Today let’s talk about the animated series that take place in the Duckiverse. First is the DuckTales, which chronicles the adventures of Scrooge McDuck, popular character from the comics, as he is put in charge of his great-nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie after their Uncle Donald joins the Navy.For some reason, though Scrooge is the richest duck in the world, he is constantly going on adventures to gain even more riches. What a prophetic vision of capitalism of the 2000s. The riches usually come in the form of ancient or historical and sometimes mystical treasures. It’s kind of like Indiana Jones with tail feathers.
There is a lot of great comedy in the show and it’s a really fun spin on the adventure story genre, which has always been one of my favorites. The show saw the addition of new characters like Fenton Crackshell/Gizmo Duck and Launchpad McQuack, it also saw the return of some of the favorite Barks characters like Gladstone Gander, Gyro Gearloose, and the nephews. Although, the kids have way less supervision than they probably should in dangerous old mines or Egyptian tombs.
The show is tons of fun, and one that holds up in my book. The jokes are great and silly, and the storytelling pretty impressive for a kid’s show. It even spun off it's own feature length theatrically released movie: DuckTales The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp.
The second animated series, I will discuss in tomorrow’s post. There's just to much to say about it for just one post.
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