What An Idiot / DuckTales (2017)

DuckTales, woo-oops!

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Season One

• "Woo-oo!"
  • Donald Duck raises his three nephews alone, as a single parent, with a series of odd jobs that he loses due to his bad luck and temper. The boys are feeling cooped up by Donald's overprotective nature while wanting him to do well at job interviews. On a day where he's interviewing as an accountant, they plan to get him ready, send away their babysitter, and hot-wire the family houseboat to go on an adventure. Dewey is in charge of the hot-wiring, while Huey and Louie are supposed to get Donald out of the houseboat by ten AM Duckburg time.
    You'd Expect: That Dewey would wait for his brothers to signal that the coast is clear, as they discussed earlier.
    Instead: Dewey impulsively starts hotwiring the boat right when it's ten o'clock, and a second after Donald reluctantly decides to leave the boys alone for a couple of hours. Donald immediately catches on when he hears the boat motor running and marches inside to catch Dewey red-handed. Huey calls Dewey out on it when Donald takes them in the car to McDuck Manor.
  • Scrooge McDuck, ten years retired from adventuring, keeps his old relics around McDuck Manor. The more exciting ones are in the garage, or as Webby Vanderquack calls it, the Secret Museum.
    You'd Expect: That the cursed objects would be kept under glass displays, the way the Medusa Gauntlet is. Scrooge loves adventure but he also believes in a pragmatic approach to ghosts that want his head and dragons that love gold.
    Instead: The objects are just lying around for any random duck to touch, pick up, or tap. While Webby has been careful, knowing how dangerous the cursed objects are, the boys quickly set off four of the supernatural items. They include a Headless Manhorse, the ghost of Captain Peghook, the Deus Ex Caliber, and the Gong of Pixiu the dragon. The Deux Ex Caliber is the most egregious since it will fly at its target until the latter is slain. The boys are pretty lucky that the sword went after a ghost, rather than them.
  • During the trip to Atlantis, Dewey notices that Scrooge's map has them heading the long way and offers to fix it, not knowing that Scrooge's route steers them clear of several monsters.
    You'd Expect: Scrooge would explain that a straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but not always the safest, and explain to Dewey that the monsters on the map are no mere illustrations.
    Instead: Scrooge tells Dewey that a straight line isn't always the shortest distance between two points, which Dewey disagrees with, and doesn't explain the danger.
    The Result: Dewey re-draws the map to make a shortcut, which takes them towards all the monsters Scrooge was trying to avoid.
  • Most of the traps in Atlantis are upside down. One is still dangerous, however; a suspension bridge crisscrossed with lasers that trigger flames. Scrooge decides he and Dewey should find an alternate route.
    You'd Expect: Dewey would listen. Those flames aren't an illusion. Also, his siblings later on make it to the ground and reveal they can walk across it without tripping booby traps.
    Instead: Dewey assumes that Scrooge is being a Stealth Mentor and rushes headlong into the lasers. If not for Donald blocking the flames from the ground, Dewey would have been roasted at least a dozen times.
• "The Great Dime Chase!"
  • Louie, while accompanying Scrooge to his office, decides to get a soda from the vending machine. He finds out he's ten cents short and doesn't have anymore change. He then notices a dime resting on a velvet pillow surrounded by a glass case on display on the other side of the room.
    You'd Expect: Louie would realize that the dime is obviously very important and he shouldn't use it.
    Instead: He thinks the dime is there for someone to use if they're short on change and takes it from the case and buys the soda. When he goes back to Scrooge's office, he learns that it was actually Scrooge's #1 Dime and his most prized possession. Even when he learns the dime is a decoy, and Scrooge awards it to him for his hard work in getting it back, Louie makes the same mistake again when he uses the dime to buy more soda.
  • When trying to retrieve the #1 Dime from the change-sorting machine in a locked room, Louie decides to borrow Lil’ Bulb to try to unlock the door and find the dime.
    You’d Expect: That Louie would take heed of the buzzards’ statements of Gyro’s past inventions turning evil, as well as take a hint from Gyro’s command to Lil’ Bulb to "not rise up against it’s masters", even if that was brushed off as a joke, and be careful when handling such a high-functioning invention.
