Duckburg, as seen in the animated series DuckTales.

Duckburg is a fictional city which appears in Walt Disney's comic books and animated projects. In the comics and cartoons, Duckburg is the home of Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Daisy Duck, and most of their supporting cast. Duckburg was first mentioned in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49 in 1944, and was created by Carl Barks. Image File history File links Duckburg. ... Image File history File links Duckburg. ... This article is on the animated series. ... This list is of fictional cities: villages, towns, and cities that do not exist in the world we know. ... The Walt Disney Company (more commonly known as Disney; NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... A cartoon is any of several forms of illustrations, with varied meanings that evolved from one to another. ... Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character from Walt Disney Productions. ... Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional Scottish character created by Carl Barks who first appeared in Dell Comics Four Color Comics #178 Christmas on Bear Mountain in December 1947. ... Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are a trio of fictional ducks who appear in animated cartoons and comic books published by the Walt Disney Company. ... Daisy Duck is one of Walt Disneys cartoon and comic book characters. ... Walt Disneys Comics and Stories is an anthology comic book that has an assortment of Disney characters, including Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Chip n Dale, Lil Bad Wolf, Scamp, Bucky Bug, Grandma Duck, Brer Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, and others. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952) and Magica De Spell (1961). ...

Features

Duckburg is a medium size city located in the fictional United States state of Calisota. In comic writer Don Rosa's stories, Duckburg is located on the west coast of the United States, though other writers leave the city's location as vaguely defined. The city is populated by various anthropomorphized animals, with ducks, dogs, and pigs the most dominant ones. This is a list of fictional U.S. states found in various works. ... A state is a set of institutions that possess the authority to make the rules that govern the people in one or more societies, having internal and external sovereignty over a definite territory. ... Calisota is a fictional U.S. state, created by Carl Barks in his story The Gilded Man (Four Color #422) and used in comic books produced by the Walt Disney Company. ... Don Rosa visiting Finland in 1999 Gioachino Keno Don Hugo Rosa (often just called Don Rosa) is a comic book writer and illustrator best known for his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other Disney characters. ... An anthropomorphic character Anthropomorphism, also called personification anthropomorphism, is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to nonhuman beings, inanimate objects, or natural or supernatural phenomena. ... // Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Merginae Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog Canis lupus is a type of canine, a mammal in the order Carnivora. ... This article is about the pig genus. ...

Duckburg's most prominent resident is Scrooge McDuck, the wealthiest duck in the world. Duckburg serves as the headquarters for his global business empire, with many of Duckburg's businesses owned by Scrooge. Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional Scottish character created by Carl Barks who first appeared in Dell Comics Four Color Comics #178 Christmas on Bear Mountain in December 1947. ...

In some stories, Scrooge's wealthy rivals, Flintheart Glomgold and John D. Rockerduck also have holdings or residences in Duckburg, and compete fiercely against Scrooge. Flintheart Glomgold is a fictional character in Disney comic books, one of Scrooge McDucks main rivals who holds the title of The Second Richest Duck in the World. ... John D. Rockerduck John D. Rockerduck is a fictional character from the Scrooge McDuck Universe. ...

The most prominent landmark in Duckburg is Scrooge McDuck's money bin, a giant building sitting on Killmotor Hill (formerly known as Killmule Hill) in the center of town. The money bin contains both office space and, most famously, three cubic acres of money, the results of Scrooge's lifetime of business and treasure-seeking adventures.

Another major landmark in some stories is a large statue of Duckburg's founder, Cornelius Coot. Cornelius Coot is a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck Universe. ...

Duckburg is also the headquarters of the Billionaire's Club, a special club for various wealthy businessmen. McDuck, Rockerduck, and sometimes Glomgold are members of the club. Another important organization founded in Duckburg is the Junior Woodchucks, a rather mysterious Boy Scouts of America-like club in which Huey, Dewey and Louie are members. In Disneys fictional Scrooge McDuck universe, The Junior Woodchucks are the Boy Scout-like youth organization to which Donald Ducks nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, belong. ... The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is a United States Scouting organization, with some presence in other countries. ... Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are a trio of fictional ducks who appear in animated cartoons and comic books published by the Walt Disney Company. ...

Duckburg is a major center for Space exploration. Expeditions have been launched from Duckburg to Mars, Venus, the Asteroids, and more remote parts of the Galaxy. Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer space by both manned and unmanned spacecraft. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... Adjectives: Venusian or (rarely) Cytherean Atmosphere Surface pressure: 9. ... Asteroids is a popular vector-based video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari. ... NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, is about 56,000 light-years in diameter and approximately 60 million light-years distant. ...

Duckburg also features a sea port and is in proximity to several mountains. Lyskamm, 4 527 m, Pennine Alps A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ...

Located near Duckburg is a farm owned and run by Grandma Duck, Donald's paternal grandmother. Donald's cousin Gus Goose also lives on Grandma's farm as a "farmhand," though his laziness makes him a rather poor farmhand. The farm is often a gathering site for various Duck family holiday celebrations. Grandma's real name is Elvira Coot Duck. She is a direct descendant of Cornelius Coot. Her finest achievement is helping Donald Duck and the Junior Woodchucks to transform her great-grandsons Huey, Dewey and Louie from wild, destructive little kids to fine upstanding boys. A typical North American grain farm with farmstead in Ontario, Canada A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ... Elvira Coot, a fictional character from the Scrooge McDuck Universe. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ... Gus Goose is a fictional goose created by the Walt Disney studios for its various animated cartoons and comic books. ... Elvira Coot, a fictional character from the Scrooge McDuck Universe. ... Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are a trio of fictional ducks who appear in animated cartoons and comic books published by the Walt Disney Company. ...

