#The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee

[best-ducktales-episode]

ROUND #1

[shychick-52]

In the episode 'Timephoon', Gyro explained to Scrooge and family he'd been ("definitely not") cloning an army when his Time Tub was mysteriously stolen. It's my headcanon that Gyro created this batch of clones in 'Timephoon' specifically to protect him and the lab after the events of 'The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee', instead of necessarily just because he could or on a mad scientist whim.

'Timephoon' (where this screenshot is from) was the next episode Gyro appeared in after 'The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee' where the poor guy ended up locked inside a closet and then electrocuted, his lab's security compromised, and the whole lab totally destroyed. During the part of 'Dangerous Chemistry' where Gandra was standing next to the closet collaborating on the phone with her partner-in-crime Mark Beaks, Gyro overheard her and frantically tried to alert Lil Bulb and Manny ("You imbeciles! It's a trap! They're trapping us!"), and Gandra knocked him out to keep him quiet.

After the events of 'The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee', I like to think Gyro decided to clone an army to protect both himself and his lab/top-secret inventions from thieves, spies, or any other intruders in future in case security was ever breached again.

(I don't know if he created even more clones for the Moonvasion, or if he scrapped these ones at some point and created an entirely new batch for the Moonvasion)

[writebackatya]

“What the hell have I gotten myself into?” - Gandra Dee’s inner monologue throughout The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee! probably

[sometimes-they-come-back-237]

Emma, looking at Mark’s baby book: Oh look, Marcus, your first words!

Mark, reading from the book: Me need food... Me want food... Ouch?

Emma: Nobody likes a whiny baby, Marcus.

[tokuvivor]

Let’s talk about Huey.

He’s the responsible triplet. He tries to keep his brothers in order. That’s the weight that comes with being the oldest brother.

But let’s face it. Even he needs someone to look up to. Not necessarily as a parent or guardian, like he would Donald, Della, or Scrooge, but as more of an older sibling.

Which brings me to the main point of this post: Today, I will be discussing three characters that have acted like an older sibling towards Huey at one point or another in the show (and in the case of one, has signs pointing to that happening more consistently post-canon).

Let’s start with Lena.

In the first two seasons, we didn’t really see Huey and Lena interact one-on-one much. Then we get to The Split Sword of Swanstantine! (which we saw yesterday for Movie Night, and inspired me to make this post at all), and these two paired off together to find the blade of the Sword of Swanstantine.

I cannot say enough good things about who the writers chose for each pair in the episode (them, Dewey and Webby, and Louie and Violet), and just how well they all played off each other.

Back to Huey and Lena, though. Their main adversary in this episode is Steelbeak, who resolves to take the blade with brute force, which Lena wants to match him with, but Huey would rather take a logical approach to it. So they enter Huey’s mindscape, and after repeated attempts to outsmart Steelbeak fail, Lena discovers a mysterious door to…The Duke of Making a Mess.

It’s this wild, feral creature that lives inside Huey’s mind, and Lena sees it as a way for Huey to get an edge on Steelbeak. But Huey doesn’t want to use it, as he’s uncomfortable with that side of him. But Lena gives him some advice as the former shadow of Magica De Spell: that he can’t ignore parts of himself he doesn’t like. He’s gotta own them.

So, after embracing both the madness of the Duke and his usual, logical self to thoroughly hand Steelbeak’s ass to him to get the blade, Lena called it the most beautiful butt-kicking she had ever seen.

Just look at how proud she is of him! She really didn’t think much of anyone besides Webby in Season 1, but now, she’s not only owning her past trauma, she’s using it to help Huey with his own demons (well, demon).

Sure, she took pictures of his various disguise fails versus Steelbeak, but that doesn’t change or diminish how much she helped him out in the episode. With all of that encompassed, Lena definitely gives off big sister vibes towards Huey in this episode (and I definitely feel like moments like the Duke one between the two of them would carry on down the road). Also, they have the connection of both being oldest siblings in general.

Next up: Fenton.

Of the three dynamics I’m covering here, Huey and Fenton’s gets the most coverage over the course of the series. After their first encounter in Who is Gizmoduck?!, Huey became enthralled with Gizmoduck after he saved his life, then disillusioned by him after he essentially sold out and became WaddleDuck, but in the end, it was Huey who realized that the perfect core processor for the suit was Fenton’s own mind, because Fenton is Gizmoduck.

