The original cast will return in some capacity.
Maybe Terrence McGovern will appear as Launchpad's father or a relative of Scrooge being a tribute to Alan Young.- Mostly Jossed. The only main original series cast member to return is Russi Taylor as young Donald Duck, although the idea of Alan Young voicing Scrooge's father was floated around before he passed away.
Brentalfloss will appear.
And he'll sing "Just One Duck."The reboot will Ret-Gone the original series, as well as the entity of the The Disney Afternoon
Also, it will be the start of a Shared Universe for rebooted Disney Afternoon shows that will also include rebooted One Saturday Morning shows.- Halfway Confirmed, halfway Jossed. The series is not in continuity with the original four seasons, you go that right, but it doesn't so much Ret-Gone them as take place in an entirely new continuity. It's not in continuity with the comics either.
The series will have elements from both the comics and the original show.
According to the press release
, the characters created for the original series, such as Launchpad and Webby, will appear in the new series, but it also strongly implies that Donald Duck will have a role equal to the one in the Barks/Rosa comics (in the original cartoon show, he only made cameos and guest appearances). Perhaps the new show will be more faithful to the comics, with the premiere episode(s) being an adaptation of both "Christmas on Bear Mountain" and "The Richest Duck in the World" — Scrooge starts off as a reclusive antagonist, then gains respect for his nephews, and ultimately has his adventurous spirit rejuvenated.- The basic idea seems to be confirmed; only time will tell about the more specific ones.
The reboot will include the animated debut of a number of popular comic book characters
Namely, Dickie Duck (with all the double-entendres that come from her possible origins), Brigitta McBridge, Jubal Pomp, and Paperinik (with the name of "Phantom Duck the Devilish Avenger", given to him by the Italian fans).- No mention of the above characters yet, but the second season will introduce two comic-exclusive characters, Fethry Duck and John D. Rockerduck, in animated form.
The new DuckTales will include the animated debut of Blackheart Beagle/Grandpa Beagle.
He is one of Scrooge's main enemies who has not appeared in animation. He will serve as the Big Bad of some episodes.- Ma Beagle will reappear as his wife in a case of Ascended Fanon.
- Or Ma Beagle will be Grandpa Beagle's daughter. Note that "Ma" implies she's the Beagle Boys' mother, whereas Grandpa implies he's their grandfather.
- He will be a Retired Badass, until the Beagle Boys will convince him to come of retirement, mentioning he used to be a big deal, which like with Scrooge will convince him to come out retirement to prove them wrong. He will also mentor the Beagle Boys to improve their skills.
- In the episode "McMystery at McDuck McManor!" Ma Beagle mentions her Grandpa, and a picture is shown of an old Beagle with a beard and a cane, so it seems like Blackheart does exist.
- Confirmed, he and his family appear robbing Scrooge in the past, in the episode "Last Christmas".
Merlock will be one of the returning villains.
Corey Burton will voice him.- Webby owns a spellbook called "Grimoire du Merlock", indicating that Merlock existed in this continuity. Whether he will show up in person in the show is to be seen.
- The SDCC 2018 teaser included a design for Dijon, Merlock's minion, which indicates Merlock's return.
- The redesigned Dijon (now named Djinn) is an Adaptational Badass with a connection to genies, but Merlock never appears or even gets mentioned. Gene the Genie does appear on the poster, though, so Merlock may still be coming.
- Gene's episode has come and gone with no mention of Merlock. A later episode establishes that F.O.W.L. has kidnapped Gene, though, so who knows.
The Phantom Blot will be one of the villains
And he'll be a recurring villain, unlike in the original series where he only appeared once.- Or maybe he'll be an Eldritch Abomination like in Epic Mickey
- Confirmed. The Phantom Blot makes a brief appearance in The Stinger of the Season 2 finale "Moonvasion", then makes his proper debut in the Season 3 episode "The Phantom and the Sorceress", and is bound to appear in more episodes.
- His appearance in "The Fight for Castle McDuck" establishes him as a major villain in his own right, outright breaking the elder McDucks' immortality by stealing the castle mists.
Some of the episodes from the original series will be remade.
