DuckTales

- Season 1

(1988)

When Donald Duck's nephews are sent to live with their Uncle Scrooge, they discover a model ship that contains a map to a treasure.

Part 1 of 5. Scrooge McDuck is forced to take in his three nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, when their Uncle Donald enlists in the Navy. As they learn to get along, the mysterious El Capitan hires the Beagle Boys to steal a small wooden ship from Scrooge's museum, saying it is a map to a real treasure ship.

Part 2 of 5. Having learned about the ship of gold, Scrooge and the triplets follow the map to South America, in a race with El Capitan, this time aided by Scrooge's archenemy, Flintheart Glomgold. Both parties are caught in the region's legendary Monsopies rainstorms.

Part 3 of 5. An expert examines a coin from the sunken ship and declares it is from the legendary Valley of the Golden Suns. Scrooge flies to the Andes mountains to find the owner of a twin coin, and one half of the map leading to the Valley. He is aided by his nephew Donald, on temporary leave from the Navy, and pilot Launchpad McQuack.

After Scrooge goes off alone to follow the ocean currents to find the other half of the map, Launchpad and the boys follow his trail to Anarctica, where they are captured by a city of intelligent Penguins. they receive unexpected help from the boys' new governess, Mrs. Beakley, and her granddaughter Webbigail.

Having completed the map, McDuck and Co. finally fly to the Valley of the Golden Suns. From outside they are stalked by El Capitan; from inside they are threatened by Scrooge's increasing greed, which leads him to recklessly risk all their lives against the Valley's booby traps.

Gyro Gearloose builds a robot that can do anything efficiently and effectively. Then it goes berserk and takes over Scrooge's empire.

Webigail befriends a leprechaun cast out by his people. Scrooge inadvertently saves the little man's life, and, knowing that his people have to grant him a wish, demands that he be given their legendary "Golden Caverns" in return. When the little people scheme to punish Scrooge for his greed, Webigail and her friend must save him.

Uncle Scrooge forecloses on a loan for a movie studio. To improve it, he instructs Gyro to make the set for a space show, as real as possible. When he does, Huey, Dewey, and Louie go to space with their hero 'Major Courage,' where they are captured by aliens. How will they defeat the aliens and return home? Does 'Major Courage' have 'what it takes' when it is not an act?

On a day when the McDuck family is trapped indoors by a thunderstorm, Magica DeSpell causes each of them to see living versions of their worst fears.

Scrooge visits his old friend, Count Roy, of the mountain kingdom of Montedumas, only to find that his evil twin brother Ray has usurped the throne, and thrown Roy in jail wearing an iron mask.

Scrooge and his nephews follow a trail to a remote island to find a lost play written by legendary playwright Drakespeare, followed by super-salesman Filler Brushbill.

Donald is hypnotized into stealing the control module for a prototype attack submarine Scrooge has developed for the Navy.

Magica DeSpell enchants Scrooge's nephew Gladstone Gander into using his supernatural luck to infiltrate Scrooge's money bin and steal his Number One Dime, thus cursing himself with bad luck.

A search for a lost silver statue causes Scrooge and the others to discover a jungle duck. Much to Mrs Beakley's surprise, the jungle duck is a Prince whom she was once a nanny to long ago.

Scrooge is the servant boy for his evil stepbrothers and evil stepfather. His fairy godmother prepares him for the ball, where he falls in love with the princess. She is kidnapped! How will he rescue the princess before midnight?

Launchpad is terrified of making a fool of himself in front of his flying-ace family when all the McQuacks are to appear at an air show together. Launchpad is to fly Scrooge's experimental fighter plane, the Mc-X. But when the Beagle Boys sabotage his practice efforts and put themselves forward as its test pilots, the entire McQuack clan must bond together to stop an aerial assault on Scrooge's money bin.

After a cargo ship is lost in the Bermuda Triangle, Scrooge and his nephews travel there to discover the Triangle's secret and find the missing crew.

Scrooge realizes that he is not acting like a rich snob, which makes him unpopular among other rich people. He tries to raise his social status by acting rich, but the price of this turns out to be too high for him.

Thinking that he has become too old, Scrooge sets out to find the Fountain of Youth.

Magica De Spell's plan to magically use her shadow to retrieve Scrooge's number one dime backfires when her shadow overpowers her.

After Launchpad crashes for a hundredth time, he and Scrooge remember how they first met (and crashed).

In ancient Greece, evil sorceress Circe accidentally brings uncle Scrooge and the boys back in time, where they help a young king, Homer, to defeat her. Inspired by the ancient Greek epic poem The Odyssey.

Magica DeSpell tricks uncle Scrooge and sends him 40 years into the future, in which she is in control. Scrooge must defeat her and return to his own time.

Uncle Scrooge is challenged by someone collecting an old guarantee. Who will help Scrooge after the way he treated them? How will he reclaim his former wealth?

Uncle Scrooge uses a strange perfume he bought in an auction, which makes him go crazy. His nephews must find an antidote with the help of a famous British detective.

