Bradford Buzzard

Big Buzzard

The Original Woodchuck

Not a villain (by himself)

My boy (by Ludwig von Drake)

Sour-pussed scavenger (by Della Duck)

Curmudgeonly carrion

Blimy bilge-sucked freebooter

Craven octogenarian carrion (all by Scrooge McDuck)

Buzzard (by Della Duck)

### Occupation

Junior Woodchuck/Isabella's Finch's protégéFinancial advisor of McDuck Enterprises

S.H.U.S.H. accountant

Founder and leader of FOWL (all formerly)

Magica De Spell's pet

### Powers/Skills:

High intelligenceVast wealth and resources

Master strategy

Manipulation

Charisma

Leadership

Full control over FOWL

With Sword of Swanstantine:

Enhanced strength

Enhanced speed

Energy blasts

Swordsmanship

Transformation

### Goals

Destroy Clan McDuck for nearly destroying the Earth with their carelessness to take over the world.Eliminate chaos and supervillainy to bring order and stability to the world.

End all adventures by getting rid of all of Scrooge’s allies and the Missing Mysteries (all failed).

### Crimes

SabotageMurder (including fratricide)

Kidnappings

Grand theft

Fraud

Stalking

Conspiracy

Breaking and entering

Coercion

Terrorism

Treason

Attempted global domination

Abuse (of power and psychological)

Brainwashing

Embezzlement

Blackmail

Unlawful imprisonment

Hate crimes

Attempted mass murder (including child murder)

Crimes against adventure

“ This has gone too far. The ducks almost cost us the world today. And without the world, who would we larceny against? The pieces are finally in place. Time to come out of the shadows, take control and end Clan McDuck. If the McDuck family wants an adventure... we'll give them their last. „ ~ Bradford revealing himself as the leader of FOWL to the audience.

“ Your little adventure fantasy is coming to an end, McDuck! „ ~ Bradford revealing himself as the leader of F.O.W.L to Scrooge.

“ How do you think Della found out you built the Spear of Selene? „ ~ Bradford sinisterly revealed that he informed Della about the Spear of Selene.

**Director Bradford Buzzard** is the overarching antagonist of the 2017 *DuckTales* reboot franchise.

He is the overarching antagonist of the 2017 *DuckTales* reboot series, serving as the overarching antagonist of the first two seasons and the main antagonist of the third and final season. He is also the overarching antagonist of the comic series.

He is an anthropomorphic vulture who appeared as chairman of McDuck Enterprises' board of directors along with Bentley and Buford throughout the first two seasons until it was revealed in the Season 2 finale that he is actually the founder and leader of FOWL and head of its High Command. He is one of Scrooge McDuck’s archenemies (alongside Flintheart Glomgold, Ma Beagle and Magica De Spell). He is also the grandson of the famous explorer, Isabella Finch, whose thirst for adventure unfortunately led him down the path of villainy.

Like Bentley and Buford, he is voiced by Marc Evan Jackson, who also played Shawn in *The Good Place* and voiced Agent Trout in *We Bare Bears: The Movie*.

## Personality

“ Bradford: Look what you turned me into: A BASE VILLAIN!

Bentina: The Sword of Swanstantine amplifies who you are inside!

Della: This is all you, you buzzard! „ ~ Bentina and Della pointing out to Bradford that using the Sword of Swanstantine only reveals who he truly is in his heart, and that he is held accountable for his own actions.

Before being revealed as the founder and leader of F.O.W.L., Bradford was already presented as a greedy person who only cared about the finances of McDuck Enterprises, is described as cheap, and it shows as he continually pushes for Scrooge to make cuts to spending. Despite being part of Scrooge's board of directors and the chairman of the company, Bradford is shown to not have the best relationship with Scrooge, frequently arguing with him on many occasions, mostly about the budget of the company. Though despite this, he was shown to have been reasonable on some occasions, as he did allow Scrooge to search for Della Duck for over 10 years before shutting him down after it was clear all he was going to do was bankrupt himself, though Bradford was also shown to have smiled at it. Bradford also seemed genuinely disgusted at Glomgold for disrespecting Scrooge at his fake funeral, showing he possibly could have had some heart.

However, this is all a facade to hide his true nature: an extremely intelligent, sadistic, ruthless, uncaring and corrupt businessman who wants nothing more than to take over the world and being perfectly fine with the idea of eliminating Scrooge's entire family just to achieve their goal. Bradford is also shown to have no problem with hurting children even before he was revealed as the leader of F.O.W.L.; he had suggested to Louie that they cut funding to the magic wards on a mysterious island in the Heron Sea. His facial expressions and body language imply that he knew exactly what he was doing when he tricked Louie into releasing the Bombie, a being that would hunt Louie down for such an action. After he reveals himself as the leader of F.O.W.L., he puts the triplets into situations that could get them killed several times. He also has an even stronger desire for money than shown before, wanting to commit grand larceny on a global scale and embezzling some of Scrooge's money behind the shadows, all to fund more of F.O.W.L.'s operations.

Just like with Scrooge, Bradford is also shown to have a poor relationship with the other members of F.O.W.L. He and Black Heron argue frequently, and Bradford is often annoyed by his other minions' lack of intelligence. He is also shown to mistreat his minions; for example, he placed a mechanism in Steelbeak’s metal beak, allowing him to clamp him when he feels like it. He also gets annoyed with the other members' supervillain-like schemes, believing they are doing nothing but drawing attention of F.O.W.L.'s operations to the authorities.

Bradford is also shown to be a massive coward, running away from any danger he gets himself into and often relying on surprise or cheap tactics to win. For example, in "Let's Get Dangerous", he is more focused on escaping rather than putting himself in danger to save reality. Even when the triplets found out about Bradford's true nature, he surprises the triplets by pushing them into the Ramrod and runs away in a failed attempt to cover his tracks.

Bradford is considered to be delusional in nature as he stubbornly refuses to see himself as evil, believing his plans will ultimately bring order and stability to the world. He also dismisses the idea of F.O.W.L. being a supervillain organization several times, despite the fact that his agents truly see themselves as villains due to their notorious activities; even the heinous Taurus Bulba rightfully chews out Bradford for his complete cowardice and denial over it. Bradford also originally called the organization O.W.L. as he believed that his goal would be for the good of the world, and only added the "Fiendish" part at the beginning when Heron refused to help if he didn't. Adding to this, when he was unmasked by the triplets as the leader of F.O.W.L. and they called him a bad guy, he tells them that "bad guy" is only a matter of perspective and he would be considered one in the triplets' perspective.

In "The First Adventure!", it is revealed Bradford was once an accountant for S.H.U.S.H, and did have good intentions in his goals, wanting to rule the world from behind the shadows because he saw how much stopping chaos was costing the organization, only founding F.O.W.L. when Ludwig von Drake dismissed his idea. Even in "The Last Adventure", when being turned into a monstrous form by the Sword of Swanstantine, Bradford furiously blames the Ducks for turning him into a 'base villain', only for the Ducks to furiously retort that he himself was always a villain as the Sword only reflects on his dark nature.