In The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!, Huey (along with Webby) helped Fenton with his date with Gandra at the lab (“It’s a Date!” intensifies). Even though this episode more establishes the beginning of the relationship between Fenton and Gandra, Huey’s support for his friend throughout is rather admirable.

In Astro B.O.Y.D.!, even though they didn’t really share a main storyline here, Fenton was willing to help Huey out regarding Boyd, and he was also the one that suggested that Boyd be used to fight crime in Tokyolk. This really shows that Fenton and Huey’s dynamic goes both ways in regard to one having a problem, and the other finding a way to help them out.

In The Trickening!, even though Fenton himself does not appear in the episode, Huey dressed up as Gizmoduck for Halloween, and he really went the extra mile with his costume. He even imitated Fenton’s Gizmoduck voice really well (“Halt, citizen!”).

In Beaks in the Shell!, after finding out that Fenton and Gandra are indeed together, Huey helps the two keep their relationship a secret, even going so far as having Louie dress up as him so as to not crack under the pressure of M’ma Cabrera’s interrogation. And, of course, Huey, along with M’ma and Gyro, help Fenton and Gandra take down Mark Beaks in the Gizmocloud. Even though Fenton kept their relationship secret from even Huey for so long, the fact that Huey was still willing to help cover it up just a little longer shows just how much trust the two have in each other.

Huey and Fenton are really two peas in a pod. With Fenton as an only child, and Huey as the oldest triplet, the brotherly dynamic is perfect for the two of them. It makes sense to me that as life goes on for the both of them, they’ll still show up for each other, no matter what.

And finally, Gandra.

This is a tougher one to go strictly by canon on, because Huey didn’t share any scenes with just Gandra in the show.

In The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!, Gandra was probably confused by the whole romantic setup in the lab, and thought that Huey and Webby were mostly just in the way in regards to her getting close enough to Fenton to swipe the Gizmotech for Beaks (even though the partnership was temporary). Nothing direct between the two of them in this episode, so hard to say here.

Regarding their dynamic in Beaks in the Shell!, besides the above GIF where Gandra put a weighted blanket on Huey because he was freaking out, you can also piggyback the whole “keeping-the-relationship-a-secret” thing with Fenton onto Gandra, too, since it’s also her relationship. Plus the “taking-down-Beaks” thing.

They also had a couple brief interactions in The Last Adventure!, but beyond that, it’s up to interpretation. I think that with Gandra free from F.O.W.L., whether she sticks to her own projects, works with Team Science in some way, or both (again, up to interpretation), with Fenton’s existing friendship with Huey, it’s completely reasonable to suggest that Gandra ends up forging a friendship with him, too. And Huey would definitely like finally getting to work with her.

For as much as I love fanon’s takes on Fenton and Gandra’s relationship, in the past, Gandra didn’t usually get much else in the way of stories where she connects with other characters. Huey is absolutely a missed opportunity on that front; they’d definitely have a cool dynamic. Huey just has a way of worming into people’s hearts, and I think after some time, Gandra realizes how much she genuinely cares about him. This is not meant to be a buildup to shamelessly plugging my Gandra and Huey story, Bridging the Gap, but then again, it kinda is. If you want to read it, click here.

So there you have it. Huey’s a great big brother, but if you really, really think about it, he’s also a great little brother.

[violetganache42]

Here are my highlights from the Valentine's Day watch party, all in chronological order and categorized this time around:

"Mr. Duck Steps Out":

Just everyone's reactions to Daisy's voice when she made her debut

"Till Nephews Do Us Part":

The thirst counts for Missy and Mina overloading

The return of Bohemian Quacksody

Scrooge having paintings and a statue of Goldie EVERYWHERE (He is a fucking SIMP)

Corporate Cupcake, Money Muffins, Sweet Stocks …You know what? Just the pet names in general.

"KILL HER, BEAKLEY! GET HER ASS!"

WriteBackAtYa: "Spaceballs Ass Luggage"

Us when Millionara falls in the river:

Jamie: "PULL THE LEVER KRONK" Me: "WRONG LEVERRRRR" Tokuvivor: "Why do we even have that lever?!"

Magica cameo?!

And a Sixpence in Your Shoes

Goldie Shotgun!

"Fungus Amongus":

Godfrey and I sharing the same brain

Melody: "WHY ARE YOU BUYING CLOTHES AT THE DUCK SOUP STORE?!" Me: "FUCK YOU!"

