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=== Scrooge McDuck ===
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{{quote| The richest, and probably the cheapest duck in the world. [[Catch Phrase|He made his wealth by being tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties, and he made it square.]] He resides in a large bin full of money (which [[Money Fetish|he loves to dive around in like a porpoise, burrow through like a gopher, and toss it up and let it him on the head]]) in Duckburg, constantly seeking to increase his wealth.}}
 
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Although not formally educated, this is what he does in his spare time.
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=== [[Donald Duck]] ===
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{{quote| Scrooge's nephew, who has to tolerate living with his three nephews, being dragged along for treasure hunts, fighting annoying neighbors and cousins, and being between jobs.}}
 
* [[Chaste Toons]]
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=== Huey, Dewey and Louie ===
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{{quote| Donald's nephews (and Scrooge's grandnephews), living with their "Unca Donald," rising within the ranks of the Junior Woodchucks, and causing trouble at home.}}
 
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: They were this when they first appeared. [[Characterization Marches On|Not so much nowadays.]]
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* [[Not So Different]]: The nephews are as enterprising and risk-seeking as their Unca Scrooge, which is how he warms to them (and why Scrooge sometimes sees the trio as his true heirs over his more skeptical, less-driven nephew Donald).
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Their mother is Donald's sister Della Duck, and she apparently asked Donald to take care of them while their unnamed father was spending time on a hospital. And she was never heard from again...
{{quote| '''Scrooge:''' I'm not used to relatives either. The few I had seem to have... disappeared.<br />
'''Huey, Dewey and Louie:''' We know how ''that'' feels, Unca Scrooge. }}
* [[Single-Minded Twins|Single-Minded Triplets]]: More apparent in earlier stories, where they were often literally treated as one character with three separate bodies, to the point of sharing all their spoken lines. The trope is still in effect in later stories, but the boys seem to have at least stopped speaking in union and finishing each other's sentences.
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=== Daisy Duck ===
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{{quote| Donald's girlfriend, who is almost as temperamental as he is, but does have somewhat better self-control.}}
 
* [[Blue Eyes]]: In ''[[Quack Pack]]''.
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=== Gyro Gearloose ===
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{{quote| Duckburg's local inventor, who frequently works on strange and often useless inventions that have a tendency to end up in the wrong hands. Donald and Scrooge are his friends and his most frequent customers.}}
 
* [[Bungling Inventor]]: Sometimes, though his inventions do tend to work perfectly -- when problems arise, it's usually due to some detail Gyro has failed to consider, or simply due to unfortunate circumstances.
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=== Little Helper ===
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{{quote| Gyro's tiny, robotic assistant, who aids him with his many inventions and is sometimes hinted to be just as smart, if not even smarter, than Gyro. Usually he's mostly a [[Funny Background Event]] character, but he does occasionally play important parts in the plots and even gets a few [[Day in The Limelight]] episodes now and again.}}
* [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"]]: He's never given any actual name other than "Little Helper" or, more commonly, just "Helper."
** He gets a name in some translation - such as "Edi" ([[Meaningful Name|after Edison]]) in Italy, "Lampadinha" ("little lamp") in Brazil or "Filament" in France.
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=== Gladstone Gander ===
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{{quote| Donald's impossibly lucky cousin. Gladstone's incredible luck allows him to live a life of leisure without ever doing anything resembling working, much to Donald's chagrin. He is Donald's heated rival in almost everything, including Daisy's affections. Everybody -- including the writers -- [[The Scrappy|loves to hate this guy]], but of course, the "[[Lucky Bastard]] loses his luck" plot would lose its meaning if overdone; it was actually very rarely used in the comics and only once in the ''[[DuckTales]]'' [[Animated Adaptation]].}}
 
