DuckTales: Season 1
1987 · 66 episodes · ★ 7.0
What Season 1 of DuckTales
Donald enlists in the Navy and leaves his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie in Duckburg, in the care of their uncle Scrooge McDuck, the richest duck in the world. Scrooge is obsessed with growing his fortune and follows very harsh business rules, so he reluctantly takes in the boys. The mansion and the Money Bin, where he keeps all his money, are the starting point for his treasure-hunting adventures. While the three learn to live with him, a mysterious Captain hires the Beagle Boys to steal a wooden ship from Scrooge's museum. The Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell and Flintheart Glomgold want to get their hands on his money or take away his title as the richest duck.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 Don't Give Up the Ship (1)
The introduction of the series, as Donald Duck joins the Navy and sends Huey, Dewey, and Louie off to live with their uncle Scrooge McDuck. Meanwhile, a mysterious man named El Capitán busts the Beagle Boys out of jail in order for them to help him steal an awkward treasure map in Scrooge's possession.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Bruce Talkington, Jymn Magon · Starring: Jim Cummings
1x02 Wronguay in Ronguay (2)
After foiling the Beagle Boys, Scrooge and his nephews decipher the strange marking on the map, which leads to a sunken treasure ship in Ronguay. However, Flintheart Glomgold and El Capitán are out to stop them at every turn.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: Mark Zaslove · Starring: Jim Cummings
1x03 Three Ducks of the Condor (3)
Upon finding out of the Valley of the Golden Suns, Scrooge begins an expedition to find the treasure therein, starting with finding the map that leads to it. First, he must get one half of the map from High Golden Sun Priest Joaquin Slowly.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Bruce Talkington, Jymn Magon · Starring: Peter Cullen
1x04 Cold Duck (4)
The nephews, Webby, and Mrs. Beakley find themselves joining Scrooge in his adventure as he looks for the second half of the treasure map in Antarctica.
Directing: Terence Harrison · Writing: Mark Zaslove · Starring: Patricia Parris
1x05 Too Much of a Gold Thing (5)
Scrooge develops gold fever as he and the gang make their way to the Valley of the Golden Suns, all the while pursued by El Capitán.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Jymn Magon, Mark Zaslove, Bruce Talkington · Starring: Jim Cummings
1x06 Send in the Clones
Magica DeSpell gets the Beagle Boys to help her steal the Number One Dime, disguising them as the nephews.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: David Weimers, Ken Koonce
1x07 Sphinx for the Memories
An ancient Egyptian civilization abducts Donald so that he can host a spirit of a Pharaoh.
Directing: David Block · Writing: Michael Keyes · Starring: Peter Cullen, Marilyn Lightstone, Larry Moss, Joseph Ruskin
1x08 Where No Duck Has Gone Before
Gyro's props for a science fiction television show accidentally launch the cast into space, and Launchpad becomes the hero when it is realized that he is the only real pilot on board.
Directing: David Block · Writing: Len Uhley · Starring: Hamilton Camp, Jack DeLeon
1x09 Armstrong
Gyro presents the McDuck household with a robot named Armstrong to do their work for them. However, the robot decides it would rather work for itself.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Michael Keyes · Starring: Peter Cullen
1x10 Robot Robbers
After the incident with Armstrong, Gyro builds giant human-operated robots for Glomgold, only to have them be stolen and operated by Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Michael Keyes · Starring: Peter Cullen
1x11 Magica's Shadow War
Magica's plot to steal the Number One Dime using her own shadow goes awry when her shadow develops a mind of its own.
Directing: David Block · Writing: Jean-Marc Lofficier · Starring: June Foray
1x12 Master of the Djinni
Scrooge and Glomgold race for mastership of Aladdin's genie.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Sam Joseph, Manette Beth Rosen · Starring: Howard Morris, Roger C. Carmel
1x13 Hotel Strangeduck
Scrooge turns a castle once owned by mad scientist into a hotel, but he doesn't believe that the place is haunted.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Richard Merwin · Starring: Gino Conforti, Arte Johnson
1x14 Lost Crown of Genghis Khan
Scrooge goes searching for a crown in the Himalayas, which is guarded by a snow beast. Loosely based on the Carl Barks story of the same name.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Anthony Adams, Carl Barks · Starring: Pat Fraley, Jim MacGeorge
1x15 Duckman of Aquatraz
Scrooge is framed for stealing a painting from Glomgold's art gallery and sent to Aquatraz.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: Francis Ross · Starring: Ed Gilbert, Peter Cullen
1x16 The Money Vanishes
The Beagle Boys steal Gyro's handheld teleporter and use it to steal Scrooge's fortune.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: David Schwartz
1x17 Sir Gyro de Gearloose
Gyro, tired of being looked upon as a "gadget man", invents a time machine and uses it to go back in time to the Middle Ages.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: Mark Zaslove · Starring: Peter Cullen, Barry Dennen, Richard Erdman
1x18 Dinosaur Ducks
Scrooge and Launchpad explore a land where dinosaurs still live, but the kids tag along against Scrooge's directions to the contrary.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers · Starring: Tress MacNeille
1x19 Hero for Hire
After being fired by Scrooge, Launchpad is tricked by the Beagle Boys into performing a series of bank robberies disguised as movie scenes.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers · Starring: Peter Cullen
1x20 Superdoo!
