Huey, Dewey, and Louie

**Huey, Dewey and Louie** are Donald Duck’s nephews Scrooge McDuck’s great-nephews. With identical appearances and personalities, they are Donald Duck’s mischievous nephews. Depending on the story, the boys have served as both Donald’s adversaries and loving supporters. They are identified by three primary colors; red (Huey), blue (Dewey), and green (Louie).

## Appearance

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are virtually identical to one another except for the color of their clothes. They are a trio of small, anthropomorphized ducks with amber-coloured beaks, legs, and webbed feet, four-fingered hands, white plumage, thin, grey "eyebrows", and light blue eyes that almost seem to glow. Each wears a long-sleeved turtleneck shirt and baseball cap. Huey's cap and shirt are red, Dewey's are blue, and Louie's are green.

## Personality

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Donald Duck's mischievous nephews, who have a usual rivalry with him. While they each have a distinct character trait, they share some similarities. All three are shown to be crafty and troublesome and usually think alike. In some earlier cartoons, they would often argue among themselves and have been shown to whine and cry. But in later films, they are seen to agree on pretty much everything. All three also share joy in tormenting Donald for their own amusement (such as when they tied him in his own hammock). However, this is sometimes an act of revenge from a prank committed by Donald instead (such as when he impersonated Ajax the Gorilla and they did the exact same thing, inadvertently endangering their uncle's life if they hadn't sprayed both Ajax and Donald with tear gas). Individually, the personalities and quirks of the boys were inspired by real-life sibling dynamics. Huey is the eldest triplet, so he acts the most responsible. Dewey is the middle child and just wants to stand out. Louie, the youngest, often shows that he prefers to enjoy a lazy lifestyle.

Despite the rivalry, they love their uncle dearly, and he loves them.

These young ducks have white feathers and amber bills and webbed feet. Their eyes are oval and light blue with black pupils. Often their eyes are simply black. Their shirts are in different colors, with the most common color arrangement being Huey in red, Dewey in blue, and Louie in green (except in many printed comics, in which all three of their shirts are instead colored black).

In most appearances, they are children no older than 10. In a number of Carl Barks' stories, they were instead portrayed as kindergartners (*Kite Weather*, *The Crazy Quiz Show* and *Want to Buy and Island?*); Another Barks story, *Truant Officer Duck*, depicts the boys in second grade, putting them around 7–8 years old. In the *DuckTales* episode "Yuppy Ducks", it is stated several times that they are 10 years old in that episode, and in "Bubbeo & Juliet", the nephews begin their fifth grade school year. However, in the later episode "Bubba's Big Brainstorm", Louie says Bubba the Cave Duck is in first grade, yet Bubba is also shown to be in the same class as the triplets, implying them all to be in first grade despite the previous fifth grade and 10-years-old episodes. Meanwhile, they are uniquely depicted in *Quack Pack* not as young children but instead as teenagers who, by the time of the episode "Need 4 Speed", are old enough to drive.

In the 2017 reboot of *DuckTales*, each triplet wears newly updated clothing to differentiate from each other: Huey wears a red polo T-shirt while still retaining his colored hat as seen in previous appearances. Dewey wears a long-sleeved shirt inside his normal T-shirt. Louie wears a green hoodie.

The distinct character traits of each of the boys seemed to have a large impact on their personalities in the *DuckTales* reboot.

## Names

In Quack Pack their names are **Hubert Duck**, **Deuteronomy D. Duck** and **Louis Duck**.

In DuckTales (2017) their names are **Hubert Duck**, **Dewford Dingus Duck** and **Llewellyn Duck**. Their mother Della Duck was planning on naming their sons Jet (Huey), Turbo (Dewey) and Rebel (Louie)