Scrooge decides to become a masked vigilante after an unflattering report on him on television.
Tropes:
- Affectionate Parody: The Masked Mallard is one of Batman and Zorro, and the story is based on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
- Alliterative Name: Lawrence Loudmouth.
- Animation Bump: Some of the scenes are noticeably animated more fluidly and detailed than others, including the Masked Mallard's debut capturing the Beagle Boys, Gizmoduck's confrontation with the impostor, and especially the confrontation between the real and fake Masked Mallards at the end.
- Art Shift: After Scroodge becomes the Masked Mallard, the background of the scenes are drawn in a more comic bock style.
- Boom Stick: When Scrooge temporarily takes up the popular billionaire hobby of Part-Time Hero vigilantism, one of the gadgets Gyro builds him is a cane that shoots laser beams.
- Cane Fu: Both Masked Mallards' weapon of choice.
- Clear My Name: Scrooge has to prove his alter-ego is being framed after Loudmouth starts committing crimes in his name.
- Cool Mask: Naturally.
- The Cowl
- Here We Go Again!: Just as Scrooge shreds his costume, the nephews run in wearing ones of their own.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: A reporter named Lawrence Loudmouth starts a smear campaign against Scrooge McDuck and later started to impersonate a new masked hero (who happens to be Scrooge) and then make a smear campaign against the real hero. He was eventually captured and Scrooge gave up the vigilante career.
- Hope Spot: Right when Scrooge discovers the faux Masked Mallard and is about to go after him, Gizmo-Duck appears and detains him, unmasking him in front of the public.
- Idiot Ball: Fenton picks it up when he fails to realize Scrooge is telling the truth about there being a Masked Mallard imposter, despite the fact he saw both Scrooge and Loudmouth's Mallard together at the museum.
- Meaningful Name: Lawrence Loudmouth.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Lawrence Loudmouth is an obvious parody of Morton Downey, Jr.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: It's blatantly obvious who the second Masked Mallard is (and who he isn't for that matter).
- Worf Had the Flu: Loudmouth is able to defeat Gizmo-Duck with little difficulty, but this is because Gizmo intentionally holds back the whole time, mistakenly believing it's really Scrooge.
