DuckTales

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DuckTales
Developer Disney
Publisher various
Platforms As noted below
Released TV: 1987-1990, 2017-2021
Comics: 1988-2011, 2017-present
Video games: 1989-2013
Film: 1990
Added to
Museum
As noted below

DuckTales is a multimedia series by Disney consisting of books, comics, films, magazines, music, television shows, and video games. It a spin-off of the Donald Duck series of cartoons and comics.

The original DuckTales series ran from 1987 to 1990, and was part of the Disney Afternoon syndicated block. It had several adaptations including a film titled DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, comics, and video games, among others. It was rebooted into a new television show, also titled DuckTales, in 2017. This series had its own comics adaptation, which also began in 2017.

The 2017 series includes characters from other Disney Afternoon properties, including Bonkers, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, TaleSpin, and Quack Pack.

It also includes characters from The Three Caballeros.

Fictional character biographies

Scrooge McDuck, the richest duck in the world, finds himself having to watch over his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. They go on adventures in an attempt to keep Scrooge the richest duck in the world, a title that Scrooge's rival Flintheart Glomgold wants to claim for his own. He is joined on his adventures by Huey, Duey, and Louie, and occasionally their uncle, Donald Duck, Scrooge's housekeeper Mrs. Beakly, her granddaughter Webby, the pilot Launchpad McQuack, the inventor Gyro Gearloose, and Fenton Crackshell, whose alter-ego is the robotic hero Gizmoduck.

Films in the DuckTales series

Title Studio Release Added to museum Notes
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Disney MovieToons 1990 Not yet

Television shows in the DuckTales series

Title Studio Release Added to museum Notes
DuckTales Walt Disney Television Animation 1987-1990 Volume 1 DVD: January 21, 2019 1987 original
DuckTales Disney Television Animation 2017-2021 Not yet 2017 Reboot

Video games in the DuckTales series

Title Developer System Release Added to museum Notes
DuckTales Capcom Game Boy, NES 1989 PS4: June 4, 2017
Windows (Remastered): August 7, 2019
Recieved an enhanced remake titled DuckTales Remastered for Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox 360 in 2013.
Included in the The Disney Afternoon Collection for PS4, Windows, and Xbox One in 2017.
DuckTales: The Quest for Gold Incredible Technologies
Sierra On-Line
Amiga
Apple II
C64
DOS
Windows
Mac OS
1990 Not yet
DuckTales 2 Capcom Game Boy, NES 1993 PS4: June 4, 2017 Included in the The Disney Afternoon Collection for PS4, Windows, and Xbox One in 2017.
DuckTales: Scrooge's Loot Disney Interactive Android
iOS
2013 Not yet