One can recognize the girls in their modern look: April (Lizzy in Dutch comics) has one ponytail in her hair and wears purple, May (Juultje in Dutch comics) wears a headband, and dresses in pink, and June (Babetje in Dutch comics) has the two pigtails, and wears yellow.
In DuckTales, the three wear identical clothes in the form of a long-sleeved shirt, a darker vest, a large bow on their heads, and a skirt. They can be differentiated with their hairstyles and the color of their clothes; April/Webby has a pixie cut and wears pink with a blue vest, May has a single ponytail and wears yellow, and June has two short pigtails and wears blue. In addition, April/Webby's bow is on the side of her hair, while May and June's rest on the backs of their heads.
History[]
The first appearance of the trio was in the 1952 comic story Flip Decision by Carl Barks, in which they can be seen when Daisy is visiting her sister, the nieces' mother, who remained unseen. In the final panel, they appear with Huey, Dewey, and Louie as their escorts.
After Barks introduced the girls in Flip Decision, they continued to make rare appearances in Barks's stories, but there were some they did play important roles. Their first appearance after their introduction was in Barks' The Double Date, six years after their debut. The story The Beauty Business, in which the nieces help Donald with his failing beauty salon, marked their final appearance in Barks' comics.
Redesigned April, May, and June from a Dutch comic translated in Finnish.
In 1998, the editors of the Dutch 'Donald Duck' weekly magazine decided the three girls should be modernized, and they got permission from the Disney Company to do so. Dutch Duck comic artist Mau Heymans designed a new hairdo and new wardrobe for April, May, and June.
The new hairdo first appeared in the Dutch comic "Nieuwe Coupe". They now don't look the same at all in Dutch stories and don't have the 'girly' occupations anymore they had when Barks created them. In some Danish stories, the new hairdo has been copied. The Dutch comics with the redesigned girls have also been published in other countries. However, they still appear in their old design in several other countries that haven't adopted this redesign yet.
While April, May, and June still appear regularly in comics, their roles are usually quite minor. The exception is the Dutch version of Donald Duck comics, in which they appear quite often. They mostly appear in the Dutch series "Duckies", which focuses on April, May, and June, Huey, Dewey, and Louie and several classmates and teachers, who were designed by Daniel Branca at the request of the Dutch editors.
More recently, April, May, and June make a brief cameo appearance in the four-part crossover conclusion of the 2011Darkwing Duck and DuckTales comics Dangerous Currency. They help the fellow residents of Duckburg beat back the villains and their slime.
The girls' first appearance in animation was a cameo in the House of Mouse episode "Ladies' Night", where they take over for Huey, Dewey, and Louie as the club's band.
The nieces' first major role in Legend of the Three Caballeros.
The triplets appear as recurring protagonists in the series, which marked their first-ever speaking appearance in animation. They loyally support Donald Duck even after their aunt breaks up with him, though they tend to be rather critical and morose. Although they tend to get along very well, May is visibly more condescending and pessimistic compared to her sisters, often expressing doubt in her sisters' plans. They are all sarcastic and have a talent for deception, being able to goad Baron Von Sheldgoose into buying a ring and pretending to be a waiter in a restaurant. They provide support and helpful information to Xandra and the Caballeros during their quests, via a magic mirror that they found among Clinton Coot's antiques. They also attempt to help Xandra with her integration into the modern world, often with mixed results.
In this show, April wears yellow, May wears orange, and June wears purple. This is most likely to contrast with the colors red, blue, and green associated with Huey, Dewey, and Louie or the Three Caballeros themselves. Their voices are also slightly differentiated from each other.
June (left), May (middle), and April/Webby (right) in the series finale of the DuckTales reboot.
In the original DuckTales, the character Webby Vanderquack essentially served as a condensed version of April, May, and June.
Webby was carried over in the reboot, however this time around, April and Webby are retconned to be one and the same, while May and June were made as separate characters. This fact was not revealed until May and June make their official debut in the series finale The Last Adventure!. Unlike the other series House of Mouse and Legend of the Three Caballeros, they don't serve as Daisy's biological nieces.
