History Recap / DuckTales2017S1E3TheGreatDimeChase

* ChewOutFakeOut: Scrooge delivers one of these. When he asks Dewey about his absence from the board room, Louie mentions he's [[BlatantLies going to get a new notebook, as he'd filled the previous one taking notes]]. Scrooge replies that he can take all he likes in a tone that implies he's calling Louie out on his BS, before immediately directing his ire at the board's parsimonious ways. He then in a much more sincere tone advises Louie to use both sides of each page and write small.

* ChewOutFakeOut: Scrooge delivers one of these. When he asks Dewey about his absence from the board room, Dewey mentions he's [[BlatantLies going to get a new notebook, as he'd filled the previous one taking notes]]. Scrooge replies that he can take all he likes in a tone that implies he's calling Dewey out on his BS, before immediately directing his ire at the board's parsimonious ways. He then in a much more sincere tone advises Dewey to use both sides of each page and write small.

* BuildingOfAdventure: A huge contrast to its portrayal as a giant piggy bank in the 1987 series. As in the Don Rosa comics, it now has 57 floors (which visually doesn't come off, and seems to be a case of BiggerOnTheInside). In addition to the giant space with the coins, there's an underground laboratory for Gyro, and a huge library full of archives, and as Scrooge notes with some amount of pride and affection, it's full of lunatics like Gyro Gearloose and Miss Quackfaster.

In the meantime, Dewey and Webby encounter Emily Quackfaster, the insane librarian of the Archives. As Dewey is a family member of Scrooge, Quackfaster allows him and Webby to enter the Archives, but she tells them that they must face the Trials of the Archives - which mostly consist of sorting books. When Dewey, eventually, refuses, she draws a sword and chases the two children around the library. Dewey throws books at her in self-defense, which she puts back to their place - the last one being "[[MythologyGag The Life and Times of Della Duck]]", which is nearly empty. But, as the last book is put to its place, it opens the door to a secret room, where Scrooge hid all the evidence regarding Della Duck. Dewey and Webby learn that Della took something called "The Spear of Selene" against the will of Scrooge. The two decide to not tell Huey and Louie until they know more.

--> '''Louie:''' "Look! A distraction!"

** Scrooge mentioning the magical defenses against vengeance curses, while also a ContinuityNod to the ghosts in the first episode, foreshadows [[spoiler: the appearance of his most dangerous magical foe, Magica De Spell, in the next episode]].

* BuildingOfAdventure: The Money Bin is converted to this. It now has 57 Floors (which visually doesn't come off, and seems to be a case of BiggerOnTheInside). In addition to the giant space with the coins, there's an underground laboratory for Gyro, and a huge library full of archives, and as Scrooge notes with some amount of pride and affection, it's full of lunatics like Gyro Gearloose and Miss Quackfaster.

* CompositeCharacter: Gyro seems to be combined with the previous incarnation's Fenton Crackshell, of whom he takes his catchphrase "blatherskites". The end of the episode seems to imply Gyro will take on Fenton's alter ego, Gizmoduck, as well.[[note]]That said, Fenton is confirmed to appear in the show and become Gizmoduck.[[/note]]

* SwissCheeseSecurity: You'd think Scrooge would put his NumberOneDime under tighter security than a glass case that's easily lifted. But no, a child can easily lift and take it. Subverted, though, since that's only a decoy dime; Scrooge keeps the real one on his person at all times.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Apparently, part of the reason Little Bulb went so bonkers was because his bulb was too high a wattage.

--> Louie: "Look! A distraction!"

In the final scene, Gyro ponders why his robots always turn evil - and he concludes that to be able to conclude them, he must become a robot himself. He names his plan "[[{{Foreshadowing}} Project Blatherskite]]".

Louie panics and tries to get back the dime, but after his attempts fail, he turns to Gyro to borrow Little Bulb. Unfortunately, he mistreats Little Bulb, who, in response, fuses himself with a money-sorting machine and goes on a rampage to collect all the dimes in the building.

Louie accidentally loses Scrooge's "number-one dime" and turns to Gyro Gearloose to help him get it back. Meanwhile, Dewey and Webby go to the [=McDuck=] Archives to look for information about Della.

