#the missing links of moorshire!

[tokuvivor]

Due to circumstances beyond the control of any others, @violetganache42 and I are splitting duty on this week’s highlights post (Competition Night edition). She did it for the shorts and episodes, I’m doing it for An Extremely Goofy Movie.

So without further ado, here we go.

“Polar Trappers”:

We bring ‘em back alive

@puffyducks: bro where is pabo

Donald hunting a penguin, which is now illegal to do so

Not the kid!

The baby penguin’s tear becoming a massive snowball

“Need 4 Speed”:

QUACK PACK (Again!)

Disney Ducks meet The Fast and the Furious

@spamtoon: huey you guys aren't in phineas and ferb

Daisy appearance!

The idea of Comet Guy Night

@ducklooney and puffy going off about humans being in the Duckverse

Us calling Donald and the authorities to kill Rocky the Rocket Throttle

From Negaduck ass car to Ratcatcher

@writebackatya: "This is like the Family Guy of the Duckverse"

Ludwig appearance!

puffy: "where's dick dastardly"

Puffy, Missy, and I using 90s slang

Daisy seeing the triplets in the race:

RIP ethnically stereotyped racers

WriteBackAtYa: "DuckTales 2017 needed a car race episode"

Violet: "Would Huey and Launchpad be commentators?"

WriteBackAtYa: "Yes Always"

Violet: "SOLD!"

Ludwig's toy kangaroo winning the race

@tealottie: erection joke

“The Missing Links of Moorshire!”:

Webby giving Scrooge semi-permanent hearing loss

Launchpad: "This lake will be used for the swimming portion of the competition."

Huey: T_T

Violet: "Cue theme song!"

Missy betraying Della with Daisy

Tony the Tiger?!

The entire coin toss scene 🤣

Us praising Glomgold

Missy commenting how Scrooge and Glomgold can't tuck their tails for golfing

The audio glitching like CRAZY

Fluttershy and Bubbles the Kelpies

Webby: "Talking animals wearing clothes?! :D"

@fantasticenthusiasttale: "Webby…"

Violet, internally:

"Bologna. Trampoline."

THE MUSIC USED FOR THE MONTAGE!

Louie yoinking money out of Glomgold's sweater pocket

Emo Dewey

"You people are no fun."

Webby: "Not everything has to be a life lesson."

Violet:

Violet pretending to be turned to stone by the Medusa Mist (as I like to call it)

Launchpad ending the episode with a life lesson… before trying to devour golf balls

“Dog Show”:

puffy: "you know who else is an orphan"

Dreamy: "Everyone in this shit is an orphan"

The dog show people being dogs

Goofy literally begging

Pixar ball

Mickey unleashing his inner dog

An Extremely Goofy Movie

Calling out all the characters from the previous movie as they show up

The fact that Pete is celebrating his own son leaving💀

How is Goofy single?

Goofy having major rizz (this point comes up quite a bit during the movie, and for good reason)

Max’s character development from A Goofy Movie being undone

Sad Goofy☹️

HDL mention!

Bradley Uppercrust III

@kaitosduckmania: “god this shit is so pretentious LMAO”

Will: “I want this review on the back of the DVD”

Max/Roxanne vs. Max/Bradley on Tumblr

Beret Girl!

Puffy: “you know who ELSE is called tank”

Violet: “MY MOM”

Puffy: “they’re snapping at us…MENACINGLY”

Bradley having the same VA as Johnny Bravo (also, The Man with the Yellow Hat)

Max’s horrified face when he sees that he and his dad are in the same class

Bobby wearing pink panties/briefs

Hidden Mickey

Goofy’s mispronunciation of the word “trigonometry”

Puffy: “the WHAT decimal system”

Sylvia being adorable

Goofy does a Donald-esque voice

Kai: “WHAT THE FUCK GOOFY YOU CAN MAKE THAT VOICE?”