Most likely these will be either the episodes that were based on Barks' stories to begin with or the more popular episodes.- Confirmed: https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2017/07/15/darkwing-duck-howard-the-duck-and-all-things-duck-during-the-ducktales-panel-at-d23-expo/
- So far, the closest we get to remakes of classic episodes are "The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra" (to "Sphinx for the Memories") and "Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System (to "Armstrong"), but both of these are just borrowing plot elements from those episodes instead of being direct remakes.
- With one and a half seasons in, it seems that the creators' strategy is that, rather than remaking any of the classic episodes, they borrow elements from them at most and turn them into new stories. "The Shadow War!" takes elements from "Magica's Shadow War", "Treasure of the Found Lamp!" takes elements from "Master of the Djinni", etc., but none of them are direct remakes.
- Nearly at the end of the series, and we've also seen a remake of "Darkly Dawns the Duck," but it fits the pattern of episodes that recall previous series without actually duplicating them.
Some events from The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck will be seen in the series
If not made into complete episodes. The series does look like it will at least bring up Scrooge's more memorable escapades from the past.- Scrooge's run-in with Glomgold back when both of them were poor will be one of these events. Unlike how it ended in the comic, Scrooge knows it was Glomgold back then.
- Or Scrooge won't know who he is because Glomgold never gives his name, but the next time Scrooge meets Glomgold he will recognise Glomgold from back then with out even knowing his name, and this time he will learn Flintheart Glomgold's name.
- The series showed Scrooge and Goldie's encounter in the Klondike, but the details differ from "The Life And Times".
- More or less Jossed: Scrooge's past, while heavily inspired by The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, also differs from it in many points.
- Bombie has shown up in "The Richest Duck in the World!", but is pretty much In Name Only. He looks different (thank Selene), is part of a curse that predates Scrooge, and punishes arrogance, not colonialism.
Admiral Grimitz will appear.
He'll be voiced by either Gary Chalk or David Kaye.We will see a recreation of the famous "A SEA MONSTER ATE MY ICE CREAM" scene.
It is an iconic scene and achieved meme status briefly that is just begging for the modern treatment.- Let's face it, who doesn't want to see David Tennant's take on that scene?
- One way this could happen without adapting the original episode's plot is for someone (most likely either Donald or Beakley) to recall Scrooge throwing the tantrum when Donald and Della were kids. This would create a flashback for the characters and older audiences.
- Confirmed. In the season 3 episode "Let's Get Dangerous!", Scrooge is tossed into another dimension where he keeps shouting "A sea monster ate my ice cream!" on repeat until he's released.
Alternatively, they will include Scrooge's other, currently comic only major love interest, Brigitta MacBridge
Not only for the love interest angle, but also for having her as a rival who happens to be a Friendly Enemy for Scrooge, unlike Glomgold and apparently Mark Beaks. She could even have some elements of Scrooge's other Friendly Enemy in business, John D. Rockerduck, incorporated into the show's version of her.At some point, Flintheart Glomgold will call Scrooge "shortie".
Anyone who read "The Second-Richest Duck" will enjoy the reference.- I mean it's possible, but this version of Glomgold is significantly shorter than Scrooge.
John D. Rockerduck will appear as Scrooge's Friendly Enemy in business.
They will show the difference between him and Flintheart Glomgold, as well as the difference between him and Mark Beaks.- Jossed. Rockerduck is introduced as a swindler who cheats towns out of their wealth in the Old West.
Scrooge, Matilda, and Hortense will have an episode centred on them.
Where they will reconcile with each other. Maybe with Quackmore in as well, as he is Hortense's husband.Donald will wear his Paperinik costume at some point
Either as a Mythology Gag or for story driven reasons, such as jealousy over Darkwing Duck.The Legend of the Chaos God will be adapted for this series
It will be a multi-part episode and Solego will serve a similar role to Bill Cipher. Magica will be the one responsible for his entering the story and the ending could have a Sequel Hook hinting at Merlock.- All in all, if they try to make it fairly faithful to the original story, with the confirmation that Darkwing is canon to this reboot, and the references to Spoonerville and Cape Suzette, they could at this point incorporate all parts except the Rescue Rangers parts faithfully (and let's be honest, the Rescue Rangers part was always the hardest to justify continuity-wise. See the Willing Suspension of Disbelief entry on that page for more).
- With the recent revelations about this continuity's Darkwing, and the announcement that characters from Goof Troop, Talespin, and Rescue Rangers are going to be incorporated into this continuity, they now have every part represented, so it's still possible.