    Instead: Louie treats Lil’ Bulb with disrespect and neglect by not thanking it for getting him into the room and kicking it into the pile of coins while providing no assistance in looking for the dime.
    The Result: Since A.I. Is a Crapshoot, Lil’ Bulb merges with the sorting machine and tries to attack Louie out of revenge for being treated poorly.
• "Terror of the Terra-Firmians!"
  • Lena as part of her infiltration is hanging out with Webby and the boys. She's already made a bad first impression on Mrs. Beakley by inviting the family to see an R-rated movie.
    You'd Expect: Lena would have learned from her mistakes in the previous episode. Also she doesn't want Webby's grandmother on her case because Magica views the other woman as a tangible threat.
    Instead: Lena takes down Webby and Huey to explore abandoned subway tracks while Beakley is distracted. Mrs. Beakley, Launchpad and the others catch up to them, and Beakley calls them out for doing something so dangerous. She also threatens to keep Webby from seeing Lena for this reason.
• "The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!"
  • Due to a series of mishaps, Launchpad ends up in a sauna and the conditions there lead him to believe he has Ice Fever. Louie later finds him.
    You'd Expect: At this point, Launchpad to realize something is off. Louie never went up the mountain with the family, making it impossible for him to be there.
    Instead: Launchpad believes Louie went up the mountain and is now also suffering from Ice Fever.
    Even Worse: Making Launchpad believe he was no longer suffering from Ice Fever was as simple as taking off his goggles.
• "Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!"
  • Gyro Gearloose is at his wit's end about creating a successful invention. To assist with this, he hires Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera as intern, to help with keeping his robots from turning evil. Fenton has the idea about using the Internet as a thinktank for ideas on keeping creations like Little Bulb good.
    You'd Expect: Fenton would be careful on using an Internet thinktank, and if anything talk with Gyro about what can or can't be posted online.
    Instead: Fenton goes behind Gyro's back and posts the blueprints on an online forum.
    The Result: Mark Beaks successfully uses the blueprints for a new invention, and Gyro quite correctly fires Fenton on the spot for being so impulsive and not thinking through the consequences. He only rescinds that when Fenton successfully pilots the Gizmoduck armor and saves his life.
  • Meanwhile, Mark Beaks created BUDDY from Gyro's blueprints. At a press conference, Gyro asks him point-blank about keeping BUDDY from turning evil.
    You'd Expect: He would have tried to work out the "robots turning evil" kink.
    Instead: Beaks hasn't. Then he insults BUDDY by calling him a "dumb robot" during a test drive.
    The Result: A.I. Is a Crapshoot ensues as BUDDY takes offense, and nearly kills his passengers.
• "The Missing Links of Moorshire!"
  • Glomgold insists on playing against Scrooge on the golf course. His caddy is an Affectionate Parody of Tiger Woods, who offers advice on how to play.
    You'd Expect: Glomgold would just accept the advice.
    Instead: He fires the caddy on the spot and hires Louie out of spite towards Scrooge.
    The Result: Louie starts charging him for every service he provides as caddy.
• "Who is Gizmoduck?!"
  • Mark Beaks has just stolen the Gizmoduck armor off Fenton via the marker he'd placed on him prior and intends to use it for his own purposes.
    You'd Expect: Mark to take a bit of time to figure out exactly how the suit works. Part of the reason Fenton came to him in the first place was because he was having trouble controlling it and he has shown the suit has a lot of weapons and technology in it. Hell, Fenton even warns him he doesn't know what he's doing.
    Instead: Mark wastes no time in putting the suit on.
    The Result: It takes less than a minute into Beaks' press conference for the suit to go haywire, putting dozens of people in danger, himself included.
• "The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!"
  • It's Beakley's first trip on the Sunchaser. She starts pointing out all the safety violations since the plane is very outdated. Launchpad doesn't help by showing that flotation devices are used instead of seatbelts and crashes are regular. Scrooge's pride is wounded and he wants to prove to her the plane is safe.
    You'd Expect: Scrooge would give her a tour of the plane, since he's been on it at least a dozen times before and knows every in and out of it.