Will: “Max’s whole character is that he doesn’t want to be like Goofy but like he is so much like his father that he doesn’t even know it”

More cheese pull (pizza in the last movie, nachos in this one)

BONGO MUSIC

PJ has rizz, too

Goofy and Sylvia dancing to Shake Your Groove Thing

Papa Dog

Us dumping on the inherent cult-like nature of fraternities, sororities, and the National Honor Society

The German judge low-balling everyone

Dreamy: “Is this the olympics all again”

Puffy: “this is MY olympics”

Max shooting down Goofy in the worst way possible

Goofy’s weed/acid trip dream (plus the Goofy holler!)

More Goofy sadness

Meta humor about almost everyone wearing gloves

Missy betraying Daisy with Sylvia

CHEATING!!!!!

PJ flying off

Dreamy: “He went to visit Della”

“Mud! My only weakness!”

Will mentioning that the scene with the X crashing down was removed from the broadcast version of the movie after 9/11 (which we completely understand, because holy shit)

Also, sort of a Hindenburg reference

Goofy graduating! (And then telling Max he was getting a job at the school)

Sylvia having the same VA as Emma Glamour

Spam floating the idea of Max vs. Gosalyn for the X Games

Disco end credits!

Also, that was a goofy movie. Extremely, even.

[violetganache42]

With An Extremely Goofy Movie gaining a resurgance in popularity lately thanks to BRADLEY UPPERCRUST III, we now have a perfect excuse of a movie night! And shit's about to get real competitive! Racing, golfing, and X-Gaming galore! Get your game on, play like you mean it, and be sure to catch this Sunday's watch party! 🏎️⛳️🛼

Similarly to Genie and Mystery Nights, I have not one but two songs in mind. lol

Duckblr Movie Night!

This upcoming Sunday September 15th @ 4PM, the Duckblr Movie Nights! Discord Server will be goofy TO THE EXTREME!!!!!

We’re finally watching the follow-up to A Goofy Movie, An Extremely Goofy Movie! A movie that’s got everything! College! Skateboarding! Disco! A Mid Life Crisis! A nameless scene stealing poet girl! And Bradley Uppercrust THE THIRD!

To celebrate the EXTREME part of this Goofy sequel we will be watching two Duck related episodes! The first of which has Donald Duck entering a race in the Quack Pack episode Need 4 Speed! After that Scrooge goes up against Glomgold (and Dewey) in the most EXTREME sport ever, golf! in DuckTales 2017 Episode The Missing Links of Moonshire!

Wanna join the fun? Feel free to send me ( @writebackatya ) a dm for an invite to the Discord server!

[best-ducktales-episode]

ROUND #1

[violetganache42]

Since the first poll was a success, I'm gonna do it again!

I didn't even think of doing this in the first poll, but under the cut is a lineup of all the episodes, movies, and shorts we have seen in the second batch of watch parties.

Mystery Night

Mickey Mouse (2013) - "No"

DuckTales (1987) - "Duckman of Aquatraz"

DuckTales (2017) - "McMystery at McDuck McManor!"

"Clock Cleaners"

The Great Mouse Detective

Mermaid Night

"Sea Scouts"

Darkwing Duck - "Something Fishy"

DuckTales (2017) - "The Lost Harp of Mervana!"

Mickey Mouse (2013) - "Wonders of the Deep"

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Duckburg Adventures Night

"Chef Donald"

DuckTales (1987) - "Send in the Clone", "Dough Ray Me", and "The Good Muddahs"

DuckTales (2017) - "Daytrip of Doom!", "Who is Gizmoduck?!", and "Happy Birthday Doofus Drake!"

Mickey Mouse (2013) - "Swimmin' Hole"

Dad Night

"Donald's Happy Birthday"

Darkwing Duck - "Darkly Dawns the Duck" and "Life, the Negaverse, and Everything"

DuckTales (2017) - "What Ever Happened to Donald Duck?!"

Mickey Mouse (2013) - "Goofy's Grandma"

A Goofy Movie (Rewatch)

Triplets Night

"Donald's Nephews"

DuckTales (1987) - "Allowance Day"

Quack Pack - "Can't Take a Yolk"

House of Mouse - "Music Day"

DuckTales (2017) - "The Split Sword of Swanstantine!", "The Fight for Castle McDuck!", and "Day of the Only Child!"