Having a hard time at camp, Doofus accidentally finds a stolen alien crystal that grants him numerous super powers.
Starring: Dick Beals, Peter Cullen
1x21 Maid of the Myth
Mrs. Beakley is abducted by Vikings and it is up to Scrooge and the others to rescue her.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Anthony Adams · Starring: William Callaway, Kenneth Mars, Tress MacNeille
1x22 Down & Out in Duckburg
A family debt causes Scrooge to lose his entire fortune, sending his entire family into the poorhouse.
Directing: Terence Harrison · Writing: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers · Starring: Steve Bulen, Rob Paulsen, Aron Kincaid, Philip L. Clarke
1x23 Much Ado About Scrooge
Scrooge and the boys track down a lost play by a famed playwright.
Directing: David Block · Writing: Chris Weber, Karen Willson · Starring: Charlie Adler, Will Ryan, Victoria Caroll
1x24 Top Duck
Launchpad's family comes to visit while the Beagle Boys eye Scrooge's new jet so that they can use it to pilfer his Money Bin.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Richard Merwin · Starring: Gino Conforti, Robert Ridgely, B.J. Ward
1x25 Pearl of Wisdom
Scrooge learns that a pearl he bought will grant him infinite wisdom once he takes it back to its homeland.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: Michael Keyes · Starring: Tress MacNeille, Will Ryan
1x26 The Curse of Castle McDuck
Scrooge, the nephews, and Webby visit Scrooge's ancestral home in Scotland, only to be embroiled in a mystery surrounding Castle McDuck.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: Anthony Adams · Starring: Pat McCormick, Brock Peters
1x27 Launchpad's Civil War
When going to Virginia for a Civil War reenactment, Launchpad encounters aged Confederate veterans who once served under his ancestor, who had lost a battle. Meanwhile, Doofus and the nephews learn that a businessman is exploiting the reenactments for financial gain. Launchpad works to avenge his family's honor by rallying the old veterans to a "rematch" of sorts against the reenactors.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: Dennys McCoy, Pamela Hickey · Starring: Alan Oppenheimer, Richard Erdman
1x28 Sweet Duck of Youth
Scrooge and the boys head for Florida in search of the fabled Fountain of Youth.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers
1x29 Earth Quack
Scrooge and the boys discover that the games of an underground civilization are causing earthquakes directly under the Money Bin.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Mark Aitchison Young
1x30 Home Sweet Homer
Circe, a sorceress from the past transports Scrooge and the boys back to time of Ancient Greece, where they meet up with Homer.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Anthony Adams · Starring: Peter Cullen, Michael Mish, Tress MacNeille
1x31 Bermuda Triangle Tangle
Scrooge seeks to find out why his ships are disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle.
Starring: Allan Melvin, Peter Renaday
1x32 Micro Ducks from Outer Space
Scrooge misuses an alien size-shifting device, and accidentally ends up shrinking himself, the boys, and Webby.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Jack Hanrahan, Eleanor Burian-Mohr · Starring: Tress MacNeille, Will Ryan
1x33 Back to the Klondike
Scrooge takes the kids to the Klondike, where he met an old flame, Glittering Goldie.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: Patsy Cameron, Tedd Anasti · Starring: Will Ryan
1x34 Horse Scents
Webby helps trains a horse for the Kenducky Derby so the owner will have the money to raise it.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Earl Kress · Starring: Susan Blu, Richard Gautier, Johnny Haymer
1x35 Scrooge's Pet
Scrooge loses the new combination for his vault to a lemming.
