DuckTales

DuckTales is a Disney animated franchise best known for its 1987 television series and its 2017 reboot.

DuckTales is a Disney animated franchise best known for its 1987 television series and its 2017 reboot. The original show follows Scrooge McDuck and his grandnephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, on treasure-hunting adventures. It helped establish Disney’s syndicated weekday animation lineup and became a key part of The Disney Afternoon.

Premise

DuckTales follows Scrooge McDuck and his family as they travel the world in search of treasure and face recurring villains. The original series drew on Carl Barks’s Duck comics and related stories.

Original series

The first DuckTales series premiered in 1987, ran for 100 episodes, and ended in 1990. It was notable as Disney’s first weekday-syndicated cartoon and a key success for the company’s television animation strategy.

Franchise expansion

The original series led to a theatrical film, a range of licensed merchandise, comic books, and video games. It also helped pave the way for other Disney television cartoons in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

2017 reboot

Disney revived DuckTales in 2017 with a new animated series that ran until 2021. The reboot reimagined the premise while keeping Scrooge, the nephews, Launchpad, and Webby at the centre of the story.