Bubba the Caveduck
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Bubba the Caveduck is a fictional character made by The Walt Disney Company.
He appeared in the second season of DuckTales starting in the five-part episode Time is Money. Bubba met Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie and Launchpad McQuack when they accidentally travelled back in time to the prehistoric era. Just when they were leaving, Bubba and his pet Triceratops Tootsie stowed away in the time machine that Scrooge and the others were using. Since then Scrooge has adopted Bubba as a part of his extended family.
More critical fans may claim his introduction as a permanent character signaled when DuckTales jumped the shark. Indeed, once Bubba was introduced, the writers seemed to have a difficult time figuring out what to do with him. Most episodes had him simply acting as a fourth nephew, having little to no impact on the plot. Later in the second season Gizmoduck (who would become the focus of several episodes and is generally better liked by fans) was introduced, and Bubba vanished from the series almost entirely, with no explanation as to what became of him. Bubba was, in fact, only in one episode with Gizmoduck, "Metal Attraction," where he has a short cameo.
Bubba was voiced by Frank Welker.
