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109-427: Gyro is Duckburg 's ingenious inventor , even though his inventions sometimes do not work the way he wants them to. His outrageous productivity is presented as a factor in the quality of his inventions. Because Gyro is always coming up with new ideas, the fact that his inventions often lack an important feature will often cause trouble for both Scrooge and Donald, who are known to have frequently bought his inventions. He

218-726: A Ritz Hotel , first mentioned in Carl Barks' story Turkey with All the Schemings (Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #148, 1953) at which Scrooge McDuck had a business meeting with Donald Duck; who was disguised as the Duke of Baloni, the World's Second-Richest Duck at that time. In the same story Scrooge later buys the Ritz Hotel and he still owns it in Don Rosa's story Attaaaaaack! (2000). Located near Duckburg

327-496: A comic strip adaptation of an in-production film, Donald's Nephews . Daisy Duck , Donald's on-again-off-again girlfriend premiered in 1940, in Mr. Duck Steps Out . Grandma Duck also appeared in 1940, as a character in the comic strip . Scrooge McDuck , the family's elderly uncle and "richest duck in the world", was created in 1947 by Carl Barks for the comic book story, Christmas on Bear Mountain . Scrooge McDuck appeared in

436-512: A 1980s full-length movie, the Sport Goofy in Soccermania television special, with only one line of dialogue, voiced by Will Ryan : "Scrooge parting with a million dollars?" In the subsequent 1987 animated series DuckTales , Gyro became a regular character, with Hal Smith supplying his voice while Barry Gordon records it in several episodes. Among Gyro's noteworthy inventions in the series

545-524: A 6- dimensional space of 82,653,950,016,000 ft , i.e. feet to the sixth power. Taken as an acre that is raised to a cube with each side an acre, it would be around 9 091 379 ft . A series of blueprints created for the Scrooge McDuck story " The Beagle Boys vs. the Money Bin " by Don Rosa state that the Money Bin is approximately 127 feet (39 m) tall, and 120 feet (37 m) wide. In

654-498: A Disney animated classic is far bolder than its predecessor." IGN ' s Chris Hayner gave the series premiere, "Woo-oo!", a score of 8.5 out of 10, stating that the reboot "may be aimed at modern young audiences but there's no denying the heart and adventurous spirit it gets from the original series." IndieWire complimented the series premiere, claiming that "the reboot of the series keeps all of those important original hallmarks. American Idol alum Felicia Barton re-recorded

763-439: A bustling metropolis . Later writers and artists adhere to this tradition recurrently. In one specific story by Barks, Monsterville (1961), Duckburg was even transformed into a futuristic city by Gyro Gearloose , however it proved that the citizens were not ready for the high level of technology that the new city provided. Thus the city was turned back to its old city structure. In comic writer Don Rosa 's stories, Duckburg and

872-411: A companion book covering the majority of season one, as seen from the perspective of Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby. It is written by Rob Renzetti and show writer Rachel Vine. In 2022, Ken Plume revealed he was working on a DuckTales art book. Titled "The Art of DuckTales", the book was published by Dark Horse Comics and released on October 24, 2022. An ongoing comic book series based on

981-590: A day and spent 23 hours sleeping, which left him more grouchy than normal, while Uncle Scrooge's robot made him so much money that it filled up his money bin to the point where he could not even burrow into it. The final straw came when Gyro's Robot Helper makes a robot to replace Gyro as an inventor. Realizing Duckburg is not ready for the future, Gyro returns the city back to its old self. Contrary to his entry in Don Markstein's Toonopedia , Gyro never appeared on House of Mouse . Gyro, in his usual role as an inventor,

1090-526: A diplomatic level. In the story Treasure of Marco Polo (Uncle Scrooge #64, 1966) by Carl Barks, the Duckburg embassy displays a flag of Duckburg, which consists of a white duck over a green field. However, in the Don Rosa story " His Majesty, McDuck " (Uncle Scrooge Adventures #14, Gladstone Aug. 1989) Scrooge gains a short-lived independence from the United States for Killmotor Hill, thus placing Duckburg within

1199-458: A good map and compare the coastline, you'll see that I stuck the old gold-prospector's adopted hometown directly across the bay from a very appropriately named actual city." Knowing how Don Rosa used gags, it is likely that this city would be Eureka, California ( Eureka meaning 'I found it'!). This fits with the river and a large forest south of Eureka. In the DuckTales episode "Double O' Duck",

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1308-491: A larger danger. Aside from storing his money, this incarnation of the Money Bin (somewhat emptier due to Scrooge's costly search for the lost Della Duck ) also serves as the corporate headquarters of McDuck Industries and the location of Gyro Gearloose's lab. Flintheart Glomgold also owns a money bin, located near Limpopo Valley in South Africa . Glomgold's bin substitutes the dollar sign ( $ ) that appears on Scrooge's with

1417-452: A lower-watt bulb). He later begins brainstorming the creation of the Gizmoduck suit under the codename "Project Blatherskite". In season one's subsequent episodes, he took on Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera as an intern, clashed with Scrooge's rival Mark Beaks, and forced Donald Duck to swallow a voice modulator. In the season 2 premiere, he uses a modified shrink ray invention to communicate with

1526-475: A lucky charm, but Scrooge himself rejects any claims beyond sentimentality. DuckTales (2017 TV series) DuckTales is an American animated television series , developed by Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones, and produced by Disney Television Animation . The series is a reboot of the original 1987 series of the same name , itself an adaptation of  Uncle Scrooge and other Duck universe comic books created by Carl Barks , which focused on

