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.

In other media

Scrooge's first appearance outside of comics was in the 1967 theatrical animated short "Scrooge McDuck and Money", in which he teaches his nephews some basic financial tips.

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1967 - Scrooge McDuck and Money

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He later appeared in Mickey's Christmas Carol as the central character, Ebenezer Scrooge. He appeared as himself in the TV special "Soccermania with Sports Goofy".

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Mickey's Christmas Carol - Ebenezer Scrooge

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Scrooge's biggest role outside of comics would come in the 1987 animated series DuckTales, a series loosely based on Carl Barks' comics. In this series, Scrooge is shown as the main caretaker for Huey, Dewey and Louie, with Donald having joined the United States Navy. The "Soccermania" special can be considered a prototype of this series.

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1987 - Animated series - DuckTales - United States Navy

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More recently, he appeared in some episodes of Mickey Mouse Works and Disney's House of Mouse.

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Mickey Mouse Works - Disney's House of Mouse

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