Beagle boys

The Beagle Boys ("Chicos Malos" in Latin America and "Golfos Apandadores" in Spain) are fictional characters from the universe of Scrooge McDuck. They are a gang of criminals who are constantly trying to steal from Scrooge McDuck and were created by Carl Barks.

In the comics, each can be identified by the numbers printed on the front of their shirts, which is each other's prisoner number. The most common combinations are: 176-167, 176-671 and 176-761.

In some animations they have names and different personalities. Many times the band is led by their mother. The Beagle Boys have many relatives who are brothers and cousins to each other, and all of them are dedicated to crime, except one of the cousins who is honest, and is considered the black sheep of the family.

According to cartoonist Don Rosa, the first meeting between the Beagle Boys and Scrooge McDuck was when the duck was on the Mississippi River on his uncle's ferry. Those Beagle Boys included Corazón Negro and his three children. Scrooge met the current Beagle Boys during Christmas 1947, where his great-nephew Huey, Dewey, and Louie first appeared. Since then the Beagle Boys have been a constant threat to Scrooge McDuck's fortune.

Sometimes they conspire with other villains like the Magical witch, Black Pete, the witch Madam Mim or are hired by Flintheart Glomgold or John D. Rockepato.

Other times they antagonize Goofy, Mickey Mouse or some other character from the Disney comics.

Appearances

Movies

• Sport Goofy in Soccermania (1987): In this medium, the Beagle Boys play a football tournament to get the valuable trophy they will give to the champions. And to achieve it, they play cheating, and they kidnap Goofy, the star of the opposing team.
• Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004): In this film, there are three Beagle Boys with a look different from their classic appearance, with greyish skin, black uniforms, and hoods. Although two of them are almost equal, one of them stands out for being lower. They help Pete, the captain of the Musketeers, kidnap Princess Minnie to become the king of France. First they kidnap Minnie and his lady of company Daisy while they're escorted by Mickey, Donald and Goofy, whom Pete named Musketeers for being incopetent, but they're finally defeated. Then they kidnap Minnie and Daisy at the opera next to Pete, and the lower member gets past Minnie to name Pete as new king of France. However, Mickey, Donald and Goofy face them again, and they end up being defeated, falling under the stage of the opera.

Series

• Patoaventuras (1987-1990): In the series Patoaventuras, different types of Beagle Boys appear, with their own personalities, and are led by their mother, Ma Beagle (Mom Malo in Spanish and Mother Apandadora in Spain). Its main objective is to steal McPato's fortune, and to do so, other villains such as Flintheart Glomgold and Mágica De Spell are often joined.
• Pato Darkwing (1991): Some Beagle Boys make cameos in the episode "In Like Blunt", among other villains who want to get the secret list of S.H.U.S.H. agents.
• Bonkers (1993): One of them makes a cameo in the episode "The 29th Page" on a reconnaissance wheel next to a Comadreja, the Feroz Wolf, and Horacio and Gaspar of 101 Dalmatians.
• Quack Pack (1996): One of them makes a cameo in the episode "Nosy Neighbors" as a prison prisoner.
• Mickey Mouse (2016-2017): Three Beagle Boys (mainly based on the version of Patoaventuras) appear in the episode as part of the villains Minnie interrogates. Three others (more similar to the comic version) appear in the episode "Touchdown and Out" forming a football team together with Pete and Chernabog to play against Mickey, Donald and Goofy.
• Patoaventuras (2017-2021): They are recurring villains in the series, partly based on their version Patoaventuras 1987. In this new version, besides wanting to steal McPato's fortune, his mother Ma Beagle seeks revenge because she acquired the writing of a family member's city.
• The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (2020): The Beagle Boys appear in the "Keep on Rollin" episode, where together with Pete and Ursula they drive out Mickey and his friends from the skating track to which they always go.

Video Games

• Patoaventuras (1989)
• Patoaventuras: The search for gold (1990)
• Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (2000): Bouncer appears as the enemy head of the second level, climbing into a crane at the top of a building, attacking Donald throwing dynamite, and trying to crush him.
• Disney Winter Fun (2007)
• Disney Think Fast (2008)
• Donald Duck: Phantom Duck (2008)
• Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (2012): They appear in their version Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
• Disney Infinity (2013): The Beagle Boys appear as Citizen Characters, having also role as enemies.
• DuckTales: Remastered (2013): They are recurring villains in the game

Comic series

• Walt Disney's Comics & Stories (1940) (Boom! Studios)
• Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (1949) (Dell)
• Walt Disney's Donald Duck (1952) (Boom! Studios)
• Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (1952) (Boom! Studios)
• Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (1953) (Boom! Studios)
• Walt Disney's Donald Duck Beach Party (1954) (Dell)
• Walt Disney's Donald Duck in Disneyland (1955) (Dell)
• Walt Disney's Picnic Party (1955) (Dell)
• Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland (1957) (Dell)
• Walt Disney's Huey, Dewey and Louie: Back to School (1958) (Dell)
• Walt Disney's Donald and Mickey in Disneyland (1958) (Dell)
• Walt Disney's Ludwig Von Drake (1961) (Dell)
• Walt Disney's Beagle Boys (1964) (Gold Key)
• Walt Disney's The Phantom Blot (1964) (Gold Key)
• Walt Disney's Super Goof (1965) (Gold Key)
• Walt Disney's Vacation In Disneyland (1965) (Gold Key)
• Walt Disney's Huey, Dewey and Louie: Junior Woodchucks (1966) (Gold Key)
• Walt Disney's Moby Duck (1967) (Gold Key)
• Walt Disney's Chip 'n' Dale (1967) (Gold Key)
• Walt Disney Comics Digest (1968) (Gold Key)
• Walt Disney's Beagle Boys vs. Uncle Scrooge (1979) (Gold Key)
• Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (1987) (Gladstone)
• Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (1987, Gladstone - 1990, Disney - 2003, Gemstone)
• DuckTales (1988) (Gladstone)
• DuckTales (1990) (Disney)
• Goofy Adventures (1990) (Disney)
• Disney's Colossal Comics Collection (1991) (Disney)
• Walt Disney's Junior Woodchucks (1991) (Disney)
• Disney's Hero Squad (2010) (Boom! Studios)
• Wizards of Mickey (2010) (Boom! Studios)
• Darkwing Duck (2010) (Boom! Studios)
• DuckTales (2011) (Boom! Studios)
• Darkwing Duck and DuckTales: Dangerous Currency (2011) (Boom! Studios)

References in popular culture

An Italian ska group adopted the name Banda Bassotti, which was the name used in Italian comics to refer to this group of thieves.