DuckTales (TV Series 1987 - 1990)

 

Plot

The show features the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his great-nephews. The nephews, who were originally living with their uncle Donald, are left in Scrooge's care when the former joins the Navy.

 

Though Scrooge is the richest duck in the world, he constantly tries to find ways to increase his wealth. Many episodes involve protecting his wealth from villains who want to rob Scrooge of all his money. The prominent recurring antagonists in the show include the Beagle Boys and Magica De Spell who are always finding ways to rob and swindle Scrooge and his nephews. Scrooge's nemesis in the show is Flintheart Glomgold, who always tries to devise plans to dethrone Scrooge McDuck from his "Richest Duck in the World" title. A few of the stories also surround Scrooge's "Number One Dime" which is the source of Scrooge's good luck and wealth. Scrooge keeps the dime in a glass jar in his money vault, and constantly protects it from the villains on the show.

The show's second season saw the addition of characters Fenton Crackshell and Bubba Duck. Along with them came stories that generally shifted away from the globetrotting plots of the first season, and revolved primarily in the contemporary setting of Duckburg. Episodes would feature either Bubba or Fenton but rarely both.

 

Although Scrooge and his nephews were the show's main characters, some episodes focused on other characters like Launchpad or Gyro. Some members of Scrooge's extended family (The Duck Universe), like Gladstone Gander who had extremely good luck, were also seen in the series. Characters like Gladstone were often seen in the early Carl Barks comic book stories.

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Episodes​

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Season one​

Season 1, Episode 1: Treasure of the Golden Suns: Don't Give Up the Ship
Original Air Date18 September 1987

Season 1, Episode 2: Treasure of the Golden Suns: Wronguay in Ronguay
Original Air Date18 September 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 3: Treasure of the Golden Suns: Three Ducks of the Condor
Original Air Date18 September 1987

Season 1, Episode 4: Treasure of the Golden Suns: Cold Duck
Original Air Date18 September 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 5: Treasure of the Golden Suns: Too Much of a Gold Thing
Original Air Date18 September 1987

Season 1, Episode 6: Armstrong
Original Air Date24 September 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 7: Luck o' the Ducks
Original Air Date26 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 8: Where No Duck Has Gone Before
Original Air Date23 September 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 9: Nothing to Fear
Original Air Date14 December 1987

Season 1, Episode 10: Duck in the Iron Mask
Original Air Date7 December 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 11: Much Ado About Scrooge
Original Air Date14 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 12: Spies in Their Eyes
Original Air Date25 December 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 13: Dime Enough for Luck
Original Air Date4 December 1987

Season 1, Episode 14: Jungle Duck
Original Air Date2 December 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 15: Scroogerello
Original Air Date24 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 16: Top Duck
Original Air Date15 October 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 17: Bermuda Triangle Tangle
Original Air Date26 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 18: The Status Seekers
Original Air Date9 December 1987

Season 1, Episode 19: Sweet Duck of Youth
Original Air Date21 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 20: Magica's Shadow War
Original Air Date28 September 1987

Season 1, Episode 21: Launchpad's First Crash
Original Air Date3 December 1987

Season 1, Episode 22: Home Sweet Homer
Original Air Date23 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 23: Duck to the Future
Original Air Date1 December 1987

Season 1, Episode 24: Down and Out in Duckburg
Original Air Date13 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 25: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck
Original Air Date23 December 1987

Season 1, Episode 26: Time Teasers
Original Air Date18 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 27: Catch as Cash Can: Part 1 - A Drain on the Economy
Original Air Date2 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 28: Catch as Cash Can: Part 2 - A Whale of a Bad Time
Original Air Date3 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 29: Catch as Cash Can: Part 3 - Aqua Ducks
Original Air Date4 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 30: Catch as Cash Can: Part 4 - Working for Scales
Original Air Date5 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 31: Merit-Time Adventure
Original Air Date6 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 32: Ducky Horror Picture Show
Original Air Date31 December 1987

Season 1, Episode 33: The Golden Fleecing
Original Air Date16 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 34: Horse Scents
Original Air Date29 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 35: Duckworth's Revolt
Original Air Date27 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 36: Ducks of the West
Original Air Date17 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 37: Pearl of Wisdom
Original Air Date16 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 38: Once Upon a Dime
Original Air Date24 December 1987

Season 1, Episode 39: Dinosaur Ducks
Original Air Date7 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 40: Sphinx for the Memories
Original Air Date22 September 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 41: Double-O-Duck
Original Air Date25 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 42: Micro Ducks from Outer Space
Original Air Date27 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 43: Robot Robbers
Original Air Date25 September 1987

Season 1, Episode 44: Send in the Clones
Original Air Date21 September 1987

Season 1, Episode 45: Lost Crown of Genghis Khan
Original Air Date1 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 46: The Right Duck
Original Air Date23 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 47: Back Out in the Outback
Original Air Date19 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 48: Sir Gyro de Gearloose
Original Air Date6 October 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 49: Raiders of the Lost Harp
Original Air Date20 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 50: All Ducks on Deck
Original Air Date30 December 1987

Season 1, Episode 50: Episode #1.50
Original Air Date????

