Disney Ducks Comic Universe/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Mr. Vice Guy]]: Former and rightful [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Money Fetish]]: As if there's any doubt.

* [[Number One Dime]]: [[Trope Namer]], though whether he actually fits the trope varies from writer to writer -- [[Carl Barks]] and [[Don Rosa]] portray the titular dime's only value as being sentimental (and, for Magica de Spell, sympathetic - it's powerful because it belongs to Scrooge, it's not inherently magical), other writers play this trope straight. [[Carl Barks]] did write a story in which Scrooge had an actual [[Number One Dime]]; a magical hourglass that, when upset, caused his fortunes to start drying up.

* [[Prospector]]: Scrooge's first big break came while he was prospecting, though it took him years of hard work. He's prospected for gold, copper, oil, silver, uranium, and just about anything that one can prospect for.

* [[The Scrooge]]: He's named the way he is for a reason.

* [[Thrifty Scot]]: In the [[Don Rosa]] canon, this is a family trait of the McDuck Clan, and it's one they're very proud of -- the ghosts of Scrooge's ancestors ensure he survives a would-have-been fatal injury when they discover his destiny is to become the most tightfisted tightward the world will ever see. In fact, one of Scrooge's ancestors lost a battle (and his life) because he was too cheap to buy arrows for his archers.

* [[Uncle Pennybags]]: When in a good mood.

* [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]]: Often, in the adventures he shares with Scrooge and his nephews, Donald is the one most reluctant to come along, and who complains the most... so he's also the one who suffers the most hardships.

* [[Cool Car]]: Donald's old 313 (a 1934 Belchfire Runabout) straddles the line between this and [[The Alleged Car]].

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck Tales]]'' he only appears in a handful of episodes.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: He's a duck of ''many'' talents. Unfortunately, his biggest and most consistent talent seems to be screwing things up for himself whenever things are going well.

* [[Get Rich Quick Scheme]]. If only they ever worked out...

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: No matter how bad-tempered, self-centered or otherwise annoying he may act, he genuinely does care for his nephews and will sacrifice just about anything for their sake.

* [[The Lancer]]: Serves this role when forced to accompany Uncle Scrooge.

{{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. }}

** ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck Tales]]'' occasionally subverted the trope by giving them individual character traits -- Huey as the energetic leader, Dewey as the smart guy and Louie as the gentle, good-natured tagalong. ''[[Quack Pack (Animation)|Quack Pack]]'' took these traits and [[Flanderization|ran with them]], making the three boys distinct individuals and completely averting the trope.

* [[Theme Twin Naming|Theme Triplet Naming]]

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]

* [[Diary]]: Many of the stories starring her are framed as her diary entries, complete with captions where Daisy acts as [[First Person Narrator]]. The idea seems to have started with Dell devoting Four Color Comics #600 (November, 1954) to "Daisy Duck's Diary" which featured stories in this format. The idea proved successful enough for one issue each year devoted to new stories from Daisy's Diary. This sub-series lasted from 1954 to 1961. In 1964, Daisy's Diary was revived as a feature in "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" with several stories published over the next few years. In 1965, new "Daisy's Diary" stories started being created and published in Italy. Followed by Brazil a few years later. This subset of stories has continued into the 21st century. The Inducks database counts 297 stories of "Daisy's Diary" published between 1954 and 2008. Not bad.

* [[Double Standard]]: Daisy often gets away with leaving Donald for Gladstone whenever it suits her, making ridiculous demands from and sometimes downright mistreating Donald. In her defense, Donald isn't always portrayed as being an all that reliable boyfriend either.

* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: In ''[[Quack Pack (Animation)|Quack Pack]]'' and Brazilian comics.

* [[Positive Discrimination]]: In the Brazilian comic stories about the McDuck TV channel, Daisy is a way more savvy and effective reporter than Donald and Fethry. Donald gets close to her level sometimes, but Fethry never does.

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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.}}

** 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.

* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Robot]]: Where Gyro tends to get carried away with his own brilliance, the Helper is usually far more practical-minded and can generally spot disaster long before it actually happens.

 

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: As he might say: "Having your feet on the ground just means you're standing still."

