History Characters / DuckTales2017TheMcDuckDuckExtendedFamily

* GrumpyBear: He makes his son Scrooge look downright cuddly in comparison.

* CompositeCharacter: He combines the character of Scrooge's grandfather (who was dead by the time of ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'') but his supposed treasure was based on that of sir Quackly Mcduck's treasure in the Carl Barks story.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Matilda looks like an older version of her niece, Della.

* MsExposition: Despite being a McDuck by marriage, she knows a lot about their history and happily gives the family a tour of all the old McDuck family art and sculpture.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the original series, Bubba had a pet ''Triceratops'' named Tootsie who was always friendly and loyal to him. Here, he and Tootsie meet for the first time due to being from separate time period, and they do battle with each other due to the ceratopsian's ferocity.

[[folder:Fergus [=McDuck=]]]
!! Fergus [=McDuck=], Laird of Castle [=McDuck=]
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->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/GrahamMcTavish

The father of Scrooge, Matilda and Hortense, thus the grandfather of Donald and Della, and the great-grandfather of the triplets.

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the comics, he was a supportive parent who was very proud of his son, and the only time he expressed disapproval of Scrooge was inside one of Scrooge's own {{Imagine Spot}}s. Here he seems to take a grumpy and distant disposition towards Scrooge. Though it's later revealed that Fergus is mad at himself for inadvertently driving his son away by teaching him to be self-reliant to the point that Scrooge felt he didn't need his family's help. That said, he's still quite prone to blaming Scrooge for everything, even ones that he is not responsible for.
* BigOlEyebrows: Big, bushy, grey eyebrows.
* CompanionCube: He took care of "Whiskers", the ball of hair they bought for Scrooge when he was a child, as if he was a real pet.
* FreudianExcuse:
** The reason why he's so judgmental of Scrooge is because he feels guilty for having his son work for everything when he himself couldn't provide for him, him teaching his son self-reliance being ALessonLearnedTooWell and not seeing Scrooge for long periods in the process.
** It is implied that he is rather MoneyDumb and it is why he and his family where so poor in-spite of his successful lineage. The fact that his son would go onto provide for ''them'' by reclaiming their family castle likely did no favors for his ego and thus he projects his inadequacies onto Scrooge when he visits.
* GenerationXerox: He's a carbon copy of Scrooge in terms of looks and especially his grumpiness. In fact his relationship with his son has eerie parallels with the estranged one Scrooge has with Donald. What are Fergus' first words upon seeing a cab carrying his son and extended family?
-->"[[IronicEcho Jettison that jalopy from my driveway this instant, you deadbeat!]]"
** It later transpires he's also one for his own father - "Dirty" Dingus [=McDuck=] - who shared an equally antagonistic father/son relationship as he does with Scrooge complete with feelings that no matter what he did his father was never satisfied.
* GrumpyBear: He makes his son Scrooge look downright cuddly in comparison.
* HotBlooded: Much like the rest of his family members he has a bad temper and he's very passionate in a way about family.
* InadequateInheritor: It's implied he feels this way, since he wasn't able to rebuild the family fortunes himself either by finding the lost treasure or by hard work. [[spoiler:The insulting note left by his father confirms it.]]
* JerkassRealization: Scrooge blowing up at him that he never needed his help is when Fergus finally realizes how badly he's screwed up as parent and he becomes better.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a stubborn and grumpy person, but is still good on the whole.
* NiceHat: A green bowler cap.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: By the time the series starts, he's already long outlived his oldest daughter Hortense.
* ParentsAsPeople: He was secretly ashamed that he was never able to properly provide for Scrooge the way he would've liked and was forced to teach him to be self-reliant when Scrooge was just a kid. Fergus regretted it because Scrooge learned it too well and spent most of his life away from home.
* ParentalFavoritism: He considers his daughters more reliable than his son, whom he has a distant disposition with.
* Really700YearsOld: Since Scrooge is around 150 in this continuity, that would make Fergus around 182![[note]]Age calculated based on the Mcduck family tree history in ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck[[/note]] {{Justified}} with the immortality-granting druid stones that Scrooge built into their castle.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Life and Times of Scrooge [=McDuck=]'' Fergus quietly passed away from old age the night Scrooge set out with his sisters to move to Duckburg. Here he's still alive due to Scrooge rebuilding Castle [=McDuck=] with Druid stones that made Fergus and Downy immortal.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks a lot like his eldest son, Scrooge only with gray sideburns instead of white ones.
* TookALevelInKindness: Once he and Scrooge have a serious talk about their issues, he mellows considerably. Unfortunately, "The Fight for Castle [=McDuck=]!" shows that this didn't stick, showing him to be as sour towards Scrooge as ever.
* UngratefulBastard: Scrooge paid for Castle [=McDuck=] to be rebuilt, inadvertantly granting Fergus and his wife immortality in the process, neither of which Fergus has ever shown one shred of gratitude for.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He and Downy are both still alive as a result of Scrooge utilizing mystic druid stones in the reconstruction of Castle [=McDuck=] cursing them with immortality. Fergus isn't all that happy about his son's gift.

[[folder:Downy [=McDuck=] neé O'Drake]]
!! Downy [=McDuck=]
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->'''Voiced By:''' Ashley Jensen

The mother of Scrooge, Matilda and Hortense, thus the grandmother of Donald and Della, and the great-grandmother of the triplets.

* BerserkButton: She ''really'' doesn't like having animals inside the castle. Or pets on the dining room table (even if it's not an animal).
* DotingParent: Unlike her husband, she's overjoyed to see Scrooge again.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: By the time the series starts, she's already long outlived her oldest daughter Hortense.
* ParentalFavoritism: She favors Scrooge over Matilda in their SiblingRivalry, partially because Scrooge doesn't break the castle rules like Matilda does.
* Really700YearsOld: Since Scrooge is around 150 in this continuity, Downy is around 177![[note]]age calculated based on the Mcduck family tree history in ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck[[/note]] {{Justified}} with the immortality-granting druid stones that Scrooge built into their castle.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Life and Times of Scrooge [=McDuck=]'' she passed away while Scrooge was beginning to make his fortune in the Klondike. Here she's still alive due to Scrooge rebuilding Castle [=McDuck=] with Druid stones that made her and Fergus immortal.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She looks a lot like her oldest daughter, Hortense.

