Life is like a hurricane... and this reboot rode the storm right to the treasure. ★★★★★ (5/5) Recommended Episode to Start: "The Great Dime Chase!" (S1E4) or "The Shadow War!" (S1 Finale)
The series opens with Donald, Scrooge, and the triplet nephews (Huey, Dewey, and Louie) living separately. Scrooge is a lonely, bitter old miser who has lost his adventurous spirit. The catalyst for the plot is not a quest for gold, but a family reunion. When Donald takes a job, he drops the boys off at Scrooge’s massive mansion for the first time. ducktales -2017-
When looking for this series, always use "ducktales -2017-" (with the hyphens and year) to filter out results from the 1987 original series and comic book archives. Life is like a hurricane
When Disney announced in 2015 that they were rebooting DuckTales , the collective reaction from Millennials was a skeptical, "Woo-oo?" The original 1987 series was a sacred cow of Saturday morning cartoons, beloved for its theme song, Scrooge McDuck’s relentless greed, and the childlike wonder of Launchpad McQuack. How could a 2017 update possibly compete? Scrooge is a lonely, bitter old miser who
proves that a duck can waddle into your living room, steal your heart, and teach you about the stock market all in one episode.
The answer arrived on August 12, 2017. The series (as it is often stylized to differentiate from its predecessor) did not merely reboot the franchise; it reinvigorated it. Over its three seasons and 75 episodes, this Disney Television Animation masterpiece proved that reboots don't have to be pale imitations. They can be evolutions.