- There is a reference to Solego in "Let's Get Dangerous", but he's said to be as a mad inventor who came up with travel between alternate realities, rather than any kind of god or abomination.
Despite Ma Beagle leading the Beagle Boys in the series, Black Heart Beagle/Grandpa Beagle will still exist in some form
Either he'll be the leader of another branch of the Beagle family who will turn up some point either to help her, or to answer a challenge and try to prove he's better criminal than she is. Or he'll be the founder of the Beagle clan and a Predecessor Villain, who Scroogle met and faced back when he was a young man still trying to make his fortune. He'll be referenced by the other Beagle's and Scrooge, and possibly even appear in a flashback episode.- A brief flashback scene in "McMystery at McDuck McManor" shows an old bearded beagle as Ma Beagle's ancestor. He is not identified as Blackheart or as Grandpa Beagle, but it might as well be him.
- Him being a Predecessor Villain is Confirmed in "Last Christmas!", where Grandpa Beagle is leading the robbery of McDuck Manor in a scene taking place in the past.
Ma Beagle is the daughter of Blackheart Beagle, and looks like a saint compared to her brothers
This is why they refer to her conscience as "clean." There are some levels to which Ma will not stoop. But the same will not be true of her brothers, making them and their offspring even more dangerous to Scrooge.Merlock will enter the series in a role similar to Bill Cipher or Toffee
Disney is loving its enigmatic villains with unknown goals when it comes to cartoons lately. Why not do something similar for this show with a villain that's already known as an extremely serious threat? His main goal could be gathering magical artifacts to increase his own power, which would put him in conflict with the treasure hunting McDuck clan.- Perhaps he played a part in the rift between Scrooge & Donald and the disappearance of the boys' mother.
- The latter is Jossed, Merlock has nothing to do with the Spear of Selene incident. That said, he may return in the second season.
- He didn't return in the second season, and Djinn (the 2017 version of Dijon) is so far unconnected to him. Gene the Genie is on the 2019 SDCC poster, though, so the jury's still out on season 3.
The series is set in the 1950s, but with 21st century tech
The series follows the Barksian timeline, but because of Scrooge's business success, technology has advanced crazy fast to the point that they have 21st century tech in 1952.- Or the Schizo Tech exists because of Scrooge's Time Machine that is shown in one of the promo scenes.
- Jossed. The series explicitly takes place in the 2010s, with Launchpad being born in 1987 and the triplets sometime in the 2000s. Scrooge's early life still follows the Barksian timeline though, with magical life-extending means explaining how he can be over a century old.
Dracula Duck will make an appearance
The final boss from the DuckTales nes game will appear on the show.Masked Mallard will make an appearance
Instead of being Scrooge under the mask, the Masked Mallard will be a separate person and a rival for Darkwing.- Nobody referred to as "Masked Mallard" has appeared yet, but Scrooge swapped clothes with Darkwing in "Moonvasion!" as a Mythology Gag.
More obscure villains from both past cartoons and the comics will appear
Such as Ben Buzzard, Dangerous Dan and Idget the Midget, Sylvester Shyster, and other villains who have only appeared once or never made the jump to television.- None of these have appeared, but, out of all things, an updated (read: less racist) version of Bombie the Zombie did.
"The Impossible Summit of Mount Neverrest!" will feature references to "Lost Crown of Genghis Khan"
Both the comic and the 1987 episode of the same name take place in the Himalayas, just like the upcoming episode, so expect a lot of Mythology Gags.- Jossed, apart from a few thematic elements.
Someone of the Duck family will be very critical and distrustful of Darkwing Duck and/or Gizmoduck
Don Rosa in one of his comics snuck a Take That! against Super Hero comics in form of the nephews reading few and deciding that Donald is much better because he can solve his problems without violence. As a reference to that, when Darkwing or Gizmoduck will show up, either one of the triplets or (more likely) Donald or Scrooge will dislike them, claiming all they do is punching stuff.
- Considering the fact that Scrooge and Darkwing actually met in the now non-canon "Dangerous Currency" arc of the Darkwing comics and didn't get along, my money's on Scrooge disliking Darkwing.
- Jossed. Darkwing takes the cowl and we don't see him again until the season finale, where his issue isn't being disliked, it's being ignored.
