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Scrooge McDuck is a cartoon character created by Carl Barks for Disney comics. He is a Scottish-born American duck who is the richest and most adventurous in the fictional Duckburg universe.
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“After all, adventure is the mother of industry!”
―Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge McDuck (also known as Uncle Scrooge) is an anthropomorphic Scottish duck created by Carl Barks. Named after Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' 1843 novel A Christmas Carol, he is Donald Duck's rich and miserly uncle, whose primary character trait is his extreme thriftiness. Scrooge first appeared in Four Color Comics #178 in the story Christmas on Bear Mountain, published in December of 1947.
Scrooge is the richest duck in the world, an achievement he credits to having been "smarter than the smarties, tougher than the toughies, and making it square." Identified by his stately attire (including his frock coat, top hat, pince-nez spectacles, spats, and cane), Scrooge's money is not only a symbol of his frugality, but also his resilience and industriousness. As such, he prides his fortune to the point of being an avaricious tightwad, though he is honorable at his core. A portion of Scrooge's wealth remains vaulted away in his Money Bin, the amount of which is so great that Scrooge can literally swim in it.
Scrooge was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1867, to Fergus McDuck and Downy O'Drake. He was the eldest of four children, consisting of himself, his younger brother, Gideon, and two younger sisters, namely Matilda and Hortense; by the latter, Scrooge would have his closest nephew, Donald Duck. As the story goes, Scrooge's first encounter with money came as a young shoeshiner. After completing his first shine, Scrooge was rewarded with an American dime. This birthed Scrooge's business philosophy of working hard and honestly, while the dime itself would become the foundation of Scrooge's wealth and his most cherished possession. Scrooge was further inspired to emigrate to the United States in search of his fortune. He would eventually find a home in the city of Duckburg.
Following Scrooge's leave from Scotland, he would embark on numerous adventures across the globe in search of treasure, and other ways to expand his wealth. He would garner numerous rivals during his adventures, including his arch-nemesis Flintheart Glomgold, Glittering Goldie (with whom Scrooge would develop an ambiguously romantic relationship), and a large organization/family of crooks collectively known as the Beagle Boys.
Creation; 1940s-1950s
Scrooge, an elderly uncle of previously established character Donald Duck, made his first named appearance in Christmas on Bear Mountain in December 1947, a story written and drawn by Disney Legend Carl Barks. His appearance may have been based on a similar-looking, nameless Scottish character from the 1943 propaganda short The Spirit of '43. In his debut, Scrooge was a bearded, bespectacled, reasonably wealthy old duck, visibly leaning on his cane, and living in isolation in a "huge mansion". Scrooge's misanthropic thoughts in this first story are quite pronounced: "Here I sit in this big lonely dump, waiting for Christmas to pass! Bah! That silly season when everybody loves everybody else! A curse on it! Me—I'm different! Everybody hates me, and I hate everybody!" Barks later reflected, "Scrooge in Christmas on Bear Mountain was only my first idea of a rich, old uncle. I had made him too old and too weak. I discovered later on that I had to make him more active. I could not make an old guy like that do the things I wanted him to do." Although initially only intended as a one-off character, Barks found more use for the character, and Scrooge returned the following year in the 1948 Barks comic The Old Castle's Secret, where Scrooge calls upon his nephews to help him find Sir Quackly's treasure at his ancestral castle in the fictional Scottish village of Dismal Downs. It marked the first time Scrooge's Scottish ancestry was first established, as well as the first time that Scrooge took his nephews on a treasure hunt, which would become a recurring theme for the many comics that would follow. While Barks was developing Uncle Scrooge's character, he also introduced numerous aspects of Scrooge's character that have since become iconic of the character. In Voodoo Hoodoo (1949), Scrooge could be seen bathing in his money for the first time, while in Billions to Sneeze At (1951), the idea of Scrooge swimming in his money was introduced. Scrooge's Money Bin made its first appearance in 1952's The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill, and Scrooge's characteristic Number One Dime first appeared in The Round Money Bin (1953).