Everyone going crazy over Morgana

hueberryshortcake: "Save me Scrooge McDuck" Me: "Scrooge McDuck" Godfrey: "Scrooge McDuck save me"

"Prissy is pissy"

DW not denying the girlfriend part

A sax play in the BG whenever Morgana is onscreen, just like Rouge in Sonic X

"NOOOO, NOT LAUNCHPAD!"

"The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!":

RAID THE BUFFET!

Us going FERAL over Goldie

puffywuffy8904: "MY EX WIFE STILL MISSES ME" Me: "BUT HER AIM IS GETTIN' BETTER"

Let the lady lead

Jamie mentioning the "between the legs" joke from Life and Times (No filter, Don Rosa. lol)

THE FUCKING ELEVATOR JOKE

Bisexual waterfalls

Rexx shouting at Missy via an audio message

Foghorn Leghorn

"You loved gold more than you loved me."/"And that's why you loved me."

Jamie's storyboard project

Discord buffering during the FUCKING TANGO SCENE

"The Adorable Couple":

Me: "Piss on the moon, you cloud!" Godfrey: "YESSS PISS ON LUNARIS"

Rainbow connections

"The Duck Who Knew Too Much":

Us @ Fenton, M'ma, and Gandra's OG versions:

GONDRA

Learning OG Fenton was voiced by Hamilton Camp, thus bringing DT17 Fenton being voiced by Lin-Manuel Miranda full circle

Oppenheimer mention (Stop stealing from the ducks, Nolan!)

Goid

Missy: "cant believe they whitewashed daffy guys"

"SCROOGE, YOU DUMBASS"

Brunette Fenton

QUACKERJACK MENTION???

This whole fucking episode being worthy of the DT17 adaptation fic treatment *cough* Jamie *cough*

"Ghoul of My Dreams":

DRAKEPAD KISS

Archie being a hater

"WHERE IS GOSALYN?"

Jealous Launchpad

DEEEAM WORLD

Morgana needing better lipstick because of how fast it disappears in between scenes

WriteBackAtYa having so many jokes in his head about… goofy ass noises

"And now, with the city asleep, I can FINALLY STEAL ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY OFF MY STUDENT LOANS!"

Lottie pointing out how Archie looked like—

Me: "Goldie Shotgun sequel when?"

puffywuffy8904: "HOW IS THIS MF SLEEPIN IN THE DREAM WORLD" Us: "*Louie voice* I just am."

"The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!":

DOOFENSHMIRTZ

puffywuffy8904: "Webby we need to get Fenton rizzed up"/"Please never say that again"

POWERPUFF GIRLS NARRATOR

Fenton's little growl

*seeing Fenton's hand-me-down suit from his dad* Goofy?

Prego

"YOU WILL RUE THE DAY!"

Gandra obliterating the wrong twink

"What kind of monster doesn't like glazed donuts?"

"Do you feel that spark?" ⚡️ZAP⚡️

The Beaks dab

"What? No signal? Boo!"

"TWO BAD THINGS COULD HAPPEN!"

"I've got your kids! Maybe. I'm not sure how this family works."

ANCHOR ARMS

Coach Dad

🎶IT'S A DAAATE🎶

"Two Can't Play":

Mullet Donald

AIRHORNS

"THEY'RE IN FUCKING TRON"

"A DuckTales Valentine":

DT87's love for mentioning Fort Knox for some reason

puffywuffy8904: *mentions the "DuckTales Apology Video" ranking* Me: "*Miles voice* I made a mistake."

Webby on Scrooge's desk like: She likes to be tall.

Me: "GOLDIE SHOTGUN THREEQUEL WHEN?!"

US IN UTTER DISMAY UPON SEEING WEBBY CRYING 😭😭😭

Sunglasses swag

GOLD FEVER REAL

"A swift kick in the ribs!"/"A what?"/"Aagh!"/"Aah! My ribs!"

Webby running up to Scrooge and hugging him! 💖

"Aww, he does love his family!"

"My Valentine Ghoul":

Gosalyn FINALLY appearing in today's watch party!

Negaduck appearance!

puffywuffy8904: "he's just darkwing after some cigarettes"

"TIME TO GO A COURTIN'"

Missy getting double whammied with emotes of Prissy and Scrooge getting sprayed with water

(Screenshot edit by @tealottie)

Missy's thirst levels reaching CRITICAL MASS

Quackrinomicon being voiced by KING CANDY

Archie still being a fucking hater

"Keen gear!"

