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2:10 fun fact: I once saw a one-shot comic strip where the Beagle Boys seem to be having an existential crisis. When Grandpa Beagle shows up to ask what's happening, they reveal they got their shirts mixed up in the laundromat and nobody knows who's who anymore.
One thing that wasn't mentioned about the reason for Glomgold's change from being South African to Scottish in the 80s cartoon was because South Africa was going through its apartheid era when the cartoon was being made, and Disney didn't want to risk being seen as advocating for such a controversial movement. By the time the reboot came out, apartheid was no longer being practiced in South Africa, so it was easier for the crew of the reboot to bring back Glomgold's South African origins.
Another point on Flinty: his original name being Duke Baloney is a reference to a one-off character who was the prototype for him as “second richest duck”, known as the Duke of Baloney. Clearly Barks reimagined the character later into the similar Flintheart Glomgold who replaced him, but making that his original name was a fun deep cut into the comics’ lore.
@@borjankosarac3645 If the 1987 Glomgold voice was turned into an RVC AI voice, I could use it to have him say something that Mordroc from Dragon’s Lair would say; and I say this because both Glomgold and Mordroc were voiced by the same actor: Hal Smith (who also voiced Owl in Winnie the Pooh up until his death).
Fellows from the USA can't imagine how popular Carl Barks and Don Rosa are in Europe. Don Rosa is treated like a celebrity or rock star when he visits places like Italy, Greece, Germany and Scandinavian countries. As for Carl Barks, the guy was so important for the comic industry that even the grandfather of all Japanese anime Osamu Tezuka said that he was inspired by him to create Astroboy the first anime ever.
You mentioned that you just couldn't picture the reboot Glomgold as the second richest duck in the world, but then much later mention him saving the world with something just crazy enough to work. That's it, right there. To paraphrase Eichiro Oda, a miracle is just something with a low probability of working that someone was willing to see through to the end, and Glomgold has self-described as being too stubborn to know when to give up. You're absolutely correct that it'd take a miracle for someone like him to best McDuck, but he routinely wills miracles into existence. Whereas McDuck overcomes the odds through skill, cunning, and family, Glomgold routinely does the impossible by rejecting the possibility that he could fail.
This video makes me realise how many of the villains in the reboot, had bad parental figures or where bad parental figures (or both). I guess it makes sense for the themes of the show, Scrooge has many flaws that could be considered villainous, but the love he has for his family, especially the younger generation, keeps him on the right track. It makes sense that his eviler nemesis lack that.
I don’t know if anyone has brought it up, but I do remember the show runner of the 2017 show say that they wrote Mark Beaks to be "a little bit racist". When he learns Gizmoduck is really Fenton (who is Latino in the reboot), he sarcastically calls him "Amigo". I think that adds both an extra layer to him, and is also extremely relevant to our modern world.
"You don't deserve to wear this armor, chico!" Beaks also refers to Fenton as "amigo" when the former begs for the latter's help, to which Fenton replies "I am NOT your "amigo"!"
It's funny, for a character who basically debuted as a one-off set up for Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie to hang out in a cabin and deal with a bear and its cub, Scrooge McDuck wound up getting quite a lot of mileage, not just by Carl Barks, but from Disney as a whole. I also appreciate both Carl Barks and Don Rosa fleshing Scrooge out over the years, in order to make his characterization both before and after his debut in Christmas on Bear Mountain make sense and be consistent. Indeed, if he stayed the way he did in that comic, it'd be possible he could be seen as a villain or at least an antagonist of Donald Duck. That said, it's a good thing they fleshed Scrooge out more, because we got a lot of fantastic stories out of it, to say nothing of the impressive Rogue's Gallery Scrooge got out of the years of adventures he and his nephews had. The Beagle Boys, in particular, I like because of how versatile they can be. Because they're so numerous and look mostly identical, you can use them for virtually any kind of crime-related plot, though there are still a number of noteworthy Beagle Boy members for writers to use for more series plots. I find it interesting that the leader of the Beagle Boys changes depending on the medium; in the comics, there's their Patriarchal leader Blackheart Beagle (or Grandpa Beagle, I think he was called in one story), whereas in animation it's their Matriarchal leader Ma Beagle. Regardless, both are treated as leaders of a crime family (because they basically are), and when either of them organize and direct the other Beagle Boys, they can be a legitimately serious threat... Not so much otherwise. It's also interesting to see that they're willing to work for other villains, like Flintheart Glomgold, on occasion. I guess they're open for opportunity when it comes to committing crimes. Speaking of Glomgold, though, I think he might be my favorite Scrooge villain because he's basically a direct foil for Scrooge, showing what Scrooge would be like if he didn't have morals. He's also mostly motivated out of envy of Scrooge, like yeah he's greedy, but he mostly wants to spite Scrooge with his wealth, which makes him constantly being the SECOND richest duck in the world all the more painful for him. As an aside, though, I REALLY love what they did with Glomgold in the 2017 reboot, not only is he an amalgamation of his previous incarnations (he's from South African, and he dresses like a Scot like in the 1987 DuckTales show), he's distinctly his own character; that is, he's still primarily motivated by envy and spite for Scrooge, but he's a lot more cartoonishly unhinged, he comes up with wild, nonsensical evil schemes, and is perfectly happy to simply kill Scrooge as opposed to being richer than him. He is thoroughly entertaining to watch any time he's on-screen, and honestly, learning his backstory when he had amnesia is honestly kind of sad. We see that he COULD be a friendly guy if it weren't for his petty grudge he developed towards Scrooge as a kid (all over Scrooge failing to impart the same wisdom he got when he was a shoeshine), and if he didn't stubbornly stick to that grudge, he'd probably be a lot better off for it. Thankfully, the tragedy of his backstory doesn't make him any less of a fun villain to watch, at least for me. Magica de Spell is a fascinating character, if only because I recall there being a disconnect between how Carl Barks used her and how Don Rosa used her. With Barks, she's a powerful sorceress, whereas Rosa has her more reliant on magical artifacts to get things done. In fact, I recall reading there was even a Don Rosa comic that showed she was a bit of a fraud when it came to magic, but don't quote me on that. Her obsession with Scrooge's Number 1 Dime is interesting in that, growing up, I was never quite sure why she wanted his dime in the first place, and why that dime specifically was so valuable. I guess she wanted to make a powerful talisman out of it, and that it wasn't so much the dime itself but rather it was the most valuable possession of the world's richest duck that made it valuable to her, but I never got a clear answer (as a kid, at least). I like how both her and the dime were handled in the DuckTales reboot, she is, in fact, trapped within the dime (which Scrooge now keeps on his person at all times), hence why she tries to get her "niece", Lena, to get at it for the first season. It's also an interesting mix of Carl Barks and Don Rosa's interpretation of the character, in that she's initially quite powerful when she's freed, but when she's defeated at the end of the season, she lost most of her powers and can do little more than cheap parlor trick after that point. Great performance by Catherine Tate, though.
I mean he's just such an amazing and versatile character. I'm Danish, so I grew up with having Donald Duck comic books available EVERYWHERE, all the time! To this DAY we have weekly releases of Donald Duck comic books in every single supermarket! It's really a mainstay here and has been since the fifties! And well the thing about Scrooge is that he works both as a protagonist AND an antagonist! He so easily jumps from one to the other between stories. He can be the one pulling Donald out on an adventure to any country at all, to search out treasure. Or he can be an antagonist for today setting up a money scheme in Ducburg that backfires on people and Donald has to pull him off his high horse. He can be the one believing that self-driving cars are the future so he has to set up a factory, only for all the cars to crash because of faulty A.I. and Scrooge tries to hide it so he won't lose any money because he was too cheap to purchase insurance. Or he can be the hero who sets up a defense of the town against an army of beagle boys. OR he hear of a vanished treasure in the Baltic and just goes there now encountering a Yeti. I will say this makes him a WAY better character than the usual evil businessman such as Sterns from Simpsons, because... Scrooge can be either and is either. And it works! This is not an inconsistency of his character, he just is that versatile. And Donald is his perfect other half as the everyday man who can pull him back down on earth. Donald SHINES when he is with Scrooge, far more than when he's with Mickey or Goofy. Scrooge is so great as a character and that's how we've been able to keep it up with these comic books for 75 years!
I like to think there’s an unseen all-female crime family in the Ducktales universe that intermarries with the Beagle Boys, and that’s why we never see any Beagle Girls
There's also the beagle cousin who appears in "Beagle Be Good", a comic that was, like "Foreign Exchange", originally published in Scandinavia. But although the comics have English titles on the site Inducks, they have yet to be published in English. That's a problem, that many good Disney comics aren't available in English, or Italian or other languages for that matter.
I saw two in the comics. One was an unnamed cousin, who looked similar to the others, except she didn't have a bear, wore her hair in a 50s bun and had a bow in place of the hat. She tried to seduce Scrooge by posing as a bank manager, but her attempt was thwarted by a recurring character we have here in Italy, Bridget McBridge, an eccentric businesswoman who's also in love with Scrooge. Another was a muscular weightlifter known as Olympic-167 who faced Donald Duck's superhero alter ego the Duck Avenger. She posed as a trainer and worked him so hard he was too tired to fight. But he did outwit them in the end.
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck also gave Glomgold a pretty cool backstory. After securing his family home in Scotland, the young Scrooge traveled to South Africa in search of riches. He ran into Glomgold in the bush, and they became friends. Funny enough, Glomgold never told Scrooge his name. Instead, being the asshole he is, stole Scrooge's wagon, along with his stuff, leaving him to die in wilderness. But Scrooge, being the badass he is, wrangled a lion, rode the lion to Johannesburg, and kicked Glomgold's ass, humiliating him in front of the whole town. According to Scrooge, the Beagle Boys made him more careful and vigilant, while Glomgold only made him angry. So it's pretty evident the feud between Scrooge McDuck and Flintheart Glomgold runs deep.
Also, if I remember correctly neither Scrooge or Glomgold learn each other's name in that story... because Glomgold's original appearance had him meeting Scrooge for the "first" time.
@@Quirderph That's interesting. Thinking back, Scrooge only told Glomgold his first name, while Glomgold only said he was a "Boer". This is what the first white settlers in South Africa were called at the time, though they currently prefer the term "Afrikaaner". Regardless, this identity was for a long time associated with the Apartheid, which is why Glomgold's nationality was changed from South African to Scottish in the original cartoon.
@@stormstrider1990 Furthermore, Life and Times might have been the first time Glomgold was outright called a Boer in dialogue, and that came out after Ducktales.
@@Quirderph That's also interesting. I guess you could have made that connection in the original comics, with Glomgold mining diamonds in South Africa, and being a very white- ish duck. But then again, Scrooge didn't shy away from colonialism either. There's even this one scene in Life and Times where he hires white thugs to burn down a village in Africa, and tricks the chief into selling his lands. It's the one time he goes against the morals instilled on him by his parents- the very ideals of Clan McDuck- out of greed, and he regrets that choice to this day. That's why Scrooge holds on to the philosophy of getting rich through your own hard work and determination, not at the cost of others. Either way, guess any connection to South Africa reminded people in the 80's too much of the Apartheid.
