Disney Facts!

Facts 2671-2700: Duck Tales Themed Page

Everyday they're out there making DUCK TALES! Whooo-oh!

This cartoon is a classic and IGN has announced this afternoon (Feb. 25th 2015) that a brand new Ducktales cartoon is coming to Disney XD in 2017!

This new version is also said to feature Donald Duck!

Onto the facts!

Fact #2671

According to Don Rosa's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck comic, Scrooge earned his lucky Number One Dime by giving a shoeshine in his hometown of Glasgow when he was just 10 years old. And it's not just any old dime-it is, specifically, a 1875 or 1857 (depending on which comic you read) Seated Liberty dime. Depending on the which year it is and the condition it's in, that dime would be worth up to $700 today.

Fact #2672

Alan Young, who was the voice of Scrooge, was arguably more well-known for his work with another non-human: Mr. Ed. Young was Wilbur Post.

Fact #2673

Huey, Dewey, Louie and Webby are voiced by Russi Taylor, who happens to be the voice of Minnie Mouse as well.

Fact #2674

If the show had followed the comics more closely, Donald Duck would have been part of the DuckTales gang. Disney producers decided that they really wanted the focus to be on the stingy Scot, so they took Donald out of the equation.

Fact #2675

Mark Mueller, the man responsible for that oh-so-catchy theme song, also wrote the Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers theme song. OK, that makes sense. But how about this-he also wrote Jennifer Paige's "Crush" and Amy Grant's "That's What Love is For."

Fact #2676

Exactly how big is Scrooge's money bin? A later story by Don Rosa showed blueprints for the vault that pegged its size as 127 feet by 120 feet.

Fact #2677

An incomplete lineup of Beagle Boys includes Bigtime, Burger, Bouncer, Baggy, Bankjob, Bugle, Bebop, Babyface, Megabyte, Bomber, Backwoods, Bacon, Bullseye, Bulkhead, Butterball, Bombshell, Bankroll and Brainstorm.

Fact #2678

Darkwing Duck was inspired by the DuckTales episode "Double-O-Duck," where Launchpad McQuack plays an undercover agent. In the first-ever Darkwing Duck, Launchpad quits his job as Scrooge's personal pilot to become Darkwing's sidekick.

Fact #2679

If you managed to beat the DuckTales game but bankrupted Mr. McDuck, you were one of a few people who saw the alternate "Sad Scrooge" ending.

Fact #2680

Scrooge was born in the comics, specifically those written and drawn by the legendary Carl Barks. Though he began life as a cantankerous old misanthrope in the story 'Christmas on Bear Mountain,' he quickly evolved into the adventurous old duck we know and love.

Fact #2681

There are 4 different versions of the shows theme song. There's the one most people are familiar with: a single verse, chorus, bridge and the final chorus. The Disney afternoon version is slightly shorter, with the first line of the chorus removed. A version heard on read-along cassette tapes includes an instrumental section and an additional chorus. The longest one is the rarely heard full version which includes a guitar solo, a fadeout ending, and an additional verse.

Fact #2682

The show's creators felt that they had to account for Donald's absence, so they had him join the Navy. This left him unable to look after Huey, Dewey, and Louie, so the three young ducks went to live with their Uncle Scrooge. Thus the era of Donald as a deadbeat duck dad begins.