"DuckTales" (1987)TV series 1987-1990

Directors:

Steve Clark
Fred Wolf

Writers:

Carl Barks (characters)
Evelyn Gabai (writer)
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Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

11 September 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey & Louie find themselves in all sorts of adventures on this animated cartoon series from Walt Disney.

Plot Keywords:

Launchpad | Witch | Beagle | Triplets | Prison

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Alan Young	...	Scrooge McDuck (100 episodes, 1987-1990)
Russi Taylor	...	Dewey Duck / ... (100 episodes, 1987-1990)
Terence McGovern	...	Launchpad McQuack / ... (98 episodes, 1987-1990)
Joan Gerber	...	Mrs. Bentina Beakley / ... (84 episodes, 1987-1990)

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Series Directed by
Alan Zaslove		(7 episodes, 1987-1988)
David Block		(3 episodes, 1987-1988)
Terence Harrison		(2 episodes, 1988)
Steve Clark		(1 episode, 1987)
Fred Wolf		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Michael Keyes		(7 episodes, 1987-1988)
Anthony Adams		(6 episodes, 1987)
Len Uhley		(3 episodes, 1987-1990)
Ken Koonce		(2 episodes, 1987-1988)
David Weimers		(2 episodes, 1987-1988)
Carl Barks		(2 episodes, 1987)
Richard Merwin		(2 episodes, 1987)
Evelyn Gabai		(unknown episodes)
Jean-Marc Lofficier		(unknown episodes)
Randy Lofficier		(unknown episodes)
David Schwartz		(unknown episodes)
John Semper		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Tom Ruzicka	....	associate producer (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Fred Wolf	....	supervising producer (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Alan Zaslove	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Ron Jones		(10 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Art Direction by
Brad Landreth		(10 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Production Management
Olivia Miner	....	production manager (10 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Randy Chaffe	....	assistant director (10 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Art Department
Elizabeth Chapman	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Rich Chidlaw	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Janet Cummings	....	color key stylist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Thom Enriquez	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Steven E. Gordon	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jan Green	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Chuck Harvey	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Debra Jorgensborg	....	color key stylist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Rob LaDuca	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Skip Morgan	....	associate art director (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Marty Murphy	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Elyse Pastel	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jill Stirdivant	....	color key stylist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Hank Tucker	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Monte Young	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Sound Department
Rick Hinson	....	assistant sound editor / sound effects editor (100 episodes, 1987-1990)
Robert S. Birchard	....	supervising sound editor (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Rich Harrison	....	managing sound editor / sound editor (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Charlie King	....	supervising sound editor (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Glenn Lewis	....	assistant sound editor (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Marc Orfanos	....	sound effects editor (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Craig S. Jaeger	....	sound effects editor (5 episodes, 1987)

Series Animation Department
Dave Brain	....	timing director (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jill Colbert	....	character designer (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Vincent Davis	....	timing director (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Ed Gombert	....	character designer (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Ron Scholefield	....	character designer (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Toby Shelton	....	character designer (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Bob Zamboni	....	timing director (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Mike Reyna	....	overseas animation supervisor (3 episodes, 1987)
Bill Wolf	....	overseas animation supervisor (3 episodes, 1987)
David Schott	....	overseas animation supervisor (2 episodes, 1987-1988)
Sean Newton	....	overseas animation supervisor (2 episodes, 1987)
Atsushi Aono	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Sam Cornell	....	animation director: main titles (unknown episodes)
Janet Cummings	....	color key stylist (unknown episodes)
Debra Jorgensborg	....	color key stylist (unknown episodes)
Marlene Robinson May	....	supervising timing director (unknown episodes)
Jill Stirdivant	....	color key stylist (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Ken Tsumura	....	post-production coordinator (10 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Music Department
Thomas Chase	....	composer: additional music (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Mark Mueller	....	composer: theme music (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Steve Rucker	....	composer: additional music (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Matthew Ender	....	orchestrator: Ron Jones (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Tedd Anasti	....	story editor / story consultant (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Barbara Brysman	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Krista Bunn	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Patsy Cameron	....	story editor / story consultant (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Skip Craig	....	track reader (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Gary Eggleston	....	key background stylist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Edward L. Ghertner	....	key layout stylist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Paro Hozumi	....	key background stylist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Lisa Keene	....	key background stylist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Michael Peraza Jr.	....	key layout stylist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jagaleen Veber	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Ed Wexler	....	key layout stylist (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Luanne Wood	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Judy Zook	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Andrea Romano	....	dialogue director (8 episodes, 1987-1988)

Production Companies

• TMS Entertainment (animation production)
• Walt Disney Television Animation

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1995-1997) (USA) (TV)
• Buena Vista Television
• Disney Channel (1997-2000) (USA) (TV)
• Disney Cinemagic (????) (France) (TV)
• Toon Disney (2000-) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Disney's DuckTales (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

30 min (100 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | Singapore:G | Ireland:G (DVD rating) | Iceland:L | UK:U (DVD rating) | Argentina:Atp | USA:TV-Y

Company:

TMS Entertainment

Trivia:

The series "TaleSpin" (1990) was originally intended to be a Duck Tales spin-off featuring Launchpad, hence the word "Tale" in the title of that series.

Quotes:

Scrooge McDuck: I'll get my fortune back, before Fritter Away lives up to his name.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Simpsons: Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times (#18.11)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

DuckTales

Disney's version of "Indiana Jones"

I am fifteen years old, going on sixteen, and this is still one of my favourite shows. It had that level of smarts that wasn't achieved by secondary shows like "Goof Troop" or "Bonkers". A simple idea, pretty much just putting some classic Disney characters in a world full of mysteries and treasures to be discovered. This show also blends in some original elements of the classic characters into this new and often exciting environment, casting Scrooge McDuck as the greedy, self-centered rich man who, as the series progresses, learns that there's more to life than money through the eyes of his grand-nephews who have been left behind by their true uncle, Donald Duck, who decides to join the Navy. Heck, they even made a movie out of it with Christopher Lloyd that was released at the cinemas. That shows how popular it was. The second, and final season, however, took a downwards slope. Concentrating mostly on the new characters in the forms of Gizmo Duck and Bubba Duck, of whom no-one knew about and didn't really gel well with the classic duck community. Sadly, this brought the series to an unfortunate end which is a shame, because it was by far the best of the modern Disney animated series'.