Webby will introduce herself to the nephews by kidnapping them
A shot in the 1st trailer has the 3 nephews hanging upside down in what appears to be Webby's room. And in a talking clip, you have Webby helping the 3 up while asking them questions. Conclusion? Webby will capture the 3 of them, hang them, then interrogate them as a fangirl.- Confirmed.
Goldie will appear in the show
And Scrooge will marry her. Because it would be awesome.- Goldie is confirmed to appear, but now she looks significantly younger than Scrooge, which would mean that would be a May–December Romance.
- She could be older than she looks.
- Or it could be that the Goldie seen so far is Scrooge's memory of what she looked like in his younger days and that, if Goldie appears outside of a flashback or a dream, she will be an older woman.
- Or it could be that she'll appear in a flashback.
- Goldie is confirmed to appear, but now she looks significantly younger than Scrooge, which would mean that would be a May–December Romance.
- She appears in "The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!", and she is indeed older than she looks - in fact over a hundred, being already an adult during the Klondike Gold Rush. She mentions to Scrooge she had a bath in the Fountain of Youth, hence her apparent young age. She and Scrooge have heavy Belligerent Sexual Tension, but only the triplets believe that they would get married.
Scrooge will dive into his Money Bin at the end of the pilot
Or end of the final part if it's a multi-parter like the original. For added humor before doing so he'll say "I haven't done this in about 30 years!"- Word of God from David Tennant confirms that Scrooge will dive into the money, but if/when in the pilot is uncertain.
- The story will have other characters trying the trick but not having the same results.
- Partly confirmed: he dives into the money bin around the midway point of the one-hour pilot; if you'd divide the pilot into two half-hour regular episodes, it would happen at the climax of the first one.
Donald and Scrooge's falling out ten years ago:
Is directly tied to why Donald is raising Huey, Dewey, and Louie rather than their parents.- Perhaps they disappeared on one of Scrooge's treasure hunts.
- All but confirmed in the first episode, while their father isn't mentioned something happened to Della on the quest for the Spear of Selena.
- This may also be why Donald Duck is so protective of Huey, Dewey & Louie and seems so against Scrooge Adventuring too, He's concerned that any thing like what happened to Della shall happen to the three, too?
- All but confirmed in the first episode, while their father isn't mentioned something happened to Della on the quest for the Spear of Selena.
- Or Donald was just too busy to go adventuring and Scrooge simply didn't take it well.
- The boys are about the right age and the ten years thing would make perfect sense. Maybe Donald is reconnecting with Scrooge now because he thinks the boys are finally old enough for it. Heck, they're probably the same age Donald was when he started adventuring with Scrooge.
- Donald felt he didn't keep enough of the treasures to keep going.
- Donald never cared about the treasure in the first place and just liked going on the adventures with his uncle, but Scrooge's Gold Fever started getting the better of him, and then the boys came along...
- Keep in mind that Scrooge's Gold Fever getting the better of him was why his sisters (One of whom is Donald's mother) disowned him in Life and Times, so it's not like there isn't a precedent.
- Or his Gold Fever got even worse and it caused the incident why Della is not with her kids...
- In; "The Great Dime Chase", Dewey & Webby find a Note from Della about how she has taken The Spear of Selene, which both Donald Duck & Scrooge McDuck were arguing about in; "Woo-Oo!". Did she take the Spear, cause she concerned that it would corrupt either Donald Duck or Scrooge McDuck?
- Confirmed in The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!. Scrooge built a rocket for himself, Donald and Della, but Della took it herself and was lost in space, something Donald blames Scrooge for both because he built the rocket and because he didn't stop Della from going.
Della Duck will appear in an episode.
Explaining why her sons live with her twin brother. As well as some past adventures with her brother Donald.- Confirmed! She appears at the end of the first episode, although not in person, and one subplot in the third episode is about Dewey and Webby trying to find out what happened to her.
- Della's disappearance forms the Myth Arc for at least the first season.
