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* AppliedPhlebotinum: The ancient potion created by the druids of Castle Dunwyn, a.k.a. [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears gummiberry juice]]. F.O.W.L. wants to use it to create an army of bouncing super-soldiers.

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* AppliedPhlebotinum: The ancient potion created by the druids of Castle Dunwyn, a.k.a. [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears gummiberry juice]]. F.O.W.L. wants to use it to create an army of bouncing super-soldiers. In addition to the bouncing (which can produce leaps of hundreds of feet if desired) and the user's immunity to injury from said bouncing while the juice's effects are active, it allows the user of the juice to vibrate their way out of constraints like ropes.



* GilliganCut: In the original mission, Scrooge failed to stop the last robot guard. Beakley insists on finishing it off, but Scrooge gives a blasé response about how he wouldn't bother them any more. Cut back to the present, where Scrooge is fighting that very same robot.

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* GilliganCut: In the original mission, Scrooge failed to stop the last robot guard. Beakley insists on finishing it off, but Scrooge gives a blasé response about how he wouldn't bother them any more. they won't be seeing it again. Cut back to the present, where Scrooge is fighting that very same robot.robot.
---> '''Scrooge:''' How are you still functioning?!
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* MonochromePast: The flashbacks to the 1960s have a muted color scheme compared to the present day scenes.
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%% * MacGuffin: The Gummiberry Juice is NOT this, as its bouncing powers actually become relevant in the climax.

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* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Both Webby and Black Heron get their already remarkable fighting skills greatly enhanced after drinking the Gummi Berry Juice.



* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Bouncing is a surprisingly dangerous ability.

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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Bouncing is a surprisingly dangerous ability.ability, specially when the bouncer is already a skilled BadassNormal.
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** When Scrooge finds Webby on the submarine, he puts a lifejacket on her in a way very similar to how Donald put lifejackets on Huey and Louie in "Whoo-Hoo!"

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** When Scrooge finds Webby on the submarine, he puts a lifejacket on her in a way very similar to how Donald put lifejackets on Huey and Louie in "Whoo-Hoo!""Woo-oo!"
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Bouncing is a surprisingly dangerous ability.
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* TyrannosaurusRex: A ''Tyrannosaurus'' skull was shown at the auction.
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** Averted with Scrooge, perhaps because he is a freelance agent.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: It's implied that Black Heron fell to her death into the cliffs or water below.

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* DisneyVillainDeath: It's implied that Black Heron fell to her death into the cliffs or water below. [[NeverFoundTheBody On the other hand...]]
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: Webby calls unicorns "sword horses", mostly because it's a more badass name.
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* CastingGag: Black Heron is voiced by Creator/AprilWinchell, daughter of Creator/PaulWinchell, the original Zummi Gummi. Her description of the Gummiberry Juice emphasising the bouncing qualities also harkens to Paul Winchell's other most popular Disney role of Tigger in WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh.

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* CastingGag: Black Heron is voiced by Creator/AprilWinchell, daughter of Creator/PaulWinchell, the original Zummi Gummi. Her description of the Gummiberry Juice emphasising the bouncing qualities also harkens to Paul Winchell's other most popular Disney role of Tigger in WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh.''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh''.
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* CastingGag: Black Heron is voiced by Creator/AprilWinchell, daughter of Creator/PaulWinchell, the original Zummi Gummi. Her description of the Gummiberry Juice emphasising the bouncing qualities also harkens to Paul Winchell's other most popular Disney role of Tigger in WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh.
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* OpeningShoutOut: Not to this show's opening, but Black Heron references the ''Gummi Bears'' theme by saying that with the Great Ones' juice, her army of super soldiers will be "bouncing here and there and everywhere, mass destruction that's beyond compare!"
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** Played for laughs as Scrooge and Beakley are sent to an auction to buy a page from a medieval tome containing alchemy secrets before F.O.W.L. does. S.H.U.S.H. only gave Scrooge a budget of £60,000 and Scrooge being Scrooge is simply shocked at Beakley's suggestion that he should tap into his own substantial fortune to win the auction.
---> '''Mrs. Beakley:''' ''(through clenched teeth)'' You are a billionaire!''

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** Played for laughs as Scrooge and Beakley are sent to an auction to buy a page from a medieval tome containing alchemy secrets before F.O.W.L. does. S.H.U.S.H. SHUSH only gave Scrooge a budget of £60,000 and Scrooge being Scrooge is simply shocked at Beakley's suggestion that he should tap into his own substantial fortune to win the auction.
---> '''Mrs. Beakley:''' ''(through clenched teeth)'' You are a billionaire!''billionaire!
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* ReadTheFreakingManual: Scrooge not reading up on how to use his tricked-out spy cane causes some issues.
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* WaxingLyrical: Black Heron, during her evil exposition about what she wants to do with the serum (Gummiberry juice), ends up saying a corrupted lyric from the ''Gummi Bears Theme'' before Scrooge laughs.
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** At the beginning of the episode, Scrooge tells Webby that she can't come with him because this is not their usual adventure, this is deadly serious. He's none too happy when he finds out she stowed-away anyway and he has no choice but to let her join him.
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* KnockoutGas: Black Heron has a green one that can be dispersed with her robotic arm.


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* MagicSkirt: When Scrooge catches Webby in the lifejacket bin, he hooks her foot in his cane and hangs her upside down, but her skirt remains where it is.