It was also shown that Bradford had at least some level of standards, though often for pragmatic reasons. He is against villains like General Lunaris and Bulba's attempts to destroy the world as Bradford wants to rule it from the shadows. When Bulba's Ramrod threatens to destroy the world, Bradford chews him out for this, to which Bulba responds by going rogue against Bradford. He also thinks some things are too dangerous to be used, only wanting the Papyrus of Binding because he sees it as a threat to order. However, this all goes moot in "The Last Adventure" as Bradford has no qualms in reengineering the Solego Circuit's functions into eliminating objects and people from existence and the Papyrus for his true plot to rid the world of all adventures, showing that he and his standards are hypocritical in nature. This was further shown when he blamed the Ducks for Magica De Spell and General Lunaris' attacks, despite being aware that he was the one who set off the events behind the shadows in the first place. He even berated his agents for indulging into petty villainy such as an evil laughter, only for himself to engage as such while attempting to drop Donald into the black hole after outwitting Scrooge. Also, even though he has magical artifacts housed in storage and choosing not to use them for most of the series out of fear that it would cause more chaos, he still uses the Sword of Swanstantine against Scrooge in their final battle.

It was later revealed that the true cause of his evil nature was because he felt traumatized by the adventures that his grandmother Isabella Finch dragged him into when he was a child, despite the fact that his grandmother wanted to instill a sense of true adventure for a better life. However, because Bradford only saw the dark side of adventure (the dangers that he and his grandmother went through), he refuses to see past through this as he genuinely believes that adventures are causing chaos to the world and that the only way to bring order is to end all adventures.

It is also shown that he secretly despises Scrooge due to the latter's love of adventures, and that he is willing to harm Scrooge's family in order to coerce him to sign a contract (with the usage of the Papyrus) that would forbid Scrooge from ever adventuring again. This intention also drove Bradford in turning against his own minions as he willingly send Black Heron and his clones to their deaths in the Solego Circuit to avoid any possibility of causing unpredictable chaos by their actions; he even tried to do the same to Donald out of spite after successfully forcing Scrooge to sign the contract.

However, Bradford's power-hungry nature eventually led to him shedding all the redeeming qualities he once had and is willing to kill anyone who gets in his way, which proved to be his downfall as his disposal of Black Heron and his clones drove May and June to free Scrooge's family, depower the Solego Circuit and battle against him. Even Louie manages to exploit a major loophole in Bradford's contract by stating that family is the greatest adventure, to which the Papyrus obliges, which depowers Bradford and leaves him at the mercy of Magica, Flintheart Glomgold, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys, who furiously turn him into a mindless vulture as punishment for his crimes.

Overall, Bradford has proven to be one of the most vicious and heinous villains that Disney ever created. Despite his tragic backstory, good intentions and redemptive qualities, Bradford threw it all aside and allowed his hatred of adventure and the Duck family to consume him, making him no better than the threats (especially Lunaris and Bulba) that he opposed. He is more than willing to kill at least thousands of people, including children, simply out of his hatred of adventure. Moreover, he happily caused great harm to Scrooge and his family, despite the fact that Scrooge trusted him very much, and he would not hesitate to kill his closest allies or even members of his own family (as Buford and Bentley are his clones) all for the sake of power and destruction. All this makes Bradford one of the worst, and by far, the most personal and hated enemy of Scrooge and his family.

## Background

### Early life and childhood

As a child, Bradford was forced to go on several adventures with his grandmother, Isabella Finch as the first Junior Woodchuck. Despite Isabella claiming the adventures were supposed to be "fun" and "educational" for Bradford, the latter was deeply traumatized by the experiences, which would lead him to hate adventure and all the things involved in it. He also analyzed that whenever an adventure occurs, the world is thrown into chaos and becomes highly unpredictable, and thus he dedicated his life to reigning in all the planet's chaos by ridding it of adventure entirely.

As Bradford grows up to be a young man, he studied in college to earn his degree in accounting, allowing himself to earn a job as an accountant in the spy organization S.H.U.S.H. that was dedicated to stopping major threats. During his tenure working in S.H.U.S.H., Bradford was concerned about the excessive spending that the organization is causing, believing that their counterintelligence against major threats were reactive rather than trying to stop the disasters from happening. It was at the point that Bradford decided to form a plot to maintain order and peace to the world by secretly taking over world and ruling it from the shadows.

### Founding F.O.W.L

One day, Bradford pitched his idea to S.H.U.S.H. Director, Ludwig von Drake in hopes that the latter would understand. However, Ludwig laughs the idea off and rejects it as he finds it to be villainous in nature, which Bradford found insulting as he refuses to see himself as a villain. Outraged that nobody would take his idea seriously, Bradford then approached an incarcerated criminal named Black Heron with his idea, which intrigued her. He then suggested the idea of a new organization named O.W.L. (Organization for World Larceny) to her for them to use it to take over the world from the shadows. Heron found the title to be bland, so she wanted to add an F (standing for Fiendish) at the beginning. Bradford didn't like the idea as he believes his plan is not evil, but when Heron refuses to help if it is not renamed, Bradford reluctantly accepts by renaming it as F.O.W.L. He and Heron then shook hands, with her stating that it was the beginning a beautiful "fiend-ship" before using a pen to free herself. Bradford tells her that they will meet up later and fakes a breakout to keep his cover.

The two then presumably form the organization, with Bradford acting as the shadowy leader and Heron as the field agent. As part of F.O.W.L.'s first big missions, Heron was presumably tasked under Bradford's orders with getting the recipe for an ancient potion (the Gummi Berry Juice) that Bradford wanted to use to make an army of bouncing super soldiers. Unfortunately, Heron failed her mission and lost her right arm, but Bradford presumably had it replaced with a mechanical one. Either after or before this mission, Bradford and Heron used a magic gemstone known as the Stone of What-Was to create two clones of himself named Bentley and Buford to act as co-leaders of the organization while passing them off as his "brothers". Around this time, he had Ludwig Von Drake captured.

### Meeting Scrooge McDuck

At some point, Bradford and his clones met Scrooge McDuck at McDuck Enterprises' first Christmas party celebration, foreshadowing their future role as the new Board of Directors in the company (unbeknownst to them, it was actually a future version of Scrooge who came back in time with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future). Scrooge asked them if they were enjoying the party, to which they replied that they weren't as it seemed unnecessary and expensive.

After encountering Scrooge for the first time, Bradford sensed in him the same adventurous spirit just like his grandmother's. Knowing that Scrooge would became a major obstacle in his mission to rid the world of adventure, Bradford took it upon himself to put an end to Scrooge's career by any means necessary; even if it meant killing him or those involved with him.

### *The First Adventure*

During the flashback episode "The First Adventure!", Bradford learned that S.H.U.S.H. had located a powerful artifact known as the Papyrus of Binding, which is said to grant the wishes of anyone who writes in it, though in way that is found unfavorable to the wisher if used incorrectly. Believing that the power could be useful to him in the future, he went with Heron to steal the artifact before anyone else could.