1635-538: A map in Don Rosa 's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck showing Calisota corresponding to the part of California north of the 39th parallel. The name is a blend of California and Minnesota , supposedly to allow all kinds of weather or climate in the stories, although Calisota has very little in common with the latter (a state in the Upper Midwest , far from the ocean) and Northern California's regional weather

1744-501: A map is shown which shows Duckburg as being located somewhere in Virginia or North Carolina. There are no references to the governor, legislature, Capitol, etc., of Calisota in any of the many stories about Duckburg. However, Duckburg seems to have its own governor, if it is not a sort of city-state . In more than one story a "Duckburg embassy" has been shown, which would place it outside the US at

1853-529: A microscopic civilizations in the McDuck household, only to be taken hostage when he attempted to become their god-king. Later in season 2, his oxy-chew gum (used by Della and Donald Duck to survive on the moon), Time Teaser (used by Flintheart Glomgold in a scheme against Scrooge McDuck), and Time Tub (used by Gyro himself to travel back to the Old West and by Louie as part of a get-rich-quick scheme) make appearances. In

1962-532: A nice product or not." The core Duckverse family dates back to the golden age of American animation , generally introduced in Disney shorts , weekly newspaper comics, or comic books of the period as supporting characters for Donald Duck , who premiered in 1934 in The Wise Little Hen (but was mentioned as a friend of Mickey's as early as 1931). Donald's nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie , debuted in 1937 in

2071-557: A pound sign ( £ ), as the South African pound was the currency of South Africa until 1961. The preference for the pound sign can also be explained by Glomgold's heritage, which puts him as a citizen of South Africa with British blood, whereas Scrooge embraced America despite his pure Scottish blood. The Millionaires' club (sometimes called the Billionaires' club) is a prominent gentlemen's club in Duckburg, with its premises located in

2180-686: A rural town than a burgeoning metropolis. The connection to Duckburg was removed as the land was renovated in 1996 to become Mickey's Toontown Fair . However, the Cornelius Coot statue remains. In the 2017 version of DuckTales many elements of the Duck universe from the comics of Don Rosa and Carl Barks were used, alongside elements of others Disney stories (including the original 1987 DuckTales TV series, Darkwing Duck , TaleSpin , Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers , Quack Pack , Goof Troop and others). They were brought together into one common global storyline in

2289-454: A sample of the recently discovered substance of bombastium . The Money Bin is the building where Scrooge McDuck stores the portions of his money he earned by himself. Carl Barks invented the "money swim" in his story A Financial Fable (1950), followed by the "Money Bin" in the story Terror of the Beagle Boys (1951). In Barks earlier stories, interchangeably with the name Money Bin,

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2398-433: A stately mansion. The club first appeared in the 1959 story The Christmas Cha Cha , written by Bob Gregory and drawn by Carl Barks . Membership of the club is exclusive, with the minimum requirement being owning at least a million dollars. Scrooge McDuck, Flintheart Glomgold and John Rockerduck are all members of the club, along with several other millionaires. Although Scrooge is clearly the wealthiest man in Duckburg, he

2507-435: A track record of inventions gaining sentience and becoming evil, though he argues that some of them are merely misunderstood (a trait that the show creators have also attributed to Gyro himself). In his debut episode, "The Great Dime Chase!", he unveils Little Bulb (this show's version of Little Helper), who goes out of control under Louie's supervision (though Gyro manages to fix the problem by replacing his invention's head with

2616-424: A worry room in which Scrooge paces around in circles, which has caused a circular depression in the floor, to worry and ponder about hardships that has befallen him. The worry room was first mentioned in Carl Barks' story The Secret of Atlantis ( Uncle Scrooge #5, 1954). The traditional location of the Money Bin is on top of Killmotor Hill which in turn lies atop a fault line which would prove catastrophic in

2725-536: Is Emil Eagle , although he is also antagonized by the Beagle Boys and Magica De Spell . With his inventions, he is also a very important ally of Donald Duck 's alter ego, Paperinik , in the Italian Disney comics. Consistent with the two "G's" in his name, he had bins on his shelves containing odds and ends, which he labeled "Gewgaws", "Gimcracks", "Gadgets", and "Gizmos". Gyro made his first animated appearance in

2834-788: Is a farm owned and run by Grandma Duck , a direct descendant of Cornelius Coot and Donald's paternal grandmother . Donald's cousin Gus Goose also lives on Grandma's farm as a farmhand. The farm is often a gathering site for various Duck family holiday celebrations. In other languages, Duckburg (for example Duckstad in Dutch, Entenhausen in German, Ankeborg in Swedish, Rațburg in Romanian, Andeby in Danish, or Patópolis in both European and Brazilian Portuguese)

2943-440: Is a fictional U.S. state, created by Carl Barks in his story The Gilded Man ( Four Color #422). Duckburg is among the cities located there, as well as Goosetown, a traditional rival of Duckburg, and Mouseton . Although it has many fictional elements and a variable climate, Calisota is probably synonymous with Jefferson , being roughly equivalent to Northern California . Duckburg is located north of San Francisco , with

