His experiences, however, had changed him into a hostile miser, and he made his own family leave. He keeps the majority of his wealth in a massive Money Bin overlooking the city of Duckburg. In the short Scrooge McDuck and Money , he remarks to his nephews that this money is "just petty cash ". In the Dutch and Italian version he regularly forces Donald and his nephews to polish the coins one by one in order to pay off Donald's debts; Scrooge will not pay them much for this lengthy, tedious, hand-breaking work.
As far as he is concerned, even 5 cents an hour is too much expenditure. A shrewd businessman and noted tightwad, he is fond of diving into and swimming in his money, without injury. He is also the richest member of The Billionaires Club of Duckburg, a society which includes the most successful businessmen of the world and allows them to keep connections with each other.
Glomgold and Rockerduck are also influential members of the Club. His most famous prized possession is his Number One Dime. The sum of Scrooge's wealth is unclear. Don Rosa's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck notes that Scrooge amounts to "five multiplujillion, nine impossibidillion, seven fantastica trillion dollars and sixteen cents". Treasure of the Lost Lamp , Scrooge mentions "We quadzillionaires have our own ideas of fun. Using 4 different methodologies to calculate the volume of actual gold in Scrooge's money bin depth gauge, ladder length, blueprints, and 3 cubic acres , the four amounts from most conservative to "more money than the entire planet Earth" the amounts were: A running gag is Scrooge always making profit on any business deal.
Scrooge never completed a formal education, as he left school at an early age.
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However, he has a sharp mind and is always ready to learn new skills. Because of his secondary occupation as a treasure hunter, Scrooge has become something of a scholar and an amateur archaeologist. Starting with Barks, several writers have explained how Scrooge becomes aware of the treasures he decides to pursue.
This often involves periods of research consulting various written sources in search of passages that might lead him to a treasure. Often Scrooge decides to search for the possible truth behind old legends, or discovers obscure references to the activities of ancient conquerors, explorers and military leaders that he considers interesting enough to begin a new expedition. As a result of his research, Scrooge has built up an extensive personal library, which includes many rare tomes. In Barks's and Rosa's stories, among the prized pieces of this library is an almost complete collection of Spanish and Dutch naval logs of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Their references to the fates of other ships have often allowed Scrooge to locate sunken ships and recover their treasures from their watery graves. Mostly self-taught as he is, Scrooge is a firm believer in the saying "knowledge is power". Scrooge is also an accomplished linguist and entrepreneur, having learned to speak several different languages during his business trips around the world, selling refrigerators to Eskimos , wind to windmill manufacturers in the Netherlands , etc.
Both as a businessman and as a treasure hunter, Scrooge is noted for his drive to set new goals and face new challenges. As Carl Barks described his character, for Scrooge there is "always another rainbow". The phrase later provided the title for one of Barks's better-known paintings depicting Scrooge. Periods of inactivity between adventures and lack of serious challenges tend to be depressing for Scrooge after a while; some stories see these phases take a toll on his health.
Scrooge's other motto is "Work smarter, not harder. As a businessman, Scrooge often resorts to aggressive tactics and deception. He seems to have gained significant experience in manipulating people and events towards his own ends. As often seen in stories by writer Guido Martina and occasionally by others, Scrooge is noted for his cynicism , especially towards ideals of morality when it comes to business and the pursuit of set goals. This has been noted by some as not being part of Barks's original profile of the character, but has since come to be accepted as one valid interpretation of Scrooge's way of thinking.
Scrooge seems to have a personal code of honesty that offers him an amount of self-control. He can often be seen contemplating the next course of action, divided between adopting a ruthless pursuit of his current goal against those tactics he considers more honest. At times, he can sacrifice his goal in order to remain within the limits of this sense of honesty.
Several fans of the character have come to consider these depictions as adding to the depth of his personality, because based on the decisions he takes Scrooge can be both the hero and the villain of his stories.
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This is one thing he has in common with his nephew Donald. Scrooge's sense of honesty also distinguishes him from his rival Flintheart Glomgold , who places no such self-limitations. During the cartoon series DuckTales , at times he would be heard saying to Glomgold, "You're a cheater, and cheaters never prosper! Scrooge has a volatile temper and rarely hesitates to use cartoon violence against those who provoke his ire often his nephew Donald, but also bill and tax collectors as well as door-to-door salesmen ; however, he seems to be against the use of lethal force.
On occasion, he has even saved the lives of enemies who had threatened his own life but were in danger of losing their own.
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According to Scrooge's own explanation, this is to save himself from feelings of guilt over their deaths; he generally awaits no gratitude from them. Scrooge has also opined that only in fairy tales do bad people turn good, and that he is old enough to not believe in fairy tales. Scrooge believes in keeping his word—never breaking a promise once given. Carl Barks gave Scrooge a definite set of ethics which were in tone with the time he was supposed to have made his fortune. The robber barons and industrialists of the —s era were McDuck's competition as he earned his fortune.