- Also, she appears in the last minute of season 1, showing she's trapped on the moon.
The original Theme Song will be used in some way in the new theme song
It's only one of the catchiest songs of all time! And also, they seem to be using it some in their promoting the series, so obviously they plan to be including it in the process in some way.- Or reuse the original theme song, just like with ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks.
- Confirmed, it's the old theme by a new singer.
Webby will be a Tomboy with a Girly Streak.
To balance out traits from her 80s self, and avoid Unfortunate Implications that a girl can't be tough and feminine simultaneously.- Confirmed: she covers her journal in red sparkly glitter, and she wears pink and purple clothes and a bow in her hair.
Lena is either working for Magica DeSpell, or is Magica DeSpell herself.
A new, edgy female duck character that seems to have come out of the blue? Suspicious. She's probably trying to get close to Webby, posing as a Cool Big Sis character, so that she can get closer to Scrooge and get the lucky dime. In the latter case, she might have used magic to appear younger than she actually is.- Her connection to Magica is Confirmed. Given The Reveal at the end of "The Beagle Birthday Massacre!" that Lena is Magica's niece, it's possible that she might be the show's equivalent to Minima DeSpell. And, considering her sad look when leaving the triplets and Webby at the end of the episode and her frequent mentions of disliking family, it's possible that she might undergo a Heel–Face Turn.
- At the end of "The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!" she attempts the Heel–Face Turn. Unfortunately, Magica has realized that she can directly possess Lena's body, preventing it.
- Also, she's really just a shadow brought to life, though it's indicated by the finale that she's truly become her own person and, after acting to save Webby, lives in Webby's shadow now.
Gladstone Gander will be a role model for Louie.
Gladstone is lazy yet super lucky, and he's still significantly rich. These are all traits that Louie admires.- They're primary colors are both green to boot.
- Confirmed. In "The House of Lucky Gander!", all three triplets look up to Gladstone, seeing him as their "cool uncle", but Louie is the one that bonds with him the most. However, by the end of the episode, even Louie dismisses Gladstone, who turned out to be a selfish, smug jerk, and almost allowed his whole family become the slaves of Liu Hai.
Scrooge is slightly less greedy compared with past depictions
Possessive perhaps, but listen to what Donald says when arguing with Scrooge in Atlantis. "Crazy old man! All you care about is the next adventure!" Donald's known Scrooge for a very long time, and is clearly still angry with him over their history, but why doesn't he say all he cares about is money? Why say the adventure is more important? Because for scrooge in this continuity, he always planned to have making money be his excuse to see the world. His focus on reputation? Love of getting into trouble? The fact that he's more interested in the jewel of Atlantis rather than the mountains of gold around it? Seems to me that Scrooge here is more interested in the stories and the journey than the wealth at this point.- Confirmed. The show creators explicitly said that this incarnation of Scrooge is more addicted to adventure than to money. The intention behind it was probably to make him a more sympathetic character.
Beakley is (or at least now, was) a spy of S.H.U.S.H.
She made a Sarcastic Confession to Donald about being a spy. But given how she is one of the good guys, she was an agent of S.H.U.S.H., an organization bent on keeping the world peaceful. But, something happened in her past that made her take up being Scrooge's maid, teach Webby martial arts, and keep her granddaughter in McDuck Manor most of her life.- Confirmed in "The Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!"
The SHUSH Connection...
(I don't know where to put this better) The SHUSH Agent is Mrs. Beakley. She's retired and working for Scrooge, because he's one of the few who know of her previous occupation and can give Mrs. Beakley a secure place to hide from any enemies that may want her head. Think about it: why would she teach Webby all that spy stuff and how did she herself know what to teach, unless she was a secret agent herself.- At the end of "A Daytrip of Doom", she mentions to Donald that she's a spy, to which Donald reacts with laughter. If she wasn't joking but telling the truth, it is more than likely that the agency she's working for is SHUSH.
- Confirmed in "The Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!"