Bradford Buzzard is a good one! His own characteristic is that he doesn't see himself as a villain and is actually achieving a goal that makes a lot of sense. Sadly, his subordinates do not share the same opinion as they typically wear their villainy on their sleeves. Still, Bradford is not an angel in the slightest as he achieves his goals through underhanded methods and even places Scrooge's family in danger. Plus, he had no qualms deliberately breaking Scrooge emotionally. On top of that, his vision of an idea word has its own drawbacks. What heightens his character further is how he conducts his evil plans. He keeps to himself pulling the strings from the shadows, and he composes himself as a very serious person. More often than not, he is keeping his flunkies in line to ensure they do not expose his entire operation. Also, he picks the more sensible routes to obtain his desires. Instead of wishing for supreme power for instance, he actually uses the reality-bending papyrus to make himself disappear from Scrooge's adventure just to give himself another chance to take over the world successfully. Later on, he constructs his next wish carefully into an ironclad contract to ensure Scrooge would never go on an adventure ever again. Even though he had chances to end Scrooge's life, he was more fixated on neutralizing him as he is aware Scrooge has a habit of cheating death. The only blemish is the moment he threw Donald into a void out of "petty villainy". It's just a bit out of character for him. I will say his final defeat is satisfying, though, and provides a sick burn from Scrooge's iconic enemies!
Ma Beagle: "And you call yourself McDuck's greatest enemy?" Flinty: "You don't even have a kilt." Big Time: "Man, you're even lamer bad guy then we are." Bradford: "No! I'm not a bad guy!" Magica: "No. You're certainly not." (Bradford gets turned into a literal buzzard by Magica.)
@@starbrandfan2541 Oh, yes! Magica is fantastic no matter how she appears! Still, you have to admit the rebooted DuckTales has a solid collection of fantastic adversaries!
Anytime I can see coverage on Carl Barks, DuckTales, Uncle Scroog,e or anything dealing with the high adventures of great comics, I'm always there! Always love and appreciate documentaries or any kind, or even video essays, that covers such a fantastic array of storytelling and wonder!
30:58 That is my favorite Flintheart Glomgold clip, it sums up the reboot Glomgold perfectly and makes me laugh every time! Incidentally, can we give props to Keith Ferguson for voicing Scottish Glomgold, South African Glomgold, AND child South African Glomgold? Super talented voice actor, that one!
He didn't even mention the Duck Avenger comics and all the weird opponents Donald faced there. The Eronians alone are probably worth their own episode.
If there ever was a "Great American Comic Book", then Carl Barks is the author! I consider him worthy of being spoken on the same breath as Mark Twain or John Steinbeck! As the icing on the cake, his work has even inspired multiple people across generations! In fact, manga and anime as we know it wouldn't have happened without his comics!
Can we talk about how Gyre Gearloose in the reboot show is basically a Batman villain who wasn't fired by his boss? I feel like Gyre is that ONE step away from becoming a Batman villain, if Scrooge ever fired him, he WOULD become that Batman villain. Which is the best and most hilarious update to a character ever. And Scrooge seems to be fully aware of this! He has employed The Riddler/Mad Hatter/Mr. Freeze. He is just smart enough to know that if he ever fires him, it's gonna backfire... So yeah, new Gyre is ONE step away from what ought to be on this list, which is forever hilarious to me.
@@gotmog22 I know, I did say reboot Gyre specifically. And as someone who grew up with the comic books, I am Danish they are everywhere around here, I am very aware of his original personality. But honestly, I love the new versions of characters in the reboot, they are so funny. The ONLY one I don't like in the reboot... is Launchpad... I... I really can't stand reboot Launchpad. And I recognize the issue, in the original show Launchpad WAS the stand in for Donald and thus had Donald's personality traits, but now they decided to just include Donald as a main character so they HAD to do something different with Launchpad. It's just that what they did I didn't really find endearing or even funny... All the rest though, I adore. They made changes but kept true to the heart of the franchise which is wonderful.
When the scientist who you look up to reprogrammed your creation to be evil and almost destroy Tokyo, you have every reason to become cynical and less optimistic. Makes Gyro feel a bit more realistic despite his difference from the original.
@@KaizokuGaeru And he's honestly just hilarious. Also why I can't be mad that Goldglom is dumb now. He's hilarious! Every second he is on screen he is so entertaining! And well, the thing about Gyre now being more mean and cynical helps elevate Fenton as somebody more pure and optimistic. I like Fenton SO much better in the reboot than the original, I was never really a fan of him in the original at all, found him pretty annoying. But here in the reboot, he is far better. And well, this sort of innocent outright naive personality works best when paired up with a cynic so they can play off each other, and even give something to each other. Fenton can give Gyre the optimism he lacks, and Gyre can provide Fenton with the cynicism he requires. Good character writing also mean you need a variety of character personalities so they can play of each other, and if everyone is just nice and pure, it can feel pretty flat which well.. Could happen in original Ducktales, especially in later seasons where having both Fenton AND Launchpad as the Donald standings was kind of overkill. I am so glad they just had Donald in this show, they NAILED him. He is the honest every day man who's honestly just trying to do his best, and is the heart, and becomes the heart Scrooge lacks quite often. He SHINES when standing next to Scrooge. I also loved how Scrooge seemed to have honest and legit respect for Donald in this show, he really viewed Donald as an honest hard worker you can trust, one of the few people he seem to truly trust. That seemed as it was taking straight out of the Don Rosa comics and it made me so happy.
My bad for misreading. TBF, Reboot!Gyro's characterization was... basically PG-rated Rick Sanchez. I really go back and forth with Ducktales. I do not like it as an adaptation, but on its own is extremely fun
Dijon always reminded me of Beni from the first Mummy movie, and considering that movie came out nearly a decade after the ducktales movie, there's a non-zero chance Beni was inspired by Dijon, which tickles me immensely
Regarding the other noteworthy Duck villains mentioned in this video: -John D. Rockerduck is interesting in that he's like Glomgold, a business rival for Scrooge, but unlike Glomgold or even Scrooge for that matter, he's not nearly as stingy and is pretty liberal with his spending, to the point where when Rockerduck and Glomgold worked together once, Glomgold was disgusted by how extravagant Rockerduck's home was. It reminds me of how Scrooge always tends to live in a relatively modest home in most incarnations, except for the reboot, where I'm guessing he lives in a mansion in order to house the treasures from his adventures that otherwise couldn't be put into his Money Bin. -I'm actually kind of surprised the reboot never made use of Argus McSwine, given how deep they got with their references to the comic books. Maybe if they had a fourth season, they could have introduced him properly. At least he got one episode in the original DuckTales. Let's see if he'll ever get more appearances after that. -El Capitan and Merlock are good villains for their respective stories, but I otherwise don't have much to say about them, other than it's impressive that El Capitan lived as long as he did without any magical assistance, and Merlock is a highly competent villain saddled with some less than competent help. -Speaking of Dijon, I actually think he's a funny character, and surprised he got more use outside the DuckTales movie. I do really like how he was re-characterized in the reboot, though, and his name is now Farus D'jinn so it sounds authentically Middle Eastern and not just a pun on Dijon Mustard. -Mark Beaks, I initially saw as basically the reboot equivalent of Rockerduck, a younger business rival to Scrooge and Glomgold. That said, he barely seems all that interested in competing with the two in terms of who is the richest, and is more focused on publicity and fulfilling his own odd desires and obsessions. His episodes where he tries to steal the Gizmoduck technology shows he actually IS smart enough to do things competently, he's just lazy and would rather take the easy way out most of the time. Fun villain, even if he's obnoxious a lot of the time. -I remember seeing a little pushback on making Doofus Drake a villain, to which I recall Francisco Angones, co-showrunner of the DuckTales reboot, saying before he made the decision, he looked online to see if there was secretly a huge fan following for Doofus, and all he could find was fanart of Doofus falling in love with a hot dog. Speaking for myself, yeah, it's a drastically different character, but it's not like I cared all that much about Doofus in the original show. -Zeus's characterization in the reboot is interesting, in that it gets that the original Zeus was petty and easily angered, but then it proceeds to go a step further but having him having him unleash a Titan, the enemies of the Gods, just to make himself look badass. It's like the went in the exact opposite direction of Disney's Hercules and, like many stuff in the reboot, exaggerated it for comic effect. -I... honestly don't have much to say about General Lunaris. I think all the stuff with the Moon and Moonlanders is neat, and I think it all makes for a good, climactic ending to season 2, and a good way to have the villains of the third series be more motivated to become more active, but as for Lunaris himself? Well, I like that he's smart enough to out-think Scrooge, but is so smart that he thinks Glomgold plan must me hiding something else because it's so stupid and flawed they can't possibly be relying only on that. Other that that, though, not the most memorable villain, at least to me. -I love the twist that Scrooge's boring Board of Directors we saw in the very first episode were, in fact, the leaders of F.O.W.L. in this universe, they even kind of looked like the shadowy F.O.W.L. leaders in Darkwing Duck. It's interesting, too, since you could easily just see them as simply profit-motivated members of Scrooge's board, but in retrospect, it's interesting that they rarely offer any ideas to increase profits other than downsizing and cutting costs. This is because they were using Scrooge's riches to fund their own schemes and weren't all that interested in making Scrooge richer. Seriously, as a final villain for the reboot to go out on, Bradford Buzzard is a good one, being deeply connected to Scrooge for years and being in charge of a large criminal organization that has given Scrooge and the world grief even before season 3. I also like how he keeps insisting he's not a villain and is just a well-intentioned extremist, though the years of working with Black Heron have clearly made him more inclined to do villainous things, even if he's still in denial about it until the end. Seriously, the DuckTales Reboot was so good at honoring the Scrooge McDuck history while creating something new, I really wish it went on longer. Apparently, Francisco Angones wanted to make sure the episodes didn't air out of order again like Disney did with the previous seasons, and the only way he could do that was to have it air on Disney XD. When he did this, and he didn't see the serious got automatically renewed for another season like the previous ones, he learned his lesson from Wander Over Yonder and decided to get everything he wanted out of this reboot out in this final season. This is, incidentally, part of why Negaduck didn't show up in season 3, since Negaduck needed at LEAST a full episode to himself, and there was just not enough room in season 3 to fit him in. Still, I'm very much impressed by what they managed to accomplish with these three seasons, really good stuff all around.
Imagine if this was covered in any Looney Tunes spinoff! I bet he would go thorugh great lengths to make his own duck universe only to have it fall flat on its face!
Like UA-camr mattt once said, Carl Barks was a big influence on such creators like Osamu Tezuka, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Robert Crumb and Matt Groening. Think about it for a while.
43:37 Yeah, I got that same impression, too. They acted more like husband and wife. There were plenty of parts in the flashback where they shot each other long looks from across the room and held each other's hands for no reason other than physical affection like a couple. When my friend and I were talking about it last night, she got some major Cersei and Jaime Lannister vibes from those two, if you know what I mean. While I'm not Italian per se, I'm half Mexican. I know I don't act like that around my brothers, so I doubt Italians do either, since there is some cultural crossover. So it REALLY makes me wonder if the creators of the reboot were implying that sort of relationship, but couldn't outright say it, because it's a Disney cartoon targeted at children. The signs are there.
Okay now I read tv tropes on the flashback of that episode (I haven’t seen the reboot and probably never will) and I read that Edgar Allen POE married his cousin so I can believe the Andy and Leyley vibe was intentional.
Part of me is surprised they didn’t get Lena Headey to play her considering it’s no secret Cersei was named after Circe, the witch from Greek mythology and is associated with wealth and gold as the Lannisters live in a castle on a gold mine they got by swindling the original owners. Hell she’s basically the archetypical Disney villain only turned up to an eleven, down to her pettiness, arrogance and stupidity being her downfall in the books. In the book she begins to act more and more like Robert to the point where she gains a little weight. But paranoid that Tyrion or the Tyrells are screwing with her, she convinces herself that her maids are actually gaslighting her and ruining her clothes.
