History WesternAnimation / DuckTales1987

* CanadaEh: Parodied in "Ducky Mountain High". The Canadian Beagle Boys that Glomgold recruits embody pretty much every Canadian stereotype.
* CaneFu: Scrooge sometimes uses his cane as a weapon.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Launchpad is shown to be attracted to the red-haired Feathers Galore in "Double O Duck". Given that Launchpad is ''himself'' a redhead and a hero and that Feathers eventually falls in love with him, it could be counted as a PlayedWith example.

The show was considered a great risk at a time when big budgets simply were not devoted to made-for-tv animation, but it paid off. It's considered a breakthrough in the industry, paving the way for the higher-quality, higher-budgeted shows in western animation. With 100 or 85 episodes (the four [[MultiPartEpisode serials]] are sometimes counted together) over four seasons, ''[=DuckTales=]'' was notably one of the longest-lived of Disney's television cartoons (its predecessor, ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'', lasted for twice as many seasons, but only 65 episodes total).

The show was considered a great risk at a time when big budgets simply were not devoted to made-for-tv animation, but it paid off. It's considered a breakthrough in the industry, paving the way for the higher-quality, higher-budgeted shows in western animation. With 100 or 85 episodes (the four [[MultiPartEpisode serials]] are sometimes counted together) over four seasons , ''[=DuckTales=]'' was notably one of the longest-lived of Disney's television cartoons (its predecessor, ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'', lasted for twice as many seasons, but only 65 episodes total).

It success lead to a [[Franchise/DuckTales media franchise]] that is still around today. It spun off [[TheMovie a theatrical film]] in 1990, titled ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp'', however its lacklustre reception contributed to the show's eventual cancelation. There were also two licensed video game adaptation on the Creator/{{Nintendo}} Entertainment System developed by Capcom' See ''VideoGame/DuckTales'' for the tropes they give examples to. A remake of the original was developed by Creator/WayForward Games and released in 2013.

* BankRobbery: Happens often on ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales1987'' - kind of justified, since bank-robbing is pretty much the Beagle Boys' hat, at least when they're not after Scrooge's money bin (which of course is itself a form of bank robbery anyway). Special mention goes to "Hero for Hire", when the Beagle Boys trick Launchpad into unwittingly robbing banks in guise as the "Webbed Wonder".

* ParodyEpisode: "Scroogerello" isn't only AllJustADream, it's a parody of ''DerivativeWorks/{{Cinderella}}''.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it [=GizmoDuck=], Gizmo Duck or Gizmoduck? Even on this very wiki, the tropers can't decide!

* {{Catchphrase}}: Quite a few actually.

* CaughtInASnare: In "Dinosaur Ducks", Huey, Dewey and Louie get caught in a snare ''they themselves set'' to catch a baby dinosaur.

* UniversalDriversLicense: Launchpad [=McQuack=] can intuit how to operate any flying vehicle, from planes and helicopters to alien space ships and whatever invention [[MrFixit Gyro Gearloose]] has cobbled together. But while he can ''fly'' anything (kinda), ''landing'' is another matter entirely: his personal CatchPhrase is "[[CaptainCrash If it's got wings, I can crash it.]]"

* PoliceAreUseless: They'd have to be if the villains are able to trick them into arresting Scrooge three times in the show's run. One particularly extreme example is in "The Good Muddahs", where most of Duckburg's police are busy keeping the Beagle Boys in jail, leaving Scrooge having to rely on a pair of rookie cops who are very stupid.

** Another, from "Scrooge's Last Adventure": First, Huey, Dewey and Louie resort to Plan B when the clockmaker insists that he can't fix the grandfather clock they accidentally broke. Evidently, Plan B is throwing a tantrum until the clockmaker gives in. Later, Fenton Crackshell tries to get Scrooge to let him help in recovering his money from cyberspace. When Scrooge refuses, Fenton resorts to his Plan B, which is also throwing a tantrum until Scrooge gives in. Finally, Scrooge throws a tantrum after all he's been through and his grandnephews ask how he knew about Plan B.

* ElectricityKnocksYouOut: In the episode "Let's Get Dangerous" Megavolt zaps Bradford Buzzard unconscious when he objects to Tauras Bulba's plan to use the ramrod.

* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: The Beagle Boys has [[BigEater Burger Beagle]] "torture" some hostages with bagpipes in the episode "Full Metal Duck".