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The American animated television series DuckTales (1987–1990) has given rise to a variety of marketed goods, beginning with the broadcasts in the 1980s. These include video cassettes and DVDs of the original episodes, video games and toys with a DuckTales theme, and books, including comic books. Some are still being brought out in the 2010s, with a reboot animated series airing in 2017 and receiving its own merchandise.
Ten VHS cassettes containing 20 episodes of the series were released in the United States.
VHS Name | Episode Titles | Release Date |
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Daredevil Ducks | "The Money Vanishes" & "Home Sweet Homer" | October 4, 1988 |
High-Flying Hero | "Hero for Hire" & "Launchpad's Civil War" | October 4, 1988 |
Fearless Fortune Hunter | "Earth Quack" & "Master of the Djinni" | October 4, 1988 |
Accidental Adventurers | "Jungle Duck" & "Maid of the Myth" | October 4, 1988 |
Seafaring Sailors | "Sphinx for the Memories" & "All Ducks on Deck" | September 28, 1989 |
Masked Marauders | "Send in the Clones" & "Time Teasers" | September 28, 1989 |
Duck to the Future | "Duck to the Future" & "Sir Gyro de Gearloose" | September 28, 1989 |
Lost World Wanderers | "Dinosaur Ducks" & "The Curse of Castle McDuck" | September 28, 1989 |
Raiders of the Lost Harp | "Raiders of the Lost Harp" & "Pearl of Wisdom" | August 14, 1990 |
Space Invaders | "Where No Duck Has Gone Before" & "Micro Ducks from Outer Space" | August 14, 1990 |
On October 5, 1993, Disney released a VHS containing Halloween specials, for the upcoming holiday season. The specials it featured were from the company's four arguably most popular series at the time, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, DuckTales and Goof Troop.
The DuckTales episode "Ducky Horror Picture Show" was released together with the Goof Troop episode "Frankengoof" on one VHS cassette as a special release called Monster Bash.[1]
Ten VHS cassettes containing 23 episodes of the series were released in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.[2]
VHS Name | Episode Titles | Release Date |
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DuckTales (Volume 1): Earthquack | "Earth Quack" & "Back to the Klondike" | September 11, 1992 |
DuckTales (Volume 2): Micro Ducks from Outer Space | "Micro Ducks from Outer Space" & "Scrooge's Pet" | September 11, 1992 |
DuckTales (Volume 3): The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan | "The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan" & "The Money Vanishes" | September 11, 1992 |
DuckTales (Volume 4): 1001 Arabian Ducks | "Master of the Djinni" & "Merit-Time Adventure" | September 11, 1992 |
DuckTales (Volume 5): High Sea Adventures | "Maid of the Myth" & "Send in the Clones" | September 11, 1992 |
DuckTales (Volume 6): Hotel Strangeduck | "Hotel Strangeduck" & "Superdoo!" | September 11, 1992 |
DuckTales (Volume 7): Fool of the Nile | "Sphinx for the Memories", "Top Duck" & "Much Ado About Scrooge" | September 10, 1993 |
DuckTales (Volume 8): Little Duckaroos | "Magicia's Shadow War", "Ducks of the West" & "Sir Gyro De Gearloose" | September 10, 1993 |
DuckTales (Volume 9): Jailhouse Duck | "Where No Duck Has Gone Before", "Duckman of Aquatraz" & "Home Sweet Homer" | September 10, 1993 |
DuckTales (Volume 10): Runaway Robots | "Robot Robbers" & "The Curse of Castle McDuck"[3] | September 10, 1993 |
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released some of the series on DVD; three volumes have been released in Region 1 thus far featuring the first 75 episodes of the series. The first was released on November 8, 2005 (containing episodes 1–27), the second on November 14, 2006 (containing episodes 28–51) and the third volume on November 13, 2007 (containing episodes 52–75).[4][5][6] The sets were package in a box containing 3 slipcases, one for each disc. There is currently no word on a fourth and final DVD release containing the final 25 episodes.
The episodes are in the order that they originally aired (except for the five-part serial "Treasure of the Golden Suns," placed at the beginning of Volume 2). None of the DVD sets contain any special features.
DVD Name | Ep # | Release date |
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DuckTales: Volume 1 | 27 | November 8, 2005 |
DuckTales: Volume 2 | 24 | November 14, 2006 |
DuckTales: Volume 3 | 24 | November 13, 2007 |
In the United Kingdom, Disney released one Region 2 volume in 2007, titled DuckTales First Collection.[7] Despite the set being similar to the US version, the DVD contained only 20 episodes, while having 5 language tracks: English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. Other regional versions were distributed to other countries, but only going up to episode #20. On November 12, 2012, the UK received two further releases of Collection 2 and Collection 3, being a Region version of the 2nd and 3rd volumes from the US. Unlike the first release, these 3-disc sets include a Fastplay mode, and only four language tracks: English, Dutch, German and French, but subtitles have not been added.[8]
There are currently no plans to release the rest of the series, or the seven episodes missing between the first two sets.
DVD Name | Ep # | Release date | Language |
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Walt Disney's Ducktales, First Collection | 20 | February 12, 2007 | English, French, German, Spanish and Italian |
Walt Disney's Ducktales - 2nd Collection | 24 | November 12, 2012 | English, Dutch, German and French |
Walt Disney's Ducktales - 3rd Collection | 24 | November 12, 2012 | English, Dutch, German and French |
A DVD titled Woo-oo! was released on December 19, 2017, in the US[9] and on July 9, 2018, in the UK and Ireland.[10] The DVD contains the pilot episode and all 6 Welcome to Duckburg shorts. A second DVD titled Destination Adventure! was released on June 5, 2018. It contains the episodes The Beagle Birthday Massacre!, The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra!, The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!, The Spear of Selene!, The Missing Links of Moorshire!, and Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!, as well as 2 episodes of the original 1987 series previously unreleased on DVD (New Gizmo Kids on the Block and Ducky Mountain High).[11]
Region | Set title | Seasons | Aspect ratio | Episode count | Release date |
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1 & 2 | Woo-oo! | 1 | 1.78:1 | 1 | December 19, 2017 (Region 1) July 9, 2018 (Region 2) |
1 | Destination Adventure! | 1.78:1, 1.33:1 (classic series) | 6 | June 5, 2018 |
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