Honest Review | Ducktales (2017)

[@Stepi01]

Alan Young, the voice of Scrooge McDuck in the 87 series, came from England. His parents were Scottish, which means that technically, he is a Scottish actor playing Scrooge McDuck. Tennant was born and raised in Scotland, and I do not dispute his accomplishments, especially as Scrooge McDuck. (Also, in a convention stage reading of the script for McMystery in McDuck Manor, Tennant reads the lines of both Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold, marking the first time that a true Scotsman played both roles. It is glorious!)

[@borjankosarac3645]

Although I strongly suspect, in a bit of possible irony, that Keith Ferguson might have some Scottish blood going back a couple hundred years. I mean come on, his last name is *Ferguson* after all… Might be wrong but it would be funny if true; especially as unlike the 1987 series, they adapted Glomgold’s Afrikaner heritage as opposed to his being a Scotsman.

[@theyakkoman]

You know when you feel like "this was made for me"? DuckTales 2017 is that for yours truly. I grew up with the original show and the Disney Afternoon, and, being a swede where Carl Barks and his successor Don Rosa are a huge deal (Carl Barks even has a street named after him here), I grew up reading and loving the comics, which are still some of my favourites. So a series that not only pays tribute to the Duck-Universe AND the Disney Afternoon, but expands upon it, adds depth and so much fun it's just gold for me. And of course, it feels so great to see one of my all-time favourite characters, who I've known from the comics is, despite his bad luck and short temper, a badass fighter with a big heart and love for his near and dear ones, finally given the respect and treatment he deserves. These Ducks Don't Back Down. And that's why I love'em.

[@Rixec2]

Ducktales 2017 is just a massive accomplishment, honoring every source relating to the characters and serving as a celebration of the Disney Afternoon.

[@DGilVids]

This series contains the two greatest words ever uttered by David Tennant. A perfect performance that rips my heart out every time: "I am."

[@connormarchand6302]

Larry I’m, on Ducktales. This is why Danny pudi is a comedy genius 😂

[@OkayYaraman]

Why is original Scrooge hard to watch? It’s a parody of the 1%. If anything, the satire is now more relevant than ever. That said, I didn’t mind his change in character. This whole reboot indeed wrote the book on how to do a reboot right!

[@nicklundy9965]

Yea. That bugged me when he said that. Like, I learned about money and economy just from watching the OG. Plus it took place in late 80s "Greed is Good" and all that which made it even funnier to me

[@megacrashthehedgehog5377]

Probably my most anticipated Honest Review of yours, and you definitely did not disappoint. Long live DuckTales! Woo-Ooo!

[@cganimefan1267]

I love the uplifting passion that you express in your reviews.

[@crcoghill]

A fantasies show that not only (slightly) works better than the original series but also builds upon the multiple series from the Disney Afternoon line, and i love it!

[@DigiRangerScott]

You Only Crash Twice originally aired on the April 2020 weekend No Time To Die was set to release…had we not been in the early days of the COVID pandemic

[@mindwipe8788]

If Alan Young had lived a little longer, I think they would have gotten him to voice Fergus McDuck aka McPapa in “The Mystery of Castle McDuck”

[@CalliopePony]

Is it fair to say that David Tennant is the first legitimate Scottish person to play Scrooge? Alan Young was born in England, but he spent part of his childhood in Scotland, and his parents were Scottish. I would say he's of mixed nationality, but you can't really deny his Scottishness.

[@keiththompson9435]

Good summary but if you want to go deeper and find out that Webby is technically not an original character: Seaniccus has done an excellent dive into the lore and multi media references that 2017 makes.

[@NansJns]

I freely admit I was a bit skeptical when I first heard about this reboot, but the first trailer gave me hope, and when I heard David Tennant was going to be Scrooge, I knew I had to check it out. And I was not disappointed! I love this show from start to finish!

[@mythghost]

Excellent review. You did forget to mention the reference to “a goofy movie” , the Max & Roxanne photo. That broke the internet

[@michaelmcjunkin1372]

I really like the Ducktales reboot. Just as much as the classic series. My favorite reboot character was definately Webby Vanderquack. I wish she and/or her friends Lena and Violet would have a spinoff of their own.

