Ducktales 2017 is an Ideal Reboot 

I can definitely tell they wanted to do more with the show, probably even more with all the Disney afternoon shows but after being cancelled they had to wrap up what they could and I’m glad they could do it so we got most of it all wrapped up. I’ll definitely miss Della, her character got me right away, one of the best Disney mom’s haha

"Unless being good is suddenly not Disney's brand" I died laughing at that one

I still love how they canonized the Moon theme from the NES game.

This show was phenomenal. It deserved WAY more than three seasons. I miss so many of the characters. Especially Lena. She’s my favorite.

Never woulda thought that Ducktales would get me emotional but the reunion episode got me good yall 😭

My dad actually used to watch the old Ducktales and was really surprised when a reboot was announced. He actually enjoyed the reboot and was laughing his head off when Donald got a normal voice 🤣🤣🤣

This show was like Gravity Falls + Old School Ducktales and it was a perfect combo. I do wish we got more seasons but I kind of love the way it ended despite its abrupt cancellation.

S1 centered most around Dewey S2 centered around Louie S3 centered around Huey S3 usually wraps things up and they had to finish Webby's arc so Huey just got less growth sadly

I don't think I'll ever stop enjoying this show. This truly was a labor of love as much as it was a love-letter to the Disney Afternoon. I still watch this on my spare time because it's a lot of fun and a heck-of-a-lot of heart.

The Owl House: “I’m sorry for being good” Disney: “Some crimes can never be forgiven”

If this series was targeted even more towards older teens and kids, imagine the possibilities! It could be even more amazing!! I love DuckTales, and will always miss it. Glad you're posting more, CellSpex!

Honestly, if the DuckTales IDW comic went the Avatar route and continued the story from where the show left off, I’d buy it up in a heartbeat.

From what I understand Disney just doesn't want to do more involved shows like this because they're harder to market and build an audience for. Namely the ongoing storylines making it difficult to just run reruns forever without confusing audiences. The solution to this imo would be to adopt a seasonal anime model, but given how much more expensive western animation is that may not be feasible in Disney's eyes.

I loved that one scene where Donald and Daisy were trapped in an elevator and when Donald got to sing to her, she got to hear past his quackers voice and hear his inner voice. It was just so heartwarming. 💖

If the worst thing you can say about something is “I want more” than it’s definitely a keeper. The creators also gave tidbits from the show, such as deleted and alternate concepts, inspirations and references, production details (the rescue rangers weren’t even meant to be in the show), and even confirming certain details (like Launchpad being pansexual). The reason Bushroot didn’t speak was likely to pay respect to Tino Insana, who unfortunately passed away a few months before the series premiered, as well as homage the DW Twin Beaks episode.

If they do keep the VA's and established lore from Ducktales 2017 into the DarkWing Duck Rrboot I will watch the heck out of it.

Can't believe you never mentioned the greatness that is the new Glomgold. He rivals Doofensmirtz for being one of the funniest characters in media.

Shows like this are always super fun to look back on, especially if you and someone else watched it together. It definitely helped my siblings and I bond!

Ducktales will go down in history as one of the best cartoon reboots out there.

