DuckTales (1987)

1988 • Disney XD
4.9
20 reviews
TV-G
Rating
Eligible
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Volume 3 episodes (16)

1 Horse Scents
10/29/87
Season-only
Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold both have horses entered in the Kenducky Derby! If Flintheart wins he'll at last overtake Scrooge and become the world's richest duck! Webby befriends an old workhorse who runs like lightning when it hears the sound of a bugle. Villains hired by Flintheart try desperately to fix the race, but Webby plays jockey, and they're off!
2 Scrooge's Pet
10/30/87
Season-only
Believing a pet will cheer up a disgruntled Uncle Scrooge the boys buy Scrooge a pet lemming that runs off with a locket containing the only copy of the combination to his new safe and joins the lemming hordes of "Novay." Only after ingenious attempts does Scrooge get the locket back, vowing never to have a pet again.
3 A Drain On The Economy
11/2/87
Season-only
Fruit that glows with light! If the richest duck in the world gets it, he will become even richer! The problem is that Flintheart and Scrooge are tied as the World's Richest Duck. Glomgold enlists the help of the Beagle Boys to steal Scrooge's money. The boys assault the Money Bin and get the money flowing through the drains of Duckburg. With the Nephews' help, Scrooge saves his money as it becomes part of the Duckburg water system!
4 A Whale Of A Bad Time
11/3/87
Season-only
Scrooge plans on shipping his fortune overseas, but his freighters are sunk - by a gigantic killer whale. When he and Donald are swallowed by the beast, they discover it's really a super-sub built by Horatio Bluebottle (under the command of Flintheart Glomgold). Scrooge manages to surface the sub by dumping his gold out of the hole and onto the ocean floor.
5 Aqua Ducks
11/4/87
Season-only
Scrooge, Gyro, Launchpad and Doofus search the deepest trench in the ocean for McDuck's lost fortune. They are shocked to discover it's been taken by a race of mer-people, who arrest our heroes....for littering the seabed! With the help of Gyro's new fizzy drink and some dolphins, Launchpad is able to raise the Lost City of Atlantis (which contains Scrooge's money).
6 Working For Scales
11/5/87
Season-only
Flintheart has already dumped his fortune on the giant scales of Macaroon, waiting for the big weigh-in. He's sure he will win, because he's hired the Beagle Boys to stop Scrooge from arriving. But Scrooge floats the City of Atlantis over the scales, and after a frantic aerial battle, manages to dump his fortune into place. Glomgold is defeated, and Scrooge is declared Richest Duck in the World!
7 Merit-Time Adventure
11/6/87
Season-only
Scrooge goes after a mysterious "Sea Serpent" that has been sinking his ships and terrorizing the sea lanes off Duckburg harbor. He is aided by Launchpad, the Nephews, Doofus and Webby, who are vying for Junior Woodchuck sailing merit badges. They meet various characters, all of whom are suspect as the perpetrators, when the "Monster" turns out to be a mechanical device for stealing cargo!
8 The Golden Fleecing
11/9/87
Season-only
Launchpad McQuack's encounter with harpies sends Scrooge McDuck on a quest for the mythical golden fleece. Finding it, Scrooge also encounters its guardian: the sleepless dragon! the powers of the fleece, however, make Scrooge's greed all consuming.
9 Ducks of the West
11/10/87
Season-only
The McDuck oilfields in Texas are mysteriously drying up. Scrooge puts on a JR. Ewing (JR. Mooing) act and investigates. The trail leads to an old western ghost town. There he and the Nephews meet the gun-toting ghost of Jesse Jones!
10 Time Teasers
11/11/87
Season-only
When the Beagles get hold of Gyro's time-altering device, they freeze time long enough to remove every dime from Scrooge's vault. An accident, however, hurls the Beagles and Scrooge's fortune back to pirate days, and they get a dose of their own medicine, when the Beagles are captured by an even meaner band of pirates! Scrooge, Gyro and the Nephews travel back in time to the rescue, using Gyro's time tub and escape with the money under a hail of cannon balls!