To do this, they posed as the pilots taking Scrooge and a young Della and Donald Duck to the island that held the artifact and then ditches them, intending to let the plane crash and leaving them all to die. This is something that annoys Bradford when Della manages to land the plane, saying they could have just captured them and the fact that Heron chose to be blunt about her work. The two then set another trap which launches Donald in the air, allowing him to see a pirate ship wrecked on a tall mountainside and informs the others when he lands. Heron informs Bradford that she wants to use the Papyrus for world domination immediately, but Bradford doesn't like the idea since he views the Papyrus as dangerous, specifically because it takes everything you say literally, and they only want to prevent other people from using it.

When the Ducks reach the ship and finds the Papyrus, Bradford and Heron arrive to snatch the Papyrus from them. However, Heron ends up messing up, which causes Scrooge to discover who Bradford is, and a massive fight breaks out for the Papyrus. Eventually, Bradford snatches the Papyrus, thinks quickly and writes in it that as far as the Ducks know, he was never there, causing Bradford to disappear and Scrooge forgetting he was ever there. Unfortunately for Bradford, Heron would fail to get the Papyrus.

Despite losing whatever memories he had of Bradford, the adventure causes Scrooge to realize how fun adventuring is, so he decides to start doing it more often with his family. Due to this, Scrooge starts delegating responsibilities to his employees in McDuck Enterprises, and Bradford takes the opportunity to land himself in a job interview, knowing fully well that Scrooge has lost his memories (except for the Christmas party) of him. Having went through Bradford's resume detailing his tenure in S.H.U.S.H., Scrooge willingly makes Bradford the new CFO of McDuck Enterprises, and Bradford ironically, yet happily, declares that it will be the start of a beautiful friendship.

### Working for Scrooge

During Scrooge's many years of adventuring, Bradford had F.O.W.L. to continue working from the shadows; even siphoning some of McDuck Enterprises' money to fund his operations and recruiting new members like John D. Rockerduck, Phantom Blot, Steelbeak, Taurus Bulba and unnamed thug henchmen known as Eggheads. As time goes by, Bradford, Bentley and Buford rose to become Scrooge's board of directors while running F.O.W.L. from behind the scenes. It was also implied (though not proven) that Bradford secretly arranged the death of Scrooge's loyal butler Duckworth which left Scrooge distraught, though Duckworth still exists in ghost form, despite him and Scrooge being unaware of the true causes behind his death.

Bradford eventually learned that Scrooge has built a spaceship called the Spirit of Selene as a surprise gift for his niece Della Duck to celebrate the imminent birth of her sons Huey, Duey and Louie. Knowing fully well of Della's capability of sniffing out surprises and eagerness for new experiences, Bradford secretly told Della about the spaceship, prompting Della to find it and take it for a test drive. However, a cosmic storm struck the ship, causing Della to be stranded on the Moon. This event made Donald to angrily break his ties with Scrooge before leaving to raise the triplets by himself. Out of complete guilt, Scrooge spends a portion of his fortune to finance an expedition for Della's rescue, but Bradford and his clones forced him to stop because the amount of spending would leave the company bankrupt. Ever since this event, Scrooge became disillusioned with the idea of family.

Shortly following the breakup of Scrooge's family, Bradford was able to obtain Scrooge's DNA and had Heron to initiate Project 87, which is to create a new descendant of Scrooge in hopes of finding the Papyrus of Binding once again. The project resulted the birth of a young baby girl named April. However, April was rescued by former S.H.U.S.H. spy Bentina Beakley, who took in a job as the caretaker of McDuck Manor and raised April as her granddaughter Webby Vanderquack.

## Season 1

Bradford and his clones made their first appearance in the episode "WOO-OO", where Bentley informs Scrooge of their decision to cut some company spending in areas they don't see as important, like advanced robotics.

Bradford makes his next appearance along with the rest of the board in the episode "The Great Dime Chase," where they ask for Scrooge to cut some spending on the company, presumably for their own ends. Before they can get anywhere though, Gyro Gearloose interrupts them and shows off his latest invention known as the Lil'Bulb. Bradford dismisses the idea by asking how Gyro knows this one won't turn evil as all his other inventions did.

Scrooge and the board keep arguing about what cuts to make to the Money Bin, with the board wanting to eliminate things like the thousands of dollars that Scrooge spent on magical defense, and the velvet pillow Scrooge has for his single dime. When Scrooge refuses those ideas, the board suggested firing some employees like Emily Quackfaster and Gyro or even outright selling the Bin, but an outraged Scrooge refuses.

As Scrooge and the board kept arguing, Bradford's predictions came true when Lil Bulb turns evil and starts wreaking havoc throughout the building, eventually ending up at Scrooge and the board's meeting. Using this, Scrooge is able to convince the board that if they fired the employees, they would end up seeking revenge. Realizing this, Bradford and his clones agreed to Scrooge's idea.

Bradford makes a minor appearance in "JAW$" along with his clone, setting up an interview with news reporter Roxanne Featherly so Scrooge can improve his public image.

During the episode "From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22", Heron captures Beakley so she can get the recipe for the Gummi Berry Juice when it was destroyed during her mission. It's not known if this was done under Bradford's orders or it was her personal vengeance as there is evidence pointing to both. However, Heron fails again and loses her mechanical arm.

## Season 2

Bradford makes a quick cameo along with his clones in the episode "The 87 Cent Solution!" attending Scrooge's fake funeral. When Flintheart Glomgold disrespects Scrooge at his fake funeral, Bradford looks annoyed by Glomgold's disorderly behavior for a funeral.

He also makes an appearance in the episode "The Richest Duck in the World!", informing Louie that McDuck Enterprises is not his personal bank account and that he needs to cut some spending, and suggests cutting some spending on a place named Falcon Island, which Louie agrees to not really caring about. This action would set into motion the events of the episode where a giant beast named the Bombie would hunt Louie down. Though it seems that Bradford did this by accident, his smile at doing it implies otherwise as he may have known what was going to happen and wanted to get rid of Louie for some reason, possibly because he was worried he would spend away all the company's money. However, Louie manages to pacify the Bombie and return the company's control back to Scrooge.

Bradford makes his final appearance in the season at the end of "Moonvasion" following General Lunaris' defeat, where he is annoyed to learn that Della has returned back to Earth and that the Duck family are being praised by the world for foiling Lunaris' plot. Deciding now that the Ducks are a liability, Bradford and his clones gathered up all of their agents, intending to take down the Duck family and take over the world once and for all.

## Season 3

### Plotting From The Shadows

Bradford first appears in Season 3 in the episode "Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!" as the overarching antagonist, though he is only seen at the end of the episode where it is revealed they were watching the Duck family through a camera disguised as a fly. After the family had uncovered Isabella's lost adventure journal, Bradford declares that the race is on to obtain lost artifacts.