Future and Pirate Night

"No Sail"

DuckTales (1987) - "Duck to the Future"

DuckTales (207) - "Sky Pirates…in the Sky!"

Marshmello x DuckTales - Fly (Music Video)

Treasure Planet

Competition Night

"Polar Trappers"

Quack Pack - "Need for Speed"

DuckTales (2017) - "The Missing Links of Moorshire!"

Mickey Mouse (2013) - "Dog Show"

An Extremely Goofy Movie

Triple Halloween 2024 Nights

Halloween 2024 Night #1

DuckTales (1987) - "Magica's Shadow War"

DuckTales (2017) - "The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!" and "A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!"

Coraline

Halloween 2024 Night #2

DuckTales (1987) - "Earth Quack" and "Ducky Horror Picture Show"

Quack Pack - "The Boy Who Cried Ghost"

Darkwing Duck - "Hot Spells"

DuckTales (2017) - "Terror of the Terra-firmians!"

Halloween 2024 Night #3

DuckTales (2017) - "The Trickening!" (Rewatch) and "The Town Where Everyone was Nice!" (Rewatch)

Coco

Webby Night

DuckTales (1987) - "Cold Duck" and "The Good Muddahs" (Rewatch)

DuckTales (2017) - "Daytrip of Doom!" (Rewatch), "From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!" (Rewatch), and "The Last Adventure!"

Glomgold Night

DuckTales (2017) - "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!", "The 87 Cent Solution!" (Rewatch), "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!", and "GlomTales!"

DuckTales (1987) - "Master of the Djinni" (Rewatch) and "A Whale of a Bad Time"

Christmas 2024 Night

Mickey's Christmas Carol (technically a rewatch since it was featured in Snowed in at the House of Mouse)

DuckTales (2017) - "Last Christmas!" (Rewatch) and "How Santa Stole Christmas!" (Rewatch)

Darkwing Duck - "It's a Wonderful Leaf" (Rewatch)

Mickey Mouse (2013) - "Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special"

[secret-tester]

Sport Day!!

After 3 hours here is the drawing... (This does NOT look like it was made in 3 hours but it was...)

I redrew a scene from the episode "The Missing Links of Moorshire"

Here is the scene.... Just changed Dewey's face...

This my drawing for Duckverse June for Week 3 hosted by myself, @boingodigitalart and @alexcanine!!!

[violetganache42]

Yuamu Ohdo 🤝 Scrooge McDuck

Experiencing semi-permanent hearing loss

(What makes this parallel funnier is both sources of the loud noises are taking part in something for the first time: Yudias with a student council election and Webby with a sports event.)

Yudias! Don't blow out her eardrums!

[hopeshomegym]

Hey, Hope!

I am an avid listen to High On Cartoons!! I’ve been meaning to find you guys on social but never got around to it. I’ve been listening since your episode on The Missing Links of Moorshire came out on Spotify.

I listen to the podcast when I drive and work out and honestly, it’s made me laugh genuinely and when I least expect it (I may have received a few weird looks…).

I’m on a huuuuge Ducktales fixation right now and while rewatching the episodes is always fun, hearing the episode from a different perspective accompanied with The Art of Ducktales is much more entertaining.

Can’t wait for Season 2!

Hello! Apologies for the delayed response, I legitimately had no idea how to respond to this, since we dont really get fanmail...UNTIL NOW! Bex and I are both thrilled you like the show, and we're hyped to keep making it!

We plan on making some new moves this year (since our schedules have finally smoothed out), with new guests and episodes covering god knows what, in addition to DT2017 Season 2, which has some absolute all time bangers.

Thanks for writing in, especially considering how awful I am at social media!