Scrooge proudly asserts "I made it by being tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties! And I made it square! When Disney filmmakers first contemplated a Scrooge feature cartoon in the fifties, the animators had no understanding of the Scrooge McDuck character and merely envisioned Scrooge as a duck version of Ebenezer Scrooge—a very unsympathetic character.
In the end they shelved the idea because a duck who gets all excited about money just was not funny enough. In an interview, Barks summed up his beliefs about Scrooge and capitalism:. I've always looked at the ducks as caricatured human beings. In rereading the stories, I realized that I had gotten kind of deep in some of them: It was an added feature that went along with the stories. I think a lot of the philosophy in my stories is conservative —conservative in the sense that I feel our civilization peaked around Since then we've been going downhill.
Much of the older culture had basic qualities that the new stuff we keep hatching can never match. Look at the magnificent cathedrals and palaces that were built. Nobody can build that sort of thing nowadays. Also, I believe that we should preserve many old ideals and methods of working: The thing I have against the present political system is that it tries to make everybody exactly alike.
We should have a million different patterns.
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They say that wealthy people like the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers are sinful because they accumulated fortunes by exploiting the poor. I feel that everybody should be able to rise as high as they can or want to, provided they don't kill anybody or actually oppress other people on the way up. A little exploitation is something you come by in nature. We see it in the pecking order of animals—everybody has to be exploited or to exploit someone else to a certain extent. I don't resent those things. Scrooge is very misunderstood.
In his early years, he was very friendly and generous. But the 'slaps' of society from cruel people, as well as the ungratefulness of those who he had helped to overcome their problems, made Scrooge bitter, grumpy, and arrogant. Feeling that he had been taken advantage of, he didn't want to believe that others had real problems or difficulties in their lives. This made him seem out-of-touch at best, and selfish at worst.
As a result, no one could understand his problems, including his nephew, and his great-nephews. This isolation paved the path to acquiring untold wealth and power. But despite it all, he is very loyal, and will help those he sees as in-peril or need of help. In the DuckTales series, Scrooge has adopted the nephews as Donald has joined the Navy and is away on his tour of duty , and as a result his darker personality traits are downplayed. While most of his persona remain from the comics, he is notably more optimistic and less hot-headed in the animated cartoon.
In an early episode, Scrooge credits his improved temperament to the nephews and Webby his housekeeper's granddaughter, who comes to live in Scrooge's mansion , saying that "for the first time since I left Scotland , I have a family". Though Scrooge is far from tyrannical in the comics, he is rarely so openly affectionate.
While he still hunts for treasure in DuckTales , many episodes focus on his attempts to thwart villains. However, he remains just as tightfisted with money as he has always been. But he's also affable and patient with his family and friends. Scrooge displays a strict code of honor, insisting that the only valid way to acquire wealth is to "earn it square," and he goes to great lengths to thwart those sometimes even his own nephews who gain money dishonestly.
This code also prevents him from ever being dishonest himself, and he avows that "Scrooge McDuck's word is as good as gold. The series fleshes out Scrooge's upbringing by depicting his life as an individual who worked hard his entire life to earn his keep and to fiercely defend it against those who were truly dishonest but also, he defends his family and friends from any dangers, including villains.
His value teaches his nephews not to be dishonest with him or anybody else. It is shown that money is no longer the most important thing in his life. For one episode, he was under a love spell, which caused him to lavish his time on a goddess over everything else. The nephews find out that the only way to break the spell is make the person realize that the object of their love will cost them something they truly love. The boys make it appear that Scrooge's love is allergic to money; however, he simply decides to give up his wealth so he can be with her.
Later, when he realizes he will have to give up his nephews to be with her, the spell is immediately broken, showing that family is the most important thing to him. On occasion, he demonstrates considerable physical strength by single-handedly beating bigger foes. He credits his robustness to "lifting money bags. Many of the European comics based on the Disney Universe have created their own version of Scrooge McDuck, usually involving him in slapstick adventures.
This is particularly true of the Italian comics which were very popular in the s—s in most parts of Western continental Europe. In these, Scrooge is mainly an anti-hero dragging his long-suffering nephews into treasure hunts and shady business deals. Donald is a reluctant participant in these travels, only agreeing to go along when his uncle reminds him of the debts and back-rent Donald owes him, threatens him with a sword or blunderbuss , or offers a share of the loot. When he promises Donald a share of the treasure, Scrooge will add a little loophole in the terms which may seem obscure at first but which he brings up at the end of the adventure to deny Donald his share, keeping the whole for himself.
After Donald risks life and limb — something which Scrooge shows little concern for — he tends to end up with nothing. Another running joke is Scrooge reminiscing about his adventures while gold prospecting in the Klondike much to Donald and the nephews' chagrin at hearing the never-ending and tiresome stories.