I had "DuckTales The Movie: Treasure Of The Lost Lamp" on VHS when I was a little girl! Dijon was quite the kleptomaniac, and Merlock was a dangerous, petty, evil sorcerer!
Something else to note about the Beagle Boys in the comics is that they seem to have a knack for using wild animals for schemes. In Only a Poor Old Man, they trained cormorants to steal coins, loaded fish with dynamite to blow up Scrooge's dam, and even bred their own voracious termites for the same goal. Then there's a comic where they've trained gophers to undermine Scrooge's money bin, and another where they've been sending trained birds to fly through a broken window to steal Scrooge's loose change (it's never much, but it's money that Scrooge doesn't get back).
In Germany he ist called Klaas Klever, Klever is clever in German. Germany seem to Like when the surname and the First Name start with the Same letter. Scrooch is called Dagobert Duck. And Pegleg Pete is called Kater Karlo, what is short for Karl Friedhelm Katermann. Kater is a male cat.
I don't know if it was ever translated into English, but as a kid I used to own a comic in spanish, framed as the finale for Scrooge and Magica's rivalry. It involves the Duck family being teleported to Disneyland Paris (and yes, the real Donald now co-exists with human cast members in Donald suits; and no, it's not a parallel universe, it's implied to be still in the Duck universe since Magica can travel there from Duckburg just by flying). The Beagle Boys are also involved, Donald magically gets amnesia, and at the end Magica becomes depowered and magically transported to an actual parallel universe where she's forever tormented by ghosts. That was quite a fever dream.
@@notsyzagts7967 It is pretty contrived and doesn't resist the slightest analysis of continuity. It's pretty much an advertisment for Disney parks and just a weird footnote.
I actually covered this on my twitter. Really interesting from a Disney fan perspective! twitter.com/ColinGorman5/status/1607900818564591616 twitter.com/ColinGorman5/status/1607907779511189505 twitter.com/ColinGorman5/status/1608255928523972610
I think maybe the reason that Rockerduck has gotten more appearances in the comics than Glomgold is sort of related to your issue with Glomgold's reboot character - and how it's difficult to believe that he's Scrooge's #1 rival for richest duck in the world. Rockerduck is incredibly rich, but he's not as close to the top as Scrooge and Glomgold, so his childish antics don't break suspension of disbelief as much. As a result, while Glomgold is limited to especially epic confrontations with Scrooge, Rockerduck is an easy option for rivalry antics that aren't to be taken as seriously.
Rockerduck was created by Carl Barks as a one-off character, but Italian Donald Duck artists turned him into a rival for Scrooge. They'd often get into a petty rivalry over some industry, which would escalate until something really bad happened, usually resulting in both of them failing and a potential third party to succeed instead. Stories where both he and Flintheart appear are really rare, and I can understand why, since both of them want to be richer than Scrooge.
Correction. Two nameless tall ones are voiced by Maurice Lamarsche, and Shorty is voiced by Jeff Bennett. I will mention that the turtle is voiced by Rob Paulsen. I wrote that because those three are generic voice actors in Disney Media.
Bradford's ending was extremely poetic: he wanted absolute control over the world because it was too chaotic for his liking, but in the end, he's turned into a pet, non-sapient buzzard- to the incredibly chaotic Magica. He wanted to take everyone's agency away, and he had his own agency taken away in one of the most extreme ways imaginable.
I noticed when I was just a little kid that the raven was Magica's brother, and that Scrooge's dime could turn him back. Because of that I saw Scrooge as the real villain when they crossed paths, as Magica's goal in getting that dime was evidently just to save her brother, and Scrooge refused to part with a single coin to let that happen.
I can’t imagine how long the Lilo & Stitch video will be given that encompasses 4 movies (5 if you count the upcoming remake), 3 shows, and a few video games
Don't forget 2 anime specials, a manga set in feudal japan, and a few american comics. Not to mention the pitch of Stitch's old criminal gang. I'm actually really curious how it'll be handled, given that the first movie starts with Stitch as a villain protagonist and there are arguably 5 antagonists out to stop the little monster. One of them is the self-proclaimed evil Jumba who becomes a true ally in the third act, and is then replaced by Gantu, who thinks he's the hero but is the cruelest character in the cast (for now). Hell there's 6 if you count Mertel, though I'd say she's not truly an antagonist till the series and sequel, where she's probably nastier than Gantu. I've enjoyed the recent domestic conflict Disney movies, but it'll be a nice reminder that there's lots of ways to do a grey morality conflict. I do hope we get Reuben though.
While you didn't bring it up, There's also other Comic Villains that didn't appeared in the animated adaptations that much (Or never appeared at all). Foola Zoola is a Stereotypical Blackface Witch Doctor who, After Scrooge McDuck destroyed his Native Village, Stealing his Tribe Land, and being a Dick to him in general, sends out an indestructible (And even more Blackface) Zombie named Bombie to go after Scrooge and Kill him. Donald is just unlucky enough to Meet him first and Bombie mistakes Donald as Scrooge. The Bombie notably appeared in the Ducktale Reboot as a One-Shot Villain. This Bombie is created specifically to hunt down people who claimed the "World Richest" title and will leave anyone alone if you give him humility. The Country of Brutopia is basically The Duck Comics Version of Soviet Russia just like Thembria from Talespin with a Slight hint of Pottsylvania. Being composed of Spies, Dictators, and Anti-Capitalism across the board, Brutopia prides themselves at being Ruthless, World-conquering, Communists. A Brutopian Representative in "Cold Bargain" even states that "Brutopia don't eat Ice Cream" and is willing to destroy a Valuable element called Bombastium because it's really an Ice Cream Recipe. Among Brutopia's Many agents includes Mystic Max McMalefactor, A former Stage Magician turned Brutopian Spy who uses his Skills to Smuggle a Microfilm from inside the epoch Express, and Count Von Turpentine, a Big Game Hunter living in Danger Island. Arpin Lusène AKA The Black Knight is Duck Comics take on Lupin. A Polite Gentleman-Like thief who is more interested in making everyone believe he was a Master Thief rather than personal gain. He became the Black Knight after he stole one of Scrooge McDuck's Suit of Armor and coated it with Diamonds dust and Omnisolve, A substance that Gyro created in an earlier story which can destroy anything it touches. Unlike the Beagle Boys, Arpin sees Scrooge more of a Friendly rival than anything else.
You'd think the Beagles would have more appearances in Mickey & Friends video games. Their seemingly endless numbers would make perfect enemies to populate levels.
Ducktales woohoo! Thanks so much for making this video! So many amazing characters and stories! Merlock despite not being used very often is definitely my personal favorite character on this list and I just love that movie so much. I also really like Dijon! The Ducktales movie is definitely underrated in my opinion. There’s a lot of amazing facts in this video. I genuinely admire the research and work that you put into it. It’s truly amazing and inspiring.
I think Magica had Lena call her “Aunt" because Magica didn’t want to get emotionally attached to Lena as family since in reality, Lena is basically Magica’s daughter/clone created from her own essence/shadow.
@@djpegao Sorry, I meant Magica let Lena call her “Aunt" as part of the act/plan to trick others but she never called Lena niece, daughter, or my child. Mostly Magic called Lena as just being a part of her shadow.
I've been looking forward to this particular video the most- ive' read the donald duck comics since before i could even read. As such, i am very attached to the characters who originated from the pages, especially the beagle boys, Rockerduck and Flintheart. Helps that since here in finland, lots and lots of comics get translated, meaning i've experienced countless amount of stories featuring them all. I'l me rewatching this video multiple times, that's for sure.
Glomgold being a vainglorious buffoon in the 2017 series actually tracks pretty well with the current breed of greedy rich dudes out there, so I didn't think he was too dumb to be a real rival. We see examples of people who are objectively not bright throwing enough money at the world to get everyone to praise their smarts pretty much every day. I can think of several who'd roll up to a rival's funeral like Glomgold did...
This entry was amazing. And I’m glad you’re doing a Darkwing Duck entry. It might not be as integral as the other Disney media you’ve covered, but it still has an amazing rogues gallery
I cannot tell you how much I adore this series, and I’m so pleased how exhaustive you are about it. While I was never a huge duck takes fan, it makes me salivate for the eventual darkwing duck rogues gallery episode.
Magica de Spell was the most memorable tv antagonist because she was more Chaotic Neutral than anything else, and actually cared more about being a good magic user than just being rich/powerful like the other villians.
It sucks that we didn't get to see Morgana Macawber on the Ducktales reboot tying back to Darkwing's appearance. Design wise, I imagine her wearing a crimson trenchcoat much like Wanda in the MCU.
I mean... The Darkwing episodes WERE supposed to be a backdoor pilot, and there was a Darkwing Duck show in the works with Seth Rogen as a producer that was meant to be a continuation of the reboot. But... Then DisneyChannel got axed, and all the shows it was currently producing, which included the reboot. And the Darkwing reboot seems to be completely up in the air as well to this day. I think there are still some talks, with the incredible success "Invincible." had, also being a Seth Rogen produced show. There's still a chance but.... The behind the scenes of Disney is just an utter MESS these days Everything is DEI, legacy creators are being fired for being the wrong gender, skin color or just being... Old. So they are being replaced for younger "Fresher." talent. Incidentally young people who wouldn't put up as much of a fight when it comes to the creative aspect and are more willing to just follow orders. While executives are making stupid decisions though they never wrote or created a thing. So... I don't even know if the Reboot people are even THERE anymore. I wouldn't be shocked if the answer is no. And well... They are aiming at only producing shows that fulfill the DEI quota meaning the main character needs to be female or none-white or both and Darkwing is a white male... So... yeah... I dunno.
I actually got a Ducktales Christmas ornament during the Covid pandemic. One of my family’s traditions is that we usually get an ornament to represent something that we did during the year, and in this kind of circumstance, I’d rather remember something that made me feel better. Ducktales is an entertaining and comforting show, and this was a good retrospective
You know how the reboot could have incorporated Aladdin into its Disney Afternoon universe? Humanize Iago, much like what Talespin did with Shere Khan, and make him the Donald Trump-esque owner of the Enchanted Tiki Hotel, along with Zazu from The Lion King (a reference to Enchanted Tiki Room Under New Management). Gilbert Gottfriend was still alive during the reboots run so it would have worked perfectly.
The 2010s version of DuckTales solved cleverly and easily on who might be the main villain for Scrooge McDuck specially on the climax of Season 2 where actually happens an ensemble of all the relevant DuckTales villains in a way that kinda makes similar ensembles from DC comics into both a good hommage-inspiration way or even a SHAME on their current way of working it now.
my roman empire is the fact that Magica is voiced by Catherine Tate and Scrooge by David Tennant who they also played the 10th Doctor and Donna Noble in Doctor Who, no wonder their performances are so good in the reboot, i'm surprised nobody is talking about it
My finnish ass fearing you don't mention the comics while talking about ducktales was extremely happy about the start of the video. (Carl Barks is legend but Don Rosa is the best)
Glomgold being stupid AF is actually very on brand for actual rich people. A certain owner of a certain formerly bird branded social media app can prove that…but that guy isn’t dumb in a funny way.
1:54 Beagle Boys 24:26 Flinheart Glomgold 34:10 Magica De Spell 46:56 John D. Rockerduck 52:05 Argus McSwine 1:13:33 Zeus (not to be confused with the Zeus from Disney’s Hercules)
@@wikiuser92 And it's crazy to see that both Don Rosa and Carl Barks only focus on making stories that star either Donald Duck or Scrooge McDuck and not make stories for other Disney Characters,like Mickey Mouse,Goofy and The Seven Dwarfs for example.