Directing: Steve Clark · Writing: Jack Enyart · Starring: Phil Hartman, Patricia Parris
1x36 A Drain on the Economy (1)
Scrooge and Glomgold compete in a contest where the winner, being the world's richest duck, becomes the sales broker for a new fruit from Macaroon that works like a flashlight. First, though, Scrooge must keep his fortune away from the Beagle Boys.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Jymn Magon, Mark Zaslove, Len Uhley · Starring: Hamilton Camp
1x37 A Whale of a Bad Time (2)
As Scrooge tries to deliver his fortune to Macaroon, he experiences an interference in the form of a rogue submarine working for Glomgold.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Jymn Magon, Michael Keyes, Mark Zaslove · Starring: Peter Cullen
1x38 Aqua Ducks (3)
After dumping his fortune under the sea, Scrooge, along with Launchpad, Gyro, and Doofus, submerges in order to get it out.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Jymn Magon, Michael Keyes, Mark Zaslove
1x39 Working for Scales (4)
Glomgold and the Beagle Boys attempt to make sure Scrooge doesn't win the contest on his way to Macaroon.
Directing: Terence Harrison · Writing: Jymn Magon, Mark Zaslove, Bruce Talkington · Starring: Hamilton Camp
1x40 Merit-Time Adventure
The Nephews, Webby, and Doofus attempt to earn a Junior Woodchuck badge in sailing while a sea monster is preying on Scrooge's shipping fleet.
Directing: Alan Zaslove · Writing: Sharman DiVono · Starring: Jack Angel, Will Ryan
1x41 The Golden Fleecing
After hearing about Launchpad's encounter with several Harpies, Scrooge heads to the Black Sea to seek out the legendary Golden Fleece.
Directing: Terence Harrison · Writing: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers · Starring: Tress MacNeille, Corey Burton
1x42 Ducks of the West
Scrooge and the boys go to Scrooge's oil wells to find out why they ran dry.
Directing: David Block · Writing: Richard Merwin · Starring: Alan Oppenheimer
1x43 Time Teasers
Gyro invents a watch that allows anyone to move super fast. But the Beagle Boys want to use it so they can steal all of Scrooge's money.
Directing: David Block · Writing: Anthony Adams · Starring: Peter Cullen, Will Ryan
1x44 Back Out in the Outback
Something's attacking Scrooge's sheep and shearing off their wool, so Scrooge heads off for Australia to find out what's going on.
Directing: David Block · Writing: Richard Merwin, James A. Markovich · Starring: Rob Paulsen, Peter Cullen, Nicholas Omana, Will Ryan
1x45 Raiders of the Lost Harp
Scrooge acquires a magical harp that can determine if someone was lying or not. However, Magica de Spell wants the harp for herself, and so does the harp's guardian.
Directing: David Block · Writing: Cherie Dee Wilkerson · Starring: Will Ryan
1x46 The Right Duck
After being fired by Scrooge, Launchpad enters the space program, and accidentally gets sent to Mars.
Directing: Terence Harrison · Writing: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers · Starring: Howard Morris, Jerry Dexter, Ronnie Schell
1x47 Scroogerello
While experiencing a fever, Scrooge has an extended dream sequence parodying the fairy tale of Cinderella, with himself in the titular role.
1x48 Double-O-Duck
Launchpad finds himself masquerading as Bruno Von Beak, an agent for the Foreign Organization of World Larceny.
Directing: Terence Harrison · Writing: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers · Starring: Barry Dennen, René Auberjonois, Jack Angel, Peter Cullen
1x49 Luck o' the Ducks
After finding a leprechaun, Scrooge is led to Ireland, where he believes that he'll find a vast fortune of gold.
Directing: Terence Harrison · Writing: Michael O'Mahony · Starring: Billy Barty
1x50 Duckworth's Revolt
After being fired by Scrooge, Duckworth and the boys are abducted by plant aliens and enslaved.
Directing: Terence Harrison · Writing: Dale Hale · Starring: Michael Bell, George DiCenzo, Steve Susskind
1x51 Magica's Magic Mirror
Magica uses a pair of magic mirrors to try to get Scrooge's Number One Dime. First part of double episode: Take Me Out of the Ballgame.
1x52 Take Me Out of the Ballgame
Duckworth coaches the Junior Woodchucks in a baseball game. Second part of double episode: Magica's Magic Mirror
Directing: Steve Clark, Vincent Davis · Writing: Richard Merwin, Tedd Anasti
1x53 Duck to the Future
Magica sends Scrooge into the future, where she has stolen his Number One Dime and taken over his company.
Directing: Terence Harrison · Writing: Ken Koonce, David Wiemers · Starring: Avery Schreiber
1x54 Jungle Duck
While accompanying Scrooge in his search for silver, Mrs. Beakley encounters a Tarzan-like character who used to be a boy she helped raise as a nanny.
