money Vanishes | Lost Crown Of Genghis Khan | Pearl of Wisdom |
| Vol. 14 | 12, 51, 21 | Master Of The Djinni | Magica's Magic Mirror and Take Me Out of the Ballgame | Maid of the Myth |
| Vol. 15 | 19, 9, 17 | Hero for Hire | Armstrong | Sir Gyro de Gearloose |
| Vol. 16 | 40, 31, 34 | Merit-Time Adventure | Bermuda Triangle Tangle | Horse Scents |
| Vol. 17 | 26, 6, 20 | The Curse of Castle McDuck | Send in the Clones | Superdoo! |
| Vol. 18 | 13, 27, 1 | Hotel Strangeduck | Launchpad's Civil War | Treasure Of The Golden Suns: Don't Give Up The Ship |
| Vol. 19 | 2, 3, 15 | Treasure of the Golden Suns: Wronguay In Ronguay | Treasure of the Golden Suns: Three Ducks Of The Condor | Duckman of Aquatraz |
| Vol. 20 | 30, 4, 5 | Home Sweet Homer | Treasure Of The Golden Suns: Cold Duck | Treasure Of The Golden Suns: Too Much Of A Gold Thing |
Europe (PAL)
In Europe Ducktales has been released on DVD Collections. The packaging is adjusted regionally (artwork, language, age certification stamps), but all sets appear to contain identical content.
| DVD Collection | Number of Discs | Number of Episodes | Episodes | Audio | Subtitles |
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| Collection 1 | 3 | 20 | E06-E25. | Dolby 2.0: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | English, English for the hearing impaired, French, Italian, German, Spanish |
| Collection 2 | 3 | 24 | E01-E05 (Treasure of the Golden Suns), E33-E51 | Dolby 2.0: English, French, German, Dutch | |
| Collection 3 | 3 | 24 | E52-E65, Time is Money (S02E01-S02E05), Super Ducktales (S02E06-S02E10) | Dolby 2.0: English, French, German, Dutch |
Note: Episodes 26-32 are missing from the European PAL DVDs (The Curse of Castle McDuck, Launchpad's Civil War, Sweet Duck of Youth, Earth Quack, Home Sweet Homer, Bermuda Triangle Tangle, Micro Ducks from Outer Space). In the US NTSC release these were included in the first collection (27 episodes).
See also
References
- "Tonight's TV". (September 18, 1987). Syracuse Herald-Journal, pp. B7
- "Sunday PM". (September 20, 1987). Syracuse Herald-Journal, pp. B7
- Torcivia, Joe and Christopher E. Barat. The DuckTales Index. Launch Pad Publications, 1992.
- "Duckman of Aquatraz" – via www.imdb.com.
- "Best bets". (November 24, 1988). Syracuse Herald-Journal, pp. D15
- "Saturday". (December 9, 1988). The Times-News TV, pp. 18
- Carter, Bill (November 6, 1989). "Disney's High Hopes for Afternoons". The New York Times.
- "Duck Tales Pack Complete Price in India - Buy Duck Tales Pack Complete online at Flipkart.com". Flipkart.com.
External links
- Ducktales – list of episodes at IMDb
- List of Ducktales episodes at TV.com
- DuckTales at the Big Cartoon DataBase
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