I believe that Murloc did indeed die, because once the genie became a boy, his power/wishes he cast lost their power. Like when the sidekick was turned into pig then back again once the genie was made a boy.
You know, I got an Italian Donald Duck chocolate prize egg years back that had a Rockerduck figure in it. While you didn't get into details about Paperinik or the spinoffs for the sake of brevity, let me be the one to mention his deal as a supervillain. His alter ego has the groan inducing turn of phrase pun of "Rollerdollar." And a short run of those comics were published in the US, they are well out of print (BOOM! published them). So they'd be hard for anyone to track down. That said, I'm a big Beagle Boys fan. I always love that lower level bad guy trope of the robbing thugs as much as I love major threats. While I appreciate the comics version, I greatly prefer both cartoons' take on giving them personalities. I especially love how the Reboot basically made a huge reference to The Warriors with their gangs. I think that show ended satisfyingly enough, but I really wish there was a short run 4th season that was just about Scrooge's rivalry with the Beagle family.
Probably my favorite one in this series, especially when it comes to the 2017 villains. You really went all out with researching them. Really looking forward to seeing Who Framed Roger Rabbit, especially when we get to Judge Doom, who's ALSO played by Christopher Lloyd.
He also played another insufferable scientific genius in Rise of the TMNT, along side Dewey's voice actor Ben Schwartz (Donnie and Leo respectively). I think that both series compliment each other in that way.
Coincidentally, Touhou had a plot line about the lunarians around the same time as Ducktales, both of them having shockingly irredeemable villains and lost parents. EDIT: Is it just me or was Magica in the 2017 partially modeled off of Mima, especially their relation to Lena/Marisa?
This was definitely worth the wait. Ducktales has such a history that I'm glad you were able to cover a good chunk of it here. Although would Goldie count as a villain? She did swindle Scrooge a few times in the comics and steal the one thing he can't get back but that was a blindsiding the censors moment. I'm just glad the reboot wasn't a dumpster fire like so many others. Am I mad at some changes? Yes but it is minor! The people who worked on the show did their homework and made it its own thing.
I’m so glad we’ve gotten to the Disney afternoon stuff I love the Disney movies but these shows will always be special to me I think I’m most excited for Darkwing and Bonkers, not only are they my favorites but I personally believe Darkwing’s set of villains in particular are the best Disney has ever made… sure they might be borderline knockoffs of Batman villains but that’s not inherently a bad thing
50:22 I love this scene cause... he is yelling to a waiter that has Jeeves actual design. The only time in TV Rockerduck and Jeeves are in the same scene and SOMEONE has the correct face Also, fun fact about the Italian dubbing: Jeeves, in Italy, it's called "Lusky". We did not called the TV Jeeves with his comic name. Good, cause that is not our Jeeves.
Never watched Ducktales before, but I'd never miss a video in this series. Great job as always, and now 8 Episodes into the show and I'm really enjoying it. Thanks!
This was an enlightening video about the DuckTales villains. I was under the impression that the DuckTales characters were all original to the cartoons, other than Huey duey, Louie and Scrooge Mcduck, but I was wrong.
Merlock is fascinating to me because he's the only Magic user character i can think of in disney who is physically as well as magically powerful. I very much wonder if he was originally based off Pete, looking at his concept art and thinking about his physically imposing but not "buff" prescence
I remember one story in the comics where the writer actually remembered that originally Magica DeSpell wasn't specifically after Scrooge's first dime, but was collecting coins from rich people in general to make a magic talisman (Scrooge's dime, being the first coin earned by the richest duck in the world, had the most magical potential but she had before that already collected a bunch of other coins), and had Magica decide to give up on trying to get Scrooge's dime and use the coins she already had to make an amulet that didn't give her the Midas touch but still made her extremely rich. However, at that point she had gotten so used to trying to steal the dime that she couldn't enjoy her newfound riches and by the end of the story went back to antagonizing Scrooge. It's also interesting how in the European (mostly Italian) comics Rockerduck is the primary rival for Scrooge and Glomgold is pretty much never seen, while Barks only used him once and Don Rosa only had him appear as a child in "the Live and Times of Scrooge mcDuck" (Rosa instead used Glomgold as a rival to Scroge in multiple stories). Might have just been that since Glomgold was established to live in South Africa the Italian writers felt it made more sense to use Rockerduck since they could have him live in Duckburg and interact with Scrooge in person more easily (in a lot of stories they're both members of the billionaires' club and get into some argument at the club which then kicks off the story). Despite both characters filling the same narrative role they are actually portrayed quite differently. Glomgold is usually either competing with Scrooge to prove who is richer or chasing after the same treasure, and is much more of an actual villain, frequently trying to kill off Scrooge. Rockerduck's and Scrooge's rivalry does occasionally consist of them challenging each other to prove their wealth by doing something but frequently consists of them having competing businesses and trying to drive the other out of business. He's willing to resort to dirty tricks but doesn't seem like he'd actually want to kill anybody, and he's very rarely shown to be interested in treasure-hunting.
Great video about all Scrooge foes. I just something to add: "Glomgold is too stupid to be the second richest duck in the world." Elon Musk is one of the richest men in the real world and a lot of people see him as really stupid.
I don't see Glomgold as being so much dumb, more as danger to himself and others levels of mentally unstable. Like have you ever lost your temper and did something without thinking? That's him 24/7. Way I see it, I think something happened in his early life as Duke Baloney was traumatic and he tried to turn it around to make money to leave South Africa or needing money to survive. Something that would absolutely break him when Scrooge gave him the dime. Which makes the Ballad episode so tragic. He's so blindly hateful of Scrooge for that one misunderstood moment back all the way when he was a child that wanting revenge ruined his life and drove him to insanity. Just not a Joker level of higher clarity and becoming a deviously brilliant monster. Just a crazy little goofball that just wants to see Scrooge die painfully. Him dancing to "All I do is Win" was him getting that closure.
Fun fact, in the Brazilian dub Merlock was dubbed by the same guy who dubbed Jafar, so both characters had extremely similar dialogues regarding finding a lamp with a genie.
And he has 64 in his nametag. Always loved that name. It's also a pun because the Beagle Boys are called Bassotti (litteraly dachusan. Yes they changed their breed, they don't really look like either anyways) and Ottoperotto it's also that breed of dog. Bassotto, otto...
It's interesting that the DuckTales 2017 team originally wanted Magica to sound like Isabella Rosselini. I say this because Dana Terrace, who storyboarded for DuckTales, would later cast Rosselini as the Bat Queen in her own series, The Owl House
its still so weird to me that Baggy was just left out of the reboot. Maybe it was because he was to similar to Burger in the classic show but idk its just still kinda weird considering the other 3 from the original series at least made a cameo. I like to think in the reboot world he left em and became one of the successful ones workin at a tailor shop sellin stylized baggy clothes for the youth.
I apologize that the audio is not quite up to snuff on this one. I've been experimenting with different recording setups, and it looks like this one didn't work out very well. I'll continue to troubleshoot for future videos. I hope you enjoy it, regardless. Thank you all for watching, and for being so patient with this one! Your continued support means a lot to me!
Don't apologize at all! This is so phenomenal and well researched it doesn't matter. Thank you so much for all your efforts!
This is. BY far your longest video to date
I noticed none of those issues. Your video is once again perfect.
That’s ok Colin this was a big video and must have been quite the duck blur
Oh well, it’s not experimenting if there’s not a dud
2:10 fun fact: I once saw a one-shot comic strip where the Beagle Boys seem to be having an existential crisis. When Grandpa Beagle shows up to ask what's happening, they reveal they got their shirts mixed up in the laundromat and nobody knows who's who anymore.
One thing that wasn't mentioned about the reason for Glomgold's change from being South African to Scottish in the 80s cartoon was because South Africa was going through its apartheid era when the cartoon was being made, and Disney didn't want to risk being seen as advocating for such a controversial movement. By the time the reboot came out, apartheid was no longer being practiced in South Africa, so it was easier for the crew of the reboot to bring back Glomgold's South African origins.
Interesting how authentic is Duke Baloney's South African accent?
Another point on Flinty: his original name being Duke Baloney is a reference to a one-off character who was the prototype for him as “second richest duck”, known as the Duke of Baloney. Clearly Barks reimagined the character later into the similar Flintheart Glomgold who replaced him, but making that his original name was a fun deep cut into the comics’ lore.
Sorry, it was originally Duke of *Baloni* not Baloney…
@@borjankosarac3645 If the 1987 Glomgold voice was turned into an RVC AI voice, I could use it to have him say something that Mordroc from Dragon’s Lair would say; and I say this because both Glomgold and Mordroc were voiced by the same actor: Hal Smith (who also voiced Owl in Winnie the Pooh up until his death).
Now they pander to china
I actually met Don Rosa at a convention where he sighed my collection of Scrooge comics, he was really nice.
I've met him several times too and gotten signatures from him. Once I even got a photo with him.
Me too. He signed my copy of the time and lifes. It's one of my most treasured possetions.
Fellows from the USA can't imagine how popular Carl Barks and Don Rosa are in Europe. Don Rosa is treated like a celebrity or rock star when he visits places like Italy, Greece, Germany and Scandinavian countries. As for Carl Barks, the guy was so important for the comic industry that even the grandfather of all Japanese anime Osamu Tezuka said that he was inspired by him to create Astroboy the first anime ever.
You mentioned that you just couldn't picture the reboot Glomgold as the second richest duck in the world, but then much later mention him saving the world with something just crazy enough to work. That's it, right there.
To paraphrase Eichiro Oda, a miracle is just something with a low probability of working that someone was willing to see through to the end, and Glomgold has self-described as being too stubborn to know when to give up. You're absolutely correct that it'd take a miracle for someone like him to best McDuck, but he routinely wills miracles into existence. Whereas McDuck overcomes the odds through skill, cunning, and family, Glomgold routinely does the impossible by rejecting the possibility that he could fail.
The deja vu joke caught me off guard XD
I thought he was gonna do it a third time you know comedy rule of three but he didn't
In case you don't know, he actually got the joke from the series lol
@@ninjastronautguymagenta That doesn't surprise me
Me to I had to Replay the scene to get it
While I understand why the Darkwing Duck villains have to wait until a future episode, I can hardly wait for it myself. ESPECIALLY for Taurus Bulba.
This video makes me realise how many of the villains in the reboot, had bad parental figures or where bad parental figures (or both).
I guess it makes sense for the themes of the show, Scrooge has many flaws that could be considered villainous, but the love he has for his family, especially the younger generation, keeps him on the right track. It makes sense that his eviler nemesis lack that.
I don’t know if anyone has brought it up, but I do remember the show runner of the 2017 show say that they wrote Mark Beaks to be "a little bit racist". When he learns Gizmoduck is really Fenton (who is Latino in the reboot), he sarcastically calls him "Amigo".
I think that adds both an extra layer to him, and is also extremely relevant to our modern world.
"You don't deserve to wear this armor, chico!"
Beaks also refers to Fenton as "amigo" when the former begs for the latter's help, to which Fenton replies "I am NOT your "amigo"!"
Latin is an ethnicity, not a race.
Americans ought to expand their vocabulary a little. 'Bigoted' is right there in the dictionary.
@@markussmedhus9717 sorry for the mix up, I was just quoting what the show runner said himself.
@@GetThatGriff Wasn't aimed at you in particular, just venting some frustration.
There are worse things to be upset about.
