Editing Scrooge McDuck (section)

===Wealth===
[[File:Scroogemoney.jpg|right|thumb|Valuation of Scrooge's assets in Barks' ''The Second Richest Duck'']]
The sum of Scrooge's wealth is unclear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cbarks.dk/theserieswealth.htm|title=theserieswealth|website=cbarks.dk}}{{full citation needed|date=April 2022}}</ref> According to Barks' ''The Second Richest Duck'' as noted by a [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] article, Scrooge is worth "one multiplujillion, nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents".<ref name="1982-05-17 Time">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921233,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311055851/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921233,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 11, 2007 |title=The Duck with the Bucks |last=Cocks |first=Jay |author-link=Jay Cocks |date=May 17, 1982 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> The ''DuckTales'' episode "Liquid Assets", [[Fenton Crackshell]] (Scrooge's accountant) notes that McDuck's money bin contains "607 tillion 386 zillion 947 trillion 522 billion dollars and 36 cents". Don Rosa's ''Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck'' notes that Scrooge amounts to "five multiplujillion, nine impossibidillion, seven fantastica trillion dollars and sixteen cents". A thought bubble from Scrooge McDuck sitting in his car with his chauffeur in ''Walt Disney's Christmas Parade'' No. 1 (published in 1949) that takes place in the story "Letter to Santa" clearly states "What's the use of having 'eleven octillion dollars' if I don't make a big noise about it?". In ''[[DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp]]'', Scrooge mentions "We quadzillionaires have our own ideas of fun." In the first episode of the [[DuckTales (2017 TV series)|''DuckTales'' reboot]], Scrooge states that he runs "a multi-trillion-dollar business". In the original ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'' animated series (Episode 56, Season 1), he claims to have 72 quadrillion dollars.

''[[Forbes]]'' magazine has occasionally tried to estimate Scrooge's wealth in real terms. In 2007, the magazine estimated his wealth at $28.8 billion.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/12/11/richest-fictional-characters-oped-books-fict1507-cx_mn_de_1211fictional15_land.html |title=The Forbes Fictional 15 |editor1-last=Noer |editor1-first=Michael |editor2-last=Ewalt |editor2-first=David M. |editor1-link=Michael Noer (editor) |editor2-link=David M. Ewalt |date=December 11, 2007 |magazine=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>  By 2011, it rose to $44.1 billion due to the rise in gold prices.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/fictional15/2011/forbes-fictional-15.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408020016/http://www.forbes.com/lists/fictional15/2011/forbes-fictional-15.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2011 |title=The Forbes Fictional 15 |editor1-last=Noer |editor1-first=Michael |editor2-last=Ewalt |editor2-first=David M. |editor1-link=Michael Noer (editor) |editor2-link=David M. Ewalt |date=April 1, 2011 |magazine=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> In a 1970 comic, Scrooge says that he would be broke in 600 years if he lost 1 billion dollars a minute, putting his total estimated net worth at $315,360,000,000,000,000.<ref>[Walt Disney "Golden Key" Comics Digest #January 19, 1970 "Much Luck McDuck"]</ref>  A [[running gag]] is Scrooge always making profit on any business deal. Whatever the amount, Scrooge never considers it to be enough; he believes that he has to continue to earn money by any means possible. Additionally, ''[[Forbes]]'' does have him ranked at the number 1 spot on ''The Forbes Fictional 15''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Forbes Fictional 15 |url=http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2013/fictional-15/ |access-date=2022-02-15 |magazine=[[Forbes]] |language=en}}</ref>