Huey, Dewey and Louie

Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are a trio of ducks who appear in animated cartoons and comic books published by the Walt Disney Company.

History
Identical triplets, the three are Donald Duck's nephews. Huey, Dewey, and Louie were created by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro, and first appeared in a newspaper comic strip on 17 October 1937. Their first animated appearance was in the theatrical short Donald's Nephews, released 15 April 1938. The boys are V.I.P. members of the Mickey Mouse Club.

About Huey, Dewey and Louie
Huey, Dewey and Louie are the sons of Donald's sister; in Donald's Nephews, Donald's sister is named Dumbella, but in the comics, her full name is Della Thelma Duck. In the original theatrical shorts, they were originally sent to visit Donald for only one day; in the comics, the three were sent to stay with Donald on a temporary basis, until their father came back from the hospital (the boys ended up sending him there after a practical joke of putting firecrackers under his chair). In both the comics and animated shorts, the boys' parents were never heard from or referred to again after these instances, with the boys ending up permanently living with Donald, in keeping with Disney's usual elimination of characters' parents. All four of them live in the fictional city of Duckburg, in the fictional state of Calisota.

Huey
 * The leader of the group. Huey is the toughest and the one who comes up with their rascally plans and activities. Huey's trademark color is red. He's boyfriend of Annie.

Dewey
 * The most intelligent of the group. Dewey usually creates the material they need for their plans and activities. Dewey's trademark color is blue.

Louie
 * The kindest of the group. Louie usually test out Huey's ideas and Dewey's inventions for their plans. Louie's trademark color is green. He's the boyfriend of Gwen.

In early comic books, the caps of Huey, Dewey, and Louie were colored randomly; in some cases there have been yellow or orange capped nephews. The colors of Huey, Dewey, and Louie's caps were random depending on the whim of the comic book colorist. In one cartoon (Donald's Happy Birthday, 1949), all three nephews wore red. It slowly became established that Huey is dressed in red, Dewey in blue, and Louie in green. Disney's archivist Dave Smith, in "Disney A to Z," said, "Note that the brightest hue of the three is red (Huey), the color of water, dew, is blue (Dewey), and that leaves Louie, and leaves are green."

Appearances

 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 47 - "Tic-Tac-Dough" (Huey), "The Swift-Kick Blues"


 * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 264 - "Master Wrecker", "Magic Rug Bug"
 * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 265 - "Raven Mad", "Donald Duck"
 * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 266 - "Stalwart Ranger", "Up and Atom", "Rare Repair"
 * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 267 - "Log Jockey", "Uncle Scrooge"
 * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 268 - "Christmas Cheers", "Survival Kit Crisis"
 * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 269 - "A Matter of Factory"
 * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 270 - "The Jinxed Jalopy Race", "The Monkey from Mars"
 * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 271 - "A Stone's Throw from Ghost Town", "The Beanie Brain", "Donald Duck"
 * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 272 - "Spare That Hair"
 * Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 273 - "A Duck's-Eye View of Europe", "A Goof on the Golf Course"

Cover Cameos

 * Donald Duck 26
 * Donald Duck 27
 * Donald Duck 28
 * Donald Duck 30
 * Donald Duck 31
 * Donald Duck 36
 * Donald Duck 38
 * Donald Duck 42
 * Donald Duck 43
 * Donald Duck 44
 * Donald Duck 45
 * Donald Duck 46
 * Donald Duck 49 (only one duckling)
 * Donald Duck 51
 * Donald Duck 53


 * Four Color 147 - Donald Duck
 * Four Color 159 - Donald Duck
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 * Four Color 199 - Donald Duck
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 * Four Color 408 - Donald Duck
 * Four Color 422 - Donald Duck


 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 1
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 2 (name only)
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 4
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 5
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 9
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 11
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 14
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 15
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 16
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 18
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 20
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 25
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 28
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 32 (only one duckling; wearing green so perhaps Louie)
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 34
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 36
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 41
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 44
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 48
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 49
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 53
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 55
 * Walt Disney Comics Digest 56


 * Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell) 2
 * Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell) 3
 * Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell) 4
 * Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell) 5
 * Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell) 6
 * Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell) 7
 * Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell) 8


 * Walt Disney's Comics Digest 1
 * Walt Disney's Comics Digest 5