[@ChannelNameExample]

This was super cool. I also been watching Men in Black series and pretty amazed how good show was. Think it be a cool honest review as well. :7

[@PHSDM104]

Huey, Dewey and Louie? No no no. There names were Jet, Turbo and Rebel.

[@hirosoli]

I should get around to watching season 3. I loved the first 2 seasons!

[@Dimensioneer88]

I came up with this idea for this show called Agents of SHUSH which would have included: -Max Goof -Maui Mallard / Cold Shadow -Brandy and Mr. Whiskers (FYI, Brandy was voiced by a young Kaley Cuoco) -The Rescue Rangers -Bonkers (with Weird Al being my voice choice) -The Wolf from Redux Riding Hood

[@cwooddirector]

21:34 Not only is that a Friday the 13th reference, but I'm pretty sure that the mask is supposed to resemble the one from The Mighty Ducks.

[@ronjoe17]

I never really watched this show, but I appreciate Frank Angones (given his previous crew role on Wander Over Yonder) giving the cast of WoY brief spotlights in Ducktales. Keith Ferguson especially - from Hater to Glomgold, that guy raging over something stupid will never not be hilarious.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

I absolutely loved this reboot. My only complaint is that I needed like 10 more season and a movie trilogy.

[@rangerfanboy1710]

I was excited for the reboot when it was announced, unfortunately, I was only able to watch the first episode on KZbin and my new cable didn't have Disney XD. I caught a few more episodes here and there but it was only when I acquired Disney Plus was I able to enjoy the show properly, and it was great! So many twists and turns, and yes it was good they gave the three nephews separate personalities.

[@Goldstar_]

Frank Argones had a plan for Mickey Mouse to appear on the show. Mickey would have been Donald's former roommate who since became a famous celebrity, but for some reason, the higher ups at Disney told him they couldn't use Mickey. Why were Goofy and Daisy able to appear on DuckTales but not Mickey? Is Disney against fun?

[@aidanhever3369]

Well, what did you expect ? It's Disney ! Ever since Bob Iger took over, they prefer quantity over quality.

[@aidanhever3369]

Oh, and they weren't allowed to use Pete either. Even though he appeared in the original series.

[@Goldstar_]

@@aidanhever3369 Disney told the show's producers that they couldn't use any characters from The Jungle Book, hence why we got a grown up Kit Ckoudkicker instead of Baloo.

[@aidanhever3369]

@@Goldstar_ And neither did the Rescue Rangers because of that Roger Rabbit ripoff they were producing at the time.

[@the4thwallkid132]

Honest review ideas: Ben 10 Ed Edd N Eddy Transformers Prime My Adventures with Superman Batman Caped Crusader

[@matthewbolitho-jones]

I like Ducktales

[@katherinealvarez9216]

They never did tell us who their dad is. Wait, did they? I know there was a podcast.

[@marsmeetsearthproductions6279]

Easily one of the best reboots of all time also webby is my favorite

[@SpedeVesku]

Stunt casting Donald's "normal" voice was lame. Why not let Tony Anselmo play the part with his own voice?

[@dom-sy9to]

Just let it go already

[@SpedeVesku]

@@dom-sy9to Not when voice actors are still regularly disrespected next to on-screen celebrities.

[@michaelnally2841]

As someone who didn’t grow up with the original Ducktales I do feel the remake kinda downgraded was launchpad now I know the original was a bit of a doofus but the remake I feel kinda made him a bit dumber(like the episode he doesn’t know what Halloween is). Plus once Della came into the series outside of the Darkwing Duck episodes they didn’t really need him much anymore given she’s able to fly the plane. Though like I said I haven’t seen all of the original Ducktales so if I’m missing something please let me know. Also I feel the episode that features kit cloudkicker I’m convinced they wanted to use Baloo originally but weren’t allowed to for some bizarre reason given he has more of Baloo’s personality and even uses the nickname of “little britches”, design(just colored brown), and I feel it would’ve made a bit more sense to have kit as a kid contrast against Duey but alas.

[@aidanhever3369]

This is why I'm so disappointed in Frank Angones for not standing up to those bozos.

[@michaelnally2841]

@@aidanhever3369mind you though that’s just a theory of mine, I have no definitive proof of that.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

I wish someone would critique the show instead of endless praise it’s got flaws that needs to be disused.

[@the_flyattractor8656]

Yeah. The Kids in this were the weakest of it. Especially the Girls. Just turning them into OP Girl Bosses (despite having "character flaws" was even more Annoying than the OG versions.

