Scrooge McDuck is the richest duck in the world who serves as the main character on DuckTales. Created in 1947 by Disney comic book writer/artist Carl Barks, he is the elderly and curmudgeonly, but also adventurous, uncle of Donald Duck, and great-uncle to Huey, Dewey and Louie. As his name and personality suggest, he is named after and based on the character of Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol. Originally intended as a one-shot character, Scrooge proved to be so popular that he made many reappearances since then, and eventually he replaced Donald as the starring character in Barks' stories.
In animation, Scrooge first showed up in the intro sequence to The Mickey Mouse Club and then starred in a featurette titled Scrooge McDuck and Money, but he would be most prominently featured in DuckTales.
Appearances in Disney Afternoon media
TV episodes
- "The Treasure of the Golden Suns"
- "Send in the Clones"
- "Sphinx for the Memories"
- "Where No Duck Has Gone Before"
- "Armstrong"
- "Robot Robbers"
- "Magica's Shadow War"
- "Master of the Djinni"
- "Hotel Strangeduck"
- "Lost Crown of Genghis Khan"
- "Duckman of Aquatraz"
- "The Money Vanishes"
- "Dinosaur Ducks"
- "Maid of the Myth"
- "Down and Out in Duckburg"
- "Much Ado About Scrooge"
- "Top Duck"
- "Pearl of Wisdom"
- "The Curse of Castle McDuck"
- "Sweet Duck of Youth"
- "Earth Quack"
- "Home Sweet Homer"
- "Bermuda Triangle Tangle"
- "Micro Ducks from Outer Space"
- "Back to the Klondike"
- "Horse Scents"
- "Scrooge's Pet"
- "Catch as Cash Can"
- "Merit-Time Adventure"
- "The Golden Fleecing"
- "Ducks of the West"
- "Time Teasers"
- "Back Out in the Outback"
- "Raiders of the Lost Harp"
- "Scroogerello"
- "Luck o' the Ducks"
- "Duckworth's Revolt"
- "Magica's Magic Mirror"
- "Take Me Out of the Ballgame"
- "Duck to the Future"
- "Jungle Duck"
- "Duck in the Iron Mask"
- "The Uncrashable Hindentanic"
- "The Status Seekers"
- "Nothing to Fear"
- "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck"
- "Once Upon a Dime"
- "Spies in Their Eyes"
- "All Ducks on Deck"
- "Ducky Horror Picture Show"
- "Till Nephews Do Us Part"
- "Time is Money"
- "Super DuckTales"
- "The Land of Trala La"
- "Allowance Day"
- "Bubbeo & Juliet"
- "The Good Muddahs"
- "Metal Attraction"
- "Dough Ray Me"
- "Bubba's Big Brainstorm"
- "The Big Flub"
- "A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity"
- "Blue Collar Scrooge"
- "Beaglemania"
- "Yuppy Ducks"
- "The Bride Wore Stripes"
- "The Unbreakable Bin"
- "Attack of the Fifty-Foot Webby"
- "The Masked Mallard"
- "A DuckTales Valentine"
- "Ducky Mountain High"
- "Attack of the Metal Mites"
- "New Gizmo-Kids on the Block"
- "Scrooge's Last Adventure"
- "The Golden Goose"
- "Tiff of the Titans" (billboard cameo)