(A curmudgeonly realist may wonder why no one has ever called CPS on Scrooge for child endangerment-but of course, this is beside the point.) In both the 20th-century and 21st-century DuckTales, physical vulnerability in the heroes becomes emblematic of the interpersonal vulnerability necessary for healthy relationships.Īt the beginning of “Woo-oo!” the kids are convinced that their life with Uncle Donald is tedious-and indeed, it probably is. In both instances, the bodily risk of their adventures externalizes the emotional risk. In the original show’s two-hour 1987 pilot, “The Treasure of the Golden Suns,” Scrooge bonds with the boys over the course of a treasure-hunting expedition but, as in the new “Woo-oo!,” he is at first reclusive and reluctant. This equation of family with adventure has been embedded in the DuckTales DNA from the beginning.
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Their first escapade together leads Dewey to exclaim that “our family is awesome,” prompting their pilot, Launchpad, to affirm that “family truly is the greatest adventure” (right before he characteristically crashes a plane). It is the arrival of the nephews that prompts him to pursue the lost city of Atlantis in an effort to reclaim the enterprising spirit that animated his early career.
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Huey, Dewey, and Louie know him only from his mythical past, as someone who “used to be a big deal.” Like the storehouse of Indiana Jones’s lost ark, Scrooge’s garage is crammed with artifacts from his glory days, all gathering dust. We meet a Scrooge who, while still wealthy, is caught in a rut: The initial earnings report he is given suggests that his current business ventures are stable but stagnant. This is certainly true of Scrooge in the 1980s version of DuckTales, but it is foregrounded significantly in the reboot as well. Scrooge McDuck made his name and his fortune through risk.
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Whichever side viewers fall on, though, one strand from the original series remains starkly present in the newer iteration: the danger-and the importance-of family. Those who wonder why a reboot is necessary, however, may question the new animation style, the rapid-fire style of humor, or the older and more world-wise approach to the triplets and Webby. Those prepared to be flexible will appreciate the premiere’s underlying reverence, from its preservation of the original theme song to its familiar style of story arcs to the countless Easter eggs strewn about (especially in allusions to the first DuckTales pilot). In the new version, as in the old, Donald Duck sends his nephews to stay with his own Uncle Scrooge, who this time around takes them and his housekeeper’s granddaughter Webby to seek out Atlantis before his rival Flintheart Glomgold can get there.Īs I’m already seeing from my own set of acquaintances, reactions to the show derive somewhat from the audience’s expectations. The new DuckTales is a remake, not a sequel, with different voice talent from the original show (except for Tony Anselmo’s return as Uncle Donald). The one-hour premiere, “Woo-oo!” aired Saturday, August 12, replayed the entire day on Disney XD. You can imagine, then, the mixture of excitement and trepidation among fans when Disney announced it would be fashioning a reboot of this beloved show. As an adult, I can still happily show my own kids the same episodes I so thoroughly enjoyed. It was silly fun, perhaps-yet for many kids, DuckTales might also have been their first exposure to Homer or Shakespeare or Dumas or even H. In addition, the show’s brilliantly colored animation was coupled with writers who mined storylines from history, literature, and pop culture, placing them in settings that evoked the pulp-action feel of Indiana Jones paired with a flurry of avian puns.
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Its irrepressibly exuberant theme is surely one of TV’s greatest earworms (even if you never did figure out all the lyrics). There are countless reasons for childhood fans to look back on the show fondly. Despite (because of?) his comfortable socioeconomic status, Scrooge’s wanderlust constantly calls him to adventure across the globe, usually accompanied by his identical triplet grand-nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie and an eclectic cast of supporting animals-er, characters. Based on the long-running Carl Barks comic series Uncle Scrooge, DuckTales followed the exploits of Scrooge McDuck, the miserly (but generally affable) Richest Duck in the World. The past few years have been good for those nostalgic for ’80s childhoods-and for those of my age bracket, few cultural products embody that era better than the Disney animated series DuckTales.