Huey, Dewey, and Louie
Huey, Dewey, and Louie are triplet cartoon characters created by storyboard artist (screenwriter) Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company from an idea proposed by cartoonist Al Taliaferro. They are the nephews of Donald Duck and the grand-nephews of Scrooge McDuck. Like their maternal uncles, the brothers are anthropomorphic white ducks with yellow-orange bills and feet. The boys are sometimes distinguished by the color of their shirts and baseball caps (with Huey wearing red, Dewey wearing blue, and Louie wearing green). They appeared in many Donald Duck animated shorts, as well as in the television show DuckTales and its reboot, but the comics remain their primary medium.
Huey, Dewey, and Louie | |
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Donald Duck characters | |
From left to right: Louie, Huey, and Dewey | |
First appearance | In print: Silly Symphonies featuring Donald Duck Sunday newspaper strip (October 17, 1937) In animation: Donald's Nephews (1938) |
Created by | Al Taliaferro Carl Barks |
Designed by | Carl Barks |
Voiced by | Clarence Nash (1938–1965) Dick Beals (1967) Russi Taylor (1987–2019) Tony Anselmo (1987, 1999–2003, 2012) In Quack Pack: Huey: Jeannie Elias Dewey: Pamela Adlon Louie: Elizabeth Daily In DuckTales (2017): Huey: Danny Pudi Dewey: Ben Schwartz Louie: Bobby Moynihan |
In-universe information | |
Full name | Hubert Duck, Deuteronomy Duck, and Louis Duck (Quack Pack) Hubert Duck, Dewford Dingus Duck, Llewellyn Duck (DuckTales 2017) |
Species | Pekin |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Students (trained scouts) |
Family | Duck family |
Relatives | Donald Duck (maternal uncle, legal guardian) Scrooge McDuck (maternal grand-uncle) Della Duck (mother) Ludwig Von Drake (maternal granduncle) Gladstone Gander (first cousin once removed) Quackmore Duck (maternal grandfather) Hortense McDuck (maternal grandmother) Daphne Duck (maternal grand-aunt) Matilda McDuck (maternal grand-aunt) Eider Duck (maternal great-uncle) Humperdink Duck (maternal great-grandfather) Elvira Duck (maternal great-grandmother) |
Nationality | American |
While the boys were originally created as troublemakers to provoke Donald's famous easily-triggered temper, in later appearances, beginning especially in the comic books stories by Carl Barks, they are shown growing to be heroes in their own right and valuable assets to him and Uncle Scrooge on their adventures. All three of the triplets are members of a fictional scouting organization called the Junior Woodchucks.