@@flyboy6392 Yep, he is also Lord Hater, Captain Peghook, (The ghost in this episode.) Bloo, Deputy Durland, Lightning McQueen in most of the shorts, Han Solo in The Lego Movie, and lots of other different voice roles.
Glomgold is very much intended to be an over-the-top Scottish stereotype, because he’s meant to serve as a foil to Scrooge, and his “realistic” Scottishness.
Fun fact: the voice actor for Donald is the same guy from the '87 series, just with 30 more years of practice. On top of the training from the ORIGINAL Donald Duck VA, who hand-picked this guy to take over the role.
Yeah; it so happened that Tony Anselmo had a passion for voice imitations of Disney, but he couldn’t quite get Donald down. But Clarence Nash showed him, and mentored him because he would be dead in less than a year (and most people didn’t know). The fact that Anselmo had never wanted to be an actor but takes it so seriously to uphold Bash’s legacy, that he ALWAYS plays Donald, is so meaningful… even if a project is bad, he’s giving it his all. And yes, he’s only gotten better; he was rusty in the 80s in that he couldn’t do as much emotive range, but has gotten considerably better with time.
That's not unique to this series as Mickey's friends have regular voice actors that usually only get recast after the old one dies but it is unique to donald as he is one of the two characters in this show (the other being goofy's guest appearence in the third season) who retain thier regular voice actor for this show
"Curse me kilts" is actually one of Scrooge's most popular catchphrases, along with "Bless me bagpipes." Davud Tennant is so perfect for the role. Also, Donald is voiced by Tony Anselmo, his main voice actor since 1985, and professionally trained by the original. Ironicly, not being able to understand himshows how great he is at the role.
"What in Dismal Downs..." is also a semi-frequently used Scrooge-ism. It was fun to hear them slip one in when he discovered the kids in the 'trophy room'.
That character that driving the car in the submarine is an iconic character. His name is launchpad Mc quack concert. The character is he crashes everything but he’s a beloved character in this universe.
Fun fact: Huey, Dewey, and Louie have always been referred to as Huey, Dewey, and Louie, in that order. So when giving them distinct personalities for the first time with this series, they treated that as their birth order- giving them personalities based on the stereotypical Oldest, Middle, and Youngest child traits.
I noticed that they were given characters, but I never noticed the age order stereotype. Huey: the responsible one, Dewey: the attention-seeker, and Louie: evil. Standard three siblings.
@@Ariovrak And Webby is also the "lonely only child" that has trouble interacting socially with peers. Obviously part of her trouble with social skills is more due to her isolated childhood, but I still think it's cool how each of the four kids to represent a different birth order.
Each of the triplets have one particular personality trait from Scrooge as well: Huey has his sense of responsibility, Dewey has his thrist for adventure while Louie has his greedy and cunning nature. It's no wonder they admire different sides of him.
Yeah, you always remember your first Launchpad crash. Also, "curse me kilt" is a long-running Scrooge catchphrase. He's been saying it since the comics
Oh, wait a second, I get it now. You're just trying to get her into a skirt, aren't you? 😑😆 Oh, whatever. I'll admit that I have been mildly curious about what her clan tartan is (if she has one.) Otherwise, you're on your own.
Obviously the rift between Donald and Scrooge happened because Scrooge insisted on attending a fancy dinner party in glory of him becoming the richest duck in the world, and Donald choked on one of those plastic spears for appetizers, which fucked up his throat and made him sound like he does now. I would be pissed too
@@sunnysunsins Right? The real problem is that the spear cost Donald his singing career. It's not exactly said out loud, but if it's pretty obvious when you read between the lines. So I understand the confusion.
Webby is voiced by Kate Micucci, probably best known as Sadie in Steven Universe. She does very much pour on the screechy delivery in her first scene, but that's really just because Webby is so excited to have someone to talk to and she quickly relaxes into her regular voice.
ooooh that's why she sounds familiar to me, i never noticed that. when she was talking in webby's first scene i thought it was kristen schaal (voices mabel and sarah lynn)
The mom reveal was such a big thing when this aired! If I remember correctly, before this all we really saw of her was in rare comic appearances, most of which were just references. She's one of the biggest mysteries of the franchise, and it's handled brilliantly in this show!
From what I remember, all we had was a single note from her when the triplets showed up for - like - forever. Even the official McDuck family tree had her space covered up. So this really was massive.
@@Brasswatchman I mean, technically only their father's portrait was always covered up in the family trees you can find of the McDuck family because he was officially out of the picture before the twins were born. You can still see her picture without obstruction when you look at the family trees.
@@nickthedreamer4434 (goes back and checks) Oh, huh. I didn't realize Don Rosa had included her so early. I must've been thinking of one of the earlier family trees, like the one or two that Carl Barks came up with. Well, spoilers there, I suppose.
@@Brasswatchman She also shows up as a silent childhood cameo in Rosa's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, and before this show there was a more recent Danish comic that gave her a full adult speaking role while explaining her absence.
19:25 Do not doubt Lauchpad's piloting/driving skills. He will safely crash you to your destination 9 times out of 10 (the 10th time, he won't crash, but there's only a 50/50 chance you'll be at your destination).
Later in the series, Keith Ferguson also pulls off a decent South African accent for a character called Duke Baloney, and since Scottish and South African are both notoriously difficult for Americans to fake, let's all give the man a round of applause.
Don't let Mosco find out that the Spear of Selene actually enables time traveling and Scrooge really doesn't want the nephews to know that he is a time traveling version of Donald, after he got elocution lessons. Or that Webby time travels into the past and becomes the nephews' mother!
Fun Fact: The blue sailor uniform in the beginning was what DOnald wore in the original DuckTales series. The black sailor uniform is what he wore in the comics. Also, Webby action has the best Metal Gear Solid theme tune.
You missed how monumental that "Mom" reveal was. We had never seen Hewey, Dewey and Lewey's parents in animation until this scene. They had always just been alongside Donald or Scrooge in past shows.
So, yeah, in the comics The Joke about the triplets is usually that they're practically the same person, to the point where they'll usually say one third each of every sentence they deliver. In DuckTales 2017, like Quack Pack, they have more distinct personalities, though: Huey is the most like the traditional comic book triplets. He's the responsible, book-smart one. Dewey is the reckless, adventurous, fame-seeking one Louie is the scheming but kinda lazy one. Also the evil triplet. Webby, meanwhile, has aspects of all three (book-smart, adventurous, capable of scheming), while also being the socially awkward one.
