List of fictional ducks
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This list of fictional ducks is subsidiary to the list of fictional birds. It is restricted to notable duck characters from the world of fiction.
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[edit] Ducks in animation
[edit] Disney cartoon ducks
Disney animators have created an entire universe of ducks; most are modeled after the Pekin duck.
[edit] Residents of the Donald Duck/Scrooge McDuck universe
- Andold Wild Duck, Brigitta MacBridge, Fenton Crackshell, Moby Duck, and Launchpad McQuack - supporting character ducks from Donald Duck's Duck universe.
- Angus McDuck, Dingus McDuck, Downy O'Drake, Fergus McDuck, Hortense McDuck, Hugh McDuck, Jake McDuck, Malcolm McDuck, Matilda McDuck, Molly Mallard, Pah-Peh-Rheo, Quagmire McDuck, Sir Eider McDuck, Sir Quackly McDuck, Sir Roast McDuck, Sir Stuft McDuck, and Sir Swamphole McDuck - duck members of Clan McDuck, Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck's family and ancestry
- April, May and June Duck, Daphne Duck, Della Duck, Eider Duck, Fethry Duck, Gladstone Gander, Grandma Duck, Humperdink Duck, Pintail Duck, and Quackmore Duck - duck members of Donald Duck's family and ancestry
- Mrs. Beakley, Bubba the Caveduck, Doofus Drake, Gandra Dee, and Webby Vanderquack - ducks from the animated show Ducktales
- Bushroot, NegaDuck I and II, Quackerjack, Stegmutt - Duck villains from the Darkwing Duck spinoff
- Daisy Duck - Donald Duck's female counterpart.
- Darkwing Duck/Drake Mallard - Main character and hero of the Darkwing Duck spinoff
- Donald Duck - A cartoon duck created by Disney in 1934. Known as Paperinik in Disney's PKNA and as Maui Mallard in Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow.
- Flintheart Glomgold - one of the main duck rivals of Scrooge McDuck.
- Gosalyn Mallard and Morgana Macawber - Secondary heroes and supporting character ducks from the Darkwing Duck spinoff
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie and their lost brother Phooey Duck - the nephews of Donald Duck
- John D. Rockerduck - an antagonist duck from Donald Duck's Duck universe.
- Ludwig Von Drake, Donald Duck's scientist uncle
- Magica De Spell - a duck witch who is one of Scrooge McDuck's main antagonists.
- Scrooge McDuck - A cartoon duck created by Disney in 1947 as Donald Duck's miserly uncle.
[edit] Other Disney character ducks
- Canard Thunderbeak, Check "Grin" Hardwing, Duke L'Orange, Mallory McMallard, Nosedive Flashblade, Tanya Vanderflock, Wildwing Flashblade - The Mighty Ducks: superhero ducks from Disney's The Mighty Ducks
- Everett Ducklair - A main character duck from PKNA
- Flick Duck, from the TV show PB&J Otter
- Stephan Vladuck/Camera 9 and Urk - minor duck characters from PKNA
[edit] Warner Brothers ducks
- Daffy Duck / Duck Dodgers - One of the main Looney Tunes characters and his alias from the Duck Dodgers spin-off series.
- Mrs. Daffy Duck (Daphne Duck) - Daffy's dominant wife, known as Daphne Duck in one cartoon.
- Danger Duck - Daffy's descendant from Loonatics Unleashed.
- Melissa Duck - Daffy's girlfriend from the original cartoons and a main character in the Baby Looney Tunes series.
- Plucky Duck (from Tiny Toon Adventures) - A character inspired by Daffy Duck.
- Shirley the Loon (from Tiny Toon Adventures) - A character inspired by Melissa Duck, but technically a loon not a duck.
- Danford Drake and Margo Mallard (from Tiny Toon Adventures) - Two students of the Perfecto Preps.
- Tina Russo Duck (from The Looney Tunes Show) - Daffy's street-smart girlfriend.
[edit] Other cartoon ducks
- Ace Duck, a duck pilot in TMNT.
- Ahiru, a duck transformed into a girl in the anime Princess Tutu.
- Alfred J. Kwak, Dutch cartoon character
- Baby Huey, a giant duckling cartoon character; no relation to Disney's Huey
- Bill, Bev, Ed, Oly, Waddle, Cecil, and others from the Sitting Ducks TV series inspired by Canadian artist Michael Bedard
- Count Duckula, a vampire duck originally from the British television series Dangermouse. Count Duckula later starred in a cartoon series of his own.
- Deputy Duck, a duck police in Slylock Fox
- Dirty Duck, one of the main characters of the animated film originally called Down and Dirty Duck, but marketed as Dirty Duck, directed by Charles Swenson and starring Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (Flo & Eddie).
- Ducky Momo, a children's television show character from Phineas and Ferb.
- Eggy, a duckling from The Penguins of Madagascar.
- Eric Tiberius Duckman, a former USA Network animated character known for his raunchy behavior and foul mouth.
- Guard Duck, from Stephan Pastis' Pearls Before Swine
- Irwin the Disco Duck, a cartoon character created by Peter Pan Records.
- Le Quack and The Duck Brothers From Courage The Cowardly Dog
- Lucky Ducky from Tom the Dancing Bug
- Ming-Ming Duckling, a duck in Wonderpets.
- Ms. Duck, elderly valley resident from Skunk Fu; expert at making dim sum.
