James Duck

*This a fan-made article about Huey, Dewey and Louie's father. You might also want to check out the article on Cody Duck.*

### Aliases

The Duck Avenger (Several)Jamie (Della)

Dad (Huey, Dewey and Louie)

Bro (Donald)

The Father (Webby)

### Relatives

Della Duck (Wife), Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck (Sons), Donald Duck (Brother-in-Law), Daisy Duck (Cousin), Cody Duck (Father)

## Physical description

### Eye color

gray

== who was looking for an internship with Gyro Gearloose and while temporally working as a lab assistant for Gyro, James would come into contact with the McDuck Family. Scrooge McDuck would see James' potential when he stopped a lab ==
Time would go on and as Della and James grew older, their love grew stronger. The night when James asked Della to marry him was one he'd use to urge himself to go on in later years. Della insisted they have an aerial and Scrooge hired a pilot called Launchpad McQuack to fly the plane. Before the two could kiss however, Launchpad crashed the plane and they had to finish the wedding on the ground. Della would go on to lay her eggs and James could never have been so proud. Then the night came when Della disappeared and seemingly died. James was busy working on some renovations for Gyro so he didn't hear about it until a teary-eyed Scrooge tolled him the next day. Ridden by grief, James locked himself in his room for three days and wouldn't let anyone in. James wasn't ready to be a single father and somehow he knew Della was alive and that he was going to bring her back. He just wasn't sure where to start.

*For this continuing part, I'm pulling some inspiration from Gravity Falls*

Using his intellect, James began to build a trans-universal gateway that would allow him to go to Della's exact location. He decided not to tell the others for fear the might think he was crazy. When he was finally ready to use it, he had to harness every energy source in Duckburg which awakened Donald. Donald discovered that James had built the portal but he didn't know what it was for. Before James could explain the portal became unstable and sucked James in, causing a huge blackout across Duckburg. Donald wasn't sure what happened, but when Scrooge came downstairs after hearing the noise, all Donald could tell his uncle was that James Duck was dead.

On the other side of the portal, James found himself at the very edges of space and since that moment, he made it his mission to find Della and get back to Earth. Over the years, James would get quite a name for himself, making enemies, learning all he could about the galaxy and trying to find any trace of Della. He gained the title of The Duck Avenger and he decided to use it as his cover name and even though the thoughts of his family were the things that kept him going, he was afraid his family had forgotten him.

This was far from true, because while James was searching across the galaxy for Della, Della had already returned from her imprisonment on The Moon. Later once the boys were asleep during the episode "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!" she asked Scrooge where James was. Scrooge gave it to her strait was that for all they knew, James was dead and all that was left of him was the portal. Deciding to keep this a secret from the boys, Della poured all her free time into studying the portal although this would be postponed due to the Moon invasion and the events of Season 3. By Season 4 of the show, Della had returned to studying the portal however, James' advanced technology proved too difficult to understand and Della had to begrudgingly give up on her husband.

In the Season 4 episode "Who on Earth is James Duck?!" Huey, Dewey, Louie and Webby Vanderquack are going through some old photo-albums in Scrooge's attic when they come across a picture of Della and James' wedding. Webby explains that James has been one of the biggest mysteries of the Duck/McDuck family and she's never been able to figure out who he really is. Della overhears to conversation and tells the boys the truth at last. Dewey refuses to believe that James is dead and begs Scrooge to let Gyro look at the portal. Scrooge, out of pity for Dewey, agrees and Gyro deduces that there might be a way to restart the portal. It requires a rare element called McGuffium that the family spends the rest of the episode trying to get, which they do. In the following episode "What Ever Happened to James Duck?!", Gyro loads the element into the portal and fires up causing a blackout across the entire region. Then, a lone figure steps out of the portal and removes his mask, James Duck has returned to Earth.

James was on the other side of the universe, trying to escape a patrol of the police force from an evil alien planet when the portal opened. Recognizing it instantly, James ran through and found himself back in McDuck Manor. Della and James are both shocked to see how the other has changed, James with his many scars and graying hair and Della with her robotic leg. James finally gets to met his children and we get a "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!" scenario where James sends the rest of the episode trying to bound with the boys and being shocked at how much has changed.

James becomes a re-recurring character hereafter and mostly runs into a battle head on while still being one of the smartest characters in the show with all he's learned in the past few years.

