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Scrooge McDuck finds his hands full at home when nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie move to Duckburg. Joined by their loyal pals Launchpad McQuack, Gyro...
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Season 1

  • Don't Give Up the Ship (1)
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    Don't Give Up the Ship (1)

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1987

    The introduction of the series, as Donald Duck joins the Navy and sends Huey, Dewey, and Louie off to live with their uncle Scrooge McDuck. Meanwhile, a mysterious man named El Capitán busts the Beagle Boys out of jail in order for them to help him steal an awkward treasure map in Scrooge's possession.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: N/A

  • Wronguay in Ronguay (2)
    7.8/10365 votes
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    Wronguay in Ronguay (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1987

    After foiling the Beagle Boys, Scrooge and his nephews decipher the strange marking on the map, which leads to a sunken treasure ship in Ronguay. However, Flintheart Glomgold and El Capitán are out to stop them at every turn.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: N/A

  • Three Ducks of the Condor (3)
    7.6/10349 votes
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    Three Ducks of the Condor (3)

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1987

    Upon finding out of the Valley of the Golden Suns, Scrooge begins an expedition to find the treasure therein, starting with finding the map that leads to it. First, he must get one half of the map from High Golden Sun Priest Joaquin Slowly.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: N/A

  • Cold Duck (4)
    7.7/10345 votes
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    Cold Duck (4)

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/1987

    The nephews, Webby, and Mrs. Beakley find themselves joining Scrooge in his adventure as he looks for the second half of the treasure map in Antarctica.

    Director: Terence Harrison

    Writer: N/A

  • Too Much of a Gold Thing (5)
    8.0/10357 votes
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    Too Much of a Gold Thing (5)

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/18/1987

    Scrooge develops gold fever as he and the gang make their way to the Valley of the Golden Suns, all the while pursued by El Capitán.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Bruce Talkington, Jymn Magon, Mark Zaslove

  • Send in the Clones
    7.5/10324 votes
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    Send in the Clones

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/1987

    Magica DeSpell gets the Beagle Boys to help her steal the Number One Dime, disguising them as the nephews.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: N/A

  • Sphinx for the Memories
    7.0/10231 votes
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    Sphinx for the Memories

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/1987

    An ancient Egyptian civilization abducts Donald so that he can host a spirit of a Pharaoh.

    Director: David Block

    Writer: Michael Keyes

  • Where No Duck Has Gone Before
    7.3/10308 votes
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    Where No Duck Has Gone Before

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/23/1987

    Gyro's props for a science fiction television show accidentally launch the cast into space, and Launchpad becomes the hero when it is realized that he is the only real pilot on board.

    Director: David Block

    Writer: Len Uhley

  • Armstrong
    7.8/10240 votes
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    Armstrong

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/24/1987

    Gyro presents the McDuck household with a robot named Armstrong to do their work for them. However, the robot decides it would rather work for itself.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Michael Keyes

  • Robot Robbers
    7.9/10235 votes
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    Robot Robbers

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/1987

    After the incident with Armstrong, Gyro builds giant human-operated robots for Glomgold, only to have them be stolen and operated by Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Michael Keyes

  • Magica's Shadow War
    7.6/10262 votes
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    Magica's Shadow War

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/28/1987

    Magica's plot to steal the Number One Dime using her own shadow goes awry when her shadow develops a mind of its own.

    Director: David Block

    Writer: Jean-Marc Lofficier

  • Master of the Djinni
    7.4/10222 votes
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    Master of the Djinni

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/29/1987

    Scrooge and Glomgold race for mastership of Aladdin's genie.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Sam Joseph, Manette Beth Rosen

  • Hotel Strangeduck
    7.8/10214 votes
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    Hotel Strangeduck

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/1987

    Scrooge turns a castle once owned by mad scientist into a hotel, but he doesn't believe that the place is haunted.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Richard Merwin

  • Lost Crown of Genghis Khan
    7.4/10212 votes
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    Lost Crown of Genghis Khan

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/1/1987

    Scrooge goes searching for a crown in the Himalayas, which is guarded by a snow beast. Loosely based on the Carl Barks story of the same name.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Anthony Adams

  • Duckman of Aquatraz
    7.4/10209 votes
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    Duckman of Aquatraz

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/2/1987

    Scrooge is framed for stealing a painting from Glomgold's art gallery and sent to Aquatraz.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: Francis Ross

  • The Money Vanishes
    7.3/10230 votes
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    The Money Vanishes

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/5/1987

    The Beagle Boys steal Gyro's handheld teleporter and use it to steal Scrooge's fortune.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: David Schwartz

