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* MeaningfulName: A gander is a male goose, and contrary to popular believe that Gladstone is a duck, he is, in fact, a goose.
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Why dont watch the episode before post Gladstone tropes?
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* TheCharmer: Explicitly called "charming" by Huey.
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"I am ''the'' best at getting something for nothing!"
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Neither Scrooge nor Donald think he's a good influence to kids since he's completely lazy.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Neither Scrooge nor Donald think he's a good influence to kids since he's completely lazy.
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* ThickerThanWater: Both Donald and Scrooge are united in a shared disgust with him, seeing as how he not only coasts through life depending on his freakishly good luck, but shamelessly revels in his ability to do so. The trailer for his introductory episodes shows both of them giving him nothing but a DisapprovingLook whenever they see him or hear his name. But since he's family ''family'' they tolerate it to some small extent.
extent, if only for the kids' sake.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Neither Scrooge nor Donald think he's a good influenceto on the kids since he's completely lazy.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Neither Scrooge nor Donald think he's a good influence
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* TheCharmer: Explicitly called "charming" by Huey.
* BirdsOfAFeather: His "get something for nothing" attitude really endears him to Louie.
* BlackSheep: While he's not "evil", he is lazy and selfish
* BirdsOfAFeather: His "get something for nothing" attitude really endears him to Louie.
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* TheGambler: The first time we see him is in a Las Vegas style casino and resort. And he has no qualms about using his luck to give him a decidedly unfair advantage.
* LazyBum: Scrooge calls him a "layabout", which is completely true. His way of earning income is by using his luck to win at casinos.
* LazyBum: Scrooge calls him a "layabout", which is completely true. His way of earning income is by using his luck to win at casinos.
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* ThickerThanWater: Both Donald and Scrooge are united in a shared disgust with him, seeing as how he not only coasts through life depending on his freakishly good luck, but shamelessly revels in his ability to do so. The trailer for his introductory episodes shows both of them giving him nothing but a DisapprovingLook whenever they see him or hear his name. But since he's family they tolerate it to some small extent.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: A variant, in that he's a family member, not a friend. Still, both his cousin and his uncle are united in a shared disgust with him, seeing as how he not only coasts through life depending on his freakishly good luck, but shamelessly revels in his ability to do so. The trailer for his introductory episodes shows both of them giving him nothing but a DisapprovingLook whenever they see him or hear his name.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: A variant, in that he's a family member, not a friend. Still, both his cousin ThickerThanWater: Both Donald and his uncle Scrooge are united in a shared disgust with him, seeing as how he not only coasts through life depending on his freakishly good luck, but shamelessly revels in his ability to do so. The trailer for his introductory episodes shows both of them giving him nothing but a DisapprovingLook whenever they see him or hear his name. But since he's family they tolerate it to some small extent.
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Donald's impossibly lucky cousin, who isn't on good terms with either him or Donald.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: A variant, in that he's a family member, not a friend. Still, both his cousin and his uncle are united in a shared disgust with him, seeing as how he not only coasts through life depending on his freakishly good luck, but shamelessly revels in his ability to do so. The trailer for his introductory episodes shows both of them giving him nothing but a DisapprovingLook whenever they see him or hear his name.
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* SmugSnake: He revels in his luck.
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* SmugSnake: He revels '''revels''' in his luck.
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* MissingMom: We already knew that Donald has been raising the triplets since they were babies; now it seems that, unlike in many adaptations, we're going to find out ''why.'' Indeed Dewey admits to Webby that all Unca Donald told them about their mother was that she was gone.
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* MissingMom: We already knew that Donald has been raising the triplets since they were babies; now it seems that, unlike in many adaptations, we're going to find out ''why.'' Indeed Dewey admits to Webby that all Unca Uncle Donald told them about their mother was that she was gone.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: This version of Gladstone seems set to be more of a JerkAss than his counterpart in the 80s show, where Gladstone was an AdaptationalNiceGuy. This puts the character more in line with his original portrayal in the comics, where he's usually a petty, selfish SmugSnake.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: This version of Gladstone seems set to be more of a JerkAss {{Jerkass}} than his counterpart in the 80s show, where Gladstone was an AdaptationalNiceGuy. This puts the character more in line with his original portrayal in the comics, where he's usually a petty, selfish SmugSnake.
