DuckTales
Merit-Time Adventure
TV Flash files “Merit-Time Adventure” as hour 40 of 100 in the TV Flash guide — DuckTales (1987–1990) on Syndication, season 1, episode 40, aired 1987-11-06, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E40: listed hour 40 of 100 in the DuckTales guide, hour 40 of 65 in season 1. It aired 1987-11-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Catch as Cash Can (4) - Working for Scales” (S01E39). Next is “The Golden Fleecing” (S01E41).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Merit-Time Adventure sit in the DuckTales guide?
S01E40 is listed hour 40 of 100 — hour 40 of 65 in season 1, season 1 episode 40.
When did DuckTales S01E40 air?
Merit-Time Adventure aired 1987-11-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.
1987 DuckTales or the reboot?
1987–1990 is Disney Afternoon gold — the renaissance look and the undefeated theme. The 2017 reboot proved IP power; it is not a substitute for Woo-oo as originally sung.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Woo-oo: Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and globetrotting greed recast as adventure. Disney Afternoon gold that proved TV animation could look expensive again, with a theme song that remains undefeated in the earworm Olympics. Treasure-hunt serial comedy — capitalism as a family sport — and the launchpad for a whole after-school block.
Syndication, 1987–1990: Scrooge McDuck and grandnephews hunt treasure and foil the Beagle Boys worldwide — woo-oo, greed recast as adventure. That is the window, not a museum of ducks. DuckTales, from Jymn Magon, is Disney TV animation renaissance: Alan Young's Scrooge, Russi Taylor's Huey/Dewey/Louie, Terence McGovern's Launchpad McQuack, Webby expanding the mythos. Globetrotting serial comedy, capitalism as a family sport. The theme song remains undefeated in the earworm Olympics. Rex can keep the martini for…
Filed against
- Alan Young as Scrooge McDuck
Alan Young’s Wilbur Post spent Mister Ed talking to a horse on purpose — 1960s catalog high-concept silliness, vaudeville executed as a sitcom, then DuckTales asking the same warmth for Scrooge’s globetrotting greed. TV Flash files him as…
- Russi Taylor as Huey / Dewey / Louie
Russi Taylor's Huey, Dewey, and Louie turned DuckTales into globetrotting greed recast as adventure — Scrooge McDuck, Disney Afternoon gold, a theme song undefeated in the earworm Olympics. Treasure-hunt serial comedy, capitalism as a…
- Terence McGovern as Launchpad McQuack
Terence McGovern crashed DuckTales as Launchpad McQuack — woo-oo globetrotting greed recast as adventure, a pilot who makes the landing a gag, Disney Afternoon gold that proved TV animation could look expensive again. Theme song…
Also in season 1
- S01E01 Treasure of the Golden Suns (1) - Don't Give Up the Ship
- S01E02 Treasure of the Golden Suns (2) - Wronguay in Ronguay
- S01E03 Treasure of the Golden Suns (3) - Three Ducks of the Condor
- S01E04 Treasure of the Golden Suns (4) - Cold Duck
- S01E05 Treasure of the Golden Suns (5) - Too Much of a Gold Thing
- S01E06 Send in the Clones