1950s-1970s
, first published in September 1950, was one of the first stories to change the focus of the Duck stories from Donald to Scrooge. During the story, several themes were introduced for Scrooge. Donald first mentions in this story that his uncle practically owns Duckburg (a statement that Scrooge's rival John D. Rockerduck would later put in dispute). Scrooge first hints that he was not born into wealth, as he remembers buying the Hourglass in Morocco when he was a member of a ship's crew as a cabin boy. It is also the first story in which Scrooge mentions speaking another language besides his native English and reading other alphabets besides the Latin alphabet, as during the story, he speaks Arabic and is able to read the Arabic alphabet. The latter theme would be developed further in later stories. Barks and current Scrooge writers have depicted Scrooge as being fluent in Arabic, Dutch, German, Mongolian, Spanish, Mayan, Bengali, Finnish, and various dialects of Chinese. Scrooge acquired this knowledge from years of living or traveling to the various regions of the world where those languages are spoken. In The Magic Hourglass, Scrooge was shown in a more positive light than in previous stories, but his more villainous side was present too. Scrooge is seen in this story attempting to reacquire a magic hourglass that he gave to Donald, before finding out that it acted as a protective charm for him. Scrooge starts losing one billion dollars each minute and comments that he will go bankrupt within 600 years. This line is a parody of Orson Welles' line in Citizen Kane: "You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... 60 years." To convince his nephews to return it, he pursues them throughout Morocco, where they had headed to earlier in the story. Memorably during the story, Scrooge interrogates Donald by having him tied up and tickled with a feather in an attempt to get Donald to reveal the hourglass' location. Scrooge finally manages to retrieve it, exchanging it for a flask of water, as he had found his nephews exhausted and left in the desert with no supplies. As Scrooge explains, he intended to give them a higher offer, but he just could not resist having somebody at his mercy without taking advantage of it. In 1952, the first story with Uncle Scrooge as its titular character appeared, called Only a Poor Old Man. With the success of the first tryout issues with Scrooge as its titular character, Scrooge began starring in his own comic book series, called Uncle Scrooge. Ever since, Scrooge, besides being featured in many more Uncle Scrooge-titled adventure comics, has also starred in a large number of one-page gag comics, usually centered around his extreme stinginess. The above-mentioned stories all being written and drawn by his creator Carl Barks, Scrooge was never used by any other writer or artist until his appearance in a 1950 comic called Trail Blazer by Bob Moore, followed by many more artists and writers who picked up the Scrooge character for their own stories. Barks kept writing and drawing Uncle Scrooge comics until his retirement in 1967. Late in 1954, Barks (who had worked as a story writer on the Donald Duck theatrical cartoons shorts at the Disney Studios from 1935 to 1942, before starting his work on the comic books) was asked by the Disney Studios if he would be free to write a script for a Scrooge McDuck 7-minute animated cartoon. Scrooge was a huge success in the comic books at the time, and Disney now wanted to introduce the miserly duck to theater audiences as well. Barks supplied the studios with a detailed 9-page script, which was accompanied by a synopsis telling the story of the happy-go-lucky Donald Duck working for the troubled Scrooge who tries to save his money from a hungry rat. Barks also sent some sketches of his ideas for the short, including a money-sorting machine, which Barks had already used on the cover of one of the Uncle Scrooge issues. The script was never used as Disney soon after decided to concentrate on TV shows instead. Scrooge's first appearance in animated form (save for a brief cameo appearance on the Mickey Mouse Club television series) was in the 1967 theatrical featurette Scrooge McDuck and Money, in which he teaches his nephews some basic financial tips. In this featurette, Scrooge was voiced by veteran voice actor Bill Thompson, who himself was of Scottish ancestry and had previously voiced a number of other Scottish characters, including Jock from Lady and the Tramp. In the short, Huey, Dewey, and Louie come to Scrooge with their piggy bank in hand, wanting advice on how they can save it and one day to become wealthy like Scrooge. Scrooge agrees that the boys should learn more about money, and begins with history, first talking about ancient forms of money. After several other lessons, Scrooge leads the boys into his boardroom and accepts their piggy bank, making them stockholders. Scrooge takes a small fee for his time and consultation, informing the boys that good things are never free. Scrooge was animated by Ward Kimball, one of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men. Despite only having made one theatrical appearance at the time, Scrooge was one of the characters who was featured in the popular arena show Disney on Parade in 1969, appearing in a comical segment alongside his nephew Donald. In the 1970s, a number of years into his retirement, Barks wrote a number of comics centered around the Junior Woodchucks, with shrewd industrialist Scrooge often appearing as the antagonist towards the nature-preserving scouting group.