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* AmbiguousSituation: ''How'' does he fit into the family tree, exactly? [[WordOfGod Word of God is that Ludwig fits a very specific role in the story.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: ''How'' does he fit into the family tree, exactly? exactly?[[note]]He could be married to Matilda [=McDuck=], Scrooge's sister, making him Donald's uncle by marriage, which was the case in some of the comics.[[/note]] [[WordOfGod Word of God is that Ludwig fits a very specific role in the story.]]
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* AdaptationalJerkass: This version of Gladstone seems set to be more of a JerkAss than his counterpart in the 80s show, where Gladstone was an AdaptationalNiceGuy. This puts the character more in line with his original portrayal in the comics, where he's usually a petty, selfish SmugSnake.
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* CharacterRerailment: This version of Gladstone seems set to be more of a JerkAss than his counterpart in the 80s show, where Gladstone was an AdaptationalNiceGuy. This puts the character more in line with his original portrayal in the comics, where he's usually a petty, selfish SmugSnake.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Compared to the Gladstone from the 1987 series. However, he was kind of a jerk in the original comics already.
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* HairTriggerTemper: Like his wife, Quackmore had a short fuse.
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[[folder:Gladstone Gander]]
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->'''Voiced By''': Paul F. Tompkins
Donald's impossibly lucky cousin.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Compared to the Gladstone from the 1987 series. However, he was kind of a jerk in the original comics already.
* AlliterativeName: '''G'''ladstone '''G'''ander.
* BornLucky: Sharp contrast to [[BornUnlucky Donald]], Gladstone's luck is downright supernatural.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Donald -- While Donald is an unlucky but (relatively) NiceGuy, Gladstone is a lazy, arrogant jerk who relies on his luck to see him through any conflict.
** To Scrooge -- While Scrooge earned every penny of his vast wealth, Gladstone's luck allows him to live a carefree existence without having to work for anything he has.
* SitcomArchnemesis: More or less to be stated this to Donald and Scrooge.
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[[folder:Della Duck]]
[[quoteright:273:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dt2017_della_duck_2_3.png]]
[[caption-width-right:273: '''Dewey:''' "... Mom?"]]
Huey, Dewey, and Louie's mother, and Donald's twin sister.
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* AcePilot: Going by her aviation styled clothing she retains this status from the comics.
* ActionMom: Mother of triplets and capable of fighting off pirates.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics, she looked an awful lot like Donald in a blonde wig.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Blonde in the comics, but her portraits here show she has white "hair" like the rest of her family.
* AlliterativeName: '''D'''ella '''D'''uck.
* AscendedExtra: She is not even mentioned in the original show and made so few appearances in the comics that all that's really known about her is that she is Donald's twin sister and the triplets' mother.
* BadassFamily: Sometime prior to the first episode, her, Donald and Scrooge were a trio of adventurers.
* DisappearedDad: Not ''her'' father, but given how Donald got the triplets, one wonders just who is Della's husband and what happened to him.
* DrivingQuestion: What happened to her?
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: She used to be an adventurer alongside Donald and Scrooge.
* GenkiGirl: Dewey's picture shows her gleefully smashing her brother's face in a cake.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: According to Webby, there are few pictures of Della, including the portrait that Dewey found, and no one talks about her.
** Webby mentions that one time [[spoiler:she found a letter about Della come to their doorstep. Scrooge seized the letter, bought out the post-office, and since then no mail has ever come to the mansion, and nobody saw the post-man again]]. Though Webby is probably being overly dramatic about the last part.
** Scrooge has seemingly gone to incredible lengths to cover up what happened to her. Even the Newspaper we see in the first episode "[=McDuck=] Hangs Up Spats After..." has the rest of the headline ripped off, showing that this was at least local news, but he has done such a good job covering it up, that even Webby can't find anything on her.
** Donald likewise never discusses the boys' mother in front of them, merely telling them that she's gone.
* MissingMom: We already knew that Donald has been raising the triplets since they were babies; now it seems that, unlike in many adaptations, we're going to find out ''why.'' Indeed Dewey admits to Webby that all Unca Donald told them about their mother was that she was gone.
