History Recap / DuckTales2017S3E18HowSantaStoleChristmas

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Scrooge reluctantly agrees to help Santa at the triplet's begging. Only Webby is invited along, since she doesn't immediately swoon over Santa.

** The little girl, who Scrooge meets, is called Jennifer. This is a homage to the ''Uncle Scrooge'' Christmas comic; ''Tis The Season'' by Bob Foster & Mike Peraza.

* {{Greed}}: Scrooge displays his full blown greediness here in Christmas by trying to give everyone coal for Christmas and is only in it for the money he will received.

* AppliedPhlebotinum: The artifact that allows Santa to deliver presents around the world in one night is a huge, star-shaped gemstone known as the Feliz Navidiamond. It has the power to drastically slow down the flow of time for one day a year. When Santa first touches it, it freezes the snow monster, but for some reason not Scrooge or his reindeer, despite being further away.

* AppliedPhlebotinum: The artifact that allows Santa to deliver presents around the world in one night is a huge, star-shaped gemstone known as the Feliz Navidiamond. It has the power to drastically slow down the flow of time for one day a year. When Santa first touches it, it freeze the snow monster, but for some reason not Scrooge or his reindeer, despite being further away.

** The Little Girl, who Scrooge meets, is called Jennifer. This is a Homage to the ''Uncle Scrooge'' Christmas Comic; ''Tis The Season'' by Bob Foster & Mike Peraza.

* AppliedPhlebotinum: The artifact that allows Santa to deliver presents around the world in one night is a huge, star-shaped gemstone known as the Feliz Navidiamond. It has the power to drastically slow down the flow of time for one day a year.

-->'''Scrooge:''' Bah, humbug.

** The Little Grl, who Scrooge meets, is called Jennifer. This is a Homage to the ''Uncle Scrooge'' Christmas Comic; ''Tis The Season''.

* MythologyGag: Scrooge realizes the error of his greed on the night before Christmas. [[WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol Sound familiar?]]

* ArcWords: "What better way to warm you through the night? A warm heart."

'''Santa:''' ''Oh no!'' No, no '''NO!'''

* InsistentTerminology: Huey finally calls Scrooge on his repeated use of the term "video-graphic games".

** Scrooge's present to the three boys and Webby are woolen hats. When Louie complains how itchy it is, Scrooge defends the choice of gift, asking if they'd rather have something they don't really need like a cellphone you don't need, a trampoline, or a "video-graphic game". Louie and Dewey reply with "'''''yes'''''".

* SubbingForSanta: Scrooge and Webby, although Santa is still on the sleigh with them. Towards the end, when they need to replace the coal Scrooge delivered with the actual presents, Donald, Della, the boys, Launchpad and Mrs Beakley also join them.

* FullMoonSilhouette: The episode ends with Scrooge, Santa, and company riding the flying reindeer across the full moon over [=McDuck=] manor and Scrooge wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a good night.

** Another involving Webby taking a look at the last gift, reserved for Scrooge.

** Scrooge calls Santa a "Present Peddling Prowler".
** Webby calls Santa a "Stocking Stuffing Stooge". Scrooge even high fives her after that.

''(Della’s eyes widen)''

* BearHug: Literally, when Santa hugs Scrooge after they reconcile.

* DontWakeTheSleeper: Scrooge and Webby carefully step around several sleeping Beagle Boys in order to deliver a present to the one that made the nice list. Bouncer wakes up upon recieving his gift, and excitedly yells for the other Beagle Boys to wake up, believing they're getting presents too. They immediately turn to attack Scrooge, attempting to steal all the presents from him instead of being given only the ones meant for them.

* EyeAmWatchingYou: The head elf gives this gesture to Scrooge (she doesn't trust him because he is a door-to-door salesman selling coal) after Santa convinces her to let him in as well.

* GiftShake: Webby shakes a bunch of presents in Santa's sleigh and is able to guess what is inside each one.

** Another involving Webby taking a peek inside Santa's bag which is still full of toys.
---> '''Webby:''' You mean under these gifts of toys?

** Scrooge blames Santa for betraying him when his own greed actually made him distance himself from the polar bear. He [[JerkassRealization realizes how much he is to blame for their falling-out]] after his experience with the poor little girl.

** Scrooge blames Santa for betraying him when he actually distanced himself from the polar bear because of his own greed. He [[JerkassRealization realizes how much he is to blame for their falling-out]] after his experience with the poor little girl.

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: To Creator/DrSeuss's ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.

* Greed: Scrooge displays his full blown greediness here in Christmas by trying to give everyone coal for Christmas and is only in it for the money he will received.

* WhamLine: When Scrooge agrees to help Santa, he mentions this is not the first time he's done so.
-->'''Scrooge:''' I cannae believe you talked me in to this AGAIN!\\

--> '''Webby:''' You mean under these gifts of toys?

* WhatTheHellHero: Scrooge gets the receiving end of this from both Santa and Webby when they find out he has been giving everyone coal the entire night.

* GratuitousSpanish: Perhaps not gratuitous, but the pair seek out the Feliz Navidiamond. It is hidden in Cascabel Cavern, "cascabel" being Spanish for "jingle bell". The map, traded from a Spanish explorer, also warned of "reno volador" (flying reindeer).

* GratuitousSpanish: Perhaps not gratuitous, but the pair seek out the Feliz Navidiamond. The map, traded from a Spanish explorer, also warned of "reno volador" (flying reindeer).