    Instead: Scrooge, who has never flown a plane before, orders Launchpad to give Beakley a tour while Scrooge flies. He reasons that if Launchpad, a serial crasher, can fly the plane then Scrooge can.
    The Result: Scrooge impales the plane on a mountain peak. This even befuddles Launchpad, who has never crashed this badly. When Scrooge tries to fly the plane again, he shorts out an engine, and balance becomes precarious. Launchpad tries to warn everyone to watch for their weight adjusting, and Beakley is not impressed.
  • Following this, Beakley suggests that everyone evacuate the plane with how shifting weight may cause it to topple out of the sky and kill everyone. They can signal for help once they're outside.
    You'd Expect: Scrooge would listen. It's not just their lives on the line; the kids, including Webby, are with them.
    Instead: Scrooge orders Launchpad to use the jeep to jumpstart the shorted out engine.
    The Result: This doesn't work, and while Dewey is trying to fetch an important piece of paper revealed to be a photograph of the Spear of Selene and Scrooge, the plane hatch opens and Launchpad nearly falls out.
  • Years before the series began, Della Duck designs a rocket ship (The Spear of Selene) for her family to use for space exploration. Later, while waiting for her sons to hatch from her eggs, Donald tells her that going to outer space is a bad idea since she was about to become a mother and they don't know the dangers. Meanwhile, Scrooge has decided to build the rocket as a surprise present for the triplets' birth with the idea that they can all explore space when the boys are old enough without telling anyone. Della finds out about the rocket anyway.
    You’d Expect: Della, knowing her babies will be born soon and that the rocket is still untested, would wait for Scrooge to surprise her with it and not take any necessary risks.
    Instead: She decides to take the rocket for a test ride, leaves Scrooge a note explaining she took it, and takes off without telling Donald and Scrooge only finding out once he finds the note and the rocket gone. Despite Scrooge's efforts to guide her through a surprise cosmic storm, the rocket eventually gets struck by a bolt.
    The Result: Della disappears, Donald finds out about the rocket, blames Scrooge for her disappearance, and cuts off all contact with him, Scrooge spends a fortune trying to find her before he is forced to give up, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are forced to grow up without their mom and Donald struggling to raise them as a single parent. Della miraculously survives somehow but spends over a decade on the moon, alone and without any contact with Earth.
    To Make Matters Worse: Even though Della survives, thanks to packing one of Gyro's inventions, the ship is largely under-supplied because it was still in the testing stage. There isn't backup gold to make it run again, Della tears up the manual on reading an insulting note from Gyro in it and has to slowly put together the manual when repairing the ship on her own doesn't work. A fight with a local monster obscures her SOS. She wastes a flare to celebrate her boys' birthday, and spends a decade in the desert while completely missing there was a civilization on the other side of the moon. So it's mostly her fault that Scrooge's astronauts couldn't find her and that she couldn't come home sooner.
    To Make Matters Even Worse: It turns out that in the Grand Finale, Bradford was the one who told Della about the Spear of Selene in his attempts to isolate Scrooge. By effectively taking the bait, she sundered the OG Power Trio and played into his hands.
• "The Shadow War Part II: The Day of the Ducks!"
  • Magica DeSpell has won, it seems. She’s regained her corporeal form and had trapped Scrooge in his Dime. What’s more, she has an army of shadows that will attack the Duck family while a trapped Scrooge is Forced to Watch. Then the kids come, with Webby especially irate. Magica gleefully prepares to torment them.
    You’d Expect: Magica has been spying on them through Lena, and thus has seen the kids at their best. She would simply weaponize the gold to immobilize them, or summon more shadows. It’d revealed she can do this when she manages to former Dewey for the Dime.
    Instead: She tries to blast them with her staff. The kids take advantage of the piles of gold for cover and cause as much “trouble” as possible. Huey, for example, grills Magica about the logic and system behind her magic while Louie bluffs to her about a cursed mirror. Webby in the meantime goes for the kill, and launches a series of vicious attacks that keeps Magica on her toes.