Also, each of the triplets represents a specific aspect of Scrooge: - tougher than the thoughiest (Dewey) - smarter than the smartiest (Huey) - sharper than the sharpiest (Louie)
This show is full of references to not only the original DuckTales but all the Disney shows that were on the Disney Afternoon TV block around the same time as the OG DuckTales
This show is such a gem. The artstyle inspired by the original comics, the fresh takes on the characters, great humor, and the perfect casting of David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck. I so excited to watch your journey through this series.
My favorite part of this show is how it plays with so many actually legends and mythologies, and as a suck up for mythology, I can’t help but love it for that 😂
I love Donald. The reboot does an incredible job with him. With Launchpad well him being a skilled pilot who always crashes is a huge part of his character. But the fact that he flies a plane and pilots a sub with ease despite Scrooge not knowing he a pilot is pretty impressive.
Launchpad is a very competent pilot, even though he always crashes. It's not just anyone who can crash a plane face first into the ground, and have himself and EVERY SINGLE PASSENGER walk away not only alive, but completely unscathed.
Huey, Dewey and Louie's mother being a part of this was actually a huge surprise when this show started; she's almost completely absent in the comics and other adaptations (not dead or anything, they've just been living with Donald for so long they're more like his children than his nephews)
I believe, though, in their very first ever appearance, the tripplets were nephews of Daisy. Donald had top put up with their hellraising while waiting for Daisy to get ready for their date.
The original Scrooge McDuck voice, Alan Young, was born Angus Young in England near the Scottish border to Scottish parents though he moved to Canada at age 6 where he grew up. Is that Scottish enough? :) My dad’s middle name is named after Alan Young and I’m named after my dad so Alan Young holds a special place for me. Although, David Tennant does have him beat for a Scottish Scrooge voice.
Can't wait for Disney to mess this up by making a live action remake of DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, starring Saoirse Ronan as Uncle Scrooge and Usher as Uncle Donald.
Season one is very Dewey focused. Same with season two for Louie. Huey kinda gets the short end of the stick because his season was the last one and they had to wrap everything up but he’s my personal favourite of the nephews, I just like his character type a lot. Edit: I should add that there are episodes through all of the show for each one. The overall plot in the season is what I’m mostly referring to
Technically, this is actually the first two episodes, which were released at the same time and shown back-to-back: “Whoo-oo!” and “Escape To/From Atlantis”. In case you worry about missing an episode.
Her raging at the utterly oblivious child making Donald needlessly suffer made me lol for a minute and a half. Not to mention her accent got stronger with her rage xD
'Don't go looking for the Titanic in that ship.' Scrooge McDuck doesn't need to look for the Titanic because he knows where it sank since he was on the Titanic's maiden voyage.
If you pay close attention to the background, it includes a lot of references to the the original DuckTales Cinematic Universe. Some in this episode include the place Dewey tried to drive the boat to, Cape Suzette (the primary location of the show TaleSpin), the marbles given to the boys (originally they had a set of marbles that served a key role in a set of episodes, one being replaced by a pearl and the shooter being used to get them out of a trap), the doll stuck to Webby's wall with an arrow (Webby's original design), one of the people next to Donald in the interview lobby (Roxanne, Goofy's son's girlfriend from a Goofy Movie and House of Mouse), and the giant disk that the triplets and Webby hid behind from the ghost, sword, and horse (it has the same symbol as the Temple of the Golden Suns, and all of their coins, from the first five-episode storyline from the original series). There's a *lot* more than just these, but I didn't want to write a full essay's worth of references. It shows that the creators grew up with the original shows, and are making this as a proper homage, rather than a cash-grab, which I will always appreciate.
That is why this reboot is worth watching. It was made by people who loved the show and the comics, it is not just some easy cash grab and no ideological propagandistic revisionism.
I never thought I would cry at a thumbnail, but here we are. DuckTales 2017 was my introduction to DuckTales. I fucking love DuckTales. And I won’t ever forget what it’s done for me😭😭😭😭
I grew up with the original and i absolutely love this version too. This show is how you do a reboot properly. Louie was instantly my favorite of the triplets.
Welcome to the fandom! No spoilers, but you are in for a fun ride. This series is one of the very few reboots that not only respects the original series. It expanded on it.
Donald's girlfriend was named Selene, while fighting off the Beagle Boys, Scrooge threw a spear and accidentally impaled her. Donald hadn't talked to him since until now.
@@Efosa_YTMosco asks for fake spoilers! Did you not see what I put in parentheses? I've already seen the show, I know what happens. Mosco doesn't. Don't ruin it for her
My favourite episode is the one where it's revealed that Duckworth, Scrooge's butler from the OG Ducktales, is actually the big bad of the series. Goosebumps!
Launchpad McQuack arrived in America after leaving Glasgow in a plane charted for Edinburgh. No one is sure how he did it since Launchpad did the crossing from Scotland to America without going over the sea.
27:30 No spoilers, but before the Ducktales 2017 reboot, there was literally only ONE appearance of the triplet's mother in ALL Disney media EVER. So her even being alluded to after all this time was a major bombshell. Be warned however, looking up that appearance is a slight spoiler (as the writers of this show wanted to be as respectful as possible to all prior media). Unrelated to all that, there were rumors that their father would have made an appearance, albeit likely in a flashback, had they continued for a fourth season as was initially anticipated. A lot of fan works have him as a friend of Donald who was in the Army (complementing Donald, who was in the Navy).
I've always loved Ducktales and I love that this series took what was great about the original series and then improved the rest. For instance, in the original series, the triplets have the exact same personality and are indistinguishable aside from their different colors - but for the reboot, they have been given distinct characterizations and separate story arcs, which is great. And Webby was the "token whiny girl" in the first series who didn't do anything but throw tea parties and complain about the boys, but they totally revamped her for this and let her be as much - or more - of an adventurer than the boys. And Mrs. Beakley also got a total revamp. Donald also didn't factor into it before, but he's such an important part of the reboot and I'm so glad they've decided to include him. And perhaps the most important part -- we finally get to actually learn about the triplets' mother, Della, and what happened to her. All in all they did a fantastic job with the reboot, and I'm glad you've picked it up!
