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Cringely

**Cringely** is an anthropomorphic dog.

## Description

The thin, slightly hunched-over dognose Cringely was working for Scrooge McDuck in 1964, and visited Donald Duck on his behalf to see about buying a certain plot of land near the sea, where Scrooge planned to build a canned tuna factory. It is unclear whether Cringely was merely a clerk, or some higher-ranking employee in charge of overseeing the factory's construction.

## Behind the scenes

Cringely only ever appeared in the 1964 story *The Beach Caper*.
Crime-o-Graphic

Shamrock Bones (in a doctor's attire) next to the Crime-o-Graphic.

The **Crime-o-Graphic** is a specialized computer owned by Shamrock Bones.

## Description

Owned, and seemingly programmed, by genius detective Shamrock Bones, the Crime-o-Graphic is a device capable of collecting data about a series of crimes and providing clues as to the answer, though it only does so in one-word messages. The Crime-o-Graphic was of sufficient complexity to resist the 1967 highjacking of most of the technology in Mouseton by X - Y + 2 and his robot army, and was instrumental to their defeat.

## Behind the scenes

The Crime-o-Graphic appears in the 1967 story *The Case of the Sinister Robot*.

It is similar to Ludwig von Drake's later invention, the Crimeputer, from *House of Crime*.
Confidence

***Confidence*** is a cartoon directed by Bill Nolan. It features Oswald Rabbit, Doctor Pill, Franklin Roosevelt, and pictures of Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

## Plot

The Great Depression strikes (literally) while Oswald is tending his farm… It's not so much the economic troubles as the downer attitude of the population that gets the Rabbit's shorts in a twist, and he soon flies off to the White House to get the President himself to do something!

## Behind the scenes

This cartoon short was released in 1933, one of the installments the *Oswald the Lucky Rabbit* series created after the departure of Walt Disney (and thus not currently owned by the Walt Disney Company at all).
Colonel-028

**Colonel-028** is a Clockwork Cherub.

## Description

One of the earliest members of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids, well-mannered, even-tempered Colonel-028 takes great pride in his status as a veteran and delights in telling (perhaps exaggerated) stories of his great deeds to younger Cupids. The Colonel is very fond of his daily routine and tends to raise a fuss if it is ever disturbed.

## Behind the scenes

Colonel-028 was introduced in the 2019 comic-strip *Why Doth Love Sting So?*.
Daisy Duck (Donaldless Continuum)

**Daisy Duck** is a female anthropomorphic duck and Daisy Duck's counterpart in the Donaldless Continuum.

## Description

This version of Daisy Duck never met her soulmate Donald Duck, as he did not exist in her universe. Unable to find love for herself, she wrote out romantic fantasies in her Diary; in the end she ended up publishing it, becoming a famous novelist, and even selling rights to a successful film adaption. She became extremely wealthy, buying Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin after Scrooge went bankrupt and turning it into her office, with Elvira Duck as her secretary. At the heart of this glamorous empire of romance and whimsy however, Daisy was a sad and bitter woman whom all her success had only turned cynical and depressed.

## Behind the scenes

This version of Daisy Duck only appeared in 1994 in *The Duck Who Never Was*.
Cosmo Duck

**Cosmo Duck** is one of a number of cousins to Donald Duck, brother of Daisy Duck, specifically one who works as an astronaut.

## Behind the scenes

Cosmo Duck first appeared in the November 1963 story *The Overnight Hero*.

Blogger Xander Ares has theorized that Cosmo may be the same individual as Mr. Duck, husband of Della Duck and father of Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck.

## Notes and References

1. ↑ *El pade di Qui, Quo, e Qua* on Generation Duck
Department of Applied Mathematics

## The Department of Applied Mathematics

The **Department of Applied Mathematics** is one of the Departments of the Cupid Intelligence Institute, itself a subdivision of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.

## Description

The Department of Applied Mathematics was one of the several departments of the C.I.I. which studied the mysterious Szaclowk and their Halfworld. In keeping with their theme, they formulated a "Ultimate Fraction Interpretation" of the Halfworld's existence and origins;

## Behind the scenes

The Department of Applied Mathematics is mentioned in *Cupid Fact File No. 315 — The Szaclowk & the Halfworld* in 2019.
Department of Destiny

## The Department of Destiny

 The **Department of Destiny** is one of the Departments of the Cupid Intelligence Institute, itself a subdivision of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.

## Description

The Department of Departments appears to be a group devoted to investigating whether significant coincidences are actually clues about Fate itself. For example, when Juliet-178 announced that she was dating Romeo-1020, they tried to figure out the significance of the shared name of the newly-formed couple with the notorious Shakespeare play. They were still trying to puzzle out the meaning of this coincidence long after the “Sisters of Juliet” incident, whereas the Department of Psychology quickly came to the conclusion that Juliet was not actually in love with anybody and had in fact only started dating him to be cheeky and get C.I.I. investigators wondering.

## Behind the scenes

The Department of Destiny was only ever mentioned in 2019's *Incident Report C179B – “Of Romeos and Juliets”*.
Code Red Dread

First page of the story (in Polish).

***Code Red Dread*** is a comic story written by Gorm Transgaard and drawn by Massimo Fecchi, featuring Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Daisy Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Gyro Gearloose, the Little Helper, Gladstone Gander, Grandma Duck, Gus Goose, the Beagle Boys and Magica De Spell.

## Plot

Donald Duck gets a rather esoteric distress message from Scrooge McDuck: "*Code Red Dread*". He sets about gathering numbers with all his friends to prevail against Scrooge's unusually vindictive enemies.