* FatalFlaw: Louie's laziness, combined with DidntThinkThisThrough and not paying attention to Scrooge. He gets pulled to the Money Bin because he makes the mistake of being openly slovenly and wasteful in front of Scrooge, whom he knows is a penny pincher. Then later on he accidentally uses what he thinks is an emergency dime, he spends the entire episode trying to get it back. Scrooge was about to tell him the dime's importance before the Money Bin distracted him. He doesn't really get better by the end, though he seems to have learned to listen to Scrooge. Furthermore, if he'd searched for the Dime himself rather than making Little Bulb do it, most of the resulting chaos would have been avoided.

* FatalFlaw: Louie's are DidntThinkThisThrough and not paying attention to Scrooge. He gets pulled to the Money Bin because he makes the mistake of being openly slovenly and wasteful in front of Scrooge, whom he knows is a penny pincher. Then later on he accidentally uses what he thinks is an emergency dime, he spends the entire episode trying to get it back. Scrooge was about to tell him the dime's importance before the Money Bin distracted him. He doesn't really get better by the end, though he seems to have learned to listen to Scrooge. Also, his laziness; if he'd searched for the Dime himself rather than making Little Bulb do it, most of the resulting chaos would have been avoided.

* LiteralMetaphor: As Gyro points out, Little Bulb went literally [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity mad with power]]: he got attached to a 75-watt power source when he was designed for 50 watts.

* RunningGag: Louie has to keep running up and down all 57 flights of stairs in the Money Bin.

* CompositeCharacter: Gyro seems to be combined with the previous incarnation's Fenton Crackshell, of whom he takes his catchphrase "blatherskites". The end of the episode seems to imply Gyro will take on Fenton's alter ego, Gizmoduck, as well.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Webby excitedly notes that the trials and the library really does have all the answers pointing that it knows Dewey's name, indicating a giant boarding that says "Dewey Decimal". For those who might not be familiar, the Dewey Decimal refers to the cataloging system used in many modern libraries and it's not named after Dewey Duck, it's named after its inventor Mevil Dewey.

* AbsenteeActor: Donald, Mrs. Beakley and Huey are not seen at all in this episode.

** In the comics, Donald and Gladstone Gander (DependingOnTheWriter[[note]]Comics sympathetic to Donald and/or Scrooge often cast the former as lazy/unlucky and the latter as disappointed/smug/self-righteous depending on the dynamic they wanted. This goes back to Creator/CarlBarks' works where earlier comics had an unsympathetic Scrooge and a sympathetic Donald, and then switched over later on[[/note]]) were always the recipients of Scrooge's lectures/lessons on the virtues of hard work and the evils of laziness; Scrooge and the triplets (including Louie) were always on the same page as far as their work ethic, with Scrooge often observing how he and they were NotSoDifferent. The show having chosen to give the triplets different personalities and attitudes, and also a separate dynamic with Scrooge to set them apart, has a very reluctant Louie as the one Scrooge has to push and motivate to ambition, action, and independence.

* CoatTailRidingRelative: Louie has started to become very lazy and wasteful since moving into [=McDuck=] Manor and justifies on the basis that "we're rich". As Scrooge points out, ''he's'' rich and Louie and the others are just staying with him.

** Much of the A-plot in the episode serves as a WholePlotReference to "[[Recap/DuckTalesS2E2SuperDuckTales Super Ducktales Pt. 2: Frozen Assets]]." Louie mistakenly thinks the (false) Number One Dime is in a case because it's for use in emergencies, much like Fenton did, and goes through numerous troubles trying to retrieve it, while Little Bulb going on a rampage heavily implies that Gyro is going to build the Gizmo Duck suit in response, similar to how the [=GICU2=] going out of control led to him creating Gizmo Duck.

** Apparently Della took the Spear of Selene and left with it, if her note is any indicaion, but why is unknown.

* LoopholeAbuse: Webby has been banned from Scrooge's private library because she's not family. When she presents Dewey, Scrooge's great-nephew, Quackfaster reluctantly allows them inside.