    The Result: The teamwork plus Magica’s trigger happy nature means that the triplets manage to steal back the Dime, and Magica accidentally frees Scrooge when aiming for Dewey.

Season Two

• "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!"
  • Many years ago, Scrooge was traveling in South Africa. He met a young shoe-shiner who worked hard and made Scrooge remember how he earned his first dime. This shoe-shiner charges a dollar, with how inflation has decreased the value of coins.
    You'd Expect: Scrooge would pay the full dollar, and leave the dime as a tip, talking with this kid about how he also started as a shoe-shiner in Scotland.
    Instead: Scrooge paid the shoe-shiner only a dime, accidentally shifting him instead of inspiring him to work hard and earn his money honestly.
    The Result: The shoe-shiner vows to get revenge, by working hard and defeating Scrooge as part of his lifelong obsession. Oh, and he also pickpockets Scrooge by stealing one of his hold trinkets. This duck would become Flintheart Glomgold, one of Scrooge's sworn enemies. While Scrooge is in no way responsible for the terrible things that Flintheart does, from shifting his own employees and leaving them to die or plotting to murder Scrooge once a week, this was very foolish since he could have paid attention.
  • Following this, Scrooge learns what happened after Flintheart suffered a bout of amnesia and reverted to the person he was before Scrooge shifted him. Flintheart still wants revenge on Scrooge and demands a wager where the person who earns the most money that year will get the loser's company. Scrooge is about to refuse when Flintheart reveals that he stole Scrooge's golden pin from his shoe-shining days.
    You'd Expect: The ducks would sit down calmly and have a long chat about what happened, ideally with Flintheart's corporate replacement listening in and making sure that neither party goes off the deep end. Scrooge doesn't have to forgive Flintheart for the things he has done, including the stolen pin and trying to murder his family multiple times, but he can apologize for how his well-meaning but insensitive action sent Flintheart down on the wrong path, since he truly never intended for that to occur. Then if Flintheart is still a stubborn would-be murderer, then Scrooge has done all that he could.
    Instead: Scrooge agrees to the bet, despite knowing that Flintheart is not honorable, is a cheat, and will probably use the plot as an excuse to murder and bankrupt him.
• "The Town Where Everyone Was Nice!"
  • While the family is visiting a village in the Brazilian Rainforest to attend a festival celebrating the blooming of a rare flower, Donald reunites with his old friends from college and bandmates of the Three Caballeros, Jose Carioca and Panchito Pistoles. Jose and Panchito claim to have made successful careers for themselves as a travel agent and a world-famous musician, making Donald worry that he has done nothing with his life and that his friends will think less of him due to not being as successful as they are.
    You'd Expect: Donald would simply be upfront with his friends as to what he's been through since they last saw each other: after the disappearance of his sister ten years ago, he became estranged from his uncle and was forced to raise his nephews as his own. While not glamorous, Panchito and Jose would most likely understand Donald has never had the chance to pursue his own ambitions due to the family-related issues he has had to endure.
    Instead: No mention of Della or the Spear of Selene ordeal is made and Donald ropes Huey and Scrooge into helping him play the part of someone successful by pretending he is the head of McDuck Industries while having Scrooge pretend to be senile.
    The Result: When it turns out that the flower that is being celebrated is actually an intelligent, carnivorous plant, Scrooge is unable to immediately jump into action since acting senile has made him throw out his back.
• "The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!"
  • Scrooge tells Louie a story about how Goldie tried to swindle him back in his Gold Rush Days to relate the point that it's better to be honest than a con-duck or a greedy capitalist like Rockerduck who would hurt innocents.
    You'd Expect: Louie to realize that his 150-year old uncle is right and figure out what he can do honestly.
    Instead: Louie calls up Glittering Goldie for another "Get Rich Quick" scheme since she technically came out on top during the story.
    Predictably: Goldie swindles him and Scrooge several episodes later, leaving Louie with only Humble Pie.
• "The 87 Cent Solution!"
  • Scrooge has apparently died due to "Gold Fever" and is having a funeral. Flintheart Glomgold, who has arrived to literally dance on Scrooge's casket, is becoming increasingly agitated as the family give their eulogies.
    You'd Expect: Glomgold would expose the funeral as a fake, point out that there's no such disease as Gold Fever and spin the story around as Scrooge faking his death as insurance fraud. Seeing as public opinion of Scrooge has soured due to his increasingly erratic behavior following the disappearance of his 87 cents and many of his shareholders cashed out and invested in Glomgold Industries, this would have been the final nail in the coffin for Scrooge. (pun not intended)
    Instead: Flinty not only believes that Scrooge actually died from a disease that Glomgold himself made up, he confesses in front of everyone, that he stole the 87 cents and was behind the entire "Gold Fever" hoax, using a time-stopping device from Gyro to engineer the theft and torment Scrooge.
    The Result: Flinty avoids jail time, but he does end up going back to being the second-richest Duck in the world very quickly.
• "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!"
  • Glomgold takes interest in the rumored money tree hidden in Ludwig Von Drake's Doomsday Vault.
    You'd Expect: Glomgold would keep quiet about his intentions and find a way to either steal the seeds secretly or con Ludwig's children into helping him out.
    Instead: He outright states that he's going to break into the vault and steal the tree.
    Even Worse: He then offers to split the profits 90/10 with Ludwig's children, and says that if they don't help him, he'll steal it anyway.
    The Result: Glomgold is promptly thrown out and Zan Owlson bemoans losing another contract.
• "The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!"
  • Fenton goes out on a date with a fellow scientist named Gandra Dee who, unknown to him, is a spy for Mark Beaks.
    You'd Expect: Fenton would think better than to take Gandra to his workplace for dinner. Gyro would undoubtedly take issue with some stranger Fenton has just met poking around in his laboratory, has inventions that can turn evil and put her in danger, and the ones that don't turn evil can still be stolen or exploited if Gandra is tempted to do so.
    Instead: It never seems to cross Fenton's mind that taking Gandra to the lab would be a bad idea and decides to do just that, prompting Huey and Webby to lock Gyro in the lab's closet so he doesn't get in the way of Fenton's date.
    The Result: Gyro is obviously upset when he escapes the closet and finds the laboratory in shambles after Gizmoduck's fight with a nanite-enhanced Mark Beaks. Even if he doesn't find out what caused the mess, which is unlikely given that a place this secure would have security cameras, this is the second time Fenton let Mark Beaks access confidential information, making it likely Fenton will be reprimanded for this.
  • Gandra in the meantime rationalizes that she's helping Mark Beaks simply because he funds her. Eventually, Mark goes too far when he tries to beat Gizmoduck to a pulp after hulking out on a stolen invention.
    You'd Expect: She would let Gizmoduck win the fight and take down Mark. It's one thing to be a spy for her boss, and quite another to enable him to gain the upper hand.
    Instead: She electrocutes Gizmoduck in the back, short-circuiting the suit.
    The Result: Mark takes Webby and Huey hostage and trashes the lab. When Gandra tries to justify her actions, Fenton calls her a crook and a hypocrite. While she does help him defeat Mark later, about three witnesses have seen her as Mark's accomplice, which means she is in a world of legal trouble. And since she broke Fenton's heart, his mother has ample time to act on her threat to destroy Gandra. She also nearly blew her cover as a F.O.W.L. agent.
• "The Duck Knight Returns!"
  • Darkwing Duck is getting a reboot! Except it's going to be a Darker and Edgier feature film that won't even give a Remake Cameo to the original Darkwing, Jim Starling. Scrooge is the main producer on it, but he hasn't seen a movie since the 1930s. Launchpad, a fan of the campy show, isn't amused and thinks they should at least bring Starling back.
    You'd Expect: Dewey would tell Scrooge that Launchpad should get a voice as a former fan who knows about the show. Surely you can have Jim Starling on for a few minutes.
    You'd Also Expect: Scrooge would educate himself on how movies work and how trends have changed.
    Instead: Scrooge and Dewey do neither. Scrooge styles the movie after classic dramas, and Dewey suggests random stuff that makes no sense.