Gyro invents a time-stopping device, which gets stolen by the Beagle boys. The chase after the thieves brings Scrooge, his nephews, and Gyro centuries into the past, where they are all caught by pirates.

Flintheart Glomgold hires the Beagle boys to steal Scrooge's fortune, so that Glomgold could win the title of the richest duck in the world, and an amazing prize that comes with it.

Glomgold tries again to stop Scrooge from being declared the richest duck in the world, this time using a stolen submarine.

Scrooge must go to the bottom of the sea to recover his fortune, which was sunk in the previous episode.

After recovering his money from the bottom of the sea, Scrooge has very little time left to deliver it to Macaroon and be declared the richest duck in the world. Glomgold and the Beagle boys will stop at nothing to prevent this.

A sea monster is attacking ships, and even abducts uncle Scrooge. It's up to the junior woodchucks to stop the monster, but only one of them knows how.

Werewolf, Dracula, and other monsters come to Duckburg for an annual convention, wreaking havoc on the town and on Scrooge McDuck.

Scrooge, his nephews and Launchpad must fight their way through harpies and a dragon to steal the legendary Golden Fleecing.

Flintheart Glomgold bets against Scrooge McDuck on horse racing, in a hope of becoming the richest duck in the world, and he is willing to use any means to ensure his victory.

After Duckworth is fired so he can find his own fortune, he and the nephews are captured and enslaved. How will they get back to Earth?

Scrooge's oil reserves are suddenly dried up. He goes to the land of the cowboys to find out why.

A couple of thieves steal a huge pearl from Banana Island inhabitants and sell it to Scrooge. But the pearl turns out to be far more valuable than they thought.

Uncle Scrooge tells the story of how he made his fortune.

Scrooge and Launchpad go to the Lost World to get a dinosaur for Scrooge's zoo.

Donald is mistaken for an Ancient Egyptian ruler, known as the Garbled One, who's spirit later takes over his body.

When a spy who looks exactly like Launchpad is caught, Launchpad is offered to impersonate that spy in order to foil an evil plot.

Tiny aliens visit Earth and leave one of their machines behind. When Scrooge tries to use this machine, he creates a very small problem.

Gyro creates giant robots for construction work, but Beagle Boys find another use for them.

Magica De Spell transforms the Beagle Boys into Scrooge's nephews and sends them to retrieve Scrooge's Number One Dime.

Scrooge and his nephews must beat other treasure hunters and recover the lost crown of Genghis Khan from the Abominable Snowman.

Thanks to Launchpad's stupidity, he and Dufus find themselves in a rocket heading for Mars. How will they get back?

Someone of something is attacking the sheep on the Scrooge's farm in Australia. He goes down there to investigate.

Fed up with just being considered a "Gadget Man," Gyro uses his time-tub to go back to medieval times to become a brave knight. However, his penchant for invention soon gets the better of him.

Scrooge discovers the Lost City of Troy, in which he finds a magic harp. But his claim on the harp is challenged by Magica DeSpell and the Minotaur.

A strange creature who calls himself Phantom Blot steals a top secret jet in order to conquer the world. Scrooge, his nephews, and Launchpad team up with Donald to stop this evil plot.

Scrooge McDuck takes his nephews and Webby back to Scotland, visiting both Cottage McDuck, and Castle McDuck. However, the locals are fearful of the castle, claiming a supernatural hound haunts the grounds.

Dufus finds an alien crystal, which gives him superpowers.

Strange underground creatures settle under Duckburg and cause earthquakes for fun. Scrooge and his nephews go down to stop them.

In the first part, Magica DeSpell tricks Scrooge with a magic mirror to get his lucky dime. In the second part, Duckworth becomes a baseball coach, even though he doesn't know a first thing about baseball.

Webbie has an idea to help Uncle Scrooge worry less about his money. However the pet causes more worry when it takes the new combination for the safe door.

The Beagle Boys steal Gyro's teleportation device to get to the Scrooge's gold.

Scrooge returns to the place where he started making his fortune, but finds more of his past than he expected.

McDuck and Glomgold race each other to find the magic lamp of Aladdin, but finding the lamp turns out to be just the beginning.

Launchpad is invited to participate in a reenactment of a civil war battle. He feels honored at first, but the honor turns out to be more of an insult.

After being fired by Scrooge, Launchpad is recruited as a movie hero, not realizing that he's being used by the Beagle Boys to rob Duckburg's banks.

A group of vikings, who were cut off from civilization for centuries, attack Duckburg and abduct Mrs. Beakley. Scrooge and his team are off to the rescue.

Scrooge buys an old castle and tries to turn it into a hotel, but the castle appears to be haunted. Or is it?

Scrooge is framed for the robbery of a famous painting and is sent to Aquatraz prison.

Flintheart Glomgold gives Scrooge the challenge of turning a profit on the retired airship, the Hindentanic. However, when it looks like Scrooge may best him again, Glomgold prepares to sabotage the star-studded maiden voyage.

Scrooge's plans to merge McDuck Enterprises with Vanderbucks Industries soon includes a proposal of marriage when he falls for CEO Millionaira Vanderbucks.