Hope

Ps what's your workout? I used to be a runner, but I've always preferred lifting

[thehuggingisajustfortodaything36]

For my very first poll I have decided to do something that requires more than 10 options/choices and because there can only be one poll per post there will be multiple posts that all have to do with the same poll. This poll will be about which DuckTales (2017) episode you consider to be the best in the entire series. So if the episode you consider the best isn’t on this particular poll, don’t worry because there will be multiple posts that may have the episode you’re looking for on there. All the episode polls will end around the exact same time. Even though there will be multiple posts with a poll dealing with which DuckTales (2017) episode you consider to be the best, please treat this as a single poll and vote for one episode only. For example if the episode you’re looking for is here and you voted for it on this poll, please don’t go to the other posts to vote for an episode that’s on that poll. Have fun! 😊 ❤️ 🦆

[thecrusadercomrade]

Missing Links of Moorshire asks. How did you like seeing how Scrooge was jealous of Dewey being better at golf than him and learning to accept it? How hilarious was Glomgold's antics here with wanting to beat Scrooge and constantly failing at it? How was the overall druid spirits stuff done? How were the kelpies Briar and Bramble (nod to a certain pony show about friendship)?

I kinda figured it would go that way, but I'm glad Scrooge at least tried to be supportive at first, even if his temper got the better of him. His reaction to Dewey snatching away the golf club was intense XD. Guy was literally about to throw hands with his nephew.

Glomgold was even more incompetent here than he's been in other episodes so far. It's like the universe itself is aligned against him at this point. Though admittedly a lot of it is the fault of his own stupidity. At least Louie managed to make a good bit of money off of him!

I really liked the magic stuff! It's cool to see all the different forms of magic and mysticism the gang is encountering in their adventures. A lot of variety.

Those kelpies were absolutely hilarious. I figured they were a MLP reference, but seeing them trying to murder the group was so messed up and funny. Probably the best part of the episode for me.

[ultraericthered]

Turns out, despite this being the production order, the Disney+ order of the seasons is a little bit different. It goes:

1. Woo-oo! (Part 1) 2. Escape To and From Atlantis! (Woo-oo! Part 2) 3. Daytrip of Doom! 4. The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest! 5. The Great Dime Chase! 6. The Beagle Birthday Massacre! 7. The House of the Lucky Gander! 8. The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks! 9. The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra! 10. Terror of the Terra-Firmians! 11. McMystery at McDuck Manor! 12. The Missing Links of Moorshire! 13. The Spear of Selene! 14. Day of the Only Child! 15. Beware the B.U.D.D.Y System! 16. The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains! 17. Jaw$! 18. From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22! 19. Sky Pirates...In the Sky! 20. The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck! 21. Who is Gizmoduck?! 22. The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck! 23. The Last Crash of the Sunchaser! 24. The Night of DeSpell! (The Shadow War Part 1) 25. The Day of the Ducks! (The Shadow War Part 2)

They're the same up until after Episode 11. And while I could take the ordering of the midsection episodes in either version, the Disney+ order with "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!" at Episode 20 makes the most sense by far. That was the big turning point where Huey and Louie learned about what Dewey and Webby were up to the whole time, and we learn the root of Scrooge's issues with family. So it feels natural that the following three episodes are dedicated to the season's overaching C Plot, B Plot, and A Plot respectively prior to the two-part finale where the plots all come together. While Season 2 was even better, I can't deny Season 1 was damn good at what it did.

Ducktales (2017) Season 1 - Intended Episode Order

Based on the episodes’ production code numbers:

1. Woo-oo! (Part 1) 2. Escape To and From Atlantis! (Woo-oo! Part 2) 3. Daytrip of Doom! 4. The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest! 5. The Great Dime Chase! 6. The Beagle Birthday Massacre! 7. The House of the Lucky Gander! 8. The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks! 9. The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra! 10. Terror of the Terra-Firmians! 11. McMystery at McDuck Manor! 12. The Spear of Selene! 13. The Missing Links of Moorshire! 14. Beware the B.U.D.D.Y System! 15. Day of the Only Child! 16. Jaw$! 17. The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains! 18. From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22! 19. Sky Pirates…In the Sky! 20. The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck! 21. Who is Gizmoduck?! 22. The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck! 23. The Last Crash of the Sunchaser! 24. The Night of de Spell! (Part 1) 25. The Day of the Ducks! (Part 2)

This order is FAR better with balancing the more mundane Duckburg adventures with the bigger adventures elsewhere and pacing out the Lena/Magica arc, the Gyro Gearloose/Mark Beaks/Gizmoduck arc, and appearances from Glomgold and the Beagle Boys, IMHO.