Bradford is the overarching antagonist in his next appearance "Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice!". He first appears early on when he discovers about Scrooge being in Funso's Fun Zone above where their base is located, so he tasks Black Heron and Steelbeak in getting rid of Scrooge. However, Heron and Steelbeak failed thanks to Launchpad and Dewey, and an annoyed Bradford prohibits the two from using any more ray guns or doomsday plots, declaring they need to be more secretive in general.

In the episode "The Phantom and the Sorceress!", Phantom Blot goes to take his revenge on Magica De Spell and steal more magic, though it is unknown if Bradford was behind this or Blot was doing this on his own. The same goes for "The Forbidden Fountain of the Everglades!" where Rockerduck and Jeeves are trying to steal the Fountain of Youth (which was drained by Ponce de Leon), so depending on if Bradford is behind these, he could be the unseen overarching antagonist of the episodes.

### Let's Get Dangerous

Bradford is the overarching antagonist of the episode, which ends up being a major turning point in the conflict between him and the Duck family. He is first seen talking with Scrooge on a screen about Taurus Bulba, believing that the latter's experiments are a lost cause and Scrooge is wasting money on funding these experiments. However, Scrooge has confidence in Bulba and shuts Bradford off.

It later turns out that Bulba is one of F.O.W.L.'s agents under Bradford's employ, and that he himself created a machine known as the Ramrod that involves using the Solego Circuit which will open a portal to alternate dimension. However, Bradford soon learns that reality will be threatened if the Ramrod is to be used more and berates Bulba for this, pointing out that it would jeopardize their plans. An unperturbed Bulba tries to convince Bradford that the RamRod could be used by F.O.W.L. to take over the world, but Bradford rejects the idea, stating that F.O.W.L. is not a supervillain organization. Enraged by Bradford's denial and cowardice, Bulba betrays Bradford by summoning the Fearsome Four to imprison him.

While in the jail, Bradford meets up with the triplets, who were also locked up by Bulba and the villains. They are suspicious of Bradford for being there, but they presumed that he was worried about McDuck Enterprises losing money thanks to Bulba's experiments, which Bradford accepts to cover his tracks. The triplets eventually managed to break themselves and Bradford out from captivity, and Bradford quietly uses a communication device to call Heron to pick him up in a helicopter. Later, Bradford and the triplets come across a room being guarded by Bushroot and narrowly avoid being captured. During their escape, Bradford snaps and expresses all his frustration at Scrooge and the family's adventures endangering the world. He quickly regains self-control, but the triples are now suspicious, so he is forced to swallow his communicator to keep his cover under the guise of it being his brain medication.

When the four get to the Ramrod, Bradford wonders to himself how he is going to explain this to Scrooge (who is trapped in another dimension by Bulba), which the triplets overhear, making them even more suspicious. Bradford soon after throws up his communicator through which Heron loudly states that F.O.W.L.’s extraction team is almost to Bradford’s location, all while addressing Bradford as “F.O.W.L. Director”. This causes the triplets to realize Bradford's true occupation and furiously call him a 'bad guy', to which Bradford responds to saying as such is only on a matter of perspective and that he is considered as such on the triplets' perspective. As such, Bradford throws the triplets into the Ramrod, where they are sent to another dimension.

Bradford tries to shut the Ramrod off but has no luck, so he decides to run instead, waiting for the chopper to arrive. Eventually Lanuchpad brought in Darkwing Duck and Gossalyn Waddlemeyer (the granddaughter of Dr. Waddlemeyer, Bulba's former partner) to save Scrooge and the triplets and destroy the Ramrod, sending the Fearsome Four back to their dimension and defeating Bulba in the process. Bradford uses this opportunity to escape once Heron arrives with the chopper. However, the triplets told Scrooge of what Bradford did to them, and Bradford gets spotted with the F.O.W.L. logo on the chopper by Scrooge, finally realizing Bradford's true occupation in F.O.W.L.. Realizing now that he's been exposed, Bradford orders Heron to fly away while angrily declaring to Scrooge that his days of adventuring will be coming to an end. Scrooge then stoically declares to the Ducks that their reality has gotten a lot more dangerous as they are now aware of Bradford's true nature.

### Conflict With Scrooge

Bradford serves the main antagonist of the episode "Escape from the ImpossiBin!", where the Ducks try to fortify and arm the Money Bin with a wildly dangerous and puzzling security system. While they prepared the system, Scrooge voices his outrage over Bradford for the latter's betrayal, as he once considered Bradford to be his most trusted employee until the Ramrod incident. Eventually, Bradford figures out the system's password (which turns out to be the total sum of Scrooge's wealth) and uses it to trap Scrooge, Louie and Della inside their own trap and likely to kill them. They are able to make it through most of the traps until they get to the part where they need to face a robot called the Scrooge-bot, where Bradford appears on-screen, revealing that he was the one behind this and announcing his official resignation from McDuck Enterprises. After a long-winded fight in the Money Bin, Scrooge and the robot eventually start fighting in alternated gravity on the ceiling of the bin. Scrooge is nearly defeated, but Louie outsmarts the security system by angering the Bulb-bot inside the robot, accidentally bringing all the Bin's money resources toppling on top of the robot, destroying it.

However, this is revealed to be nothing more than a distraction when they realize that Bradford had his F.O.W.L. agents to successfully steal the Harp of Mervana, the Fountain of Youth, the Solego Circuit plans, and Gene the Genie behind the Duck family's back. As such, Scrooge furiously declares that he and the Duck family will have to compete against F.O.W.L. to recover the rest of the artifacts.

### F.O.W.L. on Clan McDuck

Bradford is also the unseen overarching antagonist of the episodes "The Split Sword of Swanstantine!" and "The Fight for Castle McDuck!". In the former, he sends several Heron, Rockerduck, Steelbeak, and Gandra Dee to seemingly get the Split Sword of Swanstantine. They fail, but at the very end of the episode, it's revealed they were actually there to get a sample of Webby's feather while talking to Bradford on the phone. In the latter, Bradford sends Phantom Blot and Pepper to get the blessed bagpipes from Castle McDuck, which they also end up failing at.

Bradford is also the overarching antagonist of "Beaks in the Shell!". Though he only appears at the end, he already figured out that Gandra was using the resources of F.O.W.L. to build a virtual landscape named GizmoCloud with Fenton, and that she intended to leave F.O.W.L. due to her love for Fenton. As such, Bradford has Gandra locked up in a mysterious place called the Library of Alexandria. It later turns out that the Library itself was one of the ancient wonders of the world that Isabella Finch found during one of her expeditions and that the Papyrus is located somewhere within the Library, which was likely the reason why Bradford made the Library as the main headquarters for F.O.W.L..

Bradford is also the unseen overarching antagonist of "The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker". He hires Kit Cloudkicker to deliver the Stone of What Was to F.O.W.L., but his plane is attacked by Don Karnage of the Air Pirates, and the artifact ends up falling on an island. Sometime after that incident, Bradford hired Don Karnage and the Air Pirates to retrieve the Stone from the island, which was successful as Karnage was able to secure a piece of the Stone for Bradford.

With Webby's feather and the piece of the Stone, Bradford got Heron to create two new clones called May and June and had them aged rapidly to Webby's age so that they can carry the next assignment for F.O.W.L..

