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Scrooge McDuck (sometimes stylized as $crooge McDuck; known as Rico McDuck or Uncle Rich in Spanish America, and as Tío Gilito, Gilito McDuck or Gil Pato in Spain) is a fictional character from comic strips and animations created by the artist Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company and who is part of the Donald Duck family. At Editorial Muchnik in Argentina he was called Tío Patilludo.
Development
His name in English (Scrooge McDuck) is inspired by Ebenezer Scrooge, a fictional character from A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. He first appeared in the cartoon Christmas on bear mountain, in December 1947.
Barks would experiment with McDuck's appearance and personality for the next four years. The cartoonist would later state that he originally intended to use McDuck for a single appearance, but later decided that he could be useful in other stories.
He was soon established as a recurring character and several stories cast him as the lead opposite Donald Duck. Western Publishing was the first to think of McDuck as a protagonist rather than a supporting character. By 1952, McDuck had a magazine all to himself. Since then, Barks produced most of his long stories in McDuck, with him as the lead, focusing on adventure, while the ten-page magazine continued to feature Donald as the lead and focused on comedy.
McDuck became the main figure in the stories as Donald and his nephews were drawn into the role of McDuck's assistants, hiring them as chaperones to follow him on his adventures around the world. This shift in focus from Donald to McDuck was reflected in the stories of other contemporary creators as well. Since then, McDuck has remained the central figure of his "world", coining the term "Scrooge McDuck's universe".
McDuck made his first animated appearance on March 23, 1967 in Scrooge McDuck and Money, a 16-minute fable directed by Hamilton Luske explaining the history of money.
The figure of McDuck reappeared with great force when the television series DuckTales premiered in 1987.
McDuck Timeline
Although more details are constantly added to this character's biography, due to the contribution of different creators, some "facts" Important include the following:
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1867 | Scrooge McDuck (Rico/Gilito McPato) is born in Glasgow, Scotland of Fergus and Downy McPato. He has an older half-brother (Rumpus McPato), two younger sisters (Matilda and Hortense, the last mother of his nephews Donald and Della) and a younger half-brother (Gideon). |
| 1877 | He becomes a wiper, but his first client mocks him and pays him with a ten-cent American coin. He preserves the coin as a symbol of success. |
| 1880 | McPato emigrates to the United States. He meets his uncle Angus "Motote" McPato, owner of a ferry on the Mississippi River and is first with the Beagle Boys, a family of thieves with which he would keep his enmity for life. |
| 1882 | His uncle retires and leaves the boat to McPato. The Beagle Boys destroy him for revenge. McPato decides to go west to try his luck. |
| 1883 | He becomes a miner, looking for silver and copper. |
| 1885 | His father asks him to return to Scotland because of an important family matter. Just a week before traveling, he meets the millionaire Howard Rockerpato, who became rich with California's gold fever, in 1849, who became his friend and mentor. He also knows his son, John D. Rockerpato, seven years old, who would eventually become the third richest duck in the world, and ironically one of McPato's leading rivals. |
| 1886-1889 | McDuck is looking for gold in South Africa. During his first year there he saves the life of a duck called Flint MacNate. After the betrayal of MacNate they become enemies for the rest of their lives. Then Flint MacNate becomes the second richest duck in the world. |
| 1889-1893 | Return to the United States in search of gold. It meets many famous characters but finds no gold. |
| 1893-1896 | McDuck travels to Australia in search of gold, but fails again. |
| 1896-1899 | Look for gold in Klondike. During this year she meets the owner of the tavern, singer and occasional thief "Glittering Goldie O'Gilt". He will continue in a love/heart relationship with this character for the rest of his life. The search for gold is successful. |
| 1899-1902 | McPato becomes a millionaire and buys a bank. Start building a small financial emporium. By 1902 he became a billionaire. |
| 1902 | McPato returns to Scotland to look for his sisters. His father dies. His mother and one of his uncles have died, so the three young are the last of the McPato clan. He settles in the small town of Duckburg, Calisota, place he chooses to establish his residence. |
| 1902-1930 | While his sisters remain in Patoland taking care of McPato's business, he travels all over the world expanding his empire to every continent. |
| 1930 | He becomes the richest duck in the world, but a fight with his family leaves him without contact with them for 17 years. He knows his nephews, Donald Duck and his twin sister Della Pato. He also knows Brigitta McBridge who falls in love with. They will continue to maintain a love/ hate relationship from there on. |
| 1947 | McDuck meets his nephew Donald again, and also knows his nephew-grandchildren Huey, Dewey and Louie. He decides to return to the walks and initiates the one that may be the most fruitful stage of his life, by living with all of them very diverse adventures, which are those that have achieved greater popular diffusion. |
| 1967 | McDuck, after 100 years.[chuckles]required] |
Some stories with McDuck
- "Christmas on Bear Mountain" was premiered in December 1947. The title of this story is based on the work "One night on the peeled mountain" of Modesto Mussorgski.