* {{Nephewism}}: It's implied that Scrooge raised her and Donald, and [[spoiler:losing Della was no less devastating than if he had lost his own daughter]].
* NiceHat: Any pictures of her showed she always wore an aviator's hat and goggles.
* PowerTrio: Was this with Scrooge and Donald.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: She is always seen wearing a yellow scarf, was an adventurer, and a picture of her showed her sword fighting with a pirate.
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[[folder:Ludwig Von Drake]]
-> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/CoreyBurton
Donald's ''other'' uncle, a famous scientist who used to work for Scrooge in the 1960's as his personal inventor just like Gyro does now.
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* AmbiguousSituation: ''How'' does he fit into the family tree, exactly? [[WordOfGod Word of God is that Ludwig fits a very specific role in the story.]]
* AscendedExtra: He was a very minor character in the original, appearing as Launchpad's shrink in one episode, "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E26TheGoldenFleecing The Golden Fleecing]]". Here, the producers have bigger plans for him.
* MadScientist: He's a bit on the loopy side, but a brilliant scientist nonetheless.
* RoleReprisal: He's the only character besides Donald who's voiced by the same actor as he was in the original.
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[[folder:Hortense Duck neé [=McDuck=]]]
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-> '''Voiced By:''' ???
Scrooge's youngest sister, who married Quackmore Duck and bore his twin children, Donald and Della, making her the nephews' maternal grandmother.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Quackmore both had short tempers.
* HairTriggerTemper: Hortense's temper was defining and legendary. Her son Donald inherited it.
* LoveAtFirstSight: With Quackmore -- when they met there were fireworks, literally.
* PosthumousCharacter: She passed away a long time ago.
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[[folder:Quackmore Duck]]
[[quoteright:197:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/quackmoreduckreboot.png]]
-> '''Voiced By:''' ???
Hortense's husband, Donald's father, and the nephews' maternal grandfather.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Hortense both had short tempers.
* LoveAtFirstSight: With Hortense -- when they met there were fireworks, literally.
* PosthumousCharacter: Just like his wife, he has passed away.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks just like a mustachioed Donald.
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[[folder:Matilda [=McDuck=]]]
-> '''Voiced By:''' ???
The middle [=McDuck=] sibling; Younger sister to Scrooge and older sister to Hortense.
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* AlliterativeName: '''M'''atilda '''M'''[=cDuck=].
* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if she's alive or if she's passed away. [[note]] In the comics she lives as the caretaker of [=McDuck=] Castle and she and Scrooge reconcile after years of enstrangement[[/note]]
* TheGhost: Unlike other immediate relatives of Scrooge's, there's no picture of her in the mansion or on Webby's cork board.
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[[folder:Gladstone Gander]]
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->'''Voiced By''': Paul F. Tompkins
Donald's impossibly lucky cousin.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Compared to the Gladstone from the 1987 series. However, he was kind of a jerk in the original comics already.
* AlliterativeName: '''G'''ladstone '''G'''ander.
* BornLucky: Sharp contrast to [[BornUnlucky Donald]], Gladstone's luck is downright supernatural.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Donald -- While Donald is an unlucky but (relatively) NiceGuy, Gladstone is a lazy, arrogant jerk who relies on his luck to see him through any conflict.
** To Scrooge -- While Scrooge earned every penny of his vast wealth, Gladstone's luck allows him to live a carefree existence without having to work for anything he has.
* SitcomArchnemesis: More or less to be stated this to Donald and Scrooge.
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[[folder:Della Duck]]
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[[caption-width-right:273: '''Dewey:''' "... Mom?"]]
Huey, Dewey, and Louie's mother, and Donald's twin sister.
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* AcePilot: Going by her aviation styled clothing she retains this status from the comics.
* ActionMom: Mother of triplets and capable of fighting off pirates.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics, she looked an awful lot like Donald in a blonde wig.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Blonde in the comics, but her portraits here show she has white "hair" like the rest of her family.
* AlliterativeName: '''D'''ella '''D'''uck.
* AscendedExtra: She is not even mentioned in the original show and made so few appearances in the comics that all that's really known about her is that she is Donald's twin sister and the triplets' mother.