### A Tale of Three Webbys!

Bradford is watching the events unfold from F.O.W.L.'s hidden base beneath the party complex. However, the Ducks have the upper hand as they are well aware that they are being spied on and take out all cameras before they break into the base. Having heard Launchpad talk in his sleep, Huey (using a British accent) manages to perfectly recreate a map of the base and split into two groups: Huey leading Donald, Della, Gizmoduck, Darkwing Duck and Launchpad while Scrooge leads Dewey, Louie, Webby and Beakley. They scour the base, but find it empty. Instead, they discover May and June, who exhibit happy personalities similar to Webby.

The ducks are at a loss as to why F.O.W.L. would clone Webby, but the situation frustrates and angers Beakley, who refuses to coerce with or question the two for answers. When Scrooge and Huey try to press her, she claims that her history is "classified". Webby sneaks away and manages to confront June and May as they do not know why they were cloned either. She shows them her family board, but the two of them are confused as none of the people on there, aside from Beakley and her parents, are directly related to her. As Webby realizes that she has never bothered to question Beakley about her parents, Lena and Violet enter the room just in time to see June messing with the board. Angered, Lena attacks her and she runs away crying.

Meanwhile, Donald prepares his trip with Daisy, only for Della to confront him about it. She admits that due to her being away for so long, she is afraid of him leaving her and wants to spend as much time with him. Donald manages to calm her by reminding her that they are still family. Beakley runs into Webby and tells her that she knows she is curious about the clones, but only tells her what her parents were like before leaving. Huey tells Dewey and Louie that he spotted June making off with the Sword of Swanstantine and concludes that she and May are still working for F.O.W.L. by trying to steal the Missing Mysteries. Webby overhears and tells the boys that she thinks that May and June are confused and that she needs to help them.

### The Lost Library of Isabella Finch!

While Webby is taking June away, Bradford takes Huey and reveals that not only was Isabella Finch his grandmother, but that he was also the original Junior Woodchuck and has been trying to collect his grandmother's things to archive them.

When Huey spots Gyro, he discovers him imprisoned in a strange vault within the Library along with Gandra Dee and Ludwig Von Drake, who has not aged since the 60s. Ludwig finally reveals to Huey that Bradford was not just the original Junior Woodchuck, but also the worst one ever and his true plot to eradicate adventure. Ludwig also revealed that Bradford has already captured nearly all of the people that Scrooge have been acquainted with and placed them in cells; even Scrooge's old enemies Magica, Glomgold, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys are captured and turned into mindless henchmen by Steelbeak. Huey is then captured and placed in the prison by Bradford.

Beakley is brought to an interrogation room with "June" and placed with the Harp of Mervana to uncover the truth about her history. When Beakley reveals the truth about Webby's origins, Webby reveals herself and is hurt and angered over the truth about her upbringing. Bradford arrives with May and the real June as Heron knocks out Beakley. Bradford promises Webby that he will give her all the answers if she helps him.

### Tale's End!

Bradford takes Webby to a room within the Library where the Papyrus of Binding is located. He tells Webby to go to the Papyrus of Binding as Webby walks to it to know about who she is, but before the could be able the read the rest of the Papyrus, it suddenly reverts back to normal, allowing Bradford to finally nab it. Bradford then finally admits that he created Webby to obtain the Papyrus as a means of taking Scrooge down, right before having May to knock her out and restrain her.

After Scrooge, Della, Donald and the triplets are captured, Bradford takes a tied-up Scrooge, revealing his relationship to Isabella Finch and his backstories and plans to end all adventures due to their supposed chaotic nature. However, Scrooge refuses to accept this and frees himself to attack, but Bradford takes the Sword of Swanstantine to fight back, transforming himself into a tall warrior with brute strength.

During the fight, Bradford cruelly confessed to Scrooge that he was the one who told Della about the Spear of Selene that left her stranded on the moon in the first place. Realizing in horror that everything that happened through out his life was all because Bradford wanted to prevent him from adventuring permanently, an outraged Scrooge lashes forward, but is defeated as Bradford punches Scrooge to the roof of the building. Around the same time, nearly all of Scrooge's allies are taken down and captured, except for Launchpad, who ends up being beaten up by Steelbeak as the latter forced Magica, Glomgold, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys to attack him. Even Bradford got Bentley, Buford and Heron to hold Beakley, Donald and Della prisoner.

With Scrooge and all of his allies captured and at the mercy of F.O.W.L., Bradford revealed that he had his agents to reconfigure the Solego Circuit into a never-ending black hole at the top of the Library tower, where he intends to erase all adventures and anything connected to the idea of adventure (including all the stolen artifacts and all of Scrooge's family, friends, allies and enemies) from existence to cement F.O.W.L.'s rise of power to the world. However, Bradford states that he won't toss Scrooge into the black hole because he knows Scrooge find a way back like he always dose. With that in mind, Bradford offers a deal to Scrooge: the latter must oblige to an airtight contract (which Bradford worked on for 30 years to ensure that there will be no loopholes to exploit) that will forbid him to adventure again in exchange for his family's safety, and to make sure that that Scrooge would not break the contract Bradford made the last page of the contract the Papyrus of Binding itself; making the contract mystically unbreakable. To prove his point on this, Bradford callously tosses Bentley, Buford and Heron into the black hole to erase them all from existence, implying that he's willing to kill the rest of F.O.W.L.'s agents to ensure the success of his plot. Even when Scrooge attempts to stall by slowly reading the contract's contents (including the fine print), Bradford plays wise to this by threatening to drop Donald into the black hole. Having no other choice, Scrooge reluctantly signs the contract, which then produces magical chains to restrain him as Bradford planned. Delighted that he has finally defeated Scrooge in his wits, Bradford spitefully reneges on his word as he drops Donald to mark as a memento for his 'special occasion' of rising to power, much to the Ducks' complete horror.

Just as if it appeared that Bradford has won as he cackles evilly over Donald's imminent death and the Ducks' despair, his disposal of his clones and Heron turned out to be his downfall as it was witnessed by May and June, who became completely horrified that they (along with the rest of F.O.W.L.'s agents) are all being used as expendable pawns by Bradford for his heinous plot. This prompts Webby to convince both May and June to free her and the others from captivity while Scrooge was reading the contract. Even Launchpad himself was able to use Gizmoduck's armor to defeat and free Magica, Glomgold, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys from Steelbeak's control, causing Steelbeak to flee in terror and allowing Launchpad to free the rest of the prisoners. As such, this allowed them to arrive and shut down the black hole in time to save Donald, much to the Ducks' relief and to Bradford's shock.

