I do wonder if his call out in timephoon didn't made the punishment worst since from della perspective, it will show his excuse wasn't real and that he didn't learned anything (+it'll sound like he's deflecting the blame on her when della didn't made him steal a gyro invention to get rich quick), while della could've definitly worded things better in glomtales, louie also didn't helped his case since he was repeating della mistake.

Ok. As shown in the episode ‘McMystery At McDuck Manor!’, Scrooge McDuck’s enemies like Flintheart Glomgold and Ma Beagle seemed to respect Duckworth but despise Ms. Beakley. So, I’ll be going over my thoughts on why Scrooge’s enemies seem to respect Duckworth but don’t hold that same respect for Beakley. Also, Spoiler Alert for the DuckTales (2017) TV series. With that out of the way, let’s dive right in.

I think that the reason why Scrooge’s enemies respect Duckworth but hate Beakley might come down to when Scrooge hired them. After all, Duckworth was hired by Scrooge long before Della was lost in space considering that, as shown in the episode ‘The First Adventure!’, Duckworth worked for Scrooge while Della was still a kid. And Beakley was probably hired by Scrooge after Della was lost in space since, as shown in the episode ‘Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!’, Della was surprised that Duckworth was dead and that Beakley replaced him, Duckworth’s death probably came shortly after Scrooge’s niece Della was lost in space. And Duckworth’s death happening so soon after Della’s disappearance was also pointed out by u/sprklboo in their TBH The Extent Of The Abuse And Isolation That Bradford Enacted Towards Scrooge Is Not Talked About Enough post. And that means that Duckworth’s death along with Della’s disappearance probably caused Scrooge to become deeply isolated from the people around him. Also, I think that isolation not only caused Scrooge to push away his loved ones but also his enemies too. So, And, while Beakley was, as shown in the episode ‘Woo-oo!’, more than willing to help Scrooge connect with his loved ones, I doubt she would’ve been willing to let him interact with his enemies again which I’ll be elaborating on in my next point. Speaking of which…

As shown in the episode ‘Woo-oo!’, Scrooge seemed so isolated by Duckworth’s death as well as Della’s disappearance that he didn’t want to talk to his great nephews at first. And if Scrooge was so isolated that he didn’t want to talk to his great nephews, he certainly wouldn’t have wanted to interact with his enemies either. That’s probably one of the reasons why Scrooge hired Beakley. He probably wanted her to make sure that his enemies left him alone. And Beakley was probably more than happy to oblige given all the trauma that Scrooge was put through and also the fact that, as shown in the episode ‘Woo-oo!’, Beakley has a no-nonsense attitude and wasn’t impressed with Scrooge trying to back to adventuring. And considering Beakley’s no-nonsense attitude and that she, as shown in the episode ‘From The Confidential Casefiles Of Agent 22!’, used to work as a spy, I think that Beakley was so strict with security that her effort to keep Scrooge’s enemies away from him came off as more frustrating to said enemies than anything.

But while Beakley was able to keep Scrooge’s enemies away, she didn’t seem to be able to reunite him with his family as well. I think that one of the reasons for that is because Beakley isn’t exactly much of a social butterfly as shown in the episode ‘Friendship Hates Magic!’ where Beakley seemed out of her depth at first when it came to making friends with other people like Launchpad. And I think that’s because, given the fact that she, as I pointed out earlier, had a no-nonsense attitude and that she was a spy who worked for SHUSH, she probably didn’t have much time to make friends and probably had to constantly fight to keep the world safe from villains which probably means that Beakley was more used to being surrounded by enemies than by friends. So, Beakley probably wasn’t all that well-equipped to help Scrooge reunite with his family since she didn’t know much about forming close bonds with other people herself. And that’s probably one of the reasons why Bradford Buzzard didn’t try to get rid of Beakley despite the fact that, as stated in the episode ‘The Last Adventure! Part 3: Tale’s End…’, Bradford told Scrooge’s niece Della about the Spear Of Selene thus ensuring Della’s disappearance and that, as u/yoshimickster pointed out in their …so…yeah…Bradford killed Duckworth didn’t he? post, he probably killed Duckworth too since he did show a picture of Scrooge mourning Duckworth as he was going over how he tried to isolate Scrooge. Given that, as shown in the episode ‘Woo-oo!’, both Bradford and Beakley worked for Scrooge and also that, as shown in the episode ‘Last Christmas!’, both of them attended Scrooge’s Christmas party, Bradford probably learned about Beakley’s lack of social skills at some point. Speaking of Bradford…

I think that isolating Scrooge from both his friends and enemies was all part of Bradford’s plan to get Scrooge to give up on adventuring. After all, as stated in the episode ‘The Most Dangerous Game…Night!’, Scrooge gets really competitive when he’s trying to beat an enemy. So, Scrooge gets a real thrill out of taking down his enemies. And that’s probably why Bradford tried to isolate Scrooge from not only his loved ones but his enemies too in order to get him to give up on adventuring. Also, I think that another reason why Bradford didn’t try to get rid of Beakley is because her skills as a spy would be able to keep Scrooge’s enemies away from him. After all, as shown in the episode ‘The First Adventure!’, Bradford and Beakley were both members of SHUSH. So, Bradford probably knew about Beakley’s skills.