History

Duckburg has been given a long history by many creators, including such writers as Barks and current Duck comic writer Don Rosa. Don Rosa visiting Finland in 1999 Gioachino Keno Don Hugo Rosa (often just called Don Rosa) is a comic book writer and illustrator best known for his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other Disney characters. ...

In the comics, the location that would eventually become known as Duckburg was originally known as "Fort Drake Borough," a fort built in the 16th century by British explorer Sir Francis Drake. By the 19th century, the fort had been handed over by its departing British occupants to Cornelius Coot, who renamed the fort "Duckburg." "Drake" means a male duck, while "borough" and "burg" are synonyms. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Sir Francis Drake, c. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cornelius Coot is a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck Universe. ... Synonyms (in ancient Greek syn συν = plus and onoma όνομα = name) are different words with similar or identical meanings. ...

Duckburg remained a quiet, small town until the arrival of wealthy businessman Scrooge McDuck. McDuck had bought the old fort from Clinton Coot, a descendant of Cornelius. Scrooge proceeded to construct his famous money bin and established various businesses in and around Duckburg. This construction caused Duckburg's population to swell, and turned the small town into a bustling city within several decades' time. Clinton Coot is a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck universe created by Don Rosa. ...

Duckburg is probably the largest city in the state of Calisota, but not the capital city. There are no references to the governor, legislature, Capitol, etc., of Calisota in any of the many stories about Duckburg. Duckburg seems to have its own governor, however. Calisota is a fictional U.S. state, created by Carl Barks in his story The Gilded Man (Four Color #422) and used in comic books produced by the Walt Disney Company. ...

Duckburg maintains a traditional rivalry with Goosetown, another city of Calisota. Goosetown is a fictional city in The Scrooge McDuck Universe. ... Calisota is a fictional U.S. state, created by Carl Barks in his story The Gilded Man (Four Color #422) and used in comic books produced by the Walt Disney Company. ...

In other media

• Duckburg was the setting of the 1987 animated series DuckTales. The cartoon's version of Duckburg was based heavily on the comics' version.

• Duckburg appeared in the 1990s animated series Quack Pack. In this series, Duckburg was populated almost entirely by human beings, with Donald, Daisy, and Donald's nephews as the only anthropomorphized animals that usually appeared. Moreover, the Money Bin is nowhere to be seen.

• Duckburg was the setting for the second level of the video game Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers!

• Although it isn't seen on screen, Duckburg is referred to in Darkwing Duck by Gizmoduck, who mentions to Darkwing that Duckburg is his hometown (in a reference to Gizmoduck's appearances in DuckTales). A billboard announcing Gizmoduck's departure from Duckburg featuring Scrooge McDuck was also briefly seen in an episode.

• Duckburg was also used for the setting of Mickey's Birthdayland (later Mickey's Starland) at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom from 1988 to 1996. It even included Grandma Duck's Farm and a statue of Cornelius Coot, though it was more of a rural town than a burgeoning metropolis. The connection to Duckburg was removed as the land was renovated in 1996 to become Mickey's Toontown Fair. However, the Cornelius Coot statue remains.

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The name "Duckburg" in other languages

• Arabic: مدينة البط (romanized: Madinat al-Batt) (lit. "City of the Ducks" or "Duck City")
• Bulgarian: Дъкбург (D'kburg)
• Czech: Kačerov
• Danish: Andeby ("Duck City")
• Dutch: Duckstad ("Duck City")
• Esperanto: Anasurbo ("Duck City")
• Estonian: Pardilinn ("Ducktown")
• Finnish: Ankkalinna ("Duck Castle")
• French: Donaldville ("Donaldtown")
• German: Entenhausen ("Duck Hausen / Duck Homes")
• Greek: Λιμνούπολη (Limnoupolis) ("Lake City")(That is where real-life ducks are usually found, isn't it?)
• Hungarian: Hápbörg
• Icelandic: Andabær ("Duck Town")
• Indonesian: Kota Bebek ("Duck City")
• Italian: Paperopoli ("Duckopolis")
• Latvian: Dakburga ("Duckburg")
• Lithuanian: Ančiogala
• Norwegian: Andeby ("Duck City")
• Polish: Kaczogród (Kaczburg is also present, especially in older comic books)("Duckburg")
• Portuguese: Patópolis ("Duckopolis")
• Romanian: Raţburg
• Russian: Даксбург (Daksburg)
• Serbian: Patkovgrad ("Duck City")
• Slovak: Káčerovo
• Slovene: Račjigrad
• Spanish: Patoburgo / Patolandia / Patópolis ("Duckburg / Duckland / Duckopolis")
• Swedish: Ankeborg ("Duckburg")

External links

• Duckburg's history, by Carl Barks and Don Rosa
• A study of Duckburg's location plus various Duckburg maps
• Duckburg information at a Paperinik fansite