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Other characters from the comics include Gyro Gearloose, Gladstone Gander, Glittering Goldie O'Gilt, Magica De Spell, Flintheart Glomgold and the Beagle Boys.

The series also introduced many original characters, such as Launchpad McQuackLaunchpad McQuack is a character created by the Walt Disney Company who first appeared as Scrooge McDuck's pilot on DuckTales''. He was a large, not altogether bright pilot with a history of crashing. Later on, Launchpad eventually returned to appear on D, Mrs. Bentina Beakly, Webby VanderquackWebbigail "Webby" Vanderquack is a fictional character from the Walt Disney Company, created exclusively for Duck Tales''. She is Mrs. Bentina Beakly's granddaughter and Scrooge McDuck's adopted grandniece. She wants to be the fourth nephew. She tags alon, Doofus DrakeDoofus Drake is a character made by The Walt Disney Company exclusively for the television show Duck Tales and The Junior Woodchucks comic book mini series. Doofus is a friend of Huey, Dewey and Louie and a fan of Launchpad McQuack. Doofus is either seen, and Duckworth the ButlerDuckworth is a fictional character from the television series DuckTales where he is Scrooge McDuck's butler. He worked for Scrooge even before the nephews moved in. He is also Scrooge's chauffeur and errand boy on occasion. Duckworth used to be Scrooge's.

DuckTales was the most successful of Disney's early attempts to create high-quality animation for a TV animated series (earlier shows included The WuzzlesThe Wuzzles was an animated cartoon series created for Saturday morning television, and first aired on September 14, 1985 on CBS. An idea of Michael Eisner for his new Disney television animation studio, the Wuzzles were animal creatures composed of half and The Gummi Bears in 19851985 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January events January 1 Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System. January 17 British Telecom annouces they are going to abolish the famous red telephone boxes. January 23 A debate in the House of Lor). Disney invested a far greater amount of money into the TV series than had previously been spent on animated shows of the time. This was considered a risky move, because animated TV series were generally considered low-budget, throwaway investments for most of the history of TV cartoons up through the 1980s.

Many critics say that Disney's own animation studio had lost most of its luster during the period from Walt Disney's passing through the 1980s. However, the studio took a number of risks that paid off handsomely, and DuckTales was one of those risks that won big. The studio gambled on the idea that a larger investment into quality animation could be made back through syndication--a concept that worked well with live-action TV reruns, but which had only been used with inexpensive cartoon series that either recycled theatrical shorts from decades past or only featured limited, low-budget animation.

The 1988- 1989 season of DuckTales consisted of 65 episodes. The next season (1989- 1990) included an additional 35 episodes. In the second season, Bubba the Caveduck and his pet triceratops, Tootsie, and Fenton Crackshell and his alter ego Gizmo Duck appeared.

The show was so successful it spawned a feature film, , and two spinoffs series: Darkwing Duck and Quack Pack. The success of DuckTales also paved the way for a new wave of high-quality animated TV series, including Disney's own The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in 1988.

The new for 1989 series Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers was paired with DuckTales in an hour-long syndicated show through the 1989-1990 television season. In the 1990-1991 season, Disney expanded the idea even further, to create The Disney Afternoon, a two-hour long syndicated block of half-hour cartoons. DuckTales was one of the early flagship cartoons in the series.

DuckTales inspired competing studios such as Warner Bros. to make their own investments in animation with Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs.

Hewey, Dewey, and Louie all appeared appeared in the drug prevention video Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.