The reason Donald and Scrooge had a falling out is because Scrooge accidentally hit Launchpad, Donald’s former best friend, with the Spear of Selene, which broke his mind and changed him from a brilliant adventurer to a bumbling himbo
My favorite episode is where the Headless Man Horse stalks the kids during Halloween only for it to be revealed he just wanted their candy. And then he can't eat it anyways because his head is stone.
Can't wait for the mid-season 2 reveal that the animosity between Scrooge and Donald happened when Scrooge lost the fourth nephew Phooey Duck. Does "Grainne Mhoal, Queen of the Pirates" by Miracle of Sound count as a Sea Shanty?
@@Houtblokje that makes sense, when she said he was an American actor I was surprised. Craig Ferguson is actually Scottish while Keith Ferguson is Lord Hater.
The moment at the end with the mother revealed really got me. As someone who had watched the original show from back in the days (yes I know, I'm old) it got me instantly interested that here they acknowledged that there has to be a mother for Huey, Dewey and Louie.
Launchpad is actually a very good pilot outside of not being able to land for shit. Even though he crashes every time everyone on board always walks away from it no worse for wear. It's what makes him worth keeping around during dangerous adventures.
You're in for quite the treat, Ducktales 2017 is probably the best cartoon reboot out there. So much love and care was put into it, there's also so many references and cameos from other Disney cartoon characters.
You'll se later that captain launchpad has THE RIZZ, he went out with a mermaid, a chinese girl, an alien etc 14:08 also, you better get used to that scenario, because launchpad is the king of crashing vehicles
i am 5 minutes into this video and i already find you comforting. ducktales is one of my favourite shows and knowing more people are watching it makes me very happy 🤩
In order to fully appreciate this series, I'd highly recommend watching the original Disney Afternoon lineup. Including (But Not Limited To) The Original Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, Talespin, The Gummi Bears and Gargoyles.
20:18 I love the point here! I have a feeling Donald corrected the boys so much when they were little, telling them to call him Uncle because at some point, they would call him "Dad" because well, they were babies.
The Spear of Selene is a cursed magical item. Donald was hit with the curse which is why he's so accident prone and sounds so unintelligible. Donald blamed Scrooge for that, but as a double ironic twist, him staying away from Scrooge made the curse worse due to Scrooge's natural good luck.
Almost, but thanks for playing. Donald and Gladstone used to be one person of average fortune, until the curse of the Spear of Selene split them into two entities, one cursed with bad luck and one cursed with great luck.
You mentioned the background texture being like printed paper. It's a big reference to how both this version of the show and the previous iteration of Ducktales were both based on the Disney Duck comics by Carl Barks. Donald himself was created by Walt Disney, of course, but the city of Duckburg and many of it's inhabitants, including Scrooge and the triplets, were created by Barks for the comics.
The Spear of Selene is actually a spear belonging to the goddess Selene. In the episode we learn about the spear, we also learn that Selene is the mother of the triplets and Donald actually is their father.
I'm glad you're watching. It just gets better and better. Two episodes in particular are my own personal favorites, they're connected but I won't dare say
Fun fact: You can see Donald's classic blue shirt at the start of the episode, but after getting the job he got a black shirt, this is a reference to the classic Donald comics (where the series takes a lot of inspiration apart from the 87 show) where he wore a black shirt, the reason of this was for printing problems but stayed as an aesthetic choice
Sea Shanties are all well and good- gotta love “Wellerman”, “Hoist the Colours”, “The Wave-Soaked Maiden”, “Uk’otoa”, etc- but true shanty enthusiasts know Space Shanties are the future- “Pull the Curtain Part the Veil”, “Stellaris: Aquatics”, “Space Shanty, by the Senate”, “If It Flies, It Dies!”, “Long Dead Star”, “Pushin’ the Speed of Light”, etc.
I personally can neither confirm nor deny that something happened to their mother.But if you keep watching the show, the mystery may yet unravel itself.
Well, no; that was the triplets’ grandmother you say on Webby’s board. She was Scrooge’s younger sister. But that’s Donald’s sister… his *twin* sister. ;-D
One of the best examples of a reboot revival with so many members of the cast we love! David Tennant (freaking Dr. Who!) is fantastic as Scrooge, I love Ben Schwartz (Dewey’s just another fun blue character in his catalog), Katie Micucci for Webby (who you’ll definitely like going forward). I LOVE THIS CAST!!
I think you're really gonna enjoy this series Also, I remember seeing the money bin in this episode and thinking, "Wow, not as full as I thought it'd be"
Fun facts about the voice cast: Sam Riegel, the voice director for the show and who does a couple of voices in season 1, is also Scanlan Shorthalt from Legend of Vox Machina, hence why Tennant appeared in the pilot episode of that. Huey, Dewey and Louie are voiced by Danny Pudi (Community), Ben Schwartz (Parks and Rec, Sonic) and Bobby Moynihan (SNL, We Bare Bears). Webby is voiced by Kate Micucci (Sadie from Steven Universe). Keith Ferguson being non-Scottish will come into play later. ;)
20:50 Exactly. As a safety measure, a select portion of their staff were all H.P. Lovecraft protagonists. 😁 ... okay, sorry, I should explain that one for other commenters. H.P. Lovecraft was an early horror writer who pioneered the whole "journal left behind by a doomed protagonist" trope. In one of his stories, he literally had a guy writing down what was happening to him as a hideous beast is dragging him off down a staircase.
While I managed to miss much of the original Ducktales series I’m a huge Donald Duck fan. They did such a great job with this series and it includes so many references to past properties, most notably to Don Rosa’s stories. His magnum opus The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is effectively the canon Scrooge history, tying together all the tidbits in Carl Barks’s stories into a cohesive whole. You’re in for a treat.
Cannot wait till you get to the episode where it's revealed that Huey, Dewey, and Louie are the literal reincarnation of their father when his soul was split into three eggs by a magical artifact. Everyone assumed the eggs belonged to Della Duck, but it's an amazing moment when all three have a tokusatsu henshin scene and we find out what really happened. Was really sad when he sacrificed himself by splitting back into the three boys. Might be one of the most heartbreaking moments in Disney history. Did NOT see it coming when it was revealed that Magica De Spell was really Della all along.
