The Worst Episodes of DuckTales

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   #1 - Magica's Magic Mirror

   S1:E5111/30/1987

   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:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   5.7/10(7 votes)

   #2 - The Duck Who Knew Too Much

   S4:E39/26/1990

   Fenton uncovers an international conspiracy to steal Scrooge's gold overseas while supposedly on vacation.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown
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   6.3/10(6 votes)

   #3 - Launchpad's First Crash

   S1:E5512/3/1987

   Scrooge and Launchpad reminisce on how they first met.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown
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   6.5/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Horse Scents

   S1:E3410/29/1987

   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

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   Director:Alan Zaslove

   Writer:Earl Kress
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   6.5/10(4 votes)

   #5 - Scrooge's Pet

   S1:E3510/30/1987

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

   Director:Steve Clark

   Writer:Jack Enyart

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   Director:Steve Clark

   Writer:Jack Enyart
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   6.5/10(4 votes)

   #6 - Take Me Out of the Ballgame

   S1:E5211/30/1987

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

   Directors:Vincent Davis, Steve Clark

   Writers:Richard Merwin, Tedd Anasti

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   Directors:Vincent Davis, Steve Clark

   Writers:Richard Merwin, Tedd Anasti
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   6.8/10(5 votes)

   #7 - Micro Ducks from Outer Space

   S1:E3210/27/1987

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

   Director:Alan Zaslove

   Writers:Jack Hanrahan, Eleanor Burian-Mohr

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   Director:Alan Zaslove

   Writers:Jack Hanrahan, Eleanor Burian-Mohr
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   6.8/10(4 votes)

   #8 - Working for Scales (4)

   S1:E3911/5/1987

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

   Director:Terence Harrison

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

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   Director:Terence Harrison

   Writers:Jymn Magon, Mark Zaslove, Bruce Talkington, Bruce Reid Schaefer
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   6.8/10(4 votes)

   #9 - Merit-Time Adventure

   S1:E4011/6/1987

   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

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   Director:Alan Zaslove

   Writer:Sharman DiVono
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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Ducks of the West

    S1:E4211/17/1987

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

    Director:David Block

    Writer:Richard Merwin

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    Director:David Block

    Writer:Richard Merwin
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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Raiders of the Lost Harp

    S1:E4511/20/1987

    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

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    Director:David Block

    Writer:Cherie Dee Wilkerson
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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - The Right Duck

    S1:E4611/23/1987

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

    Director:Terence Harrison

    Writers:Ken Koonce, David Wiemers

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    Director:Terence Harrison

    Writers:Ken Koonce, David Wiemers
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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Duckworth's Revolt

    S1:E5011/27/1987

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

    Director:Terence Harrison

    Writer:Dale Hale

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    Director:Terence Harrison

    Writer:Dale Hale
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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Status Seekers

    S1:E5912/9/1987

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

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Spies In Their Eyes

    S1:E6312/25/1987

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

    Director:David Block

    Writers:Sharman DiVono, Bruce Reid Schaefer

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    Director:David Block

    Writers:Sharman DiVono, Bruce Reid Schaefer
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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #16 - All Ducks On Deck

    S1:E6412/30/1987

    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:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Till Nephews Do Us Part

    S1:E661/1/1988

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

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Liquid Assets (1)

    S2:E63/26/1989

    In order to move his Money Bin after the Beagle Boys change the new freeway route, Scrooge hires an accountant, and Fenton Crackshell gets the job.

    Director:James T. Walker

    Writers:Ken Koonce, David Wiemers

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    Director:James T. Walker

    Writers:Ken Koonce, David Wiemers
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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Full Metal Duck (3)

    S2:E83/26/1989

    GizmoDuck becomes a sensation with the people of Duckburg - that is, until Ma Beagle and her smartest son, Megabyte Beagle, make a remote control with which to make him work for them.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #20 - The Billionaire Beagle Boys Club (4)

    S2:E93/26/1989

    After the Beagles get GizmoDuck to steal Scrooge's fortune for them and land Scrooge in jail, the nephews work to save the day.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Money to Burn (5)

    S2:E103/26/1989

    Alien robots invade and steal Scrooge's Money Bin so that it can be melted down to produce more metal.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Metal Attraction

    S3:E611/2/1989

    A robot maid built by Gyro falls in love with GizmoDuck.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Scrooge's Last Adventure

    S4:E511/17/1990

    When Scrooge loses his money due to a computer bug, he and Fenton travel through cyberspace to get it back.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - A Whale of a Bad Time (2)

    S1:E3711/3/1987

    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

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

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    Director:Alan Zaslove

    Writers:Jymn Magon, Michael Keyes, Mark Zaslove, Anthony Adams, Bruce Talkington
25. 

    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Aqua Ducks (3)

    S1:E3811/4/1987

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

    Director:Alan Zaslove

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

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    Director:Alan Zaslove

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