It is explained that Webby, originally code-named April, was created by F.O.W.L. using Scrooge McDuck's DNA, essentially making her his daughter. Her purpose was to locate an artifact called the Papyrus of Binding, a mystic paper that can make anything written on it come true, which Scrooge had previously written in stating that no one can locate it unless they were his direct descendant. However, she was then rescued as an infant by Beakley when she was still an agent for S.H.U.S.H. and taken to live with Scrooge as her adopted granddaughter. Later on, May and June were cloned from Webby's DNA in an effort to find the Papyrus, but couldn't. As a result, both were considered "failures" by F.O.W.L., but were given the opportunity to fulfill a purpose by capturing Webby and having her find the Papyrus. This ends up working, thus making May and June completely unnecessary to F.O.W.L.'s future goals. When F.O.W.L. agent Black Heron is thrown into a recreated version of the Ramrod that makes anything cease to exist by Bradford Buzzard in front of them, May and June are devastated as they considered her their "mother". Webby learns of her true past and works together with her sisters to take down F.O.W.L. At the end of the series, Scrooge begins to view Webby as a true daughter, while it is implied that Donald Duck adopts May and June.
Trivia[]
When Don Rosa was asked if the mother of April, May, and June could possibly be Donna Duck, who appeared in a few stories before Daisy appeared, he replied that he found it a good idea. Despite this, it is proven to be impossible, as Daisy and Donna were said to have never seen each other before their meeting in Al Taliaferro's 1951 newspaper strips.
"Ladies' Night" shows April (wearing red) as left-handed.
In Italian comics, they are called Ely, Emy, and Evy. Although the Italian illustrators have not adapted to the new designs of Daisy's nieces, Italy is one of the very few countries that use the trio frequently.
The female triples were mistaken as their boyfriends' cousins because they're thought to be the daughters of Donald's brother-in-law who was rumored to be Daisy's brother.
All three were the reason the character Webby Vanderquack was created.
Season One: "The Stolen Cartoons" • "Big Bad Wolf Daddy" • "The Three Caballeros" • "Goofy's Valentine Date" • "Unplugged Club" • "Timon and Pumbaa" • "Gone Goofy" • "Jiminy Cricket" • "Rent Day" • "Donald's Lamp Trade" • "Donald's Pumbaa Prank" • "Thanks to Minnie" • "Pluto Saves the Day"
Season Two: "Daisy's Debut" • "Goofy for a Day" • "Clarabelle's Big Secret" • "The Mouse Who Came to Dinner" • "Max's New Car" • "Not So Goofy" • "Everybody Loves Mickey" • "Max's Embarrassing Date" • "Where's Minnie?" • "Super Goof" • "King Larry Swings In" • "Ladies' Night" • "Dennis the Duck" Season Three: "Suddenly Hades" • "Pete's One-Man Show" • "House of Crime" • "Mickey and Minnie's Big Vacation" • "Donald and the Aracuan Bird" • "Goofy's Menu Magic" • "Music Day" • "House of Scrooge" • "Donald Wants to Fly" • "Dining Goofy" • "Chip 'n' Dale" • "Humphrey in the House" • "Ask Von Drake" • "Salute to Sports" • "Pluto vs. Figaro" • "House of Magic" • "Mickey vs. Shelby" • "House of Turkey" • "Clarabelle's Christmas List" • "Pete's Christmas Caper" • "Snow Day" • "Pete's House of Villains" • "Halloween With Hades" • "House Ghosts" • "House of Genius" • "Mickey and the Culture Clash"
Books:The Penguin That Hated the Cold • The Three Caballeros Ride Again • The Magnificent Seven (Minus 4) Caballeros • South of the Border with Disney: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program, 1941-1948 Segments:El Gaucho Goofy • Aquarela do Brasil • Pedro • Lake Titicaca • The Cold-Blooded Penguin • The Flying Gauchito • Baía • Las Posadas • Mexico: Pátzcuaro, Veracuz and Acapulco • Donald's Surreal Reverie