## Behind the scenes

This story was first printed in 2016 in the Polish *Gigant Poleca* #202. It has never been printed in English.
Darkly Dawns The Duck (comic)

First page of the story.

***Darkly Dawns The Duck*** is a comic story scripted and penciled by John Blair Moore, and inked by George Wildman, adapting the first quarter of the animated feature of the same name, whose script was by Tad Stones, Jan Strnad and Jymn Magon. The first chapter of *Brawl in the Family*, it features Darkwing Duck, Taurus Bulba, Launchpad McQuack, Hammerhead Hannigan, Hoof and Mouth, Warden Waddlesworth and Clovis.

## Plot

Darkwing Duck, St. Canard's not-so-notorious masked avenger, attempts to foil crime boss Taurus Bulba's attempt to steal a superweapon from an army freight train, all from within prison. Equal parts brilliant and idiotic, Darkwing comes to rely on his fan-turned-sidekick, pilot Launchpad McQuack.

### References

* St. Canard is referred to as a “burgeoning” city.

### Continuity

* This story adapts a first quarter of the events of the feature-length pilot of *Darkwing Duck*, *Darkly Dawns The Duck* (1991). The rest of *Brawl in the Family* continues to adapt the rest. The adaption is generally very faithful, with only minor variations in dialogue.

## Behind the scenes

*Darkly Dawns The Duck* was printed in 1991 in the first issue of a *Darkwing Duck* limited comic series devoted solely to the publication of *Brawl in the Family*’s four chapters. That issue contained no other comic story, but did include an exclusive interview with voice actor Jim Cummings.

The story was later reprinted in the U.S. *Disney's Colossal Comics Collection* #4 and in *Darkwing Duck Classics* #1.

Page 1 of the Special Interview.Page 2.Page 3.
Department of Documentation

## The Department of Documentation

Bibliophile-962 in the Department.

 The **Department of Documentation** is one of the Departments of the Cupid Intelligence Institute, itself a subdivision of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.

## Description

The Department of Documentation, led by Prefect Bibliophile-962, is responsible for writing up and filing away new Fact Files based on what members of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids encounter on their missions. The Files are supposed to be filed to the Cupid Archives, though this has proven increasingly difficult due to the Mechanical Sphinx.

## Behind the scenes

The Department of Documentation was first mentioned in 2019's *Cupid Fact File No. 444 — The Faction of the Fooling Fish*.
Countess De Luge

**Countess De Luge** is a woman of unknown species.

## Description

The Countess is a wealthy and refined Mousetonian. In 1997, she organized a special charity auction for the benefit of the Forthingham-Trilby School of Etiquette; there, well-bred locals were invited to donate a valuable heirloom to the auction. The auction took place in her mansion.

## Behind the scenes

The Countess i mentioned in the 1997 story *Early To Bid*.
Crown of Genghis Khan

The Crown of Genghis Khan is one of the valuable artifacts that Scrooge McDuck has collected over the years. After Scrooge makes his bet with Rockerduck , he tries to return it to it's original place. They arrive in Ghaspan Gulp Plateu and they are confronted by the Beagle Boys who attent to steal the Crown with of an other viilain and that of a in love Yeti, Chief Gu. But, all the efforts of the Beagle Boys to steal the Crown failed and Chief Gu and Scrooge made a deal giving her Webby's bow and his staff. Finally, the Crown returned to Sherpas. But, at the end of the story No refunds, no returns we see that one of the mountain villagers gives the Crown of Genghis Khan back to Scrooge, since he believes that the tourists cause much trouble.
Darkwing Duck (disambiguation)

***This is a disambiguation page for "Darkwing Duck". By "Darkwing Duck", you might mean:***

* ***Darkwing Duck***, the cartoon series from the 1990s;
* **Darkwing Duck**, alias **Drake Mallard** the titular protagonist of said series, an egotistical superhero and the secret identity of Drake Mallard;
* **Darkwing Duck**, the version of the character who exists inside the Digital City, as seen in *Disney Heroes: Battle Mode*;
* **Darkwing Duck**, the metafictional version of the character seen in the *DuckTales 2017* series, first 'played' by **Jim Starling** before the identity was taken on by **Drake Mallard**;
* ***Darkwing Duck***, the in-universe TV series featured heavily in the backstory of the *DuckTales 2017* Darkwing.
Dante Alighieri

**Dante Alighieri** was a human man.

## Description

Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet from the 13th and 14th centuries. He wrote the foundational work of classical Italian literature that was *The Divine Comedy*, in which he was also the protagonist. In 1949, Mickey Mouse and Goofy, hypnotized by the sorcerer Abdul, were plunged in a supernatural dream based on the *Divine Comedy*, which concluded with Mickey meeting Dante himself, who helped him and Goofy escape the dream.

## Behind the scenes

Dante Alighieri appears in the notorious 1949 story *Mickey's Inferno*.
Danny McDuck

**Danny McDuck** was a member of Clan McDuck in the 2017 Continuum.

## Description

Danny was the twin sister of Murdoch McDuck, and was honored with a massive statue in her likeness in Castle McDuck. This statue concealed the Blessed Bagpipe of Clan McDuck, of which Danny was the previous owner, and was later brought to life by the bagpipe's magic. Danny's statue quickly became involved in a squabble with the statues of Murdoch and Agnes McDuck. However, the trio later put aside their feud upon discovering that their living descendants were being threatened by agents of F.O.W.L., only to be rendered inanimate once again.

