History Recap / DuckTales2017S1E9TheImpossibleSummitOfMtNeverrest

* JerkassHasAPoint: Scrooge is bitterly petty about George Mallardy and wants to outdo his success out spite but does point out to the kids that he was cut loose so Mallardy could keep going and wound up with an undeserved reputation.

** Apparently a lot of people have died cursing Scrooge's name.

-->'''Louie:''' "Sure, yep, why not?"

--> '''Scrooge:''' I won't be the 'Neverrest Ninny' for another 75 years!\\
'''Huey:''' "No one has ''used'' the word "ninny" in 75 years!

* GaveUpTooSoon: Scrooge's expedition bows out once they see that Mt. Neverrest is insurmountable by natural physical means, with the very peak being inaccessible since the wormholes that surround it at the lower step keep rerouting and looping back to the starting point. The wormhole to the peak is in fact at [[RightUnderTheirNoses the town at the mountain's base]].

--> '''Scrooge''': "But now that smug stack of stalagmites has to deal with Scrooge [=McDuck=].

* DidIMentionItsChristmas: The episode takes place at Christmas time, which is only mentioned at the beginning when Louie complains about spending it in a perilous expedition instead of the safety of the mansion.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Three of Webby's life goals listed in her notebook is "pilot airplane", "sledding" (which she crosses out), and "[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers high-five a]] ''[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Brontosaurus]]''".
* FunTShirt: The corpse of George Mallardy is found wearing a shirt that reads "I didn't survive Mt. Neverrest". In the end, Scrooge gives Huey a similar shirt, which he amends to read "I survived Mt. Neverrest".
* GaveUpTooSoon: Scrooge's expedition bows out once they see that Mt. Neverrest is insurmountable by natural physical means, with the very peak being inaccessible since the wormholes that surround it at the lower step keep rerouting and looping back to the starting point. The wormhole to peak is in fact at [[RightUnderTheirNoses the base-town all along]].
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: The ending proves this. No one is ever likely able to reach the top of Mt. Neverrest again, so no one will see the map of Huey the Explorer stuck permanently atop the peak.

* MonsterShapedMountain: Huey finds a rabbit shaped rock formation and names it Bunny Rock. The snow falls off of the rock, revealing a demonic horned face instead. Huey decides to still call it Bunny Rock anyway.

* OnlySaneMan: Louie proves to have been correct all along in his wisdom to just sit back and lounge around the base town and drink hot cocoa on the sidewalks. Scrooge himself admits at the end that he should find one.

** At the end, Huey's map is blown into a nearby wormhole... that leads straight to the top of Neverrest.

--> '''Scrooge''': "I won't be the 'Neverrest Ninny' for another 75 years."\\
'''Huey''': "No one has used the word 'ninny' in 75 years."

* FreezeFrameBonus: Three of Webby's life goals listed is to "pilot airplane", "sled" (which she crosses out), and "[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers high-five a]] ''[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Brontosaurus]]''".

* FreezeFrameBonus: Three of Webby's life goals listed on her checklist is to "pilot airplane", "sled" (which she crosses out), and "high-five a ''Brontosaurus''".

* ChristmasEpisode: If the exchange between Louie and Scrooge at the beginning is any indication, this is one.

* TeleFrag: The fate of three climbers the ducks find frozen inside a cave, their headless bodies on one side, the heads on another.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: One of the main themes of the episode. By the time that Huey's made it to the top, they've had to give up all their survival necessities, and stops caring about the badge he was trying to earn at this point because of how dangerous the mountain is getting, and has to convince Scrooge that he's just going to have to accept he came short of the top of Neverrest and move on before it kills them.

* ConMan: The guy who sold Launchpad all of his expensive gear is one, lying about a deadly disease called "Ice Fever" in order to get him to do so.

* MonsterShapedRock: Huey finds a rabbit shaped rock formation and names it Bunny Rock. The snow falls off of the rock, revealing a demonic horned face instead. Huey decides to still call it Bunny Rock anyway.

* ImpossibleTaskInstantlyAccomplished: Zig-Zagged. While the characters make it up to the near top of the mountain in the span of an afternoon, making it even further than George Mallardy, there's almost no conceivable way to reach the top of Mount Neverrest, thanks to the wormholes; Scrooge has to give up just short of the top, because the wormholes simply won't let him get there and continuing to try only destabilizes the mountain.

* TheReveal: ''Scrooge'' is the "Neverrest Ninny", and he didn't fall on accident; his partner cut him down.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Scrooge tells the group that they'll be climbing all the way to the mountaintop (and that there's no treasure involved), Louie tells them he's sitting this one out and goes to relax at the local coffee shop instead.

* ImpossibleTaskInstantlyAccomplished: Zig-Zagged. While the characters make it up to the near top of the mountain in the span of an afternoon, making it even further than George Mallardy, there's almost no conceivable way to reach the top of Mount Neverrest, thanks to the wormholes; Scrooge has to give up just short of the top, because the wormholes simply won't let him get there.

* NoodleIncident: Scrooge has some sort of emnity against Santa Claus.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: One of the main themes of the episode. By the time that Huey's made it to the top, they've had to give up all their survival necessities, having stopped caring about the badge he's supposed to earn at this point, and has to convince Scrooge that he's just going to have to accept he came short of the top of the mountain and move on before it kills them.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: One of the main themes of the episode. By the time that Huey's made it to the top, they've had to give up all their survival necessities, not even caring about the badge he's supposed to earn, and has to convince Scrooge that he's just going to have to accept he came short of the top of the mountain and move on.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Scrooge tells the group that they'll be climbing all the way to the mountaintop, Louie tells them he's sitting this one out and goes to relax at the local coffee shop instead.