Darkwing in this universe will be more competent and serious
DW in this show will not be the bumbling slapstick hero like he was in the past. He'll still be funny, and make one-liners.- Darkwing in this show is actually a character from a Show Within a Show, which is a very accurate depiction of the original Darkwing Duck series, with the one-liners definitely being there. He has a bumbling moment (failing to leap on his motorbike), which is due to his actor doing his own stunts and insisting on keeping the botched shots in the show.
- The real Darkwing has shown up now, and Confirmed. Still insecure though.
Just like in the comic, the Beagle Boys will serve as the Starter Villain for Scrooge.
Scrooge will be in America, and working on his Uncle's Angus "Pothole" McDuck's boat. They will of been hired to sabotage Angus boat, and after beating them for the first time, he will tell the police that these are the godawful Beagle Boys. Which will lead to the Beagle Boys calling themselves that as they had trouble coming up for a name for themselves.- The current rivalry between Scrooge and the Beagles stems from Scrooge's (apparently legal) seizure of the deed of Beagleburg (resulting in it being renamed Duckburg). Ma Beagle wants the deed back, but unless an obvious opportunity to take it arises she seems to be trying to avoid Scrooge (and Beakley) whenever possible.
At some point, an episode will be done using the same art style, voice actors (that are still alive) and theme song from the 1987 DuckTales series
.Transportation into an Alternate Universe? Meet Your Early-Installment Weirdness? Who knows? Just think it would be a good tribute to the original DuckTales series.- Downplayed, but the episode "Quack Pack!" references the 1987 series by giving Scrooge, Beakley and Launchpad outfits similar to their 1987 counterparts in the genie-created Alternate Universe.
- In the episode "Let's Get Dangerous", when Scrooge and the triplets get trapped in an alternate reality, they turn into their 1987 counterparts and re-enact the famous "A sea monster ate my ice cream!" scene. After they are brought back, they comment on how strangely round their heads were and that they have no idea what "quackaroonie" means.
If the 1987 DuckTales is indeed an alternate universe...
Scrooge and the kids are sent through a portal and wind up in this universe where they meet their counterparts. Scrooge will be amazed that Duckworth is alive and the kids will interact with their counterparts. Glomgold, Magica and/or the Beagles also wind up here and team up with their counterparts to exact revenge on both Scrooges. * There will also be a previously unseen 1987 version of Mark Beaks, who will turn out to be an expy of Bill Gates on the verge of inventing the internet and carrying one of those old-fashioned brick cell phones.
- There will be a version of John D. Rockerduck.
- 1987!Flintheart Glomgold (a real Scot) will berate his 2017 counterpart for pretending to be Scottish. He'll also lose his patience over '17!Flintheart's idiotic schemes.
- The Duke of Baloni exists as a separate character in the 1987 verse and lost the second-richest-duck title because Glomgold conned him.
- The long-lost 1987!Della Duck finally returns.
- 1987!Webby asks if she can follow the Triplets. The '87!Triplets will refuse, saying they don't want a girl following them around. This causes the 2017!Triplets to come to 1987!Webby's defense and berate their counterparts for not giving her a fair chance. 2017!Webby will also try to help her counterpart by toughening her up, allowing the 1987!Triplets to see her as their equal.
- When they see '87 Gizmoduck unmasked there will be an awkward silence from the fact this one's white and not Latino.
- The fact '87 Donald is in the Navy will be treated as a joke by the '17 cast.
- '17 Webby will at first assume '87 Beakley would've taught '87 Webby the same things her Beakley would. Then she sees how '87 Beakley acts and she's completely aghast by this big a personality change.
- The triplets have difficulty understanding their '87 counterparts because of their Donald-like speech.
- 1987!Lena will have her original Lena LeStrange design. She will have no relationship to 1987!Magica, but is a budding witch who will serve as a Foil to Magica. 1987!Webby and her will hit it off, and 2017!Webby supports them.
- A sub-plot will involve the '17 Triplets getting their '87 counterparts to lose their The Dividual status and become individuals. Though the plan is to make them closer to themselves, the '87 Triplets will develop into their Quack Pack personas.
John D Rockerduck will eat his hat.
When he is defeated by Scrooge in the comics, he sometimes eats his hat. So when Scrooge beats him in season 2 he will eat his hat.- Sadly, jossed. When his plan is foiled by Scrooge he only reacts with a frustrated "well darn".
