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* RidiculousFutureInflation: In the future, everyday tasks such as taking a bus ride or making a collect phone call cost 100 times more than they do in Scrooge's time.
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** One of Magica's guardbots says that "the great sorceress sees nobody, not no one, not no how", a reference to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.

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** One of Magica's guardbots says that "the great sorceress sees nobody, not no one, not no how", a reference to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. Magica appearing as a giant floating head and using thunder and lightning effects is also a reference to this film.

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* OnePhoneCall: Scrooge demands a phone call, which the police robot lets him have. However, he can't pay the money necessary to speak to his nephews.
* ShesAllGrownUp: A variation; Scrooge describes [[DaddysGirl Webbigail]] as having "changed into Cinderella" when he sees the woman she's grown up to be (complete with [[FurryFemaleMane blond hair]]). He's not attracted to her himself, but as Webby's HonoraryUncle, he can't help remarking that she grew up beautiful.
* ShipTease: Doofus and Webby are married in the future Scrooge visits, and although the future has been averted by the end of the episode, Scrooge still tells Doofus to take care of Webby and invite him to the wedding, and Doofus, unlike Webby, actually doesn't seem to mind the idea of them being a couple.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Magica tells the nephews that she caused Scrooge to disappear, so they turn on her.
* OnePhoneCall: Scrooge demands a phone call, which the police robot lets him have. However, he can't pay the money necessary to speak to his nephews.
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* ShesAllGrownUp: A variation; Scrooge describes [[DaddysGirl Webbigail]] as having "changed into Cinderella" when he sees the woman she's grown up to be (complete with [[FurryFemaleMane blond hair]]). He's not attracted to her himself, but as Webby's HonoraryUncle, he can't help remarking that she grew up beautiful.
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* ShipTease: Doofus and Webby are married in the future Scrooge visits, and although the future has been averted by the end of the episode, Scrooge still tells Doofus to take care of Webby and invite him to the wedding, and Doofus, unlike Webby, actually doesn't seem to mind the idea of them being a couple.



** The title is presumably referring to ''Film/BackToTheFuture.''
** One of Magica's guardbots says that "the great sorceress sees nobody, not no one, not no how", a reference to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz.''

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** The title is presumably referring to ''Film/BackToTheFuture.''
''Film/BackToTheFuture''.
** One of Magica's guardbots says that "the great sorceress sees nobody, not no one, not no how", a reference to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz.''''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
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* ShesAllGrownUp: A variation; Scrooge describes [[DaddysGirl Webbigail]] as having "changed into Cinderella"" when he sees the woman she's grown up to be (complete with [[FurryFemaleMane blond hair]]). He's not attracted to her himself, but as Webby's HonoraryUncle, he can't help remarking that she grew up beautiful.

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* ShesAllGrownUp: A variation; Scrooge describes [[DaddysGirl Webbigail]] as having "changed into Cinderella"" Cinderella" when he sees the woman she's grown up to be (complete with [[FurryFemaleMane blond hair]]). He's not attracted to her himself, but as Webby's HonoraryUncle, he can't help remarking that she grew up beautiful.
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* BrokenPedestal: Downplayed; while Doofus and Launchpad are still on good terms, the future Doofus has a greater recognition of his mentor's flaws than during his childhood.


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* ShipTease: Doofus and Webby are married in the future Scrooge visits, and although the future has been averted by the end of the episode, Scrooge still tells Doofus to take care of Webby and invite him to the wedding, and Doofus, unlike Webby, actually doesn't seem to mind the idea of them being a couple.
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* BadFuture: The episode has Magica take over and the triplets become {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s.

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* BadFuture: The future shown in the episode has Magica take having taken over and the triplets having become {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s.Executive}}s. Luckily, it's all wiped away when Scrooge returns to the present.



* ShesAllGrownUp: A variation on the trope; [[HonoraryUncle Scrooge]] describes [[DaddysGirl Webbigail]] as having "changed into Cinderella"" when he sees the woman she's grown up to be (complete with [[FurryFemaleMane blond hair]]).

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* ShesAllGrownUp: A variation on the trope; [[HonoraryUncle Scrooge]] variation; Scrooge describes [[DaddysGirl Webbigail]] as having "changed into Cinderella"" when he sees the woman she's grown up to be (complete with [[FurryFemaleMane blond hair]]).hair]]). He's not attracted to her himself, but as Webby's HonoraryUncle, he can't help remarking that she grew up beautiful.



* WhatTheHellHero: After returning to his time, Scrooge calls his nephews out for their bad business decisions.

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* WhatTheHellHero: After returning to his time, Scrooge calls his nephews out for their bad the corrupt business decisions.decisions they made in an attempt to follow Scrooge's advice about finding a way to cut costs.
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* WhatTheHellHero: After returning to his time, Scrooge calls his nephews out for their bad business decisions.
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* JustWhistle: Doofus, Webby, and Scrooge are thrown into Magica's dungeon partway through the episode. Luckily, Doofus reveals he has something to call Launchpad in case he's ever in trouble.
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** The robot inside the entrance door is similar to the one in Jabba's Palace in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite having become ruthless CEOs in the time since Scrooge disappeared, Huey, Dewey and Louie are still attached to their uncle, to the point where [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Magica revealing that the guy they're chasing is Scrooge himself and that she was responsible for his disappearance makes them turn on her]].

