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DuckTales is an animated series produced by The Walt Disney Company starring characters from the Scrooge McDuck universe as largely created by Carl Barks. The pilot episode first aired on September 11, 1987. The second season ended on May 6, 1990. The main stars of the series were Scrooge McDuck himself and his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. Duckburg was the show's setting.

Several episodes of the show are based loosely off of stories written by Carl Barks.

DVD releases

DVD volume # Release date
1 November 8, 2005
2 November 2006
''For more information on the DVD sets, see DuckTales DVD Releases.

Synopsis

Season 1

Screenshot Title Original Airdate #
Prod.
Order
130px "Treasure of the Golden Suns (1) - Don't Give Up the Ship" Sep 11, 1987 1 37
Originally aired as "Treasure of the Golden Suns", a two-hour TV movie. The introduction of the series, as Donald Duck joins the Navy and sends Huey, Dewey and Louie off to live with their uncle Scrooge McDuck. Meanwhile, a mysterious man named El Capitán busts the Beagle Boys out of jail in order for them to help him steal an awkward treasure map in Scrooge's possession.
130px "Treasure of the Golden Suns (2) - Wrong Way in Ronguay" Sep 11, 1987 2 38
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. Glomgold's animated debut. The story is loosely based on legends of Spanish Galleons being found in the SW American desert and Northern Mexico.
130px "Treasure of the Golden Suns (3) - Three Ducks of the Condor" Sep 11, 1987 3 39
Upon finding out of 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 Walking Slowly. Animated debut of Gyro Gearloose, and the first appearance of Mrs. Beakley, Webby Vanderquack, and Launchpad McQuack.
130px "Treasure of the Golden Suns (4) - Cold Duck" Sep 11, 1987 4 40
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.
130px "Treasure of the Golden Suns (5) - Too Much of a Gold Thing" Sep 11, 1987 5 41
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.
130px "Armstrong" Sep 14, 1987 6 4
The McDuck household acquires a robot named Armstrong to do their work for them. However, the robot decides it would rather work for itself. This episode was later adaptated in issue #1 of the Gladstone DuckTales comic book.
130px "Luck o' the Ducks" Sep 15, 1987 7 49
After finding a leprachaun, Scrooge is now hunting for the mythical Pot of Gold.
130px "Till Nephews Do Us Part" Sep 16, 1987 8 65
Scrooge is romanced by a billionairess named Millionara Vanderbucks, but as the nephews and Webby find out, she only wants his money.
130px "Nothing to Fear" Sep 17, 1987 9 59
Scrooge, the nephews, Doofus, and Duckworth are intimidated by a cloud that generates their worst fears, conjured by Magica.
130px "The Duck in the Iron Mask" Sep 18, 1987 10 56
Scrooge and the boys take a trip to visit an old friend of Scrooge, Count Roy. However, unknown to Scrooge, Roy's evil twin Ray rules Roy's kingdom with an iron fist. Spoof of The Man in the Iron Mask
130px "Much Ado About Scrooge" Sep 21, 1987 11 18
Scrooge and the boys track down a lost play by a famed playwright. Spoof of William Shakespeare's Much Ado about nothing
130px "Spies in Their Eyes" Sep 22, 1987 12 62
A hypnotist brainwashes Donald into giving her a remote control device for a submarine that's Scrooge's companies built for the navy.
130px "Dime Enough For Luck" Sep 23, 1987 13 55
Magica tricks Gladstone Gander into stealing the Number One Dime for her, and as a result, he is then cursed with bad luck. Gladstone Gander makes his animated debut.
130px "Jungle Duck" Sep 24, 1987 14 53
While accompaning 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. This episode was later adaptated in issue #2 of the Gladstone DuckTales comic book.
130px "Scroogerello" Sep 25, 1987 15 47
While experiencing a fever, Scrooge has an extended dream sequence parodying the story of Cinderella, with himself in the titular role.
130px "Top Duck" Sep 28, 1987 16 19
Launchpad's family come to visit while the Beagle Boys eye Scrooge's new jet as their new getaway vehicle.