1980s-1990s
A decade later, Scrooge starred as his namesake, Ebenezer Scrooge, in the 1983 featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol. Scrooge has the same role as in the original story; a miser enlisting Bob Cratchit (played by Mickey Mouse) but paying him poorly. After being warned by his deceased friend Jacob Marley (Goofy), he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Jiminy Cricket), Present (Willie the Giant), and Future (Pete). Scrooge changes his ways and becomes a better person. The feature also marked the first time in which Scrooge's official voice actor, the late Alan Young, voiced the character in an animated production. Young had previously voiced Scrooge (and various other characters) in An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players, on which Mickey's Christmas Carol was based. Alan wrote the album along with Alan Dinehart, and both were credited for adapting the story in the featurette, as well. Mickey's Christmas Carol further familiarized Scrooge with audiences, and the character would begin to appear far more frequently in different facets of the Disney company beyond comics, including television and theme parks, such as the Donald Duck's 50th Birthday event in 1984. In 1987, Scrooge starred in the television special Sport Goofy in Soccermania, opposite Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Goofy. The special saw Scrooge as the sponsor of the triplets' fledging soccer team, the Greenbacks, whose game against the Beagle Boys will greatly impact McDuck's fortune. To win the coveted trophy, Scrooge enlists the help of "Sport Goofy", who proves to be surprisingly agile and nimble despite his clumsy mien. In September of 1987, Scrooge would star in what is arguably his most iconic role in animation: DuckTales. Loosely based on the original Carl Barks comics, the show followed the adventures of McDuck and his youngest nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie (now under Scrooge's care as Donald went off to the Navy). Scrooge's appearance in DuckTales closely followed Bark's own design, albeit with a blue frock coat rather than the traditional red palette. The show went on to become a massive hit and familiarized Scrooge McDuck and his recurring themes with generations of American audiences. In 1990, Treasure of the Lost Lamp, a film based on the series, debuted in theaters, marking Scrooge's first appearance in a feature-length movie.
DuckTales
In the DuckTales series, Scrooge has adopted the nephews, due to Donald leaving home and joining the Navy, and, as a result, his rougher edges are smoothed out somewhat. While most of his traits remain from the comics, he is notably more jovial and less irritable in the series. In the Season-1 episode "Once Upon a Dime", Scrooge credits his improved temperament to the nephews and Webby, saying that "for the first time since I left Scotland, I have a family." Though Scrooge is far from heartless in the comics, he is rarely so openly sentimental. While he still hunts for treasure in DuckTales, many episodes focus on him attempting to thwart villains. He remains, however, just as tightfisted with money as he has always been. Scrooge displays a strict code of honor, insisting that the only valid way to acquire wealth is to "earn it square" and he goes to great lengths to thwart those (sometimes even his own nephews) who gain money dishonestly. This code also prevents him from ever being dishonest himself, saying that "Scrooge McDuck's word is as good as gold." He also expresses great disgust at being viewed by others as a greedy liar and cheater. The show fleshed out his upbringing by depicting his life as an individual who worked hard his entire life to earn his keep and fiercely defends it against those who were truly dishonest: a value he teaches his nephews. Also, it was shown that money is no longer the most important thing in his life (though he is still extremely rich, and willing to undergo any honest means of keeping it that way). For one episode, he is under a love spell, which causes him to lavish his time on a goddess over everything else. The nephews and Webby find out that the only way to break the spell is to make the person realize that the object of their love will cost them something they truly love. The children make it appear that Scrooge's love is allergic to money; however, he simply decides to give up his wealth so he can be with her. Later, when he realizes that he'll also have to give up his nephews to be with her, the spell is immediately broken, showing that family is the most important thing to him. Similarly, Scrooge, after regaining his wealth after it got lost in cyberspace (and his nephews unintentionally making their misadventure even worse when they mistook his savings account for a computer game), briefly celebrated his regaining his wealth, although he eventually grew despondent, feeling that there was a "better treasure" where he was going (at the time, due to miscommunication between Scrooge and Dr. Quackerpelt, Scrooge believed that he had been diagnosed as terminally ill, when Quackerpelt was, in fact, trying to tell Scrooge that he had been trying to repair a grandfather clock that his nephews broke). In the comic book continuation of Darkwing Duck, Scrooge comes in at the end of the first arc to help re-organize the Quackwerks corporation, naming Launchpad its CEO.
Raw Toonage
Scrooge appeared as the host of the series' third episode. Here, he has bought an incredibly advanced security system to guard his vault. Although he has been told it's the best security system known to man, Scrooge first wants it to get the "Scrooge McDuck Seal of Approval". In order to do so, Scrooge tests the system by using increasingly more extreme ways to break into his own vault.
