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DuckTales
Sign in to saveAlso known as Duck Tales, 1987 Duck Tales, 1987 DuckTales, DuckTales Classic, Duck Tales Classic, Classic DuckTales, Classic Duck Tales
1987–1990 American animated television series
Key facts
- Also known as
- Disney's DuckTales
- Genre
- Adventure Comedy
- Based on
- Uncle Scrooge , by Carl Barks
- Developed by
- Jymn Magon Tedd Anasti Patsy Cameron
- 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", by Jeff Pescetto
- Ending theme
- "DuckTales", (Instrumental)
- Composers
- Ron Jones Tom Chase Steve Rucker (additional music, season 1) Various
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 100 + 1 film ( list of episodes )
- Producers
- Jymn Magon (seasons 1–2) Bob Hathcock (seasons 2–4) Alan Zaslove (season 4)
- Running time
- 22 minutes
- Production company
- Walt Disney Television Animation
- Network
- The Disney Channel
- Release
- January 16 ( 1987-01-16 ) –, April 10, 1987 ( 1987-04-10 )
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Encyclopedic overview
DuckTales is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The broadcast began in syndication on September 18, 1987, spanning 100 episodes across 4 seasons, with the final episode airing on November 28, 1990.
Based on 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. Most episodes involve 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DuckTales” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.