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Shows that feel likeDuckTales (1987–1990)

Scrooge McDuck finds his hands full at home when nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie move to Duckburg. Joined by their loyal pals Launchpad McQuack, Gyro Gearloose and Mrs. Beakley, the DuckTales gang never fails to deliver a wealth of adventure. Get ready for a fortune of fun with DuckTales!

If you loved DuckTales, the closest series we have are My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010), The Fairly OddParents (2001) and Desperate Housewives (2004). All three share DuckTales' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Girls (2012).

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If DuckTales hit the spot, these will too

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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2010–2019 · 9 seasons · Hub Network
★ 7.8animation · comedy · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixPrime Video

The same mix in both: ideas, then dream logic

The difference: Takes it somewhere less twisty than DuckTales does

Journey to the enchanted land of Equestria, where unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her pals have adventures and learn valuable lessons about friendship.

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The Fairly OddParents
2001–2017 · 10 seasons · Nickelodeon
★ 7.2animation · comedy · sci-fi & fantasyParamount+

Witty and playful in the same breath

The zany, fast-paced adventures of a 10-year-old boy and his fairy godparents, who inadvertently create havoc as they grant wishes for their pint-sized charge.

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Desperate Housewives
2004–2012 · 8 seasons · ABC
★ 7.7mystery · drama · comedyPrime VideoHulu

Both land twists and warmth at once

The difference: Sits closer to drama than DuckTales does

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

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Wizards of Waverly Place
2007–2012 · 4 seasons · Disney Channel
★ 7comedy · sci-fi & fantasy · kidsDisney+

Cerebral sci-fi & fantasy, and it commits to that

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2000s show

Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987–1996 · 10 seasons · CBS
★ 7.9action & adventure · animation · comedyParamount+

Witty animation in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into action & adventure than DuckTales does

Four turtles fall into the sewers and are befriended by Hamato Yoshi a Japanese man sent to New York who was forced to live in the sewers. One day he sees a strange green glow which transforms the four turtles into human-like creatures. Hamato (now Master Splinter) changes into a giant rat from the green glow and teaches the turtles the skills of the ninja as they team up with news reporter April O'Neil to battle against Yoshi's arch enemy Shredder and Krang, an alien warlord from Dimension X.

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Case Closed
1996– · 1 season · YTV
★ 8.5animation · crime · mysteryNetflix

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases

The son of a world famous mystery writer, Jimmy Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. He has always been able to solve the most difficult of criminal cases using his wits and power of reason.

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Candy Candy
1976–1979 · 1 season · tv asahi
★ 8animation · drama · kids

Both lean on warmth more than on kids

This story is about a girl, Candy, who is a orphan. She is a nice and optimistic girl and she has a warm heart. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage called Pony's Home. She had a good friend called Ann. And she met the "handsome boy on the hill" who is a important person in her life, on the hill behind the orphanage. She was adopted by the Loka's family. What's awaiting her are the bad-hearted Leo and his sister, Eliza. One day, in the rose garden, she met a boy, who is identical to the "handsome boy on the hill" who she had met in her childhood. The boy is called Antony. Thereafter, a fantastic story that she has never expected begins.

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Dexter's Laboratory
1996–2003 · 4 seasons · Cartoon Network
★ 7.8animation · comedy · sci-fi & fantasy

Comedy built on dream logic, twice over

Dexter, a boy-genius with a secret laboratory, constantly battles his sister Dee Dee, who always gains access despite his best efforts to keep her out, as well as his arch-rival and neighbor, Mandark.

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Girls
2012–2017 · 6 seasons · HBO
★ 7.4drama · comedyMax

Both lean on play more than on comedy

The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.

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The Midnight Gospel
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.2animation · comedy · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Animation with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.

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Slam Dunk
1993–1996 · 1 season · tv asahi
★ 8.7animation · comedyNetflix

Witty mystery in both cases

Sakuragi Hanamichi is a junior high punk used to getting into fights and being rejected by girls but upon entering high school he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko Akagi. He will do anything in order to win her heart including joining the school basketball team that is aiming to conquer the nation lead by Haruko's brother. The problem is that Sakuragi has never played basketball before and a freshman sensation is stealing the spotlight and Haruko's affection from him.

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I Am Not an Animal
2004 · 1 season · BBC Two
★ 7.9animation · comedy · sci-fi & fantasy

Another one that scratches it

I Am Not An Animal is an animated comedy series about the only six talking animals in the world, whose cosseted existence in a vivisection unit is turned upside down when they are liberated by animal rights activists.

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