[@detectivewobbuffet2778]

I'll rather take 10 OP girl boss characters over the OG Webby.

[@seanpatrickcain2]

DuckTales! Woo-hoo!

[@jakeshuster9165]

I didn't like the webby reveal

[@stormshadowproductions1660]

this show is better than the original in every way & the original show sucked

[@aidanhever3369]

Honestly, I have to disagree with you. Although it's one of the best modern animated series so far, it will not age well in the future, next to Amphibia and The Owl House. This series could have been avoided if Frank Angones, who turned out to be a spineless liar, hadn't allowed Disney to destroy it with their crazy ideologies as they often do in other projects. The casting is fine, but it's one of the main reasons for costing the quality of the series by being too expensive, just like Steven Universe. Also, I'm not a fan of the actors who voiced the triplets. I'm sorry, but I hate little boys being voiced by grown men, unless they are villains or comical reliefs. Not to mention it's fill of rushed stories, missed opportunities, pointless Easter eggs, irritating dramas, cringeworthy reality ensues, and unresolved plotholes. Just like the original, it will be all over again. Be praised today and criticized in the future. You're starting to act like AniMat, who praises any Disney project too much, which you know are all s"BEEP"t now.

[@detectivewobbuffet2778]

What exactly are the unsolved plot holes? And what do you mean by pointless cameos? When does a cameo have a point beside "Oh look, it's that thing/character"?

[@ztyran]

10:14 As a Puerto Rican myself, I know what you mean. Also, Webby has come full circle as her original design was based on April, May, and June Daisy's nieces. In fact, Bradford call Webby "April" in the finale. Also check out "The Legend of the Three Caballeros" to see the only time the nieces had a major role.

[@OkayYaraman]

Legend of the 3 Caballeros is great (really has an OG DuckTales feel) and deserves its own Honest Review (and more love in general)!

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

It was good that Webby’s clones and Webby herself were revealed to be April May & June. It wasn’t good that she was revealed to be a clone of Scrooge.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

I’m not Puerto Rican, but I love that Fenton and María Antonia Magdalena Aldonsa Cabrera are Latinos.

[@MrGabeanator]

This show had a lot of great achievements throughout its 3 seasons but I’ll always say it’s most glorious was finally bringing Della duck to life as a flesh and blood character and paget brewster was absolutely amazing and to this day I can’t listen to the moon theme from the ducktales video game without adding the lyrics to Della’s lullaby and I know I’m not alone

[@MarkGuerrero-cz9bh]

Maybe the next reboot will reveal who their father is

[@Goldstar_]

I hope that if there's another attempt at DuckTales, we'll get a better take on the Triplets and a guest appearance by Mickey Mouse. He's long overdue to appear in the DuckTales universe.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

I do like this show, I wish the promised spinoffs would come but 🤷 Anyway, I noticed people who didn't like the series finale. Which is fine, it did feel rushed, but I did like it. I liked it more than the SVTFOE finale that's for sure.

[@n.abookgirl2457]

Hey, still a better ending than Darkwing Duck. Speaking of which... where is our Darkwing Duck Reboot DISNEY?!❤🎩🦆

[@katherinealvarez9216]

@@n.abookgirl2457 that's what I'm wondering.

[@ethanhorrax1127]

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[@MarkGuerrero-cz9bh]

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[@hobokoala2623]

Beloved character actress Margo Martindale?

[@1987MartinT]

It's awesome that you forgot Mark Beaks. Because that would infuriate him!

[@aidanhever3369]

Why they created him again ?

[@detectivewobbuffet2778]

@@aidanhever3369 To be a satire of "modern" millionaires.

[@Carlos-bz5oo]

I have to disagree on Donald. The Legend of the Threes Caballeros fleshed him up before Ducktales 2017

[@aidanhever3369]

Not to mention he barely appeared in this series.

[@borjankosarac3645]

That said, when they gave Don the limelight he was absolutely fantastically portrayed. I mean, I would have preferred that Tony Anselmo also provide the “normal” voice for Donald the couple of times it had; much as I love Don Cheadle, it felt like pointless stunt casting. But that’s literally my only gripe with that aspect of the show; everything else is down in the, “We needed a Season 4”, part of the criticism. Then again, I firmly believe that Gravity Falls should have been given 3 more episodes in its final season so what do I know about development of a show?