[astrodances]

It’s not just the kids who are learning new things...

(+ Glomgold getting taking down by otherworldly blue creatures and various forms of precipitation)

This is one of the more subtle but all-the-more brilliant parallels I’ve seen in DuckTales.

At the end of “The Missing Links of Moorshire!” we get the lesson that Launchpad so eloquently puts as “Scrooge let go of his ego and learned that a good teacher’s pride should be in his student, not himself.” On its own, that’s a fantastic lesson, especially considering that it allowed Dewey to save their lives on the final hole of the course, and it allowed for a great episodic arc of development from Scrooge begrudgingly saying, “Good shot, lad. Very proud of ye” after Dewey outwits the water tentacle.

It’s the lesson that they can both be great and appreciate each other for it, that one person’s skill doesn’t take away from the other’s.

Fast forward to “The Richest Duck in the World!"

Louie admits to the Bombie that what the richest man in the world needs to earn is humility, “being able to admit that you can’t do something.” At the end of “Missing Links,” Scrooge does admit that he can’t make the final shot, but here in “Richest Duck,” after Louie says that line, he calls it “sentimental hogwash,” which he retracts not a few moments later.

There’s a lot going on in the shoe-shining scene. Scrooge is proud of Louie. Proud of him seeing the angles he couldn’t, proud of him being the one to realize that humility is the answer, proud of him being the better billionaire. (Just like how he was proud of Dewey saving the day and seeing the literal angles during the game, of him being the better golfer.)

But it’s more than that. Scrooge is learning that humility from Louie and adapting it to his own character.

The teacher has become humble enough to become the student.

In “Moonvasion!,” it all comes together.

Lunaris kicks Glomgold back, and while it’s a split-second calculation, Scrooge rolls with it and swings Glomgold back around in retaliation. And even though it didn’t have quite the same success, Scrooge is humble enough now to learn and adapt that trick from Dewey, and that is an incredible bit of character development, especially considering how threatened he felt after seeing that move for the first time.

Lunaris was completely on the money in going after the kids first: Scrooge’s family truly is his greatest strength, in every sense of the word. That’s why it took the wildcards of Glomgold’s plan + sharkas, Mitzi + some sheer dumb good luck, and Penumbra + a tough ol’ spear to deliver the lasting blows. Because when the sharpies and the toughies prove to be too good, you have to get a little silly.

Humility and silliness - it’s what the world needs.

Bravo to the DuckTales crew for this kind of attention to detail. You’re all geniuses.

[donaldtheduckdad]

Taking a break between my wips and drawing Dewey in his own cute golf outfit he deserves

[violetganache42]

First off, I resonate so much with the first paragraph, especially the last bit. I'm autistic myself. DuckTales has been one of my biggest hyperfixations since late 2019, it brings me so much joy and always makes me happy, and it has provided me entertainment and levity throughout the pandemic and my last two years of college. I also enjoy rewatching episodes; hell, my best friend and I rewatched random episodes of the first two seasons on Disney XD while waiting for the season 3 premiere date and I am not ashamed to say it. lmao

Second of all, you are preaching to the choir! I will not lie when I say that I didn't see the twist coming myself. It shocked me to the point of exiting out of Disney XD On Demand instead of simply pausing the finale just to process it. But between that and reading the Den of Geek and SyFy articles about it, I quickly realized that it was a damn good twist. What I especially love about it is how all the hints of foreshadowing were implemented throughout the series! Along with some of the moments, scenes, and plotlines you mentioned, there are a few more I can think of on top of my head:

Woo-oo! - Right as Scrooge sat down in between the kids to praise them on their contributions to defeating Pixiu, the first thing he did before doing so was rub the top of Webby's head.

Daytrip of Doom! - He overheard her "This is no foyer. This is a tomb" one liner and liked it so much that he laughed amusedly.