* [[Born Lucky]]: Literally.
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=== Fethry Duck ===
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{{quote| Donald's eccentric cousin who seems to take on a new obsession every week, but as all of his information on his obsession usually comes from books, TV shows, self-help videos and the like, he often messes up his attempts to apply his "knowledge" and is blissfully unaware of the trouble he causes for everyone around him (especially Donald). Despite Fethry's being an American invention, his stories weren't printed in English until relatively recently. Instead, he enjoyed popularity in other countries, Brazil going as far as to give him his own solo comic, complete with nephew (just one), girlfriend (she's a long-suffering artist), and superhero alter-ego (The Red Bat, borderline useless). He is not part of Barks/Don Rosa canon, though some versions of the Duck family tree do place him there.}}
 
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: As he might say: "Having your feet on the ground just means you're standing still."
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=== Grandma Duck ===
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{{quote| Donald, Fethry and Gladstone's grandmother and Huey, Dewey and Louie's great-grandmother. She lives at a farm outside Duckburg with her gluttonous, incredibly lazy farmhand Gus Goose (Donald's cousin), and is renowned for her pie-baking skills. Her rarely heard real name is Elvira Coot.}}
 
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: According to [[Don Rosa]], she is Donald's paternal grandmother and therefore not related to Scrooge at all, but before that, in European comics, it was widely accepted that she was Scrooge's sister and actually Donald's ''aunt'' -- and Huey, Dewey and Louie's real grandmother. With the publication of the Duck family tree which shows her as Donald's grandmother, this has largely been forgotten.
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=== Gus Goose ===
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{{quote| Grandma Duck's incredibly lazy and gluttonous helping hand.}}
 
* [[Big Eater]] / [[Extreme Omnivore]]: It makes you wonder how he got to be the chef on ''[[House of Mouse]]''.
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=== April, May and June ===
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{{quote| Daisy's three nieces, and more or less [[Distaff Counterpart|Distaff Counterparts]] of Huey, Dewey and Louie. Unlike HD&L, however, they live with their mother (Daisy's unseen and unnamed sister) and only occasionally stay with their aunt.}}
 
* [[Chromatic Arrangement]]: Only in about half their appearances do the girls follow the classic red/blue/green scheme; they're often seen to wear yellow/magenta/cyan, and sometimes they discard the chromatic part and wear yellow/purple/orange -- and sometimes they all wear the same color. It's impossible to say which color belongs to which girl, as they never got an official color assignment.
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=== Glittering Goldie O'Gilt ===
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{{quote| Scrooge's love interest from his gold prospecting days, "the only live one I ever knew."}}
 
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
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=== Ludwig von Drake ===
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{{quote| An absent-minded scholar/inventor who is referred to as Donald's uncle (according to [[Don Rosa]], he is/was married to Scrooge's sister Matilda, making him Donald's uncle by marriage) and an expert on everything. He originally appeared in ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'', but has since appeared as a recurring character in comics by some authors. He appears ''very'' rarely in stories by Carl Barks and Don Rosa. Has become somewhat similar to Gyro, which is probably why you rarely see the two together. Just remember, Ludwig is [[The Professor]] first, and a [[Bungling Inventor]] second, while Gyro is the other way around.}}
 
* [[Ditzy Genius]]: Even moreso than Gyro, in fact. There's no doubt that he's brilliant in every way, but he's also somewhat of an eccentric, at times bordering on being a [[The Wonka|Wonka]] -- or, [[Depending on the Writer]], even a full-fledged [[Cloudcuckoolander]].
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=== Rumpus McFowl ===
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{{quote| Scrooge's lazy, freeloading, overweight half-brother. Created by, and so far used exclusively by William Van Horn.}}
* [[Acrofatic]]: He's old and fat and lazy, but can ''really'' move when he wants to.
* [[Big Eater]]: Especially when it's other people's food he's eating.
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=== Brigitta MacBridge ===
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{{quote| A shrewd businesswoman duck whose main goal is to one day marry Scrooge McDuck, even though he isn't interested in romance at all. Created by Romano Scarpa, Barks liked the character enough to give Romano a drawing of Brigitta trying to seduce Scrooge with a Money Scented perfume, which Romano then wrote a story based on said premise. The original drawing has been lost.}}
 