This reboot is how you do reboots. It took all the endearing aspects from the original and modernized them while developing things that the original didn't deliver well. Webby is amazing, and a far throw from what she was in the original. I'm so glad people are still finding this show five+ years later. If you stick with it, it'll stick with you.
I may be completely wrong, but I felt that the "inked comic book" style of the series was chosen as a deliberate homage to "the Duck Man" Carl Barks' epic adventure comics that inspired the original _DuckTales_ series.
Just randomly found this video today. Really awesome to see somebody react to this who apparantly hasn't watched the original 80's cartoon. When I watched this new show for the first time I was constantly geeking out over how good a job they did modernizing it and at all the hidden call-backs in the background. Yet most of all, it made me aware how the meaning of that reveal at the end is maybe a bit lost on some. The triplets' mom wasn't even a thing in the original show. For the longest time, all Disney child characters only had unlces and aunts, not parents. Which was kinda accepted. That's just how the Disney comics worked. It was only once Don Rosa dove into creating an official backstory for Scrooge that the Duck family tree got fleshed out in the early 90's and the issue of parents came up. And all we got of their mother was rather a name drop than any full characterization. Including her in this show was such a great sign this was more than a remake. It was a complete re-imagination and almagation of everything about the Duck family that had been established in way over half a century in various works. It showed that those who made this show had love and respect for the source material they worked with, and that showed in everything that followed after this episode. And now I'm more than curious to see how you react to the rest of the show ^^.
Mos when you get to it, the cast did a live reading for a season 1 episode that you can find on RUclips. If nothing else you need to hear David Tennant pretending to be Glomgold.
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Fun fact: a group of vultures are called a committee of vultures so Scrooge is meeting with the committee there.
Casting someone who isn't Scottish for Glomgold is actually genius and you will find out why.
Not till next season but still.
And the fact that WeeLassReacts, a real Scott, said he sounds truly Scottish just goes to show how great of a voice actor Keith Ferguson is.
@@MasonJWMyers Wait, fucking REAPER from Overwatch is Glomgold?!
@@flyboy6392 Yep, he is also Lord Hater, Captain Peghook, (The ghost in this episode.) Bloo, Deputy Durland, Lightning McQueen in most of the shorts, Han Solo in The Lego Movie, and lots of other different voice roles.
@@MasonJWMyers Wow! Ferguson has range.
Glomgold is very much intended to be an over-the-top Scottish stereotype, because he’s meant to serve as a foil to Scrooge, and his “realistic” Scottishness.
Sounds like the "No True Scotsman" fallacy to me… 😉
@SebastianWeinberg how dare ye. Glomgold is as Scottish as they come. Or his name ain't Flintheart Glomgold!
@@alexkoder1982 Baloney.
This and John DiMaggio’s Scotsman from Samurai Jack are my favourite American Scottish performances 😆
@@alexkoder1982 he even wears a kilt! A kilt!
Fun fact: the voice actor for Donald is the same guy from the '87 series, just with 30 more years of practice. On top of the training from the ORIGINAL Donald Duck VA, who hand-picked this guy to take over the role.
Genius.
Great, the same with many language versions
Yeah; it so happened that Tony Anselmo had a passion for voice imitations of Disney, but he couldn’t quite get Donald down. But Clarence Nash showed him, and mentored him because he would be dead in less than a year (and most people didn’t know). The fact that Anselmo had never wanted to be an actor but takes it so seriously to uphold Bash’s legacy, that he ALWAYS plays Donald, is so meaningful… even if a project is bad, he’s giving it his all. And yes, he’s only gotten better; he was rusty in the 80s in that he couldn’t do as much emotive range, but has gotten considerably better with time.
That’s AWESOME
That's not unique to this series as Mickey's friends have regular voice actors that usually only get recast after the old one dies but it is unique to donald as he is one of the two characters in this show (the other being goofy's guest appearence in the third season) who retain thier regular voice actor for this show
"Curse me kilts" is actually one of Scrooge's most popular catchphrases, along with "Bless me bagpipes." Davud Tennant is so perfect for the role. Also, Donald is voiced by Tony Anselmo, his main voice actor since 1985, and professionally trained by the original. Ironicly, not being able to understand himshows how great he is at the role.
He is an absolute legend.
True classics.
How long did he have to train? I've been trying for years and still can't get it right.
"What in Dismal Downs..." is also a semi-frequently used Scrooge-ism. It was fun to hear them slip one in when he discovered the kids in the 'trophy room'.
That character that driving the car in the submarine is an iconic character. His name is launchpad Mc quack concert. The character is he crashes everything but he’s a beloved character in this universe.
Fun fact: Huey, Dewey, and Louie have always been referred to as Huey, Dewey, and Louie, in that order. So when giving them distinct personalities for the first time with this series, they treated that as their birth order- giving them personalities based on the stereotypical Oldest, Middle, and Youngest child traits.
That sounds really cool
I noticed that they were given characters, but I never noticed the age order stereotype. Huey: the responsible one, Dewey: the attention-seeker, and Louie: evil. Standard three siblings.
@@AriovrakYes, although Louie is more the "Tends to get away with more than he reasonably should" guy. Evil, yes, but also lazy.
@@Ariovrak And Webby is also the "lonely only child" that has trouble interacting socially with peers. Obviously part of her trouble with social skills is more due to her isolated childhood, but I still think it's cool how each of the four kids to represent a different birth order.
Each of the triplets have one particular personality trait from Scrooge as well: Huey has his sense of responsibility, Dewey has his thrist for adventure while Louie has his greedy and cunning nature. It's no wonder they admire different sides of him.
Yeah, you always remember your first Launchpad crash.
Also, "curse me kilt" is a long-running Scrooge catchphrase. He's been saying it since the comics
And "Bless me bagpipes."
And "Twist me tartan."
This show absolutely nails sibling relationships. Can’t wait for the episode where they reveal Huey, Dewey, and Louie’s fourth brother, Phooey.
Yes! Phooey, the yellow themed nephew!
Phooey! (Tiger roar)(eagle screech)
Never got that name, they already use phooey as a substitute for swearing. It's the equivalent of calling your kid f*ck
According to Flintheart Glomgold you can't be Scottish unless you wear a kilt. Should Wee Lass have to wear a kilt to prove her Scottishness?