* [[Depending On the Writer]]: Can become a borderline [[The Load|Load]] under certain writers.

* [[The Determinator]]: When he gets an idea, he'll see it through to the end no matter what... or at least until he gets a new idea to be obsessed about.

* [[The One That Got Away]]

* [[Plucky Girl]]

* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]

* [[Trigger Happy]]

* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: In fact, he'll constantly point out all the various fields he's an expert in. Usually he's right about it too, though he doesn't always go on about things in the most sensible way.

* [[The Professor]]

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Tends to overcomplicate things.

 

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In his first appearance he was the villain of the story. In later appearances he became more sympathetic, but was still a bit of a cheat and a con man. Later still, he became an out-and-out good guy with only the occasional lapse into dishonesty.

* [[Clean Dub Name]]: Sort of. His first name in English was Jubal [[Species Surname|''Cock'']]...

* [[Inconsistent Dub]]: The Norwegian translators have ''real'' difficulty agreeing on a name for this character.

* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Brigitta.

{{quote| The Beagle Boys are a family of masked and usually not-too-bright thugs that unsuccessfully seek to rob Scrooge of his fortune.}}

 

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In the Beagle Boys' early appearances, they actually represented a threat to Scrooge. Today they are incompetent buffoons who are usually easily thwarted.

** Not all the time. Italian-produced comics make them buffoons, but quite a number of Egmont and Dutch-produced stories feature the Beagles being quite menacing -- the point typically being that while just a few Beagles are fairly inept by themselves, a large number can be quite effective crooks.

* [[Informed Species|Informed Breed]]: They look nothing like real beagles.

* [[Karma Houdini]]: Ma Beagle in the first season of ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck Tales]]''

** Don Rosa used to play with it, and in ''one'' occasion Barks draw one of them (young Blackheart) without his mask from stupefaction: [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?num=15&loc=1957/W_USGD_1-02R&s=date here].

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: There are plenty of comic stories with the Beagle Boys as the main focus, often showing them trying to rob someone ''other'' than Scrooge for a change. It's these stories that usually features their [[Comic Trio]] characterizations.

* [[Big Bad]]: Mostly in [[Don Rosa]]'s stories.

* [[Composite Character]]: Blackheart as depicted in Don Rosa's stories is based on two characters from two different stories by Carl Barks that may or may not have been intended to be the same character.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: He's been around the block a few times and knows most of the old tricks.

* [[Grumpy Old Man]]

* [[Surrounded By Idiots]]: Though the idiots are his grandsons, so while he can be strict and tough on them, he's seldom ''overly'' harsh.

** Barks himself played a part in this happening, despite desperately trying to avoid it. This also resulted in [[Flanderization]] of the Number One Dime itself, since by the original explanation it was "lucky" because it belonged to Scrooge, Scrooge was not lucky because of having it.

* [[Foe Yay]]

* [[Hot Witch]]: Specifically created to invoke this trope; [[Carl Barks]] admitted that when he created her, he deliberately went against the "old, ugly crone" type of [[Wicked Witch]] so prevalent at Disney at the time, and instead created a witch that was young and pretty.

* [[Implacable Man]]

{{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.}}

 

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]

* [[Create Your Own Villain]]: In ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (Comic Book)|The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'', Scrooge rescues an Afrikaner, who repays Scrooge by swindling him out of his supplies and deserting him in the middle of Africa. Scrooge makes it back to town and confronts the swindler, tarring and feathering him before the thief is mauled by Scrooge's lion. From his jail cell, the bushwhacker vows to become a somebody so he can one day get back at Scrooge. Guess who "Mr. Whatever-Your-Name-Is" turns out to be?

* [[Dub Name Change]]: A lot of Duckverse characters have their names changed, but an especially cool one could be the Polish one: Granit Forsant ('granite', and 'cash') - not only it matches lipsynch, has very close meaning but also the initials match as well.

* [[Depending On the Writer]]: He is sometimes shown living in Duckburg and being a member of Scrooge's Billionaire Club rather than living in South Africa.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]/[[Foil]]/[[Shadow Archetype]]: Glomgold's whole character can be described as what kind of person Scrooge would be like if he never even tried to make his fortune square. Not to mention his lack of relatives and allies in comparison to Scrooge's large group of family and friends.