  • Sir Gyro de Gearloose
    7.4/10234 votes
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    Sir Gyro de Gearloose

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/6/1987

    Gyro, tired of being looked upon as a "gadget man", invents a time machine and uses it to go back in time to the Middle Ages.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: Mark Zaslove

  • Dinosaur Ducks
    7.4/10208 votes
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    Dinosaur Ducks

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/7/1987

    Scrooge and Launchpad explore a land where dinosaurs still live, but the kids tag along against Scrooge's directions to the contrary.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: David Wiemers, Ken Koonce

  • Hero for Hire
    7.7/10228 votes
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    Hero for Hire

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/8/1987

    After being fired by Scrooge, Launchpad is tricked by the Beagle Boys into performing a series of bank robberies disguised as movie scenes.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: David Wiemers, Ken Koonce

  • Superdoo!
    7.5/10278 votes
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    Superdoo!

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/9/1987

    Having a hard time at camp, Doofus accidentally finds a stolen alien crystal that grants him numerous super powers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Maid of the Myth
    7.4/10201 votes
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    Maid of the Myth

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/12/1987

    Mrs. Beakley is abducted by Vikings and it is up to Scrooge and the others to rescue her.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Anthony Adams

  • Down & Out in Duckburg
    7.6/10219 votes
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    Down & Out in Duckburg

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/13/1987

    A family debt causes Scrooge to lose his entire fortune, sending his entire family into the poorhouse.

    Director: Terence Harrison

    Writer: David Wiemers, Ken Koonce

  • Much Ado About Scrooge
    7.9/10232 votes
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    Much Ado About Scrooge

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/14/1987

    Scrooge and the boys track down a lost play by a famed playwright.

    Director: David Block

    Writer: Karen Willson, Chris Weber

  • Top Duck
    7.6/10235 votes
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    Top Duck

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/15/1987

    Launchpad's family comes to visit while the Beagle Boys eye Scrooge's new jet so that they can use it to pilfer his Money Bin.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Richard Merwin

  • Pearl of Wisdom
    7.8/10205 votes
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    Pearl of Wisdom

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/16/1987

    Scrooge learns that a pearl he bought will grant him infinite wisdom once he takes it back to its homeland.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: Michael Keyes

  • The Curse of Castle McDuck
    7.9/10209 votes
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    The Curse of Castle McDuck

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/19/1987

    Scrooge, the nephews, and Webby visit Scrooge's ancestral home in Scotland, only to be embroiled in a mystery surrounding Castle McDuck.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: Anthony Adams

  • Launchpad's Civil War
    7.8/10216 votes
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    Launchpad's Civil War

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 10/20/1987

    When going to Virginia for a Civil War reenactment, Launchpad encounters aged Confederate veterans who once served under his ancestor, who had lost a battle. Meanwhile, Doofus and the nephews learn that a businessman is exploiting the reenactments for financial gain. Launchpad works to avenge his family's honor by rallying the old veterans to a "rematch" of sorts against the reenactors.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy

  • Sweet Duck of Youth
    7.7/10218 votes
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    Sweet Duck of Youth

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 10/21/1987

    Scrooge and the boys head for Florida in search of the fabled Fountain of Youth.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: David Wiemers, Ken Koonce

  • Earth Quack
    7.8/10209 votes
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    Earth Quack

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 10/22/1987

    Scrooge and the boys discover that the games of an underground civilization are causing earthquakes directly under the Money Bin.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Mark Aitchison Young

  • Home Sweet Homer
    7.9/10209 votes
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    Home Sweet Homer

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 10/23/1987

    Circe, a sorceress from the past transports Scrooge and the boys back to time of Ancient Greece, where they meet up with Homer.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Anthony Adams

  • Bermuda Triangle Tangle
    7.4/10199 votes
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    Bermuda Triangle Tangle

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 10/26/1987

    Scrooge seeks to find out why his ships are disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Micro Ducks from Outer Space
    7.4/10202 votes
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    Micro Ducks from Outer Space

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 10/27/1987

    Scrooge misuses an alien size-shifting device, and accidentally ends up shrinking himself, the boys, and Webby.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Eleanor Burian-Mohr, Jack Hanrahan

  • Back to the Klondike
    7.5/10198 votes
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    Back to the Klondike

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 10/28/1987

    Scrooge takes the kids to the Klondike, where he met an old flame, Glittering Goldie.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: Patsy Cameron, Tedd Anasti

  • Horse Scents
    7.3/10202 votes
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    Horse Scents

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 10/29/1987

    Webby helps trains a horse for the Kenducky Derby so the owner will have the money to raise it.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Earl Kress

  • Scrooge's Pet
    7.5/10200 votes
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    Scrooge's Pet

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 10/30/1987

    Scrooge loses the new combination for his vault to a lemming.

