Rumpus McFowl

Rumpus McFowl is Donald Duck's lazy uncle and Scrooge McDuck's half-brother. He was introduced by Duck comic artist and writer William Van Horn in the 1994 comic 'It's all Relative'. Rumpus has a personality similar to Gus Goose and his nephews have soon had enough of his manners and try to find ways to make Rumpus leave the Duck household.

William Van Horn said the following about the creation of Rumpus: “At the time it seemed to be a funny idea to add a new character to the duck cast, so I did it. Originally I had conceived Rumpus McFowl as a combination of W.C. Fields and Monty Woolley (from the film ‘The Man Who Came For Dinner’, 1941). A tightwad, professional cadger and notorious bum who somehow always gets the best break in the end. Once I had this picture in my head, the actual character design was easy. He just was not allowed to resemble any other duck character.”

Van Horn has been re-using Rumpus in his comics ever since. In his first appearance alongside Scrooge, Rumpus was still said to be Scrooge's cousin. However, in the 2000 comic 'Travails', Rumpus discovers uncle Scrooge's biggest secret: Rumpus is in fact Scrooge's half-brother, and the son of Fergus McDuck. Rumpus, a lazy tramp, suddenly gets a high position in Duckburg's society after him being the half-brother of world's richest duck has become a well-known fact.

In the 2001 comic 'A Dime for Your Thoughts', Magica De Spell dates Rumpus in order to obtain Scrooge's Number One Dime.