3052-601: Is a large statue of Duckburg's founder, Cornelius Coot . Duckburg is a major center for Space exploration , mainly operated and overseen by Gyro Gearloose , and has had expeditions to the Moon , Mars , Venus , the Asteroids , and more remote parts of the Galaxy . The city also features a sea port and is in proximity of a large forest called the Black Forest and to several mountains ,

3161-748: Is a part of the larger Mickey Mouse universe . In addition to the original comic book stories by Carl Barks , the Duckburg cast was featured in Little Golden Books , television series such as DuckTales (1987–1991), Darkwing Duck (1991–1992), and the DuckTales reboot (2017–2021), and video games such as DuckTales (1989), QuackShot (1991), Goin' Quackers (2000), and DuckTales: Remastered (2013). "Donald Duck universe", sometimes called Duckverse or Scrooge McDuck universe , are unofficial terms used by Disney, but are sometimes used by fans. Disney comics artist/writer Don Rosa has also used

3270-597: Is forced to pitch for the Northside, pitting an "unhittable" baseball against another of his inventions, an "unmissable" baseball bat made for the Southside team, the result is total chaos. Gyro is a classic example of an eccentric genius. Once he persuaded the citizens of Duckburg to rebuild their metropolis into a climate-controlled "City of the Future". Unfortunately for Gyro, his idea worked too well. Donald Duck worked only 1 hour

3379-464: Is heavily reinforced in the DuckTales TV series where Scrooge tells his nephews about the value of hard earned cash. The dime is a key plot point in practically every story featuring Magica De Spell , a character invented by Carl Barks, as the main villain. Magica believes that by stealing the first coin earned by the richest person in the world and melting it down to a magical amulet , she can gain

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3488-437: Is known for being good-natured towards others. Gyro is often assisted by his Little Helper (or just "Helper"), who is a small anthropomorphic robot with a light bulb for a head. Besides Little Helper, he also has a "thinking cap", a hat shaped like a combination of a rooftop and a nest, with three black birds living inside it. Wearing this thinking cap helps Gyro figure out particularly difficult problems, but it only works if

3597-559: Is not only home of "the Ducks", but Mickey Mouse and friends live there too. This has occasionally been implied also in English-language publications, as when Super Goof is referred to as "Duckburg's greatest hero" in a poster seen in the initial panel of the 1973 story Galactic Gourmet ( Super Goof #27, Gold Key Comics ). The story moreover pits Super Goof against the Beagle Boys, normally portrayed as living and operating in Duckburg. In

3706-427: Is not the speaker of the club nor holds any special position above the other members. A repeating scene is Scrooge arriving at the club to catch up on the daily newspapers , as he is too stingy to buy copies himself. His favourite refreshment at the club is plain tap water as it is the cheapest the club has to offer. Whenever Scrooge meets his rival Rockerduck at the club, the two end up in an argument. The speaker of

3815-502: Is often patronized by Scrooge; and Ludwig Von Drake , a knowledgeable professor. Scrooge also has several enemies, such as the Beagle Boys , a gang of robbers and escaped prisoners; Magica De Spell , an Italian sorceress; and South African Flintheart Glomgold and English-American John D. Rockerduck , both rival business men of Scrooge. Some characters have appeared alongside Donald primarily in animation, such as chipmunks Chip 'n' Dale ( Chip an' Dale , Toy Tinkers ) and Humphrey

3924-694: Is replaced with Ludwig Von Drake in House of Mouse and many other cartoons. In the Toontown universe, Gyro created a robot that, when Scrooge accidentally wired it incorrectly, made the Cogs, the main antagonists of the game. They were grim businessmen-like robots who could not take a joke. So, to take care of the infestation, the Toons (the main protagonists of the game) destroyed them with gags such as squirting seltzer water and throwing pies at them. A reimagined Gyro appears in

4033-562: Is revealed that Cornelius Coot at some point in Duckburg's history managed to pipe mountain water into the town. During the American Civil War , a decisive battle was fought on top of an unnamed hill in Duckburg, led by the Duckburgian General Stonewall Duck. It is not known on which side the city fought, but with General Stonewall Duck being based on the real-life Stonewall Jackson , it can be assumed they fought for

4142-499: Is variable enough by itself. Brutopia (a portmanteau word from brute and Utopia ) is a fictional country appearing in several Donald Duck stories. It was created by Carl Barks in the story A Cold Bargain from 1957. Brutopia is a hostile country, aiming for world domination. It hence is clearly a caricature of the Soviet Union . In the Duck universe, Brutopia occasionally attempts to steal Scrooge's money so as to devastate

4251-576: Is written in Cyrillic script. On the other hand, Brutopians seem to speak perfect, non-accented English; and other stories show English language texts being used by Brutopians. In 1957, Brutopia's military spending budget amounted to one trillion dollars plus all the kitchen sinks of its happy people (a number that on closer inspection turned out to be five). Scrooge McDuck outbid the Brutopian government by paying one trillion dollars and six kitchen sinks for

4360-456: The 2017 reboot of DuckTales (voiced by Jim Rash ), in which he maintains a lab below Scrooge's Money Bin. This Gyro merges characteristics of his harsher, early comic book self with those of his original DuckTales counterpart along with adlibbing by Rash; the result being an eccentric who struggles with social graces and has a short temper, yet still retains a good nature and makes efforts to stop his inventions from harming people. He also has

4469-399: The Beagle Boys , and Mark Beaks . In the first season, Dewey and Webby search for the truth about Scrooge and Donald's strained relationship and the unexplained disappearance of the boys' mother and Donald's twin sister Della Duck while the sorceress Magica De Spell manipulates events to facilitate her return and exact revenge on Scrooge for imprisoning her in his Number One Dime . In