* BadassFamily: Sometime prior to the first episode, her, Donald and Scrooge were a trio of adventurers.
* DisappearedDad: Not ''her'' father, but given how Donald got the triplets, one wonders just who is Della's husband and what happened to him.
* DrivingQuestion: What happened to her?
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: She used to be an adventurer alongside Donald and Scrooge.
* GenkiGirl: Dewey's picture shows her gleefully smashing her brother's face in a cake.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: According to Webby, there are few pictures of Della, including the portrait that Dewey found, and no one talks about her.
** Webby mentions that one time [[spoiler:she found a letter about Della come to their doorstep. Scrooge seized the letter, bought out the post-office, and since then no mail has ever come to the mansion, and nobody saw the post-man again]]. Though Webby is probably being overly dramatic about the last part.
** Scrooge has seemingly gone to incredible lengths to cover up what happened to her. Even the Newspaper we see in the first episode "[=McDuck=] Hangs Up Spats After..." has the rest of the headline ripped off, showing that this was at least local news, but he has done such a good job covering it up, that even Webby can't find anything on her.
** Donald likewise never discusses the boys' mother in front of them, merely telling them that she's gone.
* MissingMom: We already knew that Donald has been raising the triplets since they were babies; now it seems that, unlike in many adaptations, we're going to find out ''why.'' Indeed Dewey admits to Webby that all Unca Donald told them about their mother was that she was gone.
* {{Nephewism}}: It's implied that Scrooge raised her and Donald, and [[spoiler:losing Della was no less devastating than if he had lost his own daughter]].
* NiceHat: Any pictures of her showed she always wore an aviator's hat and goggles.
* PowerTrio: Was this with Scrooge and Donald.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: She is always seen wearing a yellow scarf, was an adventurer, and a picture of her showed her sword fighting with a pirate.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ludwig Von Drake]]
-> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/CoreyBurton
Donald's ''other'' uncle, a famous scientist who used to work for Scrooge in the 1960's as his personal inventor just like Gyro does now.
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* AmbiguousSituation: ''How'' does he fit into the family tree, exactly? [[WordOfGod Word of God is that Ludwig fits a very specific role in the story.]]
* AscendedExtra: He was a very minor character in the original, appearing as Launchpad's shrink in one episode, "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E26TheGoldenFleecing The Golden Fleecing]]". Here, the producers have bigger plans for him.
* MadScientist: He's a bit on the loopy side, but a brilliant scientist nonetheless.
* RoleReprisal: He's the only character besides Donald who's voiced by the same actor as he was in the original.
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[[folder:Hortense Duck neé [=McDuck=]]]
[[quoteright:169:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hortensemcduckreboot.png]]
-> '''Voiced By:''' ???
Scrooge's youngest sister, who married Quackmore Duck and bore his twin children, Donald and Della, making her the nephews' maternal grandmother.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Quackmore both had short tempers.
* HairTriggerTemper: Hortense's temper was defining and legendary. Her son Donald inherited it.
* LoveAtFirstSight: With Quackmore -- when they met there were fireworks, literally.
* PosthumousCharacter: She passed away a long time ago.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Quackmore Duck]]
[[quoteright:197:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/quackmoreduckreboot.png]]
-> '''Voiced By:''' ???
Hortense's husband, Donald's father, and the nephews' maternal grandfather.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Hortense both had short tempers.
* LoveAtFirstSight: With Hortense -- when they met there were fireworks, literally.
* PosthumousCharacter: Just like his wife, he has passed away.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks just like a mustachioed Donald.
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[[folder:Matilda [=McDuck=]]]
-> '''Voiced By:''' ???
The middle [=McDuck=] sibling; Younger sister to Scrooge and older sister to Hortense.
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* AlliterativeName: '''M'''atilda '''M'''[=cDuck=].
* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if she's alive or if she's passed away. [[note]] In the comics she lives as the caretaker of [=McDuck=] Castle and she and Scrooge reconcile after years of enstrangement[[/note]]
* TheGhost: Unlike other immediate relatives of Scrooge's, there's no picture of her in the mansion or on Webby's cork board.
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