    The Result: In-universe Troubled Production ensues, even though the new Darkwing, Drake Mallard, is doing his best with what he has, and Launchpad is suckered by Jim Starling into crashing the filming and sabotaging it. Even if production wasn't halted due to Dewey taping over footage of the old Darkwing and new Darkwing fighting, it would have been a terrible movie.
    Let's Not Forget: Nobody bothered to tell Starling, at this point a down-on-his-luck White-Dwarf Starlet whose identity is wrapped up in his "glory days" of playing Darkwing, that the movie even EXISTED, and were treating him as an embarrassing afterthought.
    You'd Expect: That someone would have at least tried to smooth things over with him, even if they had no plans to cast him, to make sure he didn't feel slighted and did something out of anger or spite. Granted, that something, would more realistically expected to be him suing or badmouthing the production.
    Instead: He only finds out from the fact that the movie is trending on social media, and is not only bluntly turned down but is even more bluntly informed that the movie is already mostly completed with a replacement actor, and that the director didn't even know who he was.
    The Result: Jim obviously doesn't take well to being informed he's been passed over in favor of a younger actor and attempts to shoehorn himself into the film, becoming increasingly unhinged as his efforts to get back into the spotlight grow more extreme. He wrecks the set in his attempts to murder his replacement and wrestle control of the film, which is ultimately cancelled anyway. Oh, and he becomes Negaduck, creating another villain in the already oversaturated "evil mastermind" scene in Duckburg. Way to go, guys.
• "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!"
  • Louie and Goldie attend Doofus Drake's birthday party to obtain party bags holding several million dollars each. When they eventually gain Doofus's trust, Doofus takes Goldie prisoner as his new "Gummeemama", while sending Louie off with all of the gift bags. While Louie is ecstatic about finally achieving his fortune, he feels guilty about leaving Goldie at Doofus's mercy and goes to save her.
    You'd Expect: That Louie would stash away the gift bags for safekeeping before going to rescue Goldie. It should be very easy for Louie to predict that Goldie would nab the bags for herself, especially after she threw him under the bus at Doofus's party.
    Instead: Louie brings the bags with him back up to Doofus's treehouse, then sets them down right in the open on the floor.
    The Result: Goldie, of course, makes off with the bags when Louie's not looking, leaving Louie back to where he started and with nothing to show for enduring Doofus's horrific party.
• "Timephoon!"
  • Beakley is scolding Della for letting the kids get away with reckless actions.
    You’d Expect: For someone to call Mrs. Beakley out on being a Hypocrite by not having never punished Webby for her actions (such as sneaking out to Atlantis, lying to her, almost getting her and the triplets killed in a mineshaft).
    Alternatively: She’d just punish them herself.
    Instead: She just nags about it to Della. When she finally does punish Louie, their relationship is strained and Della.
  • Della has decided to ground Louie for what he did, and calling her out.
    You’d Expect: For Louie to just use the timetub and undo what he did.
    Instead: He doesn’t.
    The Result: The world is almost destroyed. Yeah, it sounds crazy but his actions in the next episode make them vulnerable to the aliens. He also gets grounded.
• "The Golden Spear!" and onward:
  • Since Della Duck has returned, the rest of her family has been tiptoeing around the fact that she abandoned her kids before they hatched and is pretty Maternally Challenged, with Mrs. Beakley telling off Della for not knowing how to be a good parent. Louie is the only one brave enough to voice his concerns outright to his brothers, while Dewey and Webby investigate how Donald seems to have vanished on his vacation.
    You'd Expect: Louie to go to Uncle Scrooge and Mrs. Beakley to express his mixed feelings to figure out how to process them. He loves having his mom back but Della is definitely not recovered from ten years of isolation on the moon.
    Instead: He focuses on his schemes to become as rich as Uncle Scrooge by finding the easy solutions and shortcuts while suppressing his feelings in his mother's presence.
    The Result: When he finally does call out Della, it's in response to her being a hypocritical parent when she tells him off for messing with the time stream and nearly wiping them all out of existence, which was completely the wrong time to bring this up. Della's response is to ground him, refusing to acknowledge that she messed up, which is understandable since while nothing ultimately came of it, what he did is worse than what she did, though he has a point still. It takes a battered Donald, who was stranded on a desert island, to call out Della and call her a "big dummy" for what she did.