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite having become ruthless CEOs [=CEOs=] in the time since Scrooge disappeared, Huey, Dewey and Louie are still attached to their uncle, to the point where [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Magica revealing that the guy they're chasing is Scrooge himself and that she was responsible for his disappearance makes them turn on her]].

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite having become ruthless CEOs in the time since Scrooge disappeared, Huey, Dewey and Louie are still attached to their uncle, to the point where [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Magica revealing that the guy they're chasing is Scrooge himself and that she was responsible for his disappearance makes them turn on her]].



* UsedToBeASweetKid: The implications of the effect Scrooge's sudden disappearance for ''forty'' years had on his nephews' phsycological well-being are dark. In addition to becoming stubborn, insensitive, and corrupt businessmen, see the way Dewey and Louie grab Magica and pull her back roughly from her plane seat when they realize she was the reason for Scrooge's disappearance, while Huey grabs the helm and shouts in horrified rage.

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* UsedToBeASweetKid: The implications of the effect Scrooge's sudden disappearance for ''forty'' years had on his nephews' phsycological psychological well-being are dark. In addition to becoming stubborn, insensitive, and corrupt businessmen, see the way Dewey and Louie grab Magica and pull her back roughly from her plane seat when they realize she was the reason for Scrooge's disappearance, while Huey grabs the helm and shouts in horrified rage.
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* GoneToTheFuture: By going 20 years into the future, Scrooge disappeared for 20 years (which Magica was perfectly aware would happen).

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* GoneToTheFuture: By going 20 40 years into the future, Scrooge disappeared for 20 40 years (which Magica was perfectly aware would happen).
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: The implications of the effect Scrooge's sudden disappearance for ''forty'' years had on his nephews' phsycological well-being are dark. In addition to becoming stubborn, insensitive, and corrupt businessmen, see the way Dewey and Louie grab Magica and pull her back roughly from her plane seat when they realize she was the reason for Scrooge's disappearance, while Huey grabs the helm and shouts in horrified rage.
-->'''Huey''': You can't do that to OUR Uncle Scrooge!
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* ShesAllGrownUp: Scrooge describes Webbigail as having "changed into Cinderella"" when he sees the woman she's grown up to be (complete with [[FurryFemaleMane blond hair]]).

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* ShesAllGrownUp: Scrooge A variation on the trope; [[HonoraryUncle Scrooge]] describes Webbigail [[DaddysGirl Webbigail]] as having "changed into Cinderella"" when he sees the woman she's grown up to be (complete with [[FurryFemaleMane blond hair]]).hair]]).
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* ShesAllGrownUp: Scrooge describes Webbigail as having "changed into Cinderella"" when he sees the woman she's grown up to be (complete with [[FurryFemaleMane blond hair]]).
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* MrsHypothetical: Magica takes over [=McDuck=] Enterprises and renames it "Magica [=McDuck=] Enterprises." The implications do not seem lost on Scrooge ("Don't tell me...!").

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* MrsHypothetical: Magica takes over [=McDuck=] Enterprises and renames it "Magica [=McDuck=] Enterprises." The implications do not seem lost on Scrooge ("Don't ("[[AbhorrentAdmirer Don't tell me...!").!]]").

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* AintTooProudToBeg [=/=] VillainsWantMercy: Even with everything she's done to him all episode, when Magica runs out of time-warping magic sand on a soon-to-explode airship, she still begs Scrooge to let her come along.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes [=/=] HeelFaceTurn: Scrooge's evil adult nephews turn on Magica when they learn that she sent him into the future so she could take over his business.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes [=/=] HeelFaceTurn: Scrooge's evil adult nephews turn on Magica when they learn that she sent him into the EveryoneLovesBlondes: Doofus's future so she could take over his business.counterpart is shown to be married to Webby, who has blonde hair as an adult.


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* HeelFaceTurn: Scrooge's evil adult nephews turn on Magica when they learn that she sent him into the future so she could take over his business.


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* VillainsWantMercy: Even with everything she's done to him all episode, when Magica runs out of time-warping magic sand on a soon-to-explode airship, she still begs Scrooge to let her come along.
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* GoneToTheFuture: By going 20 years into the future, Scrooge disappeared for 20 years (which Magica was perfectly aware would happen).


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* MrsHypothetical: Magica takes over [=McDuck=] Enterprises and renames it "Magica [=McDuck=] Enterprises." The implications do not seem lost on Scrooge ("Don't tell me...!").
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** When Scrooge makes his phone call, the operator sings, "Reach out and crush someone", a reference to an AT&T ad jingle.

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** When Scrooge makes his phone call, the operator sings, "Reach out and crush someone", a reference to an AT&T ad jingle.jingle.
* WigDressAccent: To get to Magica Scrooge disguises himself as a salesman (and ditches the Scottish accent to complete it).
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* MarriedInTheFuture: Once when Magica [=DeSpell=] sent Scrooge into the future he encountered a shapely Webbigail and a slimmed down Doofus who tell him they've gotten married. When he gets back to his own time, he tells Doofus to take care of Webby, which causes her to have a disgusted reaction.