[@Dimensioneer88]

You forgot to mention the appearance of The Wuzzles portrayed as bloodthirsty monster versions of the originals.

[@tiffany-chan1235]

While I did have my issues with season 3, absolutely amazing finale aside (Mainly due to how rushed it can feel, at least to me, especially with how they were gonna have a fourth season before Disney pulled the plug), I still love this show (And how they did my boys Scrooge McDuck and Launchpad justice). Kinda bitter how Darkwing got shafted but hey what can you do! Nice review ERod, one of my new fave Honest Reviews of yours alongside TMNT 2012 (Really curious on your thoughts on Rise and Mutant Mayhem)

[@filipmilevski8172]

I waited a long time for this honest review thank you very much Erod Can do honest reviews on this shows next: Ben 10 Codename Kids Next Door Danny Phantom Aladdin the Series Owl House Amphibia The Ghost and Molly Mcgee Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Transformers Prime Transformers Animated The Batman Adventure Time Regular Show Amazing world of Gumball Wander over Yonder

[@teruienages962]

Uhm... excuse me, but how is Alan Young not Scottish when literally both of his parents are? Saying David Tennant is the "first" Scottish person to play Scrooge is a pretty humiliatingly bad mistake for you to make.

[@connoravila]

You know I never watched this, but now I really want ti w David Tennant, and Webby is so me as well

[@Goldstar_]

The Triplets were the main thing that this reboot got wrong. In the comics, Huey was the leader, Dewey was the brainy one and Louie was the loyal one. Huey should have been the superstar wannabe and Dewey should have been the brainy nerd. Also, the show's writers split the boys up too much. The Triplets were created to be a team, and that should never be forgotten. Also, Dewey was obnoxious. I little of that kid went a long way.

[@aidanhever3369]

Not to mention the casting of the triplets is also wrong. They sound like young men in their 20s rather than ACTUAL children.

[@detectivewobbuffet2778]

Are you sure about that? I read a lot of Disney Duck comics and i don't remember the triplets having those personality trait except in Quack Pack.

[@Goldstar_]

@@detectivewobbuffet2778 Here's my hot take: the Triplets personalities on Quack pack were actually better. I hope that DuckTales 2017 is the last we ever see of "It's all about me!" Dewey.

[@CarlosBlanco-n1k]

It was ok not great but ok

[@thegayghost872]

One thing I really want to congratulate this show for is the character Faris Djinn. He’s not a main character but I love him, and as an Arab American it’s so refreshing to see an Arab who’s a good guy

[@mrquake7789]

Usually terrorists or spoiled kids

[@TheDetectiveSteve]

This is one of those shows that, in terms of being compelling and entertaining, never lost steam. The only thing I can really complain about is that the series finale had so much going on that it could have filled a fourth season, which I would have welcomed greatly.

[@HalloranIllustrations]

I think I enjoyed this version more as it looked more like the comic book version from Gold Key. That alone brought back fond memories of when my father read those comics to me as a kid. Sidetrack, I was also happy that, on The House of Mouse, they brought to animation, Super Goof. Back to Ducktales oo ooo. All three seasons was better than the last. So looking forward to Darkwing.

[@jdzencelowcz]

The best part of the series finale, they did what U always should do with good work, leave'em wanting MORE!!!!

[@jonathanbarr9764]

Oh how I wish this show could have had another season but better to go out on a high note instead of going on and on until you become the next show on the list of shows that people wish would just die already.

[@jfsredhead]

i know misses beakley but who are other 2 femLes

[@Animevazquez]

You should do an honest review on star vs the forces of evil, amphibia and the owl house

[@aidanhever3369]

All great series being botched by Disney and even their own creators.

[@Animevazquez]

@@aidanhever3369 well for different reasons like Star vs because of the shipping with Star and Marco and due to the show going no where and owl house because of the idiotic bob chepeck, for amphibia it ended well

[@aidanhever3369]

@@Animevazquez I highly doubt the last one.

[@Animevazquez]

@@aidanhever3369 really? Because the ending of amphibia was great!! But star was disappointing

[@hobokoala2623]

Wow, Rosa sounded just like Goslin. Maybe I gotta watch this show.

[@ConfusedGoblinn]

Im watching this now Quak!