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Matthew Youngberg (born February 17, 1977) is an American writer, animator, storyboard artist, director, and producer, who is best known as co-creator of DuckTales (2017) alongside Francisco Angones. Prior to DuckTales (2017), Youngberg had worked on Warner Bros. Animation series based on DC superheroes starting with Batman Beyond as a storyboard artist before rising up as a director on Teen Titans and The Batman. Youngberg continued working on superhero action based shows when moving to Cartoon Network as a director on Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and supervising producer on Ben 10: Omniverse and Transformers: Animated. He also directed the Skydance Animation short film Bad Luck Spot! (2023).
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From the Universe that brought you DuckTales, the basic premise of the show focuses on Mickey Mouse and his friends operating a dinner theater club in downtown ToonTown. Considered a popular venue by the residents, the club is frequented by a host of character from Disney animated properties – every character from cartoons and films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios are featured in the episodes, with the exception of those made after 2001–2003 (such as Lilo & Stitch) and Dinosaur due to being CGI. Such characters mostly appear as paying guests of the club, with a few voiced in episodes depending on the scripts provided to voice actors, although a number sometimes operate as performers for the club. The animated series is more notable for including many relatively obscure and otherwise rarely used Disney characters, often with speaking parts for the very first time - for example, Li'l Bad Wolf and April, May and June, who had appeared very often in Disney comic books but never before in an animated cartoon, finally made their animated debuts on House of Mouse. The show also featured some cameos by characters created for other television cartoons and theme park attractions, but these appearances were few and far between.