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4578-527: The Confederacy . However, the real-life state of California, in which the fictional state of Calisota is located according to Don Rosa, was a Unionist state, making Duckburg a more likely member of the Union . Duckburg remained a quiet, small town until the arrival of wealthy businessman Scrooge McDuck. He had bought the old fort and the hill from fellow prospector Casey Coot , a descendant of Cornelius Coot, during

4687-537: The Klondike Gold Rush in 1899. Scrooge proceeded to construct his famous Money Bin on the location, which would eventually cause McDuck an incredible variety of problems and dilemmas. The first one was caused by the Junior Woodchucks , who were squatting in the site and using the old fort as their headquarters, even though they did not have legal title to it. The dispute led to a small war in 1902, involving

4796-546: The Philosopher's Stone at one point, but it was later confiscated by the International Money Council as it could devastate the economy because of its capability to turn base metals into gold. The Danish and Norwegian names for "the Money Bin" are Pengetanken and Pengebingen , respectively, and these have become a regular word in these languages for a large amount of money or cash. Russell W. Belk mentions

4905-492: The United States . The most prominent landmark in Duckburg is Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin , a giant building sitting on Killmotor Hill (formerly known as Killmule Hill) in the center of town. The money bin contains both office space, Scrooge's private living quarters and, most famously, three cubic acres of money, the results of Scrooge's lifetime of business and treasure-seeking adventures. Another major landmark in some stories

5014-589: The bey of El Dagga from Egypt , who is mentioned in Yarvard's first appearance; Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring by Carl Barks from 1943. One of the things the bey learned at the university was that mummies do not eat. Duckburg is also the home of the Billionaires Club of some of which Scrooge McDuck, John D. Rockerduck and, according to some stories, Flintheart Glomgold are influential members. Duckburg also has

5123-547: The 1960 Disneyland Records LP, Donald Duck and His Friends , in a plot that involved Donald and the Beagle Boys . With the exception of Scrooge's brief cameo in The Mickey Mouse Club opening theme, this marked the first appearance of a Barks-created character in a medium other than the comics and story books. Later, in 1963, the Beagle Boys played a role in Chipmunk Fun, an LP that also mentioned Scrooge. Most of

5232-509: The 1987 series, was re-recorded for the 2017 reboot. It was arranged by Michael "Smidi" Smithand and TJ Stafford and sung by Felicia Barton . Donald Duck has a larger role in this version compared to the 1980s version, as the earlier version had been restricted by an edict from The Walt Disney Company – stating that the television studio could not use Donald or any of the other stars from Disney's Golden Age shorts, only allowing Donald to make short cameos to set up storylines; this restriction

5341-582: The American economy, and to fund the creation of doomsday weaponry. Its national coat of arms has been shown either as a dagger or the hammer and shackles. Whether Brutopia is a stand-in for all of the USSR, or just for part of it, varies with the story. Sometimes parallels to Russia are drawn directly. Don Rosa has suggested that Brutopia might instead represent the eastern part of Siberia . The language of Brutopia often looks somewhat Slavic . On some occasions it

5450-546: The Bear ( Rugged Bear , Grin and Bear It ), as well as Mickey Mouse ( The Dognapper , Magician Mickey ), Goofy ( Polar Trappers , Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive ), and Pluto ( Donald and Pluto , Window Cleaners ), who are more often associated with the Mickey Mouse universe . Duckburg / ˈ d ʌ k b ɜːr ɡ / is the fictional city , located in the fictional U.S. state of Calisota , that serves as

5559-793: The Block and Ducky Mountain High ). In the United States, iTunes and Amazon Prime Video offer the first and second seasons, split into four volumes. The first and second seasons have been released on Disney+ since its launch, but users have noted episodes being out of order. The series had its episodes arranged in the proper order on June 26, 2020. The entire third season was released on Disney+ on April 30, 2021. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 100% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Highly energetic, distinctively designed, and attuned to its nostalgia, this update to

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5668-501: The Dime while helping the Beagle Boys rob McDuck, stopping when she realized this would mean McDuck would no longer be the world's richest person, rendering the Dime worthless. According to a comic story by Don Rosa , it is an 1875 Seated Liberty dime , but in a comic story written by Pat and Carol McGreal and drawn by Maximino Tortajada Aguilar, the last two digits have been swapped, making it an 1857 Seated Liberty dime . Scrooge earned

5777-519: The English-speaking world, Gyro Gearloose has the following names: Duckburg The Donald Duck universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting of stories involving Disney cartoon character Donald Duck , as well as Daisy Duck , Huey, Dewey, and Louie , Scrooge McDuck , and many other characters . Life in the Donald Duck universe centers on the city of Duckburg and

5886-510: The Money Bin in Material Values in the Comics: A Content Analysis of Comic Books Featuring Themes of Wealth , where he remarks that Scrooge's "childish fascination with money", where he takes pleasure in diving and swimming in the Money Bin, might account for Scrooge not being portrayed as a villain. Penelope Fritzer in the article Scrooge McDuck: Postmodern Robber Baron considers it possible for

