What are the names of Donald Duck's nephews?

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are the triplet nephews of Disney's Donald Duck. They are typically recognised by their shirts and baseball caps. Huey usually wears red, Dewey blue and Louie green.

The triplets made their debut in Al Taliaferro's (1905-1969) comic strip 'Donald Duck' on 17th October 1937. They are named after American politicians Huey Long and Thomas Dewey, and Disney Studio animator Louis Schmitt.

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are the sons of Donald's sister Della Duck. In the comic strips, the three were usually well behaved, but in animated versions, the mischievous ducklings often finished each other's sentences and played tricks on their Uncle Donald.

On a few occasions, an artist accidentally drew four ducklings, which went unnoticed until after publication. To cover up these blunders, comic editor Bob Foster invented a fourth nephew named Phooey Duck.

Donald's nephews appeared in 27 short films between 1938 and 1966. They have also appeared in several television series, including 'Donald Duck Presents' (1983), 'Quack Pack' (1996), 'Mickey's House of Villains' (2002), and 'DuckTales' (2017). The latter was a remake of an earlier series, which focused on the life of Scrooge McDuck, the triplets' great-uncle.

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Joris van Pelt

Netherlands: Kwik, Kwek and Kwak. Germany: Tick, Trick and Track Spain: Juanito, Jorgito and Pedrito Finland: Tupu, Hupu and Lupu. Italian: Qui, Quo and Qua.

Conrado De Leon

VERY FUNNY THE FACT OF THEIR NAMES BEING AFTER WELL KNOWN PEOPLE. iN URUGUAY, OUR SOCCER NATIONAL TEAM WAS ONCE RELATED TO POLITICIAN hUGO (BATALLA), ENTREPRENEUR PACO (CASALS) AND COACH LUIS (CUBILLAS), THAT IS HUGO, PACO Y LUIS, THE USUAL GIVEN NAMES IN SPANISH VERSIONS. Nevwertheless, in old magazines they were called Huguito, Luisito y Dieguito, to make the dubbing easier. The dubbing convenience determined, for instance, that Roy Rogers horse, Trigger, was not called "gatillo" but "Tigre".

Karin Johansson

John W Shreve, where they were 20 star Generals and knows a lot of things to survive in the wild.

Karin Johansson

In Sweden Knatte, Fnatte and Tjatte, in Norway Ole, Dole and Doffen. In Denmark RIP, Rap and Rup, In Iceland Tipp, Rapp and Rupp and in Finland Tupu, Hupu and Lupu.

CHD

On Sweden they are called: Knatte, Fnatte & Tjatte

Alan Coates

Grant McIntosh, Excellent movie.

John W Shreve

I always liked Gyro Gearloose with his little helper.

John W Shreve

They were members of a club called The Junior Woodchucks.

earlepg

I never noticed any appearances by Phooey. I also never knew, not that it mattered, that they were the namesakes of real people. And in all the time that I ran across their paths, of all their relatives, I only seem to remember their uncle, Scrooge McDuck.