History Recap / DuckTales2017S1E10TheMissingLinksOfMoorshire

* ShoutOut: Many eagle-eyed fans will notice this when they see the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic kelpies]]. Even their [[Creator/TaraStrong voice]] [[Creator/AndreaLibman actors]] are dead giveaways, even if they are color-swapped [[note]] And Andrea's doing the Fluttershy voice, not the Pinkie Pie voice, making things a little more confusing [[/note]].

* PortmanteauCoupleName: An InUniverse non-romantic one: Webby refers to the golfing team consisting of Scrooge and Dewey as "Team Screwey". [[UnfortunateNames Unfortunately, it sounds like the word "screwy"]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While talking about the family's golf history, Scrooge offhandedly mentions that King James temporarily banned golf in Scotland as a result of Black Donald's temper tantrums. It later turns out that the course the groups get transported to was built by the Scottish druids as a way to continue playing the game in secret.

** King James of Scotland really ''did'' ban golf!

* BrokenPedestal: After it's made clear that Scrooge cares more about golfing glory than his own family's safety, Dewey and Webby angrily shun him. It does get [[RebuiltPedestal rebuilt]] later, both figuratively and literally, when Scrooge admits he can't make the final shot and instead lets Dewey take it, [[VisualPun holding him up on his shoulders to reach it as he and the others are petrified by the mists.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While talking about the family's golf history, Scrooge offhandedly mentions that King James temporarily banned golf in Scotland as a result of Black Donald's temper tantrums. It later turns out that the course the groups gets transported to was built by the Scottish druids as a way to continue playing the game in secret.

* ItRunsInTheFamily: Apparently golf was invented by Black Donald [=McDuck=] and so all of his descendants, including Scrooge and Dewey are naturals at it. Also Black Donald's temper appears to run in the family too, just ask Donald.

* FurryConfusion: Webby points out that Briar and Bramble are talking animals wearing clothes, when she herself is a talking cartoon duck.

* {{Irony}}: Webby is excited at the idea of "talking animals wearing clothes", even though technically everyone in the show is one.

* PortmanteauCoupleName: An InUniverse non-romantic one: Webby refers to the golfing team consisting of Scrooge and Louie as "Team Screwey". [[UnfortunateNames Unfortunately, it sounds like the word "screwy"]].

** Louie, whom Glomgold hired to be his caddie, refusing to do anything that is asked unless Glomgold gives him money first. This is PlayedForLaughs when Scrooge asks Louie to hand up a club to him, Louie expects to be payed first.

* ShoutOut: Many eagle-eyed fans will notice this when they see the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic kelpies]]. Even their [[Creator/TaraStrong voice]] [[Creator/AndreaLibman actors]] are dead giveaways, even if they are color-swapped.

* AbsenteeActor: Donald and Mrs. Beakley.

* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: When the kelpies mention the treasure at the end of the course, ''Louie'' of all people says they should ignore them and go home.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The kelpies are ''really bad'' at getting people to ride them, and even the one time it ''does'' work with Launchpad Huey saves him before they can reach the water.

* YouWereTryingTooHard: Glomgold's game immediately improves after Louie advises him to just hit the ball in the hole - apparently he had been overthinking it this whole time.

** Likewise, prior to this, when Scrooge locates his ball in the standing stone circle, Glomgold tells him to accept a stroke and distance penalty so they can get back on the fairway, but Scrooge insists on "playing it where it lands"; since the ball was located in good time and there's no indication that the ball passed out of bounds, Scrooge is technically within his rights to do so.

** When trying to make the final shot, Scrooge tries to scramble up a wall but can't get enough purchase. Webby realises that they need to support (i.e. raise) Scrooge so he can climb it. Dewey, still sulking over his confrontation with Scrooge, begins griping about how Scrooge hasn't supported (i.e. encouraged) him all day.

* The ring of stones that serves as the portal to the druish golf course resemble Pictish standing stones, one of which (the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_Stone Maiden Stone]]) is believed to be one of the earliest known depictions of kelpies.
* King James of Scotland really ''did'' ban golf!
* SitcomArchnemesis: This is among the few times Glomgold is just a typical rival without plotting to murder Scrooge in any way.

* ShownTheirWork: The ring of stones that serves as the portal to the druish golf course resemble Pictish standing stones, one of which (the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_Stone Maiden Stone]]) is believed to be one of the earliest known depictions of kelpies.

* LiterallyShatteredLives: As Scrooge realizes that the statues around the eighteenth hole are golfers turned to stone by the mists, one of the statutes is shown to have fallen apart.

** When trying to make the final shot, Scrooge tries to scramble up a wall but can't get enough purchase. Webby realises that they need to support (i.e. raise) Scrooge so he can climb it. Dewey, still sulking over his confrontation with Scrooge over golf, begins griping about how Scrooge hasn't supported (i.e. encouraged) him all day.
-->'''Webby:''' No, we need to ''support'' Scrooge! Not everything's a life lesson!

--->'''Webby:''' No, we need to ''support'' Scrooge! Not everything's a life lesson!

--->'''Louie:''' Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Guys, it's golf. It's still golf! Okay, that's it, I'm going home. ...Where did home go?

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot / UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Louie's indifference (and impatience) toward the game of golf results in him heckling at Scrooge to hurry up while he is taking his inital tee-off, causing Scrooge to slice the ball wide into the rough, necessitating the group entering the woods to find it and discovering the standing stone teleportation circle in the process.
** Likewise, Scrooge is so fixated on his unbroken winning streak that he claims to Glomgold [[IMeantToDoThat that it was on purpose]], and then, rather than accept a stroke and distance penalty so they can return to the fairway, he insists that "a Scotsman plays it where it lands", activating the stone circle and transporting the whole party to the mystical golf course dimension.

* EverybodyKnewAlready: The ducks figure out what the mystical golf course is and how it came to be, much to the kelpies' annoyance.