5995-462: The Money Bin to symbolize the entire Disney empire. The Money Bin in the DuckTales 2017 reboot is given a total redesign. Here it is depicted as a large tower situated on an island in the waters near Duckburg, connected to the city via a bridge, and visible directly from Scrooge's bedroom window. It is perceived as a costly architectural fancy by Scrooge's board of directors, though Scrooge candidly claimed its deranged staff being let go would cause

6104-468: The Spiderman universe. All of those guys had their own universe, and so the ducks have their own universe." Barks adds, "Whenever I wrote the script and it was drawn by some other artist ... it came out looking so different, it didn't look like it belonged in the duck universe .. .Didn't look as real, or I use the word, 'sincere'. You couldn't tell whether the guy who drew it was really interested in turning out

6213-404: The United States marines and navy , led by then President Theodore Roosevelt . Eventually however, the construction of the Money Bin, and Scrooge's establishment of various businesses in and around Duckburg, caused Duckburg's population to swell, and turned the small town into a bustling city and a global financial centre within a few decades. Calisota / ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ s oʊ t ə /

6322-401: The birds are currently nesting in the cap. Some stories have involved the birds leaving Gyro's thinking cap, resulting in the cap becoming ineffective. Some of Gyro's relatives include his father Fulton Gearloose , his grandfather Ratchet Gearloose , and Newton Gearloose , his nephew . Occasionally there have been stories about Gyro's girlfriend Matilda. In some stories, Gyro's primary rival

6431-557: The building's official name was the McDuck Building , which was only used on facade signs. Eventually however, the name was discontinued in the later stories by Barks and subsequent writers and artists. While the first stories showing the Bin treated it as if it had just been built, later continuity established that Scrooge had built the Money Bin in 1902 after having traveled around the world to make his fortune, mostly through prospecting and

6540-546: The characters have appeared in the 1980s Disney cartoon series DuckTales . Disney's Darkwing Duck series is nominally set in the separate DuckTales universe , in a metropolis called St. Canard, although aside from sharing the denizen Launchpad McQuack , and a few crossover episodes involving Gizmoduck , there is no interaction. Much of the DuckTales and all of the Darkwing Duck material do not appear in Barks' comics, as

6649-455: The city is often depicted as a pig, whose name most of the time goes unmentioned and is referred instead by readers as the Pig Mayor . However, in some stories the office of mayor is held by various dog characters. The size and structure of Duckburg varied in the works by Barks: it was adjusted to better fit the story he wanted to tell; it could vary from a small town to a medium-sized city, to

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6758-522: The city of Tokyolk . Having lost his creation, Gyro became embittered and repressed his memories of the android. When Huey brought 2-BO, now B.O.Y.D., to him to be fixed, Gyro was forced to return to Tokyolk and confront his past as well as Akita. Once he learned what happened and defeated his former mentor, Gyro reconciled with B.O.Y.D. Ratchet Gearloose is Gyro's paternal grandfather, created by Carl Barks. He knew Scrooge McDuck : he first met him during his Mississippi riverboat days. They later met on

6867-499: The club often holds contests requiring spending excessive amounts of money and displaying a flamboyant millionaire lifestyle. Although Scrooge hates these contents because of the excessive spending, he is always forced to take part, in order to maintain his membership and status in the club. The Number One Dime (sometimes also called Lucky Dime in some games) is the first coin that Scrooge McDuck ever earned (or, according to some stories, produced). The Number One Dime first appeared in

6976-458: The comics by Don Rosa, Duckburg was a fort built on Killmule Hill on June 17, 1579, by British explorer Sir Francis Drake in the area he named Nova Albion , in what would later become the state of Calisota. It was originally known as "Fort Drakeborough". In the year 1818, during the Spanish colonization of California (1697–1821), the fort had been handed over by its departing British occupants to

7085-449: The day Scrooge earned the Dime, are the only other ones who know. McDuck kept it as a reminder not to be fooled again in the future. When he emigrated to the US three years later, he carried it with him. Scrooge still has the dime and keeps it on a pillow under glass because of its sentimental value. Donald Duck , Huey, Dewey, and Louie , and Gladstone Gander among many others think it is really

7194-504: The day. Shortly after accidentally releasing and defeating a few ancient evils, Scrooge regains his sense of adventure and invites Donald and the boys to live at McDuck Manor with him, along with his housekeeper Mrs. Beakley and her granddaughter Webby Vanderquack . Together, along with Scrooge's chauffeur and pilot Launchpad McQuack , the Ducks go on many new treasure-hunting expeditions and globetrotting adventures while contending with villains like Flintheart Glomgold , Ma Beagle and

7303-595: The dime in 1877 in his hometown of Glasgow , when he started working as a shoeshine boy on his tenth birthday. Before that it belonged to Howard Rockerduck (the father of John D. Rockerduck ). The customer who paid it to him, a ditch-digger called Burt, seemingly "cheated" Scrooge. In reality, Scrooge's father, Fergus McDuck , gave Burt the dime specifically for paying Scrooge for his services. Scrooge McDuck never learned that fact, although Fergus did reveal it to Scrooge's sisters Matilda and Hortense. Burt and Magica De Spell, who learned about this when she traveled in time to

7412-442: The dime is no longer in his possession. In fact, in some series, Scrooge is so attached to the dime that he becomes hysterical, to the point of losing his mind, whenever he loses possession of the dime. It is never made clear whether the dime actually brings good luck , or if Scrooge merely believes in it so much that he is distressed and makes bad decisions whenever he no longer has his dime . Since Barks never actually said that it

