After Scrooge is quarantined, his nephews take over the business with disastrous results.After Scrooge is quarantined, his nephews take over the business with disastrous results.After Scrooge is quarantined, his nephews take over the business with disastrous results.
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Hamilton Camp
- Business Associates
- (voice)
- …
June Foray
- Ma Beagle
- (voice)
- …
Chuck McCann
- Burger Beagle
- (voice)
Howard Morris
- Dr. Von Swine
- (voice)
Russi Taylor
- Huey Duck
- (voice)
- …
Frank Welker
- Bubba the Caveduck
- (voice)
- …
Alan Young
- Scrooge McDuck
- (voice)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Scrooge McDuck goes to the doctor's office, an eye chart can be seen in the background that says "Ask about the Illuminati"
- GoofsWhen Scrooge was swimming in his money, he said felt that he's missing a nickel. But Huey, Dewey, Louie and Bubba tried to fill the Money Bin with whatever money they can find or earn before they got Scrooge's money back by canceling the business deals they made, so Scrooge should've felt more money instead.
- Quotes
Scrooge McDuck: Imagine those silly lads, itching to get into business.
[Starts scratching]
Scrooge McDuck: Scratch me Scots! I'm itching and I'm already *in* business!
[begins scratching uncontrollably]
- ConnectionsReferenced in DuckTales: Storkules in Duckburg! (2018)
Featured review
'Ducktales' misfires
'Ducktales' is a great show, one of my personal favourites. Am going to hesitate though in saying that it is perfect or exempt from disappointment, it isn't and there are very few shows that doesn't have at least one episode that doesn't work. There are some classic episodes. There are also ones ranging from decent to very good. There are episodes that are watchable enough but underwhelm. The show sadly is not without its misfires, all in the latter seasons.
As much as it pains me to say it, "Yuppy Ducks" is one of those misfires and has always as a child considered it one of my least favourite episodes. Never did find it particularly funny or interesting and found the nephews uncharacteristically irritating. Feel exactly the same as an adult and have found myself having other problems with the episode too. It's not unwatchable and it is good to have a latter season episode to not be Bubba or Fenton Crackshell-centric, it is just not particularly good, more mediocre, and the good things are only sporadic.
Will start off with the good things. The animation is generally as lively and colourful as usual despite some glaring animation errors, never really had much of a problem with the animation up to this point of the show, other than the Cockatrice character in "Bubba's Big Brainstorm" (another 'Ducktales' misfire) and some sloppiness in "Beaglemania". The music fits with no problem, always appropriately placed and orchestrated beautifully and cleverly. The theme song is timeless. The opening is promising.
The voice acting is fine, that is another component that has seldom been a problem. Despite disliking the nephews intensely here, the fault does not lie with Russi Taylor who makes a good stab with what she was given. There are vaguely amusing moments here and there, like the dialogue between Scrooge and Von Swine and the kooky character of Von Swine.
"Yuppy Ducks" just suffers from a story that doesn't really ignite pace-wise with a mailing-in vibe, is thin (parts seemed there just to pad it out) and becomes ridiculous in places, just didn't buy everything to do with the nephews in business mode. Don't think there is a dumber denouement in the whole of 'Ducktales' than the one here, and the whole premise just didn't seem plausible or make much sense. The cancel every deal chaos is just stick-out-like-a-sore-thumb idiotic. The humour is too far and between and is not very funny mostly, with some very corny and less than smart dialogue that is (relatively) uncharacteristically childish for 'Ducktales'.
Bubba appears and he serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever, he could have been cut out easily and nobody would really notice that much. Love the Beagles, but their presence was unnecessary as well and felt like filler. What particularly dooms "Yuppy Ducks" is the characterisation of the nephews, they are not just annoying here (at their most annoying, more so than "Bubba's Big Brainstorm") but rather insufferable. Their egos, their negative treatment of other characters, hypocrisy and dictatorial attitudes were a real turn off and the splitting up was completely out of character.
Summing, disappointingly mediocre. 4/10
As much as it pains me to say it, "Yuppy Ducks" is one of those misfires and has always as a child considered it one of my least favourite episodes. Never did find it particularly funny or interesting and found the nephews uncharacteristically irritating. Feel exactly the same as an adult and have found myself having other problems with the episode too. It's not unwatchable and it is good to have a latter season episode to not be Bubba or Fenton Crackshell-centric, it is just not particularly good, more mediocre, and the good things are only sporadic.
Will start off with the good things. The animation is generally as lively and colourful as usual despite some glaring animation errors, never really had much of a problem with the animation up to this point of the show, other than the Cockatrice character in "Bubba's Big Brainstorm" (another 'Ducktales' misfire) and some sloppiness in "Beaglemania". The music fits with no problem, always appropriately placed and orchestrated beautifully and cleverly. The theme song is timeless. The opening is promising.
The voice acting is fine, that is another component that has seldom been a problem. Despite disliking the nephews intensely here, the fault does not lie with Russi Taylor who makes a good stab with what she was given. There are vaguely amusing moments here and there, like the dialogue between Scrooge and Von Swine and the kooky character of Von Swine.
"Yuppy Ducks" just suffers from a story that doesn't really ignite pace-wise with a mailing-in vibe, is thin (parts seemed there just to pad it out) and becomes ridiculous in places, just didn't buy everything to do with the nephews in business mode. Don't think there is a dumber denouement in the whole of 'Ducktales' than the one here, and the whole premise just didn't seem plausible or make much sense. The cancel every deal chaos is just stick-out-like-a-sore-thumb idiotic. The humour is too far and between and is not very funny mostly, with some very corny and less than smart dialogue that is (relatively) uncharacteristically childish for 'Ducktales'.
Bubba appears and he serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever, he could have been cut out easily and nobody would really notice that much. Love the Beagles, but their presence was unnecessary as well and felt like filler. What particularly dooms "Yuppy Ducks" is the characterisation of the nephews, they are not just annoying here (at their most annoying, more so than "Bubba's Big Brainstorm") but rather insufferable. Their egos, their negative treatment of other characters, hypocrisy and dictatorial attitudes were a real turn off and the splitting up was completely out of character.
Summing, disappointingly mediocre. 4/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 28, 2019
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