Scrooge McDuck

Scrooge McDuck is a fictional character created by artist Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company's comic books. Scrooge is the uncle of Donald Duck, and is likely meant to be a caricature of Andrew Carnegie. The first member of the Clan McDuck to appear in the comics, Scrooge's name was based on Ebenezer Scrooge, a character from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.

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Fictional - Carl Barks - The Walt Disney Company - Comic book - Donald Duck - Caricature - Andrew Carnegie - The Clan McDuck - Ebenezer Scrooge - Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol

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Scrooge McDuck first appeared in the story "Christmas on Bear Mountain" in December 1947. He was also cast as the star of the Disney animated series DuckTales, which first aired on September 11, 1987 and produced several spin-off cartoon series.

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December - 1947 - Animated series - DuckTales - September 11 - 1987

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