## Behind the scenes

Danny McDuck first appeared in the DuckTales 2017 episode *The Fight for Castle McDuck*, which first aired November 23, 2020. She was one of two new members of Clan McDuck-the other being Agnes-to be introduced in the 2017 Continuum in the episode, never having appeared in any previous media.
Deep Water

First page of the story.

 ***Deep Water*** is an unofficial comic story written and drawn by Sarah Jolley. It features Gladstone Gander and Magica De Spell, and mentions Scrooge McDuck.

## Plot

Gladstone Gander is lazing about in a rowboat in the middle of a quiet lake, the weather is beautiful and he has a good book to read… Considering his luck, what could go wrong? Magica De Spell, that's what. For it so happens (what are the odds of that?) that Gladstone's boat happens to have come to a halt *just* above a sunken magical structure from which Magica seeks to extract an ancient treasure…

## Behind the scenes

This story is one of a series of unofficial homages to the characters written and drawn by Sarah Jolley (author of the acclaimed comic *The Property of Hate*). It was released in 2018 for free on the Internet.
Cupid Logic Commission

## The Cupid Logic Commission

The **Cupid Logic Commission** is an organization composed of Clockwork Cherubs, internal to the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.

## Description

Presumably attached to the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids's Cupid Parliament, the Cupid Logic Commission is tasked with finding answers to logical dilemmas the Parliament dignitaries cannot solve themselves. They notably helped guide the creation of a policy concerning the Cupids' handling of the rambunctious Mob of the Maroon Magpie.

## Behind the scenes

The Cupid Logic Commission was mentioned in the 2019 short story *Cupid Fact File No. 184 — The Mob of the Maroon Magpie*.
Clovis's Mother

**Clovis's Mother** is or was a woman, presumably an anthropomorphic cow.

## Description

After the failure of the plans of her boss Taurus Bulba, his unflappable Clovis mournfully reflected that her mother had been right to advise her to become a dental hygienist, rather than the secretary of a criminal mastermind.

## Behind the scenes

Clovis's Mother is briefly mentioned in the 1991 animated TV feature *Darkly Dawns The Duck*.
Darkwing Duck

**Darkwing Duck**, real name **Drake Mallard**, is an anthropomorphic duck and costumed crime fighter.

## Description

Originally a solo hero living on his own, Darkwing was as concerned with his reputation as he was with stopping crime, if not more so. However, during his first tangle with the crime boss Taurus Bulba, he met Gosalyn Waddlemeier, a young orphan to whom he became greatly attached. He also met Launchpad McQuack, his biggest fan, who built and piloted the Thunderquack plane for Darkwing's use. Following Bulba's defeat, Darkwing settled into a double life, continuing to act as defender of the city of St. Canard while also becoming Gosalyn's adopted father.

Though dedicated to fighting crime, Darkwing suffers from an overblown ego, seeking to defeat villains while also accruing personal glory. As a result of this, he is usually loath to accept help from anyone other than Launchpad, Gosalyn, or Gosalyn's friend Honker Muddlefoot. Indeed, in his Drake Mallard persona he harbors a deep dislike of Honker's family, only gradually warming up to Honker due to his friendship with Gosalyn. As Darkwing, his pride sets him at particular odds with Gizmoduck as well as the other Justice Ducks, a group of fellow heroes. Fortunately, Darkwing is usually able to overcome his reluctance to work with others.

Darkwing's daughter Gosalyn is both his most cherished relationship and his most frustrating, as her spirited nature both impresses and aggravates him at times. So deep is his love for Gosalyn that, in a possible future where he lost her, he became an iron-fisted despot known as Darkwarrior Duck. He also harbors a mutual attraction to Morgana Macawber, a witch who turned from her criminal ways after meeting Darkwing. Unfortunately, their relationship is also tempestuous at times, with the two often setting off each other's tempers.

## Behind the scenes

Darkwing Duck first appeared in *Darkly Dawns The Duck*, the first episode of the *Darkwing Duck* series, of which Darkwing was, of course, the main character. Darkwing later appeared in several other forms of media.
Brigitta MacBridge

**Brigitta MacBridge** is a female anthropomorphic duck.

## Description

Brigitta MacBridge is a clever and resourceful businesswoman. However, she has one weakness: a hopeless infatuation with Scrooge McDuck which started when she first laid eyes on him in 1898 in the Klondike. Scrooge never reciprocated these feelings, for three main reasons; the first being that were he to ever marry, his heart is taken by Goldie O'Gilt; the second being that he doesn't really want to get married at all; and the third being that Brigitta, in spite of being a competent businesswoman, is an awful spendthrift compared to him. However, the ever-optimistic Brigitta refuses to give up and keeps coming up with new schemes destined to make Scrooge fall in love with her. In this, she is often helped by her friend Jubal Pomp, an aspiring businessman who would love to pull one over Scrooge to prove himself.

## Behind the scenes

She first appeared in the 1960 story *The Last Balaboo*.
Davy Jones (Neverland)

You might be looking for another page with a similar name. If so, visit **Jones (disambiguation)** or **Davy Jones**.

## Behind the Scenes

### In

*Bubbles, the Water Baby*

**Davy Jones** is a male humanoid of indeterminate species.

## Description

Human-like but able to breathe underwater, Davy Jones is a friend of Poseidon who owns a "dude ranch" at the bottom of the sea called Davy Jones' Locker. He is famous enough as a mythical entity at the bottom of the briny blue that "going to Davy Jones' Locker" has become a sailor's expression for going under, but in truth, Jones is far from being as threatening as this turn of phrase would imply, and lacks the "crew of ghostly seamen" that popular belief folklore has allocated him.