It's funny, for a character who basically debuted as a one-off set up for Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie to hang out in a cabin and deal with a bear and its cub, Scrooge McDuck wound up getting quite a lot of mileage, not just by Carl Barks, but from Disney as a whole. I also appreciate both Carl Barks and Don Rosa fleshing Scrooge out over the years, in order to make his characterization both before and after his debut in Christmas on Bear Mountain make sense and be consistent. Indeed, if he stayed the way he did in that comic, it'd be possible he could be seen as a villain or at least an antagonist of Donald Duck. That said, it's a good thing they fleshed Scrooge out more, because we got a lot of fantastic stories out of it, to say nothing of the impressive Rogue's Gallery Scrooge got out of the years of adventures he and his nephews had.
The Beagle Boys, in particular, I like because of how versatile they can be. Because they're so numerous and look mostly identical, you can use them for virtually any kind of crime-related plot, though there are still a number of noteworthy Beagle Boy members for writers to use for more series plots. I find it interesting that the leader of the Beagle Boys changes depending on the medium; in the comics, there's their Patriarchal leader Blackheart Beagle (or Grandpa Beagle, I think he was called in one story), whereas in animation it's their Matriarchal leader Ma Beagle. Regardless, both are treated as leaders of a crime family (because they basically are), and when either of them organize and direct the other Beagle Boys, they can be a legitimately serious threat... Not so much otherwise. It's also interesting to see that they're willing to work for other villains, like Flintheart Glomgold, on occasion. I guess they're open for opportunity when it comes to committing crimes.
Speaking of Glomgold, though, I think he might be my favorite Scrooge villain because he's basically a direct foil for Scrooge, showing what Scrooge would be like if he didn't have morals. He's also mostly motivated out of envy of Scrooge, like yeah he's greedy, but he mostly wants to spite Scrooge with his wealth, which makes him constantly being the SECOND richest duck in the world all the more painful for him. As an aside, though, I REALLY love what they did with Glomgold in the 2017 reboot, not only is he an amalgamation of his previous incarnations (he's from South African, and he dresses like a Scot like in the 1987 DuckTales show), he's distinctly his own character; that is, he's still primarily motivated by envy and spite for Scrooge, but he's a lot more cartoonishly unhinged, he comes up with wild, nonsensical evil schemes, and is perfectly happy to simply kill Scrooge as opposed to being richer than him. He is thoroughly entertaining to watch any time he's on-screen, and honestly, learning his backstory when he had amnesia is honestly kind of sad. We see that he COULD be a friendly guy if it weren't for his petty grudge he developed towards Scrooge as a kid (all over Scrooge failing to impart the same wisdom he got when he was a shoeshine), and if he didn't stubbornly stick to that grudge, he'd probably be a lot better off for it. Thankfully, the tragedy of his backstory doesn't make him any less of a fun villain to watch, at least for me.
Magica de Spell is a fascinating character, if only because I recall there being a disconnect between how Carl Barks used her and how Don Rosa used her. With Barks, she's a powerful sorceress, whereas Rosa has her more reliant on magical artifacts to get things done. In fact, I recall reading there was even a Don Rosa comic that showed she was a bit of a fraud when it came to magic, but don't quote me on that. Her obsession with Scrooge's Number 1 Dime is interesting in that, growing up, I was never quite sure why she wanted his dime in the first place, and why that dime specifically was so valuable. I guess she wanted to make a powerful talisman out of it, and that it wasn't so much the dime itself but rather it was the most valuable possession of the world's richest duck that made it valuable to her, but I never got a clear answer (as a kid, at least). I like how both her and the dime were handled in the DuckTales reboot, she is, in fact, trapped within the dime (which Scrooge now keeps on his person at all times), hence why she tries to get her "niece", Lena, to get at it for the first season. It's also an interesting mix of Carl Barks and Don Rosa's interpretation of the character, in that she's initially quite powerful when she's freed, but when she's defeated at the end of the season, she lost most of her powers and can do little more than cheap parlor trick after that point. Great performance by Catherine Tate, though.
I mean he's just such an amazing and versatile character.
I'm Danish, so I grew up with having Donald Duck comic books available EVERYWHERE, all the time! To this DAY we have weekly releases of Donald Duck comic books in every single supermarket! It's really a mainstay here and has been since the fifties!
And well the thing about Scrooge is that he works both as a protagonist AND an antagonist! He so easily jumps from one to the other between stories.
He can be the one pulling Donald out on an adventure to any country at all, to search out treasure. Or he can be an antagonist for today setting up a money scheme in Ducburg that backfires on people and Donald has to pull him off his high horse.
He can be the one believing that self-driving cars are the future so he has to set up a factory, only for all the cars to crash because of faulty A.I. and Scrooge tries to hide it so he won't lose any money because he was too cheap to purchase insurance.
Or he can be the hero who sets up a defense of the town against an army of beagle boys. OR he hear of a vanished treasure in the Baltic and just goes there now encountering a Yeti.
I will say this makes him a WAY better character than the usual evil businessman such as Sterns from Simpsons, because... Scrooge can be either and is either. And it works! This is not an inconsistency of his character, he just is that versatile. And Donald is his perfect other half as the everyday man who can pull him back down on earth. Donald SHINES when he is with Scrooge, far more than when he's with Mickey or Goofy.
Scrooge is so great as a character and that's how we've been able to keep it up with these comic books for 75 years!
I like to think there’s an unseen all-female crime family in the Ducktales universe that intermarries with the Beagle Boys, and that’s why we never see any Beagle Girls
There WERE The Poodle Pretties in the Donald duck story "Foreign Exchange"...
@@jaggerguth4391this guy knows his duck comics
There's also the beagle cousin who appears in "Beagle Be Good", a comic that was, like "Foreign Exchange", originally published in Scandinavia. But although the comics have English titles on the site Inducks, they have yet to be published in English. That's a problem, that many good Disney comics aren't available in English, or Italian or other languages for that matter.
I saw two in the comics.
One was an unnamed cousin, who looked similar to the others, except she didn't have a bear, wore her hair in a 50s bun and had a bow in place of the hat. She tried to seduce Scrooge by posing as a bank manager, but her attempt was thwarted by a recurring character we have here in Italy, Bridget McBridge, an eccentric businesswoman who's also in love with Scrooge.
Another was a muscular weightlifter known as Olympic-167 who faced Donald Duck's superhero alter ego the Duck Avenger. She posed as a trainer and worked him so hard he was too tired to fight. But he did outwit them in the end.
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck also gave Glomgold a pretty cool backstory. After securing his family home in Scotland, the young Scrooge traveled to South Africa in search of riches. He ran into Glomgold in the bush, and they became friends. Funny enough, Glomgold never told Scrooge his name. Instead, being the asshole he is, stole Scrooge's wagon, along with his stuff, leaving him to die in wilderness. But Scrooge, being the badass he is, wrangled a lion, rode the lion to Johannesburg, and kicked Glomgold's ass, humiliating him in front of the whole town. According to Scrooge, the Beagle Boys made him more careful and vigilant, while Glomgold only made him angry. So it's pretty evident the feud between Scrooge McDuck and Flintheart Glomgold runs deep.
I always did love that story. I even prefer it to the reboot origin for Flinty.
Also, if I remember correctly neither Scrooge or Glomgold learn each other's name in that story... because Glomgold's original appearance had him meeting Scrooge for the "first" time.
@@Quirderph That's interesting. Thinking back, Scrooge only told Glomgold his first name, while Glomgold only said he was a "Boer". This is what the first white settlers in South Africa were called at the time, though they currently prefer the term "Afrikaaner". Regardless, this identity was for a long time associated with the Apartheid, which is why Glomgold's nationality was changed from South African to Scottish in the original cartoon.
@@stormstrider1990 Furthermore, Life and Times might have been the first time Glomgold was outright called a Boer in dialogue, and that came out after Ducktales.
@@Quirderph That's also interesting. I guess you could have made that connection in the original comics, with Glomgold mining diamonds in South Africa, and being a very white- ish duck.
But then again, Scrooge didn't shy away from colonialism either. There's even this one scene in Life and Times where he hires white thugs to burn down a village in Africa, and tricks the chief into selling his lands. It's the one time he goes against the morals instilled on him by his parents- the very ideals of Clan McDuck- out of greed, and he regrets that choice to this day. That's why Scrooge holds on to the philosophy of getting rich through your own hard work and determination, not at the cost of others.
Either way, guess any connection to South Africa reminded people in the 80's too much of the Apartheid.
I used to think Magica was the best DuckTales villain of all time. Then the reboot gave us the bombshell that was Bradford Buzzard.
Bradford Buzzard is a good one! His own characteristic is that he doesn't see himself as a villain and is actually achieving a goal that makes a lot of sense. Sadly, his subordinates do not share the same opinion as they typically wear their villainy on their sleeves. Still, Bradford is not an angel in the slightest as he achieves his goals through underhanded methods and even places Scrooge's family in danger. Plus, he had no qualms deliberately breaking Scrooge emotionally. On top of that, his vision of an idea word has its own drawbacks.
What heightens his character further is how he conducts his evil plans. He keeps to himself pulling the strings from the shadows, and he composes himself as a very serious person. More often than not, he is keeping his flunkies in line to ensure they do not expose his entire operation. Also, he picks the more sensible routes to obtain his desires. Instead of wishing for supreme power for instance, he actually uses the reality-bending papyrus to make himself disappear from Scrooge's adventure just to give himself another chance to take over the world successfully. Later on, he constructs his next wish carefully into an ironclad contract to ensure Scrooge would never go on an adventure ever again. Even though he had chances to end Scrooge's life, he was more fixated on neutralizing him as he is aware Scrooge has a habit of cheating death. The only blemish is the moment he threw Donald into a void out of "petty villainy". It's just a bit out of character for him. I will say his final defeat is satisfying, though, and provides a sick burn from Scrooge's iconic enemies!
Ma Beagle: "And you call yourself McDuck's greatest enemy?"
Flinty: "You don't even have a kilt."
Big Time: "Man, you're even lamer bad guy then we are."
Bradford: "No! I'm not a bad guy!"
Magica: "No. You're certainly not."
(Bradford gets turned into a literal buzzard by Magica.)
Bradford is fantastic but I still think Magica’s the best one personally
@@maurycyoseka1057 That's how it played out! Never underestimate cartoon villains, including the silly ones!
@@starbrandfan2541 Oh, yes! Magica is fantastic no matter how she appears! Still, you have to admit the rebooted DuckTales has a solid collection of fantastic adversaries!
Magica is downright menacing in the Ducktales reboot
What being British does to a gal
Anytime I can see coverage on Carl Barks, DuckTales, Uncle Scroog,e or anything dealing with the high adventures of great comics, I'm always there! Always love and appreciate documentaries or any kind, or even video essays, that covers such a fantastic array of storytelling and wonder!
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That is my favorite Flintheart Glomgold clip, it sums up the reboot Glomgold perfectly and makes me laugh every time! Incidentally, can we give props to Keith Ferguson for voicing Scottish Glomgold, South African Glomgold, AND child South African Glomgold? Super talented voice actor, that one!
Indeed so! He voiced Marluxia in the Kingdom Hearts series and even Bloo from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends! The guy has a range!
Let's face it: Glomgold in the Reboot is just a Duck version of Lord Hater.
@@jaggerguth4391that, if anything, is a point in Glomgold’s favor!
@@e-mananimates2274man that dude is amazing at playing pieces of shit. Is it weird I hate Bloo the most of the characters listed
@@skibot9974 Nah! It's only natural! Bloo was more likable in the pilot episode and the earlier ones, but he grew worse as time progressed.