    Director: Steve Clark

    Writer: Jack Enyart

  • A Drain on the Economy (1)
    7.6/10199 votes
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    A Drain on the Economy (1)

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 11/2/1987

    Scrooge and Glomgold compete in a contest where the winner, being the world's richest duck, becomes the sales broker for a new fruit from Macaroon that works like a flashlight. First, though, Scrooge must keep his fortune away from the Beagle Boys.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Bruce Talkington, Jymn Magon, Mark Zaslove, Len Uhley

  • A Whale of a Bad Time (2)
    7.2/10228 votes
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    A Whale of a Bad Time (2)

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 11/3/1987

    As Scrooge tries to deliver his fortune to Macaroon, he experiences an interference in the form of a rogue submarine working for Glomgold.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Bruce Talkington, Jymn Magon, Michael Keyes, Anthony Adams, Mark Zaslove

  • Aqua Ducks (3)
    8.0/10206 votes
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    Aqua Ducks (3)

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 11/4/1987

    After dumping his fortune under the sea, Scrooge, along with Launchpad, Gyro, and Doofus, submerges in order to get it out.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Bruce Talkington, Jymn Magon, Michael Keyes, Mark Zaslove

  • Working for Scales (4)
    7.2/10241 votes
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    Working for Scales (4)

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 11/5/1987

    Glomgold and the Beagle Boys attempt to make sure Scrooge doesn't win the contest on his way to Macaroon.

    Director: Terence Harrison

    Writer: Bruce Talkington, Jymn Magon, Mark Zaslove, Bruce Reid Schaefer

  • Merit-Time Adventure
    7.3/10245 votes
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    Merit-Time Adventure

    Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 11/6/1987

    The Nephews, Webby, and Doofus attempt to earn a Junior Woodchuck badge in sailing while a sea monster is preying on Scrooge's shipping fleet.

    Director: Alan Zaslove

    Writer: Sharman DiVono

  • The Golden Fleecing
    8.0/10221 votes
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    The Golden Fleecing

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 11/16/1987

    After hearing about Launchpad's encounter with several Harpies, Scrooge heads to the Black Sea to seek out the legendary Golden Fleece.

    Director: Terence Harrison

    Writer: David Wiemers, Ken Koonce

  • Ducks of the West
    7.6/10216 votes
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    Ducks of the West

    Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 11/17/1987

    Scrooge and the boys go to Scrooge's oil wells to find out why they ran dry.

    Director: David Block

    Writer: Richard Merwin

  • Time Teasers
    7.6/10279 votes
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    Time Teasers

    Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 11/18/1987

    Gyro invents a watch that allows anyone to move super fast. But the Beagle Boys want to use it so they can steal all of Scrooge's money.

    Director: David Block

    Writer: Anthony Adams

  • Back Out in the Outback
    7.7/10327 votes
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    Back Out in the Outback

    Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 11/19/1987

    Something's attacking Scrooge's sheep and shearing off their wool, so Scrooge heads off for Australia to find out what's going on.

    Director: David Block

    Writer: James A. Markovich, Richard Merwin

  • Raiders of the Lost Harp
    7.3/10257 votes
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    Raiders of the Lost Harp

    Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 11/20/1987

    Scrooge acquires a magical harp that can determine if someone was lying or not. However, Magica de Spell wants the harp for herself, and so does the harp's guardian.

    Director: David Block

    Writer: Cherie Dee Wilkerson

  • The Right Duck
    7.3/10187 votes
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    The Right Duck

    Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 11/23/1987

    After being fired by Scrooge, Launchpad enters the space program, and accidentally gets sent to Mars.

    Director: Terence Harrison

    Writer: David Wiemers, Ken Koonce

  • Scroogerello
    7.4/10194 votes
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    Scroogerello

    Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 11/24/1987

    While experiencing a fever, Scrooge has an extended dream sequence parodying the fairy tale of Cinderella, with himself in the titular role.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Double-O-Duck
    7.6/10247 votes
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    Double-O-Duck

    Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 11/25/1987

    Launchpad finds himself masquerading as Bruno Von Beak, an agent for the Foreign Organization of World Larceny.

    Director: Terence Harrison

    Writer: David Wiemers, Ken Koonce

  • Luck o' the Ducks
    8.0/10217 votes
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    Luck o' the Ducks

    Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 11/26/1987

    After finding a leprechaun, Scrooge is led to Ireland, where he believes that he'll find a vast fortune of gold.

