Scrooge McDuck universe
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The Scrooge McDuck universe is the fictional world where Scrooge McDuck lives. It is a subset of the Donald Duck universe. However, Donald Duck appears in most comic stories involving Scrooge. Only in the animated cartoons do they rarely meet. Thus, this distinction between universes is only relevant for the various animated cartoon series. It is non-existent in the comic books, which are the original medium for most of the characters.
Carl Barks, who created Scrooge McDuck in 1947, wrote and drew numerous stories involving Donald Duck, his nephews and their wealthy Uncle Scrooge. This tradition was continued by various American artists and writers. When the Disney characters gained popularity in Europe, various European countries began to print their own Donald Duck magazines, reprinting American stories as well as producing their own. Thus, numerous European cartoonists contributed their own stories and characters to this fast expanding universe, most notably the Italian creator Romano Scarpa. Many European characters have never been introduced to the United States, although in recent years Disney comics publisher Gemstone improved on this situation. From the 1980s onwards, the American cartoonist Keno Don Rosa gained an immense popularity with his Duck stories, building and expanding upon the original stories by Carl Barks.
Most of the characters listed below have appeared in the 1980s Disney cartoon series DuckTales. Disney's Darkwing Duck series is nominally set in the DuckTales universe, in a metropolis called St. Canard, although sharing the denizen Launchpad McQuack, and a few crossover episodes involving Gizmoduck, there is no interaction. The Darkwing Duck material does not appear in Barks' comics.
However, in the magazine Disney Adventures, there was a five-part crossover/storyline titled "Legend of the Chaos God" which began with TaleSpin, and continued with Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, and DuckTales, then concluded with Darkwing Duck.
Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin is established in Barks' comics as being situated in the city of Duckburg.
[edit] Characters
For a more detailed listing, see List of characters from the Scrooge McDuck universe
- Scrooge McDuck
- Donald Duck
- Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Daisy Duck
- Fleagle Beagle
- Gladstone Gander
- Gyro Gearloose
- Grandma Duck
- Glittering Goldie
- Coot Kin
- Gus Goose
- The Beagle Boys
- John D. Rockerduck
- Flintheart Glomgold
- Ludwig Von Drake
- Launchpad McQuack
- Emily Quackfaster
- Magica De Spell
- April, May, and June
- Bolivar
- General Snozzie