Season 1, Episode 51: The Curse of Castle McDuck
Original Air Date19 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 52: Superdoo!
Original Air Date9 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 53: Earth Quack
Original Air Date22 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 54: Magica's Magic Mirror/Take Me Out of the Ballgame
Original Air Date30 November 1987

Season 1, Episode 55: Scrooge's Pet
Original Air Date30 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 56: The Money Vanishes
Original Air Date5 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 57: Back to the Klondike
Original Air Date28 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 58: Master of the Djinni
Original Air Date29 September 1987

Season 1, Episode 59: Launchpad's Civil War
Original Air Date20 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 60: Hero for Hire
Original Air Date8 October 1987

 

Season 1, Episode 61: Maid of the Myth
Original Air Date12 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 62: Hotel Strangeduck
Original Air Date30 September 1987

Season 1, Episode 63: Duckman of Aquatraz
Original Air Date2 October 1987

Season 1, Episode 64: The Uncrashable Hindentanic
Original Air Date8 December 1987

Season 1, Episode 65: 'Till Nephews Do Us Part
Original Air Date1 January 1988

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Season 2​

Season 2, Episode 1: Time Is Money: Part 1 - Marking Time
Original Air Date25 November 1988

Season 2, Episode 2: Time Is Money: Part 2 - The Duck Who Would Be King
Original Air Date25 November 1988

Season 2, Episode 3: Time Is Money: Part 3 - Bubba Trubba
Original Air Date25 November 1988

Season 2, Episode 4: Time Is Money: Part 4 - Ducks on the Lam
Original Air Date25 November 1988

Season 2, Episode 5: Time Is Money: Part 5 - Ali Bubba's Cave
Original Air Date25 November 1988

Season 2, Episode 6: Liquid Assets
Original Air Date26 March 1989

Season 2, Episode 7: Frozen Assets
Original Air Date26 March 1989

 

Season 2, Episode 8: Full Metal Duck
Original Air Date26 March 1989

Season 2, Episode 9: The Billionaire Beagle Boys Club
Original Air Date26 March 1989

 

Season 2, Episode 10: Money to Burn
Original Air Date26 March 1989

Season 2, Episode 11: The Land of Trala La
Original Air Date18 September 1989

Season 2, Episode 12: Allowance Day
Original Air Date19 September 1989

 

Season 2, Episode 13: Bubbeo & Juliet
Original Air Date20 September 1989

Season 2, Episode 14: The Good Muddahs
Original Air Date21 September 1989

Season 2, Episode 15: My Mother the Psychic
Original Air Date22 September 1989

Season 2, Episode 16: Metal Attraction
Original Air Date2 November 1989

Season 2, Episode 17: Dough Ray Me
Original Air Date3 November 1989

Season 2, Episode 18: Bubba's Big Brainstorm
Original Air Date6 November 1989

Season 2, Episode 19: The Big Flub
Original Air Date7 November 1989

Season 2, Episode 20: A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity
Original Air Date8 November 1989

Season 2, Episode 21: Blue Collar Scrooge
Original Air Date9 November 1989

Season 2, Episode 22: Beaglemania
Original Air Date10 November 1989

 

Season 2, Episode 23: Yuppy Ducks
Original Air Date13 November 1989

Season 2, Episode 24: The Bride Wore Stripes
Original Air Date14 November 1989

Season 2, Episode 25: The Unbreakable Bin
Original Air Date15 November 1989

Season 2, Episode 26: Attack of the Fifty-Foot Webby

Season 2, Episode 27: The Masked Mallard
Original Air Date17 November 1989

Season 2, Episode 28: A DuckTales Valentine
Original Air Date11 February 1990

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Season 3​

Season 3, Episode 1: Ducky Mountain High
Original Air Date10 September 1990

Season 3, Episode 2: Attack of the Metal Mites
Original Air Date18 September 1990

Season 3, Episode 3: The Duck Who Knew Too Much
Original Air Date26 September 1990

Season 3, Episode 4: New Gizmo-Kids on the Block
Original Air Date11 February 1990

Season 3, Episode 5: Scrooge's Last Adventure
Original Air Date17 November 1990

Season 3, Episode 6: The Golden Goose: Part 1
Original Air Date27 November 1990

Season 3, Episode 7: The Golden Goose: Part 2
Original Air Date28 November 1990