### Defeat

Having lost his temper over what happened, Bradford's anger and hate caused the Sword to transform him into a giant monstrous version of his warrior form, attacking the Ducks and their allies before attempting to kill Scrooge (who is still bound in chains by the contract) with a giant blast from the Sword's power as a final attempt to assert his power over the world. However, as the Ducks grouped together to defend Scrooge, the triplets found a major loophole in Bradford's contract: it says that Scrooge can have his family as long as he never adventures again, but the kids bring out Scrooge's statement that "family is the greatest adventure of all" in which Scrooge himself truly believes in. Bradford initially finds this to be completely stupid, but the Papyrus instantly obliges to this logic and disintegrates itself along with the contract, thus breaking the chains to free Scrooge. Witnessing this, Bradford screams in horror as he drops the Sword in a failed attempt to reclaim the shattered pieces of the contract, losing his warrior form and powers in the process. Bradford furiously refuses to concede defeat to Scrooge, but the latter assured that Bradford didn't lose to him; he only lost to all of Scrooge's family. The Ducks then rejoined with their friends and allies as they make their stand against the defeated Bradford, thus proving Scrooge's point.

With his plot for world domination foiled and F.O.W.L. finally crumpled, Bradford is left under the wrath of Magica, Glomgold, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys, who are now aware of what has happened and outraged towards Bradford for using them as expendable pawns for his heinous plot. Bradford tried to plead for mercy by still denying that he was ever a villain, but a disgusted Magica refuses to accept this by transforming Bradford into a mindless buzzard before taking him as her new pet. Magica, Glomgold, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys depart peacefully, allowing Scrooge and his allies to celebrate their victory against Bradford and F.O.W.L..

It can be implied that Bradford will remain as a mindless buzzard for the rest of his life as punishment for his heinous crimes.

## Appearances

* "The Great Dime Chase!"
* "Jaw$!" (mentioned)
* "The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!" (cameo)

* "The 87 Cent Solution!" (cameo)
* "The Richest Duck in the World!"
* "Moonvasion!"

* "Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice!"
* "Let's Get Dangerous!"
* "Escape from the Impossibin!"
* "The Split Sword of Swanstantine!" (mentioned over phone)
* "The First Adventure!"
* "The Fight for Castle McDuck!" (mentioned)
* "Beaks in the Shell!"
* "The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker (mentioned)
* "The Last Adventure!"

* "Countdown to Termination!"
* "Flintheart... McDuck?!?"

## Quotes

### Seasons 1 & 2

“ Bradford: With business expanding in Spoonerville and St. Canard markets, noted inter-dependencies C,G, and 5F, we're also cutting funding to unnecessary departments: Historical research, experimental tech, deep sea exploration...

Scrooge: Fantastic. „ ~ Bradford and his brothers going over business with Scrooge in the first episode. (technically, it was Bentley talking on his part, but this was likely an animation error.)

“ Bradford: As you know, revenues are down in our international markets, including Dawson, Lillehammer, El Dorado and Culebra. We feel that-

Gyro: Shut up, everyone! I've done something brilliant!

Scrooge: Ah, Gyro! (to Louie) Gyro Gearloose, my head of research and development.

Bradford: I'm sorry, but we-

Gyro: Apology accepted. Now try to keep up with my mind-numbing genius.

Scrooge: Gyro, what did we say about interacting with other people?

Gyro: \*sighs\* The cards. Fine... (reading off cards) Hello, Mr McDuck... and others... Are you tired of all those single-use gadgets cluttering up your junk drawer? What a mess! There's got to be a better way. (Gyro unboxes his newest invention) Meet Lil Bulb! A tiny, all-purpose robot that does it all!

Bradford: Wait, what does it do?

Gyro: It. All. Lil Bulb is an artificially intelligent personal robot helper. He can make toast, find your keys, serve as a booklight for your late-night reading! You'll never have to do anything yourself again!

Louie: \*gasps\*

Bradford: Um-hmm. And how will you ensure this one won't achieve sentience and turn evil like all the others?

Gyro: Only half my inventions turn evil. The other half are just wildly misunderstood. (Lil Bulb begins threatening Bradford)

Bradford: ...What's it doing?

Gyro: Waving. It likes you.

Bradford: Request denied. „ ~ Bradford in a meeting with Scrooge until Gyro interrupts to show off his newest invention, only to be rejected by Bradford when the robot starts threatening him.

“ Louie: A robot that does everything for you? How could you say no to that?

Scrooge: Part of hard work is knowing how to work with others! My board are the only people cheaper than I am. I trust them completely to make good financial decisions-

Bradford: Indeed. Which is why we've called this meeting to discuss cutting your unnecessary spending here at the... Money Bin.

Scrooge: Unnecessary!? I'm Scrooge McDuck! I don't spend one penny more than I need to!

Bradford: It says here that you're spending $50 million on... "magical defense".

Scrooge: Do you have any idea how many vengeance curses I have on my head? „ ~ Louie and Scrooge about his board until he and Bradford start arguing about spending.

“ Bradford: But how do you justify spending $5000 on a velvet pillow for a dime?

Scrooge: That dime deserves its own velvet pillow! It's my Number One Dime! The first dime I ever earned! „ ~ Bradford and Scrooge arguing about his number-one dime.

“ Scrooge: If you can find me three thousand gallons of silver polish for cheaper, I'd love to hear about it!

Bradford: This is getting us nowhere. If you won't make your own cuts then we're forced to fire staff at the bin to save money. The obvious choice is the archivist.

Scrooge: Fire Quackfaster? Never! For 50 years that woman's level-headedness has kept my archives secure and orderly. „ ~ Bradford and Scrooge discussing about firing staff, starting with Quackfester, who was madly chasing Louie and Webby with a scimitar at the time.

“ Bradford: Fine, Quackfaster stays. But Gyro is absolutely unnecessary.

Scrooge: Are you insane? Gyro Gearloose is one of the most brilliant minds of our time! „ ~ Bradford and Scrooge now arguing about Gyro, who was starting an argument with a vending machine at the time.

“ Scrooge: If you're going to fire all the employees, why don't you just go ahead and shut the whole bin down!?

Bradford: You do have a perfectly good office downtown. Do you really need... a Money Bin? „ ~ Bradford and Scrooge discussing about shutting down the Money Bin.

“ Scrooge: Ye cannae get rid of the bin! Ye may think they're crackpots and weirdos, but they're the ones who push innovation and creativity, and spar this company ever forward!

Gyro: (Breaks in with Lil Bulb) Just a little malfunction! Definitely not evil!

Scrooge: Look, they're all mad as loons, and if you fire then they're definitely going to seek revenge.

Bradford: Uh, all in favour of keeping the bin and everyone in it far away from our offices?

Bradford, Bentley and Buford: Aye! „ ~ Bradford being forced to keep the bin and its employees after realizing the consequences of firing them.

“ Scrooge: So... enjoying the party?

Bradford, Bentley and Buford: (discussing quietly) No. „ ~ Bradford and his brothers first meeting Scrooge.

“ I'm saying given the current economic downturn, having a Christmas that is both holly and jolly isn't fiscally responsible. „ ~ Bradford to Bentley and Buford about his dislike for the holidays.

“ Bradford: We need to discuss the... Ottoman incident.

Louie: Oh, it's great, isn't it? It was not cheap though.

Bradford: And... how does this exactly Ottoman benefit the company?