[[folder:Matilda [=McDuck=]]]
!! Matilda [=McDuck=]
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->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MichelleGomez

Younger sister to Scrooge and Hortense, she is Donald's and Della's aunt and the triplets' great-aunt.

* AgeLift: In the comics, she was the middle child and the older sister to Hortense. Here, she is said to be Scrooge's youngest sister, making her younger than Hortense.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''atilda '''M'''[=cDuck=].
* AmbiguousSituation: It was originally unclear if she was still alive or had passed away. "The Fight for Castle [=McDuck=]!" confirmed that she's indeed still around.
* AnimalLover: Matilda has a full grown [[SeldomSeenSpecies emu]] for a pet and she has a variety of emu-themed trinkets in her room.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: While they appear to have been the best of friends when they were kids, Scrooge now sees Matilda as one of these. He's especially peeved when he learns she lied about Whiskers (his pet hairball) running away when she ''stole'' him to practice color dying.
* BasementDweller: Scrooge accuses her of being this because she lives with Fergus and Downy in between niche business ventures.
* CoolOldLady: Not much younger than the century plus old Scrooge, and Matilda is full of spunk and good humor.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Her blouse is half-tucked into her trousers.
* FlowersOfFemininity: She has a light orange flower in her hair, unlike her mainstream counterpart who wore the flower in her hat.
* {{Foil}}: Matilda to Scrooge; the latter is a successful billionaire who is TheAgeless thanks to hard work and determination, whereas the former flops from one hare-brained scheme to another and has immortality thanks to the same Druid stones as their parents. The best example can be gleaned from the incident where Matilda stole Whiskers to practice dying hair for her "very popular" hair salon. Presumably she was the same age as Scrooge was when he had his shoe shining business.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Her appearance in the reboot makes her look younger compared to how she's commonly depicted in the comics but like her brother she must have been around for over a century. She gains the same immortality as her parents through the stones of Castle [=McDuck=].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Matilda looks like an older version of her niece, Della.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In many of the comics, Matilda was married to Prof. Ludwig von Drake, which apparently isn't the case here.
* UnseenNoMore: Matilda was the only relative who didn't appear as a picture on Webby's cork board, with only a label with her name on it to indicate that she exists in this continuity. She finally made a full appearance in "The Fight for Castle [=McDuck=]!"

[[folder:Sir Donald [=McDuck=]]]
!! Sir Donald [=McDuck=]

One of Scrooge and Donald's ancestors. Creator of the game of golf.

* HairTriggerTemper: Something he shares with his descendant. It was so bad that King James II was forced to outlaw golf to save the Scottish people from his tantrums whenever he lost.
** In the original Don Rosa comics, this also tied into the creation of the Scottish sports of hammer-throwing (after he threw his golf club in anger), and log-throwing (after his neighbor threw a log back in retaliation).
* InSeriesNickname: "Black" Donald
* PosthumousCharacter: He lived during the rule of King James II, so naturally he's long dead.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His temper led to King James II banning golf, which, in change, led to a group of druids creating the "missing links of Moorshire", i.e. a magically hidden golf course where Black Donald's descendants get trapped.

[[folder:"Dirty" Dingus [=McDuck=]]]
!!"Dirty" Dingus [=McDuck=]
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/DavidTennant

Fergus [=McDuck=]'s father and Scrooge's grandfather.

* CompositeCharacter: He combines the character of Scrooge's grandfather (who was dead by the time of ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'') but his supposed treasure was based on that of sir Quackly Mcduck's treasure in the Carl Barks story.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: When the stone bust of his head comes alive, he's aggrieved that Fergus didn't build a full statue of him.
* FriendlyGhost: He shows up together with the other [=McDuck=] ancestors to scare away the HellHound of Castle [=McDuck=].
* InSeriesNickname: "Dirty" Dingus.
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:He left an elaborate treasure hunt for his son that ended in rather insulting note calling Fergus a "deadbeat" looking for a "handout" in the form of the lost family treasure.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Despite the trick he pulled on his son]], he was more than willing to help save his great-great grandsons from the Demon Dog.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: He was just as estranged from Fergus as Fergus is from Scrooge. [[spoiler:Also, Dingus set up the treasure hunt for Fergus the same way Fergus set up the "Number One Dime" incident for Scrooge, to teach their respective children some values.]] When a stone bust of him is briefly brought to life in "The Fight for Castle [=McDuck=]!", he proves to be just as unpleasable toward Fergus as Fergus is toward Scrooge, mocking him for "mooching" off his own son.
* PosthumousCharacter: His ghost haunts Castle [=McDuck=].
* ThriftyScot: He was wealthy, but he hid the family treasure from his son Fergus so that the child would learn to make his own fortune.
* UnfortunateNames: His nickname, "Dirty" Dingus, sounds like a DoubleEntendre, something that doesn't go unnoticed by the triplets.
** In RealLife, it doesn't help that the name is very similar to ''Dirty Dingus [=McGee=]'', a legendary Music/FrankSinatra flop.

[[folder:Simon [=McDuck=]]]
Scrooge's ancestor who was the accountant to the Knights Templar, and hid their legendary treasure in the catacombs of Castle [=McDuck=]

* AmoralAttorney: Implied to be one since he kept his client's treasure in his own castle.
* PosthumousCharacter: He lived centuries ago.
* ShoutOut: His name and occupation (Simon, accountant to the Knights Templar), may be a reference to Simon Templar, protagonist of Franchise/TheSaint.

!! Castle [=McDuck=]

[[folder:Fergus [=McDuck=]]]
!! Fergus [=McDuck=], Laird of Castle [=McDuck=]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fergus_mcduck.jpg]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/GrahamMcTavish

The father of Scrooge, Matilda and Hortense, thus the grandfather of Donald and Della, and the great-grandfather of the triplets.