Members of the Saludos Amigos Artist Tour:Walt Disney • Frank Thomas • Lee Blair • Mary Blair • Norman Ferguson Legend of the Three Caballeros:Xandra • Daisy Duck • April, May, and June • Baron Von Sheldgoose • Lord Felldrake Sheldgoose • Leopold the Horrible • Humphrey the Bear • Eugenia Ferdinand-Ferdinand • Clinton Coot • Pete • Spike the Bee • Gary • Dapper Duck • George Washington • Abraham Lincoln • Thomas Jefferson • Teddy Roosevelt • King Arthur • Merlin
Episodes
Legend of the Three Caballeros "Dope-a Cabana" • "Labyrinth and Repeat" • "Pyramid-Life Crisis" • "World Tree Caballeros" • "No Man Is an Easter Island" • "Stonehenge Your Bets" • "Mount Rushmore or Less" • "Nazca Racing" • "Mexico à Go-Go" • "Mt. Fuji Whiz" • "Thanks a Camelot" • "Shangri-La-Di-Da" • "Sheldgoose Square Dance"
Songs
Saludos Amigos:Saludos Amigos • La Blanca Paloma • Escravos de Jó • Aquarela do Brasil • Tico-Tico no Fubá The Three Caballeros:Baía • Have You Been to Baía? • Pandeiro & Flute • Os Quindins de Yayá • The Three Caballeros • Las Posadas • Mexico • Jarabe Pateño • Lilongo • You Belong to My Heart • La Zandunga • Jesusita en Chihuahua Legend of the Three Caballeros:Moai Vacation • Goblin Jail • Draw the Line Others:We Are The Three Caballeros • My Name is Panchito • Pagode na Disney
Video Games:Video game (HD remake/Soundtrack) • DuckTales 2 • The Quest for Gold • Scrooge's Loot Comics:Comic Books (IDW) Books:Dinosaur Ducks • The Secret City Under the Sea • Dinosaur Valley • Launchpad's Daring Raid • Welcome to Duckburg • Sphinx for the Memories and Sir Gyro Gearloose • The Great Lost Treasure Hunt • Scrooge McDuck and the Big Surprise • Dinosaur Ducks and Jungle Duck • The Hunt for the Giant Pearl • Scrooge's Treasure Hunt • Christmas at the North Pole • Armstrong the Robot and Earthquack • Silver Dollars for Uncle Scrooge • Webby Saves the Day
Disney Parks
DuckTales World Showcase Adventure • PLAY!
Characters
1987 series:Scrooge McDuck • Huey, Dewey, and Louie • Launchpad McQuack • Webby Vanderquack • Bentina Beakley • Duckworth • Chief O'Hara • Shedlock Jones • Gyro Gearloose • Little Helper • Yardarm • Doofus Drake • Fenton Crackshell • Donald Duck • Gladstone Gander • Bubba the Cave Duck • Abominable Snowwoman • Tootsie the Triceratops • Skittles • Blackjack • Poupon • Gene the Genie • Glittering Goldie • Mad Dog McGurk • Feathers Galore • Burt Quackarach • Major Courage • Micro Ducks • Admiral Grimmitz • King Homer • Queen Ariel • Shawebizad • Gandra Dee • McPapa • McMama • Robotica • Beagle Boys • Ma Beagle • Pete • Flintheart Glomgold • Phantom Blot • Dijon • Argus McSwine • Magica De Spell • Minima De Spell • Poe De Spell • El Capitan • Joaquin Slowly • Merlock the Magician • Cinnamon Teal • Dracula Duck • Dr. NoGood • Millionara Vanderbucks • Fritter O'Way • Lawrence Loudmouth • Bruno Von Beak • Armstrong • The Sirens • Circe • Harpies • Yuckalinda • Queen Griselda • Djinni • Terra-Firmie King • Overlord Bulovan • Solego • GICU-2 • Magica's Shadow • The Fear Demons
2017 series:Della Duck • Lena • Captain Peghook • Manny the Headless Man-Horse • Pixiu • Gabby McStabberson • Hack and Slash Smashnikov • Roxanne Featherly • Toad Liu Hai • Mark Beaks • Falcon Graves • Amunet • Sabaf • Toth-Ra • Zeus • Selene • Storkules • Briar and Bramble • Darkwing Duck • Gosalyn Mallard • Megavolt • Don Karnage • Quackerjack • Liquidator • Black Heron • Zan Owlson • Fisher • Mann • Drosera occidendum • José Carioca • Panchito Pistoles • Fethry Duck • John D. Rockerduck • Jeeves • Gavin • Grandpappy Beagle • Violet Sabrewing • Unicorn • Percival P. Peppington • Paddywhack • Negaduck • Daisy Duck • Goofy • Chip and Dale • Monterey Jack • Zipper • Gadget Hackwrench • Kit Cloudkicker • Taurus Bulba • Molly Cunningham • Lieutenant Penumbra • General Lunaris • Neighbor Jones • Steelbeak • Indy and Ty Sabrewing • Emma Glamour • Inspector Tezuka • Akita • Strongbeard • Jormungandr
Episodes
1987 series
