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| alias = | species = Duck | gender = Male | occupation = Scientist | relatives = | nationality = Austrian | noinfo = yes }} Professor Ludwig Von Drake is one of Walt Disney's cartoon and comic book characters. He was first introduced on September 24, 1961, as the presenter (and singer of "The Spectrum Song") in the cartoon ''An Adventure in Color'', part of the first episode of ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'' on NBC. Said to be an uncle of Donald Duck, he was supposedly named after either Ludwig von Mises or Ludwig van Beethoven. He is described as a scientist, lecturer, psychologist, and world traveler. The character displayed his "expert" knowledge on a variety of subjects in eighteen episodes of the classic anthology series, as well as on a number of Disneyland Records. Paul Frees was the original voice of Ludwig Von Drake. After Frees' death in 1986, Walker Edmiston voiced the role.〔(news from me - ARCHIVES ) 〕 ==Character== Ludwig Von Drake comes from Vienna, Austria and has a fascination with knowledge. Since his youth he has been trying to obtain as many diplomas, in any science, as possible. When he is consulted by other family members, it is a running gag that he almost invariably turns out to have a university degree relevant for whatever information they are seeking. He is often shown as having little social competence, however, and is often portrayed as being very forgetful, sometimes even somewhat senile. In the comics Ludwig usually visits with Donald Duck and Donald's nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. On occasion, Daisy Duck would coax (or even trick) the professor into giving lectures and tours for her ladies' club. Sometimes Ludwig and Gyro Gearloose have competed as to who is the greater inventor. In the ''Wonderful World of Color'' episode ''Kids is Kids'', Ludwig states that he is a bachelor. In the comic strips by the famous duo of comic artists Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro, Donald and his nephews usually call him 'Uncle Ludwig', but in the comic stories he is generally called 'Ludwig' or 'Professor' by those ones. Daisy Duck refers to Ludwig as sort of an uncle of Donald in the first Sunday strip where his name is mentioned.〔(Coa Inducks - Page for the Sunday strip ZD 61-09-24 )〕 In the story "Duckburg, U.S.A.", published in ''Ludwig Von Drake'' #1 (November 1961), Professor Ludwig Von Drake arrives in Duckburg by train, and it is shown that Donald Duck had never seen this Austrian relative before, not even in a picture. Grandma Duck, Uncle Scrooge McDuck, Daisy Duck, Gladstone Gander, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Gus Goose, and Gyro Gearloose also appear in this same story waiting to know Ludwig at the train station, and Grandma enthusiastically exclaims, "Professor Ludwig Von Drake! Such a nice-sounding name!".〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story ''Duckburg, U.S.A.'' )〕 According to an explanation created by Don Rosa's personal family tree, he would have to be married to Donald Duck's aunt, Matilda McDuck, making him Scrooge's brother-in-law. Nevertheless, Ludwig exclaims in the Christmas story "The Cuckoo Clock Caper" that he and Scrooge are "joined in good fellowship".〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story ''The Cuckoo Clock Caper'' )〕 Besides, he was shown as a member of the ''Absentminded Dating Club'',〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic strip YD 85-07-12 )〕 being the suitor of another member of this same club in some old comic strips, a duck woman called Alice.〔(Coa Inducks - Index to strips with Alice from YD )〕 Therefore, Ludwig's marital status is officially unmarried. In a theory based on an old American comic story called "The Family Tree Spree", Humperdink Duck's early life before marrying Elvira Coot could be nebulous enough to pin him and Ludwig as half-brothers, thus making Ludwig a ''grand''uncle to Donald. In this story, Donald scares of seeing Ludwig's specs on the floor and thinks about them as "Uncle Ludwig's specs".〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story ''The Family Tree Spree'' )〕 In the end of this same story, it's revealed that Ludwig also appears in Donald's paternal family tree, wherein he and Donald both have an ancestor called Colombust Duck, who tried to prove the world was flat.〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story ''The Family Tree Spree'' )〕 So it's possible to conclude that Ludwig, whose Austrian father obviously owns the surname ''Von Drake'', has an ancestor with the surname ''Duck'' because of his mother. In this case, Humperdink, who possibly was some years older than Ludwig, really could be regarded as half-brother on mother's side of Ludwig and both of their parents would be descendants from the failed geographer Colombust Duck. In some old comic stories where Ludwig visits Grandma on her farm, it's clear that they have a close relationship, as shown in the story "Message From Space", where Grandma exclaims, "You need rest, dear boy!", after thinking he had a kind of nervous breakdown.〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story ''Message From Space'' )〕 In "Pigeon Panic" Ludwig exclaims, "Ho! You know you can depend on me!", after Grandma warned him to be careful with her smartest homer.〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story ''Pigeon Panic'' )〕 There is an enlightening sequence of two panels in the story "The Rural Eggs-pert", where Ludwig is resting in an old chair of Grandma's house when an antique buyer asks Grandma to sell him "this fine old specimen" (the chair) and she answers, "Well, it's been in the family for years, but I could do without it!", making Ludwig astonished, since he thinks she's referring to him as if he was a livestock.〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story ''The Rural Eggs-Pert'' )〕 He wouldn't have reacted this way if he wasn't her relative. In the last panel of the story "Barn Dance Doctor", Grandma refers to Ludwig as her "cityfied cousin".〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story ''Barn Dance Doctor'' )〕 Since it was stipulated by Don Rosa that her father was a ''Coot'' and her mother was a ''Gadwall'', it's not clear if Ludwig Von Drake is related to Elvira Coot through her father or her mother. Elvira could have an Austrian ascendancy to explain her kinship to Ludwig. Ludwig revealed in "Blown Up Genius" that he came from a long line of glass blowers.〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story Blown Up Genius )〕 In "The Big Payoff", it's revealed that he spent many months living in Donald's house since his arrival in Duckburg. Ludwig wins a TV chess challenge in this comic story, making Donald exclaim, "Yippee! He did it! Now he can pay all he's owed us (he and his nephews) for these many months!".〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story ''The Big Payoff'' )〕 According to the story "The Jewels of Skull Rock",〔(Coa Inducks - Page to the comic story ''The Jewels of Skull Rock'' )〕 Ludwig spent six months in Donald's house.〔(Coa Inducks - Excerpt of the comic story ''The Jewels of Skull Rock'' )〕 Those ten stories mentioned above were drawn by Tony Strobl, who was the cartoonist responsible for introducing Professor Ludwig into American Disney comic books. Actually, Ludwig's first comic book appearance was in a not previously mentioned story by Strobl, "The Scene Stealer", first published in October, 1961. The events showed in this one presumably happened after the ones showed in "Duckburg, U.S.A.", which was published two months later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ludwig Von Drake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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