I actually preferred this version of DuckTales over the original. The characters in the original always felt too goody toe-shoes to me, much like every cartoon protagonist of the 80s. Here they're so full of character depth that even Donald's rage issues has an emotional core to it. I love how they gave the triplets distinct personalities, the developing story arcs between seasons, the Disney Afternoon cameos didn't offend me too much since I am here for the Ducks (that said, Keith David's cameo was so freak'n funny), Daisy and Donald's relationship was super cute, and Della Duck might be my favorite cartoon mom. Woman gets trapped on the moon with no hope of getting home and yet the thing keeping her alive is the idea of seeing her kids again. Seriously, that shit was golden! The only aspect I wasn't so fond of was Darkwing Duck. Granted I might be bias on that since Darkwing was my favorite show on the Afternoon, but to me it felt like they brought the original DW back just to turn him into a villain. You can't tell me that's not the original DW, he has the same oversized ego, the original (far better) suit, and is voiced by Jim Cummings. For the record, having Chris Diamantopoulos voice the new Drake Mallard doesn't help the case since he's the Chris Pratt of television. He keeps showing up in places I don't expect him to be. I'll admit that the origin for Negaduck is clever, but I always figured Negaduck's origin was akin to that of the Joker's; the fact that you really don't know where these great evils came from makes them all the scarier. After that plot twist I was hoping the show would turn things around with Gosayln, the true heart and soul of the original soul, only to have my heart crushed there as well. Instead of being Darkwing's adopted daughter, an aspect of the original that made it so heart-warming, here she's religated to yet another superhero sidekick. She goes from being the better version of Damian Wayne to a weaker version of Time Drake. Yaaay. All this felt like watching the T-Rex die in Jurassic Park 3. Sure, I love the Spinosaurus, but it wasn't worth killing off the original. If they really wanted to introduce a new DW, why not go the Batman Beyond route by having Jim Cummings's Drake Mallard mentor a new Darkwing? Better yet, have that new Darkwing be Gosalyn as Quiverwing Quack! Nothing can convince me that wouldn't have been awesome! Instead this show turned a hero into a villain, gave me a subpar substitute, and just made me wish they had stuck to Tad Stones's statement of how these two franchises were separate. That said, if they are making a new show, I sincerely hope they pull a Spider-Man: No Way Home and finally get me to care about the new version of this beloved hero. And give him a new costume, this one looks freak'n ugly! 8:02 It’s live action and is more connected to Roger Rabbit if the Disney Wiki is to be believed. 9:13 Hoo boy, I really hope that’s a dig at Disney cancelling good shows prematurely rather than Owl House’s overall quality.

This show definitely deserved one more fourth season, at least as the final season. Sadly due to moving the 3rd season to Disney XD resulting the drop of viewership ratings, the third season became it's final season

“Unless being good is suddenly not Disney’s brand.” SHOTS FIRED!!

The one nice thing about having the three seasons is that each season had a focus on one of the kids. Season 1 Dewey, Season 2 Louie, and Season 3 Huey/Webby. All the characters were absolutely fun and engaging, and I really loved everything about this series. It will be sorely missed.

Honestly, Cartoon Network could learn to take notes from this show the next time they reboot one of their shows.

For a show that only aired 4 episodes (6 half hours) in 2021 this is a hell of an honor

As the title says, One of the best Shows in recent memory, I've currently only watched the first season but I defintely plan to rewatch that then finish the series as Im not normally a TV guy but I've never heard anything openly and entirely negative about the show. I too was pretty damn sad it got cancelled at season 3 because just from the first season I could tell this show had so much potential to explore, theres basically no limit as to what they could explore with the universe they set up. I hate disney because they own everything but to anyone who worked on this show I applaud you, It's sad that a reboot of a Donold Duck Spinoff cartoon is among the best animated shows in recent memory (Too many new Aspiring showrunners don't understand that writing is the most important part of ANY show)

That's one of my major reasons i love the DuckTales reboot! Unlike other cartoon reboots the DT 2017 reboot is one of the few that managed to live up to the legacy of it's original series counterpart. Otherwise it probably would've turned out to be trash and an insult just like TTG was to the original Teen Titans and how Pony Life was to mlp fim.

For the most part, this show did a great job juggling between multiple characters and references while still honoring the source material and standing as its own thing. Aside from Launchpad acting too dumb at times and Gyro being a bit too cynical, Scrooge and the gang were all entertaining and had solid development throughout the series. The main villains of each season also had a major impact in their respective motivations, actions, and effects on others, with Bradford probably being the most intriguing for his perspective on the world. Although, I still feel Donald should've done more in this show since he felt sidelined compared to the lead kids. They really could've delved more into his begrudging relationship with Scrooge throughout the first season by having him join more adventures and gradually understand his side of the story. Plus, outside of his initial argument with Mrs. Beakley in the third episode, he didn't interact that much with Launchpad, Webby, or several others that weren't Scrooge or the nephews, which could've made for more interesting dynamics and interactions. Yes he made more appearances here than in the original "Ducktales" show, but at least there he had the excuse of being a minor character. Here however, he's supposed to be a main one, so they seriously should've used Donald much more than they did. On the bright side, his interactions with Daisy were wonderful and I'd love to see that done more often in future Disney cartoons with them. That said, I'm still grateful for what "Ducktales 2017" offered us: an enjoyable series with creative new takes on beloved characters. The stuff with Darkwing Duck was one of my most favorite things here and not just because he's my favorite character/show from the Disney Afternoon. In fact, most if not all of the TDA references were a delight to watch, and making the Headless Man-Horse their version of Goliath from "Gargoyles" was the perfect cap off to that.