Godfrey and I still being on the same wavelength

NEGMEISTER

THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTINGGGG

Rexx reviving the Missy thirsy count

Missy: "I NEED HIM JESUS" WriteBackAtYa: "No, you just need Jesus"

RED FLAGS! 🚩🚩🚩

"New Gods on the Block!":

Della using party cannons like Pinkie Pie

Scrooge's transition from wallowing to anger and his tail shake

"Why don't you turn into a swan and FUCK OFF?!"

THE FRAMES

"IT CONSUMES ME!"

"What are your intentions with my Donald?"

Megamind (literally) Huey

Pig couple: DESTROYED

Chris Diamantopoulos having the ✨RANGE✨

Greek God Groupchat

Webby being utterly TERRIFYING with god powers

Dewey having the best handling of his god powers through sick dance moves

"My Don-Don"

"You killed my boyfriend!"/"Boyfriend? Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!"

The immediate failure parallels

Just how much Della has improved as a mother

AND THEN ALONG CAME ZEUS

[dasturdlydangerousduck]

And now!! The final OC that I have created so far!! Dr. Santiago Cabrera or as Fenton would call him: P'pa!! That's right!! He's Fenton's father! The main question I have always pondered was what exactly happened to Fenton's dad in the show. All we knew about him was that M'ma could have been a widow because she still kept his tuxedo that Fenton ultimately wears in The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee. For the story, Fenton had to have had a reason for his love of science, so I made it so that his father was a well respected scientist in his field! Not only that, but he also was Gyro's lab partner that he doesn't talk about much, but is the most likely reason he is so harsh on Fenton despite him being the only intern helping Gyro. That's because he feels guilty for not clearing his name when Dr. Akita accused and blamed him for the result of B.O.Y.D's attack on Tokyolk. As a result, he tried to expose Dr. Akita, but he "killed" him to cover himself up. Santiago spent most of his life in hiding, fearing to return back home and be ostracized by the community. But when his son finds him again after a trip back, he brings him back home to a joyous reunion with M'ma!! It wasn't all bad in Tokyolk though, as Santiago learned to speak fluent Japanese, and even get japanese kanji tattoos on his body to remember his devotion to his family, holding out hope that they still remember him! In terms of design, he looks pretty much like his son, but old and starting to show his wrinkles! I've seen many theories that Fenton's dad is actually the original Fenton from the original 87 cartoon. While he looks like Fenton in the DT17 verse, his hairstyle is close to the 87 version!

You guys can use him, just remember to credit me!!

[ordinaryschmuck]

RANDOMIZED GRAVITY FALLS, DUCKTALES, AMPHIBIA, AND OWL HOUSE MARATHON!

Here's what I watched today:

Escape from the ImpossiBin!

Family Fishing Trip

Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future

The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee

The Spear of Selene!

Hunting Palismen

The Core and the King

Weirdmeggedon Part 1

Little Dipper

Bessie and MicroAngelo

Mother of Olms

Mr. X

The Love God

Tourist Trapped

Anne vs Wild

The Richest Duck in the World

Not enough Owl House, but still a lot of good stuff from some great modern Disney Channel shows (Ducktales absolutely counts, be quiet).

[hopeshomegym]

So we podcasted for about six solid hours last weekend, here's the first chunk of that. We mostly manage to stay on topic!

[kazoosandfannypacks]

2, 6, 9, 21, 26 for Gandra Dee!!!

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

Honestly everything about her is so good! One thing I like to think about a lot with her is the experiments she does on her hands; I could write a dissertation on it.

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

An undying love for Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera She has a tendency to hold herself to a really high standard and then beat herself up over not being good enough, and that's something she works through overcoming and something I'm working on too!

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

Oh, for SURE.

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

I like delving into her thoughts/motivations. One thing I DIDN'T like was the start of writing Strictly Professional, when I had to write her and Fenton somewhere in the gap between The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee! and Beaks In The Shell! because they started out with a lot of resentment and bitterness and it just made me so sad 😭

26. What's something the character has done you can't get over? Be it something funny, bad, good, serious, whatever?

Nothing in particular comes to mind!

Character ask game!

[stivo85]

I am watching DuckTales 2x15 "The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!"

[multifandom-nerds-blog]

Launchpad talking about meeting "that certain someone" in the dangerous chemistry of Gandra Dee: A friend, a confidant, a deadly ninja, a forbidden mermaid, a werduck, a clone of yourself, a viking shield maiden, a talking cloud of energy that one time....

LP went on a date with himself once.