Season Three

• "Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice!"
  • Bradford notices that McDuck is at Funso's ... with some children. Additionally Scrooge doesn't even want to be there, and is later absorbed in trying to get a ton of tickets.
    You'd Expect: Bradford to simply just ignore all of them altogether, as none of them even know about F.O.W.L.'s presence there to begin with.
    Or: If he really wants Scrooge to leave, just get the Phantom Blot, masquerading as Funso's mascot, to do the job, as he could just simply tell them that they have to leave for some arbitrary reason.
    Instead: Bradford tasks the job to Black Heron and Steelbeak to kick Clan McDuck out of Funso's, with Steelbeak doing it in a way that rouses suspicion.
    The Result: Steelbeak's actions almost gets F.O.W.L. revealed to the group, and the only thing not letting them get outed was Launchpad's intelligent side was locked away and Dewey/Launchpad thought the whole encounter was a game.
  • Black Heron has tested her intelligence ray on a set of lab animals, making them all much smarter.
    You'd Expect: Her to keep them in a secure area or turn them back to normal after the test.
    Or: Brainwash them to make sure they stay loyal to her/F.O.W.L.. Having intelligent animals that most would write off as being non sapient could make for great spies or saboteurs.
    Instead: She seems to just leave them alone.
    The Result: The animals manage to build a plane, escape the base, and thwart Steelbeak at the climax. They then escape into town, meaning that someone does know about F.O.W.L..
  • Steelbeak, who is in possession of a device that can reduce or enhance a person's intelligence, has gotten sick and tired of other people calling him dumb.
    You'd Expect: Him to use the device to make himself an unstoppable Genius Bruiser.
    Instead: He uses it to turn all of his allies into blithering idiots, then tries to do the same thing to everyone in Duckburg.
    The Result: He has to execute his plan without competent backup, making it easy for the Rescue Rangers to blindside him.
  • Launchpad, whose intellect has just been enhanced by a device made by Black Heron, has just recently found out that F.O.W.L. is plotting against Scrooge and his family. He attempts to warn his employer via phone call but that doesn't work as Scrooge doesn't feel his cellphone, and he tries to warn Dewey, who unfortunately cannot hear him at all (as he could not hear Launchpad over the engine of the boat he was riding in at the time). Near the end of the episode, Steelbeak attempts to use an Anti-Intelligence ray against Duckburg, and Launchpad attempts a Heroic Sacrifice (from his intelligent side at least) to stop the threat. He encounters Dewey on the way.
    You'd Expect: Him to tell Dewey (who is at perfect hearing distance) to warn the McDuck family about F.O.W.L. - as he is risking his intelligence to save everyone. Even if Dewey thinks that F.O.W.L. is part of the game and not heed the warning seriously, it's better than not trying.
    Instead: He instead goes to talk about wanting to do more cool exploits with his intellect, while lamenting on wanting to be good enough for Dewey.
    The Result: Not only is he back to his normal intelligence at the end, he still can't remember the seriousness of F.O.W.L., and thanks to Bradford Buzzard's intervention, they're led to believe that all of this was a game, allowing the villainous organization to continue hiding under the shadows for the time being.

• "The Lost Harp of Mervana!"
  • Webby has doubts about Beakley after feeling like she's hiding a lot from her. At the end of the episode, they reconcile and she tries to reassure her. Keep in mind, a lie-detector harp is nearby.
    You'd Expect: Beakley at some point to tell the truth about Webby ... regarding her origins as a F.O.W.L. clone, specifically of Scrooge McDuck as shown in the series finale. Webby might not have taken it well, but she'd come to terms with it. Besides, one of her best friends, Lena, had a similar purpose too.
    Instead: She states that she has no more secrets to hide from Webby. The harp, in earshot, echoes "Fibbing Fibbing Fibbing!" (even though they can't hear her), showing that Beakley is hiding a lot more regarding her.
    The Result: This bites her really hard in The Last Adventure, where she is still insistent on the truth regarding Webby. This is also considering the harp herself got kidnapped later, showing that she can be used as a perfect interrogation technique. Bradford uses Webby's curiosity for his own means.

