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Fridge / DuckTales (2017) S1 E21 "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!"

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Fridge Horror

  • Fergus and Downy are cursed to live forever. That means they've outlived much of their loved ones, and in just a matter of time they will likely outlive all their children, they have already outlived their daughter Hortense.
    • Related to the above, the fact they make no effort or plan to leave the castle grounds despite having so many reasons to may mean that to keep living they have to stay there. Sure it means they can pass on whenever they want, but it also means that until then they are stuck there.
    • Likewise, Downy's comment to Webby that she's probably just going to throw out treasured family heirlooms of Scrooge's childhood indicate that she doesn't consider them to hold sentimental value. Considering that Scrooge also seems functionally immortal (she doesn't need the memories if she can always make new ones), that might make a degree of sense, but she did lose a daughter (Scrooge's sister/Donald and Della's mother), and family is such an important theme of their visit and the castle in general, it's a little disturbing how willing she is to dispose of heirlooms. She might be joking or trying to shock Webby out of her stupor, but her tone doesn't indicate that. Has she already resigned herself to the fact that she's going to outlive almost everyone she loves?

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