A second season was ordered ahead of the series premiere, and began airing on Octoand concluded on September 12, 2019. The series moved to Disney Channel in May 2018. The series premiered on Augon Disney XD with an hour-long episode, "Woo-oo!" (yes, that is the episode's title, not a Verbal Tic on our part), that can be watched on Disney XD's official YouTube channel here, as long as you live in the USA. Get ready to have that theme stuck in your head again, only this time, it's more energetic than before! Beakley changes from a doting, cheerful maid into a buff, no-nonsense ex-spy Action Mom (or Grandma). Webby is now an adventurous Genki Girl with a Grappling-Hook Pistol.Huey, Dewey and Louie have evolved from rigorously identical prepubescent kids to three preteens with unique personalities and individual voices.The show is now set in the 21st century, with the characters using smartphones and the like.Additionally, the series also serves as a love letter to other programming that aired on The Disney Afternoon, incorporating elements of everything from The Wuzzles to Goof Troop.Īt the same time, the series is a Continuity Reboot set in its own parallel continuity. However, this iteration comes with some significant changes that bring it closer to the original comics source material, the most blatant being Donald Duck ( Tony Anselmo) now tagging along with his family on their shenanigans. Beakley (Toks Olagundoye), and crash-prone pilot Launchpad McQuack (Beck Bennett).
The series shares the same outline of the original series, as we follow famous billionaire Scrooge McDuck ( David Tennant) traveling the world hunting for treasure and having various adventures with his grandnephews Huey ( Danny Pudi), Dewey ( Ben Schwartz), and Louie (Bobby Moynihan), along with Tagalong Kid Webbigail "Webby" Vanderquack ( Kate Micucci), their Voice of Reason housekeeper Mrs. The series is executive produced by Matt Youngberg ( Transformers Animated, Ben 10: Omniverse), with Francisco Angones ( Wander over Yonder) as story editor and co-producer, and Sean Jimenez ( Gravity Falls) as art director. DuckTales note ( also known as DuckTales 2017 or New DuckTales) is a re-imagining of the late 1980s series of the same name.