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the comics, he was a supportive parent who was very proud of his son, and the only time he expressed disapproval of Scrooge was inside one of Scrooge's own {{Imagine Spot}}s. Here he seems to take a grumpy and distant disposition towards Scrooge. Though it's later revealed that Fergus is mad at himself for inadvertently driving his son away by teaching him to be self-reliant to the point that Scrooge felt he didn't need his family's help. That said, he's still quite prone to blaming Scrooge for everything, even ones that he is not responsible for.
* BigOlEyebrows: Big, bushy, grey eyebrows.
* CompanionCube: He took care of "Whiskers", the ball of hair they bought for Scrooge when he was a child, as if he was a real pet.
* FreudianExcuse:
** The reason why he's so judgmental of Scrooge is because he feels guilty for having his son work for everything when he himself couldn't provide for him, him teaching his son self-reliance being ALessonLearnedTooWell and not seeing Scrooge for long periods in the process.
** It is implied that he is rather MoneyDumb and it is why he and his family where so poor in-spite of his successful lineage. The fact that his son would go onto provide for ''them'' by reclaiming their family castle likely did no favors for his ego and thus he projects his inadequacies onto Scrooge when he visits.
* GenerationXerox: He's a carbon copy of Scrooge in terms of looks and especially his grumpiness. In fact his relationship with his son has eerie parallels with the estranged one Scrooge has with Donald. What are Fergus' first words upon seeing a cab carrying his son and extended family?
-->"[[IronicEcho Jettison that jalopy from my driveway this instant, you deadbeat!]]"
** It later transpires he's also one for his own father - "Dirty" Dingus [=McDuck=] - who shared an equally antagonistic father/son relationship as he does with Scrooge complete with feelings that no matter what he did his father was never satisfied.
* GrumpyBear: He makes his son Scrooge look downright cuddly in comparison.
* HotBlooded: Much like the rest of his family members he has a bad temper and he's very passionate in a way about family.
* InadequateInheritor: It's implied he feels this way, since he wasn't able to rebuild the family fortunes himself either by finding the lost treasure or by hard work. [[spoiler:The insulting note left by his father confirms it.]]
* JerkassRealization: Scrooge blowing up at him that he never needed his help is when Fergus finally realizes how badly he's screwed up as parent and he becomes better.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a stubborn and grumpy person, but is still good on the whole.
* NiceHat: A green bowler cap.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: By the time the series starts, he's already long outlived his oldest daughter Hortense.
* ParentsAsPeople: He was secretly ashamed that he was never able to properly provide for Scrooge the way he would've liked and was forced to teach him to be self-reliant when Scrooge was just a kid. Fergus regretted it because Scrooge learned it too well and spent most of his life away from home.
* ParentalFavoritism: He considers his daughters more reliable than his son, whom he has a distant disposition with.
* Really700YearsOld: Since Scrooge is around 150 in this continuity, that would make Fergus around 182![[note]]Age calculated based on the Mcduck family tree history in ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck[[/note]] {{Justified}} with the immortality-granting druid stones that Scrooge built into their castle.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Life and Times of Scrooge [=McDuck=]'' Fergus quietly passed away from old age the night Scrooge set out with his sisters to move to Duckburg. Here he's still alive due to Scrooge rebuilding Castle [=McDuck=] with Druid stones that made Fergus and Downy immortal.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks a lot like his eldest son, Scrooge only with gray sideburns instead of white ones.
* TookALevelInKindness: Once he and Scrooge have a serious talk about their issues, he mellows considerably. Unfortunately, "The Fight for Castle [=McDuck=]!" shows that this didn't stick, showing him to be as sour towards Scrooge as ever.
* UngratefulBastard: Scrooge paid for Castle [=McDuck=] to be rebuilt, inadvertantly granting Fergus and his wife immortality in the process, neither of which Fergus has ever shown one shred of gratitude for.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He and Downy are both still alive as a result of Scrooge utilizing mystic druid stones in the reconstruction of Castle [=McDuck=] cursing them with immortality. Fergus isn't all that happy about his son's gift.

[[folder:Downy [=McDuck=] neé O'Drake]]
!! Downy [=McDuck=]
[[quoteright:216:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xbbv_ekaeg4wn4scn1y3fwdz_csvskhezszi33jc9ey_1.jpg]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Ashley Jensen

The mother of Scrooge, Matilda and Hortense, thus the grandmother of Donald and Della, and the great-grandmother of the triplets.

* BerserkButton: She ''really'' doesn't like having animals inside the castle. Or pets on the dining room table (even if it's not an animal).
* DotingParent: Unlike her husband, she's overjoyed to see Scrooge again.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: By the time the series starts, she's already long outlived her oldest daughter Hortense.
* ParentalFavoritism: She favors Scrooge over Matilda in their SiblingRivalry, partially because Scrooge doesn't break the castle rules like Matilda does.
* Really700YearsOld: Since Scrooge is around 150 in this continuity, Downy is around 177![[note]]age calculated based on the Mcduck family tree history in ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck[[/note]] {{Justified}} with the immortality-granting druid stones that Scrooge built into their castle.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Life and Times of Scrooge [=McDuck=]'' she passed away while Scrooge was beginning to make his fortune in the Klondike. Here she's still alive due to Scrooge rebuilding Castle [=McDuck=] with Druid stones that made her and Fergus immortal.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She looks a lot like her oldest daughter, Hortense.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Matilda [=McDuck=]]]
!! Matilda [=McDuck=]
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->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MichelleGomez

