Merlock the Magician is a sorcerer and a villain of the Scrooge McDuck universe. He is an anthropomorphic dog, and he possesses a green magic talisman that gives him magic powers which include the ability to transform into (non-anthropomorphic) animals, including a hawk, a beetle, and a mountain lion. When placed on the Genie's magic lamp, the talisman grants Merlock an unlimited number of wishes to be granted, instead of the usual three. When he had possessed the lamp, some of the sorcerer's wishes that were unwillingly granted by the Genie included his own immortality, the destruction of Atlantis, and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
In DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Merlock is obsessed with retrieving the Genie's lamp, which he apparently lost to the thief Collie Baba (a parody of Ali Baba) centuries before. Collie Baba buried the lamp, along with a large amount of treasure, in the middle of a desert. When Scrooge McDuck comes searching for that very treasure, Merlock attempts to use Scrooge's ambition to obtain the lamp for himself. In this movie, Merlock is voiced by actor Christopher Lloyd.
Merlock also appears in the video game Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers as the main antagonist. He captures reporter Daisy Duck after she infiltrates his temple, and Donald Duck sets out to rescue her.