7521-522: The establishment of various businesses. Scrooge's favorite pastime is to dive off a springboard into his money and swim through it. In most comic books stories, Scrooge lives at the Money Bin in his private quarters on the top floor, with the rooms often filled with large amounts of money. Because of Scrooge's frugality he has at times even made his own furniture and architecture out of his money; like using moneybags as chairs or using stacked paper bills as stairs to reach high places. The Money Bin also has

7630-513: The event of an earthquake , and this earthquake occurred in the story Land Beneath the Ground! (1956) by Carl Barks. The Money Bin is the victim of repeated assaults by Scrooge's enemies who try to steal his money, such as the Beagle Boys , who are after the bulk of Scrooge's money, and Magica DeSpell , who is after Scrooge's " Number One Dime ", the first dime Scrooge ever earned. To protect against these attempted break-ins, Scrooge has installed

7739-654: The first person it was awarded to (for inventing it). He first appeared in person in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Part 10 as a young child and one of the first three Junior Woodchucks . He appears as an elderly man in the story Gyro's First Invention . Newton Gearloose is Gyro's nephew. He first appeared in 1960 in the Gyro Gearloose story titled 'Ting-A-Ling Trouble', written by Vic Lockman and drawn by Phil DeLara , in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #308. Newton

7848-474: The greatest security system in the world, which includes Gizmoduck in the DuckTales TV-Series, to thwart any thought of even trying to intrude onto the premises. Barks defined the volume of money contained inside as "three cubic acres", but the exact meaning of a "cubic acre" left to the reader to interpret, since an acre is a measure of area , not length . Taken literally, a cubic acre would be

7957-420: The home of Donald Duck , Scrooge McDuck , Huey, Dewey, and Louie , Daisy Duck and most of their supporting cast. Duckburg was first mentioned in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49 in 1944, and was created by Carl Barks . The city is populated by various anthropomorphized animals, with dogs, different birds (including ducks , geese and chickens ) and pigs as the most dominant ones. The mayor of

8066-412: The humour of the show, alongside the performance of the voice actors. Disney comics creator Don Rosa , primarily known for his Uncle Scrooge comic sub-series The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck , has stated that the DuckTales reboot series bears "virtually no similarity whatsoever" to Barks' original comics. In 2018, Disney Press published "DuckTales: Solving Mysteries and Rewriting History!",

8175-624: The island of Krakatoa . Nothing was known about Ratchet since then but it is assumed that he wound up in Duckburg since his son Fulton Gearloose is one of the first three Junior Woodchucks . Fulton Gearloose is the son of Ratchet Gearloose and the father of Gyro Gearloose. Created by Don Rosa , he was first mentioned in Guardians of The Library in Uncle Scrooge Adventures #27 as the inventor of The Junior Woodchucks Merit Badge, as well as

8284-501: The lives of Scrooge McDuck and his family as they engaged in a variety of adventures around the world, as well as in the fictional city of Duckburg . The reboot itself focuses on newer elements and deeper character stories, including a greater involvement of Donald Duck . The series premiered on August 12, 2017, with a 44-minute long pilot episode on Disney XD , before the first season was green-lit for broadcast from September 23 that year on Disney XD. From May 2018 to September 2019,

8393-853: The manner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Donald Duck and his maternal uncle Scrooge McDuck received nearly equal exposure in comics. (The reduced emphasis on Donald in the 1980s version of DuckTales was largely due to a Disney mandate that forbade its nascent television division from using major characters from the Golden Age of Animation, including Donald and Daisy. ) Other primary characters include Donald's three young nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie , and girlfriend Daisy Duck . Several secondary characters have also achieved star status in certain publications, such as Grandma Duck , Donald Duck's grandmother; Gladstone Gander , Donald Duck's incredibly lucky cousin; Gyro Gearloose , an inventor who

8502-602: The most notable being "Old Demon Tooth", usually depicted as a towering pointed peak leaning slightly to the side. The main river of the city is the Tulebug River, first mentioned in The Money Well (1958) by Carl Barks, and it is located near Killmotor Hill. Duckburg is home to Yarvard University (a play on the universities of Harvard and Yale ), an institution more notable for its athletic teams than for its academic achievements. It also has had international students, like

8611-405: The original series and had always wanted to develop an updated version for a newer generation. Youngberg said, "We're hoping that in thirty years, the kids who watch our show will then be bringing back the next version of DuckTales because they loved what we did so much." In May 2015, Terry McGovern , the original voice of Launchpad McQuack, stated in an interview that the entire voice cast from

8720-401: The original series would not be returning for the reboot, which made him "heartsick" at the news. The new voice cast for the series was revealed on December 16, 2016, in a video where they sing an a cappella version of the original theme song in promotion of the news. The following May, Lin-Manuel Miranda was announced as the voice of Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Gizmoduck . The character

8829-462: The pilot episode and all 6 Welcome to Duckburg shorts. A second DVD titled Destination Adventure! was released on June 5, 2018. It contains the episodes The Beagle Birthday Massacre! , The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra! , The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest! , The Spear of Selene! , The Missing Links of Moorshire! , and Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System! , as well as 2 episodes of the original 1987 series previously unreleased on DVD ( New Gizmo Kids on

8938-464: The power of the ancient King Midas , so that everything she touches becomes gold and she can be rich beyond her wildest dreams. The fact that this will only work if the coin indeed belongs to the richest person in the world at the time, and is the first coin that person earned, is crucial, and is made into a plot point in some stories. However, the dime only has magical value because of these circumstances and not on its own. Magica once successfully stole