Younger sister to Scrooge and Hortense, she is Donald's and Della's aunt and the triplets' great-aunt.
----
* AgeLift: In the comics, she was the middle child and the older sister to Hortense. Here, she is said to be Scrooge's youngest sister, making her younger than Hortense.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''atilda '''M'''[=cDuck=].
* AmbiguousSituation: It was originally unclear if she was still alive or had passed away. "The Fight for Castle [=McDuck=]!" confirmed that she's indeed still around.
* AnimalLover: Matilda has a full grown [[SeldomSeenSpecies emu]] for a pet and she has a variety of emu-themed trinkets in her room.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: While they appear to have been the best of friends when they were kids, Scrooge now sees Matilda as one of these. He's especially peeved when he learns she lied about Whiskers (his pet hairball) running away when she ''stole'' him to practice color dying.
* BasementDweller: Scrooge accuses her of being this because she lives with Fergus and Downy in between niche business ventures.
* CoolOldLady: Not much younger than the century plus old Scrooge, and Matilda is full of spunk and good humor.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Her blouse is half-tucked into her trousers.
* FlowersOfFemininity: She has a light orange flower in her hair, unlike her mainstream counterpart who wore the flower in her hat.
* {{Foil}}: Matilda to Scrooge; the latter is a successful billionaire who is TheAgeless thanks to hard work and determination, whereas the former flops from one hare-brained scheme to another and has immortality thanks to the same Druid stones as their parents. The best example can be gleaned from the incident where Matilda stole Whiskers to practice dying hair for her "very popular" hair salon. Presumably she was the same age as Scrooge was when he had his shoe shining business.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Her appearance in the reboot makes her look younger compared to how she's commonly depicted in the comics but like her brother she must have been around for over a century. She gains the same immortality as her parents through the stones of Castle [=McDuck=].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Matilda looks like an older version of her niece, Della.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In many of the comics, Matilda was married to Prof. Ludwig von Drake, which apparently isn't the case here.
* UnseenNoMore: Matilda was the only relative who didn't appear as a picture on Webby's cork board, with only a label with her name on it to indicate that she exists in this continuity. She finally made a full appearance in "The Fight for Castle [=McDuck=]!"
[[/folder]]




!! The Duck Family

[[folder:Hortense Duck neé [=McDuck=]]]
!! Hortense [=McDuck=]
[[quoteright:169:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hortensemcduckreboot.png]]


Scrooge's younger sister, Matilda's older sister, Quackmore Duck's wife, mother of twins Donald and Della, and maternal grandmother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
----
* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Given how she's the middle child in this continuity and Matilda is shown to be fairly close in age to their elder brother, she was at least 100 years old when her children hatched. (Possibly accounted for if she spent some time living in Castle [=McDuck=] with her parents and sister after Scrooge had it rebuilt, given what WordOfGod has [[YearOutsideHourInside said about it]].)
* AgeLift: In the comics, she was the youngest of Scrooge's siblings. According to "The Fight For Castle [=McDuck=]!", she is the middle child.
* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Quackmore both had short tempers.
* GiftGivingGaffe: According to Scrooge, Hortense had a habit of sending him less then stellar gifts like wool sweaters or scented candles.
* HairTriggerTemper: Hortense's temper was defining and legendary. Her son Donald inherited it.
* LoveAtFirstSight: With Quackmore -- when they met there were fireworks.
* PosthumousCharacter: She passed away a long time ago.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She looks a lot like her mother, Downy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Quackmore Duck]]
!! Quackmore Duck
[[quoteright:197:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/quackmoreduckreboot.png]]


Hortense's husband, Donald's and Della's father, and the nephews' maternal grandfather. His sister Daphne was Gladstone's mother and his brother Eider was Fethry's father.
----
* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Hortense both had short tempers.
* [[{{ButtMonkey}} Butt Monkey]]: He apparently suffered quite a bit raising Donald and Della. A prime example was him [[MythologyGag having to go to the hospital due to the twins lighting a firecracker under his chair]].
* HairTriggerTemper: Like his wife, Quackmore had a short fuse.
* LoveAtFirstSight: With Hortense -- when they met there were fireworks.
* PosthumousCharacter: Just like his wife, he has passed away.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks just like a mustachioed Donald. Actually a departure from the original comic version, which was GenerationXerox between father and son.
[[/folder]]




!! The Extended Family

[[folder:Gladstone Gander]]
!! Gladstone Gander
[[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dt2017___gladstone_gander.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:243: "I am the best at getting something for nothing."]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Paul F. Tompkins

Donald's impossibly lucky cousin, who isn't on good terms with either him or Scrooge. The son of Quackmore's sister, Daphne Duck.
----

!! The Duck Family

[[folder:Hortense Duck neé [=McDuck=]]]
!! Hortense [=McDuck=]
[[quoteright:169:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hortensemcduckreboot.png]]


Scrooge's younger sister, Matilda's older sister, Quackmore Duck's wife, mother of twins Donald and Della, and maternal grandmother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
----
* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Given how she's the middle child in this continuity and Matilda is shown to be fairly close in age to their elder brother, she was at least 100 years old when her children hatched. (Possibly accounted for if she spent some time living in Castle [=McDuck=] with her parents and sister after Scrooge had it rebuilt, given what WordOfGod has [[YearOutsideHourInside said about it]].)
* AgeLift: In the comics, she was the youngest of Scrooge's siblings. According to "The Fight For Castle [=McDuck=]!", she is the middle child.
* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Quackmore both had short tempers.
* GiftGivingGaffe: According to Scrooge, Hortense had a habit of sending him less then stellar gifts like wool sweaters or scented candles.
* HairTriggerTemper: Hortense's temper was defining and legendary. Her son Donald inherited it.
* LoveAtFirstSight: With Quackmore -- when they met there were fireworks.
* PosthumousCharacter: She passed away a long time ago.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She looks a lot like her mother, Downy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Quackmore Duck]]
!! Quackmore Duck
[[quoteright:197:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/quackmoreduckreboot.png]]


Hortense's husband, Donald's and Della's father, and the nephews' maternal grandfather. His sister Daphne was Gladstone's mother and his brother Eider was Fethry's father.

* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Hortense both had short tempers.
* [[{{ButtMonkey}} Butt Monkey]]: He apparently suffered quite a bit raising Donald and Della. A prime example was him [[MythologyGag having to go to the hospital due to the twins lighting a firecracker under his chair]].
* HairTriggerTemper: Like his wife, Quackmore had a short fuse.
* LoveAtFirstSight: With Hortense -- when they met there were fireworks.
* PosthumousCharacter: Just like his wife, he has passed away.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks just like a mustachioed Donald. Actually a departure from the original comic version, which was GenerationXerox between father and son.

