And when Huey, Dewey and Louie arrive at the massive McDuck Manor, they meet up with soon-to-be new friend Webby, her grandmother (and Scrooge’s maid) Mrs. Beakley and the blunderful pilot Launchpad McQuack.
DuckTales thankfully isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel in terms of its characters and set-up, but it does have to start somewhere, right?
It’s not the whole gang just yet, but this core group of familiars is more than enough to entertain everyone.
When we first touch base with Donald Duck and his trio of wisecracking nephews, the dutiful uncle isn’t heading to the U.S. Navy, but rather taking a new job that requires him to seek the child-watching assistance of his own uncle, the insanely wealthy Scrooge McDuck.