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1	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Whether Rosa meant it or not, we can't be certain, but his depiction of the Whiskervilles dashing harmlessly across quicksand in their panic in "The Last of Clan [=McDuck=]" is scientifically accurate, as quicksand is a non-Newtonian fluid, meaning that one can run across it without sinking into it.
2	* CreatorBacklash: Don Rosa claims he didn't like thinking of "Of Ducks, Dimes, and Destinies" as a StableTimeLoop, with Magica unintentionally behind the origin of Scrooge's fortune. He prefers to believe that Magica undoing the effects of her TimeTravel undid her time travel trip entirely.
3	* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: Don Rosa and fans consider ''ComicBook/ALetterFromHome'', where Scrooge returns to Castle [=McDuck=], reconciles with Matilda, and finds a message his father left for him before he died as a {{sequel}}[=/=]conclusion to the series.
4	* DisownedAdaptation: Disowned is too harsh a word, but when Creator/CarlBarks heard about Don Rosa attempting to write Scrooge's biography using all his references, he reportedly thought it an impossible task and that the idea of him creating an official continuity was [[NegativeContinuity him somewhat missing the point]] of Duck-stories.
5	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This was once one of the most sought after comics in the Disney stable. Collected editions of the graphic novel at one point regularly reached ''multiple'' hundreds of dollars in price, as it was out of print for several years until Fantagraphics re-published the series in Volumes 4 and 5 of ''The Don Rosa Library'' in 2015-16, and as a standalone edition in 2019. Then in 2023, Don Rosa revealed that Disney no longer plans to republish the story in its entirety because of the presence of the character Bombie the zombie, which is considered a racist stereotype.
6	* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: An over-sized Deluxe Edition of the Complete Life and Times of Scrooge [=McDuck=] (Collecting both The Original Main Story and All the later Side-adventures) [[https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Times-Scrooge-McDuck-Deluxe/dp/1683964659 came out in October 2021]]. It cost $250 and it came with an commemorative coin and it was left to the reader to choose which side should face forward on the slip-case: A Duckified 1875 Lady Columbia side or a 1875 Number One Dime side.
7	* MissingEpisode: In 2023, Don Rosa revealed that Disney has decided to ban chapter 11, "The Empire-Builder from Calisota", from all future re-releases. The reason for this would be the presence of the character Bombie the Zombie, which is considered a racist stereotype and it would be impossible to cut the character without changing much of the art or story. This ends up causing problems for new readers, as this story is essential to explaining why Scrooge's family broke ties with him.
8	* ReferencedBy: Tuomas Holopainen, keyboardist and primary songwriter for SymphonicMetal band Music/{{Nightwish\|Band}}, made a ConceptAlbum based on the comics.
9	* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Rosa wrote and drew "Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies" in 1991, just as one of his editors, Nancy Dejgaard, asked him to become the creator of ''Life and Times'' itself. As a consequence "ODDD" got shelved due to the story covering much of the same events as "Last of the Clan [=McDuck=]", and was only published in 1995 after ''Life and Times'' had been completed in its entirety.
10	* ShrugOfGod: In regards to ''The Prisoner Of White Agony Creek''.
11	-->"I still never show exactly what happened that long night in the cabin on White Agony Creek... that's for each of us duck fans to imagine in our own minds. I have my own idea, but after all, this is a Disney comic!"
12	-->~'''Don Rosa''', ''The Making of "Hearts of the Yukon"''
13	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
14	** [[http://www.duckhunt.de/Scripts/index.html Rosa's drafts]] show several changes such as: a cut sequence telling the whole history of the Clan [=McDuck=], a CatFight between Goldie and a middle-aged Grandma Duck, and Scrooge's sisters never accompanying him when he attacks the voodoo village in the Congo.
15	*** Many of these are (usually positive) cases of ExecutiveMeddling. Egmont editor Byron Erickson persuaded Rosa for example to drop [[ProlongedPrologue the seven-page prologue]] of [[InfoDump dense family history]] (the story should be centered on Scrooge) and to completely rewrite chapters 3 and 8 (the first drafts were rather lame).
16	** When Scrooge and Goldie have their fight in the cabin that suddenly... stops, Don Rosa wanted to draw the snow on the rooftop melting, but figured it would be the line with the censors he couldn't cross. (It does occur a page later though.)
17	** "The Dream of a Lifetime" was originally planned as a time-travel story, but Don Rosa realized he needed Scrooge to ''know'' who Donald and the new generation of Beagle Boys were when they visited his past, hence it turned into a dream-visit story instead.
18	* WordOfGod: Don Rosa claims the events of "Of Ducks, Dimes, and Destinies" created a CloseEnoughTimeline not a StableTimeLoop.
19	* WorkingTitle: Several chapters underwent title changes in the development process:
20	** Chapter VI ("The Terror of the Transvaal") was originally "The Prey of the Transvaal Viper".[[note]]Changed at the request of Rosa's editor, who thought the original title was too negative. Note that the villain is referred to as "a viper" several times in the story.[[/note]]
21	** Chapter VIII ("The King of the Klondike"), started as "The Phoenix of White Agony Creek", and then changed to "The Argonaut of White Agony Creek"[[note]]the title it goes by in European markets[[/note]] before settling on the current title.
22	** Finally, chapter IX ("The Billionaire of Dismal Downs") was originally "The Pariah of Dismal Downs".
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24	!!Provides images for:
25	* SlapSlapKiss ''and'' KissKissSlap ("The Prisoner of White Agony Creek")[[note]]These two trope images actually share a frame, as the scene in question zig-zags the two tropes.[[/note]]
26	* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt ("The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff")
27	* LivingLegend
28	* SelfMadeMan ("The Terror of the Transvaal")
29	* StrangerInAFamiliarLand ("The Billionaire of Dismal Downs")
30	* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain (Portrait Gallery)
31	* ViolentGlaswegian ("The New Laird of Castle [=McDuck=]")
32	* WhatYouAreInTheDark ("The Dreamtime Duck of the Never-Never")
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