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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

duck, duck, mcduck?

are scrooge mcduck and donald duck related? scrooge is frequently referred to as "uncle scrooge" by his nephews huey, duey, and louie on the classic early-90s cartoon ducktales. occasionally, donald duck makes a guest appearance on ducktales, and he also calls scrooge "uncle." of note, the boys huey, duey, and louie also refer to donald duck as "uncle." how can donald be the nephew of scrooge mcduck, when donald is also an uncle to scrooge's nephews? to further complicate the issue, daisy duck, donald's presumed life partner, also calls scrooge "uncle."

and why don't they wear pants? scrooge wears glasses, a top hat, and spats! but no pants?

donald occasionally dons full sailor dress ragalia! but no pants?
a little music for thought....

8 comments:

lmp123 said...

this is deep stuff.

Bonita said...

pants are so under rated!

L00nE2n said...

Scrooge is Donald's mother (Hortense McDuck)'s brother. Huey, Dewey and Louie are the sons of Donald's sister Della, making Scrogge McDuck's grandnephews. Donald and Daisy are actually cousins by marriage. This site explains it all:

http://duckman.pettho.com/tree/v_american.html

marta said...

whoa. who is this mystery man, who knows all about the duck clan? thank you, whoever you are.

Katie said...

very cogent observations

Nana Staple said...

If you'd watched "REAL" Donald Duck cartoons as you waited for the feature film to begin, you'd know this stuff. Ducktales, indeed!

Danita said...

The drawing of Scrooge McDuck you have posted on this blog is done by me, Danita Sonser. To the writer, I crediting myself on your behalf. To all those who want to see the original drawing, take a look at this URL:
http://danita-sonser.deviantart.com/art/Scrooge-McDuck-38720262

Thank you!

dwstaple said...

we didn't realize that image was proprietary when we grabbed it. sorry for not crediting you. thanks for letting us continue to use your work. it's a very fine drawing.