Ducktales will always have a warm place in my heart, and not just because the show is fantastic. I got into it because I saw a few GIFsets of Boyd, and was like 'Oh that is peak character design, I have to know more about him' and ended up binging the season and a half that was out so I could learn more about him. And as a fan of both robots and Pinocchio allusions, I immediately grew attached. Once AstroBOYD came out, Boyd had fully cemented a place in my heart as one of my absolute favorite characters of all time. I'll always love the show for bringing him to life🥺🥺

When I was very young, between 5 and 7, I was watching an episode of Duck Tales one day. And Launchpad delivered a line that was so amazing it's stuck with me all my life. Something was going on with a hot air balloon and Launchpad was doing something with the balloon part. Then he goes back inside the cockpit, or turns on a radio, and tells Scrooge: "Sorry to burst your bubble but I popped your balloon." I remember very little from the og cartoon but I will never forget that one example of simple but brilliant writing.

Spoilers: The thing that saddens me the most is that they never got to return to Negaduck and that there were talks about a follow-up on what happened to Baloo and the other original Talespin characters (there were some semi-confirmed theories that this Don Karnage was descended from the original). Still, I'm happy for what we got, and I really hope the future Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck reboots take a few cues from this one on how to make a good reboot. :D

Being good not being Disneys brand anymore is so accurate

I love the new gyro Gearloose he’s just my fave

Just a heads up, Rescue Rangers is not getting a reboot. The Disney+ Plus movie is actually a "comeback", according to their last announcement. In fact, the team behind DuckTales tried to pitch a Rangers reboot, but that's another story.

That feeling when you get a class project where you can just slap together clips to rant, babble, and speculate.

I’m so sad it’s done. Didn’t have enough glomgold. He could narrate paint drying and id still die laughing

ducktales literally saved my life i’m so grateful it exist

I'm mad they never continued with negaduck I was so expecting him to appear in the next darkwing episode but they did away with him and forgot about negaduck it's sad

Honestly if they tried this much with other animated shows, then the world will be a lot better

A RU-vidr I admire covering my favorite TV show! _YES!_ I'm super glad you enjoyed the show as much as I did. Not only do I find it to be a shining standard for reboots in this day and age, but I firmly believe it far surpasses the original. Moonvasion is probably my favorite finale of the show, but every two and three-part episode was absolutely grand! This is one of the few shows that just... _doesn't_ have a bad episode.

The one issue I have with Donald and Daisy not meeting before DuckTales was that it broke Toontown continuity as the dialogue from Donald and Daisy in Toontown often mentioned each other.

I like how they took the old show and formed it to make a modern type of series that still has that ducktales vibe, but at the same time it's kind of its own thing.

I also like how it’s a love letter to classic Disney Afternoon and definitely like that we’ll be continuing this canon with Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers. Also found it kinda clever that Goof Troop and Talespin were actually continuations of their original series. I also think we’ll see the Duck family soon since Jim Cummings said that apparently he did do an episode as Negaduck, but was kinda no show in the final season. So maybe Darkwing will open a passing the torch episode where Drake and Scrooge team up to face Negaduck and maybe Mecha-Bulba.

My only regret is that we never got a flashback episode with the Duck Cousins, Della, Donald, Fetry and Gladstone.

