DuckTales is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication on September 18, 1987, and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seasons, with its final episode airing on November 28, 1990. Based upon Uncle Scrooge and other Duck universe comic books created by Carl Barks, the show follows Scrooge McDuck, his three grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and close friends of the group, on various adventures, most of which either involve seeking out treasure or thwarting the efforts of villains seeking to steal Scrooge's fortune or his Number One Dime. DuckTales has inspired merchandise, including video games, merchandise, and comic books, along with an animated theatrical spin-off film entitled DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, that was released to theaters across the United States on August 3, 1990.
Genre | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
Developed by | Jymn Magon, Brad Landreth |
Voices of | Alan Young, Russi Taylor, Chuck McCann, Terry McGovern, Frank Welker, Hal Smith, Joan Gerber, Hamilton Camp, June Foray, Peter Cullen, Brian Cummings, Tony Anselmo |
Theme music composer | Mark Mueller |
Opening theme | "DuckTales theme" by Jeff Pescetto |
Ending theme | "DuckTales theme" (instrumental) |
Composer(s) | Ron Jones, Tom Chase (additional music, season 1), Steve Zuckerman (synthesizer cues), Steve Rucker (additional music, season 1) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 100 (101 segments) + 1 film |
Producer(s) | Jymn Magon (seasons 1–2), Bob Hathcock (seasons 2–4), Alan Zaslove (season 4), Fred Wolf (supervising, season 1), Tom Ruzicka (associate, season 1), Co-producers, Ken Koonce (seasons 2–4), David Weimers (seasons 2–4), Alan Burnett (season 3) |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Walt Disney Television Animation |
Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
Original network | Syndication |
Related shows | DuckTales (2017-21), Darkwing Duck (1991-92) |
Over DuckTales
Reboot of the original 1987 series of the same name revolving around the adventures of trillionaire Scrooge McDuck, his grandnephews, granddaughter and grandnephew.
Prestaties van DuckTales
The first season ran on Disney XD. Disney Channel picked up the show beginning in 2018.
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