The order in which DuckTales episodes are listed on Disney+ is incorrect. Thankfully, the correct order is available. Despite being an original Disney property, the House of Mouse failed Scrooge McDuck and his three grandnephews - not to mention the devoted creative team that brought the animated reboot to life.
Based on the animated ’90s series of the same name - which itself was based on comic book series, Uncle Scrooge - DuckTales follows Scrooge McDuck (voiced by David Tennant) as he embarks on various globe-trotting adventures with his three grandnephews - Huey, Dewey, and Louie (voiced by Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz, and Bobby Moynihan, respectively) - Webby Vanderquack (voiced by Kate Micucci), and Launchpad McQuack (voiced by Beck Bennett). The series was rebooted in 2017 by Matt Youngberg and Frank Angones, and its third season is currently in development. However, one of the show’s creators pointed out the fact that the show’s episodes are listed out of order on Disney+. Not only does this run the risk of spoiling episodes for fans who haven’t yet caught up, it’s a discredit to the writers, who Angones said on Twitter “worked really hard to balance a serialized story with character growth.”
Thankfully, Angones has stepped up to do the fans a favor. With season 3 reportedly due out sometime in 2020, Angones listed the correct viewing order of seasons 1 and 2 of DuckTales on Disney+. He explained that he’s not entirely sure why this mixup happened in the first place, but he’s attempting to rectify the issue. In the meantime, check out the correct viewing order below:
Angones also pointed out to fans (as well as future fans) that DuckTales’ two-part premiere episode was split into two separate episodes on Disney+, and the second episode was even given a completely different title - as if the incorrect order wasn’t confusing enough. In his Twitter thread, Angones urged fans to spread the word and to “share this order wherever you can.”
As revolutionary as Disney+ may be, this DuckTales error isn’t the first time the new streaming platform ran into an issue. Directly after its launch, fans complained that The Simpsons’ aspect ratio was off. Older episodes had been stretched to fit the frame, which ultimately affected certain visual gags, and being reformatted for HDTV affected the overall quality of the animation. Thankfully for The Simpsons, Disney+ has stepped up to fix these issues. Unfortunately, watching DuckTales as it was originally intended still requires viewers to roll up their sleeves and manually sort through the episodes themselves - for now, at least.
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Source: Frank Angones