Do with that information what you want.

[shychick-52]

So, in this post, I analyzed how Gyro's fairly mild reaction to Fenton's sudden presence in the lab at the end of 'The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee' after the horrid night he had (and the fact that he didn't fire him for everything after that episode) seemed proof of how much he cared about and respected Fenton a lot more than he let on.

Something I very briefly mentioned in that post is something else that always sticks out to me about their interaction at the end of that episode. And that's Gyro's words to Fenton when he climbed out of the closet he'd been trapped in, onto the second-story platform, and says in surprise and irritation upon suddenly seeing him: "You. What do you think you're doing here? Shouldn't you be Gizmoducking around out there?"

Although he was being his typical irritable self, it's my headcanon that Gyro actually meant 'Oh, now you're here? Where was Gizmoduck when I actually needed him earlier tonight??'

I mean, he had no idea Fenton had been in the lab at all that night, especially not that Fenton took over the place behind Gyro's back in an attempt to impress his date by pretending it was his lab. All poor Gyro knew was that he'd been alone in the lab with nobody else but Lil Bulb and Manny, and that he'd suddenly found himself locked inside a closet by an unseen stranger when he was likely already inside with his back turned, then overheard a spy plotting on the phone with their partner-in-crime (which was obviously Gandra to Mark Beaks, when Fenton was preoccupied talking to Huey and Webby about his date), then got electrocuted into unconsciousness and locked back up. When he finally regained consciousness and escaped, the first thing to greet his sight was Fenton just working on some project. From Gyro's pov, he was probably irritated that Fenton/Gizmoduck didn't show up a lot earlier when the security of his lab- and his wellbeing- had been compromised!

[writebackatya]

Gandra: And look. For what it’s worth. You’re a good scientist

Fenton: And you’re a crook

[elevator door closes]

Gandra: yOu’Re A cRoOk! {folds her arms}

[emilou-keen-gear]

Hi, I read your TSOF fanfic and I enjoyed and that twist of how the white swan and Aphrodite were the same person shocked me. It made me wonder of how the story would turn if they weren't the same person.

And I saw you had plans for Loopy, mind spoiling a lil about it?

I actually don't mind spoiling it a little, because while Loopy is going to be a character that I'll explore later, she's not going to be a big spoiler.

So, do you guys remember the scene in "The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee" where Launchpad gives Fenton dating advice. Here, let me refresh your memories (and sorry about the caption mistakes because they're from Youtube):

Well, it's a headcannon of mine that Launchpad has dated quite a few girls and had many adventures that weren't part of working with Scrooge and the Duck family. We saw that a bit when they all went to China to help Gladstone (deadly ninja??) and when he took Huey and Dewey to see Fethry (forbidden mermaid), and in TSoF, Launchpad had dated one of the nine muses (unbeknownst to him). Well, here is where I've connected Loopy to cannon DT17.

Meet Loopy (character design might change in the future), a genetically altered clone of Launchpad. I haven't perfected her backstory, but she was created in a very similar way as Webby and her clones were made by the same scientist, and much like Webby's clones, she had been aged forward until she was the same age as Launchpad when they met (pre-DT17). When Launchpad and Loopy met and dated, neither were aware of their...genetic relationship, but once they did, they decided to just be friends.

I'm still working on her personality and specifics, especially since I don't want her to be completely identical to Launchpad but still have a lot of things in common (nature vs nuture kind of thing). What I've come up so far is that she doesn't like flying planes, but she does like flying in general. Because of this, she learned some basic mechanic skills and joined up with a group of air privateers (basically pirates that people could hire to do things, mostly employed by the government).

[tokuvivor]

🎱🍄🍦 for the ask game!!!

🎱 Post your AO3 total stats.

🍄 Share a headcanon for one of your favourite ships or pairings.

Hmmm, I’ll go Fendra on this.

For at least a few weeks after the events of the finale, Gandra lived with Fenton and his mom, sort of for protection/emotional support reasons. Once a week, Fenton and Gandra cook dinner to give M’ma a break (and I’d like to think they’re both more than competent in the kitchen).

🍦 Name three good things about a character you hate.

I don’t necessarily hate him (and definitely not as a character), I just think he kinda sucks as a person: Mark Beaks.

1. He’s a good parody of IRL billionaires (especially the likes of Elon Musk).

2. He’s a massive OTT ham.

3. He can be genuinely threatening sometimes (like when he kidnapped Huey and Webby in The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!).