The DuckTales episodes and many European comics show a Scrooge who hailed from Scotland in the 19th century, yet was clearly familiar with all the technology and amenities of the s. Despite this extremely advanced age, Scrooge does not appear to be on the verge of dotage, and is vigorous enough to keep up with his nephews in adventures; with rare exception, there appears to be no sign of him slowing down. Barks responded to some fan letters asking about Scrooge's Adamic age, that in the story "That's No Fable! Don Rosa's solution to the issue of Scrooge's age is that he set all of his stories in the s or earlier, which was when he himself discovered and reveled in Barks' stories as a kid, and in his unofficial timelines, he had Scrooge die in , at the age of years.
In the 15th Episode of the DuckTales reboot, it is revealed that Scrooge was also "stuck in a timeless demon dimension" called Demogorgana for an unknown amount of time, which is used to explain his young look. Forbes magazine routinely lists Scrooge McDuck on its annual " Fictional 15 " list of the richest fictional characters by net worth:. Pato from to the present. Being one of the most popular board games in Colombia and being the direct competitor of Monopoly in the region.
An extortionist named Arno Funke targeted German department store chain Karstadt from until his capture in , under the alias "Dagobert", the German first name for Scrooge McDuck. In the episode of Breaking Bad , " Buried ", Saul Goodman associate Patrick Kuby remarks to fellow associate Huell Babineaux "we are here to do a job, not channel Scrooge McDuck" when Huell lays down on Walter White's pile of cash stored in a storage facility locker.
The popularity of Scrooge McDuck comics spawned an entire mythology around the character, including new supporting characters, adventures, and life experiences as told by numerous authors. The popularity of the Duck universe — the fandom term for the associated intellectual properties that have developed from Scrooge's stories over the years, including the city of Duckburg — has led Don Rosa to claim that "in the beginning Scrooge [owed] his existence to his nephew Donald, but that has changed and today it's Donald that [owes] his existence to Scrooge.
In addition to the many original and existing characters in stories about Scrooge McDuck, authors have frequently led historical figures to meet Scrooge over the course of his life. Roosevelt and Scrooge would meet each other at least three times: Based on writer Don Rosa 's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck , a popular timeline chronicling Scrooge's adventures was created consisting of the most important "facts" about Scrooge's life. Don Rosa illustrated the cover artwork for the album [37]. The character of Scrooge has appeared in various mediums aside from comic books. Scrooge's voice was first heard on the record album Donald Duck and His Friends; Dal McKennon voiced the character for this appearance.
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Young, who himself was born in Great Britain, was best known for playing Wilbur Post on the hit television series Mister Ed from to Eight years later, the Walt Disney Animation Studios decided to make a featurette of this same story, this time dubbed Mickey's Christmas Carol , and once again hired Young to voice the role. Scrooge's biggest role outside comics would come in the animated series DuckTales , a series loosely based on Carl Barks's comics, and where Alan Young returned to voice his character.
In this series, premiered over two-hours on September 18, , while the regular episodes began three days later, Scrooge becomes the legal guardian of Huey, Dewey and Louie when Donald joins the United States Navy.
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Scrooge's DuckTales persona is considerably mellow compared to most previous appearances; his aggression is played down and his often duplicitous personality is reduced in many episodes to that of a curmudgeonly but well-meaning old uncle. Still, there are flashes of Barks' Scrooge to be seen, particularly in early episodes of the first season. Scrooge also appeared in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp , released during the series' run. He was mentioned in the Darkwing Duck episode "Tiff of the Titans", but never really seen.
Additionally, he is a secret playable character in quiz game, Disney TH! Power of Illusion , he is one of the first characters Mickey rescues, running a shop in the fortress selling upgrades and serving as a Sketch summon in which he uses his cane pogostick from the Ducktales NES games.
In a 45rpm single record was released entitled "Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket" aka "Uncle Scrooge's Rocket to the Moon" , a story of how Scrooge builds a rocket to send all his money to the moon to protect it from the "Beagle Boys". Scrooge also makes an appearance in Disney's and Square Enix 's Kingdom Hearts series, in a role where he helps Mickey Mouse set up a world transit system. He first appears in Kingdom Hearts II as a minor non-playable character in Hollow Bastion, where he is trying to recreate his favorite ice cream flavor — sea-salt.
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Later he would also play a key role on the final story arc " Dangerous Currency ", where he teams up with Darkwing Duck in order to stop the Phantom Blot and Magica De Spell from taking over St. Donald suggests money, and they head over to Scrooge's mansion where Donald tells his uncle that Goofy needs a million dollars.
Scrooge then has his butler kick them out. When Goofy is inadvertently launched from a treadmill and catapulted off another building, he lands in Scrooge's mansion. The butler kicks Goofy out and the process repeats itself but this time Mickey and Donald are catapulted as well and kicked out by the butler. Scrooge is seen at the end attending Goofy's wedding with a sandwich.
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