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I like to think of Quack Pack as its own continuity/universe well outside the established norms of the Carl Barks material or even Duck Tales/Darkwing for that matter. That's the only way I can wrap my head around it without bagging on it because of all the discrepancies in character and personalities and that whole "seemingly nothing but humans in a place called Duckburg" thing.
Everything has its fans though. But QP was just a huge dissapointment for me all around. :(

Outside of them no longer being the voice of reason among several other niggles - HDL as teens *in general* I dont mind at all - in fact I think the designs are OK though not my favorite (but it fits them I think and I liked Lars' callback in the one Scrooge story he did in the Barks verse that depicted them as such in their cameo).
What I don't like however, is that so much of their natural personalities that had been there for decades were sacrified in favor of "Generic Disney Prototype Teen Attitudes #1-3". You could pretty much substitute them carte blanche for Max and PJ plus one (without Goofy or Pete to influence the direction of the comedy or the natural characterization) and you'd wind up getting the exact same thing. You simply can't argue that their personalities as depicted as kids via the comics or on Duck Tales for that matter VS thier personalities on QP is anything remotely near a natural progression. Of course, by using the argument that QP is entirely its own thing altogether, it works just fine. But if you transplanted those personalities into the HDL that we know as responsible Junior Woodchucks that get thier uncles out of jams CONSTANTLY instead CAUSING AND CREATING those jams irresponsibly - then you'd have an HDL that is simply not HDL. By giving them individuality to such a stark degree they arguably sacrificed the very thing that made HDL who they were and what made them stand out as TRIPLETS. The same thing via thier individuality could have been achieved without sacrificing what made the original triplet power trio work in the first place.
Again - this is moot if you consider QP to be its own thing and not directly connected to the core stuff, which in truth - given the many, many differences that go beyond the surface - it really is.
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Nor do I mind Daisy as a career woman. In fact I would greatly argue that if there's one thing QP did that I really got behind, it was that QP Daisy was the first iteration of the character I think I genuinely liked given her lack of abrasiveness and arguably the one character on the show who was more likeable in many ways than her comics counterpart. Her personality was smart and strong without being mocking, she could carry her own weight, and she was a lot more than "generic girlfriend", " Early cartoon Minnie Mouse - doting duck clone version", "Spunky Girl", or "Abrasive Witch" as depicted in so many comic stories that actively make you wonder why Donald puts up with her in the first place. For the first time Daisy had focus that was more than just using Donald or being a (frankly) awful girlfriend for him. But that's just my two cents. Your mileage may vary.

Quote from user: quackpackQuote from user: WBOutside of them no longer being the voice of reason among several other niggles - HDL as teens *in general* I dont mind at all - in fact I think the designs are OK though not my favorite (but it fits them I think and I liked Lars' callback in the one Scrooge story he did in the Barks verse that depicted them as such in their cameo).

What I don't like however, is that so much of their natural personalities that had been there for decades were sacrified in favor of "Generic Disney Prototype Teen Attitudes #1-3". You could pretty much substitute them carte blanche for Max and PJ plus one (without Goofy or Pete to influence the direction of the comedy or the natural characterization) and you'd wind up getting the exact same thing. You simply can't argue that their personalities as depicted as kids via the comics or on Duck Tales for that matter VS thier personalities on QP is anything remotely near a natural progression. Of course, by using the argument that QP is entirely its own thing altogether, it works just fine. But if you transplanted those personalities into the HDL that we know as responsible Junior Woodchucks that get thier uncles out of jams CONSTANTLY instead CAUSING AND CREATING those jams irresponsibly - then you'd have an HDL that is simply not HDL. By giving them individuality to such a stark degree they arguably sacrificed the very thing that made HDL who they were and what made them stand out as TRIPLETS. The same thing via thier individuality could have been achieved without sacrificing what made the original triplet power trio work in the first place.

Again - this is moot if you consider QP to be its own thing and not directly connected to the core stuff, which in truth - given the many, many differences that go beyond the surface - it really is.

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Nor do I mind Daisy as a career woman. In fact I would greatly argue that if there's one thing QP did that I really got behind, it was that QP Daisy was the first iteration of the character I think I genuinely liked given her lack of abrasiveness and arguably the one character on the show who was more likeable in many ways than her comics counterpart. Her personality was smart and strong without being mocking, she could carry her own weight, and she was a lot more than "generic girlfriend", " Early cartoon Minnie Mouse - doting duck clone version", "Spunky Girl", or "Abrasive Witch" as depicted in so many comic stories that actively make you wonder why Donald puts up with her in the first place. For the first time Daisy had focus that was more than just using Donald or being a (frankly) awful girlfriend for him. But that's just my two cents. Your mileage may vary.
Well, Quack Pack, I think was actacually a sequel to Ducktales. If Quack Pack actacually didn't get canceled halfway, it will slowly come all together.

Weird thing is, while HDL got older, Gus Goose got younger(a teen) and smarter(through still kinda stupid).
How could the people responsible for that show make such a grievous error? Gus Goose had to be at least Donald's age. How could they convince anyone that the SAME cousin, Gus Goose, is now a contemporary of Donald's Nephews? Why didn't they just make him a different cousin? They could have used "Cousin Sock" (Socrates), who was a contemporary to (of roughly the same age as) the Nephews, in the late 1930s Karp/Taliaferro strip. I used him in an as yet, unpublished DD story.