* [[Flanderization]]: In his first appearance, Glomgold wasn't especially dishonest- the story was more Scrooge Vs. Himself. The second story had him attempt to sabotage Scrooge's fortune in order to win a competition, but he was shown stricken with guilt at "betraying my dear old mother's fondest hopes" and "becoming a scoundrel- all to win the title of world's richest duck!" (at least until he was offered another chance to sabotage Scrooge, which he readily accepts) It was his third appearance that he became the bad guy he's known as today, attempting to murder Scrooge and his nephews multiple times.

* [[Master of Disguise]]: Since his third appearance, Glomgold has fooled Scrooge and his nephews numerous times with his disguises in order to stay one step ahead, sabotage, or both. Even his female disguise was once convincing enough for Donald to steal a kiss!

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: In the ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck Tales]]'' episode "Attack of the Metal Mites", Dijon could never pronounce his name correctly.

* [[The Rival]]

 

=== John D. Rockerduck ===

** An European trait of his is eating his bowler hats after defeat.

** In fact, Rockerduck was in no way portrayed as a villain in his only [[Carl Barks]] story.

* [[Older Hero vs. Younger Villain]]

* [[Pet the Dog]]: He gets a few moments of this; notable was one Italian story where he thought Scrooge was [[Disney Death|dead]] and honestly grieved for him.

* [[Cranky Neighbor]]

* [[Jerkass]] - he's essentially a bigger, angrier Donald.

* [[One Name Only]] - it's implied that either his first name is Jones, or his last name is Neighbor

** Er, no. It's more like his first name is problematic: Carl Barks called him Jughead, which can't be used today because there's a [[Archie Comics|more famous Jughead Jones]] in comics.

* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice|Lantern Bill of Justice]]

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]

 

=== Fenton Crackshell / Gizmoduck ===

* [[Good With Numbers]]: He got the job as Scrooge's accountant by counting how many shotgun pellets Scrooge fired at him to scare him away.

* [[Large Ham]]: Especially when he's Gizmoduck.

* [[My Beloved Smother]]

* [[Secret Keeper]]: The only ones who know him being Gizmoduck are Scrooge and his mother.

* [[Something Person]]

* [[Superhero]]: The straightest example on the show.

 

=== Webbigail "Webby" Vanderquack ===

 

* [[Big Eater]]: Not to the extent of, say, Gus Goose, but still.

* [[Hero Worshipper]]: To Launchpad.

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: In the second season. He only showed up in one single non-speaking cameo in one episode and afterwards was never seen or mentioned again -- perhaps because both Launchpad and (to a lesser extent) Huey, Dewey and Louie were moved [[Out of Focus]] in this season, and sice Doofus was mostly there to interact with them, there was no real room for him in the scripts anymore.

* [[Jack of All Trades]]: Not ''quite'' a [[Renaissance Man]], but still highly skilled at a variety of tasks. Which is good, considering that Scrooge isn't going to pay for a large household staff when one man can do the job.

* [[The Jeeves]]: He's not omnicompetent, but he knows how to run house with meager money he gets from his Boss.

* [[Servile Snarker]]: Not the most obvious example of this trope, but he has his moments.

* [[The Stoic]]: It takes a lot for him to drop his stone-faced exterior.

{{quote| Donald's comanding officer while he worked in the Navy}}

* [[Ax Crazy]]: He loves it when things go ka-blooey!

 

=== Merlock ===

{{quote| A ruthless, immortal, shape-shifting sorceror who goes on the warpath when Scrooge gets hold of the magic lamp in ''[[Duck Tales the Movie Treasure of The Lost Lamp (Animation)|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.}}

 

* [[Atlantis]]: Ever wonder why Atlantis ''really'' sank?

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: He managed to survive this and became the final boss in ''Donald Duck Goin' Quackers''.

* [[Evil Sorcerer]]

* [[A God Am I]]

* [[Immortality Immorality]]: His first wish to the [[Benevolent Genie|Genie]] was to live forever.

* [[Large Ham]]: To be expected, considering his [[Christopher Lloyd|voice actor]].

* [[Three Wishes]]: His talisman allows him to bypass this rule.