Duck family
The
Duck family is a
fictional family created by
The Walt Disney Company. Its most well known member is
Donald Duck.
Pintail Duck
Pintail Duck first appeared in the story called Back to Long Ago which first appeared in
Uncle Scrooge #16. In that story it was revealed that he and his friend Matey
Malcolm McDuck buried a treasure of
potatoes for Captain Loyal Hawk of The Falcon Rover. He drowned three days later and was reborn as his descendant
Donald Duck.
Don Rosa used Pintail in his version of The Donald Duck Family Tree. According to him Pintail is the earliest member of The Duck Family and his descendants include Humperdink Duck, Quackmore Duck,
Daphne Duck, Eider Duck, Donald Duck, Della Duck, Huey Dewey and Louie Duck, Gladstone Gander, Abner "Whitewater" Duck, Fethry Duck, and possibly Dugan Duck.
Humperdink Duck
Humperdink Duck is one of
Pintail Duck's descendants. He was born in the
United States. At some time he moved to
Duckburg,
Calisota. He later married
Elvira Coot and started working on her father's farm that later became their own. He became the father of three children: Quackmore, Daphne, and Eider Duck. He continued working on his farm until the
1930s, when he died.
Quackmore Duck
Quackmore Duck was born in
Duckburg,
Calisota,
United States on
1875 to
Humperdink Duck and
Elvira Coot. From an early age it was obvious he had a very nasty temper. He worked in his parents' farm till
1902 when he met
Hortense McDuck and they became engaged. He started working for her brother
Scrooge McDuck.
By
1908 he was helping Hortense and her sister
Matilda McDuck run their brother's empire as Scrooge's chief accountant, mainly because Scrooge thought that as a possible heir he would probably work hard and stay honest. In
1920 he finally married Hortense and later in the same year became the father of twins: Donald and Della.
He remained the chief accountant till
1930 when a fight between Scrooge and his family ended all relationships between them. Quackmore retired and it is believed he died sometimes around
1950, although his exact date of death and death place are still unknown.
Daphne Duck
Daphne Duck, according to
Don Rosa's story "The Sign of The Triple Distelfink", is the daughter of
Humperdink Duck and
Elvira Coot. On the day of her birth, a traveling worker painted a giant sign of The Triple
Distelfink on her parents' stable. The symbol was supposed to bring the baby luck, and it did: Daphne was always incredibly lucky.
She worked in her parents' farm until at least
1902. Later, she stopped working and started living on the things she won in contests.
She married
Goosetave Gander and on
1920 became the mother of
Gladstone Gander. The child was born on her birthday and under the protection of the same symbol as his mother.
Eider Duck
Eider Duck was first mentioned in August
1944 in the story "The Fighting Falcon" by
Carl Barks. In this story, Donald receives a
falcon as a present by his uncle Eider who does not live in
Duckburg. Barks never mentioned Eider again but
Don Rosa decided to include him in his Duck Family Tree.
According to Rosa, Eider is the son of Humperdink Duck and
Elvira Coot. Eider worked on his parents' farm until
1902. He later married
Lulubelle Loon and became the father of three sons: Abner, Fethry, and Gipfel Duck.
Donald Duck
Della Thelma Duck
Della Thelma Duck (nicknamed
Dumbella) was first mentioned in a
newspaper comic strip on
October 17,
1937.
She was the daughter of
Hortense McDuck and
Quackmore Duck. According to comics writer
Don Rosa, Della was "born" around
1920. Her twin brother is
Donald Duck; she is also the mother of
Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck.
The identity of the boys' father is something of a mystery, as he is hidden by a bird and several branches on Disney comics artist
Don Rosa's
family tree. Very little is known about him, some fans suggest him to be
Daisy Duck's brother. It was revealed in an early comic strip that Mr. Duck was sent to the
hospital because Huey, Dewey and Louie placed a
firecracker under his armchair as a prank, with disastrous results. It was because of this incident that Della (or "Dumbella" as she was called in the theatrical cartoon that introduced the nephews) sent her sons to her brother, Donald Duck. While originally meant to be a one-month stay, the nephews wound up staying with Donald permanently; the reasons for this are unknown.
In one Donald adventure, Donald Duck dresses up in a long, red wig and notes how much he looks like his sister . Several stories written by Rosa also show Della as a child, alongside her brother Donald. Donald also went to Africa to look for his sister in the Dutch version of the 'Donald Duck' magazine but found a long-lost aunt instead,
Matilda McDuck .
Gladstone Gander
Gladstone Gander, son of Daphne and Goosetave Gander.
Fethry Duck
Abner "Whitewater" Duck
Abner Duck (nicknamed
Whitewater) was created by
Carl Barks and used only in his story "Log Jockey", published in
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #268 on December, 1962. According to that story, he is
Donald Duck's distant cousin, and works as a
lumberjack in the woods.