I haven't watched one of your vids in a while, but this was such a Great Video. I actually just finished Ducktales 2017 a week ago and it's gotta be one of the best reboots i've ever seen. As Someone who has never seen the original series, this was a very enjoyable series. My favorite season was probably season 1, but all three seasons are really good. The Animation, Voice Acting, and Character Arcs, were all really well done too. But yeah, This was such a great series, definetly in my top 5 favorite disney shows. Well done video as always cellspex. >:3

I do wish there was a fourth season focused on Webby. The finale was great but I wish had more more and Huey as well.

The way it ended reminds me a lot of how gravity falls ended, it ended on its own terms wrapping everything up, but we still want more out of it and I'm sure the creators do too.

I’m so glad I’ve been watching this show since the beginning

I've slowly appreciated this series more and more, and the good definitely outweighs the bad. I really hope that it someday gets to tell more stories, since there is still room to expand on things, but I'm totally happy with it, and am sure it will inspire new stuff like it too. DuckTales Woo Ooo!

Many of the characters in Ducktales have been huge in Norway for decades. My parents grew up reading comics with many of the villain gallery in particular starring centre stage. It was so funny to see the return of Magica de Spell (Magika av Tryll), Flintheart Glumgold (Gulbrand Gråstein) and the Phantom Blot (Spøkelsesklædden).

Definitely had a pretty solid run .

I was just happy that Della became a permanent cast member

I love this show! It even brought my favroute Disney duck character, Fethry Duck, to life with animation!

Me: realizing Hamilton voiced gizmo duck Brain: IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!!!!!

Personally I think it sucks that this show essentially met the same fate as the 1987 original canceled in it’s prime this was a great show and I think it’s biggest accomplishment was finally bringing Della duck to life as a flesh&blood character paget Brewster deserved that Emmy nomination she received she was phenomenal as was the show

I kinda hated the new launchpad at first, but he really grew on me. He's incredibly naive but smarter than you would think. He says a line in the first episode "family truly is the greatest (adventure)" that is the key much later on, he can rebuild a plane in under 3 hours, can pilot every vehicle ever, has a running joke about constantly going on adventures to save his exes(whom until penumbra he never had a bad or awkward breakup with) and in fact figures out the bad guys plan before anyone else "maybe they're capturing people and putting them in boxes". And let's not forget Luey's comment "Launchpad has survived so many crashes, he may be immortal!"

I actually recently watched The Shadow War!; which originally, I wasn't a fan of Launchpad's antics, Donald's new voice or the fact that this "smarter than the smarty" family took THIS LONG to figure out Lena was Magica's Shadow Puppet. But admittedly, this finale is weirdly growing on me. The other two finales mainly focus on Scrooge McDuck being the hero, but this is the only one where the kids and Donald have to step up and rescue Scrooge for a change. And since Huey, Dewey, Louie and Donald are my favorite characters, that was a nice change of pace. However, I still fast forward over Launchpad's, "Sorry to crash the party" running joke scenes.

the only thing I was kind of let down by in this series was how Phantom Blot was handled. Don't get me wrong, actually seeing him appear in a higher profile Disney property was great, and I thought his design and voice was excellent! I also understand why they had to reinvent him so heavily, since he was one of Mickeys archenemies in the comics, and was only occasionally an enemy of Donald and the rest of the duck family. I think the new backstory and motivation he was given was solid too, but here's my issue with him; He felt very underutilized. He had the potential to be one of the shows most threatening and interesting villains, but he didn't get to do enough to really leave as much of an impact as I'd hoped for. Heck, he gets defeated off-screen, and we don't find out what happened to him! I know he's an obscure character, but he was a BIG DEAL when he showed up in the old comics, way more competent and intimidating than the average villain. He was more of an evil mastermind that puppeteered events from behind the scenes, and messed with peoples heads in varius, dastardly ways. Again, I'm happy he got to appear at all, but I wish they had done more with him.

When the very first episode released, I didn't expect to like it as much as I do. I still regularly watch it because I enjoy this show so much and would definitely have loved to see more.

I'm reminded of the episode where The Kids are trapped on the plane with only Darkwing Duck's theme on loop. And we cut back and they are jamming out.

We keep talking about the triplets mother, but never question where or who the father is.