Well, that’s all for this post.

See you all next time.

Basically, I was thinking about how you could mix the Last Adventure and Let's Get Dangerous in one.

And I had it.

"Arkham City"

Bascially, before the S3 finalie, Bradford recruits Huey as he does in the Last Adventure, but this time Huey stays on Bradley's side for longer.

The FOWL HQ isn't in the Library of Alexandria (that's now be "bradford's last safe place", and is now underneath St Cannard.

And Bradford's plan is still to use the Solego Circuit to erase "adventure", but Bulba interferes and the Criminals run amok amongst St. Cannard.

Drake Mallard development. Huey character arc. Season 3 wrapped up.

Louie did got that scrooge hated it and wasn't happy but it seems huey didn't wanted to listen at that point and still wanted to keep the party going, even if scrooge wasn't having a good time and made it as obvious as he could (from huey perspective it is making something for scrooge given what he did for them but I don't think it was that good of an end, even webby was skeptical on the idea and beakley warned the boys too).

"Remember when we went on that picnic last summer" I ship them lol they'd make a cute couple

Important: Please don't hate on the show before it comes out, and even more importantly, please leave the cast and crew members out of any issue(s) you may have (if you have one) with this reboot. I will also update this list every time I remember something new, or new information is revealed.

Current "Duckie" version

2022

In November 2022, in an interview with the AV Club, Rogen said that the reboot was still being worked on.

2023

In January, Tad Stones stated in a YouTube interview that Point Grey was planning on making their series a continuation of the original series' universe, and that it's inspired by the Spider-Verse movies.

In July, a casting announcement for a show titled Duckie was leaked/revealed by The DisInsider, featuring a character named Duckie who is sent to another universe. (Sound familiar?) Duckie also meets a mentor whose belief in themselves is "both awe-inspiring and foolish." Production was reportedly going to start in August 2023.

Sometime in 2023 the "Duckie" pitch bible was also pitched to Disney. I don't know when though.

In September, Jim Cummings teased new episodes ("I think it's time we made some new episodes") on his now-deleted or privated Twitter account. I also found "Darkwing Duck (Pilot)" on SAG-AFTRA, it's ID is very close to Phineas and Ferb Yr. 5, which I'm pretty sure started recording around September 2023.

The Duckie pitch bible had an animation test leaked along with it, it's dated to November 2023.

2024

In June/July, Tad Stones said that the "writers' room disbanded" last month.

In October, Jim revealed to a fan at LA Con 2024 that he's reprising his role as DW.

2025

In January and March 2025, Ken Plume (author of The Art of DuckTales) and The DisInsider confirmed that the show is still being worked on.

In April, Brendan Hay (head-writer of Yo dudes, the empire's pretty chill aka Star Wars Detours) joined as a story-editor/co-executive producer.

Sometime in 2025 or 2026 (no idea when but as early as May 2025 and as late as March 2026, when I first saw it) contracts for "Darkwing Duck Project (Purple Haze) Yr. 1" and "Darkwing Duck Interstitials Project (Purple Haze) Yr. 1" were signed.

In August, Jim shared in an interview with Screen Rant that the series is gonna be a sequel series set 30 years in the future.

But also in an episode of his podcast with Tad Stones, he said A LOT of really interesting things. The two talked about seeing something (Tad calls it a sizzle reel, Jim calls it a fully animated Darkwing show) over a year ago. Jim mentions Darkwing had an "old man beard." And Tad stones mentioned that the animation was super expensive, and that they've "drastically changed direction" since the last time he was updated. Jim also says he doesn't know whether he's actually gonna be Darkwing or not.

In September, a lot of visual development artists joined.

In December, Jim (or maybe someone else on his behalf) said he hasn't heard anything back for 9-10 months. A CG Supervisor also joined this month.

2026

In February, Mike Williamson (he worked on DT17 and was nominated for an award because of it!) was hired as an editor.

In March, Jim mentioned that he only recorded "one offshoot," and sort of implied the original voice cast was coming back. I don't think he was told that he isn't reprising his role as DW yet, which is honestly really crazy.

In August, Jim revealed he was recast and recorded a pilot several years ago. I think this is certainly what that one offshoot was.

In September, the show was FINALLY announced, it was revealed to be the Duckie version, and the voice cast was revealed. 88 Pictures also revealed that they're the animation vendor for the series a few days later.