Louie: I wanted it, and I'm very rich, so...

Bradford: This is a BUSINESS, not a bank account! That money has to come from somewhere!

Louie: Then figure it out! That is what I pay you to do, right?

Bradford: Hmm... We are spending a lot on magical defense on a dark mysterious island in Heron Sea.

Louie: Great, cut that!

Bradford: (presses button to cut off power to safety measure.)

Louie: Now, let the rich life of Louie Duck begi-

Owlson: There's an emergency on your island in the Heron Sea!

Louie: But, but... Uh, fine! But when I get back, I'm going to live it up! „ ~ Bradford tricking Louie into unleashing the Bombie.

### Season 3

“ The race is on. „ ~ Bradford after knowing Scrooge has discovered Isabella Fintch's lost journal.

“ Black Heron, Steelbeak, we have intruders. „ ~ Bradford warning Steelbeak and Heron about Scrooge's presence in Funzo's.

“ Bradford: McDuck is here!

Steelbeak: McWhat!? I hate that guy!

Heron: FOWL chose this absurd location because he'd never step foot in a place like... Funzo's!

Steelbeak: I miss the old lair. The Sattelighthouse! \*laughs\* Classic! villain lair.

Bradford: Get them out of here! Without rousing suspicion! „ ~ Bradford ordering Black Heron and Steelbeak to remove Scrooge from Funzo's.

“ Bradford: Wake up! You have any idea the mess I had to clean up? Bringing the ducks back to Funso's, returning Steelbeak here, restoring your "intelligence" as it were.

Heron: Bradford, I-

Bradford: I told you! No intelligence-rays, or freeze-rays, or any kind of rays!

Steelbeak: Haha! Who's stupid now? \*clamps up\*

Bradford: We. are. FOWL! We have to be smarter than that. We're not trying to destroy the world. We're going to steal it out from underneath McDuck's nose. ...Ew. Why was this wet!? „ ~ Bradford chewing out Black Heron and Steelbeak for their mistakes and expressing FOWL's goals while also discovering the Rubik's cube is covered in drool.

“ Scrooge: Sorry, Bradford. Bit of unexpected turbulence. All fine now.

Bradford: All would be better if you weren't wasting time and money on this trip. After that string of accidents, our St. Canard research facility is a lost cause.

Scrooge: Dr. Bulba maybe a bit unorthodox, but his lab is cutting edge. If he says he's onto something big, I trust him.

Huey: His latest project is supposed to be revolutionary!

Louie: Profitable!

Bradford: Reckless! Mr. McDuck, Bulba's experiments are worthless pipe dreams. Better not to deal with him.

Scrooge: Yes, fine. Thank you, Bradford. (presses button with cane) Short-sighted old buzzard, there's no reward without a little risk. Bradford doesn't know how things work.

Bradford: I'm still on the phone!

Scrooge: (presses button multiple times) I don't know how it works! Someone shut this blasted thing off! „ ~ Bradford and Scrooge arguing over the phone about Taurus Bulba's work before Scrooge attempts to end the conversation and Huey turns off the phone for him.

“ Bradford: What are you doing?

Taurus: Ah, Director Buzzard.

Bradford: I hired you to crack the Solego Circuit for FOWL's master plan, and instead you do... all this!? We're trying to reign in chaos, not create more of it!

Taurus: Sir, this is a huge opportunity! You want to take over the world? This is a big, bold way to do it!

Bradford: This is not how things work in the real world.

Taurus: You're just like Scrooge, and Thad, and his granddaughter, and that coward, Darkwing Duck! Too afraid to embrace a daring new vision! (nods to Liquidator, who smiles back)

Bradford: And what if Scrooge's family learns the extant of our plot against them? You're risking our entire operation! How many times must I say it? We are not supervillains!

Taurus: Too bad! Because here at Bulba's Supervillain Solutions... we are. „ ~ Bradford to Bulba before the latter betrays him for disagreeing with his views.

“ Dewey: Let me guess: You haven't felt this alive in years!

Bradford: I've never been closer to death thanks to your constant foolhardy adventures! If you didn't meddle with forces you didn't understand, Magica de Spell would never have broken the Bin, the Moon would never have invaded Earth, and all of reality wouldn't be in jeopardy! SOMEONE HAS TO PUT AN END TO THIS!! „ ~ Bradford to the Triplets as they escape from Bushroot.

“ That depends on your point of view. Of course, from your point of view right now, yes; I definitely am. „ ~ Bradford revealing his true nature to the Triplets.

“ This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. „ ~ Bradford after Scrooge hires him.

“ Webby: Who am I!? Why was I made!?

Bradford: (Grabs the Papyrus of Binding) Oh, I created you to defeat Scrooge McDuck once and for all. And with this... you just did! „ ~ Bradford reveals to Webby that he created her to defeat Scrooge.

“ Bradford: Ah, Mr. McDuck, nice of you to regain consciousness.

Scrooge: Bradford! You craven, oxygenarian carrion!

Bradford: Yes, yes, clever wordplay. Now, let's get down to business.

Scrooge: Where is my family!? Bradford: They'll all be joining you soon enough. „ ~ Bradford to a restrained Scrooge while showing him his captured relatives.

“ Bradford: As a chronicler of the unknown for the Junior Woodchucks, my grandmother dragged me on countless so-called, "adventures".

Scrooge: Isabella Finch? Your grandmother!?

Bradford: Please save all startles utterances of disbelief for the end. \*clears throat\* Grammy Finch claimed these dangerous excursions were "fun" and "educational". Well I did learn one thing: The world is full of chaos, and its only getting worse. I analyzed these trends and found that in times of high adventure, finances are thrown into a tizzy, and the world becomes increasingly unpredictable. So I dedicated my life to containing that chaos. First at SHUSH, then FOWL, even as your CEO. Just in the past thirty years, we've seen hyper-intelligent rodents, caped crusaders, flying bears, bouncing bears, living statues, and a veritable troop of goofs, misfits and adventurers. And all these events over the past century have one man in common. Who... Could... It... Be? I tried to reign you in. Isolate you. But your adventures just kept getting bigger, as did your family. Children belong in school halls and shopping malls. Not gallivanting around the globe! After decades, I realized I can't stop you. But I can... make a deal with you. After all, I'm a businessman, not a villain.

Scrooge: You're also not much of a Junior Woodchuck. These knots were terrible! „ ~ Braford explaining his past to Scrooge while also blaming him for the world's state of chaos and stating his intent to stop him once and for all, right before Scrooge frees himself and attacks Bradford.

“ Now, on to new business! „ ~ Bradford after gaining the Sword of Swanstantine.

“ Bradford: I've torn you apart once before.

Scrooge: What are you babbling about?

Bradford: How do you think Della found out you built the Spear of Selene? „ ~ Bradford revealing to Scrooge that he was responsible for Della's shipwreck on the moon eleven years earlier.

“ Bradford: This is the last adventure, Scrooge! The Solego Vortex no longer teleports objects to other dimensions, it eliminates them from existence.

Black Heron: Nice outfit, I knew I'd make a villain of you.