!! The Extended Family

[[folder:Gladstone Gander]]
!! Gladstone Gander
[[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dt2017___gladstone_gander.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:243: "I am the best at getting something for nothing."]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Paul F. Tompkins

Donald's impossibly lucky cousin, who isn't on good terms with either him or Scrooge. The son of Quackmore's sister, Daphne Duck.

* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Given how she's the middle child in this continuity and Matilda is shown to be fairly close in age to their elder brother, she was at least 100 years old when her children hatched.

* DeathByAdaptation: In all other versions, Donald was raised by his loving parents who died when he was a young adult. In this version, they both died while he was a small child, leading Donald and Della to be raised by their Uncle Scrooge.

* DeathByAdaptation: In all other versions, Donald was raised by his loving parents who died when he was a young adult. In this version, they both died while he was a small child, leading him and his sister Della to be raised by their Uncle Scrooge.

* AdaptationalDumbass: While his comics self was simply arrogant with no direction whatsoever, this version is shown to be even dumber than Donald, and it really shows when [[spoiler:he loses his magical luck, he doesn’t know stores or establishments can close, and at one point, he forgets how to walk, and he doesn't know how to ''turn a doorknob'']].

* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: During season 2 finale, he rides his giant shrimp friend with Gladstone to save Della, Donald and the kids. He also ends up taking them to Duckburg to destroy Lunaris' ship.]]

** He returns in a more significant role for the season 2 finale, [[spoiler: as his good luck leads to him discovering Della, Donald, and the kids stranded on an island, and plays a part in stopping Lunaris's plans.]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Just calling him ''friend'' at all is a massive stretch. Anyone who meets him will immediately can't stand him after only a few minutes with him.

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Gladstone lives by this motto since he never has to try at anything. The show though disagrees, as Gladstone's massive luck can't overcome hard work and determination as shown by Scrooge being the richest duck and Donald beating him in a race when he decides to try.

* IgnoredEpiphany: At the end of "The House of the Lucky Gander" he resolves to get his hands dirty and make something of himself. This lasts all of two seconds before some woman in a gold plated yacht sails up and sells him the yacht for $20. [[spoiler:Though, it's downplayed in that during "Moonvasion!", he will at least try to use his supernatural good luck to help others get out of trouble]].

* 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''[[note]]He's actually only family ''by marriage'' for Scrooge (who is basically the patriarch of the entire family), though Gladstone refers to him as uncle nonetheless. Gladstone is Donald and Della's paternal cousin.[[/note]], they tolerate it to some small extent, if only for the kids' sake.

* BirdsOfAFeather: His "get something for nothing" attitude really endears him to Louie.

* TheNicknamer: Gladstone refers to his family and frienthe ut unlike Donald he's upbeat and cheerful, and tends to meet adversity with good humour unlike Donald's bad temper.

* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:He first gained his cane from present times, then it was passed down Clan [=McDuck=], then he gains it from the present, and so on]].

** He also gets on surprisingly well with Fenton/Gizmoduck when they team up in the final issue of the ''Ducktales'' comic.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Judging from how they describe him, Scrooge and Donald lost their tolerance for Fethry's rambling and cries for attention long ago, though to Scrooge's credit, it's implied he's aware enough of Fethry's better qualities enough to try sugarcoating how tiresome he finds Fethry (which he doesn't even try to do when it comes to Gladstone). Fortunately, [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with Huey and Dewey who come to appreciate him and his weirdness after getting to know him in "The Depths of Cousin Fethry!"
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Fethry's not the type to judge a creature based on outer appearances. He keeps fourteen krill for company down in the labs, and when he realizes the giant sea monster attacking the aquavator is really one of them, he immediately tries to stop Dewey from scaring her.
* GenerationXerox: Much like Gladstone to Louie, serves as this to Huey. Both are red-clad hat-wearing science enthusiasts who are also Junior Woodchucks.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Downplayed. While Scrooge and Donald imply that he was always [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a bit off (even by Duck Family standards)]], it becomes clear that living alone at the bottom of the ocean with nothing but krill for company certainly did not help.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Fethry seems to want affection and love from his family. Hence his constant calls to Scrooge and Donald to share his interests with them. He's also heartbroken [[spoiler:when his little cousins rebuke him after it turns out he's only the caretaker and not the scientist they saw him as]].
* {{Keet}}: Like his comic counterpart, Fethry's very energetic.
* LongLostRelative: Due to the fact he's, in Donald's words, "cuckoo bananas", the triplets never met him before Huey and Dewey visited him at the undersea lab.
* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: Despite the fact that he's got a slight case of {{Go Mad From The Isolation}}, he's an overall sweet guy who cares for both his marine life friends and his favorite cousin's nephews.
* MockCousteau: Wears a red knitted hat and has an affinity for sea life. Huey and Dewey initially mistake him for a marine biologist.
* NiceGuy: His oddness aside, Fethry is kind, encouraging and open-minded, and generally a very good-natured guy. Even if he has also had a hard-luck life, he lacks Donald's incredible temper and self-pity.
* NiceHat: A red knitted hat that he never takes off. He explains that he's just following the advice of the Junior Woodchuck Guide - "a warm head breeds warm, healthy thoughts."
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: In the Duck Cousins trio, eternally friendly and optimistic Fethry is the Nice to Donald's In-Between and Gladstone's Mean.
* TheNicknamer: As another contrast to Gladstone. Where Gladstone calls people by friendly if patronizing nicknames, Fethry usually calls people by their names when he actually knows those names... but when he ''doesn't'' know someone's name, he has a tendency to come up with surprisingly unimaginative nicknames for them instead of actually asking what their names are. Hence, in his first appearance he calls Huey and Dewey "Little Donalds," and in his second appearance he calls Loiue and Webby respectively "Green kid" and "Girl kid."
* PermaStubble: He's got two small hairs on his chin.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: It's implied that Scrooge sent him to mind an ''abandoned'' lab just to keep him out of his feathers.
* RebuiltPedestal: Huey and Dewey both become disillusioned by Fethry turning out to be a janitor instead of a scientist as anticipated, but when they see how capable he is in his own way, they regain their respect for him.
* RedIsHeroic: The majority of his wardrobe consists of red colors and eccentricities aside, he's one of the nicest guys you can meet.
[[/folder]]