- Rockerduck has now been established as Not Quite Dead and an agent of F.O.W.L. So he could still engage in a chapeaux-consuming antic.
Reginella will appear in season 2
With Della lost in space, it's likely the Ducks will eventually go there looking for her... And who is the most popular space-based character?- As a Mythology Gag, she'll be voiced by Jodi Benson.
- Jossed. Could still be coming in the future.
Season 2 will introduce the time travel-related comic book characters
Because time travel and time machines are a recurring theme in the Italian comics. Thus we'll have professors Zapotec and Marlin (who, with their time machine, actually star in a series of time travel-related stories) related to the time machine, the Time Police from Paperinik New Adventures as a recurring hero antagonist, and the Raider from the same series as a flat-out antagonist. There will be Green Cheese on the Moon.
Which is what Della has been eating in the last 10 years.- Jossed, so far. All she consumed on the Moon was Oxy-Chew, another Mythology Gag to the same game.
"Once Upon a Dime" will be referenced.
It'll turn out that, in the 2017 series, it was Glomgold who was arrested for wearing a "skirt" in public. There'll be implied that the judge suspects Glomgold is a Fake Scot but kept quiet because Glomgold already had enough punishment. Back then, Glomgold commented that it must be why Scrooge doesn't wear a kilt. "Duck to the Future" will be referenced.
Part of how Scrooge can be alive in 2017 in spite of being old enough to have entered the Klondike Gold Rush is the fact he disappeared into a magical dimension where he didn't age. It'll be revealed that he had trouble reclaiming his fortune because people didn't believe who he is, reviving the "disappeared 40 years ago" Running Gag from that episode. Mickey's Christmas Carol happened in this universe.
Ebenezer Scrooge was a greedy old duck living in England in the 1800s as a completely separate person from Scrooge McDuck. He had an assistant named Bob Crachit, who was an anthropomorphic mouse, and he was visited by the three Christmas ghosts (after they had a great party with a young Scrooge McDuck). Gladstone's luck has the origin given to it by Don Rosa in "The Sign of the Triple Distelfink".
It'll be revealed that the reason he needed help in his debut episode was because he forgot that his luck doesn't work during his birthday and didn't take the necessary precautions. Major Courage is one of the astronauts sent by Scrooge to look for Della.
Just like Darkwing Duck was changed from a real in-universe hero to an actor, Major Courage was changed from an actor to a real hero. Giggy, Gyro's nephew, and his father will appear.
And the former may end up having a Defrosting Ice Queen effect on Gyro. Given the effort the show has made to include other formerly comics-exclusive characters, it's entirely possible. The Bad-7 is part of FOWL.
Since they already have The Phantom Blot and Rockerduck, it'd make sense (And be cool) if Emil Eagle, Pete, Spectrus, Sapphire and Iquinator vere in FOWL too. The clock-tower building seen in the map of Duckburg will be this universe's incarnation of McDuck Tower
To clarify, McDuck Tower is a building that contains offices and residence apartments, and is notable for being Duckburg's tallest building. It first appears in Don Rosa's story Incident at McDuck Tower. It would be cool to see it to reappear as a throwback to its few appearances. Garvey Gull is friends with Gosalyn.
They could live in the same orphanage or he could have run away. Princess Oona is related to Bubba.
Since they're both cave-ducks bought to the present. Dr. Nogood from the original "Double-O-Duck" existed in the 2017 continuity.
He was a decoy director of F.O.W.L. who suffered a fate similar to his '87 counterpart. His demise led to S.H.U.S.H. believing the threat of F.O.WL. had been eliminated, and the real directors continued to operate under their noses. One of the Gyro clones ended up going rogue, and becomed Mad Ducktor.
For those who don't know lore of Italian Duck and Mouse comics, Mad Ducktor is evil Gyro from alternate universe (so, just like Negaduck from the original Darkwing Duck) that often fights with Donald superhero alter ego, Duck Avenger. In the show however, one of the Gyro clones got Gyro's "evilness" and developed his own personality as supervillain mad scientist by the name of Mad Ducktor. After escaping (unnoticed by our heroes) Mad Ducktor got recruited by F.O.W.L as their new top scientist, due to Heron's death in the finale.