9047-443: The season 2 finale, he developed a clone spray that he used on himself and produced a small army of Little Bulbs with walkie-talkie functions. In season three, Gyro's past is explored further. Decades prior to the series, he worked as an optimistic young intern under roboticist, Dr. Akita. Gyro built a child-like defense drone named 2-BO and treated him like a real boy, but Akita tampered with his programming before using him to terrorize

9156-523: The second season, Scrooge and Glomgold compete to become the richest duck in the world by the end of the year, Louie tries to start up his own multi-million dollar business in hopes of following in Scrooge's footsteps, and Della reunites with her family following her escape from the Moon and adapts to her newfound motherhood, unaware that the Moonlanders, led by General Lunaris, are planning to invade Earth. In

9265-468: The series aired on Disney Channel during the premiere of Tangled: Before Ever After , and on June 14, 2017, the title sequence for the series, featuring a re-recording of the theme song written by Mark Mueller , performed by Felicia Barton and animated by Golden Wolf, was released. A DVD titled Woo-oo! was released on December 19, 2017, in the US and on July 9, 2018, in the UK and Ireland. The DVD contains

9374-440: The series returned to Disney XD. On October 20, 2020, "Let's Get Dangerous!", the 44-minute Darkwing Duck -themed episode from season 3, was made available for free on Disney XD's YouTube channel. Between September 26 and October 6, 2022, the entirety of season 1 was uploaded as well. In Canada, the pilot premiered on Disney XD on August 12 and the full series started on September 23, 2017. In Australia and New Zealand,

9483-654: The series was moved to Disney Channel for the previously not broadcast part of the first season and all of the second season. DuckTales was then moved back to Disney XD for its third season, and concluded with a 67-minute finale on March 15, 2021. Since its release, the reboot has generated positive reviews from critics and audiences, as well as a comic book series, a scripted podcast, and several online shorts. After not speaking to each other for ten years, Donald Duck reunites with his estranged uncle, business mogul and former adventurer Scrooge McDuck , when he asks him to babysit his triplet nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie , for

9592-416: The series, saying, "With an unimpeachable cast, a clever sense of humor, and a commitment to the underlying thematic concerns of the story, these three seasons represent the best-case scenario for the reboot of a beloved TV show: a sensationally self-aware series that takes its characters seriously while still delivering side-splitting slapstick." CinemaBlend.com gave a positive review of the series, praising

9701-414: The show is being published by IDW Publishing , with Joe Caramagna, Joey Cavalieri and Steve Behling sharing writing duties, and Luca Usai, Gianfranco Florio and others providing the art. Ducktales #0 was released on July 19, 2017, and #1 of the monthly series followed on September 27. The individual issues are also collected in trade paperbacks : List of comic book stories On March 10, 2021, it

9810-469: The show premiered on Disney Channel on October 13, 2017. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the pilot premiered on Disney Channel on November 4, 2017. The full series debuted on March 1, 2018, on Disney XD . On December 7, 2016, a teaser trailer was released for the series. The first season was announced to consist of 21 half-hour episodes and two hour-long specials. On March 10, 2017, a trailer for

9919-594: The show's third season: Chip 'n Dale and the Rescue Rangers from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers ; Kit Cloudkicker and Molly Cunningham from TaleSpin ; Rhinokey and Butterbear from The Wuzzles ; and Gosalyn Mallard and Taurus Bulba from Darkwing Duck ; as well as Goofy (based on his Goof Troop incarnation), and Daisy Duck . The art style of the show is heavily influenced not just by Carl Barks ' original Uncle Scrooge comics, but also some of Barks' paintings. The theme song, written by Mark Mueller for

10028-572: The signature theme song but keeps its sense of fun and excitement intact." Collider rated the last season 5 out of 5, indicating that "Season 3 is really where the new vision of the fan-favorite series takes off." Den of Geek reviewed the last episode of the show positively, stating, "DuckTales has power; it'll keep having power. Now that the show's ended I have no doubt more people will check it out on Disney+ and realize how special it was. How great it was. How even if it still had more stories to tell it still gave all it had." ComicsBeat praised

10137-469: The state of Calisota is located on the West Coast of the United States , though Carl Barks himself and other writers often leave the city's location more vaguely defined. However, in Don Rosa 's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck , the author alludes to where exactly he has situated Duckburg: "I won't bother to say precisely where I situated Duckburg and Calisota on America's west coast… but if you get out

10246-496: The story The Round Money Bin , created by Carl Barks and first published in Uncle Scrooge #3 (September, 1953). In this story, the dime is so old that it has become thin as a razor blade and allows Scrooge to cut binding ropes and escape from the Beagle Boys. In later stories, it is insinuated that the dime brings good luck to Scrooge and has helped him become a rich man. In some stories, he instantly starts losing money whenever

10355-719: The story, said blueprints are accredited to an architect named Frank Lloyd Drake, who is based on the real-life architect Frank Lloyd Wright . The Money Bin also contains various valuable artifacts like the Golden Fleece , the Crown of Genghis Khan , the Crown of the Mayas , the Candy-Striped Ruby and the Goose Egg Nugget. According to Carl Barks' story The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone (Uncle Scrooge #10, 1955) Scrooge also owned