One episode will feature Scrooge and Glomgold teaming up to take on Mark Beaks.
Due to both of them being old and rich industrial millionaires, it would only make sense that Beaks would try to run them both into obscurity or shame. Scrooge, of course, would try to stop him, but Glomgold would also try to help out...only because he doesn't want anyone else but him to beat Scrooge.- Confirmed, in "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks". It doesn't work out well though, as Glomgold comes up with an overly elaborate plan which Scrooge finds ridiculously complex - and then Glomgold accidentally reveals that he intends to stab Scrooge in the back.
Della is still alive somewhere.
Come on, that has to be the reason no body hasn been found, right?- Confirmed - she's on the moon.
Dewey will attempt to take after Donald after the events of "The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!"
(This also contains spoilers for promos for the shadow war, just a heads up.)Now that Dewey knows what happened to Della I think he is going to realise that he has similar reckless and impulsive tendencies to his mum which will cause him to get closer to Donald and also perhaps try to take after him more than Della. One of the things which leads me to believe this is how in the promos for the finale Dewey is seen wearing a sailor's outfit and is the only kid who is shown wearing one. Which could mean that he is attempting to take after Donald.
- Confirmed! At least, in trying to wear a suit like Donald's.
There will be an arc structure.
Presumably with their own villains, with arcs involving Magica De Spell, another involving Glomgold, etc.- David Tennant claims we shall learn more about Scrooge & Donald Duck's relationship, with each Episode, include what happen ten years ago, to cause this suppose rift between the two?
- Confirmed, the first season has three main character arcs: one exploring Della Duck's disappearance, one about Magica De Spell pursuing the Number One Dime to regain her physical form, and one about Gizmoduck's origins.
Della Duck
is not dead, but stuck in the Moon."Spear of Selene after all, and she was an astronaut in the Dutch comics. Maybe she got teleported there.- Or the Spear of Selene is the name of a spaceship she flew to the Moon. After all, a rocket ship is shaped like a spear.
- The Spear of Selene being a rocket is confirmed. Della's exact whereabouts are still unknown.
- Confirmed! The final minute of the season 1 finale shows Della and her ship crashed on the moon.
Gabby Mcstabberton will return
She's voiced by Jennifer Hale. She's too interesting not to bring back.- Maybe she'll end up as Donald's Love Interest.
- Seems likely (Gabby showing up again, that is). Upon closer look at the intro, you can actually see her chasing Scrooge and Co with an assortment of villains.
- On the other hand, Little Bulb also shows up there, and the episode with him indicates he is a one-time villain.
- She cameos in the finale, being arrested by Fenton's mom.
- Seems likely (Gabby showing up again, that is). Upon closer look at the intro, you can actually see her chasing Scrooge and Co with an assortment of villains.
Lena is going to become the mask.
Eventually, she's actually going to feel a personal bond with Webby, and as a result start questioning whther her aunt's plan is worth it.- Comfirmed! In Jaw$, Lena makes it clear that she no longer wants to be a part of her aunt's plans and tries to leave. Unfortunately, Magica has other ideas.....
Magica de Spell needs an artifact in the Manor to regain a body
Hence why Lena said she was "playing the long game" by getting permission to enter McDuck Manor at any time in the future.- Confirmed: She needs the Number One Dime, which she was trapped in.
Fethry will be in a future episode.
Possibly Season 2, because there doesn't seem to be any plans for him to be in season 1.- Confirmed by his appearance at the panel at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con.
- In Season 2, he is a central character in the second episode, "The Depths of Cousin Fethry".
It will turn out that no one is responsible for Della's disappearance besides herself.
She wasn't influenced by an outside source. She just took the spear, under some reckless thought, and ran away. She might be dead. She might be alive, stuck on the moon or something similar. Either way, it was her idea and no one can be blamed but her.- Half-confirmed. She did indeed take the Spear under some reckless thought... and despite Scrooge's aid after she launched, she got herself stuck on the moon, with no active way to get back.