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* TalkToTheFist: When Black Heron outbids Scrooge because he wouldn't chip in his own cash and runs away with the potion recipe, he smugly tells Beakley that they can steal it back from her and he just saved S.H.U.S.H. 60,000 pounds. Beakley responds to that by punching him.
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---> '''Mrs. Beakley:''' ''(through clenched teeth)'' You are a billionaire!]]''

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---> '''Mrs. Beakley:''' ''(through clenched teeth)'' You are a billionaire!]]''billionaire!''

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Scrooge and Webby have an adventure by themselves.


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* ADayInTheLimelight: Scrooge and Webby have an adventure by themselves.
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** While ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' is established to be a ShowWithinAShow, F.O.W.L. appears to be a very real terror organization and SHUSH to be a real crime-fighting and counterterror organization. Downplayed, since F.O.W.L. was introduced in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', just got more fleshed out in ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''.

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** While ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' is established to be a ShowWithinAShow, F.O.W.L. appears to be a very real terror organization and SHUSH to be a real crime-fighting and counterterror organization. Downplayed, since F.O.W.L. was introduced in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', it just got more fleshed out in ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''.
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** Black Heron [[WouldHurtAChild threatens to shoot a laser in Webby’s head]] if Beakley doesn’t give up the bounce formula. Beakley quickly complies in order to save her granddaughter.

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** Black Heron [[WouldHurtAChild threatens to shoot a laser in into Webby’s head]] if Beakley doesn’t give up the bounce formula. Beakley quickly complies in order to save her granddaughter.

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* DisneyVillainDeath: It's implied that Black Heron fell to her death into the cliffs or water below.



* VillainDisneyDeath: It's implied that Black Heron fell to her death into the cliffs or water below.

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* DisneyDeath: It's implied that Black Heron fell to her death into the cliffs or water below.


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Think it's really more this trope than that one.


* NotUsingTheZedWord: None of the items relating to ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' have the word Gummi attached to them, likely due to trademark issues relating to the original Gummi Bear candies. Thus the Great Gummi become the Great Ones, and the Great Book of Gummi is just the Great Book.


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* WritingAroundTrademarks: None of the items relating to ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' have the word Gummi attached to them, likely due to trademark issues relating to the original Gummi Bear candies. Thus the Great Gummi become the Great Ones, and the Great Book of Gummi is just the Great Book.

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* AnArmAndALeg: It's not shown outright, but it's heavily implied that Black Heron lost her arm in a fire after Beakley and Scrooge defeated her for the first time. In the present day, she has a prosthetic arm equipped with various gadgets.

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* AnArmAndALeg: It's not shown outright, but it's heavily implied that Black Heron lost her arm in a fire after Beakley and Scrooge defeated her for the first time.time and the lair exploded. In the present day, she has a prosthetic arm equipped with various gadgets.



* BerserkButton: Black Heron really does not like to be interrupted when she's talking.



** When Scrooge finds Webby on the submarine, he puts a lifejacket on her in a way very similar to how Donald put lifejackets on Huey and Louie in "Whoo-Hoo!"



* ChekhovsGun: What is Webby's favorite drink?

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* ChekhovsGun: What is Scrooge earlier promised to remember that Webby's favorite drink?favourite drink is "juice". When he later tells Black Heron that she should be at home drinking tea, Webby realizes this is a secret message for her benefit.



* DisneyDeath: It's implied that Black Heron fell to her death into the cliffs or water below.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of the episode, Scrooge is holding Black Heron's arm and Webby has the bouncing potion in her pocket.



* GilliganCut: In the original mission, Scrooge failed to stop the last robot guard. Beakley insists on finishing it off, but Scrooge gives a blasé response about how he wouldn't bother them any more. Cut back to the present, where Scrooge is fighting that very same robot.



** The numbered robot henchmen strongly resemble Armstrong from the 1987 ''Duck Tales''.



---> '''Mrs. Beakley:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Are. A.]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Billionaire!]]''

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---> '''Mrs. Beakley:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Are. A.]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Billionaire!]]''''(through clenched teeth)'' You are a billionaire!]]''



** The numbered bad guys could be a reference to the 1967 Batman series, where the henchmen often had their codenames labeled on their shirts.



* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Black Heron's bidding panel is 13.



* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Louie wanders into the kitchen to get a snack while Beakley is fighting Black Heron and barely bats an eye. Although he might have just been too spaced out to notice.

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Louie wanders into the kitchen to get a snack while Beakley is fighting Black Heron and barely bats an eye. Although he might have just been too spaced out to notice.notice.
** After Black Heron wins the auction, the auctioneer casually describes her as jumping out the window.
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* AccidentalMisnaming:
-->'''Scrooge:''' (''when Black Heron asks just who Webby is'') That's Webby Vanderduck, my new partner!
-->'''Webby:''' Yeah, but it's actually Vanderquack!
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There is no indication as far as I can tell that Black Heron's arm weapons include bullets, instead we see it glowing like its about to use its laser weapon.


** Black Heron [[WouldHurtAChild threatens to put a bullet in Webby’s head]] if Beakley doesn’t give up the bounce formula. Beakley quickly complies in order to save her granddaughter.

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** Black Heron [[WouldHurtAChild threatens to put shoot a bullet laser in Webby’s head]] if Beakley doesn’t give up the bounce formula. Beakley quickly complies in order to save her granddaughter.



* ArtificialLimbs: Black Heron, to make up for losing an arm in the fire last time, now has a mechanical arm.

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* ArtificialLimbs: Black Heron, to make up for losing an arm in the fire last time, now has a mechanical arm.arm equipped with various weapons.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: As Scrooge tells Launchpad nobody must know where they are going, the pilot puts on a blindfold so that even ''he'' doesn't know where they are going.

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