## Behind the scenes

This version of Davy Jones was only ever seen in the 1953 story *Bubbles, the Water Baby*. The mythological character is also repeatedly mentioned in 1963's *Lost Beneath the Sea*, though Carl Barks was clearly not referencing the 1953 portrayal.

Considering his friendship with Neptune, ability to breathe underwater, fully human-like appearance, and mythical background in real life, it is possible that Davy Jones is actually a god as opposed to a mere human.
Dastardly Deeds

***Dastardly Deeds*** is a multi-volume book.

## Description

*Dastardly Deeds* was written by Boothead Pete, the great-grandfather of Peg-leg Pete and a wild-west outlaw, serving both as an autobiography and as a criminal recod. Volume II contained a passage recounting the raiders' perspective on their defeat of Sheriff Bluffer Duck, in honor of which he town he'd saved was named Duck's Bluff. Through it, the truth of what Bluffer had done (disguising himself as one of the Raiders and then scaring them away forever) was finally revealed in 1959.

## Behind the scenes

The book is featured in the 1959 story *Duck's Bluff Story*.
Countess Leïla

**Countess Leïla**, later known as the **Daughter of the Phantom Blot** or **Miss Blot**, is a female hybrid of anthropomorphic dog and anthropomorphic pig.

## Description

The sidekick and first cousin of space adventurer Buck Skyrunner, the heroic Countess Leïla, whose adventures with Buck were (like Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck's own heroics) the subject of a best-selling comic-book series by the 2000's, discovered in 2006 that she was, by blood, the daughter of the villainous Phantom Blot. This revelation seemingly drove Leïla into madness as she adopted the new identity of the "Daughter of the Phantom Blot", donning a black cloak identical to her father's and using the sci-fi tech she'd picked up on her adventures with Buck to become a supervillain in her own right. For example, she wielded a fearsome disintegrator raygun, and could materialize her black cloak out of thin air by pressing her belt buckle.

Highjacking a TV show hosted by Rosa, where she was hosting a "plateau of female sidekicks" to which Leïla had been invited, the Daughter of the Phantom Blot attempted to take complete control of Calisota by broadcasting hypnotic waves that would make all watchers her slaves. However, she was found out by Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck, and, physically subdued by an enraged Rosa who could not forgive her for ruining her show, she was quickly arrested.

## Behind the scenes

Leïla only ever appeared in the 2006 story *Daughter of the Phantom Blot*, which has, as yet, not been officially printed in English anywhere.

Though the two characters' backstories were already inconsistent, Jérôme Wicky (one of the story's two writers) has confirmed that Leïla is a different character from the Phantom Brat.

As the adventures of Buck Skyrunner are a transparent lampooning of the *Star Wars* franchise, Countess Leïla is named and designed after the *Star Wars* character of Princess Leia. *Daughter of the Phantom Blot* mentions that Leïla and Buck are cousins, but that there is a common misconception in the public that they are love interests; in real life, the third film of the *Star Wars* series revealed that Leia was protagonist Luke Skywalker's *sister*, despite widespread fan speculation that the two characters would get together. (The revelation of Leïla being the Phantom Blot's daughter, meanwhile, mirrors that of Leia being that of black-clad *Star Wars* villain Darth Vader — though Leia, unlike Leïla, did not at all turn evil from the revelation.)
Check Paint

***Check Paint*** is a comic story written by Bob Karp and drawn by Al Taliaferro. It features Ludwig von Drake, Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck.

## Plot

Scrooge McDuck once more begs Ludwig von Drake to invent the impossible — this time, he needs checkboard-colored paint.

## Behind the scenes

This story was first published in 1963 in various American newspapers. It was then reprinted in *Donald Duck* #125, as well as in the Australian *Walt Disney's Comics* #281.
Daisy Duck's Gun

Daisy Duck mentioning her use of the gun.

**Daisy Duck's Gun** is a firearm belonging, or which once belonged, to Daisy Duck.

## Description

During her employ as the one and only agent of her boyfriend Donald Duck's detective agency in 1968, Daisy Duck was seen to own a “pearl-handled lead-launcher”, as she put it, which she kept close by her side during her undercover work as a maid in the mansion of Countess Bonbon.

## Behind the scenes

Daisy Duck's Gun is mentioned in the 1968 story '‘The Vanishing Banister*.*
Dandy-432

**Dandy-432** is a male Mark 5 Clockwork Cherub.

## Description

A member of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids, Dandy-432 is one of the more competent members of the Blue Feather, but spends most of his time worrying about his impeccable style rather than actually doing any kind of useful work. Thinking (understandably) that most Cupids' sense of dress is appalling, he occasionally tries to give them makeovers against their will.

## Behind the scenes

One of the minor recurring characters of the *Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids* series, Dandy-432 first appeared in 2019 in *Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery*.
Curse of the Merry Witch

First page of the story.

 ***Curse of the Merry Witch*** is a comic story written by John Stanley and drawn by Lloyd White. It features Oswald Rabbit, Toby Bear and the Merry Witch.

## Plot

Oswald Rabbit and Toby Bear, on an innocuous picnic outing, accidentally find their way to a hidden, magical mountain village ruled by the portly King Wigglewig. After Toby picks a flower, the two find that they are now criminals, as that was the last flower in the land — the rest having been cursed away by the Merry Witch of Wormwood Castle. Unable to find their way out of the magical land, the only way they see to save themselves from the King's wrath is to head to Wormwood Castle themselves and convince the Witch to lift the curse…

## Behind the scenes

This story was first printed in 1945 in *Oswald the Rabbit* #67.
Darlene Decibel

**Darlene Decibel** (nameless in the original Italian) is a female anthropomorphic dog.

## Description

A professional "shrieking cheerleader", endlessly-alarmist screamer Darlene Decibel got stuck with Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Gerner Von Dipp during the 2011 invasion of the Caption Boxes, contributing little to the proceedings aside from declaring in her high-pitched wail that "we're doomed! we're finished!" at the drop of a hat.