In this appearance, he still hadn't fully defined his characteristic features. He was bearded, bespectacled, reasonably wealthy, and old, so he needed to lean on his cane. He lived in solitude in a huge mansion, which is said to be inspired by & # 34; Citizen Kane & # 34; by Orson Welles.
- "Voodoo Hoodoo", published in August 1949, was the first story that gave clues about the past of Scrooge McDuck by presenting two characters. The first is an old African witch and head of a voodoo tribe who had cursed McDuck, seeking revenge for the destruction of his village and the taking of the lands where his tribe lived by the duck, decades ago.
In confidence, McDuck admitted to his nephews that he had used an army of head loggers to drive the tribe off their land in order to establish a colony for the exploitation of a diamond mine. This event occurred in the year 1879, but it would be changed to the year 1909 to make it coincide with McDuck's personal history that would be established later.
The second character is a zombie, the sorcerer's instrument of curse and revenge. Reportedly he has searched for McDuck for decades before finding him in Duckburg, but mistakes him for Donald.
It is necessary to clarify that the zombie was not really dead and that the old wizard did not practice black magic. Barks explained that the zombie was a living person, who had never died, but had somehow come under the wizard's influence. Although some scenes try to be a parody of Béla Lugosi's "White Zombie", it is the first story to focus not only on McDuck's past, but also on the darker aspects of his personality (Don Rosa portrayed this event as the reason why McDuck fell out with and distanced himself from his sisters Hortense and Matilda).
- "Trail of the Unicorn", published in February 1950 he presented to McDuck's private zoo. One of his pilots had obtained a photograph of the last living unicorn, which was in the Himalayas. McDuck offered a reward for the first of his competitive nephews (Pato Donald and Gladstone Gander) who managed to bring him to his collection, as the most valuable piece at the time.
This story is also the one that introduces his private plane. Barks would later establish that McDuck was an expert aviator.
- "The Pixilated Parrot", published in July 1950 I would say that McDuck's central offices contained three cubic acres of coins.
- "The Magic Hourglass", published for the first time in September 1950 was the first story that argumentally changes the focus of Donald to McDuck. During its development, several themes were introduced that would then characterize the character.
Donald first mentions that his uncle owns almost all of Duckburg, a claim that Roquepato would later dispute.
According to this story, McDuck was not born into wealth. He is the first in which he is mentioned speaking other languages and reading other alphabets beyond Latin. Here he speaks and reads Arabic. This theme would be developed at length in later stories.
McDuck is seen here in a more positive light than in previous stories, but his more villainous side is also revealed.
McDuck attempts to retrieve a magical hourglass he had given to his nephew Donald, before realizing the enchantment it possessed. To convince his nephew to return it to him, he tracks him down to Morocco. During the story, McDuck interrogates Donald by tickling his feet until he gives him the information about where the watch is. Eventually, McDuck manages to get it back, replacing the watch with a vial of water.
- "A Financial Fable"published for the first time in March 1951 shows McDuck teaching about productivity as a source of wealth and the laws of supply and demand. Perhaps the most important thing in this story is that for the first time McDuck realizes how applied and diligent are Huey, Dewey, and Louie, being more like him than Donald. The tie between the old-fashioned guy and they would be reinforced later.
- "Terror of the Beagle Boys", published in November 1951 presents the readers to the Beagle Boys, although McDuck already seems to be familiar with them.
- "The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill" shows for the first time the McDuck coin deposit, built in Duckburg.
- "Only to Poor Man" was published in March 1952 and, together with "Back to the Klondike"March 1953 were the two stories that most defined their characteristics, their past, their beliefs, motivations and way of thinking, feeling and acting.
- "Scrooge McDuck and Money"released on March 23, 1967 shows McDuck explaining to his nephews that the money accumulated in his deposit is only a part of his total wealth. The rest is invested in the financial empire around the world. This clarification is because keeping all the money out of circulation, in the deposit, is not a profitable investment strategy.
- "Some Heir Over the Rainbow"McDuck starts to worry about who will be the heir to his fortune, having candidates for his nieces Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Donald and Gladstone Gander. Finally he appoints his nephews as universal heirs.