Quote from user: Roger NorthI don't think that Gus Goose was on Quack Pack. Gustav was a completely different character that looked like Gus except that he was younger.
That makes more sense. Maybe Gustav is Gus' illegitimate son?

Quote from user: WBI like to think of Quack Pack as its own continuity/universe well outside the established norms of the Carl Barks material or even Duck Tales/Darkwing for that matter. That's the only way I can wrap my head around it without bagging on it because of all the discrepancies in character and personalities and that whole "seemingly nothing but humans in a place called Duckburg" thing.

Everything has its fans though. But QP was just a huge dissapointment for me all around. :(
I agree! Quack Pack has to be considered as told second hand description from a poor memory(something like Homer's Iliad and Oddessy), while the Barks Universe is actually photos of what really occurred.

Quote from user: Robb_KQuote from user: WBI like to think of Quack Pack as its own continuity/universe well outside the established norms of the Carl Barks material or even Duck Tales/Darkwing for that matter. That's the only way I can wrap my head around it without bagging on it because of all the discrepancies in character and personalities and that whole "seemingly nothing but humans in a place called Duckburg" thing.

Everything has its fans though. But QP was just a huge dissapointment for me all around. :(
I agree! Quack Pack has to be considered as told second hand description from a poor memory(something like Homer's Iliad and Oddessy), while the Barks Universe is actually photos of what really occurred.
Well, the comics themselfs were dierefferent. I wouldn't agree that Quack Pack is only from a poor memory, because that they take place in a time that Scrooge McDuck probaly died (=() and since that Ducktales takes place 7 years eariler, HDL might have quit the Junior Woodchucks, then they actacually became worse then they were before they joined JW. Would make sense.

(And the humans doesn't bother me, in fact the usual dogs in the comics are just humans with dog noses)

Quote from user: WBOutside of them no longer being the voice of reason among several other niggles - HDL as teens *in general* I dont mind at all - in fact I think the designs are OK though not my favorite (but it fits them I think and I liked Lars' callback in the one Scrooge story he did in the Barks verse that depicted them as such in their cameo).

What I don't like however, is that so much of their natural personalities that had been there for decades were sacrified in favor of "Generic Disney Prototype Teen Attitudes #1-3". You could pretty much substitute them carte blanche for Max and PJ plus one (without Goofy or Pete to influence the direction of the comedy or the natural characterization) and you'd wind up getting the exact same thing. You simply can't argue that their personalities as depicted as kids via the comics or on Duck Tales for that matter VS thier personalities on QP is anything remotely near a natural progression. Of course, by using the argument that QP is entirely its own thing altogether, it works just fine. But if you transplanted those personalities into the HDL that we know as responsible Junior Woodchucks that get thier uncles out of jams CONSTANTLY instead CAUSING AND CREATING those jams irresponsibly - then you'd have an HDL that is simply not HDL. By giving them individuality to such a stark degree they arguably sacrificed the very thing that made HDL who they were and what made them stand out as TRIPLETS. The same thing via thier individuality could have been achieved without sacrificing what made the original triplet power trio work in the first place.

Again - this is moot if you consider QP to be its own thing and not directly connected to the core stuff, which in truth - given the many, many differences that go beyond the surface - it really is.

SECONDLY

Nor do I mind Daisy as a career woman. In fact I would greatly argue that if there's one thing QP did that I really got behind, it was that QP Daisy was the first iteration of the character I think I genuinely liked given her lack of abrasiveness and arguably the one character on the show who was more likeable in many ways than her comics counterpart. Her personality was smart and strong without being mocking, she could carry her own weight, and she was a lot more than "generic girlfriend", " Early cartoon Minnie Mouse - doting duck clone version", "Spunky Girl", or "Abrasive Witch" as depicted in so many comic stories that actively make you wonder why Donald puts up with her in the first place. For the first time Daisy had focus that was more than just using Donald or being a (frankly) awful girlfriend for him. But that's just my two cents. Your mileage may vary.
Jams? Like what?
(I was bored so I put on a pic(nothing related)

Now here's a question...
Are the Disney Afternoon shows (DuckTales, Goof Troop, Darkwing Duck) in the same continuity as the two direct-to-video Christmas specials? (Once Upon a Christmas, Twice Upon a Christmas)
If so, we've got even more continuity problems. Pete seems childless in the Goofy stories (maybe he got divorced and his wife took the kids... then his son moved back for the two Goofy movies?) HDL haven't aged at all, but Goofy's son Max is younger than he was in Goof Troop in the first movie, then in college the next. HDL are also living with Donald, not Uncle Scrooge (though it could be argued he was discharged from the Navy and took the boys back.)
So, I'm thinking Disney animation studios probably wasn't thinking of continuity with Quack Pack... they just wanted to do something funny with Donald, making the boys older so as to not repeat DuckTales (just without Scrooge.) Just a theory.