History WesternAnimation / DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp

* 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).

* 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 ''does'' point out that there ''were'' too many people present and he's only ''one'' thief. Pick-pocketing is his bread and butter, but even Dijon had enough sense to know grabbing the Map right then and there was a fool's errand.

* AnimationBump: While not on par with the Disney Animated Canon and only a slight step up from the show's visuals, itself some of the highest-quality animation on television at the time, the animation here is noticeably more fluid and the backgrounds are much more lush than the series ever had, thanks to a movie-sized budget. Also justified, in that 90 minutes of TV quality animation wouldn't be easy to look at on a big screen.
* {{Animorphism}}: Merlock's main power. Over the course of the movie he changes into many animals, including a vulture, a rat, a bear, an eagle, a puma, a cockroach, [[spoiler:and a griffon at the climax]].

-->'''Genie:''' Well, what do you know? Las Vegas must be some place if Caesar moved his palace there!

* GrayRainOfDepression: Just as Scrooge is loaded to a police van because he "illegally" entered his Money Bin (which is now Dijon's, thanks to him stealing the genie's lamp), a storm is heard. Then, at prison he mourns as rain falls and it finishes just as Scrooge makes a plan to infiltrate the Money Bin.

** Also Dijon to a very annoyed looking Merlock, after the lamp somehow escaped their loot.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Dijon spends the whole first half of the movie as a snivelling pick pocket 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]].

** In the movie itself, Mrs. Beakley isn't seen again after she [[FaintsInShock faints away]] from seeing [[spoiler:Merlock transform the money bin into an OminousFloatingCastle]]. Launchpad also never appears again after [[spoiler:the plan to infiltrate the Money Bin begins; he's last seen flying Scrooge above the bin so he can parachute onto the roof.]]
** It's unclear what happens to Collie Baba's treasure, which was portrayed as Scrooge's life-long obsession in the first two thirds of the film. Did the Genie's transformation reverse every wish he ever granted? Then presumably Scrooge doesn't have the treasure anymore and will have to rediscover it some day, from wherever it was returned to.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Or non-duck in this case, when Scrooge bluntly tells the kids, who wants their new friend Genie to stay, that he's not a person but a "thing". He ultimately comes to have sympathy for the genie [[spoiler: and frees him with his last wish.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: As demonstrated in the opening scene, Scoorge apparently did not do a background check on Gyro before hiring him as his personal pilot (and thus didn't know he never technically attended flight school). Given how much of a cheapskate Scoorge can be at times, this is completely in character (and more or less aligns with Launchpad's OriginsEpisode from the show).

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Played for laughs after they find the Treasure and scrooge says most of the relics will go to Museums. The Triplets are 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, even amused Triplets are left assured that's all right with the world.

* BecomeARealBoy[=/=]BroughtDownToNormal: Scrooge uses his final wish, to give Genie a real life of his very own. The Lamp crumbles to dust without the magical being.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Played for laughs after they find the Treasure and scrooge says most of the relics will go to Museums. The Triplets are all taken aback at ''Scrooge'' of all people showing such charity and selfishness. Then Scrooge admits he's doing it for the tax break and the relieved, even amused Triplets are left assured that's all right with the world.

** OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Played for laughs after they find the Treasure and scrooge says most of the relics will go to Museums. The Triplets are all taken aback at ''Scrooge'' of all people showing such charity and selfishness. Then Scrooge admits he's doing it for the tax break and the relieved, even amused Triplets are left assured that's all right with the world.

* ARottenTimeToRevert: In the climax, the villain Merlock uses his magic talisman to change into a [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Gryphon]] so he can take back the genie's lamp from Scrooge, who is plummeting down to Earth from Merlock's floating castle. In the ensuing fight, Scrooge manages to not only keep the lamp but also takes Merlock's talisman, reverting him back into a human who then [[DisneyVillainDeath falls to his death]].

* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Dijon gets turned into a pig for his treason as Merlock's first wish when he retrieves the lamp]].

* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Genie after the final wish.]]

-->'''Genie:''' What's more important -- a fortune, or ''your life?''
-->''pause''
-->'''Scrooge:''' Well...
-->'''Genie:''' HEY! It's not ''exactly'' a trick question!

** [[spoiler: Perhaps as a MythologyGag, Merlock DID return alive and well in a couple Disney video games.]]

* 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]].

* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler: When the genie is made a real boy and thus de-powered, Dijon (who had been transformed into a pig from a wish by the BigBad) is restored to normal]].
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Dijon spends the whole first half of the movie as a snivelling pick pocket 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]].
* OhCrap: Genie gets this at the Archaeological Society Ball upon discovering that the person whose cape he was using as a napkin is none other than Merlock. Luckily for him, Merlock doesn't notice him and Genie slips away to warn Scrooge that Merlock is at the ball.
** [[spoiler: While going through the laser hallway, a stray laser ripped the directions in half and leaves Louie (and cockroach Merlock) in a predicament (Merlock's horrified gasp says it all). Louie gets his tail feathers scorched and is thrown back to the start again.]]
** Everyone [[spoiler: (but especially [[TheStarscream Dijon]]) when Merlock finally gets hold of the lamp]].

