History Recap / DuckTales2017S3E13EscapeFromTheImpossibin

* AnAesop:
** You can't best someone by beating them at their own game. Trying to outdo them at what they excel in is more likely to get turned against you than let you win. Instead you should focus on your own strengths to counter their advantages instead of trying to outdo them.
** Compassion and unity will always triumph over treachery and harshness. Scrooge and Beakley push the family as hard as possible so they'll be ready for F.O.W.L. but that just leaves them vulnerable and weaker from going so far and they only manage real gains once they start working as a cohesive unit.

** Dewey spins his sword around and shatters a pot, just like Link from VideoGame/LegendOfZelda

* ShoutOut: Webby takes the role of Cato from ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther''.

* ShoutOut: Webby takes the role of Cato from ''Film/ThePinkPanther''.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Since Bradford has been outed as head of F.O.W.L., this also means that he can no longer return to the company. Rather then be fired, he pulls a "screw you Scrooge" by noting he's hijacking of the Impossibin's Scrooge mecha as his "[[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt two weeks notice]]."

* OffModel: For a brief moment during the fight against the robot, Gandra Dee's light blue eyes turn black before the robot dives into the money pool.

* ProperlyParanoid: Scrooge is extremely fearful after discovering his closest business partner was scheming against him for years that he wants to ensure his Money Bin is absolutely impenetrable. The defences and traps installed are so excessive, even ''[[OnlyInItForTheMoney Louie]]'' thinks they're more than enough, but the fact they managed to get through all of the traps tells Scrooge it ''still'' wasn't good enough. He is proven right moments later when Bradford reveals he had already hacked into the defence system beforehand and anticipated Scrooge's paranoia to trap him in the building.

* AbsenteeActor: Launchpad does not appear in this episode, going with him declaring to split his time between still working for Scrooge and helping Darkwing Duck fight crime in St. Canard.

* EffortlessAmazonianLift: For most of the episode, Dewey carries around a heavy sword he can barely lift. Webby manages to wield it easily.

** Steelbeak manages to defeat Darkwing Duck and steal the Solego Circuit, which shows him as a genuine threat despite being an AdaptationalDumbass. Averted, perhaps, in D.W's case, as judging from the bandages on his face, their very first encounter didn't go too well at all. Hopefully in a future episode we'll see a proper fight between the two.

* RealityEnsues: Since Bradford has been outed as head of F.O.W.L., this also means that he can no longer return to the company. Rather then be fired, he pulls a "screw you Scrooge" by noting he's hijacking of the Impossibin's Scrooge mecha as his "[[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt two weeks notice]]."

* UnknownCharacter: While the list of "suspects" includes Lil' Bulb, Fenton, Donald, and Louie, there is also a character the audience hasn’t met yet named Bluescreen Beagle, with no one in the cast even mentioning him.

* XanatosGambit: As it turns out, F.O.W.L. knew the [=McDuck=] Clan would gear up their defenses starting with the Bin. Which is why they waited for Scrooge to type in the password (which was already changed thanks to Gandra Dee) in order to not only trap Scrooge, Louie, and Della through the security system; but also shutdown communications along with it for F.O.W.L. to steal the Missing Mysteries the [=McDuck=] Clan recently founded. Bradford would also knew that Scrooge would survive his own security system, which is why he hijacked the robot to fight him to stall for time until it was too late for Scrooge and others to notice. Either way, he wins.

** Steelbeak manages to defeat Darkwing Duck and steal the Solego Circuit, which shows him as a genuine threat despite being an AdaptationalDumbass.

* TheBadGuyWins: The [=McDuck=] Clan realizes that F.O.W.L. was able to steal the recently discovered Missing Mysteries (the Fountain of Youth, the Harp of Mervana, Solego's Circuit, Gene the Genie) while they were distracted during the night. The Fountain of Youth and Solego's Circuit were already discovered by F.O.W.L. courtesy of Rockerduck and Bradford himself respectively while the Harp of Mervana and Gene the Genie were discovered due to the bug they planted on Donald back in the season premiere.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: PlayedForLaughs. The penny-pinching Scrooge tells Della and Louie that if they can get past all the Impossibin's traps and defences without being driven crazy, [[ComicallySmallBribe he'll buy them lunch]].

* TheBadGuyWins: The [=McDuck=] Clan realizes that F.O.W.L. was able to steal the recently discovered Missing Mysteries (the Fountain of Youth, the Harp of Mervana, Solego's Circuit, Gene the Genie) while they were distracted during the night.

** Among the suspects of possible traitors are “Uncle” Donald, "Louie", and Bluescreen Beagle.

** Huey learns about the existence of the Other Bin which was introduced in season 1.

** When fighting the ultraviolet robot, Scrooge briefly uses his cane as a pogo stick to try and damage and avoid its attacks, similar to what he does in the classic [[VideoGame/DuckTales DuckTales video game]].

** The family learn that Gandra Dee is a F.O.W.L. agent when she appears with Bradford.

* EffortlessAmazonianLift: For most of the episode, Dewey carries around a heavy sword he can barely lift. Webby manages to wield it easily, and even throw it at Huey's feet.

* HypocriticalHumour: Goldie yells at Scrooge when she thinks he stole the Fountain of Youth, despite also admitting she tried to steal it herself.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: After Webby repeatedly saying, "This is not the attack", Huey assumes that there isn't going to be an actual attack, and it's just the fear of being attacked that is the true test. Then Webby declares this from above his bed:

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Della tells him he can beat Bradford and F.O.W.L. because he's Scrooge [=McDuck=], he replies with this.
-->'''Scrooge:''' And what if ''that's'' not enough?!

* LatexPerfection: Webby was able to duplicate Dewey, right down to imitating his voice. She doesn't even need a mask, all she does is dress up like him, style her feathers like his, and mimic his voice.

* PaperThinDisguise: Dewey puts on a fake moustache to try and fool Webby. [[SubvertedTrope Except it is actually Webby pretending to be Dewey.]]

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: For most of the episode, Dewey carries around a heavy sword he can barely lift. Webby manages to wield it easily, and even throw it at Huey's feet.

* ImprovisedWeapon: The robot's defeat. In an inverse of Scrooge diving into his gold coins, Louie has the robot fire its gravity beams at Scrooge's treasure hoard crushing it against the ceiling and with it destroyed, the gravity flow turns back to normal allowing Scrooge to swim up through the falling gold and catch the diving board's edge.

* BoobyTrap: Many of them have been installed in the Money Bin, and Scrooge challenges Della and Louie to beat them - if they can't, then F.O.W.L. can't. The fact that they can only causes Scrooge to worry more, and he's proven right when it's revealed that he'd been hacked from the beginning thanks to Granda Dee.

-->'''Scrooge:''' ''[to Louie]'' [[InspirationalInsult Knew that would get her]].