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* MarriedInTheFuture: Once when Magica [=DeSpell=] sent In the future, Scrooge into the future he encountered encounters a shapely Webbigail and a slimmed down Doofus who tell him they've gotten married. When he gets back to his own time, he tells Doofus to take care of Webby, which causes her to have a disgusted reaction.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes [=/=] HeelFaceTurn: Scrooge's evil adult nephews turn on Magica when they learn that she sent him into the future so she could take over his business.



* HeelFaceTurn: Scrooge's evil adult nephews turn on Magica when they learn that she sent him into the future so she could take over his business.
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: The entire economy in the future is reversed, with employees paying the business they worked at. This could mean two things: since Magica was involved, we could just say, [[AWizardDidIt A Witch Did It]]; or taxes have been raised so high, such as "The Privilege of Working for Magica [=McDuck=] Enterprises Tax," that getting a paycheck is practically a moot point since all your money gets taken out.
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** The title is presumably referring to ''Back to the Future.''
** One of Magica's guardbots says that "the great sorceress sees nobody, not no one, not no how", a reference to ''The Wizard of Oz.''

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** The title is presumably referring to ''Back to the Future.''Film/BackToTheFuture.''
** One of Magica's guardbots says that "the great sorceress sees nobody, not no one, not no how", a reference to ''The Wizard of Oz.''Film/TheWizardOfOz.''

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* GoneHorriblyWrong: Scrooge gives the nephews advice on cutting costs so they can get better at making a profit. After being sent by Magica [=DeSpell=] to the Bad Future where they're grown up, he discovers that their idea of cutting costs was to cheat their customers and rip their own employees off for everything they're worth. As you can expect, he was not happy with the results.

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* GoneHorriblyWrong: Scrooge gives the nephews advice on cutting costs so they can get better at making a profit. After being sent by Magica [=DeSpell=] to the Bad Future where they're grown up, he discovers that their idea of cutting costs was to cheat their customers and rip their own employees off for everything they're worth. [[HonestCorporateExecutive As you can expect, expect]], he was not happy with the results.results.
* HeelFaceTurn: Scrooge's evil adult nephews turn on Magica when they learn that she sent him into the future so she could take over his business.
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* When Scrooge makes his phone call, the operator sings, "Reach out and crush someone", a reference to an AT&T ad jingle.

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* ** When Scrooge makes his phone call, the operator sings, "Reach out and crush someone", a reference to an AT&T ad jingle.
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* When Scrooge makes his phone call, the operator sings, "Reach out and crush someone", a reference to an AT&T ad jingle.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Scrooge gives the nephews advice on cutting costs so they can get better at making a profit. After being sent by Magica [=DeSpell=] to the Bad Future where they're grown up, he discovers that their idea of cutting costs was to cheat their customers and rip their own employees off for everything they're worth. As you can expect, he was not happy with the results.

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* GoneHorriblyRight: GoneHorriblyWrong: Scrooge gives the nephews advice on cutting costs so they can get better at making a profit. After being sent by Magica [=DeSpell=] to the Bad Future where they're grown up, he discovers that their idea of cutting costs was to cheat their customers and rip their own employees off for everything they're worth. As you can expect, he was not happy with the results.
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** nThe title is presumably referring to ''Back to the Future.''

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** nThe The title is presumably referring to ''Back to the Future.''

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* BadFuture: The episode has Magica take over and the triplets become CorruptCorporateExecutives.

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* BadFuture: The episode has Magica take over and the triplets become CorruptCorporateExecutives.{{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Scrooge gives the nephews advice on cutting costs so they can get better at making a profit. After being sent by Magica [=DeSpell=] to the Bad Future where they're grown up, he discovers that their idea of cutting costs was to cheat their customers and rip their own employees off for everything they're worth. As you can expect, he was not happy with the results.


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* ShoutOut
** nThe title is presumably referring to ''Back to the Future.''
** One of Magica's guardbots says that "the great sorceress sees nobody, not no one, not no how", a reference to ''The Wizard of Oz.''
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Scrooge is sent by Magica [=DeSpell=] to a future where his absence enabled her to take over the world.
!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* AintTooProudToBeg [=/=] VillainsWantMercy: Even with everything she's done to him all episode, when Magica runs out of time-warping magic sand on a soon-to-explode airship, she still begs Scrooge to let her come along.
* BadFuture: The episode has Magica take over and the triplets become CorruptCorporateExecutives.
* MarriedInTheFuture: Once when Magica [=DeSpell=] sent Scrooge into the future he encountered a shapely Webbigail and a slimmed down Doofus who tell him they've gotten married. When he gets back to his own time, he tells Doofus to take care of Webby, which causes her to have a disgusted reaction.
* OnePhoneCall: Scrooge demands a phone call, which the police robot lets him have. However, he can't pay the money necessary to speak to his nephews.

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