## Behind the scenes

This character has, so far, only appeared in the 2011 story *Night of the Living Text!*.
Costume Party Ghosts

## The Costume Party Ghosts

The **Costume Party Ghosts** were a large group of identical ghosts (whose species prior to their deaths are unknown).

## Description

These two ghost friends, usually appearing as wispy bedsheet ghosts with only the most basic of faces, wearing a cap and a hat respectively, were among the monstrous and supernatural guests staying at the Hotel Transylvania in October 2004. Their nature had given them a warped idea of what was strange and scary, and they ordered "headmaster" and "dentist" disguises in anticipation of a Halloween costume party, intent on scaring folks with them. At any rate, Donald Duck provided them with the costumes, and they were quite satisfied.

Another, similar ghost, wearing no hat but otherwise very much resembling the two, was also staying at the Hotel, and was among the crowd of monsters, along with the other two, that insisted that the manager not fire Donald.

## Behind the scenes

The Ghosts were only ever seen in the 2004 story *Hotel Transylvania*.
Department of Discipline

## The Department of Discipline

 The **Department of Discipline** is one of the Departments of the Cupid Intelligence Institute, itself a subdivision of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.

## Description

The Department of Discipline is the body which handles minor disciplinary measures among Clockwork Cherubs; in its employ are Judicator-337 and at least one other Cupid Judge. They can also act as mediators, helping to decide disputes.

## Behind the scenes

The Department of Discipline was first mentioned in 2019's *The Labors of Juliet*.
Count Duckesque

You might be looking for another page with a similar name. If so, visit **Duckesque**.

## Character Information

### Aliases

Paperescu (original Italian name)
Duckesque
A. Duckesque (?) (see *Behind the Scenes*)

### Residence

Castle Duckesque, Transylvania (formerly)
Unknown city (currently)

## Behind the Scenes

### In

*Donald Duck and the Adventure in Transylvania*

**Count Duckesque** (***Paperescu*** in the original Italian) is a male anthropomorphic duck.

## Description

A friendly elderly nobleman, Count Duckesque is the last of the wealthy Duckesque line, relatives to the Clan McDuck. Frequently struck with bouts of insomnia, the Count used to live in Castle Duckesque with only his taciturn butler for company. He lamented that (as ordered by the original Count Duckesque) he could not use the family fortune unless the impregnable Castle was destroyed.

In 1986, the Count's distant American relative Donald Duck visited the Castle on behalf of his uncle Scrooge, seeking the secrets of the original Duckesque for fighting witches and large bands of thieves. Duckesque had long forgotten them due to his insomnia and old age (though it would later turn out his butler had not), but at any rate, Donald was temporarily fooled into the paranoid notion that the original Count Duckesque had been a vampire who was now posing as his descendant.

Shortly after, the American Beagle Boys succeeded where generation after generation of the Transylvanian ones had failed, using modern explosives to knock down the castle. They were overpowered by the Duckesques' trained guardian bats, summoned by the butler, before they could steal any of the exposed treasure. Overjoyed with this turn of events, the Count finally took possession of his inheritance and resolved to move to the city and get a treatment for his insomnia. In thanks to his American relatives, he gave Scrooge McDuck a sample of the garlic mixture used by his ancestors to repel witches, and one of the guardian bats.

## Behind the scenes

Count Duckesque first appeared in 1986 in *Donald Duck and the Adventure in Transylvania*.
Cousin Algernon

**Cousin Algernon** is a ghost who used to be a human man.

## Description

One of the Singing Busts, and the only one to wear a bowler hat, thin-faced Algernon (presumably an uncle to the Ghost Host) is one of the spooks haunting the Haunted Mansion, appearing by possessing a bust of himself like the other four. He is the only member of the quintet not to also materialize in a bust in the Boot Hill Cemetery near Phantom Manor, for unknown reasons.

## Behind the scenes

Cousin Algernon debuted in 1969 alongside the rest of *The Haunted Mansion*.

### Portrayed By

* Chuck Schroeder (*The Haunted Mansion* & variations)
Coffin Occupant

## The Coffin Occupant

The **Coffin Occupant** is a mysterious undead being residing in the Haunted Mansion.

## Description

The Coffin Occupant is a ghost seemingly unable or unwilling to cast off his mortal coil, instead forever trying to break out of his coffin which adorns the Conservatory of the Haunted Mansion. Alternatively sounding like a pleading old man or a growling monster, the Coffin Occupant is one of the more mysterious residents of the Mansion, and the Ghost Host once confessed to Elody Ghast that he no longer remembered who the Coffin Occupant was or why he should never be allowed out of the Coffin.**[F****ANWORK****]**

The Coffin Occupant has been suggested by various sources to be Master Gracey, Constance Hatchaway's former husband Frank Banks, plantation owner Jamie Padgett who was buried alive by Little Leota,**[U****NOFF****]** the architect Mr Davis, or Billy Bob, lover of Lady Carlotta and Lady Renata.

## Behind the scenes

The Coffin Occupant debuted alongside *The Haunted Mansion* itself in August of 1969.

