History Recap / DuckTales2017S2E6LastChristmas

* BarrierMaiden: Scrooge offhandedly mentions having to secretly protect the world from the Norse World Serpent Jormungandr.

** If a relative visiting from the future is only the fourth weirdest thing that's happened to Donald and Della on Christmas, what were the top three?

** Della and Donald correctly deduce that Dewey [[KidFromTheFuture is a relative from the future]], mentioning that he was only the fourth weirdest thing that's happened to them on Christmas.

** We are also still given no clue as to what [[RunningGag Scrooge's beef with Santa]] is all about.

* TheGrinch: Scrooge seems to live up to his namesake, calling Christmas nothing but commercialism and misplaced sentiment, flying into an absurd rage at an ornamental Santa Claus. [[SubvertedTrope He doesn't actually believe this]], it's just a facade so he'll be left to party with his friends. To clarify, he doesn't hate Christmas he has a problem with Santa (don't ask). Scrooge ''does'', however, [[JerkassRealization come to realize]] it's still [[TrueMeaningOfChristmas missing the point of the holiday]] to dodge your family.

* TheGrinch: Scrooge seems to live up to his namesake, calling Christmas nothing but commercialism and misplaced sentiment, flying into an absurd rage at an ornamental Santa Claus. [[SubvertedTrope He doesn't actually believe this]], it's just a facade so he'll be left to party with his friends--except the part about Santa. Scrooge ''does'', however, [[JerkassRealization come to realize]] it's still [[TrueMeaningOfChristmas missing the point of the holiday]] to dodge your family.

* StealthPun: Beakley turns down the advances of the Ghost of Christmas Present, but aggressively persues Christmas Future. Clearly, she flirts with death.

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Christmas Present is represented an anthropomorphic pig rather than the original character, Willie the Giant. ''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol''.

* AmbiguousSituation: When everyone returns to the current time period, Donald greets Dewey with a hug and says "Welcome back," implying that his [[SeenItAll extensive adventuring experiences]] include encountering a time traveling Dewey, but Dewey is swept away by the rest of the family before he can respond.

** As Beakley dances the crowd chants "22" i.e. her secret agent code name.

* ExpyCoexistence: Scrooge [=McDuck=] is named after Ebenezer Scrooge of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', though not especially based on him. It's heavily implied that the original Scrooge also exists in this show's universe, and the Christmas Spirits met Scrooge [=McDuck=] [[MistakenForSpecialGuest after mistaken his address for that of Ebenezer Scrooge]]. Past even implies that Ebenezer is too busy with Tiny Tim to hang with him anymore.

* TheGrinch: Scrooge seems to live up to his namesake, calling Christmas nothing but commercialism and misplaced sentiment, flying into an absurd rage at a ornament of Santa Claus. [[SubvertedTrope He doesn't actually believe this]], it's just a facade so he'll be left to party with his friends--except the part about Santa. Scrooge ''does'', however, [[JerkassRealization come to realize]] it's still [[TrueMeaningOfChristmas missing the point of the holiday]] to dodge your family.

* KidFromTheFuture: Dewey goes back in time to meet his mother Della, and also runs into his uncle Donald. Dewey claims to be a distant cousin named "[[{{Suedonym}} Bluey]]", which Donald seemingly buys, but Della [[SeenItAll immediately concludes that he's a relative from the future]]. Although considering Donald didn't react at all when Della asserts that Dewey's from the future and just brushes off Dewey's protests with ''"Please. We're the Duck family,"'' it's possible Donald already suspected/figured it out and just didn't bother to call Dewey on it.

** The Wendigo's apparent tendency to say it's own name likely refers to the Creator/MarvelComics version. His design is also basically a FunnyAnimal variant of the Marvel version: a large, muscular humanoid covered in white fur, with claws, sharp teeth, goat horns and a long tail.

** Well, slow''er'' path, at any rate. When Scrooge takes the Ghost of Christmas Past's time-travelling umbrella, the Ghost is left to linger for the next few decades and become the Wendigo, only to be found, picked up, and returned to the present when Scrooge finds Dewey.

