The Beagle Boys

The Beagle Boys are a family of criminals who constantly try to rob the extremely wealthy Scrooge McDuck. Inspired by the real-life Barker-Karpis criminal gang, they first appeared in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #134, in the Carl Barks comic Terror of the Beagle Boys. When not serving as the central threats, the Beagle Boys often appear as henchmen for Flintheart Glomgold, Magica De Spell, Pete and the Phantom Blot.

## The Beagle Boys

### Aliases

Beagle Bums or Bungle Boys (by Huey, Dewey, and Louie)Unshaven Goons (by Magica De Spell)Super Beagle BoyNames: (Big TimeBabyfaceBackwoodsBaconBaggyBankjobBanzaiBaritoneBeanballBebop (A.K.A. Bugle)BifocalBinkyBig TimeBabyfaceBackwoodsBaconBaggyBankjobBanzaiBaritoneBeanballBebop (A.K.A. Bugle)BifocalBinkyBlitzkriegBomberBombshellBouncerBuckerooBullseyeBig TimeBabyfaceBackwoodsBaconBaggyBankjobBanzaiBaritoneBeanballBebop (A.K.A. Bugle)BifocalBinkyBlitzkriegBomberBombshellBouncerBuckerooBullseyeBumpkinBurgerButterballMegabyteButchWild Bill)

## Appearances

### Appears in

Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (cameo)Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three MusketeersSport Goofy in SoccermaniaSwabbiesDuckTalesDarkwing Duck (cameo)Goof Troop (cameo)Bonkers (cameo)Quack Pack (cameo)Mickey MouseDuckTales (2017)The Wonderful World of Mickey MouseDuckTalesDonald Duck: Goin' Quackers!Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop DistanceDuckTales RemasteredDisney Infinity (townspeople)Disney Crossy RoadDisney Emoji Blitz (unplayable)

### Debut

Sport Goofy in Soccermania

In the comics, the individual Beagle Boys are referred to by their prison numbers, indicated on the tags seen on the chests of their distinctive red shirts, which appeared as orange in the comics. The three most common numbers are 176-167, 176-671, and 176-761. In fact, no digits other than one, six, or seven appeared on their prison ID tags. Carl Barks used to include the words "Beagle Boys, Inc." on their shirts under their numbers, which was later deleted. In later years, they

appeared in the comics as a trio (some combination of the most common numbers with 176-176, 176-617, and 176-716), plus cousins and other relatives of various talents as spin-off characters. They live in a small tumbledown hide-out in Duckburg; in 1980s American-produced stories, their pet cat Ratty often lived there as well.

The Beagle Boys have lots of relatives who count each other as brothers and cousins: apart from their mother Ma Beagle, there are the Beagle Brats (their rascal nephews), the Beagle Babes (a trio of female cousins), and their grandfather Grandpa Beagle. The brains of the Beagle clan are Intellectual-176 (or I-176) who wear a mortar-board cap and glasses over his black mask.

According to a flashback sequence in Carl Barks' The Fantastic River Race, Scrooge's rivalry with the Beagle Boys goes back to his Mississippi riverboat days. Those Beagle Boys include Blackheart Beagle and his three unnamed sons. Since then, the Beagle Boys have been a constant threat to Scrooge's huge money bin.

Sometimes they team up with other villains such as Magica De Spell, Pete, or Madam Mim, or they hire out their services to Flintheart Glomgold, Ollie Eiderduck, or John D. Rockerduck. During these occasions, it should be noted, they continue to operate out of their own interests rather than their employers.

Sometimes they antagonize Super Goof, Mickey Mouse, or other characters from Disney comic books.

## Appearance

On DuckTales, the Beagle Boys were given names and different personalities and reimagined to be loosely based on the popular image of Ma Barker and the Barker-Karpis Gang. The usual character combination is Bigtime, Burger, and Bouncer and/or Baggy; or Babyface, Bugle, and Bankjob, depending on the episode. Other known names are Bomber and Blitzkrieg. Their leader is usually Big Time, Bankjob or their mother Ma Beagle. Like in the comics, the Beagles sometimes team up with Scrooge McDuck's other enemies to achieve their goals, particularly Flintheart Glomgold.

In "A Drain on the Economy", the Beagle Boys recruit their cousins for an attempted assault on the Money Bin. Over the course of the sequence, several of these Beagles are given the names Boom-Boom (not to be confused with the Beagle Babe), Banzai, Buckeroo, Beanball, Blitzkrieg, Bifocal, Bumpkin, Butterball, and Bullseye. Notably, the Beagles' cousins seen in "A Drain on the Economy" look quite similar to the usual "standard" Beagle Boys from the original comics. Outside the show itself, "standard" Beagle Boys appeared in the Disney Studios-produced stories produced for Gladstone Publishing's DuckTales comic book and even Boom! Studios' two DuckTales story arcs, "Rightful Owners" and "Dangerous Currency".

In the episode "Once Upon a Dime", which is a flashback to Scrooge's first adventures, Ma Beagle's earlier generation of children is introduced. Two are named Butch (Chuck McCann) and Wild Bill (William Callaway), and the third one is unnamed (Michael Rye).

In "The Good Muddahs", three female cousins of the Beagle Boys are introduced: Bouffant, Boom-Boom, and Babydoll. The three kidnap Webby for ransom, but they soon come to care for her as one of their own. The Beagle Babes appear to be much less evil in nature than their cousins; they show true concern for Webby when she shows signs of going "bad". They, too, are eventually arrested and brought to prison.

In "The Status Seekers", a trio of Blue Blood Beagle Boys appeared named Bonaparte, Bicep, and Bearnaise, who appear to be high-class versions of Big Time, Bouncer, and Burger. The trio worked for Charles Upstart III to get to the Mask of Kufululu before Scrooge, only to be thwarted by Scrooge's friends.

The Beagle Boys have numerous younger relations called the Beagle Brats, which appear in the episode "Take Me Out of the Ballgame". In the episode "Nothing to Fear", there is a character named Bully Beagle, however, he doesn't wear the traditional Beagle outfit and mask, so his exact relationship is unknown.

## Trivia

* Although the characters are obviously based on dogs, they in no way resemble the actual beagle breed.
* The Italian band Banda Bassotti based its name upon the Italian name of the gang.
* Their Latin American name is Los Chicos Malos (*The Bad Boys*). This is referenced in the opening verse of the Latin American theme ("*Muchas aventuras hay en PatoLandia/Con los chicos malos y tambien los buenos/Habra misterio, historias reales*...")
* The 2017 version of the Beagle Boys resemble the multiple criminal gangs seen in the classic action/thriller film *The Warriors*.