Bradford: \*growls angrily\* FOWL has stolen a world's worth of adventure, and it'll be tossed down here forever!

Scrooge: My family will.....

Black Heron: Oh, you mean this family? \*shows the captured Ducks on a hologram\* Wave hello, everyone!

June: Hi, mommy!

Bradford: Each of them will soon be erased from existence as well, all except YOU!! Even if I tossed you in, you'd still find a way back! You always do.... you're Scrooge McDuck! So here's my offer...

Scrooge: What's this?!

Bradford: A contract.... I will allow you to return home with your family to live out the rest of your days as long as you agree to NEVER adventure again! And to ensure that you can't break this contract, you'll sign there on...

Scrooge: ....the Papyrus of Binding!

Bradford: With the power to control reality.... making this document legally and mystically... UNBREAKABLE!!! „ ~ Bradford defeating Scrooge before revealing his endgame to rid the world of all adventures by converting the Solego Vortex into a black hole and using a contract with the Papyrus to force Scrooge to give up his desire for adventure.

“ Bradford: I did it: the great Scrooge McDuck, now... only a poor old man! Normally, I wouldn't indulge in petty villainy, but since this is a special occasion.... \*drops Donald into the Solego\*

Scrooge: NOOOOO!!!! „ ~ Bradford gloating of his victory against Scrooge before deciding to kill Donald by dropping him into the Solego Vortex before engaging into an evil laugh out of further spite.

“ NO!! NO MORE ADVENTURES!!! „ ~ Bradford being outraged to hear that the Duck family have been released and save Donald in time by turning off the Solego vortex, all thanks to May and June freeing them no thanks to Bradford's disposal of his clones and Heron.

“ Huey: Bradford... YOUR CONTRACT IS FLAWED!!

Bradford: What!? IMPOSSIBLE!! I've worked on it for 30 years, went over with the finest toothcombs!!

Louie: According to this, Scrooge can be with his family as long as he doesn't adventure.

Huey: But family is the GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL!!

Bradford: That's the stupidest thing I ever heard! There's no way that- \*sees the Papryus disintegrating the contract to pieces\* NO!! NOOOOOO!!!!!! \*drops the Sword and loses his powers\* I WILL NOT LOSE TO SCROOGE!!!

Scrooge: You didn't lose to me...... you lost to my family... ALL OF THEM!!! „ ~ Bradford meeting his defeat after the triplet exposed a major loophole in his contract, causing him to lose his powers.

“ Ma Beagle: Really?! And you were supposed to be Scrooge's greatest villain?!

Glomgold: He's not even wearing a kilt!

Bradford: Please, no! I'M NOT A VILLAIN!!

Magica: No, you certainly are not. \*zaps Bradford\* „ ~ Bradford’s final words before being turned into a non-anthropomorphic vulture as punishment for his crimes.

## Trivia

* It had been said that Bradford is over a hundred years old like Scrooge. Though Scrooge calls him an octogenarian, implying his 80s instead.
* Being one-quarter finch through his grandmother, Isabella Finch, Bradford is the second known interspecies hybrid character in the 2017 TV series' continuity, the first being Gladstone Gander.
* Bradford is the overarching antagonist of the entire series, as it was revealed in the finale that he was the one who told Della about the Spear of Selene in the first place, thus causing her to be lost in space and kicking off most of the events of the plot. This created a rift between Scrooge and his family that allowed Magica De Spell to get close enough to retrieve his number one dime and regain her physical form. Not to mention that Della's stranding would allow for General Lunaris to invade Earth (said invasion ironically being the very reason for Bradford and FOWL to initiate their direct attacks against the Duck family in the first place).
	+ Despite knowing he was mostly indirectly responsible for Magica's return and Lunaris' invasion, Bradford instead blamed the McDuck family for it all.
* Bradford is likely based on the middle member of the trio of The High Command as they both are the most prominent speaking, the one giving the most orders to the rest of F.O.W.L., and are the leader of the trio.
	+ The only notable difference is that the middle member is shaped like a duck, while Bradford is a vulture, much like the other two members.
* Despite his villainy, Bradford did have a few standards even before or after his true nature was revealed.
	+ During Scrooge's (fake) funeral, his face at Glomgold when he barged to posture were those of pure anger and disgust.
		- However, it can also be not out of standards, but out of annoyance since Season 3 establishes Bradford as a no-nonsense boss of F.O.W.L, and is disgusted and angered by Glomgold because what he is doing is what he considers annoying and nonsensical. It can also be due his obsession with order and what Glomgold is doing in what is supposed to be a funeral is disorderly in his eyes.
	+ Bradford chews out Bulba on the use of the Ramrod due to how it threatens to destroy the world, which he tells Bulba is not the intent of F.O.W.L. Not only that, he points out that the usage also risks Scrooge finding out, which ultimately happens.
		- Despite this, Bradford had no problem using the Ramrod with the universe at risk with no remorse to trap the triplets, despite trying to modify it afterwards. If any, his excuses regarding Bulba's actions are extremely petty at best.
	+ Bradford had a machine that could destroy Duckburg and the world, but refuses to use it due to wanting to rule the world with an iron fist as a totalitarian dictator and imposing a forceful absolute order system on the population of the world.
* A plot hole created by the first episode is that Bentley is shown seated center and speaking rather than Bradford. All subsequent episodes have Bradford seated center and speaking, with it later revealed that the other two are clones who cannot speak in full coherent sentences.
	+ However, this could most likely either be just an oversight by the animators, or Bradford and Bentley had designs switched following production of the pilot.
	+ Alternatively, it could also be a reference to "Dirty Money", the High Command's first actual appearance, where the right and middle members swapped places, let alone speaking roles (in fact, there’s a scene where said member is talking to Ammonia Pine alone), which is possibly a subtle hint to Bradford's main villain status in Season 3. Coincidentally in both cases, the middle and far right members places were switched, giving credence to the idea even further than the first point.
* Although he lacked in adventures, Bradford’s grandmother should’ve been aware of her grandson’s trauma so that he wouldn’t have become the villain he was.
	+ In fact, it can be argued that Bradford is a dark representation of how the boys, particularly Huey, could have ended up had they not have a moral compass or possibly even proper parental guidance. His reactions to his childhood adventures are ultimately what shaped his world views, and it seemed Isabella never attempted to help with his emotional issues the way Scrooge/Donald/Della did for the boys. He has most similarities to Huey due to Junior Woodchuck's history and love of order.
* Unlike every other antagonist in the series, Bradford is the only one who doesn't see himself or his organization as evil, believing that stopping the McDuck family will help bring order to the world. Ironically, due to his heinous actions, he is considered to as the most despicable villain that the McDuck family ever faced; even other villains (such as Magica, Glomgold, the Beagle Boys, and Bulba) despise him for his heinous and deluded nature, though Bulba himself was still irredeemably atrocious. Even moreso, Bradford earned his ultimate comeuppance by being turned into a normal vulture by Magica in the final episode, keeping him as a pet as a punishment for his atrocities.