130px "Bermuda Triangle Tangle" Sep 29, 1987 17 26
Scrooge seeks to find out why his ships are disappearing in the area known as the Bermuda Triangle.
130px "The Status Seeker" Sep 30, 1987 18 58
Seeking respect from other members of Duckburg's elite, Scrooge hunts down a mask he gave away. Based loosely on the Carl Barks story The Status Seeker.
130px "Sweet Duck of Youth" Oct 1, 1987 19 23
Scrooge and the boys head for Florida in search of the fabled Fountain of Youth.
"Magica's Shadow War" Oct 2, 1987 20 6
Magica's plot to steal the Number One Dime using her own shadow goes awry when her shadow develops a mind of its own.
130px "Launchpad's First Crash" Oct 5, 1987 21 54
Scrooge and Launchpad reminisce on how they first met.
130px "Home Sweet Homer" Oct 6, 1987 22 25
A sorceress from the past transports Scrooge and the boys back to time of Ancient Greece.
130px "Duck to the Future" Oct 7, 1987 23 52
Magica sends Scrooge into the future, where she has taken over his company. Spoof of Back to the Future
130px "Down and Out in Duckburg" Oct 8, 1987 24 17
A family debt sends Scrooge into the poorhouse. Spoof of Down and Out in Beverly Hills
130px "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. McDuck" Oct 9, 1987 25 60
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. Spoof of The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
130px "The Time Teasers" Oct 12, 1988 26 43
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. This episode's general plot was later used by Don Rosa for the Donald Duck comic story "On Stolen Time".
130px "The Firefly Fruit Contest (1) - A Drain in the Economy" Oct 13, 1987 27 31
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.
130px "The Firefly Fruit Contest (2) - A Whale of a Bad Time" Oct 14, 1987 28 32
As Scrooge tries to deliver his fortune to Macaroon, he experiences an interference in the form of an enemy submarine working for Glomgold.
130px "The Firefly Fruit Contest (3) - Aqua Ducks" Oct 15, 1987 29 33
After dumping his fortune under the sea, Scrooge, along with Launchpad, Gyro, and Doofus, submerges in order to get it out.
130px "The Firefly Fruit Contest (4) - Working For Scales" Oct 16, 1987 30 34
Glomgold and the Beagle Boys attempt to make sure Scrooge doesn't win the contest.
130px "Merit-Time Adventure" Oct 19, 1987 31 35
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.
130px "Ducky Horror Picture Show" Oct 20, 1987 32 64
Scrooge finances a meeting house, which is then used by a group of horror movie-based monsters. Spoof of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
130px "The Golden Fleecing" Oct 21, 1987 33 36
Based on the Carl Barks story of the same name, and the only DuckTales appearance of Ludwig von Drake.
130px "Horse Scents" Oct 22, 1987 34 29
Webby helps trains a horse for a big derby so the owner would have the money to raise it. Based loosely on a Mickey Mouse comic serial.
130px "Duckworth's Revolt" Oct 23, 1987 35 50
Duckworth and the boys are abducted by plant aliens and enslaved.
130px "Ducks of the West" Oct 26, 1987 36 42
Scrooge and the boys go to Scrooge's oil wells to find out why they ran dry.
130px "The Pearl of Wisdom" Oct 27, 1987 37 20
Scrooge learns that a pearl he bought will grant him infinite wisdom once he takes it back to its homeland.
130px "Once Upon a Dime" Oct 28, 1987 38 61
Scrooge explains how his Number One Dime got his fortune started.
130px "Dinosaur Ducks" Oct 29, 1987 39 13
Scrooge and Launchpad explore a land where dinosaurs still live.
130px "Sphinx for the Memories" Oct 30, 1987 40 2
An ancient Egyptian civilization abducts Donald so he can host a spirit of a Pharaoh.
130px "Double-O-Duck" Nov 2, 1987 41 48
Launchpad finds himself masquarading as Bruno Von Beak, an agent for the Foreign Organization of World Larceny. This episode would branch the spin-off series Darkwing Duck, which Launchpad would be a regular on. Spoof of 007
130px "Micro Ducks From Outer Space" Nov 3, 1987 42 27
Scrooge misuses an alien size shifting device, and accidentally ends up shrinking himself, the boys, and Webby. Based on the Carl Barks story of the same name.

