| Quack Pack | |
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| Format | Animated series |
| Created by | Walt Disney Television |
| Voices of | Tony Anselmo Jeannie Elias Pamela Adlon E.G. Daily Kath Soucie April Winchell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (List of episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Syndication |
| Original run | September 2, 1996 – November 28, 1996 |
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| Related shows | DuckTales (1987) Darkwing Duck (1991) |
Quack Pack is an animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company, featuring Donald Duck and his nephews. The show debuted in September 1996 as a part of the Disney Afternoon weekday afternoon programming block. Unlike other Disney Afternoon shows, it was aimed at an older audience, including teenagers. It had one season with 39 episodes.
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Co-Producers Kevin Hopps and Todd Shelton turned to Donald Duck shorts for inspiration for Quack Pack. Shelton noted that in the shorts, Donald mostly interacted with humans, and decided to incorporate humans into the world of Quack Pack. This contrasted with DuckTales, a previous Disney Afternoon series, where the world is inhabited by other anthropomorphic animals. Shelton considers Quack Pack as more of an extension of the original Donald Duck shorts than of DuckTales.[1] Because of this, many characters from the DuckTales cartoons and comics, such as Scrooge McDuck or Launchpad McQuack, do not make appearances in the series.
The show was created to give each of the nephews their own voices and personalities. Huey was the smooth-talker and schemer, Louie was the athlete and oddball, and Dewey was the intellectual and prankster.[2]
After Quack Pack left the Disney Afternoon block, it eventually resurfaced in reruns on the Disney Channel, and later on Toon Disney. It was removed from the channel's line up along with several other classic Disney shows in November 2004.
The show centres around Donald and teenaged versions of his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Donald now works as a cameraman alongside Daisy, who is a reporter. The group travels around the world looking for a big scoop. Huey, Dewey and Louie are supposedly triplets but there have been indications they are not all the same age; as Huey has referred to Dewey and Louie as his baby brothers. Unless it is actually true that the three boys are triplets but Huey was the first to be born, therefore making him the eldest of the brothers. Huey, Dewey and Louie have distinct personalities moreso than they have been presented with in their earlier lives. They share similar passions such as rock music, getting revenge on those who anger them, impressing girls, pulling pranks, role models whom they look up to and admire, playing games and reading comics. But there are certain aspects of their personalities that stand out more in each of them.
Huey: Wears a long red shirt over a light red t-shirt and purple shorts. He could be called the leader of the three brothers. In one episode, it is revealed Huey suffered from ailurophobia or fear of cats. His fear was so great he was afraid of cat sock puppets and had uncontrollable hiccups whenever he saw even a picture of a cat. His fear first began when a swarm of cats scared him while he was dressed as a mouse when he went Trick or Treating with his brothers on one Halloween night when they were little. However, he soon conquered his fear after his conscience got the better of him and saved a cat from a hanging tree branch. Unfortunately, it soon turned out Huey was allergic to cats. Despite Huey's good character, he can sometimes come across as being arrogant and keen on making money on occasions. Huey also has a talent for playing the pipe organ, this was revealed when he performed a parody of the Phantom of the Opera when he got a mind controlling device on his head which he first believed to be braces. When Huey was given super powers, he was given the power of super speed and referred to himself as the Really Incredibly Fast Guy. Huey’s full name is never made certain; his brothers sometimes refer to him as Hueton, Hubert or Hueson.
Dewey: Wears a striped blue shirt with the number one on the back over a light blue t-shirt and blue shorts. He has the longest hair out of the three boys and is generally good with computers and technology. He is sometimes seen to be the most logical out of the three. Even though the trio love practical jokes, Dewey is the main practical joker of the three boys and considers himself a master prankster. Every Halloween Dewey enjoys pranking Huey, Louie and Donald but one one occasion this led to them being stranded near a haunted house. Dewey believed this would be a great opportunity to perform more pranks, however, it turned out that the house really was haunted and the scary pranks were being pulled by the monsters that lived there, resulting in Dewey getting the blame. It took a while for Huey, Louie and Donald to realise the truth. Dewey also has a strong belief in UFOs despite being aware that there have been scams in the past. When Dewey received super powers, he was given powers of super intelligence and psychokinesis. He referred to himself as Brain Boy. Dewey’s full name is also not officially revealed; in one episode he refers to himself as Deuteronomy, but Huey has referred to him as Dewis.
Louie: Wears a green vest over green shorts and a backwards green cap. Louie is a huge fan of comic books moreso than his brothers, with his favourite comic book hero being Mantis Boy. Louie owns a violin just as Mantis Boy does; at first he is not good playing the violin at all, indeed it is regarded as noise to the others, but eventually he learns to play it very well. In one episode it was revealed that Louie feels very strongly for animal rights and even makes plans to set traps to catch poachers to stop them taking animals. Louie can be fickle when it comes to deciding what to be for a future career; he has made ideas to become an astronaut, a sky diver, a top gun pilot, a hockey goal keeper and a policeman. Louie has proven to be a rational thinker; when the trio come up with a plan for a particular situation Louie is usually the first of the boys to have second thoughts and rethink the plan and compare it to the current situation. When Louie was given super powers he became very muscular and strong. He referred to himself as Captain Muscle. Louie’s full name is Louis.
Daisy: Wears a pink dress and dark pink shoes. She is Donald's girlfriend and the reporter of a T.V. show called What In the World. She does everything she can to try and get a story, even to the extent of unintentionally putting the others in danger. Daisy cares a lot about Huey, Dewey and Louie and is willing to trust them more than Donald does as he often believes they are up to no good. Donald usually misinterprets Huey, Dewey and Louie's good intentions for being bad, either by the influence of the unknown bad guy or having nightmares and daydreams about them being destructive. Ironically, Donald was much more of a trouble causer in his youth than Huey, Dewey and Louie have ever been.
Donald: Wears a blue shirt with red flowers on it. He is Huey, Dewey and Louie's uncle/guardian who refer to him as "Uncle D" if not Uncle Donald. All of them live together in Donald's house. He is also Daisy's boyfriend and cameraman for her T.V. show. He is notoriously well known for having a bad temper and gets angered very easily. Despite that Donald is sometimes less than willing to trust Huey, Dewey and Louie, Donald has shown that he greatly cares about them. He portrays himself as a father figure towards them and would regard them as his sons. Huey, Dewey and Louie have likewise shown they feel the same way as they have referred to Donald as their "own blood" before. With Huey, Dewey, Louie, Donald and Daisy together, Huey has referred to them as a "happy family". When Donald received super powers he became a villian known as the Duck of Doom, resulting in a battle between him and Huey, Dewey and Louie (known as the T-Squad when they got their super powers) to get them to clean their bedroom.
The episodes Transmission: Impossible, Heavy Dental and Feats of Clay were released as the first Region 1 volume in the US, but no further releases have been planned. A one-off Christmas DVD released, in Region 2, contains the episode Snow Place to Hide.
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