## Relationships

#### Della Duck

> "*"The simplest way to describe your mother? Picture a daredevil and an angle had a child."*"
> ― James Duck
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James loves Della more than life itself and respects that she can easily take care of herself. Never the less, James would die for Della's safety.

#### Donald Duck

> "*"Donald's been delt a hard hand in life. But when push comes to shove, he's a great guy."*"
> ― James Duck
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Donald is the brother that James never had. The two feel like one understands the other (often times literally) and James often goes to Donald for advice. Donald was also the best man at James and Della's wedding.

#### Scrooge McDuck

> "*"Mr. McDuck...I mean...Uncle Scrooge? I know I'm marrying your niece but...I know this may seem weird...I was wondering if I could call you 'Dad'."*"
> ― James Duck
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Scrooge is the fatherly figure in James' life. James' father Cody Duck [No Relation to Cody Webfoot] was an abusive drinker and often would relax by beating James to a pulp. Scrooge on the other hand, was a role model for James and taught him the importance of pursuing goals which helped him while building and being trapped on the other side of the portal.

#### Daisy Duck

Daisy is James' cousin and they mostly don't keep in touch until she and Donald start dating. James and Daisy have a good relationship but they aren't very close.

#### Gyro Gearloose

> "*"Doctor Gearloose is brilliant! He was able to program a Nuero-Reflex-Code in under 5 microseconds! I spent 11 years exploring the galaxy and I still can't do it!"*"
> ― James Duck
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While Scrooge is James' father-figure, Gyro is James' mentor. Gyro first recognized James' talent and hired him before he had perfected his Lil Bulb technology. Even now, that James' knowledge is beyond Gyro's, James still looks at Gyro as a genius and is still trying to learn from him.

#### Huey Duck

> "*"You know Huey, your mom forced me to join Junior Woodchucks even though we were both in our mid-twenties. I went for the chess merit badge and bet her 267 times. After that she stopped making me come to meetings!"*"
> ― James Duck
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James was never really into the Junior Woodchuck thing, but Huey did inherit James' common sense and the two often bound over a game of chess.

#### Dewey Duck

> "*"I was never ready to be a father Dewey and even now after I've faced countless threats across the galaxy, I'm still nervous. We'll get through this together; you, me, your mom and your brothers. But I just want to say, thanks for not giving up on me."*"
> ― James Duck
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Dewey is the one James feels he can connect with the most. Dewey inherited James' and Della's spirit of adventure and his love for reality T.V. What makes James the proudest is how above all else, was that Dewey was the one who refused to give up on him and that gives the two a special bound.

#### Louie Duck

> "*"No one's perfect Louie. I mean look at me! I'm a nervous wreck who stuck in space for 11 years just because I wasn't ready to be a parent by myself! But you want to know something? Our imperfections, are what makes us...well...us."*"
> ― James Duck
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Although Louie and James don't have much in common, James still loves Louie just as much as Huey and Dewey and feels it's easier to talk to him about his problems than it is to the other two.

#### Webby Vanderquack

> "*"You...you're the father!! I've waited for so long to met you! I have so many questions and theories and...and...oh, I think I'm gonna explode!"*"
> ― Webby Vanderquack
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Webby has been pondering "The James Duck Cover Up" for almost her whole life and is constantly prodding James with questions. James sort of likes Webby but thinks she's a little creepy.

## Other

#### The No-Specific Time Zone Show

Starting from when James started his internship with Gyro to the day before Della's ride in The Spear of Selene, James had a Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon style T.V. show that he recorded for the purpose of entertaining the McDuck Family. A few known episodes include James announcing his internship, him starting to date Della and the triplets' eggs being laid. The sense of this show was most likely carried over to Dewey and inspired Dewey Dew-Night.

#### The Galacti-Tentiary

After stopping a gang of galactic crime-lords posing as diplomats James was put in The Galacti-Tentiary; an intergalactic prison. James was the first person to escape The Galacti-Tentiary and he still has nightmares about his month there.

#### The Duck Avenger Returns

James was wrong when he believed that his superheroing days were over, because in the Season 5 episode "The Duck Avenger Strikes Again!", when Steelbeak kidnaps Della and the kids, James dawns the costume one more time and as the Duck Avenger, takes out Steelbeak and saves Della and the kids.