I still want to know why it was canceled and personally I think they could have gone for maybe another one or two seasons more but I also like how they wrapped it up I still just want to know exactly what happened to keeping it going

Ok so i just started watching this finally after so many years just now weird how this video just pops up outta nowhere

The reason it’s really good is because it’s not just a duck tales reboot but a Disney afternoon reboot

Yaaaaaas, a new CellSpex video! 😆

I love Ducktales! I wish people would talk more about it. Season 3 was definitely my favorite, a lot of great episodes in that season! I do wish we had more Violet, Webby, and Lena content, as well as Della, Donald, Fethry, and Gladstone episodes; an episode with just Della and the triplets together, or even just Donald and Scrooge mending their relationship as a main focus of an episode. I do wish they did more with Huey, but I feel like they did have plans for him but were forced to sideline him in the last season to make room for tying up loose ends before the finale. Still, I am pretty satisfied with what we got, even though I wish for more. The animation and art design is gorgeous, the humor never fails to make me laugh, and the heart of the story is always felt. It's not perfect, but it's definitely a 9/10

I love how dewey’s whole bit is that he’s putting up this overconfident front and when we get to see inside one of his dreams it’s just what you’d expect of him being cool and the center of attention, then when his random fears/insecurities keep popping up he just brushes past them💀💀💀

Future reboots should take influence from thus

YES! A new cellspex video!

That owl house shade at the end 🤣 Owl house tea aside, I got into the ducktales fandom after it ended, but man do I wish I had jumped on sooner. It really is an amazing show, and I really hope we get some cameos in the new Darkwing duck reboot. (And that they don't change too much for the Darkwing reboot from what we got in Ducktales, besides Launchpad's character, I do feel like it was just a little too much sometimes.

This show is so underrated 😫😫😫

I love this show, my favorite character is flintheart glomgold by far, he is probably the most changed character from the original but I loved how he always had this annoying idiotic personality constantly trying to kill Scrooge, the only problem with this show (I have at least) is the ending of season 3, I felt like they should of added more episodes to the finalie to make it less rushed

As a huge disney comic book fan since i was a kid, i loved this series

I love this show so much. I really wanted to see more of Donald and Daisy. And I love Launchpad unapologetically. 😅

It def felt like they had planend for 4 seasons - each of hte boys, and then Webby's, but then had to smash Huey and Webby's seasons together at the last minute, which was a shame. Loved the show and would have liked to see the ending ahve a bit more breathing room.

I like DuckTales (2017), but I'd say that I like Amphibia a bit more. But, I still wish DuckTales would've gotten a 4th season.

Well this was a blast from a past,and I love it alot

I'm a lot more okay than most people with Drake being less arogant, because it is so hard for me to like arogant characters most of the time. But all the Darkwing stuff really just make me want a reboot of that.

If they do a Darkwing Duck reboot, I think that they should bring back Huey to be the new Honker Muddlefoot. Especially since his character arc got swept under the rug in favor of Webby.

Hopefully we get a quack pack sequel or a Darkwing spin-off. Or maybe a proper final season It is possible to get shows uncanceled through enough verbal support

I appreciate the shade at the end towards Disney

This was a fun series. I imagine there were plenty of times when they thought "I can't believe they are paying to have this much fun." I'm content with the 3 seasons we got. I'm sure this talented bunch could do 5 and not feel stale, but I'll take 3 if it means they work on something else with the same level of passion and humor. I'd recommend reviews by Seanicus. He does some fantastic deep dives not just on the episodes but the background on which they are based. A few thoughts. After the introduction of Lena, i assumed if Gossalyn was introduced she'd be a teenager. Between Webby and Beakley getting kick butt implants, I wanted to see what someone between their ages and the source of that kick butt attitude would look like. They are not paying the full orchestra enough. Whether it was the Moon Theme from the NES game or Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers, the orchestra made it feel so much grander and so epic. I'd love to be in the recording studio when Jaleel White guest starred in the Quack Pack episode. "Into the Sonic-verse" is a go!. Nah. I just imagine these two yucking it up and having a grand old time. I think one of the keys to the shows greatness was a sense of fun. Whether it was having Beast Boy and Starfire as hippie mermaids or Daisy and the boys interacting (something I haven't seen happen ever. Even in Quack Pack, Daisy interacted with Donald. Donald interacted with the boys, but never Daisy and the boys) But there was always a sense of how can we make this funnier. The one drawback was the large cast. The upside was you had so many to play off of each other. The downside was not everyone got the screen time for everything to payoff. The finale where Launchpad felt like he was slowing everyone down. It comes out of no where, but if he had been the focus of that episode it would have played very differently. I think Disney would be mad to let this creative team go. Whether it is another Disney Afternoon reboot or something original. I can't wait to see what they have in mind.