The House of the Lucky Gander! - A minor one, but me and someone else noticed the positioning of their tails during the episode's cold open. They pointed out how they were the same in one shot while I saw how they were flipped in the opposite direction in a couple of other scenes: Scrooge's point up when it's usually down, and vice versa for Webby's. Whether it was intentional or a minor and negligible animation goof, it was still something worth pointing out because THAT had me freaking out when I noticed it for myself!

The Missing Links of Moorshire! - She was enthusiastically showing support for him throughout most of the episode, even if it was over the top at times. lol

The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck! - She infodumped about Scrooge's history to Lena without stopping to catch her breath. Also, when they were in the garage, she was standing behind the headless Scrooge statue, looking "through his eyes" while searching for the Other Bin's entrance. She even ran up to give him an apologetic hug after he caught the two in the Other Bin and told them to ask him the next time they want to know about something.

The Shadow War! - Following the events of Last Crash… oh fuck, I'm gonna have a hard time typing this… *HUGE inhale* she… s-sh…… SHE DOESN'T REFER TO HIM AS "UNCLE SCROOGE" THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EPISODE! Yes, she may have been back to her usual cheerful self for a lot of it, but every instance of her mentioning him by just his first name illustrates she seriously internalized what he said to her in the previous episode, which most likely lasted throughout the three-day timeskip up until the reconciliation! God, I cannot believe I never even batted an eye at this one AT ALL until recently! I felt my heart shatter upon realizing this and it adds yet another layer of sadness to THAT part from Last Crash! I feel so fucking bad for her! 😭😭😭

*sniffles* Okay. Okay… I think I'm good. Got it all out of my system. *clears throat* Continuing…

The Most Dangerous Game…Night! - During a round of charades, she fluffed up her hair to resemble Scrooge's whiskers.

The 87 Cent Solution! - She had his back since the first several seconds of the episode, even knowing why he was getting worked up over 87¢ being stolen; at one point, he was shown holding her hand. When she realized Huey was right about Scrooge needing rest, she started taking a "both sides have a point" approach: acknowledging that her—at the time—honorary great uncle could be (and ultimately was indeed) right about Chester while trying to help the others keep him away from his gold coins.

Timephoon! - The two protected each other as the situation was starting to go from bad to worse. At the start of the episode's third act, as Webby was running to where Beakley was prior to being zapped to the past, Scrooge used his cane to stop her because a rampaging Tootsie (the triceratops) nearly trampled her. Later, a pirate was about to attack Scrooge, but Webby arrived in time to engage in a sword lock as a way to protect him and the two worked together to fend off said pirate.

GlomTales! - The picture of the Duck-McDuck family that Glomgold has showed Webby standing next to Scrooge.

Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks! - The two were seen standing next to each other again before the Junior Woodchuck Wilderness Challenge began.

Quack Pack! - Scrooge was about to fight against one of the humans from the studio audience, but upon looking up, he decided not to. He watched on with a proud expression on his face as Webby jumped down from above and attacked the man in the teal shirt.

The Lost Harp of Mervana! - When Dewey described his great uncle's treasure speeches as long-winded, Scrooge felt insulted. Not even a few seconds later, he smiled after hearing Webby compliment those speeches.

The Rumble for Ragnarok! - He had so much confidence in her fighting capabilities throughout the episode. Saying her name twice when determining who's most likely to take over as Earth's champion, her being the first pick for the tag team in round 2, cheering her on as she "embraced her inner heel," you name it. Also, at the start of the episode's second act, she brought a bag of ice for his back.

The Trickening! - Near the end of the episode, the camera panned over to the front of the line of trick-or-treaters, where he was shown giving some candy to her. We also saw the two standing next to each other in the framed photo of the Duck-McDuck family and the Hazel House monsters. (Man, rule of three proved she likes standing next to him. lmao It really illustrates how close the two have gotten throughout the series.)

The Last Adventure! - He was hesitant to admit it, but Beakley revealed he paid full price to celebrate her granddaughter's birthday at Funso's. Genuinely surprised by this, Webby gave him a big hug as a way of saying thanks.