** Like Gladstone, Fethry exasperates and annoys his family, who want little to do with him -- but while Gladstone is a selfish jerk, Fethry means well and is just eccentric and over-enthusiastic in sharing his esoteric interests. Notably both are implied to cry wolf but Gladstone does it for minor problems he could solve himself while Fethry does it because he wants to spend time with his family. This notably colors the way Scrooge and Donald react to them: they loathe Gladstone but they find Fethry either harmlessly annoying or nuts with a fair bit less antagonism.
** Like Huey, Fethry is an eccentric and nerdy Junior Woodchuck who is obsessed with gathering arcane knowledge and has a fondness for red coloured clothing and hats. Unlike Huey, who is focused and organized, Fethry is a scatter-brained, disorganized, and impulsive CloudCuckoolander.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Judging from how they describe him, Scrooge and Donald lost their tolerance for Fethry's rambling and cries for attention long ago, though to Scrooge's credit, it's implied he's aware enough of Fethry's better qualities enough to try sugarcoating how tiresome he finds Fethry (which he doesn't even try to do when it comes to Gladstone). Fortunately, [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with Huey and Dewey who come to appreciate him and his weirdness after getting to know him in "The Depths of Cousin Fethry!"
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Fethry's not the type to judge a creature based on outer appearances. He keeps fourteen krill for company down in the labs, and when he realizes the giant sea monster attacking the aquavator is really one of them, he immediately tries to stop Dewey from scaring her.
* GenerationXerox: Much like Gladstone to Louie, serves as this to Huey. Both are red-clad hat-wearing science enthusiasts who are also Junior Woodchucks.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Downplayed. While Scrooge and Donald imply that he was always [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a bit off (even by Duck Family standards)]], it becomes clear that living alone at the bottom of the ocean with nothing but krill for company certainly did not help.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Fethry seems to want affection and love from his family. Hence his constant calls to Scrooge and Donald to share his interests with them. He's also heartbroken [[spoiler:when his little cousins rebuke him after it turns out he's only the caretaker and not the scientist they saw him as]].
* {{Keet}}: Like his comic counterpart, Fethry's very energetic.
* LongLostRelative: Due to the fact he's, in Donald's words, "cuckoo bananas", the triplets never met him before Huey and Dewey visited him at the undersea lab.
* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: Despite the fact that he's got a slight case of {{Go Mad From The Isolation}}, he's an overall sweet guy who cares for both his marine life friends and his favorite cousin's nephews.
* MockCousteau: Wears a red knitted hat and has an affinity for sea life. Huey and Dewey initially mistake him for a marine biologist.
* NiceGuy: His oddness aside, Fethry is kind, encouraging and open-minded, and generally a very good-natured guy. Even if he has also had a hard-luck life, he lacks Donald's incredible temper and self-pity.
* NiceHat: A red knitted hat that he never takes off. He explains that he's just following the advice of the Junior Woodchuck Guide - "a warm head breeds warm, healthy thoughts."
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: In the Duck Cousins trio, eternally friendly and optimistic Fethry is the Nice to Donald's In-Between and Gladstone's Mean.
* TheNicknamer: As another contrast to Gladstone. Where Gladstone calls people by friendly if patronizing nicknames, Fethry usually calls people by their names when he actually knows those names... but when he ''doesn't'' know someone's name, he has a tendency to come up with surprisingly unimaginative nicknames for them instead of actually asking what their names are. Hence, in his first appearance he calls Huey and Dewey "Little Donalds," and in his second appearance he calls Loiue and Webby respectively "Green kid" and "Girl kid."
* PermaStubble: He's got two small hairs on his chin.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: It's implied that Scrooge sent him to mind an ''abandoned'' lab just to keep him out of his feathers.
* RebuiltPedestal: Huey and Dewey both become disillusioned by Fethry turning out to be a janitor instead of a scientist as anticipated, but when they see how capable he is in his own way, they regain their respect for him.
* RedIsHeroic: The majority of his wardrobe consists of red colors and eccentricities aside, he's one of the nicest guys you can meet.

[[folder:Cornelius Coot]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cornelius_coot_2017.jpg]]
An ancestor from the non-[=McDuck=] side of the family. The founder of Duckburg.

* BrokenPedestal: Very briefly becomes one to Webby and HDL when they discover his fabled "Golden Armory" is an underground corncrib. Becomes a RebuiltPedestal when the kids learn what the corn is really for, and it wasn't strength or weapons that made Cornelius mighty, but his craftiness.
* FamousAncestor: Is the great-grandfather of Daphne, Eider and Quackmore Duck, the great-great-grandfather of Gladstone Gander, Fethry Duck and the twins Della and Donald, and the great-great-great-grandfather of the triplets Huey, Dewey and Louie.
* GuileHero: Cornelius was just a humble farmer with no military skills, but when the Beagle militia attacked Fort Duckburg, he used his industrial and engineering knowledge to turn his corn crops into underground popcorn rockets. The popcorn simulated the sound of an armed battalion, successfully scaring the Beagles away from the fort. Scrooge himself would be impressed!
* OurFounder: Has a statue of himself depicting him on top of fallen Beagle militia. It also serves as a secret entrance to his hidden armory.
* PosthumousCharacter: Obviously had passed away long ago.
* PunnyName: The duck named Cornelius found a way to employ corn into a battle.

[[folder:Bubba]]
!! Bubba
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[[caption-width-right:350:BUBBA CLUBBA!]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker

A cave-duck that is accidentally brought to the present thanks to Louie messing with Gyro's Time Tub.