Wonder what Mos will have to say about it, once she actually HEARS the quote in an episode
The only way they could have cast it better is if they hired a South African VA for the role.
Oh, wait a second, I get it now. You're just trying to get her into a skirt, aren't you? 😑😆 Oh, whatever. I'll admit that I have been mildly curious about what her clan tartan is (if she has one.) Otherwise, you're on your own.
Obviously the rift between Donald and Scrooge happened because Scrooge insisted on attending a fancy dinner party in glory of him becoming the richest duck in the world, and Donald choked on one of those plastic spears for appetizers, which fucked up his throat and made him sound like he does now. I would be pissed too
College is rough. Didn't help that Donald felt like it torpedoed his chances with Daisy.
@@alexkoder1982 Nah. He doesn't even meet Daisy until later on in the series.
@@Brasswatchman yeah, i love that episode! Them going to Jupiter for it was a really nice touch, very romantic
@@sunnysunsins Right? The real problem is that the spear cost Donald his singing career. It's not exactly said out loud, but if it's pretty obvious when you read between the lines. So I understand the confusion.
That's the best idea for a Donald duck story ever
Webby is voiced by Kate Micucci, probably best known as Sadie in Steven Universe. She does very much pour on the screechy delivery in her first scene, but that's really just because Webby is so excited to have someone to talk to and she quickly relaxes into her regular voice.
I guess as a voice actor that might be where she is known from but I know her best as Oates from Garfunkel & Oates
ooooh that's why she sounds familiar to me, i never noticed that. when she was talking in webby's first scene i thought it was kristen schaal (voices mabel and sarah lynn)
I remember first seeing her in Scrubs, her character being Ted's girlfriend.
I make no apologies for my crush on Kate Micucci, including her voice.
She’s also the GOOD Velma, and on Big Bang Theory, she was one of Raj’s long list of girlfriends who didn’t work out. Poor guy.
The mom reveal was such a big thing when this aired! If I remember correctly, before this all we really saw of her was in rare comic appearances, most of which were just references. She's one of the biggest mysteries of the franchise, and it's handled brilliantly in this show!
From what I remember, all we had was a single note from her when the triplets showed up for - like - forever. Even the official McDuck family tree had her space covered up. So this really was massive.
@@Brasswatchman I mean, technically only their father's portrait was always covered up in the family trees you can find of the McDuck family because he was officially out of the picture before the twins were born. You can still see her picture without obstruction when you look at the family trees.
@@nickthedreamer4434 (goes back and checks) Oh, huh. I didn't realize Don Rosa had included her so early. I must've been thinking of one of the earlier family trees, like the one or two that Carl Barks came up with. Well, spoilers there, I suppose.
@@Brasswatchman She also shows up as a silent childhood cameo in Rosa's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, and before this show there was a more recent Danish comic that gave her a full adult speaking role while explaining her absence.
19:25 Do not doubt Lauchpad's piloting/driving skills. He will safely crash you to your destination 9 times out of 10 (the 10th time, he won't crash, but there's only a 50/50 chance you'll be at your destination).
Aw dang, this video skips over my favorite line: "I can't keep track of ALL your sworn enemies!"
Later in the series, Keith Ferguson also pulls off a decent South African accent for a character called Duke Baloney, and since Scottish and South African are both notoriously difficult for Americans to fake, let's all give the man a round of applause.
Odd that they add a new south african character and make Glomgold scottish because in the comics, Glomgold is Boer.
@@DaDunge They were playing with fan expectations. I for one was and am here for it.
His range is actually crazy. He also voiced Bloo in Foster’s.
@@DaDunge Or they don't expect a lot of Americans to know what Boer is in 2017. That was recent history back in the comics...
@@windwalker5765 Not that recent history the comics in question came out in the 90s.
Don't let Mosco find out that the Spear of Selene actually enables time traveling and Scrooge really doesn't want the nephews to know that he is a time traveling version of Donald, after he got elocution lessons.
Or that Webby time travels into the past and becomes the nephews' mother!
Fun Fact: The blue sailor uniform in the beginning was what DOnald wore in the original DuckTales series. The black sailor uniform is what he wore in the comics.
Also, Webby action has the best Metal Gear Solid theme tune.
You missed how monumental that "Mom" reveal was. We had never seen Hewey, Dewey and Lewey's parents in animation until this scene. They had always just been alongside Donald or Scrooge in past shows.
And only once in the comics as far as I know.
@@DaDungeI think there were a few times, but very few
In their very first appearance, they gave Donald a letter from their mother, Donald’s sister, that was signed with „Dumbella“.
So, yeah, in the comics The Joke about the triplets is usually that they're practically the same person, to the point where they'll usually say one third each of every sentence they deliver.
In DuckTales 2017, like Quack Pack, they have more distinct personalities, though:
Huey is the most like the traditional comic book triplets. He's the responsible, book-smart one.
Dewey is the reckless, adventurous, fame-seeking one
Louie is the scheming but kinda lazy one. Also the evil triplet.
Webby, meanwhile, has aspects of all three (book-smart, adventurous, capable of scheming), while also being the socially awkward one.
Louie is the *morally ambiguous* triplet, let's put it that way. At least until Season 3, anyway.
Also, each of the triplets represents a specific aspect of Scrooge:
- tougher than the thoughiest (Dewey)
- smarter than the smartiest (Huey)
- sharper than the sharpiest (Louie)
@@marveldcfan2477looks like you mixed "smarties" and "smartest", same with "toughies" and "toughest", and "sharpies" and "sharpest"
This show is full of references to not only the original DuckTales but all the Disney shows that were on the Disney Afternoon TV block around the same time as the OG DuckTales
And the original comics.
This show is such a gem. The artstyle inspired by the original comics, the fresh takes on the characters, great humor, and the perfect casting of David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck. I so excited to watch your journey through this series.
My favorite part of this show is how it plays with so many actually legends and mythologies, and as a suck up for mythology, I can’t help but love it for that 😂
The artstyle thing with paper textures and character designs is based on comic books, since that's where they first originated
I love Donald. The reboot does an incredible job with him.
With Launchpad well him being a skilled pilot who always crashes is a huge part of his character. But the fact that he flies a plane and pilots a sub with ease despite Scrooge not knowing he a pilot is pretty impressive.
