Scrooge McDuck is a character created by Disney comic book writer/artist Carl Barks in 1947 for a Donald Duck comic book story titled "Christmas on Bear Mountain". He is Donald's elderly and curmudgeonly, but also adventurous, uncle who has amassed so much wealth in his globe-trotting adventures that he is the richest duck in the world. As his name and personality suggest, he is based on the character of Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol. Originally creating Scrooge as a one-shot antagonist, Barks saw much potential in Scrooge and made him a regular character in the Donald Duck comics, to the point that he eventually got his own comic series in 1952. In animation, Scrooge first showed up in the intro sequence to The Mickey Mouse Club and then starred in a featurette titled Scrooge McDuck and Money, but he would be most prominently featured in DuckTales, a syndicated cartoon series based loosely off of Barks' stories.
Scrooge's only appearance in a Halloween production was "The Trickening!" episode of the 2017 reboot of DuckTales.
External links[]
- Disney Wiki: Scrooge McDuck
- Christmas Specials Wiki: Scrooge McDuck
- Other Holiday Specials Wiki: Scrooge McDuck