Since you brought up "How Santa Stole Christmas!" and "The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!", on top of the parent-trapping in both episodes…

the former had Scrooge giving Webby a high five after she dished out an impressive alliterative insult against Santa

the latter involved her becoming Scrooge over the course of a bad day. I still can't believe Frank said in the artbook that this was the least subtle foreshadowing he and the crew had done, yet we didn't catch on! I bet this was him during the premiere of Foreverglades:

Not to mention there was also this interesting "math" problem: 22 + 1400 = 87. We would see it on Webby's conspiracy board in some episodes since "Woo-oo!", and for the longest time, it was something that never got focused on until after the finale aired from what I've seen. Maybe because fans were stumped on why a simple addition equation intentionally had an incorrect sum? I can't say for certain, but the reason why it was written like that was because it was intentionally representing a specific trio:

22 (Beakley's SHUSH agent alias)

1400 (Converting it to Roman numerals gives us MCD, which is short for McDuck; Scrooge automatically fits because Launchpad always refers to him as "Mr. McD.")

87 (Project 87; out of all the three clones that originated from it, April/Webby is the only one that has the closest familial ties with Scrooge and Beakley.)

There is also the matter of Webby's name. Ever since her debut in the 1987 series, her real name Webbigail has always been a duck pun of the name Abbigail. That's something I'm certain everyone knows about. What absolutely shocked me, however, was @drummergirl231-2 pointing out the etymology of Abbigail: "a father's joy" or "father rejoices." The best example of that etymology being on full display is shortly after Bradford's defeat. When Webby confirmed to Scrooge that she was indeed his daughter, you can tell how overjoyed he was feeling just from the huge smile on his face. Seeing the triplets vouch for her by simply nodding was more than enough for him to believe them. Did those same nods also clue him in that they also learned about her origins? It's likely, especially when you factor in the Papyrus of Binding.

When he saw it as the last page of Bradford's contract, a part of him was probably questioning how it was even found after all these years and who was the one to find it considering they had to be the rightful heir to/direct descendant of him. Upon hearing Webby tell Bradford to "get away from [her] dad" and seeing the family fight against him, there could be a chance that Scrooge was starting to connect the dots, which prompted him to ask her for confirmation. I would also imagine that he took the time to ask and further process the details regarding her being his clone at some point after the finale, but that might be me treading into potential headcanon territory. Or offering ideas for a hypothetical movie and/or season 4 continuation. …Or both. For now, he was thrilled to learn he has a daughter who—since the very beginning of the series—has earned her way into the family sqaure. (Quick aside: after getting the confirmation, him FINALLY saying "Webby darling" like in the original was the icing on the cake! It never fails to make me so emotional! 😭💖)

And lest we forget, there is Webby's beta design, which was the first hint of foreshadowing none of us knew we got before the series actually permiered. Disney XD shared the left image back in March 2016 as a "first look" into the show, followed by Frank sharing a poster featuring her finalized design a few months later.

Right away, you'll notice that Webby's hairstyle was completely different than the one we got; what's more striking is it resembled Scrooge's hair tufts. Hell, she was drawn in her beta design in some of Dana's storyboards for "Woo-oo!", including the moment before she strikes the same pose as the Scrooge statue. Dana's comment about Webby having a "slightly different" design at the time is certainly catching because describing her design overhaul like that is an understatement in of itself. lol After the finale, however, it makes you wonder if she had any idea about the twist despite working on the show for a chunk of season 1. Could the wording be intentional on her part because the crew didn't want the beta design to make the twist come off as more obvious? Who's to say? Regardless, it does get the gears turning on what it was like planning something like THIS.

…………Okay, yeah, "a few" is one hell of an understatement. XD But the fact I rambled a lot about these hints just shows how much I love that twist and its craftily hidden foreshadowing. Throughout the series, I always assumed these moments helped illustrate how much Webby loves and admires Scrooge, and in turn, how he cares so much about her as they grow closer together. After the finale aired, they all hit differently and add so much context that tie to the twist to where you stop and realize how much things are making sense. There is LITERALLY no denying that this was something Frank and the crew planned since the early days of the show's production. With all of this in mind, I need to get the following out of my system.