Launchpad is a very competent pilot, even though he always crashes. It's not just anyone who can crash a plane face first into the ground, and have himself and EVERY SINGLE PASSENGER walk away not only alive, but completely unscathed.
Huey, Dewey and Louie's mother being a part of this was actually a huge surprise when this show started; she's almost completely absent in the comics and other adaptations (not dead or anything, they've just been living with Donald for so long they're more like his children than his nephews)
I believe, though, in their very first ever appearance, the tripplets were nephews of Daisy. Donald had top put up with their hellraising while waiting for Daisy to get ready for their date.
The original Scrooge McDuck voice, Alan Young, was born Angus Young in England near the Scottish border to Scottish parents though he moved to Canada at age 6 where he grew up. Is that Scottish enough? :)
My dad’s middle name is named after Alan Young and I’m named after my dad so Alan Young holds a special place for me. Although, David Tennant does have him beat for a Scottish Scrooge voice.
Spoonerville is where Goofy lives in Goof Troop and A Goofy Movie.
St. Canard is where Darkwing Duck is set.
Cape Suzette is from TaleSpin
And Cape Zusette is where Balu (Talespin) came from. Mentioned when the green one was working on the engine in the beginning.
This show is basically the diamond in the rough for reboots
Can't wait for Disney to mess this up by making a live action remake of DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, starring Saoirse Ronan as Uncle Scrooge and Usher as Uncle Donald.
She-Ra was a reboot too, and I think that was better than this.
@@Moolers agree to disagree
@@MoolersDucktales released first.
@@Moolers I think that comes down to personal taste? Both series are immensely high-quality, let's leave it at that.
17:15 "very rare you get an american who can pull off a very authe- decent scottish accent" lol
Imagine Her Reaction To The Dragon Prince.
How to remember the triplets:
Dewey--Dew, as in water
Louie--L, as in leaf
Huey--Hue, as in red
Yeah, the last one doesn't work, but it's what I use.
My first thought was just Fenton going “Huey where’s a hat and the hue is red”
@@Chaonix_fenton? 👀👀
@@rocamboleq if i remember correctly he was the one who said it idk
@@Chaonix_he wasn’t it was someone else….
Season one is very Dewey focused. Same with season two for Louie. Huey kinda gets the short end of the stick because his season was the last one and they had to wrap everything up but he’s my personal favourite of the nephews, I just like his character type a lot.
Edit: I should add that there are episodes through all of the show for each one. The overall plot in the season is what I’m mostly referring to
Glomgold’s accent is a more prescient observation than you realize.
Technically, this is actually the first two episodes, which were released at the same time and shown back-to-back: “Whoo-oo!” and “Escape To/From Atlantis”. In case you worry about missing an episode.
Actually they were originally one single episode, but the Disney Plus releases split all the hour long episodes.
Her raging at the utterly oblivious child making Donald needlessly suffer made me lol for a minute and a half. Not to mention her accent got stronger with her rage xD
'Don't go looking for the Titanic in that ship.'
Scrooge McDuck doesn't need to look for the Titanic because he knows where it sank since he was on the Titanic's maiden voyage.
And Rockerduck was on the Titanic's final voyage. They nearly ended up on the same voyage.
@@StarlasAikonot reboot rockerduck, unless this is also a joke about... his "state"
If you pay close attention to the background, it includes a lot of references to the the original DuckTales Cinematic Universe. Some in this episode include the place Dewey tried to drive the boat to, Cape Suzette (the primary location of the show TaleSpin), the marbles given to the boys (originally they had a set of marbles that served a key role in a set of episodes, one being replaced by a pearl and the shooter being used to get them out of a trap), the doll stuck to Webby's wall with an arrow (Webby's original design), one of the people next to Donald in the interview lobby (Roxanne, Goofy's son's girlfriend from a Goofy Movie and House of Mouse), and the giant disk that the triplets and Webby hid behind from the ghost, sword, and horse (it has the same symbol as the Temple of the Golden Suns, and all of their coins, from the first five-episode storyline from the original series). There's a *lot* more than just these, but I didn't want to write a full essay's worth of references.
It shows that the creators grew up with the original shows, and are making this as a proper homage, rather than a cash-grab, which I will always appreciate.
That is why this reboot is worth watching. It was made by people who loved the show and the comics, it is not just some easy cash grab and no ideological propagandistic revisionism.
Love how the babysitter they sent to a wrong address ends up being the final big bad of the series
I never thought I would cry at a thumbnail, but here we are. DuckTales 2017 was my introduction to DuckTales. I fucking love DuckTales. And I won’t ever forget what it’s done for me😭😭😭😭
I grew up with the original and i absolutely love this version too. This show is how you do a reboot properly. Louie was instantly my favorite of the triplets.
Welcome to the fandom!
No spoilers, but you are in for a fun ride. This series is one of the very few reboots that not only respects the original series. It expanded on it.
The reason scrooge doesn't like Donald is because he spent scrooge's first dollar in a vending machine to buy candy
Fun fact: (In case no one’s said it yet), but Dewey’s (the blue triplet)VA is Ben Schwartz, who also lent it to Sonic the Hedgehog in the movies.
A fun thing is that the three nephews each reflect an aspect of Scrooge McDuck.
Webby does too, she has his spirit of adventure.
True, but Dewie is also representative for that drive for adventure and thrill-seeking.
Donald's girlfriend was named Selene, while fighting off the Beagle Boys, Scrooge threw a spear and accidentally impaled her. Donald hadn't talked to him since until now.
That's a bit more morbid than the actual thing, I think. XD
What the fuck
@@Efosa_YTHow do you think it happened then? (fake spoilers only)
@@Efosa_YTMosco asks for fake spoilers! Did you not see what I put in parentheses? I've already seen the show, I know what happens. Mosco doesn't. Don't ruin it for her
Jeez sorry
My favourite episode is the one where it's revealed that Duckworth, Scrooge's butler from the OG Ducktales, is actually the big bad of the series. Goosebumps!
No way is it as good as the kids' mother being the ultimate Anti-hero! Nor the identity of Darkwing!
@@charliefarmer4365still can't believe Scroog McDuck couldn't tell that it was actually Launchpad.
@@alexkoder1982 To be fair, he had a really fancy wig!
Anyone think she would believe a spoiler about Scrooge's parents lol?
@charliefarmer4365 you mean like how they're also the parent's of Flintheart and they just put him up for adoption.
