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Duck Tales 2017 Chronology


There are only a few stated dates in Duck Tales 2017.

In "The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!" Webby reads from a book titled The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck that Scrooge McDuck was born in 1867. And as it happens comic book artist Don Rosa wrote a series of comics about the biography of Scrooge McDuck titled The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, where Scrooge was born in 1867.

In "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!" the boys found a paper with a date of April 15, 20__, which they said was the week that they hatched, thus making them hatch somtime between 2000 and 2099, and putting the first season sometime in the period 2010 to 2110.

Since Bentina Beakley, Bradford Buzzard, and Black Heron are still alive and healthy in the third season, and since "The First Adventure!" shows that they were already adults in the 1960s, the most logical fictional date for Duck Tales 2017 is the years when the various seasons are shown. Thus the first season happens in 2017 to 2018, the second season in 2018 to 2019, and the third season in 2019 to 2020.

Here is a link to a listing of the order in which the first and second season episodes of Duck Tales 2017 should be watched, which is somewhat different from the order in which they were first broadcast. https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/ducktales-watch-order-new-series/

And here is a rough chronology of the first two seasons:

1867 Scrooge McDuck born.
1871 Matilda McDuck born according to Don Rosa. She will appear in "The Fight for Castle McDuck!", set in 2019, November 23, 2020.
1876 Hortense McDuck born according to Don Rosa. She might have Donald and Della about 1980. Since Scrooge has at least 2 living siblings in "The Fight for Castle McDuck!", in 2019, Hortense might be alive then.
1918 or earlier. Scrooge and Goldie meet at White Agony Plains in the Yukon, at least a century before "The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!"
1942, December? in my post dated 12-04-2020 at: https://moviechat.org/tt5531466/DuckTales/5b3624973100df0014702393/How-old-is-Scrooge-in-DuckTales-2017?reply=5fc9e92b064b2013dd201b03&animate=false it is deduced that Scrooge makes his first million in December, 1942, and celebrates by hiring George Mallardy as his guide up Mount Neverrest. Scrooge becomes "the Neverrest Ninny" and Mallardy dies on the mountain.
1960s F.O.W.L. formed.
1960S later, Agent 22 (Mrs. Beakley) defeats foul F.O.W.l. agent Black Heron. Black Heron's lab explodes. Black Heron escapes but loses her right arm.
1980? Donald and Della Duck, children of Hortense McDuck, hatched.
1990s? "The First Adventure!" of Scrooge with Donald and Della. Duckworth is still alive. Scrooge hires Bradford Buzzard.
2003 Scrooge imprisons Magica de Spell. Lena created.
2008 Donald and Della at Castle McDuck in April. Della takes the Spear of Selene and is lost in space. Huey, dewey, and Louie hatch. Rift between Scrooge and Donald.
2008? April/Webby Vanderquack is created by Black Heron and rescued by Mrs. Beakley, who becomes Scrooge's housekeeper.
2013 Castle McDuck is briefly reachable by outsiders.
2017 "Woo-oo!" Scrooge begins adventuring with Huey, Dewey, and Louie. 6 months before "The Last crash of the Sunchaser!" & so probably in November or December.
"Day Trip of Doom!"
2017 -Xmas time. "The Impossible Summit of Mount Neverest!" 75 years to the day since Scrooge became "the Neverrest Ninny".
2018 "The Great Dime Chase!".
"The Beagle Birthday Massacre!". Webby meets Lena.
"The House of the lucky Gander!"
"The Infernal Internship of Mark beaks!"
"The Living Mummies of Toth-RA!"
"Terror of the Terra-firmians!"
2018 - Scrooge's Birthday. "McMystery at McDuck McManor!"
"The Missing Links of Moorshire!"
"The Spear of Selene!"
"Day of the Only Child!"
"Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!"
"The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!"
"Jaws!"
"From the Confidential casefiles of Agent 22!"
"Sky Pirates...in the Sky!"
2018 April? "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!" Castle McDuck is visited.
"Who is Gismoduck?!"
"The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!" Magica de Spell posseses Lena.
"The Last crash of the Sunchaser!" The fate of Della is revealed, Split between Scrooge and his family and friends. 6 months after "Woo-oo!".
"The Shadow War!" Magica de Spell strikes but is defeated by Scrooge and allies. Lena is blasted by Magica.

End of first season.

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The Second season episodes in their correct viewing order according to this list: https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/ducktales-watch-order-new-series/

2018
"Most Dangerous Game...Night!"
"The Depths of Cousin Fethry!"
"The Ballad of Duke Baloney!" Flintheart Glomgold has been missing for four months since "The Shadow War!".
"The Town Where everyone Was Nice!"
"Storkules in Duckburg!"
2018 - Christmass. "Last Christmas!" Time travel between Christmas 2018 and earlier Christmases.
2019
"What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!" Flashbacks to 2008 and years betweeen and ending in 2019.
"Friendship Hates Magic!" Webby makes a new friend, Violet Sabrewing. Despite suspicion and opposition from shadow Lena, they bring Lena back to life.
"Treasure of the Found Lamp!"
"The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!" In 2019 scrooge tries to motivate Louie with a story about his adventures in the wild west over a century earlier.
"The 87 cent Solution!"
"The Golden Spear!" Della returns to Earth, but Donald is accidentally sent to the Moon. General Lunaris plans to invade.
"Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!"
"Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!"
"The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!"
"The Duck Knight Returns!"
"Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!"
"Whatever Happened to Donald Duck?!" Donald returns to Earth but can't warn Scrooge about the Moon invasion.
"A Nightmare on Killmoter Hill!" Lena thinks, but isn't certain, it is the first anniversary of Webby and Lena becoming friends, so it should be before April 2019. Magica haunts their dreams.
"The Golden Armory of Cornelius Coot!"
"Timephoon!"
"GlomTales!"
"The Richest Duck in the World!"
"Moonvasion!"

I have not seen an official list of the episode order for the third season, which should happen in the years 2019 and 2020.

However, "The Trickening" (October 5,2020) clearly happens on Halloween, October 31, 2019, and "how Santa Stole Christmas!", set to be broadcast on November 30, 2020, probably includes a flashback to one or more past Christmases, and probably also scenes happening during Christmas, 2019.

"The Fight for Castle McDuck!" November 23, 2020, should happen sometime in 2019. Scrooge & the gang are called to Castle McDuck because the mists have cleared and it is now possible to reach the castle "four years" ahead of schedule. Since the next time the castle would be reachable should be about April, 2023, that would put "The Fight for Castle McDuck!" about April 2019, give or take a number of months.

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