Gyro will know that Fenton is Gizmoduck in this continuity.
And he'll be Giz's Sidekick in order to further expand his and Darkwing's status as Foils.- Launchpad (who will presumably still be Darkwing's sidekick) is a Kindhearted Simpleton and All-Loving Hero who assists Darkwing in the field. Gyro, on the other hand, is an Insufferable Genius with a Sugar-and-Ice Personality who will more than likely be Gizmo's Mission Control.
- Confirmed; Gyro lets Fenton use the experimental armor in an effort to iron out the kinks, and later builds him a new one after the prototype is destroyed.
The episode "From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!" will deal with Beakley's past as a spy.
Bonus points if she is the titular Agent 22 herself!- Confirmed. Beakley is Agent 22, working for S.H.U.S.H.
An episode will involve The Three Caballeros
Huey, Duey, Louie and Webby discover that Donald was once part of a famous band that broke up many years ago, a memory Donald now holds as an Old Shame. The ducks will then contact José and Panchito to reunite with their old friend, Putting the Band Back Together so they could perform at a concert in Duckburg.- It is confirmed at SDCC 2018 that José and Panchito will appear in an episode of season 2. Although we do not know the plot yet. The exclusive SDCC trailer also confirms Donald viewing his past with them as an Old Shame, as he confesses to the kids that him being a member of "The Three Caballeros" is his dark secret.
- Also Confirmed that they try Putting the Band Back Together. Scrooge sabotages it though.
Jose Carioca and Panchito Pistoles will make an appearance.
There'll probably be at least one episode where the gang visit a Latin American country, and this would be a great opportunity for these Ensemble Darkhorses to return.- Apparently there was an episode pitched that was basically a reunion of The Three Caballeros, but was shelved. They might have a cameo, or the pitch could be revisited later.
- They're now confirmed to appear in Season 2.
The Three Caballeros episode will include the original song.
Except they'll replace the word "gay" with "great".- Or "brave", since that's what they did for the animated show.
- Confirmed, they perform the song in their debut episode. The line "Three gay Caballeros" is changed to "Yes, three Caballeros".
Flintheart Glomgold will be South African again
If not, he could at least have ties to South Africa.- Perhaps they will make an amalgamation of his comic and cartoon self and have one side of his family be Scottish and the other Boer. Or maybe born in South Africa, raised in Scotland etc.
- His family history will be how Glomgold described it in the comic book story "The Glomgold Heritage".
- Or Flintheart Glomgold will be posing as someone from Scotland for a trick, but is really from South Africa.
- Pretty much CONFIRMED! He's even played by an African American putting on a hammy Scottish accent!
- His Scottish act is less about pretending to be a Scot and more about hiding his Boer heritage so Scrooge will never figure out he's the "bushwhacker" Scrooge met back in the Transvaal. He picked Scot over any other ethnical groups he could pretend to be of so Scrooge will assume it's just to upset him.
- Or, to tie everything together, he's Scots-South African, and the uber-Scots act is him trying to get in touch with that side of his family (or just to bug Scrooge).
- Confirmed. The episode "The Ballad of the Duke of Baloney" reveals that Glomgold was born in South Africa, and took on a Scottish persona to compete with Scrooge.
Someone with the initials D. B. will become an important character in Season 2.
Webby's String Theory chart contains a lot of notes with all sorts of Foreshadowing for Season 1. One note that never came to play says: "Who is D.B.? GiGi?" No character with the initials D.B. or the name GiGi has appeared yet. Unless it's an obscure Mythology Gag, it's likely a Foreshadowing for a Season 2 episode.- Confirmed. D.B. stands for Duke Baloney, which is Glomgold's original name. Not sure what GiGi means, though.
Della's note is more innocent than it sounds.