* 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]].

* SecondaryAdaptation: A NonSerialMovie based on ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', which itself was [[InspiredBy invented from]] the comicbook series (''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'') pioneered by Creator/CarlBarks.

** Dijon tells Merlock that, when he gets the lamp, he will become [[{{Franchise/Superman}} "Faster than speedy bull! More powerful than locomotive! You can leap all buildings in a single town!"]]

** In the movie itself, Mrs. Beakley isn't seen again after she [[{FaintsInShock faints away]] from seeing [[spoiler:Merlock transform the money bin into an OminousFloatingCastle]]. Launchpad also never appears again after [[spoiler:the plan to infiltrate the Money Bin begins; he's last seen flying Scrooge above the bin so he can parachute onto the roof.]]
** It’s unclear what happens to Collie Baba’s treasure, which was portrayed as Scrooge’s life-long obsession in the first two thirds of the film. Did the Genie’s transformation reverse every wish he ever granted? Then presumably Scrooge doesn’t have the treasure anymore and will have to rediscover it some day, from wherever it was returned to.

* WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings:
-->'''Scrooge:''' Launchpad! Look what you've done to these ancient ruins! *After Launchpad crashes the plane and damage them*\\

** In the movie, Genie mentions that Merlock wished for {{Atlantis}} to sink and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_in_79_AD 79 AD Mt. Vesuvius eruption]] that buried Pompeii, as a result of [[DisproportionateRetribution not being able to book vacations at either]]. The ComicBookAdaptation adds that Merlock was also responsible for the creation of [[StockYuck anchovy pizza]].

* AbsenteeActor:
** Neither Bubba nor Fenton/Gizmoduck appear in the movie.
** Flintheart Glomgold, Magica de Spell, and the Beagle Boys, the series' main villains, are absent too and instead get replaced with Merlock and Dijon.

Released in 1990, during the interim between seasons 3 and 4 of ''{{WesternAnimation/DuckTales|1987}}'', ''[=DuckTales=] the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' marked the first theatrical animated movie by The Creator/WaltDisney Company that was not part of their [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated feature canon]] (being produced by Walt Disney Animation, France S.A., which would later transfer from Television Animation work to Feature Animation work, and released under the one-time "Disney Movietoons" label), and their first movie based on one of their television shows.

** In the movie itself, Mrs. Beakley isn't seen again after she [[{{Fainting}} faints away]] from seeing [[spoiler:Merlock transform the money bin into an OminousFloatingCastle]]. Launchpad also never appears again after [[spoiler:the plan to infiltrate the Money Bin begins; he's last seen flying Scrooge above the bin so he can parachute onto the roof.]]

** Dijon tells Merlock that, when he gets the lamp, he will become [[{{Franchise/Superman}} "Faster than speedy bull! More powerful than locomotive! You can leap tall pyramids in a single bound!"]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Genie explicitly warns the kids about this after Webby wishes for a baby elephant. Yes, she has the elephant, [[RealityEnsues but she has no way of hiding it from Scrooge or Mrs. Beakley]]. In fact, when the elephant inevitably starts breaking things, Huey has to waste one of his wishes just to get rid of it.

* RealityEnsues: 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!")

* CaneFu: Scrooge.

** Dijon tells Merlock that, when he gets the lamp, he will become [[{{Franchise/Superman}} "More powerful than locomotive! More faster than speedy bull! You can leap tall buildings in a single town!"]]

* TheCameo: A portrait of DonaldDuck appears on a wall in Scrooge's mansion after Louie wishes for Webby's toys to return to their lifelessness.

* FurnitureBlockade: While hiding inside one of the rooms with Merlock in hot pursuit at the Archaeological Society Ball, Genie quickly barricades the door with the furniture to hold off Merlock so he and Scrooge can escape. Unfortunately, Scrooge stubbornly refuses to use his second wish to escape and declares that they will stand their ground against Merlock, who has just transformed into a bear and is about to smash the door down, so Genie throws the lamp up onto a chandelier and shrinks himself and Scrooge down to hide inside the lamp.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler: While going through the laser hallway, a stray laser ripped the directions in half and leaves Louie (and cockroach Merlock) in a predicament (Merlock's horrified gasp says it all). Louie gets his tail feathers scorched and is thrown back to the start again.]]

* TheDreadedPretendTeaParty: Webby wants to play tea party, and the genie (who is posing as a normal boy at the time) is pulled into it. Hilariously, Gene was fine with participating when he thought it was going to be like the Boston Tea Party but when Webby explains the ''actual'' game, he immediately complains of boredom. Unfortunately, his complaints backfire on him when his comments that Webby's 'party guests' are 'lifeless' gives Webby a bad idea.