Look, guys, I get it. We're all used to Webby being Scrooge's honorary grandniece; it's been like that for over 30 years. But claiming this twist "came out of nowhere" or any other bullshit reason just because you don't like the change in relationship shows that—and I'm sorry if I come off as blunt for saying this—some of you either didn't pay attention to those moments enough where you go back on them, refuse to learn/acknowledge that it was intentional from the get go, understand that reboots like this one are always bound to make certain changes from the original (no two continuities are the same), or heck, any combination of the three. Everything listed above is concrete proof that the foreshadowing is all right there, even if it wasn't noticeable on the first viewing. Besides, the twist does not nullify the uncle/niece dynamic from the original series because again, the reboot is a separate continuity. There is literally no harm in acknowledging they're great uncle and grandniece in one universe and father and daughter in another; at the end of the day, regardless of how they're related, nothing will ever change the fact that they are family and always will be. To Scrooge, family is more than blood relations. It is the connections forged out of love and the commitment to one another, and Webby proved that.

If you guys want better examples of ass-pull plot twists, the final seasons of both Star vs. the Forces of Evil and Game of Thrones have got you covered.

That's my two cents on the matter that has been in the making for a while now, and I thank you for coming to my TED Talk addition to the OG TED Talk.

🔥common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing🔥

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25. common fandom complaint that you’re sick of hearing

THE SCROOGE AND WEBBY TWIST WAS NOT OUT OF NOWHERE! I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH! Welcome to my fucking TED Talk!!!

Look, I’m autistic. This show is my special interest, my comfort media, the thing that’s been there for me through it all. I know most people are not nearly as obsessive about it, and haven’t watched every episode like six times, which I have.

But to brush off a twist that you don’t like, simply because you didn’t see it coming, isn’t right. The foreshadowing was there as early as the pilot, with Webby mirroring the Scrooge statue. It’s in Toth Ra, when Scrooge desperately searches for her and calls out her name, even though Louie also got lost with her. It’s literally the plot of Confidential Casefiles, where Scrooge realizes she’s as bold and adventurous as he is and immediately starts to build a bond with her.

It’s in Last Crash and Treasure of the Found Lamp and Nightmare on Killmotor and the end of Moonvasion. It’s right there in their subplot in Double O Duck, it’s in Webby’s worry for her family in Phantom & the Sorceress and her need for his approval in New Gods. It’s in the Fight for Castle McDuck, where she brings the family back together, and in Foreverglades and Santa Stole Christmas where Webby parent-traps Scrooge into mending his relationships with his exes.

That’s just what I can come up with from reading the episode titles off Wikipedia, and I guarantee you I missed some! It’s so engrained in the show that you find it in almost all their interactions. Webby is so much like Scrooge and wants to make him proud and Scrooge loves her more than anyone else and is always so proud of her even if he struggles to say it.

The reason no one saw it coming is, I think, a mix of the show being cut short and good writing. Webby’s plot definitely could’ve—and should’ve—had more to it, but they were trying to pay off a lot(the resolutions for their entire ensemble cast, the Disney Afternoon references and plots they’d planned, the plot with Bradford that started as early as the pilot). If they’d had more time things would be different! But also, this was an incredible writing crew! Frank Angones worked on Wander Over Yonder before this, and Dana Terrace made Owl House afterward. From what I’ve read in interviews and the art book, they kept the twist to the writer’s room and told David Tennant, to support his performance as Scrooge. And then you get to the end and it’s like “oh yeah, we told Kate Micucci the day she came to record that episode” or something like that. Not even the crew knew what they were foreshadowing! But if you take the time to rewatch it after you’ve found out, it’s literally all over the series.

Anyway, as Frank Angones once said, “I must establish an elaborate series of callbacks and payoffs or else I simply vanish.”

[sophfandoms53]

“Talking animals wearing clothes?!”

-Webbigail Vanderquack (a talking Duck wearing clothes)

[violetganache42]

Druid's Cup montage!

Pardon the camera constantly moving. The Scottish music used in this had me dancing.

[srhunt]

*watching DuckTales when the kelpies enter*

Sis: OH MY GOD its Andrea Libman and Tara Strong!

Me: Why are your ponies invading my duck show?

Sis:

Me: