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|shows = ''[[DuckTales]]''<br>[[DuckTales (2017 series)|''DuckTales'' (2017)]] |
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− | |voice = [[Brian Cummings]]<br>[[John Gemberling]] ( |
+ | |voice = [[Brian Cummings]] (Original)<br>[[John Gemberling]] (Reboot) |
|alias = Little Lardo (By Ma Beagle)<br>Fatso<br>Chubbo |
|alias = Little Lardo (By Ma Beagle)<br>Fatso<br>Chubbo |
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+ | |personality = '''Original:''' Loyal, clumsy, dim-witted, kind, hungry, comical, accident-prone, happy-go-lucky, helpful<br>'''Reboot:''' Selfish, destructive, unhinged, unstable, insane, tepid, uncaring, spiteful, cruel, deranged, sadistic, possessive, psychotic, spoiled, inconsiderate, power-hungry, greedy, indifferent, controlling, short-tempered |
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+ | |occupation = Junior Woodchucks scout (Original and Reboot) |
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− | (Ducktales 2017): Selfish, unstable, insane, tepid, uncaring, spiteful, cruel, deranged, possessive, psychotic, spoiled, inconsiderate, indifferent, controlling |
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+ | |affiliations = The Junior Woodchucks (Original and Reboot) |
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− | Bad (DuckTales 2017) |
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− | |affiliations = The Junior Woodchucks |
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|home = [[Duckburg]] |
|home = [[Duckburg]] |
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− | |family = B.O.Y.D. (younger brother)<br>Unnamed father<br>Unnamed |
+ | |family = [[B.O.Y.D.]] (younger "brother")<br>Unnamed father<br>Unnamed mother<br>Francis "Gummeemama" Drake (grandmother) † |
− | |friends = Original: [[Launchpad McQuack]], [[Scrooge McDuck]], [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]], [[Gyro Gearloose]], [[Webby Vanderquack]] |
+ | |friends = '''Original:''' [[Launchpad McQuack]], [[Scrooge McDuck]], [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]], [[Gyro Gearloose]], [[Webby Vanderquack]] |
+ | |minions = '''Reboot:''' His parents (formerly) |
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− | |enemies = Original: [[Beagle Boys]], [[Beagle Brats]], [[Magica De Spell]] |
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− | + | |enemies = '''Original:''' [[Beagle Boys]], [[Beagle Brats]], [[Magica De Spell]], [[Flintheart Glomgold]]<br>'''Reboot:''' [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]], [[Glittering Goldie|Goldie O'Gilt]], [[Webby Vanderquack]], [[Flintheart Glomgold]], [[Mark Beaks]], [[Beagle Boys]], [[B.O.Y.D.]] |
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− | |likes = Original: Helping his friends |
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+ | |fate = '''Original:''' Continues to help his friends<br>'''Reboot:''' Receives a new baby brother and loses half of his money as punishment |
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− | |dislikes = Original: Having his glasses broken, being tortured and kidnapped |
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+ | |rides = [[Camp Woodchuck Kitchen]]}} |
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{{Quote|A Junior Woodchuck is always prepared! I brought my lunch - peanut butter and sardines! I'm a growin' boy, ya know."<br>"''I'd'' say you were ''three'' growing boys!|Doofus and Scrooge|Catch as Cash Can}} |
{{Quote|A Junior Woodchuck is always prepared! I brought my lunch - peanut butter and sardines! I'm a growin' boy, ya know."<br>"''I'd'' say you were ''three'' growing boys!|Doofus and Scrooge|Catch as Cash Can}} |
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==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
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− | Doofus is a regular in the show often with [[Launchpad McQuack]], acting as his sidekick. Doofus is a member of the [[Junior Woodchucks]] and is often shown wearing his uniform. When Scrooge travels 40 years into the future in the episode "[[Duck to the Future]]", Doofus has become trimmer and it's revealed that he is married to [[Webby Vanderquack|Webbigail]]. Since this future also involved Scrooge's nephews becoming money-grubbers and Magica ruling the world, this may not be definite. |
+ | Doofus is a regular in the show often with [[Launchpad McQuack]], acting as his sidekick. Doofus is a member of the [[Junior Woodchucks]] and is often shown wearing his uniform. When Scrooge travels 40 years into the future in the episode "[[Duck to the Future]]", Doofus has become trimmer and it's revealed that he is married to [[Webby Vanderquack|Webbigail]]. Since this future also involved Scrooge's nephews becoming money-grubbers and Magica ruling the world, this may not be definite and is very likely just a fabricated future by Magica. |
===[[DuckTales (2017 series)|''DuckTales'' (2017)]]=== |
===[[DuckTales (2017 series)|''DuckTales'' (2017)]]=== |
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+ | [[File:DuckTales 2017 Doofus.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Doofus in the reboot.]] |
Doofus reappears in the reboot, but his 2017's version is radically different from his original counterpart - rather than being a benevolent friend of the McDuck children, this version is a rich, spoiled heir who turned his parents into servants, and is one of the reboot's villains. He first appears in the episode "[[Day of the Only Child!]]", where Louie tries to befriend Doofus only to find out about Doofus' unhealthy lifestyle. Doofus was apparently not always this way according to his parents, but after the passing of his grandmother Frances (or "Gummeemama", as he refers to her), Doofus was named inheritor of her fortune and became inconsiderate, controlling, and obsessive because of it. Since he has everything his heart desires, Doofus views everyone as a possession he can treat however he wants, with the exception of his beloved grandmother, although Doofus becomes hostile when her likeness is threatened. When not exhibiting his selfishness, Doofus has a tepid, peculiar disposition and seemingly indifferent about how his quirks may startle others. |
Doofus reappears in the reboot, but his 2017's version is radically different from his original counterpart - rather than being a benevolent friend of the McDuck children, this version is a rich, spoiled heir who turned his parents into servants, and is one of the reboot's villains. He first appears in the episode "[[Day of the Only Child!]]", where Louie tries to befriend Doofus only to find out about Doofus' unhealthy lifestyle. Doofus was apparently not always this way according to his parents, but after the passing of his grandmother Frances (or "Gummeemama", as he refers to her), Doofus was named inheritor of her fortune and became inconsiderate, controlling, and obsessive because of it. Since he has everything his heart desires, Doofus views everyone as a possession he can treat however he wants, with the exception of his beloved grandmother, although Doofus becomes hostile when her likeness is threatened. When not exhibiting his selfishness, Doofus has a tepid, peculiar disposition and seemingly indifferent about how his quirks may startle others. |
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+ | Doofus appears in the episode "[[Treasure of the Found Lamp!]]", where he traded a lamp [[Gladstone Gander]] bought for a blimp. He wanted the lamp to use as a gravy bowl, but then realized he could just make his father use his hands, so threw it away. |
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+ | Doofus appears in the episode "[[Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!]], where he holds his Septleventh Birth-Anniversary party. It is attended by the Beagles, [[Flintheart Glomgold]], and a ventriloquist dummy, [[Mark Beaks]] and his son "BOYD", [[Louie]] and [[Glittering Goldie]] and throughout the night he ejects the guests who really aren't with families. Although he allows Glomgold to stay at first as he considered his act with his "son" soothing. Doofus does eventually kick Glomgold out after breaks the dummy. Louie and Goldie eventually expose Boyd as a robot, so Doofus kicks Beaks out of the party but keeps Boyd and orders it to kill Louie. |
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+ | Goldie ends up stepping in front of B.O.Y.D. to get him to stop. To her and Louie's surprise, B.O.Y.D. shuts down and Doofus praises Louie and Goldie for passing the test. The whole ordeal was a test devised by Doofus to test their bonds of parenthood, just so Doofus could claim Goldie as his new "Goldiemama". Doofus relinquishes the gift bags to Louie and catapults him out. |
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+ | Doofus encases Goldie in a glass prison and forces her to tell him stories. Louie eventually rescues Goldie and reappropriates B.O.Y.D.'s settings to treat the Drakes as his parents; the two Drakes happily embrace their new adoptive son. |
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+ | Feeling betrayed, Doofus throws a tantrum and threatens to sever his parents' pay, but B.O.Y.D. transfers half of Doofus' inheritance to his own bank account, which he generously shares with his new parents. Now reassured by a truly loving son, Mrs. Drake sternly informs Doofus that he is to be grounded indefinitely, for which Doofus vows revenge on Louie. |
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+ | He's next seen in "[[Moonvasion!]]" as a prisoner in his own house during the invasion. |
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+ | He's seen as a [[Junior Woodchucks|Junior Woodchuck]] in "[[Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!]]". |
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+ | Doofus appears again briefly in "[[Astro B.O.Y.D.!]]" when Gyro and Huey are viewing B.O.Y.D.'s memories where in one involving him, which takes place after [[Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!]], he tries to force him to break one of his mother's necklaces as revenge for not giving him gravy baths anymore. However, B.O.Y.D. is uncomfortable with breaking anything, to which Doofus responds by angrily asking why "he insists on breaking his heart". B.O.Y.D. then apologizes and offers to hug him, which scares Doofus since he's afraid that he's "attacking him with love", before Gyro and Huey switch to a different memory. |
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+ | ==Trivia== |
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+ | *According to Frank Angones, the reason for Doofus being turned evil is because they wanted a foil to Louie on how money could ruin a person if left unchecked and because the writers disliked Doofus' characterization in the original show. |
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+ | *This version of Doofus is roughly modeled after Anthony Fremont, the villainous boy played by [[Bill Mumy]] at the center of ''The Twilight Zone'' episode "It's a Good Life", where the central premise was an omnipotent boy becomes a monster because no one can tell him no. |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
Revision as of 09:41, 30 June 2020
- “A Junior Woodchuck is always prepared! I brought my lunch - peanut butter and sardines! I'm a growin' boy, ya know."
"I'd say you were three growing boys!” - ―Doofus and Scrooge[src]
Doofus Drake is a friend of Huey, Dewey, and Louie who appeared in DuckTales and a number of Junior Woodchucks comics. He is a larger and rotund duck and has a constant appetite.
Background
Personality
Doofus is a rather dim-witted and clumsy character with a positive attitude that is just as insatiable as his appetite. He exhibits hero worship for Launchpad, which frequently borders on the delusional (the relationship between Doofus and Launchpad, in many ways, mirrors that of Launchpad and Scrooge). Doofus is also marked by his strong moral compass, best demonstrated in the episode "Superdoo!", in which he uses paranormal powers to save the Junior Woodchucks from catastrophe, only to voluntarily relinquish them for the sake of hard work and friendship.
Appearances
DuckTales
Doofus is a regular in the show often with Launchpad McQuack, acting as his sidekick. Doofus is a member of the Junior Woodchucks and is often shown wearing his uniform. When Scrooge travels 40 years into the future in the episode "Duck to the Future", Doofus has become trimmer and it's revealed that he is married to Webbigail. Since this future also involved Scrooge's nephews becoming money-grubbers and Magica ruling the world, this may not be definite and is very likely just a fabricated future by Magica.
DuckTales (2017)
Doofus reappears in the reboot, but his 2017's version is radically different from his original counterpart - rather than being a benevolent friend of the McDuck children, this version is a rich, spoiled heir who turned his parents into servants, and is one of the reboot's villains. He first appears in the episode "Day of the Only Child!", where Louie tries to befriend Doofus only to find out about Doofus' unhealthy lifestyle. Doofus was apparently not always this way according to his parents, but after the passing of his grandmother Frances (or "Gummeemama", as he refers to her), Doofus was named inheritor of her fortune and became inconsiderate, controlling, and obsessive because of it. Since he has everything his heart desires, Doofus views everyone as a possession he can treat however he wants, with the exception of his beloved grandmother, although Doofus becomes hostile when her likeness is threatened. When not exhibiting his selfishness, Doofus has a tepid, peculiar disposition and seemingly indifferent about how his quirks may startle others.
Doofus appears in the episode "Treasure of the Found Lamp!", where he traded a lamp Gladstone Gander bought for a blimp. He wanted the lamp to use as a gravy bowl, but then realized he could just make his father use his hands, so threw it away.
Doofus appears in the episode "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!, where he holds his Septleventh Birth-Anniversary party. It is attended by the Beagles, Flintheart Glomgold, and a ventriloquist dummy, Mark Beaks and his son "BOYD", Louie and Glittering Goldie and throughout the night he ejects the guests who really aren't with families. Although he allows Glomgold to stay at first as he considered his act with his "son" soothing. Doofus does eventually kick Glomgold out after breaks the dummy. Louie and Goldie eventually expose Boyd as a robot, so Doofus kicks Beaks out of the party but keeps Boyd and orders it to kill Louie.
Goldie ends up stepping in front of B.O.Y.D. to get him to stop. To her and Louie's surprise, B.O.Y.D. shuts down and Doofus praises Louie and Goldie for passing the test. The whole ordeal was a test devised by Doofus to test their bonds of parenthood, just so Doofus could claim Goldie as his new "Goldiemama". Doofus relinquishes the gift bags to Louie and catapults him out.
Doofus encases Goldie in a glass prison and forces her to tell him stories. Louie eventually rescues Goldie and reappropriates B.O.Y.D.'s settings to treat the Drakes as his parents; the two Drakes happily embrace their new adoptive son. Feeling betrayed, Doofus throws a tantrum and threatens to sever his parents' pay, but B.O.Y.D. transfers half of Doofus' inheritance to his own bank account, which he generously shares with his new parents. Now reassured by a truly loving son, Mrs. Drake sternly informs Doofus that he is to be grounded indefinitely, for which Doofus vows revenge on Louie.
He's next seen in "Moonvasion!" as a prisoner in his own house during the invasion.
He's seen as a Junior Woodchuck in "Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!".
Doofus appears again briefly in "Astro B.O.Y.D.!" when Gyro and Huey are viewing B.O.Y.D.'s memories where in one involving him, which takes place after Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!, he tries to force him to break one of his mother's necklaces as revenge for not giving him gravy baths anymore. However, B.O.Y.D. is uncomfortable with breaking anything, to which Doofus responds by angrily asking why "he insists on breaking his heart". B.O.Y.D. then apologizes and offers to hug him, which scares Doofus since he's afraid that he's "attacking him with love", before Gyro and Huey switch to a different memory.
Trivia
- According to Frank Angones, the reason for Doofus being turned evil is because they wanted a foil to Louie on how money could ruin a person if left unchecked and because the writers disliked Doofus' characterization in the original show.
- This version of Doofus is roughly modeled after Anthony Fremont, the villainous boy played by Bill Mumy at the center of The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life", where the central premise was an omnipotent boy becomes a monster because no one can tell him no.
Gallery