4:15 We see Darkwing get more of an ego in the final episode. I predict he will become more of the Darkwing we have come to know and love in the reboot.

I have to agree, this is by far one of the best examples of a reboot ever. Rebooting is about taking characters we already know but giving them a unique spin. And Ducktales 2017 did just that.

I'll miss this show!

This was great I hope you do a piece on arcane too

I think the real reason they ended this series (as they'll do with Amphibia and Owl House) was mainly because the guy behind Disney and its channels started to dislike Serialization in their shows and would rather stick to "Strictly Formula" or "Episodic" shows like with Phineas and Ferb or Ghost & Molly McGee. That's why we don't get Serialization unless it's in Disney Plus AND something like Star Wars' Mandalorian or Book of Boba Fett.

YES FINALLY. LOVED THIS SHOW

When I saw the owl house intro at the end it reminded me that season 3 is coming out this year

I've rewatched this show like 4 times

seeing you make a video about ducktales makes my little heart happy. it was my hyperfixation for a good while and im still into it now, and like you said, the show just made me happy too.

“Unless being good doesn’t fit Disney’s brand” That one hurt. A lot.

Launchpad is stupid, and a comic relief in a show where everyone is funny. But I still like him. His positivity, his loyalty to his friends and family, his fanboyness, and the lengths he's willing to go to in order to help people are all things I love about him.

Bro that opening song is such a BANGER

My biggest issue with this reboot was, that it had way too many characters. I heard, that studios nowadays need to have a balanced cast when it comes to gender representation, so it seems that for every important male character in DuckTales, they needed a female counterpart. I'm not sure if this is true, but that would explain the huge cast.

Also loved how they had Keith David as manny. A reference to gargoyles😁

My two biggest highlights were Louie's biggest scheme. Everyone: Louie! Louie, to the supervillains: Guys, this wasn't the plan! Everyone, now angry: _Louie!!!_ And the Darkwing Duck episode for all its great commentary on reboots in general.

If I tried to state everything I LOVE about Darkwing, I'd be here all week, so I'll just say the top things: - THE CREW SHIPPED DRAKEPAD AND WANTED IT TO BE CANON -Jim Starling/Nega-Duck. Need I say More? Not only is he the PERFECT introduction to Nega-Duck, but he serves as a dark mirror to Darkwing in general. Had the OG DW not had a support system like Gosalyn and Launchpad, he could've easily taken the same path as Jim. In a way, they split DW's jaded and selfish ego from the purehearted hero who wants to be an inspiration and help the world into Jim and Drake respectively. Drake's still got an ego to him, but it'll probably take a few more big wins for it to really take shape. (Before the cancellation was announced, it was mentioned that there was one big, epic, tearjerker Jim Starling story they REALLY wanted to tell, but no season 4 means that story is dead. GOD I'D SELL MY SOUL TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS. I NEED TO KNOW) - Drake's attitude of "Get back up" is something that really sticks with me. In fact, there's something inherently powerful about Drake taking up the mantle of DW bc the original forgot those ideals, despite how deeply they'd impacted the people who were actually fans of him.

I will say CellSpecx., that if you want more Huey interactions and character growth, might I recommend my OC the Smiler? He is the polar opposite of Bradoford Buzzard; chaotic and emotional. If Bradford represents the villain Huey will become, then the Smiler represents that rage gene Huey's scared of. Huey is destroyed from the Smiler's behaviour and joins Bradford to stop this chaos, until he realises how the Smiler came to be... What do you think CellSpecx?

This video was great.... But that call out at the end made me love it