130px "Robot Robbers" Nov 4, 1987 43 5
After the incident with Armstrong, Gyro builds giant human-operated robots for Glomgold, only to have them be stolen and operated by the Beagle Boys. Based loosely on the Carl Barks story The Giant Robot Robbers, and the first appearance of Ma Beagle.
130px "Send in the Clones" Nov 5, 1987 44 1
Magica DeSpell gets the Beagle Boys to help her steal the Number One Dime, disguising them as the nephews.
130px "The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan" Nov 6, 1987 45 9
Scrooge goes searching for a crown which is guarded by a snow beast. Loosely based on the Carl Barks story of the same name.
130px "The Right Duck" Nov 9, 1987 46 46
After being fired by Scrooge, Launchpad enters the space program.
130px "Back Out in the Outback" Nov 10, 1987 47 44
Something's attacking Scrooge's sheeps and shearing of their wool, so Scrooge heads off for Australia to find out what's going on.
130px "Sir Gyro de Gearloose" Nov 11, 1987 48 12
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.
130px "Raiders of the Lost Harp" Nov 12, 1987 49 45
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. Spoof of Raiders of the Lost Ark
130px "Where No Duck Has Gone Before" Nov 13, 1987 50 3
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. Spoof of Star Trek Where No Man Has Gone Before
130px "All Ducks on Deck" Nov 16, 1987 51 63
Donald makes up a story about being a hero to the 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 fishing fleet there.
130px "The Curse of Castle McDuck" Nov 17, 1987 52 21
Scrooge, the nephews, and Webby visit Scrooge's ancestral home in Scotland, only to be embroiled in a mystery surrounding Castle McDuck. Based loosely on the Carl Barks story Hound of the Whiskervilles.
130px "Superdoo!" Nov 18, 1987 53 15
Doofus finds a piece of meteorite that grants him numerous super powers.
130px "Earth Quack" Nov 19, 1987 54 24
Scrooge and the boys discover that the games of an underground civilization are causing earthquakes directly under the money bin. Based on the Carl Barks story Land Beneath the Ground.
130px "Magica's Magic Mirror / Take Me Out of the Ballgame" Nov 20, 1987 55 51
A) Magica uses a pair of magic mirrors to try to get Scrooge's Number One Dime.
B) Duckworth coaches the Junior Woodchucks in a baseball game. Spoof of Take Me Out to the Ballgame
130px "Scrooge's Pet" Nov 23, 1987 56 30
Scrooge looses the new combination for his vault to a lemming. Based on the Carl Barks story The Lemming and the Locket.
130px "The Money Vanishes" Nov 24, 1987 57 11
The Beagle Boys steal Gyro's handheld teleporter and use it to steal Scrooge's fortune.
130px "Back to the Klondike" Nov 25, 1987 58 28
Scrooge takes the kids to the Klondike, where he met an old flame - Glittering Goldie. Goldie's animated debut, and based loosely on the Carl Barks story of the same name.
130px "Master of the Djinni" Nov 26, 1987 59 7
Scrooge and Glomgold race for mastership of Aladdin's Djinni.
"Launchpad's Civil War" Nov 27, 1987 60 22
Launchpad encounters old Civil War soldiers once lead by his ancestor.
130px "Hero for Hire" Nov 30, 1987 61 14
Launchpad is tricked by the Beagle Boys into performing a series of crimes disguised as movie scenes.
130px "Maid of the Myth" Dec 1, 1987 62 16
Mrs. Beakley is abducted by Vikings and it is up to Scrooge and the others to rescue her.
130px "Hotel Strangeduck" Dec 2, 1987 63 8
Scrooge attempts to turn a castle once owned by mad scientist into a hotel.
130px "Duckman of Aquatraz" Dec 3, 1987 64 10
Scrooge is framed for stealing a painting from Glomgold's art gallery and sent to Aquatraz. Spoof of The Birdman of Alcatraz
130px "The Uncrashable Hindentanic" Dec 4, 1987 65 57
Scrooge makes a bet with Glomgold that he can make money off a blimp called the Hindentanic. Spoof of The Titanic and The Hindenburg