Bless me Bagpipes! Woo-hoo!
Launchpad McQuack arrived in America after leaving Glasgow in a plane charted for Edinburgh. No one is sure how he did it since Launchpad did the crossing from Scotland to America without going over the sea.
27:30 No spoilers, but before the Ducktales 2017 reboot, there was literally only ONE appearance of the triplet's mother in ALL Disney media EVER. So her even being alluded to after all this time was a major bombshell.
Be warned however, looking up that appearance is a slight spoiler (as the writers of this show wanted to be as respectful as possible to all prior media).
Unrelated to all that, there were rumors that their father would have made an appearance, albeit likely in a flashback, had they continued for a fourth season as was initially anticipated. A lot of fan works have him as a friend of Donald who was in the Army (complementing Donald, who was in the Navy).
I've always loved Ducktales and I love that this series took what was great about the original series and then improved the rest. For instance, in the original series, the triplets have the exact same personality and are indistinguishable aside from their different colors - but for the reboot, they have been given distinct characterizations and separate story arcs, which is great. And Webby was the "token whiny girl" in the first series who didn't do anything but throw tea parties and complain about the boys, but they totally revamped her for this and let her be as much - or more - of an adventurer than the boys. And Mrs. Beakley also got a total revamp. Donald also didn't factor into it before, but he's such an important part of the reboot and I'm so glad they've decided to include him.
And perhaps the most important part -- we finally get to actually learn about the triplets' mother, Della, and what happened to her. All in all they did a fantastic job with the reboot, and I'm glad you've picked it up!
The reason Donald and Scrooge had a falling out is because Scrooge accidentally hit Launchpad, Donald’s former best friend, with the Spear of Selene, which broke his mind and changed him from a brilliant adventurer to a bumbling himbo
If you're a Disney fan, this series goes for the DEEP CUTS. I'm talking stuff you haven't seen in decades.
How to the nephews,
Huey: brightest hue is red
Dewey: dew drops are blue
Louie: luigi is green
My favorite episode is where the Headless Man Horse stalks the kids during Halloween only for it to be revealed he just wanted their candy. And then he can't eat it anyways because his head is stone.
Here's a fun fact, turns out that Scrooges favorite song is in fact "the Irish rovers- Donald, where's your trousers?"
Gotta love how this show lives again with every new person who reacts to it
Can't wait for the mid-season 2 reveal that the animosity between Scrooge and Donald happened when Scrooge lost the fourth nephew Phooey Duck.
Does "Grainne Mhoal, Queen of the Pirates" by Miracle of Sound count as a Sea Shanty?
A sea shanty is a work song, if you can work to the rythm it counts otherwise it does not.
@@DaDunge Ehhhh... there were shanties that were sung just for entertainment, though.
Moon goddess's spear absorbed the triplets' mom, and then injured Donald's throat
Curse you Storkules! How dare you hate Donald for beating you in a sculpting contest.
@@alexkoder1982 Not to mention that breathtaking auria performed by Donald himself!
Can't wait for the Darkwing Duck crossover episode where it's revealed Negaduck is Darkwing's father.
Glomgold is voiced by Keith Ferguson, who voiced Bloo in Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends on Cartoon Network back in the day.
Also Gobber from How to Train Your Dragon, so he has a history of doing a Scottish accent
@@buttonsfan Gobber is voiced by Craig Ferguson, not Keith Ferguson. But i see where the confusion comes from.
@@Houtblokje that makes sense, when she said he was an American actor I was surprised. Craig Ferguson is actually Scottish while Keith Ferguson is Lord Hater.
“Here’s a Health to the Company” (I forget the proper name) is my personal favorite
10:37
The headless man horse he lives again
Best character
I hope we see him in future episodes. Though I'm not sure what role he could play.
@@alexkoder1982 twist villain
… again…
The moment at the end with the mother revealed really got me. As someone who had watched the original show from back in the days (yes I know, I'm old) it got me instantly interested that here they acknowledged that there has to be a mother for Huey, Dewey and Louie.
Hell, they hadn't even covered that in the Carl Barks comics! This was brand-new ground.
They haven’t even covered the father in the show.
Launchpad is actually a very good pilot outside of not being able to land for shit. Even though he crashes every time everyone on board always walks away from it no worse for wear. It's what makes him worth keeping around during dangerous adventures.
You're in for quite the treat, Ducktales 2017 is probably the best cartoon reboot out there. So much love and care was put into it, there's also so many references and cameos from other Disney cartoon characters.
You'll se later that captain launchpad has THE RIZZ, he went out with a mermaid, a chinese girl, an alien etc
14:08 also, you better get used to that scenario, because launchpad is the king of crashing vehicles
i am 5 minutes into this video and i already find you comforting. ducktales is one of my favourite shows and knowing more people are watching it makes me very happy 🤩
In order to fully appreciate this series, I'd highly recommend watching the original Disney Afternoon lineup. Including (But Not Limited To) The Original Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, Talespin, The Gummi Bears and Gargoyles.
the narrative term for something being introduced to return later is called "Chekov's Gun"
20:18 I love the point here! I have a feeling Donald corrected the boys so much when they were little, telling them to call him Uncle because at some point, they would call him "Dad" because well, they were babies.
14:26 Big fan of the original show. "Curse me kilts!" and "Bless me bagpipes!" were his two main catch phrases on the old show.
The Spear of Selene is a cursed magical item. Donald was hit with the curse which is why he's so accident prone and sounds so unintelligible. Donald blamed Scrooge for that, but as a double ironic twist, him staying away from Scrooge made the curse worse due to Scrooge's natural good luck.
Almost, but thanks for playing.
Donald and Gladstone used to be one person of average fortune, until the curse of the Spear of Selene split them into two entities, one cursed with bad luck and one cursed with great luck.
Ah hell yeah! This series and David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor) kicked ass!! And it had the voice of freakin Sonic the Hedgehog as Dewey.
Ducktales is one of my faves. It was basically my favorite sho up until The Owl House. Hope you have a great time watching it!
You mentioned the background texture being like printed paper. It's a big reference to how both this version of the show and the previous iteration of Ducktales were both based on the Disney Duck comics by Carl Barks. Donald himself was created by Walt Disney, of course, but the city of Duckburg and many of it's inhabitants, including Scrooge and the triplets, were created by Barks for the comics.