* TragicDream: Dewey wanted to have his mom on Christmas, so he goes to the past to spend time with her. When she realizes he's a future relative, he tries to warn her about her fate, but denies him for it would disrupt the time stream. Dewey decides to cherish this one moment with his mom, but it means seeing his mom again would forever be out of his reach.

[[caption-width-right:350:On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me... twelve days of Christmas [...] and a cartridge of printer ink!]]

** Whatever Louie feels he must (and claims he can) explain in his letter to Santa.

** Combining with OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, Scrooge is apparently responsible for secretly keeping [[Myth/NorseMythology the world-eating serpent Jörmungandr]] at bay.

** Della's copy of the family photo has weird drawings on the back, the origin of which shows up in the next episode.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Scrooge tires of his past self's party and asks to be taken home to his family, the Ghost of Christmas Past lets out a BigNo before composing himself and offering an alternative.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Launchpad's ugly Christmas sweater has a menorah on it. However, it's never established whether he's Jewish or simply acquired a sweater for the wrong holiday.

* TheGrinch: Scrooge seems to live up to his namesake, calling Christmas nothing but commercialism and misplaced sentiment, flying into an absurd rage at a ornament of Santa Claus. [[SubvertedTrope He doesn't actually believe this]], it's just a JerkassFacade so he'll be left to party with his friends--except the part about Santa. Scrooge ''does'', however, [[JerkassRealization come to realize]] it's still [[TrueMeaningOfChristmas missing the point of the holiday]] to dodge your family.

* JerkassFacade: Scrooge pretends to hate Christmas so he can hang out with the Christmas Ghosts at past Christmas parties. His hatred for Santa Claus, on the other hand, is completely genuine.

** Scrooge goes [[BerserkButton berserk]] on the giant Santa figure put up in his mansion. It was most likely NOT part of his JerkassFacade.

In a nod to ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'', the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future come to see Scrooge... but not for the reasons you might expect.

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Christmas Present is represented an anthropomorphic pig rather than the original character, Willie the Giant. ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol''.

* AnthropomorphicShift: Inverted with Christmas Past, who looks more insect-like than his ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'' counterpart Jiminy Cricket, having wings and long antennae.

* {{Expy}}: The three spirits that visit Scrooge strongly resemble those from ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'', but instead of actually being Jiminy Cricket as Christmas Past, Willie the Giant as Christmas Present, and Pete as Christmas Future, they just bear a strong resemblance to them. Christmas Present in particular is a pig-man instead of a giant. However, their costumes are the same.

* FourLeggedInsect: The Ghost of Christmas Past is an anthropomorphic cricket. While he's much more insect-like than [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]], with a segmented abdomen, wings, and long antennae, he still has only four limbs.

** Several to ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'':
*** The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future show great resemblance to their counterparts in ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'': Past is an anthropomorphic cricket carrying an umbrella; Present is a large, fat person with a SimpletonVoice (although a pig rather than a human-like giant, to follow the show's "no humans" rule); and Future is a gigantic, menacing, hooded cat figure.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Just like in "The Shadow War!", Della is on the moon's surface without a spacesuit while repairing the Spear of Selene. Granted, this does get explained in DuckTales2017S2E7WhatEverHappenedToDellaDuck.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Just like in "The Shadow War!", Della is on the moon's surface without a spacesuit while repairing the Spear of Selene.

** Young Della really hates being called "Dumbella" and won't let Young Donald out of the net until he apologizes, even as a Wendigo barrels down on all three ducklings.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Launchpad's ugly Christmas sweater has a menorah on it.

* TimeTravelForFunAndProfit: Scrooge and the Christmas spirits use Past's time traveling umbrella to visit history's greatest Christmas parties.

*** Actually, the reason she wanted an apology was because Donald had hid away in his room on Christmas and she wanted him to acknowledge that. The reason she started refusing release at being called "Dumbella" was just how she decided to segue into it.