Season 2

Screenshot Title Original Airdate #
Prod.
Order
"Time is Money (1) - Marking Time" Nov 25, 1988 66 66
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 then go back in time to try to prevent the explosion, but end up going 65 million years back, where they meet Bubba the Caveduck and his pet Triceratops, Tootsie.
"Time is Money (2) - The Duck Who Would Be King" Nov 25, 1988 67 67
In their attempt to go back to the present, Scrooge, Launchpad, the nephews, and Bubba & Tootsie crash-land in an ancient kingdom terrorized by a tyrant. Spoof of The Man who Would be King
"Time is Money (3) - Bubba Trubba" Nov 25, 1988 68 68
Upon their return to the present, Scrooge blames all his financial troubles on Bubba, all the while the Beagle Boys try to capture him.
"Time is Money (4) - Ducks on the Lam" Nov 25, 1988 69 69
After the Beagle Boys kick them out of the Money Bin, Scrooge and Bubba have a series of troubles that land them in jail.
"Time is Money (5) - Ali Bubba's Cave" Nov 25, 1988 70 70
As Scrooge, the nephews, and Launchpad try to find a way to pay Glomgold for the aforementioned island, Bubba & Tootsie, having now returned to the past, feel lonely and try to return to the present.
No Pic "Attack of the 50-Foot Webby" Oct 15, 1989 71 91
Webby ends up becoming a giant after falling into a mysterious pool in the jungle. Spoof of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
No Pic "Ducky Mountain High" Oct 22, 1989 72 94
Scrooge meets up with Glittering Goldie again in order to acquire land filled with golden trees from her. However, Glomgold also wants that land. Spoof of Rocky Mountain High
No Pic "Yuppy Ducks" Oct 29, 1989 73 88
The nephews makes business decisions in Scrooge's name while Scrooge is in the hospital.
No Pic "The Bride Wore Stripes" Nov 5, 1989 74 89
Ma Beagle pretends that she's married to Scrooge in order to inherit his fortune.
No Pic "Bubbeo and Juliet" Nov 12, 1989 75 73
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.
No Pic "The Good Muddahs" Nov 19, 1989 76 74
The Beagle Babes, female cousins of the Beagle Boys, kidnap Webby in ransom for a set of crown jewels.
No Pic "Bubba's Big Brainstorm" Nov 26, 1989 77 83
The nephews use one of Gyro's latest inventions to increase Bubba's IQ, but they all soon become annoyed with the new Bubba.
No Pic "Beaglemania" Dec 3, 1989 78 87
The Beagle Boys become the latest music sensation in Duckburg, much to Scrooge's chagrin. This episode's featured song, "Beagle Boogie Blues", would later be featured on the Disney Afternoon soundtrack album.
130px "The Golden Goose (1)" Dec 10, 1989 79 99
Dijon ends up joining 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. The first appearance (within the show itself) of Dijon the Thief from .
No Pic "The Golden Goose (2)" Dec 17, 1989 80 100
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.
130px "Super DuckTales (1) - Liquid Assets" Mar 26, 1989 81 76
In order to move his Money Bin after the Beagle Boys change the new freeway route, Scrooge hires an accountant, and Fenton Crackshell gets the job. Partially based on the Carl Barks story Only a Poor Old Man.
130px "Super DuckTales (2) - Frozen Assets" Mar 26, 1989 82 77
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.
130px "Super DuckTales (3) - Full Metal Duck" Mar 26, 1989 83 78