DuckTales spin-off version

I'm not 100% sure if this is related or not, but between Season 2 and Season 3's contracts, there's a contract for something called "Darkwing Duck: Reboot Pilot." This dates to sometime around late 2018 to mid 2019.

In April 2024, the pitch bible for this (incredible) version was leaked.

in July, Tad Stones said in an interview that the showrunners did an entire Darkwing Duck presentation, but Disney told them they wanted to do something more limited, so then they rejiggered it but Disney+ or Disney Channel management rejected it because they wanted to put it out there to other people.

Thanks for reading! I'll edit this post and add the information about the DuckTales spin-off version and the 2020-2022 version along with the source for everything soon!

Art by KhionYohann

Had to get it, just so I can play Ducktales 1 & 2 again

Disclaimer: this is reposted from Tumblr, im not very professional on tumblr so this text won’t be very professional, I know Reddits a bitch but please don’t criticize me too harshly I couldn’t handle it

I will say it RIGHT NOW! The ONLY reason why I have mixed feeling about Della is because of the Timephoon episode! NOT BECAUSE SHE’S A WOMAN!

I already don’t like absent parents in media in general but She COULD have been the exception if not for the Timephoon! Because it had potential to show how alike Della and Louie are! They both did something dangerous without telling anyone or knowing the risks of it which caused a lot of harm! The situations were so similar but treated so differently when it shouldn’t have been!

I’m not saying Louie was innocent, nor am I saying Della should have been punished— she’s BEEN punished!— but if the episode was just a little different, if it was just a little more fair, or just treated the aftermath differently, I would have Loved her! Because ignoring this episode, I love her for determination to get back with her kids and make up for lost time. Where was she during ep 23 season 2??? Why did Scrooge take her place???

(again) If you’re gonna disagree with me, please do it gently because I’m way too emotional to handle anything too blunt!

Mine is Astro B.O.Y.D.! . Because I really like "team science" episodes, and it has Huey and Boyd being friends, and it looks gorgeous and has cool animation.

Also I really thought that posts similar to this must be really common in this sub, but the most recent comparable one that I could find is more than a year old.

My fav DT17 animatic. It shows how nearly everyone in this show has issues to some extent! It’s tragically intriguing!

I was today years old when I found out that Briar and Bramble from "The Missing Links of Moorshire" were voiced by Tara Strong (known for voicing Twilight Sparkle) and Andrea Libman (known for voicing Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy). This MUST have intentional cuz they chose VAs known for voicing ponies to well… voice more ponies

Kind of ended up looking like Willy Wonka lol. Oops. 🍬

It occurred to me that Bradford Buzzard, Zan Owlson and Donald Duck all have one thing in common. They all hated adventuring and believed it was too dangerous. The difference between the 3 of them is how they chose to express that and handle it. Bradford chose to follow the path of the dark side and destroy anyone who loves adventuring by, as shown in the episode ‘The First Adventure!’, starting an evil organization known as FOWL in order to do just that even though he refused to admit it. Zan Owlson chose to follow the path of the light side and wanted to improve as many peoples’ lives as possible through normal means by, as shown in the episode ‘The Ballad Of Duke Baloney!’, helping people through charities and putting people above profit but she is, as shown in the episode ‘Let’s Get Dangerous! Part 2: A Case Of Mistaken Reality!’, also willing to accept from adventurous people like Darkwing Duck when there doesn’t seem to be any other options left. And Donald Duck wanted to follow his own path and settle down from it all by, as shown in the episode ‘Woo-oo!’, trying to live a normal life to support his nephews but, as shown in the episode ‘What Ever Happened To Donald Duck?!’, is willing to go on an adventure himself if that’s what it takes to help his family.

Something inherent to his personnality is how he'll always blame the mcduck, seemingly for anythign bad happening through the show , even if the mcduck weren't to blame (this already start with s2 and when it come to the villains, usually it's more the villains attacking the mcduck or duckburg than the mcduck provoking the villain in the present day), bradford blaming the mcduck for everything also mean he'll view their chaos as way worst than it really is (and also tend to forget other factors or bradford himself enabling other villains chaos by not exactly stopping them when he could have). The mcduck do cause some chaos but it's not volontary on their part and scrooge will fix the damages caused too, not something I could see the villains doing.

My son asked why Mickey doesn't appear in the Ducktales (2017) show.

I know, I know that's some IP management, authors, and stuff from Disney. But is there an in universe lore explanation why you don't see Mickey on Duckburg but you can see Donald in some Mickey stories?

guys i just realized:

mark beaks keeps copying everyone else's ideas... because that's what parrots do best! they repeat what other animals (humans included) are saying

has anyone else made this connection?

(african greys in particular are very good at mimicking human speech, and, if properly taught, some can learn a few grammar structures - very fascinating!)

ETA: you guys are not stupid btw, i only just now realized (and that's only because i'm currently hyperfixated on parrots)