* TheNicknamer: Gladstone refers to his family and friends by ridiculous nicknames more than he does by their real names. Instead of friendly, it's just another way he comes off as patronizing and disrespectful.
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: He shows signs of being dissatisfied by only getting things through luck instead of accomplishment, especially when [[spoiler:stuck in Liu Hai's GildedCage]] and after he realizes [[LonelyAtTheTop his family all dislike him]]. [[IgnoredEpiphany However, this doesn't come close to overcoming his complacency.]]
* PetTheDog: When Louie angrily calls out Scrooge for seemingly selling out Donald to Liu Hai, Gladstone agrees with him and then concerningly asks Scrooge how they're going to save Donald.
** He's downright helpful in the season 2 finale, showing practically none of his usual SmugSnake traits (though he does still get some InnocentlyInsensitive comedy by [[spoiler:eating Donald's melon friend]]).
* PhraseCatcher: "He's ''the worst.''"
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Because of his overall lack of effort in anything that's magically AlreadyDoneForYou, he has many faults with his attitude.
* RunningGag: 20-dollar bills appearing out of nowhere in front of him.
* ShadowArchetype: To Louie. Gladstone represents what Louie could become if he always kept the mindset "getting something for nothing".
* SitcomArchnemesis: More or less to be stated this to Donald and Scrooge.
* SmugSnake: He '''revels''' in his luck. [[spoiler: When it's taken away from him, though, in "The Phantom and the Sorceress!" he ends up a tad humbler for a bit.]]
* SpeciesSurname: A gander is a male goose, which he is according to canon (despite being the cousin of a duck as well as the son of a goose ''and'' a duck).
* SpoiledBrat: It's his impossible good luck that has been spoiling him since he was a kid.
* 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''[[note]]He's actually only family ''by marriage'' for Scrooge (who is basically the patriarch of the entire family), though Gladstone refers to him as uncle nonetheless. Gladstone is Donald and Della's paternal cousin.[[/note]], they tolerate it to some small extent, if only for the kids' sake.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Neither Scrooge nor Donald think he's a good influence on the kids since he's completely lazy.

[[folder:Fethry Duck]]
!! Fethry Duck
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[[caption-width-right:295:"Set your minds to ''wonder''!"]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/TomKenny

Donald's eccentric and accident prone younger cousin. The son of Quackmore's brother, Eider Duck.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Compared to his original comics incarnation, Fethry in this series is a lot more competent and capable, with a much higher success rate. Mind you, he hasn't lost any of his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} traits or his tendency to attract disasters wherever he goes.
* AffectionateNickname: Likes to call the triplets "little Donalds" after his favorite cousin.
* AlmightyJanitor: Fethry works as the caretaker of an undersea lab, but after being down there for years, he's gained the capability and knowhow of a genuine marine biologist.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Fethry's the youngest between his cousins and gets treated like an irresponsible, overly imaginative child by his relatives. This is why he is a "Cousin," rather than an "Uncle" like Gladstone, to the triplets.
* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: During season 2 finale, he rides his giant shrimp friend with Gladstone to save Della, Donald and the kids. He also ends up taking them to Duckburg to destroy Lunaris' ship.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''Moonvasion'', [[spoiler: he arrives on Mitzi with Gladstone to rescue his cousins and the kids from a desert island.]]
* BigOlEyebrows: He has unusually thick black eyebrows, probably to emphasize his unkempt nature.
* BirdsOfAFeather:
** Gets along pretty well with Huey, also being a quirky, nerdy Junior Woodchuck who wears a red hat. The only other cousin he gets along with is Gladstone, possibly because their family wants nothing to do with either of them.
** He also gets on surprisingly well with Fenton/Gizmoduck when they team up in the final issue of the ''Ducktales'' comic.
* CannotKeepASecret: In the series finale, he reveals to Della that Donald and Daisy are planning on taking an extended vacation alone together even after Donald had told him to keep quiet about it.
* CharacterTics: When idle, Fethry's forearms will be extended with his hands palm down, otherwise known as "zombie arms". This is a tic mainly taken from the Brazilian comics featuring him.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A total weirdo [[EverybodyHasStandards even by Duck/McDuck Family standards]]. Donald, of all people, calls him "cuckoo-bananas".
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: More of a weirdo than a moron, but he's adept at dealing with dangers (most of which he attracted in the first place).
* CryingWolf: The reason why Scrooge has stopped paying attention to his calls is that he has a tendency to do this -- though unlike the original Boy Who Cried Wolf, Fethry doesn't have any ulterior motives and isn't trying to trick anyone. It's just that whenever he sees something he thinks is cool he wants to share the experience with his family, and forgets that he's only supposed to call about discoveries of scientific importance.
* DitzyGenius: Fethry is smart and quite capable when he applies himself. Unfortunately, he chooses to apply himself to random madcap fads.
* FluffyTamer: Adores all of the creatures he comes across. His solution to dealing with mutated worms that try to crush anyone they get ahold of is to complement and fawn over them, which he's found keeps them from being dangerous. His debut episode ends with his riding Mitzi, the giant mutated krill, off into the horizon.
* {{Foil}}: He's this to both of his cousins:
** Like Donald, Fethry has a bit of a hard-luck life, but unlike Donald he's upbeat and cheerful, and tends to meet adversity with good humour unlike Donald's bad temper.
** Like Gladstone, Fethry exasperates and annoys his family, who want little to do with him -- but while Gladstone is a selfish jerk, Fethry means well and is just eccentric and over-enthusiastic in sharing his esoteric interests. Notably both are implied to cry wolf but Gladstone does it for minor problems he could solve himself while Fethry does it because he wants to spend time with his family. This notably colors the way Scrooge and Donald react to them: they loathe Gladstone but they find Fethry either harmlessly annoying or nuts with a fair bit less antagonism.
** Like Huey, Fethry is an eccentric and nerdy Junior Woodchuck who is obsessed with gathering arcane knowledge and has a fondness for red coloured clothing and hats. Unlike Huey, who is focused and organized, Fethry is a scatter-brained, disorganized, and impulsive CloudCuckoolander.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Judging from how they describe him, Scrooge and Donald lost their tolerance for Fethry's rambling and cries for attention long ago, though to Scrooge's credit, it's implied he's aware enough of Fethry's better qualities enough to try sugarcoating how tiresome he finds Fethry (which he doesn't even try to do when it comes to Gladstone). Fortunately, [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with Huey and Dewey who come to appreciate him and his weirdness after getting to know him in "The Depths of Cousin Fethry!"
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Fethry's not the type to judge a creature based on outer appearances. He keeps fourteen krill for company down in the labs, and when he realizes the giant sea monster attacking the aquavator is really one of them, he immediately tries to stop Dewey from scaring her.
* GenerationXerox: Much like Gladstone to Louie, serves as this to Huey. Both are red-clad hat-wearing science enthusiasts who are also Junior Woodchucks.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Downplayed. While Scrooge and Donald imply that he was always [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a bit off (even by Duck Family standards)]], it becomes clear that living alone at the bottom of the ocean with nothing but krill for company certainly did not help.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Fethry seems to want affection and love from his family. Hence his constant calls to Scrooge and Donald to share his interests with them. He's also heartbroken [[spoiler:when his little cousins rebuke him after it turns out he's only the caretaker and not the scientist they saw him as]].
* {{Keet}}: Like his comic counterpart, Fethry's very energetic.
* LongLostRelative: Due to the fact he's, in Donald's words, "cuckoo bananas", the triplets never met him before Huey and Dewey visited him at the undersea lab.
* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: Despite the fact that he's got a slight case of {{Go Mad From The Isolation}}, he's an overall sweet guy who cares for both his marine life friends and his favorite cousin's nephews.
* MockCousteau: Wears a red knitted hat and has an affinity for sea life. Huey and Dewey initially mistake him for a marine biologist.
* NiceGuy: His oddness aside, Fethry is kind, encouraging and open-minded, and generally a very good-natured guy. Even if he has also had a hard-luck life, he lacks Donald's incredible temper and self-pity.
* NiceHat: A red knitted hat that he never takes off. He explains that he's just following the advice of the Junior Woodchuck Guide - "a warm head breeds warm, healthy thoughts."
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: In the Duck Cousins trio, eternally friendly and optimistic Fethry is the Nice to Donald's In-Between and Gladstone's Mean.
* TheNicknamer: As another contrast to Gladstone. Where Gladstone calls people by friendly if patronizing nicknames, Fethry usually calls people by their names when he actually knows those names... but when he ''doesn't'' know someone's name, he has a tendency to come up with surprisingly unimaginative nicknames for them instead of actually asking what their names are. Hence, in his first appearance he calls Huey and Dewey "Little Donalds," and in his second appearance he calls Loiue and Webby respectively "Green kid" and "Girl kid."
* PermaStubble: He's got two small hairs on his chin.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: It's implied that Scrooge sent him to mind an ''abandoned'' lab just to keep him out of his feathers.
* RebuiltPedestal: Huey and Dewey both become disillusioned by Fethry turning out to be a janitor instead of a scientist as anticipated, but when they see how capable he is in his own way, they regain their respect for him.
* RedIsHeroic: The majority of his wardrobe consists of red colors and eccentricities aside, he's one of the nicest guys you can meet.
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[[folder:Ludwig Von Drake]]
!! Professor Ludwig Von Drake
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->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/CoreyBurton