### Notes & References

1. ↑ *The Haunted Mansion* (1969).
2. ↑ *The Story and Song of the Haunted Mansion* (1969).
3. ↑ *The Misadventures of Miss Ghast* (2016).
4. ↑ *Haunted Mansion Pop-Up Book* (1994).
5. ↑ *The Haunted Mansion: The Black Widow Bride* (2009).
6. ↑ The *Ghost Gallery*.
7. ↑ According to the Ghost Host in *Blueprint for Murder* (2005).
8. ↑ According to stories told by the meet'n'greet Carlotta and Renata at *Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party*.
Copper-Colored Council of Elders

## The Copper-Colored Council of Elders

 The **Copper-Colored Council of Elders**, often known as simply the **Council of Elders**, is a group of ten Clockwork Cherubs.

## Description

The Council of Elders is made up of the ten oldest members of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids, thus comprising the Cupid Prime and Cupids #2 through to #10. They are the permanent governing body of the Crew and the leaders of the Cupid Parliament.

## Behind the scenes

The Copper-Colored Council of Elders was first featured in 2019's *The Cupid Suggestion Box*.
Clovis

**Clovis** is or was an anthropomorphic cow.

## Description

Although unflappable and efficient Clovis once reflected upon her mother's disregarded advice to become a dental hygienist, she instead served as the secretary for the criminal mastermind Taurus Bulba prior to his defeat at the hands of Darkwing Duck.

Clovis helped Bulba operate his criminal enterprises from within a St. Canard prison, disappearing into a hidden area beneath his cell whenever Warden Waddlesworth came to visit the crime boss. She appeared to take malicious amusement in her employer's schemes, but their relationship appears to have been fairly formal, with her perpetually addressing him by his full name, or, occasionally, as “Mr Bulba”. After Bulba broke out, Clovis served as the pilot of his airship, which flew over the city as he prepared to utilize the Ram Rod. Her fate Darkwing after caused the device to overload is considerably less clear.

According to one account, the airship was destroyed by the explosion of the Ramrod, and Clovis survived using a parachute. As she floated down, she lamented not becoming a dentist as she had been advised by her mother. However, according to another, Taurus Bulba ordered her to self-destruct the ship in a fit of rage after Dakwing destroyed the Ramrod, and, business-like as ever, Clovis obliged, seemingly perishing in the explosion.

Clovis was, at any rate, indeed dead by 1992, her soul one of the listless new inhabitants of the Underworld, standing in line with the rest of the damned awaiting processing.

## Behind the scenes

Clovis was a secondary character in the *Darkwing Duck* pilot, *Darkly Dawns The Duck*. She also appears in the comic miniseries adaptation thereof, *Brawl in the Family*, as well as having a post-mortem cameo in *Hot Spells*.

None of Clovis's appearances elaborate on whether “Clovis” is her first or last name. It is worth noting that in the real world, “Clovis”, an archaic form of “Louis” best-known as the name of the first recognised King of France (who made his own appearance in the Prime Universe in 1954), is universally a male name.

In an early version of the DuckTales 2017 special *Let's Get Dangerous!*, Negaduck/Jim Starling was to have posed as "Calfka", cow assistant to the 2017 Continuum's Taurus Bulba. The Calfka alias was likely inspired by Clovis.

### Notes & References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Darkly Dawns The Duck* (1991).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The End of the Beginning!* (1991).
3. ↑ *Hot Spells* (1992).
4. ↑ https://www.dianahuh.com/ducktales-storyboards
Concavia Light Works

Wing Ding showing Mickey Mouse the Concavia Light Works building.

**Concavia Light Works** is a company of some description in Concavia.

## Description

Concavia Light Works is an institution in the Kingdom of Concavia which provides the underground land with light by using a Darkness Pump to somehow extract darkness from their atmosphere and convert it into light.

## Behind the scenes

Concavia Light Works appears in the 1954 story *A Fatal Occupation*.
Broadway Beagle

Broadway Beagle is a member of the Beagle Boys.

## Description

### Appearance

Broadway is slightly taller than Bigtime though not as tall as Burger, and appears broad-shouldered but neither fat nor muscular. Like the usual Beagles, he wears jeans and black shoes, but he wears a turtleneck rather than a t-shirt and a green beret in place of a ball cap. He also wears sunglasses over his mask, and a green scarf around his neck.

## Behind the scenes

Broadway Beagle was introduced in the comic story "Welcome to Beagle Island".
Cohort of the Clockmaking Capybara

## The Cohort of theClockmaking Capybara

The **Cohort of the Clockmaking Capybara** is a malevolent secret organization.

## Description

The Cohort of the Camouflaged Chameleons are a secret society of mutant capybaras with a penchant for clockwork, being one of the Horde of the Violet Hare's numerous copycats-slash-rivals. A member of the Cohort was once captured by the Drove of the Database-Compiling Dromedaries and imprisoned in Research Laboratory 6. It escaped in the great breakout organised by Pessimist-242 in 2019.

## Behind the scenes

The Cohort of the Camouflaged Chameleons only ever appeared in the 2019 *Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids* story *Pessimist and the Dromedaries*.
Dahlia

**Dahlia**, whose maiden name may have been **Duck** or **Van Duck**, is a woman of unclear species (either mouse or duck).

## Description

The aunt of Daisy Duck and wife of Daniel, Dahlia owned an heirloom bracelet, passed down from aunt to niece down her family line, which she believed to be a bewitched artifact that made its wearer the center of attention; she claimed to have been wearing it when she met Daniel. In 1975, she passed on the bracelet to Daisy, who, while appreciative of its beauty, wasn't quite sure about its supernatural abilities.

## Behind the scenes

Aunt Dahlia first appeared in 1975 in *The Bewitching Bracelet*, a written story in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #416.