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: To Scrooge.
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=== Jubal Pomp ===
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{{quote| A younger businessman (about Donald's age, it seems) who really wishes he could be successful like Scrooge, but doesn't really have what it takes, despite being just as eager (and usually just as honest). A friend (and nothing more) and protegé of Brigitta MacBridge. When working with her he can usually accomplish more than on his own. Like Brigitta, created by Romano Scarpa and used mainly in Italian comics, where he is named Filo Sganga.}}
 
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Business is business!" - And that's pretty much all he knows about business.
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=== Ms. Emily Quackfaster ===
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{{quote| Scrooge's loyal and efficient secretary.}}
 
* [[Ascended Extra]]: The fact that Quackfaster was mostly just a background character in [[Carl Barks]]'s stories probably contributed to her inconsistent portrayals.
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=== Bolivar/Bernie/Bornworthy ===
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{{quote| Donald's lazy and stupid St. Bernard, who is generally much more at home sleeping in front of the fireplace than he is going out on adventures and suchlike. Doesn't appear in many stories, but generally makes himself known in a big way when he does appear.}}
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: He first appeared in the cartoon ''The Alpine Climbers'' where he was a genuine rescue dog who stoically braved the icy alps to rescue Mickey, Donald and Pluto. When he was brought over to comics as Donald's pet, he pretty much lost his stoic heroism and became a lazy, stupid coward who hates the cold and runs inside to huddle by the fireplace the moment a snowflake falls.
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: His real name is Bolivar, but due to fear that this might be seen as a slur on Simon Bolivar, writers have named him "Bernie," "Bornworthy," "Bolly" and "Bornie." Nowadays, most writers use his original name, though.
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* [[Hidden Depths]]: ...but there are hints that he may be [[Obfuscating Stupidity|smarter than he lets on.]] In one story, as a [[Funny Background Event]], he plays checkers with Gyro's Helper, and ''wins.''
* [[Ironic Fear]]: He's a ''St. Bernard'' who's afraid of ''snow.'' Donald even [[Lampshaded Trope|Lampshades]] [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?num=3&loc=1951/W_WDC_125-02R&s=date it on occasion.]
{{quote| }}
 
=== The Junior Woodchucks ===
{{quote| The [[Scout Out|Scouting]] organization that Huey, Dewey and Louie are members of, created by [[Carl Barks]] as a parody of the Boy Scouts. There are, or at least there are implied to be, several thousand members of the Junior Woodchucks on a global basis, though the Duckburg troop is the oldest and original one. In most stories, HD&L are the only named characters in the organization, though several writers and artists have their own recurring background characters to fill out the ranks, plus a never-ending stream of troop leaders and generals with pompous and silly titles.}}
 
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Taking the "Be Prepared" motto to ludicrous extremes, members are pretty much ''required'' to be this.
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=== General Snozzie ===
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{{quote| One of three official Junior Woodchuck canine mascots (both [[Pluto the Pup|Pluto]] and Bolivar have functioned as Junior Woodchuck mascots in some stories), and by far the most talented of them. He's an expert bloodhound who can sniff out anyone or anything, and is hinted to be the smartest dog in the world.}}
 
* [[The Ace]]: As weird as it may seem to have an Ace who's a non-anthropomorphic, non-talking dog, General Snozzie manages to pull it off. Is there nothing this dog can't do?
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== The Clan McDuck ==
=== Fergus McDuck ===
{{quote| Scrooge McDuck's Father.}}
* [[Happily Married]] :To Downy
* {{spoiler|[[Together in Death]].}}
 
