The Best Episodes of DuckTales Season 1

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

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, Mark Zaslove, Michael Keyes

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: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers

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

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

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

Director: David Block

Writer: Chris Weber, Karen Willson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Dennys McCoy, Pamela Hickey

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

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: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers

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

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

Director: Steve Clark

Writer: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers

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: Richard Merwin, James A. Markovich

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

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

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

Director: Terence Harrison

Writer: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers

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

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

Director: David Block

Writer: Richard Merwin