27 Facts About Flintheart Glomgold

Flintheart Glomgold is a cartoon character created in 1956 by Carl Barks.

Flintheart Glomgold is a South African American Pekin Duck and the business rival of Scrooge McDuck, usually portrayed as an ambitious, ruthless, and manipulative businessman who shares many of the same qualities as Scrooge—the drive for massive wealth, and the cunning and creativity to obtain the same—but he lacks any of Scrooge's tendencies towards generosity and compassion.

Flintheart Glomgold's appearance is deliberately similar to that of Scrooge, but he is usually drawn with a full beard and sideburns as opposed to simple side-whiskers, black or purple frock coat instead of Scrooge's red or blue one, and a dark tam o'shanter instead of Scrooge's top hat.

Flintheart Glomgold first appeared in "The Second-Richest Duck", first published in September 1956.

Scrooge's Money Bin is at the center of Duckburg, Calisota, United States, a constantly expanding industrial city, while Flintheart Glomgold's is in the center of a valley, located somewhere in the lands around Limpopo, surrounded by wildlife and away from human activities.

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Flintheart Glomgold uses a number of underhand plots against Scrooge, but his plans backfire when their cost in money costs Flintheart Glomgold his chance at victory.

However, for the first time, some panels concentrate on Flintheart Glomgold's thoughts, revealing that his insecurities about his own worth are the driving force behind both his efforts to best Scrooge and his dishonest tactics, and that Flintheart Glomgold believes said tactics are betrayals of his "dear old mother's fondest hopes".

Flintheart Glomgold was not nearly as recognizable as other rivals of Scrooge, like Italian sorceress Magica DeSpell, who appeared far more often.

Flintheart Glomgold returned to prominence in 1979, when Egmont editors Lars Bergstrom and Stefan Printz-Pahlson decided to revive the character.

Since then, Flintheart Glomgold has appeared in more than 100 Egmont stories, some of which depict him as an influential member of Duckburg's Billionaires Club.

Flintheart Glomgold offered to be the guide of the recently arrived gold miner from Scotland, since he knew the territory.

When Scrooge finished with him, Flintheart Glomgold was publicly humiliated, thoroughly embittered, and imprisoned for theft.

Since Flintheart Glomgold gets Scrooge's name, some fans could think he is more interested in defeating and humiliating Scrooge as revenge for getting imprisoned rather than becoming the world's richest duck.

Flintheart Glomgold would spend the next fifty years working his way up the financial ladder both by hard efforts and dishonest methods when needed.

In "Attack of the Metal Mites", Flintheart Glomgold sends the metal mites to eat whole money from Scrooge's bin.

Flintheart Glomgold almost succeeds when Fenton Crackshell stopped the metal mites and the last ones retrieved by Dijon spread in Flintheart Glomgold's office.

Flintheart Glomgold is a recurring antagonist in the DuckTales comic book series, notably the series Scrooge's Quest.

Flintheart Glomgold appears in the 1989 DuckTales video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Flintheart Glomgold appears in the 1993 video game sequel DuckTales 2, for the NES, trying to obtain the treasures that Scrooge had collected and kidnaps Webby in order to get Scrooge to hand over the treasure.

In DuckTales: Remastered, Flintheart Glomgold is voiced by Brian George, and his role is greatly expanded.

Flintheart Glomgold appears again on the Moon, attempting to collect the Green Cheese of Longevity before Scrooge does.

Flintheart Glomgold appeared in Ducktales: Scrooge's Loot, and as Boss in the RPG card game titled The Duckforce Rises for the Android and iOS.

Flintheart Glomgold is the main antagonist in the PC game DuckTales: The Quest for Gold.

Flintheart Glomgold appeared on the 2012 list of the Forbes Fictional 15, a compilation of the wealthiest characters in fiction.

Flintheart Glomgold, now voiced by Keith Ferguson, returns as Scrooge's nemesis in the 2017 reboot of DuckTales.

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Flintheart Glomgold is the head of Glomgold Industries, through which he builds up his fortune through personal branding and making products as cheaply as possible.

Flintheart Glomgold asked the waiter if the restaurant was for sale and was given a price of one million dollars.