Interestingly, Aunt Dahlia is involved in one of the presumably few Disney Comics examples of the art not corresponding with the text: the text stated that it was *Daisy's* Aunt Dahlia, and the main character throughout the story is called Daisy in the text, however, the illustration shows Minnie Mouse and an older, female mouse. While it is indisputable that her being Daisy's aunt is the canon version, her species is, therefore, unknown, as she might still be a mouse if she was adopted or is only an aunt-in-law of Daisy, with Daniel being the blood relative.
Daisy Duck (Sir Donald)

## Daisy Duck(Sir Donald's World)

**Daisy Duck**, is a female anthropomorphic duck and Daisy Duck's counterpart in Sir Donald's World.

## Description

This version of Daisy Duck had the same biography as the Prime Universe version up till 2002. That year, her boyfriend Donald won the lottery, earning twenty million dollars. He subsequently became a successful businessman, trading with his uncle Scrooge, but this turned him greedy and insensitive; as a result, Daisy broke up with him and took to permanently going out with Gladstone Gander.

In 2003, Gyro Gearloose's Alternate Life Machine transferred the Prime Universe's Donald Duck to Sir Donald's World. Donald, unaware of what had transpired between his counterpart and that version of Daisy, encountered her and attempted to take her out on a date, only to be callously rebuffed.

## Behind the scenes

This version of Daisy first appeared in 2003 in *Donald Duck and the Alternate Lives*.
Count Von Turpentine

**Count Von Turpentine** is a male anthropomorphic dog.

## Description

Count Von Turpentine used to be a bigwig of the Brutopian regime, but, when said dictatorial regime was (briefly) overthrown in the 1990's, he was exiled for his numerous crimes, chiefly his fondness for hunting “the most dangerous game”. Taking some loot with him, Von Turpentine set himself up on Danger Island in a château, with a respectable number of henchpeople; taking advantage of the frequent shipwrecks around the island, he strove to continue practicing his lethal pastime. However, in 1993, Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck came to be the ones who found themselves stranded on the island; they managed to outsmart Von Turpentine and his hounds, eventually capturing him and taking him back to justice.

## Behind the scenes

Count Von Turpentine, based on Count Zaroff from *The Most Dangerous Game*, appeared as the main antagonist of the 1993 story *A-Hunting We Will Go*.
Dale Beside Himself

***Dale Beside Himself*** is a cartoon story.

## Description

Bric, Brac, and DTZ are at a park, with Bric disguised as a gopher, Brac disguised as a rattlesnake, and DTZ disguised as a rabbit. They transform back to their normal selves and Bric and Brac want to go back to their home planet Fleeblebrox, but DTZ refuses to. Bric and Brac put DTZ into their spaceship and the three of them leave. While on their way home, DTZ gets on his own little spaceship and gets out of the big one to go back to Earth.

While Dale picks up walnuts for Monterey Jack's recipe, DTZ lands on the grass and sees Dale. He turns his ship into a giant walnut. Dale sees it and brings it to his home. DTZ gets out of his ship and believes that Dale is going to kill him, so he turns into a chair. Dale sees the inside of the "walnut" and pushes a button that makes DTZ's Urkburgals escape. DTZ turns back to his normal self and puts them back to his ship.

Dale is a surprised to see DTZ since he's an alien and DTZ tries to escape from him, but he keeps catching him. DTZ then turns into a giant dragon-like monster, grabs Dale, and roars at him. Dale is impressed and asks him if he'll take over the planet, which he answers "no" and tells him that he wants to stay on Earth. Dale convinces him to become a Rescue Ranger and DTZ transforms into Dale. Chip enters the room and finds "Dale" and tells him to bring the walnuts. While Dale and DTZ do so, DTZ shows Dale his tricks and the two bring the walnuts home easily.

Chip then sees "Dale" cleaning to go fishing, DTZ gets confronted by Bric and Brac from the Rangers' TV and he hides. When Chip mentions how happy he is with the "new Dale" and hopes that the "old Dale" never comes back, DTZ gets an idea. He puts Dale on his ship and sends him to outer space, where he gets mistaken for DTZ by Bric and Brac. Bric and Brac are about to freeze Dale for "acting strange" and Dale gets on a tiny ship to go back to Earth.

Chip, Monty, Gadget, and Zipper start to miss the "old Dale" and they get "Dale" to stop working and watch TV with them. DTZ then sees the real Dale return and tricks the others by having them think that there is an alien coming. When Dale gets inside, he and DTZ fight, with the others surprised that there are two Dales. Bric and Brac come to Earth and try to figure out which one is DTZ. Dale tricks DTZ by turning back to normal by revealing his Urkburgals and everyone is happy to have Dale back while Bric and Brac are happy to have DTZ back.

## Behind the scenes

*Dale Beside Himself* premiered on March 12, 1989.
Concavian

A Concavian couple.

**Concavians** are a species of sentient humanoid beings.

## Description

The Concavians are one of the two sapient species inhabiting the strange underground world of Concavia. Purplish humanoids with elf-like features, Concavians have many peculiar customs, the most notable of which is their absolute reluctance to ever produce any noise. The Concavian people is a happy one, which they attribute to this law that forbids folks from ever talking to each other. It also appears their idea of courtship is for the boys to capture the girls using a croquet mallet and a butterfly net — though this does not appear to translate to sexism in other parts of their society, considering that the Concavian Cabinet was, in 1954, staffed entirely by women.