=== Downy [[McDuck]], née O'Drake ===
{{quote| Scrooge [[McDuck]]'s Mother.}}
* [[Happily Married]] :To Fergus
* {{spoiler|[[Together in Death]].}}
 
=== Matilda McDuck ===
{{quote| The oldest of Scrooge's two younger sisters.}}
* [[Big Brother Worship]] : {{spoiler|Until [[Broken Pedestal|Chapter 11 ]].}} {{spoiler|When we meet her again as an old lady she inverts this trope by insulting Scrooge at every turn .}}
** {{spoiler|it returns though when they finally reconcile.}}
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=== Hortense McDuck ===
{{quote| Scrooge's youngest sister. {{spoiler|Also Donald Duck's Mother.}}}}
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Already as a little girl she was tough as nails, as a teenager she effortlessly chased and beat up fully grown men, and as a young adult she managed to chase away an entire ''army'' by chasing them with a broom.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Quackmore Duck, {{spoiler|Donald's father}}.
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=== The Beagle Boys ===
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{{quote| The Beagle Boys are a family of masked and usually not-too-bright thugs that unsuccessfully seek to rob Scrooge of his fortune.}}
 
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]
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=== Grandpa Beagle/Blackheart Beagle ===
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{{quote| The Beagle Boys' grandfather, founder and occasional leader. In ''[[DuckTales]]'' he's replaced by Ma Beagle, and some of the fans [[Epileptic Trees|assume that she's his wife]].}}
 
* [[Big Bad]]: Mostly in [[Don Rosa]]'s stories.
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=== Magica De Spell ===
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{{quote| A sorceress who seeks to steal Scrooge's #1 dime and melt it in the fires of Mt. Vesuvius for a spell that could give her the power to turn any substance into gold.}}
 
* [[Arch Enemy]]: With Scrooge, and they have had a couple of [[Enemy Mine]] moments.
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=== Flintheart Glomgold ===
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{{quote| The second richest duck in the world, Flintheart Glomgold, just like Scrooge is a cheap old miser who lives in a bin full of money, except in South Africa; and just like Scrooge, Flintheart started his fortune from nothing. Flintheart, however, has none of Scrooge's integrity and didn't make his fortune square. Flintheart seeks to gain the status of the richest duck in the world, and unlike Scrooge, doesn't have much morality to slow him down.}}
 
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Due to Glomgold's role as Scrooge's [[Foil]], his tendency for [[Kick the Dog]] moments, and the [[It's Personal|intensity of their competition]], subsequent comics, cartoons, and video games have elevated Glomgold to arch enemy status in Scrooge's [[Rogues Gallery]].
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=== John D. Rockerduck ===
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{{quote| A notorious, Duckburg-based business rival of Scrooge's. He presumably holds the dubious honour of being the third richest duck in the world. John D. Rockerduck was created and used by [[Carl Barks]] in just one story, "Boat Buster", but for some bizarre reason, Brazilian and European writers almost always use him in Flintheart Glomgold's place and rarely acknowledge Flintheart's existence. Unlike Scrooge (and Glomgold), Rockerduck has no qualms about spending money if it suits him (which in some ways makes him somewhat more sensible than Scrooge), and he inherited his wealth from his hard working father, Howard Rockerduck, rather than earning it himself.}}
 
* [[Affably Evil]]: He can be pretty pleasant, unlike Glomgold.
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=== Neighbor J. Jones ===
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{{quote| Donald's next door neighbor. He and Donald have a heated rivalry that comes close to being a full-fledged war, with the yard between their houses as the battlefield.}}
 
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: When we are given a reason for why Donald and Jones are fighting (if they themselves even remember it), it's usually something like this.
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=== P.J. McBrine/Argus McSwine ===
{{quote| A pig-featured, mustachioed con man usually wearing a hat and a black coat. Created by Barks, he's appeared under many different names such as "Scalpnik" and "Porkman de Lardo".}}
 