10464-412: The terms Barks Universe and Italian Duck Universe to describe different versions of history. According to Carl Barks , the comic book creator of Scrooge McDuck , Duckburg , and its original cast of characters and themes (who also developed Donald Duck and created Daisy Duck and Huey, Dewey and Louie for the early Donald Duck cartoons) — "Now we're beginning to read about Batman's universe,

10573-474: The third and final season, the Ducks set out to find several lost artifacts detailed in the journal of the legendary explorer Isabella Finch, while the criminal organization F.O.W.L. plan to eliminate Scrooge and his family and obtain the artifacts first in order to rid the world of adventuring. Note: Each colour represents which one of the triplets gets the main focus. The show's main voice cast includes: Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones grew up watching

10682-510: The two TV series were created decades after Barks's active years as a comic artist. Later, a few characters would be the main characters in the show Quack Pack . However, in the magazine Disney Adventures , there was a five-part crossover/storyline titled "Legend of the Chaos God" which began with TaleSpin , and continued with Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers , Goof Troop , and DuckTales , then concluded with Darkwing Duck . Duckburg

10791-481: The visiting hunter and fur trader Cornelius Coot , who Americanized the British name of the fort to "Fort Duckburg". "Drake" means a male duck, while "borough" and "burg" are synonyms . Cornelius Coot turned the old fort into a trading post for fellow traders and hunters, and their families. Eventually a small town grew around the fort on top of Killmule Hill. In Carl Barks' story The Day Duckburg Got Dyed (1957), it

10900-448: Was a fan of his uncle's work and wanted to be an inventor like him when he grew up. Newton is also a Junior Woodchuck, as well as a friend of Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Newton went by the nickname "Giggy". After the early 1970s, Newton ceased appearing in new North American Disney comics. He continued to be used in some Brazilian and Danish-produced Disney comics into the 1990s, while he still appears in Dutch and Italian-produced comics. There

11009-629: Was a similar character in the DuckTales episode "Superdoo". Like Newton, he was also in the Junior Woodchucks. Though his name is never spoken, he does bear a physical resemblance to Newton Gearloose. Italian Disney comics, which have not been translated into English, and the Gearloose family tree drawn by Marco Gervasio , have introduced other members of Gyro's family, such as his mother Sonia , his grandmother Martha Bird , his great-grandfather Copernico and great-great-uncle Cartesio . Outside

11118-476: Was announced that a seven-episode scripted podcast spinoff of the series would be launching via the Disney XD YouTube channel on March 29, two weeks after the series finale. The podcast is called This Duckburg Life (a parody of the popular public radio program/podcast This American Life ) and is hosted by Huey Duck for "Duckburg Public Radio" and focuses on slice of life occurrences in Duckburg. Many of

11227-568: Was because of the coin that Scrooge was the richest duck in the world, Don Rosa, after various informational exchanges with Barks, for a faithful production of The Life and Times Of Scrooge McDuck , clarified that the Number One Dime is not actually an amulet, and that this vision was just a myth. The Number One Dime is just a sentimental object that happens to be the first coin Scrooge received for his work. Rosa made clear, also, that Scrooge made his fortune working hard and being honest. This point

11336-549: Was changed to being Latino due to Lin-Manuel's heritage and because Angones felt that there were not enough positive Latino superheroes. In June, more cast members, including Tony Anselmo reprising his role as Donald Duck , were announced, and during the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con , Disney announced that Darkwing Duck would also make an appearance in the TV series. At the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, several characters from other Disney Television Animation cartoons were revealed to appear in

11445-452: Was lifted shortly after the original version of DuckTales ended. The popular theme song, written by pop songwriter Mark Mueller (both words and music), was the subject of a Vanity Fair magazine article in 2017, which called the song "History's Catchiest Single Minute of Music". The actual song is sung by Felicia Barton , a notable children's singer. The 44-minute pilot, titled Woo-oo! , premiered on August 12, 2017, at midnight and

11554-532: Was repeated consecutively for the next 24 hours. Two days later on August 14, 2017, the pilot was also released on YouTube, though it has since been set to private. The pilot also aired on Disney Channel on September 17, 2017. The series officially premiered on September 23, 2017, coinciding with the original show's 30th anniversary. On May 1, 2018, the show moved to the Disney Channel , with new episodes airing on Fridays beginning May 4, 2018. With season three,

11663-473: Was the creation of the GizmoDuck suit, intended to be worn by a security guard for Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin . Although Gyro's shop and house are on the south side of Duckburg, he was born on the north side; a sign marks his birthplace and mentions one of his inventions: topless hats. In high school, young Gyro was a baseball pitcher with his "madball" pitch — actually only a straight-ball pitch. When Gyro

11772-408: Was the setting for one of the three initial levels of the video game Quackshot and also for the second level of the video game Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers . Duckburg was also used for the setting of Mickey's Birthday land (later Mickey's Starland) at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom from 1988 to 1996. It even included Grandma Duck's Farm and a statue of Cornelius Coot , though it was more of

11881-430: Was the setting of the 1987 animated series DuckTales . The cartoon's version of Duckburg was based loosely on the comics' version. Duckburg appeared in the 1990s animated series Quack Pack . In Quack Pack, Duckburg was populated almost entirely by human beings , with Donald, Daisy, and Donald's nephews as the only anthropomorphized animals that usually appeared. Moreover, the Money Bin is nowhere to be seen. Duckburg

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