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Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional ScottishGlaswegian[1]anthropomorphic duck created by Carl Barks that first appeared in Four Color Comics #178, Christmas on Bear Mountain, published by Dell Comics in December, 1947.Over the decades, Scrooge has emerged from being a mere supporting character to a major figure of the Duck universe, even giving it its popular name Scrooge McDuck universe. In 1952, he was given his own comic book series, Uncle Scrooge, which still runs today. As the character's popularity rose, he appeared in various television specials, films, and video games. Scrooge, along with several other characters of Duckburg, has enjoyed international popularity, particularly in Europe, and his books are frequently translated into other languages.Scrooge's name is of course based on that of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character from Charles Dickens' 1843 novelA Christmas Carol.[2] Although never explicitly confirmed by Barks, it is theorized that Scottish industrialist Andrew Carnegie, who left his country for America at 13, served as a model for Uncle Scrooge (in Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Scrooge leaves Scotland for the United States at age 13).[3] Another prototype for Scrooge was a character (with no name) with Scrooge's characteristic sideburns, glasses and Scottish accent who was featured in the Disney-produced World War IIpropaganda film, The Spirit of '43 in 1943. >> By WikiPedia
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