- Pato, from the children's cartoon Pocoyo
- Quackula, from The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
- Quacker from a few 1950s Tom and Jerry cartoons
- Quack-Up, a from Yogi's Space Race and Galaxy Goof-Ups
- Queer Duck, a cartoon duck whose full name is Adam Seymour Duckstein
- Ugly, title character in award winning animated film The Ugly Duckling and Me![1]
- Wade Duck, from the US Acres segments on Garfield and Friends
- Wil, a duckling who gets into trouble in the farmhouse
- Yabba, a duckling in the Shaun the Sheep spinoff, Timmy Time.
- Yakky Doodle, a Hanna-Barbera character.
- Mad Ducks,[2] the main enemies of the Toucan Tecs, commanded by The Red Leader.
- Duck, one of Little Bear's best friends.
- Louis T. Duck, one of Charlie Chalk's friends.
[edit] Ducks in comics
[edit] Ducks in Krazy Kat
- Gooseberry Sprig the duck duke, comic-strip character created by George Herriman, later appeared in Herriman's Krazy Kat
- Mock Duck, a fowl of Chinese descent who resembles a coolie and operates a cleaning establishment
- Mrs. Katalpa Kwakk Wakk, a duck in a pillbox hat, is a scold who frequently notices Ignatz in the course of his plotting and then informs Officer Pupp.
[edit] Other comics
- Arthur, from Sheldon
- Choo Choo Curtis, postal carrier in Pogo
- Conardo, protagonist of Inspector Canardo
- Daddles
- Doodles Duck and his nephew Lemuel (DC Comics)[3]
- Fifi the Duck, character in the Marvel Comics universe.
- Howard the Duck, character in the Marvel Comics universe.
- Karoo - In the anime and manga series One Piece, Princess Nefertari Vivi has a pet duck named Karoo.
- Kvak the family pet duck from Hägar the Horrible.
- Mallard Fillmore, protagonist of the eponymous conservative political comic strip
- Mousse from the popular manga Ranma ½ transforms into a duck when doused with cold water.
- Rubberduck from Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (DC Comics)
- Super Duck
- Truman, from Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows
[edit] Live or costumed ducks on television and film
- Aflac Duck, the duck mascot for Aflac
- Duck Girls, in Big Barn Farm
- Edd the Duck - A puppet mallard from CBBC's The Broom Cupboard
- Orville the Duck - a green duckling puppet operated by Orville Wright
- Plucka Duck from the Australian television program Hey Hey It's Saturday
- Saturnin le canard from 1960s French children's TV show Les Aventures de Saturnin; renamed Dynamo Duck and voiced by Dan Castellaneta for American audiences in the show The Adventures of Dynamo Duck
- The Chick and The Duck from American sitcom Friends
- Ferdinand,[4] a white male adventurous duck who appears in Babe and Babe: Pig in the City
[edit] Ducks in literature and song
- The female duck Dab-Dab, one of Dr. Doolittle's close companions in Hugh Lofting's series of books.
- The Duck, briefly seen in fantasy novel Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
- Freda the duck from Emily Rodda's Key to Rondo series.
- The Lonesome Duck from The Magic of Oz, thirteenth volume in the Oz canon written by L. Frank Baum.
- Ducky Lucky and Drakey Lakey,[5][6] two of the characters in Henny Penny/Chicken Licken.
- Fup,[7] one of the main character of the eponymous book by Jim Dodge.
- Jemima Puddle-Duck, who appears in The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and with the other two Puddle-Ducks Rebeccah and Mr. Drake in The Tale of Tom Kitten plus Jemima Puddle-Duck's Painting Book.[4][8][9][10]
[edit] Duck mascots
- Lewis the Duck, mascot of Homewood Suites, he has a wife Lois, daughter Lisa, and son Lance.
- Millard the Mallard, mascot of WRVA Richmond, Virginia.
- QuackerJack, mascot for the Long Island Ducks minor league baseball team.
- The Oregon Duck, mascot of University of Oregon's Oregon Ducks
- Wild Wing, mascot for National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks (originally the Mighty Ducks, named after the Mighty Ducks movies)
[edit] Ducks in video games
- Bean the Dynamite from the Sonic the Hedgehog video games and comics.
- Deadly Duck is the eponymous character of the Atari 2600 video game Deadly Duck (1982). The 2600 retrogame Duck Attack![11] (2010) features a mallard named Bruce, and additionally a grey variant named Mandy, a gold variant named Pat, a blue variant named Groucho, and a ruddy variant named Clarice.
[edit] References
- ^ The Ugly Duckling and Me! at The Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Toucan 'Tecs The Adventures of Zippi and Zac (1990)". http://www.toonhound.com/toucantecs.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
- ^ Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Doodles Duck
- ^ a b "Babe (1995)". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112431/. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
- ^ "Chicken Licken". http://fairytales4u.com/story/chicken.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
- ^ "Chicken Licken". http://www.booksforlearning.com.au/classics/books/chickenlicken/. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
- ^ "Fup by Jim Dodge". Canongate Books Ltd. http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Fup_by_Jim_Dodge. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
- ^ "The Tale of Tom Kitten". Warne. http://books.peterrabbit.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780723265672,00.html?/The_Tale_of_Tom_Kitten_Beatrix_Potter. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ "The Tale of Tom Kitten". Warne. http://books.peterrabbit.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780723247777,00.html?/The_Tale_of_Tom_Kitten_Beatrix_Potter. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ "The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck". Warne. http://books.peterrabbit.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780723247784,00.html?/The_Tale_of_Jemima_Puddle-Duck_Beatrix_Potter. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ a b Nicholes, Will. "Duck Attack! FAQ". http://willnicholes.com/duck/faq.htm. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