On
Don Rosa's
Duck Family Tree he is shown as a son of Eider Duck and Lulubelle Loon and the brother of Fethry Duck, making him Donald's cousin. In his second and last appearance in a story, "Smarter Than The Toughies" (published in the USA in
Uncle Scrooge #349) by
Lars Jensen and
Daniel Branca, he is instead shown as the nephew of
Scrooge McDuck's cousin
Douglas McDuck, making him Donald's second cousin.
Gipfel Duck
Gipfel Duck is is the less well-known son of Eider Duck and Lulubelle Loon.He is the brother of Abner Whitewater Duck and
Fethry Duck, and the half-brother of Andus den Distrige. He may be the father of Dugan Duck.
Lulubelle Loon
Lulubelle Loon is the wife of Eider Duck. She has appeared on
Don Rosa's Duck family tree but she hasn't appeared anywhere else. She is also the mother of Fethry Duck and Abner Duck.
Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck
Phooey Duck
Phooey Duck is the fourth
nephew of
Donald Duck and lost brother of
Huey, Dewey and Louie. He is not really a character, he is the fourth nephew drawn by accident in the
Donald Duck comic. He has been named
Phooey by Disney comic editor
Bob Foster, the name is originally a term which, sometimes spelled
"phooie," or
"fooey", expresses dislike or
disappointment.
There are many instances where Phooey appears. Some, however, are not really true appearances, but rather some other
Junior Woodchuck who looks like the three nephews.
One short
Egmont-licensed Disney comic explained Phooey's sporadic appearances as a freak incident of nature.
Ducks that didn't appear in Rosa's tree.
Daisy Duck
April, May, and June Duck
Dickie Duck
Dickie Duck (
Paperetta Yè-Yè in Italian) is a
fictional character from the
Scrooge McDuck universe created by
Romano Scarpa. She was introduced as
Goldie O'Gilt's granddaughter. But in one story by Romano Scarpa she is said to be
Huey, Dewey and Louie's cousin. Nobody knows how. She has become popular in
Italy,
Denmark,
Brazil and some countries, but she is almost unknown in the
USA and others.
Goldie dropped Dickie off because she couldn't take care of her anymore. She was left in the care of
Scrooge McDuck.
Sometimes she worked as a reporter for
Brigitta McBridge or for Scrooge's little known brother
Gideon McDuck.
In Brazil she appeared in her own series with her friends Neptunia, Olivia, Walter, and Beckett in a series of stories titled
Os Adolescentes (translated loosely from Portuguese to
The Teenagers) as a bonus story in Ze Carioca (a comic book starring
José Carioca). The connection between Goldie and Dickie is generally ignored since they only made one appearance together.
Many Donaldists only recognise the family trees according to
Carl Barks and
Don Rosa, and so she is usually ignored, though it is speculated among some of those that count her that she might be the illegitimate granddaughter of Scrooge and Goldie, while others believe that Goldie just moved on after Scrooge left, or simply that she is one of many orphans under the care of Goldie.
It is also considered that the creation of
Webby Vanderquack (
DuckTales) was to mantain European audiences who were used to the character of Dickie Duck.
Dugan Duck
Dugan Duck is
Fethry Duck's nephew who seems to be a little bit younger than
Huey, Dewey and Louie. He only appears in
Italy, where is known as
Pennino, in
Brazil, where he is known as
Biquinho, and in
Danish countries, where he is known as
Pjuske.
Moby Duck
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Donald Duck 112 (1967), which includes Moby Duck's first appearance. |
Moby Duck was created by writer
Vic Lockman and illustrator
Tony Strobl in 1967. He first appeared in
Donald Duck #112 where he is seen saving
Donald from drowning at sea. Later that year Moby got his own comic book title which ran 11 issues until
1970, and then from
1973 to
1978 (issues #12-30). Illustrators of American Moby Duck stories include Strobl,
Kay Wright, and
Pete Alvarado. Not seen in the USA for two decades, he is now in use in comics produced in
Italy and
Brazil. His only appearance in animation is in a
1968 The Wonderful World of Disney show.
Moby is a disaster as a whaler, but a good sailor in general. He makes a living out of carrying cargo, especially for
Scrooge McDuck. He also fights
pirates and other villains, including the
Beagle Boys,
Mad Madam Mim,
The Big Bad Wolf, and
Captain Hook.
Donald was Moby's first mate for a while but he was eventually replaced by Dimwitty Duck. Moby's other frequent supporting character is his pet porpose Porpy. The name Moby Duck is a spoof from the classic
Herman Melville novel
Moby Dick.
Ludwig Von Drake
Shamrock Gander
Shamrock Gander is is
Gladstone Gander's nephew. He first appeared in Daisy Duck's Diary Four Color#648. In that story it is shown that he is as lucky as his uncle Gladstone. It is unknown how Shamrock can be Gladstone's nephew although Gladstone must have at least one sibling who is a parent of Shamrock.
