Background[]
The Junior Woodchucks were created by Carl Barks and made their first appearance in the 1951 comic Operation St. Bernhard (Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #125). Later stories introduced a similar organization for girls, the Littlest Chickadees, to which Daisy Duck's nieces, April, May, and June belong. However, on DuckTales, Webby Vanderquack was occasionally shown to be a member of the Junior Woodchucks as well. A hallmark of the Woodchucks are exalted titles and ranks (Huey, Dewey, and Louie being promoted to become Ten Star Generals in the 1952 story of that name) and the awarding of buckets of badges, along with severe ideals as to decorum. In this way, Barks poked gentle but pointed satire at aspects of the Boy Scouts.
The Junior Woodchucks also have Scoutmasters. This role is occasionally taken by Donald Duck, or Launchpad McQuack in DuckTales, where they also have a baseball team with Launchpad as its coach.
Junior Woodchucks always carry with them a copy of the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook, a guidebook filled with detailed and pertinent information about whatever country or situation the Woodchucks find themselves. Its depth of coverage is remarkable, considering that it is a small paperback book
Members[]
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck
- Doofus Drake
- Webby Vanderquack
- Launchpad McQuack
- Bill and Webster
- Shedlock Jones
Trivia[]
- Junior Woodchucks is equivalent to real-life youth scouting organizations, such as the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts.