| “ | Ha, I'm about to become a billionaire! And when Scrooge tries to follow me online, I'll block him! Man, you are killing it today, Beaks! | „ |
| ~ Mark Beaks. |
Mark Beaks is a major antagonist in the 2017 DuckTales reboot series.
He is the founder and CEO of tech company Waddle. But as the series continues, Beaks becomes arrogant and egotistical, wanting to defeat his rivals, by stealing other companies' ideas, especially the Gizmoduck suit. He is also the archenemy of both Huey Duck and Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera/Gizmoduck, also being the former's fallen idol.
He was voiced by Josh Brener, who also voiced Minion in Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate and Megamind Rules.
Personality[]
| “ | Why actually put in the hard work of inventing something when I can just tell everybody I did? Fake it till you make it, right? | „ |
| ~ Beaks expressing his lazy and fraudulent nature. |
Beaks is a mostly shallow and self-centered individual, whose only interests are revolved around his image and the attention he gets. As such, he does not care about being rich out of being greedy, but because of the attention that follows it, even claiming that "buzz" is the new equivalent to money in "McMystery at McDuck McManor!" He is openly vain and obnoxious as well, showing nothing less than egotistic views of himself and condescending and disrespectful behavior towards others, whether he knows it or not. His egotism stems to the point where he is willing to dispose of anything that may become more popular than him, stripping Fenton of the Gizmoduck suit and using it for himself for that very reason. He also despises Scrooge McDuck and his company for being the richest duck in the world and wants to put his company out of business. Scrooge McDuck is Mark Beaks second archenemy.
True to his self-centered nature, Beaks' entire live virtually revolves around his phone and his social media presence. He cannot stand the idea of being without either for very long, and so carries numerous back-up phones in case one ever gets damaged. He almost never looks up from his screen in many situations either, bar when he has to look at other things or when his phones are inaccessible. Some of his dependence on his phone for any sort of interaction seems to stem from him being somewhat socially awkward and unable to truly interact with people, as he is show having invented a digital high-five app so "you're never left hanging, or, y'know, have to touch anyone.". Needless to say, when something catches Beaks' interest, he gets firmly, usually obsessively interested in it, something shown prominently at the end of "Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!", where he decides that he must "have" Gizmoduck.
Despite how dimwitted and clueless he seems on the surface, Beaks is actually somewhat intelligent. He is an expert at winning people over with his charisma, and is clever and cunning enough to know how to scam and manipulate his way to becoming a billionaire. His calculating nature fully surfaces in "Who is Gizmoduck?!", where he not only manipulates Gizmoduck into working for him, but ensures that he will do everything he wants by threatening to shut down his armor. He is also proficient at hacking even the most advanced of security systems, even though he uses his talents for petty goals.
Trivia[]
- According to series co-producer Frank Angones, Beaks is an African grey parrot. Also according to him, Beaks is a fan of magical girl anime. This is prominently seen in Beaks's transformation into Waddle Duck 2.0, which is reminiscent of Sailor Moon.
- Beaks is seemingly based off of Mark Zuckerberg (which is prominent, given he's even named after him), Steve Jobs (who was also shallow and self-centered), and John D. Rockerduck. Mark is an evil version of all three of them.
- According to a writer of Ducktales, his name was originally going to be "Mark Zuckerbird". This was changed due to potential copyright issues.
- According to Beaks, he has a private island in which he blows up helicopters for fun.
External Links[]
- Mark Beaks on the Disney Wiki
- Mark Beaks on the DuckTales Wiki
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