GizmoDuck becomes a sensation with the people of Duckburg - that is, until Ma Beagle and her smartest son, Megabyte Beagle, make a remote control with which to make him work for them. Spoof of Full Metal Jacket
130px "Super DuckTales (4) - The Billionaire Beagle Boys Club" Mar 26, 1989 84 79
After the Beagles get GizmoDuck to steal Scrooge's fortune for them and land Scrooge in jail, the nephews work to save the day. Spoof of The Billionaire Boys Club
130px "Super DuckTales (5) - Money to Burn" Mar 26, 1989 85 80
Alien robots invade and steal Scrooge's Money Bin so that it can be melted down to produce more metal.
No Pic "Metal Attraction" Jan 28, 1990 86 81
A robot maid built by Gyro falls in love with GizmoDuck.
No Pic "A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity" Feb 4, 1990 87 85
Everyone in Duckburg thinks Launchpad is GizmoDuck.
No Pic "New Gizmo Kids on the Block" Feb 11, 1990 88 97
Fenton's mother accidentally shrinks the Gizmoduck suit, and the child-size suit ends up in the hands of Scrooge's nephews. Spoof of New Kids on the Block
No Pic "The Unbreakable Bin" Feb 18, 1990 89 90
Scrooge acquires a special glass from Gyro that makes the Money Bin invunerable to attack. Based on the Carl Barks story The Unsafe Safe.
No Pic "Dough Ray Me" Feb 25, 1990 90 82
Inflation shoots up the roof when duplicating coins spread through Duckburg.
No Pic "The Masked Mallard" Mar 4, 1990 91 92
Scrooge decides to become a vigilante after an unflattering report on him on television.
"Scrooge's Last Adventure" Mar 11, 1990 92 98
When Scrooge loses his money due to a computer bug, he and Fenton travel through cyberspace to get it back.
130px "A DuckTales Valentine" Mar 18, 1990 93 93
Scrooge acquires magical love arrows that once belonged to a goddess.
No Pic "Blue Collar Scrooge" Mar 4, 1990 94 86
Scrooge suffers a case of amnesia, during which he protests against himself and dates Fenton's mother.
No Pic "Allowance Day" Apr 1, 1990 95 72
In order to receive their allowances ahead of time so they can buy a new scooter, the nephews trick Scrooge into believing it's Saturday instead of Friday, resulting in mass confusion worldwide. This episode's plot was later reused for the TaleSpin episode "The Time Bandit".
No Pic "The Land of Tra-La-La" Apr 8, 1990 96 71
Scrooge is faced with an unnatural ailment, werein he loses his senses whenever anybody talks of any money related issues. His doctor suggests others to take him to 'The Land of Tra-La-La' where apparently there is no money being used as such. They go there, but when Fenton realizes that he would be of no use in such a place, he somehow gets the people to start transactions with bottle-caps being used for money. Based on an untitled Carl Barks story.
No Pic "My Mother, the Psychic" Apr 15, 1990 97 75
Fenton's mother suffers a blow to the head which allows her to predict the future. Spoof of My Mother the car
No Pic "The Big Flub" Apr 22, 1990 98 84
Fenton creates demand for a product that does not yet exist. In desperation, he uses a new bubble gum invented by Gyro, unaware of its side effects.
130px "The Duck Who Knew Too Much" Apr 29, 1990 99 96
Fenton uncovers an international conspiracy to steal Scrooge's gold overseas while supposedly on vacation. Spoof of The Man who Knew Too Much
No Pic "Attack of the Metal Mites" May 6, 1990 100 95
Glomgold intends to use metal eating bugs to wipe out Scrooge's fortunes.

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