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Recap / Legend Of The Three Caballeros S 1 E 12 Shangri La Di Da

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Donald and Daisy take a vacation at Shangri-La, and get stuck there trying to work through Donald's anger issues, while the rest of the gang go to confront Lord Felldrake and Sheldgoose to get back the magical amulets.


  • The Big Damn Kiss: Between Donald and Daisy just before Donald goes off to help the others.
  • Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: The inhabitants of Shangri-La are a group of musically talented yetis, with a color scheme resembling the Matterhorn yeti from Disneyland.
  • Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: After Donald overcomes his anger issues, the Yetis tell them that he and Daisy are now problem free, are free to leave Shangri-La, and that they've removed the invisible magic shock collars that would have kept them from leaving anyway.
  • Call-Back: Daisy chews out Donald about the last dates ending in disaster, being the reasons why she wanted to dump him.
  • Character Development: Donald learns how to control his unbridled rage after having his Disney Acid Sequence (thanks in part to Sheldgoose destroying Donald's amulet).
  • Continuity Cameo: Scrooge McDuck (in his classic DuckTales colors and voiced by Eric Bauza) makes a short appearance when Ari's device accidentally blows a hole in his money bin... all the way from New Quackmore.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Xandra VS Sheldgoose's security guards. She charges at them — and one three-second Battle Discretion Shot later, she's beaten them both into a pulp.
  • Disney Acid Sequence: Donald goes through an impressive one while fighting his anger issues, where the visuals briefly become reminiscent of the trippier parts of The Three Caballeros movie, and then turn into a rather surreal visual recap of the series so far.
  • Exact Words: Anyone who comes to Shangri-La are guaranteed to leave "problem-free". Though, it's more binding than guaranteed. Simply put, you can't leave until you deal with all of your personal problems. In Donald's case, his temper.
  • Heel Realization: After his amulet is destroyed by Sheldgoose, Donald experiences a vision that has him looking back at how his tantrums caused himself, and those around him, trouble. He finally accepts that he has anger issues and proceeds to relax, soon allowing him to leave Shangri-La.
  • Magically-Binding Contract: Part of staying at Shangri-La. Luckily, as magical contracts go, compared to trading your voice for humanity (which also nearly resulted in the destruction of the world), having to stay in a beautiful magical resort until all your problems are solved is relatively benign (if slightly annoying).
  • Mythology Gag: Donald's anger taking the shape of a hulking giant has been done before in the Mickey Mouse (2013) short "Split Decisions".
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Sheldgoose destroying Donald's amulet is what caused the latter to overcome his anger in the first place.
  • Oh, Crap!: The rest of the group discovers that Sheldgoose has stolen the The Caballeros' amulets.
  • Shout-Out: While not the same name, the episode title is similar to the location in DuckTales.
  • The Shangri-La: Naturally, this time inhabited by a race of Yetis.
  • There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Ari uses a weapon to pierce through the barrier protecting the Sheldgoose Manor. However, it also pierces through the manor, across the city and all the way to Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin.
  • Took a Level in Badass: The Caballeros, after King Arthur's training, are a lot more combat-ready than before.
  • What Would X Do?: When it's discovered that Donald isn't allowed to leave Shangri-La until he deals with his anger issues, everyone else wonder what he would do to deal with Sheldgoose. Basically, stop thinking and get it done.

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