* [[Obviously Evil]]
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== [[Canon Foreigner|Canon Foreigners]] from ''[[DuckTales]]'' ==
{{quote| Characters who were created exclusively for the [[Animated Adaptation]] series, ''[[DuckTales]]''.}}
=== Launchpad McQuack ===
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{{quote| A tall, strapping pilot who worked as Scrooge's go-to guy for piloting, but with a bad habit of pulling off crash landings. Later became [[Darkwing Duck]]'s sidekick.}}
 
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]
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=== Fenton Crackshell / Gizmoduck ===
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{{quote| Scrooge's accountant in the second season of ''[[DuckTales]]'', who possesses an almost supernatural ability to count things very quickly with only a quick glace. He also guards the Money Bin as Gizmoduck.}}
 
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of Robocop.
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=== Webbigail "Webby" Vanderquack ===
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{{quote| A young female duckling who lives with her grandmother, Mrs. Beakley, in Scrooge's mansion.}}
 
* [[Cheerful Child]]
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=== Doofus Drake ===
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{{quote| A chubby Junior Woodchuck, friend to Huey, Dewey and Louie, and Launchpad's biggest fan.}}
 
* [[Big Eater]]: Not to the extent of, say, Gus Goose, but still.
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=== Bubba the Cave Duck & Tootsie the Triceratops ===
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{{quote| A young caveduck and his pet dinosaur who stowed away with Scrooge and company during a time-traveling trip.}}
 
* [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: Tootsie acts more like a [[Big Friendly Dog]] than a dinosaur.
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=== Duckworth ===
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{{quote| Scrooge's butler and chauffeur in ''[[DuckTales]]'', who has actually also appeared in some non-Rosa comics. It should be noted that though Duckworth himself was a ''[[DuckTales]]'' creation, the idea of Scrooge having a butler ranges as far back as to Scrooge's first story, ''The Christmas on Bear Mountain''. Italian comics have a similar character named Battista as Scrooge's butler, and the Mexican dub of the animated series actually translated Duckworth as "Battista".}}
 
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: For the most part, he's mostly a background character who gets a few minor moments here and there, but he did get two episodes that centered on him, ''Duckworth's Revolt'' and ''Take Me Out of the Ballgame.''
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=== Mrs. Bentina Beakley ===
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{{quote| Scrooge's maid and the nephews' nanny, hired because she offered to work for nothing except food and shelter for herself and her granddaughter Webby.}}
 
* [[Apron Matron]]: At least in the beginning; though less strict and more soft-spoken than most examples of the trope. Of course, she didn't quite stay that way: see below.
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=== Admiral Grimitz ===
{{quote| Donald's comanding officer while he worked in the Navy}}
* [[Ax Crazy]]: He loves it when things go ka-blooey!
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Provided by none other than [[Peter Cullen]], in an impression of [[John Wayne]].
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=== Merlock ===
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{{quote| A ruthless, immortal, shape-shifting sorceror who goes on the warpath when Scrooge gets hold of the magic lamp in ''[[DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp|Duck Tales the Movie Treasure of The Lost Lamp]]''. He was one of the Genie's former masters, and will do ''anything'' to get him back into his clutches.}}
 
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: He sank Atlantis, destroyed Pompeii using Vesuvius, and created anchovy pizza.
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=== El Capitan ===
{{quote| A former sea captain who's even more greedy and miserly than Scrooge is; he literally goes insane with gold fever and will go to any lengths to retrieve even a lost penny -- even if it should risk losing all his other money or even his life. Appears in the five-part pilot for ''[[DuckTales]].''}}
 
* [[Jim Cummings]]
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=== Dijon the Thief ===
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{{quote| A kleptomaniac who's always going after valuable treasures but has trouble keeping them. He's occasionally hired by other villains to aid them in their goals, and has been seen working for both Flintheart Glomgold and Merlock -- though he's really not such a bad person when it comes down to it.}}
 
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Yep.
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