Disney Duck lore has layers that rival Tolkien in terms of sheer density, how can the life NOT be like a hurricane here in Duckburg?
He didn't even mention the Duck Avenger comics and all the weird opponents Donald faced there. The Eronians alone are probably worth their own episode.
If there ever was a "Great American Comic Book", then Carl Barks is the author! I consider him worthy of being spoken on the same breath as Mark Twain or John Steinbeck! As the icing on the cake, his work has even inspired multiple people across generations! In fact, manga and anime as we know it wouldn't have happened without his comics!
@masedaace5473 it most likely he's gon a cover that in the Darkwing Duck video in the future
@@WhiteDarkness3113 I'm not sure. Darkwing has enough villains for his own video.
Can we talk about how Gyre Gearloose in the reboot show is basically a Batman villain who wasn't fired by his boss?
I feel like Gyre is that ONE step away from becoming a Batman villain, if Scrooge ever fired him, he WOULD become that Batman villain. Which is the best and most hilarious update to a character ever.
And Scrooge seems to be fully aware of this! He has employed The Riddler/Mad Hatter/Mr. Freeze.
He is just smart enough to know that if he ever fires him, it's gonna backfire... So yeah, new Gyre is ONE step away from what ought to be on this list, which is forever hilarious to me.
Only the Reboot version.
The OG version is a complete sweetheart that, while at times might get pushed, would never hurt a fly
@@gotmog22 I know, I did say reboot Gyre specifically.
And as someone who grew up with the comic books, I am Danish they are everywhere around here, I am very aware of his original personality.
But honestly, I love the new versions of characters in the reboot, they are so funny.
The ONLY one I don't like in the reboot... is Launchpad... I... I really can't stand reboot Launchpad.
And I recognize the issue, in the original show Launchpad WAS the stand in for Donald and thus had Donald's personality traits, but now they decided to just include Donald as a main character so they HAD to do something different with Launchpad.
It's just that what they did I didn't really find endearing or even funny...
All the rest though, I adore. They made changes but kept true to the heart of the franchise which is wonderful.
When the scientist who you look up to reprogrammed your creation to be evil and almost destroy Tokyo, you have every reason to become cynical and less optimistic. Makes Gyro feel a bit more realistic despite his difference from the original.
@@KaizokuGaeru And he's honestly just hilarious.
Also why I can't be mad that Goldglom is dumb now. He's hilarious! Every second he is on screen he is so entertaining!
And well, the thing about Gyre now being more mean and cynical helps elevate Fenton as somebody more pure and optimistic.
I like Fenton SO much better in the reboot than the original, I was never really a fan of him in the original at all, found him pretty annoying.
But here in the reboot, he is far better. And well, this sort of innocent outright naive personality works best when paired up with a cynic so they can play off each other, and even give something to each other. Fenton can give Gyre the optimism he lacks, and Gyre can provide Fenton with the cynicism he requires.
Good character writing also mean you need a variety of character personalities so they can play of each other, and if everyone is just nice and pure, it can feel pretty flat which well.. Could happen in original Ducktales, especially in later seasons where having both Fenton AND Launchpad as the Donald standings was kind of overkill.
I am so glad they just had Donald in this show, they NAILED him. He is the honest every day man who's honestly just trying to do his best, and is the heart, and becomes the heart Scrooge lacks quite often. He SHINES when standing next to Scrooge.
I also loved how Scrooge seemed to have honest and legit respect for Donald in this show, he really viewed Donald as an honest hard worker you can trust, one of the few people he seem to truly trust. That seemed as it was taking straight out of the Don Rosa comics and it made me so happy.
My bad for misreading.
TBF, Reboot!Gyro's characterization was... basically PG-rated Rick Sanchez. I really go back and forth with Ducktales. I do not like it as an adaptation, but on its own is extremely fun
Dijon and Jin straight up feels like the glow up meme, from a weak and cowardly, gold obsessed weasel to a noble and collected warrior and ally
Dijon always reminded me of Beni from the first Mummy movie, and considering that movie came out nearly a decade after the ducktales movie, there's a non-zero chance Beni was inspired by Dijon, which tickles me immensely
Except Beni gets his comeuppance.
Regarding the other noteworthy Duck villains mentioned in this video:
-John D. Rockerduck is interesting in that he's like Glomgold, a business rival for Scrooge, but unlike Glomgold or even Scrooge for that matter, he's not nearly as stingy and is pretty liberal with his spending, to the point where when Rockerduck and Glomgold worked together once, Glomgold was disgusted by how extravagant Rockerduck's home was. It reminds me of how Scrooge always tends to live in a relatively modest home in most incarnations, except for the reboot, where I'm guessing he lives in a mansion in order to house the treasures from his adventures that otherwise couldn't be put into his Money Bin.
-I'm actually kind of surprised the reboot never made use of Argus McSwine, given how deep they got with their references to the comic books. Maybe if they had a fourth season, they could have introduced him properly. At least he got one episode in the original DuckTales. Let's see if he'll ever get more appearances after that.
-El Capitan and Merlock are good villains for their respective stories, but I otherwise don't have much to say about them, other than it's impressive that El Capitan lived as long as he did without any magical assistance, and Merlock is a highly competent villain saddled with some less than competent help.
-Speaking of Dijon, I actually think he's a funny character, and surprised he got more use outside the DuckTales movie. I do really like how he was re-characterized in the reboot, though, and his name is now Farus D'jinn so it sounds authentically Middle Eastern and not just a pun on Dijon Mustard.
-Mark Beaks, I initially saw as basically the reboot equivalent of Rockerduck, a younger business rival to Scrooge and Glomgold. That said, he barely seems all that interested in competing with the two in terms of who is the richest, and is more focused on publicity and fulfilling his own odd desires and obsessions. His episodes where he tries to steal the Gizmoduck technology shows he actually IS smart enough to do things competently, he's just lazy and would rather take the easy way out most of the time. Fun villain, even if he's obnoxious a lot of the time.
-I remember seeing a little pushback on making Doofus Drake a villain, to which I recall Francisco Angones, co-showrunner of the DuckTales reboot, saying before he made the decision, he looked online to see if there was secretly a huge fan following for Doofus, and all he could find was fanart of Doofus falling in love with a hot dog. Speaking for myself, yeah, it's a drastically different character, but it's not like I cared all that much about Doofus in the original show.
-Zeus's characterization in the reboot is interesting, in that it gets that the original Zeus was petty and easily angered, but then it proceeds to go a step further but having him having him unleash a Titan, the enemies of the Gods, just to make himself look badass. It's like the went in the exact opposite direction of Disney's Hercules and, like many stuff in the reboot, exaggerated it for comic effect.
-I... honestly don't have much to say about General Lunaris. I think all the stuff with the Moon and Moonlanders is neat, and I think it all makes for a good, climactic ending to season 2, and a good way to have the villains of the third series be more motivated to become more active, but as for Lunaris himself? Well, I like that he's smart enough to out-think Scrooge, but is so smart that he thinks Glomgold plan must me hiding something else because it's so stupid and flawed they can't possibly be relying only on that. Other that that, though, not the most memorable villain, at least to me.
-I love the twist that Scrooge's boring Board of Directors we saw in the very first episode were, in fact, the leaders of F.O.W.L. in this universe, they even kind of looked like the shadowy F.O.W.L. leaders in Darkwing Duck. It's interesting, too, since you could easily just see them as simply profit-motivated members of Scrooge's board, but in retrospect, it's interesting that they rarely offer any ideas to increase profits other than downsizing and cutting costs. This is because they were using Scrooge's riches to fund their own schemes and weren't all that interested in making Scrooge richer. Seriously, as a final villain for the reboot to go out on, Bradford Buzzard is a good one, being deeply connected to Scrooge for years and being in charge of a large criminal organization that has given Scrooge and the world grief even before season 3. I also like how he keeps insisting he's not a villain and is just a well-intentioned extremist, though the years of working with Black Heron have clearly made him more inclined to do villainous things, even if he's still in denial about it until the end.
Seriously, the DuckTales Reboot was so good at honoring the Scrooge McDuck history while creating something new, I really wish it went on longer. Apparently, Francisco Angones wanted to make sure the episodes didn't air out of order again like Disney did with the previous seasons, and the only way he could do that was to have it air on Disney XD. When he did this, and he didn't see the serious got automatically renewed for another season like the previous ones, he learned his lesson from Wander Over Yonder and decided to get everything he wanted out of this reboot out in this final season. This is, incidentally, part of why Negaduck didn't show up in season 3, since Negaduck needed at LEAST a full episode to himself, and there was just not enough room in season 3 to fit him in. Still, I'm very much impressed by what they managed to accomplish with these three seasons, really good stuff all around.
Daffy Duck wishes he had the massive extended lore/cast associated with him and major appearances to his name like Donald Duck has.
It depends on which version.
Well there’s Duck Doggers.
Daffy Duck: Do you any idea on what this duck is saying?
Imagine if this was covered in any Looney Tunes spinoff! I bet he would go thorugh great lengths to make his own duck universe only to have it fall flat on its face!
Like UA-camr mattt once said, Carl Barks was a big influence on such creators like Osamu Tezuka, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Robert Crumb and Matt Groening. Think about it for a while.
It's why Carl Barks is just as important to Disney as Walt himself!
Indeed! Indiana Jones wouldn't have even existed without the Duck comics!
43:37 Yeah, I got that same impression, too. They acted more like husband and wife. There were plenty of parts in the flashback where they shot each other long looks from across the room and held each other's hands for no reason other than physical affection like a couple. When my friend and I were talking about it last night, she got some major Cersei and Jaime Lannister vibes from those two, if you know what I mean. While I'm not Italian per se, I'm half Mexican. I know I don't act like that around my brothers, so I doubt Italians do either, since there is some cultural crossover. So it REALLY makes me wonder if the creators of the reboot were implying that sort of relationship, but couldn't outright say it, because it's a Disney cartoon targeted at children. The signs are there.
Okay now I read tv tropes on the flashback of that episode (I haven’t seen the reboot and probably never will) and I read that Edgar Allen POE married his cousin so I can believe the Andy and Leyley vibe was intentional.
Part of me is surprised they didn’t get Lena Headey to play her considering it’s no secret Cersei was named after Circe, the witch from Greek mythology and is associated with wealth and gold as the Lannisters live in a castle on a gold mine they got by swindling the original owners. Hell she’s basically the archetypical Disney villain only turned up to an eleven, down to her pettiness, arrogance and stupidity being her downfall in the books. In the book she begins to act more and more like Robert to the point where she gains a little weight. But paranoid that Tyrion or the Tyrells are screwing with her, she convinces herself that her maids are actually gaslighting her and ruining her clothes.
Ma Beagle also is shown to be a excellent dancer, wich her dance moves were put to use by avoiding the night guard's light.
The Beagle Boys must be the strangest looking, least animal-like animal characters in all of Disney though, even having human ears occasionally.
I had "DuckTales The Movie: Treasure Of The Lost Lamp" on VHS when I was a little girl! Dijon was quite the kleptomaniac, and Merlock was a dangerous, petty, evil sorcerer!
Something else to note about the Beagle Boys in the comics is that they seem to have a knack for using wild animals for schemes. In Only a Poor Old Man, they trained cormorants to steal coins, loaded fish with dynamite to blow up Scrooge's dam, and even bred their own voracious termites for the same goal. Then there's a comic where they've trained gophers to undermine Scrooge's money bin, and another where they've been sending trained birds to fly through a broken window to steal Scrooge's loose change (it's never much, but it's money that Scrooge doesn't get back).