    Director: Terence Harrison

    Writer: Michael O'Mahony

  • Duckworth's Revolt
    4.5/102 votes
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    Duckworth's Revolt

    Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 11/27/1987

    After being fired by Scrooge, Duckworth and the boys are abducted by plant aliens and enslaved.

    Director: Terence Harrison

    Writer: Dale Hale

  • Magica's Magic Mirror
    NaN/100 votes
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    Magica's Magic Mirror

    Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 11/30/1987

    Magica uses a pair of magic mirrors to try to get Scrooge's Number One Dime. First part of double episode: Take Me Out of the Ballgame.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Take Me Out of the Ballgame
    4.0/102 votes
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    Take Me Out of the Ballgame

    Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 11/30/1987

    Duckworth coaches the Junior Woodchucks in a baseball game. Second part of double episode: Magica's Magic Mirror

    Director: Steve Clark, Vincent Davis

    Writer: Richard Merwin, Tedd Anasti

  • Duck to the Future
    6.5/104 votes
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    Duck to the Future

    Season 1 Episode 53 - Aired 12/1/1987

    Magica sends Scrooge into the future, where she has stolen his Number One Dime and taken over his company.

    Director: Terence Harrison

    Writer: David Wiemers, Ken Koonce

  • Jungle Duck
    6.0/104 votes
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    Jungle Duck

    Season 1 Episode 54 - Aired 12/2/1987

    While accompanying Scrooge in his search for silver, Mrs. Beakley encounters a Tarzan-like character who used to be a boy she helped raise as a nanny.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Launchpad's First Crash
    5.0/104 votes
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    Launchpad's First Crash

    Season 1 Episode 55 - Aired 12/3/1987

    Scrooge and Launchpad reminisce on how they first met.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dime Enough For Luck
    6.8/104 votes
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    Dime Enough For Luck

    Season 1 Episode 56 - Aired 12/4/1987

    Magica tricks Gladstone Gander into stealing the Number One Dime for her, and as a result, he is then cursed with bad luck.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Duck in the Iron Mask
    7.0/104 votes
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    Duck in the Iron Mask

    Season 1 Episode 57 - Aired 12/7/1987

    Scrooge and the boys take a trip to visit an old friend of his, Count Roy. However, unknown to Scrooge, Roy's evil twin Ray rules Roy's kingdom with an iron fist.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Uncrashable Hindentanic
    5.0/102 votes
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    The Uncrashable Hindentanic

    Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 12/8/1987

    Scrooge makes a bet with Glomgold that he can make money off a blimp called the Hindentanic.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Status Seekers
    4.5/102 votes
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    The Status Seekers

    Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 12/9/1987

    Seeking respect from other members of Duckburg's elite, Scrooge hunts down a mask he gave away

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nothing to Fear
    6.5/104 votes
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    Nothing to Fear

    Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 12/14/1987

    Scrooge, the nephews, Doofus, and Duckworth are intimidated by a cloud that generates their worst fears, conjured by Magica.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck
    5.0/102 votes
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    Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck

    Season 1 Episode 61 - Aired 12/23/1987

    Scrooge becomes a victim of a potion that causes him to be obsessive with giving money away. It is up to his nephews to find an antidote before he stays a big spender forever.

    Director: Terence Harrison

    Writer: Michael Keyes, Margaret Osborne

  • Once Upon a Dime
    5.0/102 votes
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    Once Upon a Dime

    Season 1 Episode 62 - Aired 12/24/1987

    Scrooge tells the story of how his Number One Dime got his fortune started.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Spies In Their Eyes
    5.8/104 votes
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    Spies In Their Eyes

    Season 1 Episode 63 - Aired 12/25/1987

    A hypnotist brainwashes Donald into giving her a remote control device for a submarine that's Scrooge's companies built for the navy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All Ducks On Deck
    4.5/102 votes
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    All Ducks On Deck

    Season 1 Episode 64 - Aired 12/30/1987

    Donald makes up a story about being a hero to the nephews. They stow away in the Navy and try to make him a hero. Meanwhile, The Phantom Blot has a spy infiltrating the Navy while he has Scrooge McDuck and Launchpad McQuack as prisoners on Cat Island after they go to investigate Scrooge's fishing fleet there.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ducky Horror Picture Show
    5.0/102 votes
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    Ducky Horror Picture Show

    Season 1 Episode 65 - Aired 12/31/1987

    Scrooge finances a meeting house, which is then used by a group of horror movie-based monsters.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Till Nephews Do Us Part
    4.5/102 votes
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    Till Nephews Do Us Part

    Season 1 Episode 66 - Aired 1/1/1988

    Scrooge is romanced by a billionairess named Millionara Vanderbucks, but as the nephews and Webby find out, she only wants his money.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A