Donald's ''other'' uncle and the director of the spy agency S.H.U.S.H.

* AdaptationalBadass: He keeps his inventor background, but now, he's also the director of the [[BigGood super secret spy organization.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: ''How'' does he fit into the family tree, 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, although unlikely in this incarnation as Ludwig's children do not address Scrooge as their uncle or Della as their cousin. When asked about this on his Tumblr blog, Frank Angones merely replied "Spoilers". [[/note]]
* AscendedExtra: ''Very'' slightly. He's still a very minor character since he appears to no longer be around, but as a SmallRoleBigImpact kind of player he still has a notably bigger presence here than he did in the original (where he only appeared once, as Launchpad's shrink in the episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E26TheGoldenFleecing The Golden Fleecing]]"). He mainly appears in flashbacks as the then-director of S.H.U.S.H. and as a video recording in "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!"
* CompositeCharacter: He gets J. Gander Hooter's position as head of S.H.U.S.H.
* DeathByAdaptation: Most of his incarnations are currently alive, but this version of Von Drake is very heavily implied to be deceased, as his elderly children are running the Doomsday Vault and Scrooge refers to him in the past tense. [[spoiler:In "The Last Adventure", it is revealed that he was still alive, not having aged since he was captured by Bradford. When asked how this was possible, he claims that Bradford had kept him so busy that he didn't have the time to age.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Ludwig has no problem with S.H.U.S.H. agents acting reckless and financially wasteful when it comes to saving the world, he draws the line at taking over the world and becoming like the villains they constantly fight.
* MadScientist: He's a bit on the loopy side, but a brilliant scientist nonetheless.
* PosthumousCharacter: Heavily implied to be this in "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!", as he's talked about in the past-tense and doesn't appear outside of video recordings. [[spoiler:Subverted when we find out in the finale that he’s alive in the present day]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He was the director of S.H.U.S.H. back in the 1960s, and as such he set off a few plot threads that would have an enormous impact in the show's present day. See UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom below.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In "The First Adventure", him casually brushing off [[spoiler:Bradford's presentation of having S.H.U.S.H. take over the world to maintain order]] would result in [[spoiler:the buzzard turning traitor and creating the [[LegionOfDoom Fiendish Organization of World Larceny]]]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cornelius Coot]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cornelius_coot_2017.jpg]]
An ancestor from the non-[=McDuck=] side of the family. The founder of Duckburg.
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->'''Voiced By:''' ???

->'''Voiced By:''' ???

* PosthumousCharacter: Heavily implied to be this in "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!", as he's talked about in the past-tense and doesn't appear outside of video recordings.