"Rockerduck" is such a weird name... I mean, "Quackerfeller" was right there! No wonder some other languages went with that...
Then there's the Swedish translation naming him Pluring, which simply means... "coin."
Rockerfeather
In Germany he ist called Klaas Klever, Klever is clever in German. Germany seem to Like when the surname and the First Name start with the Same letter. Scrooch is called Dagobert Duck. And Pegleg Pete is called Kater Karlo, what is short for Karl Friedhelm Katermann. Kater is a male cat.
I don't know if it was ever translated into English, but as a kid I used to own a comic in spanish, framed as the finale for Scrooge and Magica's rivalry.
It involves the Duck family being teleported to Disneyland Paris (and yes, the real Donald now co-exists with human cast members in Donald suits; and no, it's not a parallel universe, it's implied to be still in the Duck universe since Magica can travel there from Duckburg just by flying).
The Beagle Boys are also involved, Donald magically gets amnesia, and at the end Magica becomes depowered and magically transported to an actual parallel universe where she's forever tormented by ghosts.
That was quite a fever dream.
That story sounds highly contrived but to each their own.
@@notsyzagts7967 It is pretty contrived and doesn't resist the slightest analysis of continuity. It's pretty much an advertisment for Disney parks and just a weird footnote.
I actually covered this on my twitter. Really interesting from a Disney fan perspective!
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@@ColinLooksBack Cool. Thanks!
23:40 Frank Welker was the voice of the Beagle Boy in Goin Quackers, he uses his Bigtime voice for them
I think maybe the reason that Rockerduck has gotten more appearances in the comics than Glomgold is sort of related to your issue with Glomgold's reboot character - and how it's difficult to believe that he's Scrooge's #1 rival for richest duck in the world. Rockerduck is incredibly rich, but he's not as close to the top as Scrooge and Glomgold, so his childish antics don't break suspension of disbelief as much. As a result, while Glomgold is limited to especially epic confrontations with Scrooge, Rockerduck is an easy option for rivalry antics that aren't to be taken as seriously.
Rockerduck was created by Carl Barks as a one-off character, but Italian Donald Duck artists turned him into a rival for Scrooge. They'd often get into a petty rivalry over some industry, which would escalate until something really bad happened, usually resulting in both of them failing and a potential third party to succeed instead.
Stories where both he and Flintheart appear are really rare, and I can understand why, since both of them want to be richer than Scrooge.
Correction. Two nameless tall ones are voiced by Maurice Lamarsche, and Shorty is voiced by Jeff Bennett. I will mention that the turtle is voiced by Rob Paulsen. I wrote that because those three are generic voice actors in Disney Media.
Bradford's ending was extremely poetic: he wanted absolute control over the world because it was too chaotic for his liking, but in the end, he's turned into a pet, non-sapient buzzard- to the incredibly chaotic Magica. He wanted to take everyone's agency away, and he had his own agency taken away in one of the most extreme ways imaginable.
I noticed when I was just a little kid that the raven was Magica's brother, and that Scrooge's dime could turn him back. Because of that I saw Scrooge as the real villain when they crossed paths, as Magica's goal in getting that dime was evidently just to save her brother, and Scrooge refused to part with a single coin to let that happen.
ok but did she ever try asking nicely
The Deja-Vus
that joke sold me on the reboot show.
I can’t imagine how long the Lilo & Stitch video will be given that encompasses 4 movies (5 if you count the upcoming remake), 3 shows, and a few video games
Plus would the experiments themselves count as villains as you can definitely consider Bonnie and Clyde as one .
@@nicholassims9837don’t forget Ruben, 627, and Leroy
Don't forget 2 anime specials, a manga set in feudal japan, and a few american comics. Not to mention the pitch of Stitch's old criminal gang.
I'm actually really curious how it'll be handled, given that the first movie starts with Stitch as a villain protagonist and there are arguably 5 antagonists out to stop the little monster. One of them is the self-proclaimed evil Jumba who becomes a true ally in the third act, and is then replaced by Gantu, who thinks he's the hero but is the cruelest character in the cast (for now).
Hell there's 6 if you count Mertel, though I'd say she's not truly an antagonist till the series and sequel, where she's probably nastier than Gantu.
I've enjoyed the recent domestic conflict Disney movies, but it'll be a nice reminder that there's lots of ways to do a grey morality conflict.
I do hope we get Reuben though.
@@gota7738 same with Lion King and Toy Story as those will be big with them having multiple shows and movies
Beaks didn’t create Boyd, Gyro Gearloose did. Though beaks was the one who originally gave Boyd that name, as he was initially known as Tubio
While you didn't bring it up, There's also other Comic Villains that didn't appeared in the animated adaptations that much (Or never appeared at all).
Foola Zoola is a Stereotypical Blackface Witch Doctor who, After Scrooge McDuck destroyed his Native Village, Stealing his Tribe Land, and being a Dick to him in general, sends out an indestructible (And even more Blackface) Zombie named Bombie to go after Scrooge and Kill him. Donald is just unlucky enough to Meet him first and Bombie mistakes Donald as Scrooge. The Bombie notably appeared in the Ducktale Reboot as a One-Shot Villain. This Bombie is created specifically to hunt down people who claimed the "World Richest" title and will leave anyone alone if you give him humility.
The Country of Brutopia is basically The Duck Comics Version of Soviet Russia just like Thembria from Talespin with a Slight hint of Pottsylvania. Being composed of Spies, Dictators, and Anti-Capitalism across the board, Brutopia prides themselves at being Ruthless, World-conquering, Communists. A Brutopian Representative in "Cold Bargain" even states that "Brutopia don't eat Ice Cream" and is willing to destroy a Valuable element called Bombastium because it's really an Ice Cream Recipe. Among Brutopia's Many agents includes Mystic Max McMalefactor, A former Stage Magician turned Brutopian Spy who uses his Skills to Smuggle a Microfilm from inside the epoch Express, and Count Von Turpentine, a Big Game Hunter living in Danger Island.
Arpin Lusène AKA The Black Knight is Duck Comics take on Lupin. A Polite Gentleman-Like thief who is more interested in making everyone believe he was a Master Thief rather than personal gain. He became the Black Knight after he stole one of Scrooge McDuck's Suit of Armor and coated it with Diamonds dust and Omnisolve, A substance that Gyro created in an earlier story which can destroy anything it touches. Unlike the Beagle Boys, Arpin sees Scrooge more of a Friendly rival than anything else.
The animated Bombie is more of a force of nature than an actual villain.
You'd think the Beagles would have more appearances in Mickey & Friends video games. Their seemingly endless numbers would make perfect enemies to populate levels.
Ducktales woohoo! Thanks so much for making this video! So many amazing characters and stories! Merlock despite not being used very often is definitely my personal favorite character on this list and I just love that movie so much. I also really like Dijon! The Ducktales movie is definitely underrated in my opinion. There’s a lot of amazing facts in this video. I genuinely admire the research and work that you put into it. It’s truly amazing and inspiring.
DuckTales has many memorable villains. However the one that stands out to me the most is Magica, even in the reboot.
Nothing To Fear is still one of the most memorable episodes for me
I think Magica had Lena call her “Aunt" because Magica didn’t want to get emotionally attached to Lena as family since in reality, Lena is basically Magica’s daughter/clone created from her own essence/shadow.
Then why made her call her Aunt? Should have been Master Magica or Master instead if she didn't want any attachment
@@djpegao Sorry, I meant Magica let Lena call her “Aunt" as part of the act/plan to trick others but she never called Lena niece, daughter, or my child. Mostly Magic called Lena as just being a part of her shadow.
After that long historical episode, I've grown more invested in the Ducktales franchise.
I've been looking forward to this particular video the most- ive' read the donald duck comics since before i could even read. As such, i am very attached to the characters who originated from the pages, especially the beagle boys, Rockerduck and Flintheart. Helps that since here in finland, lots and lots of comics get translated, meaning i've experienced countless amount of stories featuring them all. I'l me rewatching this video multiple times, that's for sure.
Glomgold being a vainglorious buffoon in the 2017 series actually tracks pretty well with the current breed of greedy rich dudes out there, so I didn't think he was too dumb to be a real rival. We see examples of people who are objectively not bright throwing enough money at the world to get everyone to praise their smarts pretty much every day. I can think of several who'd roll up to a rival's funeral like Glomgold did...
This entry was amazing. And I’m glad you’re doing a Darkwing Duck entry. It might not be as integral as the other Disney media you’ve covered, but it still has an amazing rogues gallery
In Finland the translated version of "McSwine" is almost always the same character called P. J. Petkunterä 😂
I cannot tell you how much I adore this series, and I’m so pleased how exhaustive you are about it. While I was never a huge duck takes fan, it makes me salivate for the eventual darkwing duck rogues gallery episode.
Magica de Spell was the most memorable tv antagonist because she was more Chaotic Neutral than anything else, and actually cared more about being a good magic user than just being rich/powerful like the other villians.
It sucks that we didn't get to see Morgana Macawber on the Ducktales reboot tying back to Darkwing's appearance. Design wise, I imagine her wearing a crimson trenchcoat much like Wanda in the MCU.
I mean... The Darkwing episodes WERE supposed to be a backdoor pilot, and there was a Darkwing Duck show in the works with Seth Rogen as a producer that was meant to be a continuation of the reboot.
But... Then DisneyChannel got axed, and all the shows it was currently producing, which included the reboot.
And the Darkwing reboot seems to be completely up in the air as well to this day.
I think there are still some talks, with the incredible success "Invincible." had, also being a Seth Rogen produced show. There's still a chance but.... The behind the scenes of Disney is just an utter MESS these days
Everything is DEI, legacy creators are being fired for being the wrong gender, skin color or just being... Old. So they are being replaced for younger "Fresher." talent.
Incidentally young people who wouldn't put up as much of a fight when it comes to the creative aspect and are more willing to just follow orders.
While executives are making stupid decisions though they never wrote or created a thing. So... I don't even know if the Reboot people are even THERE anymore. I wouldn't be shocked if the answer is no. And well... They are aiming at only producing shows that fulfill the DEI quota meaning the main character needs to be female or none-white or both and Darkwing is a white male... So... yeah... I dunno.
I actually got a Ducktales Christmas ornament during the Covid pandemic. One of my family’s traditions is that we usually get an ornament to represent something that we did during the year, and in this kind of circumstance, I’d rather remember something that made me feel better. Ducktales is an entertaining and comforting show, and this was a good retrospective
Catching up on the Disney Villains retrospective has lead me to this moment
You know how the reboot could have incorporated Aladdin into its Disney Afternoon universe? Humanize Iago, much like what Talespin did with Shere Khan, and make him the Donald Trump-esque owner of the Enchanted Tiki Hotel, along with Zazu from The Lion King (a reference to Enchanted Tiki Room Under New Management). Gilbert Gottfriend was still alive during the reboots run so it would have worked perfectly.
That sounds incredibly random tbh
It wouldn't have made any sense, but part of me thinks it would have been funnier if they did that *without* changing his original design.
I love the ducktales reboot, man.