Coinciding with the theory that the Spear of Selene is a rocket rather than a magic artifact, Della was not apologizing to Scrooge for an unforgivable betrayal. It was more akin to a teenager "borrowing" her parent's car without permission and leaving a quick explanation on the fridge.- Confirmed: Della stole the rocket that Scrooge was building for her. The reason he doesn't like bringing it up is because it was the last time he saw her before she got lost in space.
Della will return in the mid-season finale
Paget Brewster is set for a recurring role as Della this season. Her entrance will be similar to Ford Pines, appearing at the very end of the first half of Season 2 and having larger roles in the second half after a hiatus to keep the fans up in eager anticipation.- Confirmed. She returns to Earth in the 11th episode of Season 2 and becomes a regular afterwards.
Louie and Gladstone will be good friends
They're both lucky, lazy and greedy for money.- Or Gladstone will be a bad influence on Louie for awhile until Louie decides that, however easy Gladstone's life is, it's still hollow and purposeless.
- The latter. In the episode proper, Louis looks up to Gladstone right up till he realizes that Gladstone is just using everyone for his own purposes. he's even the one to finally make the comment that "luck's overrated" to Gladstone as a parting shot.
Fenton/Gizmoduck will replace Little helper instead of Donald Duck
We already know Fenton is going to be Gyro's assistant and a laser shooting and non-functioning version of Helper can be seen in the intro, meaning gyro will try to build a (Big)little helper robot for security that will somehow result in the creation of Gizmoduck.- Partially confirmed in the third episode, when Little Bulb malfunctions, and Gyro begins work on Project Blatherskite, presumably Gizmoduck's suit.
Launchpad Really Gets Around.
In both "The House of the Lucky Gander" and "The Depth of Cousin Fethry", Launchpad gets an off-screen adventure with a woman he seems to be romantically involved with (Ziyi and Oceanika, respectively). He has a number of other girlfriends all around the world (possibly including Feathers Galore from the original series).- Word of God seems to support this theory
, as well as hinting that said lovers aren't all female. - Confirmed. In "The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee" he lists a large number of "special somebodies" he had in the past, including a clone of himself.
Flintheart Glomgold is not actually Scottish.
Although there is some Word of God hinting towards this interpretation (as an in-joke resulting from his originally being South African and then made Scottish in the original cartoon), technically it hasn't been directly confirmed yet in the show itself. In any case, as part of his Inferiority Superiority Complex Glomglod even tries to be more Scottish that Scrooge just to try and one-up him in that part of his life as well, so it's not a huge stretch to suggest that he's not even Scottish to begin with.- Confirmed. It's revealed in "The Ballad of Duke Baloney" that he's South African.
Della was formerly Scrooge's personal pilot
Following Della's disappearance, Scrooge considered looking for a replacement, but was not willing to trust strangers with his money and because he simply couldn't find it in his heart to replace one of his own family members. Launchpad, who happened to be already be acquainted with Scrooge in some way, offered to do the job. Scrooge also appreciates Launchpad for being as "dangerous and crazy" as himself.- Confirmed. Della was a bit angry about "being replaced" as Scrooge's pilot in "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!" and is back to flying Scrooge in "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!"
When Dewey runs into Donald again, he will complain about not being named Turbo.
- Confirmed. It happens in "Moonvasion".
The Rescue Rangers will be Uplifted Animals
So far, all Funny Animal characters in the show (apart from the Gyropuddlians) have been human-sized and used as a stand-in for humans. Regular-sized animals, such as Nanook the bear and the various background critters, have shown no sign of sapience. The Rescue Rangers, in their original incarnation, are regular, rodent-sized Funny Animal characters, and it's unlikely that they'd be scaled up to human-sized in this series. Instead, they'll start out as regular animals, but either magic or science will give them human-like intelligence.- Confirmed. "Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice!" shows that Black Heron is in possession of a special ray gun that increases or decreases the intelligence of anything struck by its beam. Her testing the device on a laboratory mouse (joined by two chipmunks and a larger, mustachioed mouse) results in the creation of this show's incarnation of Gadget Hackwrench.