Until Mickey Mouse put an end to it in 1954, the Concavians' main source of entertainment was their war with the other intelligent people of Concavia, the mischievous two-dimensional Twitz. It was not what one might call violent conflict, as most “battles“ saw the Concavian Army (a matter of two undertrained soldiers) throw marshmallows about, which the greedy Twitz would gobble up instead of playing tricks, only to then go home for a digestive nap.

Concavians possess all sorts of advanced technology, including Concavia Light Works' technique for "converting" darkness into light, and the ubiquitous Translator-Helmets which allow Concavians to "speak" to outsiders without technically betraying their oaths never to speak aloud, as the Helmets translate the Concavians' brainwaves into English.

## Behind the scenes

The Concavians appear in the 1954 comic strip continuity *A Fatal Occupation*.

The story was first printed in black and white, and there has been no agreement among its foreign reprintings on what the Concavians' skin color should be; though some simply give them human-like skin tones, they have variously been lime green, bluish, and purplish. The latter option is depicted above.
Creepy Cotillion

***Creepy Cotillion*** was a live show based on *The Haunted Mansion*, part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. Performed in front of the *Pirates of the Caribbean* ride, it featured the Ghost Host and a number of Ballroom Dancers.

## Plot

In honor of the anniversary of Haunted Mansion's opening to the public, the Ballroom Dancers invite mortal guests into a good old-fashioned cotillion dance, featuring all their "most-recently-deceased débutantes", and presided over by the invisible Ghost Host.

## Behind the scenes

*Creepy Cotillion* was a special event performed only once, in 2019. Among the various video captures of it, one (seen above) was posted by Laughing Place.

As is often the case with Disneyland live performances, no cast or crew is credited; the Ghost Host is unmistakably voiced by Corey Burton, but the names of any of the performers, directors and choregraphers are at present unknown to the Wiki.
Dead-Eye Duck's Diary

First page of the story.

***Dead-Eye Duck's Diary*** is a comic story written by Paul Halas and Dave Angus and drawn by Tino Santanach Hernandez. It features Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck and (in flashbacks) Dead-Eye Duck.

## Plot

While attending a wild west show, Scrooge McDuck accidentally scares the main performer. He soon discovers that he is the perfect lookalike of the greatest outlaw the region had ever seen, Orville McDuck, better known as Dead-Eye Duck, head of the Poke-in-the-Eye Gang and actually his great-uncle. Scrooge also finds out that Orville buried his loot, which has never been found to this day, and quickly locates his villainous ancestor's diary, where lie clues to the treasure's hiding place. Unfortunately, oily businessman Brent Lampry and the modern heirs of the Poke-in-the-Eye Gang also have their eyes set on the treasure…

## Behind the scenes

The story was first printed in September of 1988 in the German *Mickey Maus* #1988-39. It was printed in English in *Uncle Scrooge Adventures* #49. Oddly, in this printing, Orville's last name was changed to 'Smew', and the story's title was therefore altered to *The Diary of Sideburns Smew*, Sideburns Smew being Orville's alias in this version. Even stranger, even though his family name was changed, Orville remained Scrooge's great-uncle.
Cuckoo-Loca

Cuckoo-Loca is a living cuckoo-clock bird.

## Description

Cuckoo-Loca is a living cuckoo-clock bird. She looks like an ordinary yellow bird except for the key on her back, which is in the shape of a bow. It is unknown how or why she was brought to life, but according to her accent, it looks like she is a native New Yorker. She probably moved from New York in 2011 to work with Minnie. Cuckoo-Loca is a good friend of Minnie and Daisy Duck, and often helps them run the bow store, but she does not particularly like Chip and Dale. When Minnie and Daisy opened a company to help people with things (the "Happy Helpers") Cuckoo-Loca's clock was moved to the wall of their office.

## Behind the scenes

Cuckoo-Loca first appeared in 2011 in the preschool television series *Minnie's Bow-Toons*. She later appeared in the preschool television series *Mickey and the Roadster Races*.

### Voice Actors:

* Nika Futterman (classical voice actor since 2011)
A Chat with the Hatbox Ghost

***A Chat with the Hatbox Ghost*** is a written story by Erin Glover. It features the Hatbox Ghost and an unknown mortal interviewer, also mentioning the Ghost Relations Department and Constance Hatchaway.

## Description

Following his return to the Haunted Mansion, the Hatbox Ghost is interviewed about himself and how he feels about his return.

### References

* The Hatbox Ghost mentions his return was prompted by the Ghost Relations Department began forwarding fan mail to him.

### Continuity

* The Hatbox Ghost alludes to his absence from the Mansion between 1969 and 2015, mirroring his real-life absence from *The Haunted Mansion* between those years; in point of fact claims to have left the Mansion after following a family of hat-wearers home.

## Behind the scenes

This short story was printed in 2015, shortly after the Hatbox Ghost's return to the Disneyland attraction, in an issue of the Cast Member-only magazine *Disneyland Resort Line*.

An abridged version of the story can be found on several Disney websites, such as Disneylivecams and disneyparks.disney.go.
Department of Impossible Things

## The Department of Impossible Things

 The **Department of Impossible Things** is one of the Departments of the Cupid Intelligence Institute, itself a subdivision of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.

## Description

The Department of Impossible Things is, as its name implies, the Department of the C.I.I. tasked with taking care of problems which, at first glance, appear to be impossible to solve. Either being not extremely good at their job, or simply lazy, they have a tendency to transfer assignments given to them to the Department of Problem-Solving. The Department is led by Barbershop-679.

## Behind the scenes

The Department of Impossible Things is briefly mentioned in *Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving* in 2019. It was again mentioned in *Magic Trick*, which revealed the identity of its Prefect.