The Spear of Selene is actually a spear belonging to the goddess Selene. In the episode we learn about the spear, we also learn that Selene is the mother of the triplets and Donald actually is their father.
Oh, I love you reaction to Glomgold. That's going to pay off beautifully later in the series.
Sea shanty recommendation: Barrett's Privateers. It's basically the theme song for us over here in the capital of New Scotland xD
For future episodes it reveals a show-wide mystery. And also why Scrooge didnt help out Donald rasing the kids.
I'm glad you're watching. It just gets better and better. Two episodes in particular are my own personal favorites, they're connected but I won't dare say
Is it the Darkwing episodes?
@@Brasswatchman 👍
@@The-Rguy XD Knew it.
@@The-Rguy Mine too, by the way. 😁
@@Brasswatchman lol, they're the best
Fun fact: You can see Donald's classic blue shirt at the start of the episode, but after getting the job he got a black shirt, this is a reference to the classic Donald comics (where the series takes a lot of inspiration apart from the 87 show) where he wore a black shirt, the reason of this was for printing problems but stayed as an aesthetic choice
Sea Shanties are all well and good- gotta love “Wellerman”, “Hoist the Colours”, “The Wave-Soaked Maiden”, “Uk’otoa”, etc- but true shanty enthusiasts know Space Shanties are the future- “Pull the Curtain Part the Veil”, “Stellaris: Aquatics”, “Space Shanty, by the Senate”, “If It Flies, It Dies!”, “Long Dead Star”, “Pushin’ the Speed of Light”, etc.
I personally can neither confirm nor deny that something happened to their mother.But if you keep watching the show, the mystery may yet unravel itself.
Man it’s really crazy how Scrooge killed Donald with the spear of Selene then had to resurrect him by killing the triplet’s mother
Well, no; that was the triplets’ grandmother you say on Webby’s board. She was Scrooge’s younger sister. But that’s Donald’s sister… his *twin* sister. ;-D
In season three, Walt Disney himself invades Scrooge's Vault to steal all of his wealth. In that episode Donald becomes a unicorn also.
One of the best examples of a reboot revival with so many members of the cast we love! David Tennant (freaking Dr. Who!) is fantastic as Scrooge, I love Ben Schwartz (Dewey’s just another fun blue character in his catalog), Katie Micucci for Webby (who you’ll definitely like going forward). I LOVE THIS CAST!!
7:49 Trust me. Compared to the way she was in the original DuckTales cartoon, this Webby is a huge step up.
I think you're really gonna enjoy this series
Also, I remember seeing the money bin in this episode and thinking, "Wow, not as full as I thought it'd be"
One of my favorite Sea Shanties is The Decemberists “The Mariner’s Revenge Song”
Fun facts about the voice cast: Sam Riegel, the voice director for the show and who does a couple of voices in season 1, is also Scanlan Shorthalt from Legend of Vox Machina, hence why Tennant appeared in the pilot episode of that.
Huey, Dewey and Louie are voiced by Danny Pudi (Community), Ben Schwartz (Parks and Rec, Sonic) and Bobby Moynihan (SNL, We Bare Bears). Webby is voiced by Kate Micucci (Sadie from Steven Universe).
Keith Ferguson being non-Scottish will come into play later. ;)
20:50 Exactly. As a safety measure, a select portion of their staff were all H.P. Lovecraft protagonists. 😁
... okay, sorry, I should explain that one for other commenters. H.P. Lovecraft was an early horror writer who pioneered the whole "journal left behind by a doomed protagonist" trope. In one of his stories, he literally had a guy writing down what was happening to him as a hideous beast is dragging him off down a staircase.
This show is one of the very few times when the reboot is better than the original.
Yeah, wee lass You’re on the right track just keep in mind. The spear of Celine is not a weapon but it’s a spear to the heavens.
While I managed to miss much of the original Ducktales series I’m a huge Donald Duck fan. They did such a great job with this series and it includes so many references to past properties, most notably to Don Rosa’s stories. His magnum opus The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is effectively the canon Scrooge history, tying together all the tidbits in Carl Barks’s stories into a cohesive whole. You’re in for a treat.
Cannot wait till you get to the episode where it's revealed that Huey, Dewey, and Louie are the literal reincarnation of their father when his soul was split into three eggs by a magical artifact. Everyone assumed the eggs belonged to Della Duck, but it's an amazing moment when all three have a tokusatsu henshin scene and we find out what really happened. Was really sad when he sacrificed himself by splitting back into the three boys. Might be one of the most heartbreaking moments in Disney history. Did NOT see it coming when it was revealed that Magica De Spell was really Della all along.
This reboot is how you do reboots. It took all the endearing aspects from the original and modernized them while developing things that the original didn't deliver well. Webby is amazing, and a far throw from what she was in the original. I'm so glad people are still finding this show five+ years later. If you stick with it, it'll stick with you.
I may be completely wrong, but I felt that the "inked comic book" style of the series was chosen as a deliberate homage to "the Duck Man" Carl Barks' epic adventure comics that inspired the original _DuckTales_ series.
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck was required reading for the production crew.
Just randomly found this video today. Really awesome to see somebody react to this who apparantly hasn't watched the original 80's cartoon. When I watched this new show for the first time I was constantly geeking out over how good a job they did modernizing it and at all the hidden call-backs in the background. Yet most of all, it made me aware how the meaning of that reveal at the end is maybe a bit lost on some.
The triplets' mom wasn't even a thing in the original show. For the longest time, all Disney child characters only had unlces and aunts, not parents. Which was kinda accepted. That's just how the Disney comics worked. It was only once Don Rosa dove into creating an official backstory for Scrooge that the Duck family tree got fleshed out in the early 90's and the issue of parents came up. And all we got of their mother was rather a name drop than any full characterization. Including her in this show was such a great sign this was more than a remake. It was a complete re-imagination and almagation of everything about the Duck family that had been established in way over half a century in various works. It showed that those who made this show had love and respect for the source material they worked with, and that showed in everything that followed after this episode. And now I'm more than curious to see how you react to the rest of the show ^^.
Mos when you get to it, the cast did a live reading for a season 1 episode that you can find on RUclips. If nothing else you need to hear David Tennant pretending to be Glomgold.
Such an underrated gem this show. It's not perfect obviously but it's a very consistent good time.