The 2010s version of DuckTales solved cleverly and easily on who might be the main villain for Scrooge McDuck specially on the climax of Season 2 where actually happens an ensemble of all the relevant DuckTales villains in a way that kinda makes similar ensembles from DC comics into both a good hommage-inspiration way or even a SHAME on their current way of working it now.
my roman empire is the fact that Magica is voiced by Catherine Tate and Scrooge by David Tennant who they also played the 10th Doctor and Donna Noble in Doctor Who, no wonder their performances are so good in the reboot, i'm surprised nobody is talking about it
If Bradford stooped as low as lust, hyper-religiousness or gaslighting evidently he’d be the next Frollo lol
My finnish ass fearing you don't mention the comics while talking about ducktales was extremely happy about the start of the video. (Carl Barks is legend but Don Rosa is the best)
Glomgold being stupid AF is actually very on brand for actual rich people. A certain owner of a certain formerly bird branded social media app can prove that…but that guy isn’t dumb in a funny way.
1:54 Beagle Boys
24:26 Flinheart Glomgold
34:10 Magica De Spell
46:56 John D. Rockerduck
52:05 Argus McSwine
1:13:33 Zeus (not to be confused with the Zeus from Disney’s Hercules)
54:00 El Captain
55:29 Merlock
1:00:26 Dijon
1:06:13 Mark Beaks
1:10:18 Doofus Drake
1:15:15 General Lunaris
1:17:41 Bradford Buzzard
I love how in "A Little Something Special", Grandpa Blackheart becomes a full-blown terrorist, trying to blow up Duckberg.
Hey dude if you ever get to Ursula someday, can u also mention the graphic novel where in an alternate universe, she won?
As a girl from Naples, i litirally couldn't wait for you to get to Magica lol
I have to admit Don Rosa and Carl Barks were great comic artists.
I grew up with both of their stories. Don Rosa especially mixes up real historical facts with amusing humor that never fails to make me smile.
@@wikiuser92 Don't forget that Don Rosa is amazing at story telling while also making some of the most beautiful artwork in history.
@@kaikobak1698 Agreed. Don Rosa's stories are my go-to canon for Donald Duck stuff.
@@wikiuser92 And it's crazy to see that both Don Rosa and Carl Barks only focus on making stories that star either Donald Duck or Scrooge McDuck and not make stories for other Disney Characters,like Mickey Mouse,Goofy and The Seven Dwarfs for example.
@@kaikobak1698 The last one was w weird example, but yeah. Rosa never made any Mickey Mouse stories, and even Barks ever made only one.
I think the idea of Glomgold being what Scrooge would be if he didn't have his family keeping him from going overboard is the most interesting take.
I believe that Murloc did indeed die, because once the genie became a boy, his power/wishes he cast lost their power.
Like when the sidekick was turned into pig then back again once the genie was made a boy.
life is like a hurricane here in duckburg...
Racecars, lazers, aeroplanes, it's a duck-blur...
Might solve a mystery, or rewrite history
DuckTales, Woo-Hoo…
Every day they're out there making Ducktales, Woo-ooo!
Tales of derring-do bad and good luck tales!
I FINALLY DID IT I BEAT SCROOGE MCDUCK!
WE WERE ON THE SAME TEAM!
You know, I got an Italian Donald Duck chocolate prize egg years back that had a Rockerduck figure in it. While you didn't get into details about Paperinik or the spinoffs for the sake of brevity, let me be the one to mention his deal as a supervillain. His alter ego has the groan inducing turn of phrase pun of "Rollerdollar." And a short run of those comics were published in the US, they are well out of print (BOOM! published them). So they'd be hard for anyone to track down. That said, I'm a big Beagle Boys fan. I always love that lower level bad guy trope of the robbing thugs as much as I love major threats. While I appreciate the comics version, I greatly prefer both cartoons' take on giving them personalities. I especially love how the Reboot basically made a huge reference to The Warriors with their gangs. I think that show ended satisfyingly enough, but I really wish there was a short run 4th season that was just about Scrooge's rivalry with the Beagle family.
Probably my favorite one in this series, especially when it comes to the 2017 villains. You really went all out with researching them. Really looking forward to seeing Who Framed Roger Rabbit, especially when we get to Judge Doom, who's ALSO played by Christopher Lloyd.
I hope this means a Gargoyles villain retrospective could happen now! Amazing job my dude!
As a HUGE fan of Carl Barks, and HUGE Donald Duck fan, I've been waiting for this! Thanks, Colin!
Josh Brenner not only voiced Mark Beaks, but he also voiced Dylan from 101 Dalmatian Street as well
Once more, Brenner has quite a range where he voiced a petty and often imposing billionaire to a loveable and self conscious nerd.
He also played another insufferable scientific genius in Rise of the TMNT, along side Dewey's voice actor Ben Schwartz (Donnie and Leo respectively). I think that both series compliment each other in that way.
Villain or not, I like to see Dijon as a very decent guy anyone could be friends with.
Coincidentally, Touhou had a plot line about the lunarians around the same time as Ducktales, both of them having shockingly irredeemable villains and lost parents.
EDIT: Is it just me or was Magica in the 2017 partially modeled off of Mima, especially their relation to Lena/Marisa?
This was definitely worth the wait. Ducktales has such a history that I'm glad you were able to cover a good chunk of it here. Although would Goldie count as a villain? She did swindle Scrooge a few times in the comics and steal the one thing he can't get back but that was a blindsiding the censors moment. I'm just glad the reboot wasn't a dumpster fire like so many others. Am I mad at some changes? Yes but it is minor! The people who worked on the show did their homework and made it its own thing.
Goldie is more of a Carmen/Selina type since she's more of the "super young auntie" to the triplets and clearly Scrooge's wife.
I’m so glad we’ve gotten to the Disney afternoon stuff
I love the Disney movies but these shows will always be special to me
I think I’m most excited for Darkwing and Bonkers, not only are they my favorites but I personally believe Darkwing’s set of villains in particular are the best Disney has ever made… sure they might be borderline knockoffs of Batman villains but that’s not inherently a bad thing
18:58 thats "esteemed" charcter actress (and fugitive from the law) margot Martindale
50:22 I love this scene cause... he is yelling to a waiter that has Jeeves actual design. The only time in TV Rockerduck and Jeeves are in the same scene and SOMEONE has the correct face
Also, fun fact about the Italian dubbing: Jeeves, in Italy, it's called "Lusky". We did not called the TV Jeeves with his comic name. Good, cause that is not our Jeeves.
Never watched Ducktales before, but I'd never miss a video in this series. Great job as always, and now 8 Episodes into the show and I'm really enjoying it. Thanks!
6:01-6:04
I wonder if the name Blackheart inspired the name "Black Arts" for the gothic magician of the Beagle Boys crime family in the 2017 Reboot?
This was an enlightening video about the DuckTales villains. I was under the impression that the DuckTales characters were all original to the cartoons, other than Huey duey, Louie and Scrooge Mcduck, but I was wrong.
Excellent work on this.
Also, Flint, Magica and the Beagle Boys made a cameo in the Darkwing Duck episode, "In Like Blunt"
That's probably gonna be mentioned in Darkwings episode.
@@masedaace5473 okay.
Merlock is fascinating to me because he's the only Magic user character i can think of in disney who is physically as well as magically powerful. I very much wonder if he was originally based off Pete, looking at his concept art and thinking about his physically imposing but not "buff" prescence
17:33 I see what you did there with the Déjà Vus
You think this was big, wait till you get to Darkwing Duck
It’s going to be an interesting one indeed next year.
Also I just can’t wait for the Darkwing disney villain retrospective they have such a colorful rouges gallery . Bushroot is my favorite.
Bushroot is definitely up there with Megavoilt for me.
I remember one story in the comics where the writer actually remembered that originally Magica DeSpell wasn't specifically after Scrooge's first dime, but was collecting coins from rich people in general to make a magic talisman (Scrooge's dime, being the first coin earned by the richest duck in the world, had the most magical potential but she had before that already collected a bunch of other coins), and had Magica decide to give up on trying to get Scrooge's dime and use the coins she already had to make an amulet that didn't give her the Midas touch but still made her extremely rich. However, at that point she had gotten so used to trying to steal the dime that she couldn't enjoy her newfound riches and by the end of the story went back to antagonizing Scrooge.
It's also interesting how in the European (mostly Italian) comics Rockerduck is the primary rival for Scrooge and Glomgold is pretty much never seen, while Barks only used him once and Don Rosa only had him appear as a child in "the Live and Times of Scrooge mcDuck" (Rosa instead used Glomgold as a rival to Scroge in multiple stories). Might have just been that since Glomgold was established to live in South Africa the Italian writers felt it made more sense to use Rockerduck since they could have him live in Duckburg and interact with Scrooge in person more easily (in a lot of stories they're both members of the billionaires' club and get into some argument at the club which then kicks off the story). Despite both characters filling the same narrative role they are actually portrayed quite differently. Glomgold is usually either competing with Scrooge to prove who is richer or chasing after the same treasure, and is much more of an actual villain, frequently trying to kill off Scrooge. Rockerduck's and Scrooge's rivalry does occasionally consist of them challenging each other to prove their wealth by doing something but frequently consists of them having competing businesses and trying to drive the other out of business. He's willing to resort to dirty tricks but doesn't seem like he'd actually want to kill anybody, and he's very rarely shown to be interested in treasure-hunting.
This video makes me wish I still had Disney+ both versions of Ducktales sound like lots of fun
Great video about all Scrooge foes.
I just something to add: "Glomgold is too stupid to be the second richest duck in the world."
Elon Musk is one of the richest men in the real world and a lot of people see him as really stupid.
See him as really stupid? He IS really stupid
Glomgold in the Reboot is just Lord Hater. Seriously, They shared the Voice Actor and they both extremely childish.
I don't see Glomgold as being so much dumb, more as danger to himself and others levels of mentally unstable. Like have you ever lost your temper and did something without thinking? That's him 24/7. Way I see it, I think something happened in his early life as Duke Baloney was traumatic and he tried to turn it around to make money to leave South Africa or needing money to survive. Something that would absolutely break him when Scrooge gave him the dime. Which makes the Ballad episode so tragic. He's so blindly hateful of Scrooge for that one misunderstood moment back all the way when he was a child that wanting revenge ruined his life and drove him to insanity. Just not a Joker level of higher clarity and becoming a deviously brilliant monster. Just a crazy little goofball that just wants to see Scrooge die painfully. Him dancing to "All I do is Win" was him getting that closure.
My man Glomgold making his next scheme an exploding low poly truck
Although the beginning of Musk's fortune was largely inherited
Fun fact, in the Brazilian dub Merlock was dubbed by the same guy who dubbed Jafar, so both characters had extremely similar dialogues regarding finding a lamp with a genie.
Funny how the Ducktales Hades is more closer to the Greek verison than Hercules Hades
Him looking like someone out of Hot Topic makes it ironically hilarious.
This was incredible!
Thanks for all your hard work to bring us this retrospective!
Funny italian thing: "Ottoperotto" name - the Beagle Dog one - litteraly translates to "8 x 8" , or "eight-by-eight"
And he has 64 in his nametag. Always loved that name.
It's also a pun because the Beagle Boys are called Bassotti (litteraly dachusan. Yes they changed their breed, they don't really look like either anyways) and Ottoperotto it's also that breed of dog. Bassotto, otto...
It's interesting that the DuckTales 2017 team originally wanted Magica to sound like Isabella Rosselini. I say this because Dana Terrace, who storyboarded for DuckTales, would later cast Rosselini as the Bat Queen in her own series, The Owl House
its still so weird to me that Baggy was just left out of the reboot. Maybe it was because he was to similar to Burger in the classic show but idk its just still kinda weird considering the other 3 from the original series at least made a cameo. I like to think in the reboot world he left em and became one of the successful ones workin at a tailor shop sellin stylized baggy clothes for the youth.
Man, these Disney comics are absolutely huge in Italy, or at least used to be
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