1x55 Launchpad's First Crash
Scrooge and Launchpad reminisce on how they first met.
Starring: Linda Gary
1x56 Dime Enough For Luck
Magica tricks Gladstone Gander into stealing the Number One Dime for her, and as a result, he is then cursed with bad luck.
Starring: Corey Burton, Rob Paulsen
1x57 Duck in the Iron Mask
Scrooge and the boys take a trip to visit an old friend of his, Count Roy. However, unknown to Scrooge, Roy's evil twin Ray rules Roy's kingdom with an iron fist.
Starring: Arte Johnson, Maurice LaMarche, Pat Musick, Will Ryan
1x58 The Uncrashable Hindentanic
Scrooge makes a bet with Glomgold that he can make money off a blimp called the Hindentanic.
1x59 The Status Seekers
Seeking respect from other members of Duckburg's elite, Scrooge hunts down a mask he gave away
1x60 Nothing to Fear
Scrooge, the nephews, Doofus, and Duckworth are intimidated by a cloud that generates their worst fears, conjured by Magica.
Starring: Pat Musick
1x61 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck
Scrooge becomes a victim of a potion that causes him to be obsessive with giving money away. It is up to his nephews to find an antidote before he stays a big spender forever.
Directing: Terence Harrison · Writing: Michael Keyes, Margaret Osborne · Starring: Rob Paulsen, Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, Linda Gary
1x62 Once Upon a Dime
Scrooge tells the story of how his Number One Dime got his fortune started.
Starring: Pat Fraley, Don Messick, Peter Renaday, Michael Rye
1x63 Spies In Their Eyes
A hypnotist brainwashes Donald into giving her a remote control device for a submarine that's Scrooge's companies built for the navy.
Directing: David Block · Writing: Sharman DiVono, Bruce Reid Schaefer · Starring: Peter Cullen, Ed Gilbert, Bernie Kopell, Haunani Minn
1x64 All Ducks On Deck
Donald makes up a story about being a hero to the nephews. They stow away in the Navy and try to make him a hero. Meanwhile, The Phantom Blot has a spy infiltrating the Navy while he has Scrooge McDuck and Launchpad McQuack as prisoners on Cat Island after they go to investigate Scrooge's fishing fleet there.
Starring: Peter Cullen, Mark L. Taylor
1x65 Ducky Horror Picture Show
Scrooge finances a meeting house, which is then used by a group of horror movie-based monsters.
Starring: Alan Oppenheimer, Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, Richard Gautier
1x66 Till Nephews Do Us Part Season Finale
Scrooge is romanced by a billionairess named Millionara Vanderbucks, but as the nephews and Webby find out, she only wants his money.
Starring: Peter Cullen, Tress MacNeille
Season 1 Cast
Alan YoungScrooge McDuck (voice)66 episodes
Russi TaylorHuey Duck / Dewey Duck / Louie Duck (voice)66 episodes
Terence McGovernLaunchpad McQuack (voice)66 episodes
Chuck McCannDuckworth / Burger Beagle / Bouncer Beagle (voice)66 episodes
Hal SmithGyro Gearloose / Flintheart Glomgold (voice)66 episodes
Joan GerberMrs. Bentina Beakley (voice)66 episodes
Brian CummingsDoofus Drake (voice)66 episodes
June ForayMa Beagle / Magica De Spell / Mrs. Featherby (voice)66 episodes
Tony AnselmoDonald Duck (voice)66 episodes
Will RyanWeasels (voice)9 episodes
Peter CullenFirefighter (voice)3 episodes
Hamilton CampGrand Kishke (voice)3 episodes
Pat MusickBully Beagle (voice)2 episodes
Jack Angel2 episodes
Gino ConfortiBenzino Gasolini (voice)2 episodes
Barry DennenMoorloon the Wizard / Vacation Van Honk (voice)2 episodes
Linda GaryQueen of England (voice)2 episodes
Corey BurtonLudwig Von Drake (voice)2 episodesAll Seasons
Season 21988 · 10 ep. · 
Season 31989 · 18 ep. · 
Season 41990 · 7 ep. · Where to Watch Season 1 of DuckTales
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Season 1 of DuckTales have?
DuckTales season 1 has 66 episodes.
When did season 1 of DuckTales premiere?
Premiered on September 18, 1987.
Where to watch DuckTales season 1?
By subscription, on Disney Plus (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the TMDB audience rating, episode 1x06, "Send in the Clones", with a 8.2.