Season One: "The Treasure of the Golden Suns" • "Send in the Clones" • "Sphinx for the Memories" • "Where No Duck Has Gone Before" • "Armstrong" • "Robot Robbers" • "Magica's Shadow War" • "Master of the Djinni" • "Hotel Strangeduck" • "Lost Crown of Genghis Khan" • "Duckman of Aquatraz" • "The Money Vanishes" • "Sir Gyro de Gearloose" • "Dinosaur Ducks" • "Hero for Hire" • "Superdoo!" • "Maid of the Myth" • "Down and Out in Duckburg" • "Much Ado About Scrooge" • "Top Duck" • "Pearl of Wisdom" • "The Curse of Castle McDuck" • "Launchpad's Civil War" • "Sweet Duck of Youth" • "Earth Quack" • "Home Sweet Homer" • "Bermuda Triangle Tangle" • "Micro Ducks from Outer Space" • "Back to the Klondike" • "Horse Scents" • "Scrooge's Pet" • "Catch as Cash Can" • "Merit-Time Adventure" • "The Golden Fleecing" • "Ducks of the West" • "Time Teasers" • "Back Out in the Outback" • "Raiders of the Lost Harp" • "The Right Duck" • "Scroogerello" • "Double-O-Duck" • "Luck o' the Ducks" • "Duckworth's Revolt" • "Magica's Magic Mirror" • "Take Me Out of the Ballgame" • "Duck to the Future" • "Jungle Duck" • "Launchpad's First Crash" • "Dime Enough for Luck" • "Duck in the Iron Mask" • "The Uncrashable Hindentanic" • "The Status Seekers" • "Nothing to Fear" • "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck" • "Once Upon a Dime" • "Spies in Their Eyes" • "All Ducks on Deck" • "Ducky Horror Picture Show" • "Till Nephews Do Us Part" Season Two: "Time is Money" • "Super DuckTales" Season Three: "The Land of Trala La" • "Allowance Day" • "Bubbeo & Juliet" • "The Good Muddahs" • "My Mother the Psychic" • "Metal Attraction" • "Dough Ray Me" • "Bubba's Big Brainstorm" • "The Big Flub" • "A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity" • "Blue Collar Scrooge" • "Beaglemania" • "Yuppy Ducks" • "The Bride Wore Stripes" • "The Unbreakable Bin" • "Attack of the Fifty-Foot Webby" • "The Masked Mallard" • "A DuckTales Valentine" Season Four: "Ducky Mountain High" • "Attack of the Metal Mites" • "The Duck Who Knew Too Much" • "New Gizmo-Kids on the Block" • "Scrooge's Last Adventure" • "The Golden Goose"
2017 series Season One: "Woo-oo!" • "Daytrip of Doom!" • "The Great Dime Chase!" • "The Beagle Birthday Massacre!" • "Terror of the Terra-firmians!" • "The House of the Lucky Gander!" • "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!" • "The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra!" • "The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!" • "The Spear of Selene!" • "Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!" • "The Missing Links of Moorshire!" • "McMystery at McDuck McManor!" • "JAW$!" • "The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!" • "Day of the Only Child!" • "From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!" • "Who is Gizmoduck?!" • "The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!" • "Sky Pirates...in the Sky!" • "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!" • "The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!" • "The Shadow War!" Season Two: "The Most Dangerous Game...Night!" • "The Depths of Cousin Fethry!" • "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!" • "The Town Where Everyone Was Nice!" • "Storkules in Duckburg!" • "Last Christmas!" • "What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!" • "Treasure of the Found Lamp!" • "The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!" • "The 87 Cent Solution!" • "The Golden Spear!" • "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!" • "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!" • "Friendship Hates Magic!" • "The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!" • "The Duck Knight Returns!" • "What Ever Happened to Donald Duck?!" • "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!" • "A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!" • "The Golden Armory of Cornelius Coot!" • "Timephoon!" • "GlomTales!" • "The Richest Duck in the World!" • "Moonvasion!" Season Three "Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!" • "Quack Pack!" • "Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice!" • "The Lost Harp of Mervana!" • "Louie's Eleven!" • "Astro B.O.Y.D.!" • "The Rumble for Ragnarok!"
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