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Gladstone Gander is a Walt Disney fictional character created by Carl Barks for Western Publishing. Gladstone first appeared in the story "Wintertime Wager" in January, 1948.Gladstone is a lazy and infuriatingly lucky creature who never fails to upset his first cousin Donald Duck. Gladstone's luck defies probability and provides him with anything he desires, with hardly the need of effort. His philosophy in life is summarised in leaving everything to chance and taking advantage of opportunities as they come. As Don Rosa has commented on the character " Gladstone is unwilling to make the slightest effort to gain something that his luck cannot give him, and, when things go wrong, he resigns immediately, certain that around the next corner a wallet, dropped by a passer-by, will be waiting for him". For all his luck Gladstone has no achievements to be proud of and no true ambitions, as he is incapable of long-term planning. All this in stark contrast to his relative Scrooge McDuck who is also capable of taking advantage of opportunities but works hard to create situations favorable for him, is strongly motivated by his ambitions and takes pride in forming his fortune by his own efforts.
Gladstone finds working for a living deplorable and has held only one job in his lifetime; so ashamed was he at being forced to work that he hid his salary (one coin) in a safe. He is a rival of Donald for the love of their common distant cousin Daisy Duck. He is considered among the prime candidates for Scrooge McDuck's succession. For all these reasons he and Donald have formed an intense rivalry to each other. Gladstone's arrogance and outrageous luck, combined with Donald's own ego and belief he can still best him despite all odds - or as Don Rosa's version of Scrooge comments "Donald's eternal tendency towards self-destruction" - have set the stage for many stories featuring their confrontations.
Like his other first cousin Fethry Duck, Gladstone has little care for social conventions. Both of them have been sometimes described as the Beatniks or the HippieHippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native Americans of the Duck familyThe duck family is a fictional family created by The Walt Disney Company. Its most well known member is Donald Duck. Its earliest member was Pintail Duck. His descedents include Humperdink Duck who married Elvira Coot and they had three children named Qua.
His exact relation to the Duck Family Tree is somewhat uncertain. In Carl Barks' original version of the family tree from the 1950sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb., Gladstone was the son of Luke the GooseLuke the Goose is a fictional character from the Donald Duck universe. He is the father of Gus Goose. He was originally supposed to be Gladstone Gander's father but Carl Barks later changed his mind about that matter. Disney characters. and Daphne DuckDaphne Duck is a fictional character, presented in Walt Disney's comic books. According to Don Rosa's story "The Sign of The Triple Distelfink", she is the daughter of Humperdink Duck and Elvira Coot. On the day of her birth, a traveling worker painted a who died by overeating at a free-lunch picnic. He was later adopted by Matilda McDuckMatilda McDuck is a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck universe. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 1871 to Fergus McDuck and Downy O'Drake. She had an older half-brother named Rumpus McFowl and an older brother named Scrooge McDuck. She would ha and Goosetave GanderGoosetave Gander is a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck Universe, Gladstone Gander's father. He was originally supposed to be married to Matilda McDuck but Carl Barks later changed his mind and had him married to Daphne Duck instead. Gander, Goose. Later, Barks is reported to have done away with the adoption, but no stories denying the event were published. In a more recent version by Don Rosa, Daphne Duck married Goosetave Gander and the two were Gladstone's parents. In his stories that is the case. In his story "The Sign of the Triple Distelfink", first published on February 4February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 330 days remaining, (331 in leap years). Events 1454 In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Mas, 1997, he added the fact that Gladstone was born on the day of Daphne's birthday on 1920, under the protection sign of the Triple Distelfink, and that he has inherited his mother's luck.
A number of recent Italian stories feature Gladstone's protector Goddess appearing in person. That is Fortuna, Goddess of Luck, the equivalent in Roman mythology of Tyche, Goddess of Luck in Greek mythology. Notably in "Gastone e il debole dalla Fortuna" ("Gladstone and the struck of Luck"), by Enricco Faccini and Augusto Macchetto , first published on March 24, 1998. In this story the Goddess takes mortal guise to be able to date her favorite duck and appears to be love-struck with him.
Gladstone appeared briefly in the animated series DuckTales. The episode "A Dime Enough for Luck" featured Gladstone as an unwitting stooge for Magica De Spell in one of her attempts to steal Scrooge's Number One Dime. Probably not coincidentally, this was the thirteenth episode of DuckTales. (See thirteen and numerology.) His voice actor was Rob Paulsen ( March 11, 1946 -), later noted for playing Pinky of Pinky and the Brain. Otherwise Gladstone is unknown to animation fans. But he is a prominent character of the Scrooge McDuck Universe and familiar to its readers.