11 Back Out in the Outback
11/12/87
Season-only
Webby, Launchpad and the Nephews interact with Crocodile Dundee-types when Scrooge takes them to Australia to investigate strange UFO's that are destroying Scrooge's wool production at his desolate sheep ranch. Webby's understanding of animals saves the day and captures the bad guys just in time, as Australian animals (koala, kangaroo, sheep dog, etc.) lend a helpful paw.
12 Raiders Of The Lost Harp
11/13/87
Season-only
Scrooge's archaeological dig in the Greek Islands uncovers the lost city of Troy and an ancient warning not to remove the valued artifacts from their tomb. Scrooge passes off the warnings as nonsense, takes the artifacts to Duckburg and barely lives to regret it as his actions bring to life a terrible monster which is bent on recovering Helen of Troy's harp of truth. The entire military might of the nation cannot stop the monster. What's worse, the truth-telling harp gives Scrooge unexpected insights into himself and those around him.
13 The Right Duck
11/16/87
Season-only
Determined to prove he's not a stupid pilot, Launchpad enrolls in the Duckburg astronaut program, where he's chosen for the next space orbit around Earth. What Launchpad doesn't know is that he was chosen because he's an idiot - the perfect one to test the new idiot proof guidance system. Launchpad ends up on Mars, where he antagonizes Mars' ruler, Ping the Pitiless, who launches an attack on Earth!
14 Scroogerello
11/17/87
Season-only
An ill and delirious Scrooge is irritated by his family's efforts to nurse him. But he learns to appreciate his servants when he dreams he's "Scroogerello," a Cinderella-type serving duck to his evil stepbrudders, the Beagle Boys! With Glomgold as the stepfadder and Webby as the fairy godmother in training, Scrooge sets off to win the hand of Princess Goldie (Glitterin' Goldie) at the "Pick-A-Prince Ball!" But he ends up in a mad-cap adventure, trying to save her from his evil step brudders. Features Scrooge in a dazzling tuxedo and golden top hat, Webby in fairy godmother garb with magic wand, the Beagle Boys in tacky tuxes, Glitterin' Goldie in a beautiful ballgown and Launchpad as a accident-prone frog.
15 Double-O-Duck
11/18/87
Season-only
Launchpad McQuack is the perfect double for international spy Bruno Von Beak, and is drafted as secret agent Double-O-Duck. His mission: to stop the infamous Dr. Nogood and his crime ring, F.O.W.L. (the Foreign Organization for World Larceny), from destroying the world's money supply.
16 Luck O' The Ducks
11/19/87
Season-only
Far Daring, a slippery little leprechaun con artist, is accidentally shipped to Duckburg in a crate of Irish linen. The unlucky recipient? SCROOGE MCDUCK! When Scrooge learns of a vast treasure known only to leprechauns, he tricks Far Daring into granting him a wish, the location of the treasure! On the Emerald Isle, Far Darrig and his leprechaun friends try to trick Scrooge, Scrooge tries to trick them, and only Webby 's genuine trust and kindness toward Darrig saves Scrooge from a terrible fate.

About this show

Scrooge McDuck finds his hands full at home when nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie move to Duckburg. Joined by their loyal pals Launchpad McQuack, Gyro Gearloose and Mrs. Beakley, the DuckTales gang never fails to deliver a wealth of adventure. Get ready for a fortune of fun with DuckTales!

Ratings and reviews

4.9
20 reviews
David Eggert
June 23, 2016
An excellent series that still holds up very well, nearly 30 years later. The episodes are intelligently written, without pandering to children and still enjoyable for adults with fond memories of the series as well as newcomers. The transfers are good, likely the same as the previous DVD releases, but it would be nice to see an HD release, similar to what Rescue Rangers got. Hopefully the rest of the series is made available soon. In the meantime, Volume 1 is definitely worth picking up.