History WesternAnimation / DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp

** The movie poster and cover are clearly inspired by ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', and ''Indiana Jones'' itself was inspired by Carl Barks' Duck comics.

'''Scrooge:''' (Still depressed)'' Aye.\\

'''Scrooge''': ''(confused)'' He has a bear?\\

* AccidentalHero: Collie Baba inadvertently did Genie (and the world at large) a favor when he stole the lam Merlock.

* CatchPhrase: Genie says "Shablooey!" whenever excited or alarmed.

* HypocriticalHumor: When confronted by Merlock for not stealing the lamp, kleptomaniac Dijon frantically blames it's disappearance on Scrooge's gang, "those dirty thieves!"

* ItBelongsInAMuseum: Deconstructed by Scrooge. He wants the treasure of Collie Baba not to hoard all of it in his money bin, but to sell most of it to museums. When his nephews ask why, Scrooge says that the tax breaks and profits off of selling priceless artifacts is worth far more money than just keeping it in a zero-interest vault.

* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Merlock is one of the few villains to succeed in stealing a treasure out from Scrooge's bill...and is furious when the one thing he ''wanted'' isn't in the piles of loot.
* MoneyIsNotPower: While Scrooge saughts after the treasure of Collie Baba, Merlock only wants the lamp, knowing it will grant him far more than any riches can. Ironically Merlock steals all the treasure ''but'' lamp, which he promptly leaves in a pile in the desert in fury, while Scrooge ultimately gets hold of the lamp, and immediately wishes for the rest of the treasure.

* NeverFoundTheBody: Merlock's first wish was to live forever. [[spoiler:He may have survived the DisneyVillainDeath (presuming there were no catches to his immortality). Of course, note that he was screaming as he fell. (Then again, who wouldn't?)]]
** That being said, all the Genie's wishes were undone when he was changed into a boy (as evidenced by Dijon changing back from being a pig), so it depends on if he landed ''before'' Scrooge's last wish.
** [[spoiler:Perhaps as a MythologyGag, Merlock DID return alive and well in a couple Disney video games.]]

** Aside from her unseen second wish, every wish Webby used made a delicate situation unnecessarily unstable. Her wish for a baby elephant nearly blew their cover on keeping Genie a secret from Scrooge, and her wish to bring her toys to life was the straw that broke the camel's back, arguably causing the chain of events in the rest of the movie. In her defence, she was also the reason [[SpannerInTheWorks they got hold of the lamp in the first place]].

* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Scrooge [[spoiler: finally wins back]] the lamp for his final wish. He considers the genie as he is, is too dangerous. The potential for mischief and mayhem is ''enormous'', and realizes any sane person would seal the Lamp at the center of the Earth where its power can never be used again. Everyone begs him not to, as the Genie will be lost forever. [[spoiler:Happily, Scrooge had his own alternative solution all along]].

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Dijon spends the whole first half of the movie as a sniveling pickpocket and toady to Merlock. When he succeeds in finding the lamp, Genie convinces him to keep it for himself, assuming he would do far less harm than Merlock. That's accurate, [[spoiler:but it turns out that there's a lot of headroom below "less harmful than Merlock." He proves to have more of a mean streak than the Genie bargained for; he wishes for power and fortune, specifically ''Scrooge's'', and arranges the latter to be thrown in prison and his family out on the streets]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Played for laughs after they find the Treasure. Scrooge says that while he'll keep some of the relics, most of them will be donated to Museums. The Triplets are understandably all taken aback at ''Scrooge'' of all people showing such charity and selflessness. Then Scrooge admits he's doing it for a hefty tax break and the relieved and even amused Triplets are left assured that's all right with the world.

* OminousFloatingCastle: [[spoiler:Merlock uses the Genie's magic to turn Scrooge's money bin into a Floating Castle that is ''very'' ominous. It's not floating by design though; Merlock specifically wished to "return home in his new home". Scrooge just defeats him before they get to the destination]].

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Granted, Scrooge already told his nephews the password for getting in the door at his Money Bin, but really Scrooge? You thought "CASH" was a good password?

* ScaryScorpions: The bottom of the chamber where Collie Baba's treasure is kept has quite a few big ones, which Launchpad dubs "Sumo wrestling scorpions." Scrooge dismisses them as they're at the bottom of very deep pit, but then EvilSorcerer Merlock pulls a lever that causes the platform where the treasure is to lower...

** Scrooge finds an ancient temple filled with gold and jewels. To the kids' surprise, he reveals that he's not going to keep them, he's going to donate them to museums, ("That doesn't sound like our Unca Scrooge.") because the tax break for doing so is more valuable to him than simply hoarding artifacts in his money bin. ("That does!")

* ThreeWishes: What the Genie gives all of his masters. Merlock however has a talisman that allows him to override the three wish rule. Unfortunately, wishing for possession of the talisman is the one wish beyond the genie's power. That and wishing for a million wishes and peace and happiness all over the world.

* UnfortunateItemSwap: In his haste to escape from Merlock and Dijon at the Archaeological Society Ball, Scrooge accidentally runs into a dining cart and drops the Lamp he was carrying onto the floor near a similar-looking gravy boat that he grabs by mistake, unknowingly leaving behind the Lamp (and Genie in it) for Dijon to find. It isn't until after arriving at the Money Bin - now wished into Dijon's possession - that Scrooge realizes that he grabbed the wrong item.

* VillainBall: Genie convinces Dijon to keep the lamp for himself rather than turn it over to Merlock. However Dijon ends up more cocky and malevolent than Genie had bargained for, using his wishes to steal Scrooge's fortune and home, and ignoring Genie's pleas to evade Merlock until him and Scrooge track him down, earning him an unpleasant comeuppance from Merlock.
* VillainHasAPoint: During their first scene, Merlock becomes enraged when he realizes Dijon ''didn't'' steal the map. While terrified of the warlock's wrath, Dijon rightly points out that there ''were'' too many people present and he's only ''one'' thief. Pick-pocketing may be his bread and butter, but even Dijon had enough sense to know grabbing the Map right then and there was a fool's errand (not that it stopped him from engaging in other petty larceny). He does sedate Merlock by revealing he ''was'' competent enough to check the map's reading.

* WasntThatFun: Scrooge and company take a wild ride down a raging underground river under a wicker basket in order to get out of the treasure trove of Collie-Baba. Once it's all over, Louie says "I wouldn't mind doing that again, now that I know you can live through it."
* WastefulWishing: Most of the nephews and Webby's wishes, combined with the ThreeWishes trope. Scrooge however takes the potential of a genie far more seriously.

** The movie poster and cover are clearly inspired by the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', and Franchise/IndianaJones ''itself'' was inspired by Carl Barks' Duck comics.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Scrooge finds an ancient temple filled with gold and jewels. To the kids' surprise, he reveals that he's not going to keep them, he's going to donate them to museums, ("That doesn't sound like our Unca Scrooge.") because the tax break for doing so is more valuable to him than simply hoarding artifacts in his money bin. ("That does!")

* UnfortunateItemSwap: In his haste to escape from Merlock and Dijon at the Archaeological Society Ball, Scrooge accidentally runs into a dining cart and drops the Lamp he was carrying next to a similar-looking gravy boat that he grabs by mistake, unknowingly leaving behind the Lamp (and Genie in it) for Dijon to find. It isn't until after arriving at the Money Bin - now wished into Dijon's possession - that Scrooge realizes that he grabbed the wrong item.

* UnfortunateItemSwap: In his haste to escape from Merlock and Dijon at the Archaeological Society Ball, Scrooge accidentally runs into a dining cart and drops the Lamp he was carrying next to a similar-looking gravy boat that he grabs by mistake, unknowingly leaving behind the Lamp (and Genie in it) for Dijon to find in the process following Scrooge. It isn't until after arriving at the Money Bin - now wished into Dijon's possession - that Scrooge realizes that he grabbed the wrong item.

* UnfortunateItemSwap: In his haste to escape from Merlock and Dijon at the Archaeological Society Ball, Scrooge accidentally runs into a dining cart and drops the Lamp he was carrying next to a similar-looking gravy boat that he grabs by mistake, unknowingly leaving behind the Lamp (and Genie in it) for Dijon to find while following Scrooge. It isn't until after Scrooge arrives at the Money Bin - now wished into Dijon's possession - that he realizes that he grabbed the wrong item.

* TheChewToy: Merlock may be evil, but he also goes through a good deal of physical humiliation [[spoiler:before he gets the lamp.]] This includes getting swallowed by a stuffed tiger, swatted by Mrs. Beakley, zapped by a laser, and stepped on.

* ShadowArchetype: As the movie progresses, it becomes apparent that Merlock is this to Scrooge. The early points of the plot showcase Scrooge's petty qualities such as his greed and social climbing, which are immediately exacerbated when he discovers Genie's powers and the potential they could grant him. However his redeeming qualities lead him to start caring about Genie as a person, and the loyalty he instilled into his relatives and employees save him during his DarkestHour. Merlock by contrast, while dismissive of superficial money or treasures like Scrooge does, covets Genie's power over anything, having gained notoriety for using his wishes for extremely petty or cruel purposes, and Dijon and Genie only serve him by force and intimidation, leaving him for dead the moment they believe his control over them is null.