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Scrooge, along with Daisy and Aunt Gertie, visits Donald and the nephews for Christmas Day. After dinner, he sings carols while playing his beloved piano. Like the other adults, Scrooge is oblivious to the repeating Christmas Day. When the boys try to "liven things up", the piano is destroyed and everything is ruined, leaving the family in despair. The next repeat day, the boys make it the best Christmas ever, even singing the carols with Scrooge.
Kingdom Hearts series
Scrooge appears as a minor character in the Kingdom Hearts series, as the owner of the Sea-salt ice cream business. The flavor had been popular when he was young, and he is trying to get the ice cream to become popular again. He originates from Disney Castle but spent much of his time journeying with King Mickey to expand his business to various worlds. Scrooge's first chronological appearance is in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. In during which, Scrooge rewards Ventus for saving him from Unversed by giving him three lifetime passes to Disney Town, telling him to give two to "grown-ups". He also speaks with Aqua briefly and sells Lea and Isa sea-salt ice cream. In Kingdom Hearts II, Scrooge lives in Hollow Bastion with his three grandnephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. He is still selling sea-salt ice cream and finally has success towards the end of the game. He also offers a skateboard mini-game. The end credits show him reunite with Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, Pluto, his nephews, and Chip and Dale at Disney Castle. Scrooge returns in Kingdom Hearts III. He appears in Twilight Town as the owner of Le Grand Bistro, a restaurant that hosts a mini-game where Sora collaborates with Remy from Ratatouille. He is also a brief employer of Hayner, Pence, and Olette, whom he tasks with promoting a local film festival in his name.
Disney's Party
In the Gamecube and Gameboy Advance party game, Scrooge serves as the game's host where he gives tutorials and instructions. When the player finishes all rounds, he would host a ceremony honoring the player and their party members' skills and achievements during the game's run.
Toontown Online
Scrooge's only appearance in Toontown Online is in the game's original loading video, where he visits his employee Gyro Gearloose. Inside Gyro's lab, Scrooge finds an inactive "Cog" with a sign saying "Do Not Touch!" As cheap as he is, Scrooge still activates the "Cog" thinking it would be a big "help" to Toontown and would earn him money. However, the big "Cog" starts an endless production of other Cogs, from The Big Cheese to Pencil Pushers and Robber Barons, which makes the machine malfunction and causes the production to speed up. Nervous, Scrooge watched in horror while the Cogs fly away from the first Cog's orders. The Cog comes up to Scrooge, and the screen fades to black. Scrooge's current location is unknown, and he cannot be encountered in the game itself.
Scrooge is a semi-common character in the Disney Parks. His appearances in the US parks were especially common during the original run of DuckTales and The Disney Afternoon. He is now mostly seen at Tokyo Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Disneyland Paris. In the North American parks, he is often seen during exclusive meet-and-greet sessions for annual pass-holders.
He also appeared in the Disney's Magical Express bus videos.
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•He is named after the character Ebenezer Scrooge from the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, whom he fittingly plays in Mickey's Christmas Carol (based on the novel).
•Scrooge is one of the few Disney comic characters to have ever been given a confirmed age; in the 1955 one-pager Watt an Occasion, written and drawn by Scrooge's creator Carl Barks, Scrooge celebrates his 75th birthday.
•As mentioned in Scrooge's character profile poster in issue 39-2003 of the popular German Disney magazine Micky Maus Magazin, Scrooge's constellation is the Capricornus, meaning he must have been born between December 21 and January 19.
•According to the Carl Barks one-pager The Cheapest Weigh, first published in 1953 (Uncle Scrooge #4), Scrooge weighs 20 pounds. In Barks' 1963 adventure comic For Old Dime's Sake (Uncle Scrooge #43), Magica De Spell measures that Scrooge is about 3 feet tall.
•In 2002, Forbes magazine named Scrooge McDuck history's fourth richest fictional character at $8.2 billion but moved him down to sixth place in 2005. In 2006, Scrooge was moved back up to third place, with a worth of $10.9 billion, trailing only Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks and Charles Montgomery Burns. In 2007, the self-made Scottish businessman finally got on the top of the Forbes Fictional 15 with a net worth of $28.8 billion. In 2009, he landed in second place and eventually made it back to first place in 2011. In 2012, he didn't appear on the list although Flintheart Glomgold made the list at #2 that year. Scrooge made his way back to #1 in 2013.
•Scrooge is one of five characters in the Disney company to make the Forbes Fictional 15 list, with the others being Glomgold, Warbucks, Cruella De Vil, and Tony Stark (even though Stark is a character from Marvel).
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