• "Louie's Eleven!"
  • Jose and Panchito have come to Duckburg to make good on their promise to try getting the Three Caballeros back together and into fame, and are convinced by Louie that the best way for them to make themselves known is by getting on the "IT List" of renowned tastemaker Emma Glamour, which they can accomplish by infiltrating the gala she is holding at the Duckburg Museum to perform.
    You'd Expect: Those primarily involved in Louie's scheme (Louie, Dewey, Jose, and Panchito) would remember at some point how awful Donald's singing voice is; the last time the Caballeros were together, Donald's singing proved dreadful enough to kill a giant carnivorous flower, so the guests at the party probably won't be impressed by it.
    Instead: They seemingly forget this important fact and focus more on making sure the Caballeros get onstage so they can entertain the guests and impress Emma.
    As A Result: The entire scheme ultimately fails on account of Jose and Panchito allowing Donald to sing once Emma allows them to play at the end of the episode. The only consolations to this are that Dewey has gotten himself on the list due to impressing Emma with his yoyo tricks and Donald has won himself a romantic interest in the form of Emma's assistant Daisy Duck, who is the only one who can perfectly understand him and is enamored with his singing.
  • At the beginning of the episode, the Caballeros attempt to perform for Scrooge in hopes of convincing him to be their sponsor.
    You'd Expect: They would try performing for Scrooge in a place he can watch them in comfort, like in his study or the mansion's living room.
    Instead: They get the brilliant idea to do their audition in Scrooge's bathroom while he's taking a soak and make clear that they'll need him to pay for necessities like equipment, a tour bus and/or a plane with their faces printed on it, but then decide they'll be fine if Scrooge gives them a fifty million dollar loan to start their tour.
    The Result: Scrooge is neither interested nor amused that Donald and his friends interrupted his bathtime to ask him to spend a fortune to finance a band he has vocally stated to have no interest in and promptly summons Duckworth to throw them out of the manor.
    Even Worse: Jose mentions that they have tried and failed to get someone rich to finance them by auditioning in their bathroom three times before failing with Scrooge.
  • Mark Beaks wants to steal his mother Emma Glamour's phone to get back to her for claiming his business isn't trendy.
    You'd Expect: Him to hire someone with no grudge against him.
    Or: Do it himself. He had shown in the past he can be competent when he wants.
    Instead: He hires Falcon Graves, who tried to kill him in their debut episode.
    The Result: Falcon isn't willing to let that go and tries to kill him and his mother.
• "The Rumble for Ragnarok!"
  • Scrooge has to fight Jormungandr in a wrestling match so he won't destroy the world. However, he is injured due to taking a chair aimed at Dewey. Now, he needs Webby and Dewey to fight for him. However, Dewey doesn't want the crowd to hate him and see him as the Heel of the match.
    You'd Expect: Him to suck it up and fight. The end of the world is more important then being popular with a bunch of dead Vikings.
    Instead: Dewey counterproductively focuses on trying to get the crowd to like him.
    The Result: This ends up costing him and Webby a match and nearly gets the world destroyed.
• "The Phantom and the Sorceress!"
  • Magica gets the amulet back and her powers are restored, but Lena promptly curb stomps her with her newly gained magical abilities.
    You'd Expect: Lena to incapacitate Magica on the spot. Even if she's no match for her at the moment, Lena knows from firsthand experience how dangerous she is and what she's capable of.
    Instead: Lena flies out of the swamp with Webby and Violet in tow, leaving Magica to her own devices no worse for wear.
    The Result: Magica has her powers back, and there's nothing stopping her from going after Scrooge and his family.
• "They Put a Moonlander on the Earth!"
  • Glomgold has hired Gibbous to work for him. He knows that his new Ferris Wheel is highly dangerous and also is a weapon that he wants to use to kill Scrooge.
    You'd Expect: Glomgold to make sure Gibbous gets the point of not screwing anything up. He is from another planet and doesn't know much about Earth yet.
    Instead: Glomgold uses sarcasm and air quotes to tell him to call the safety inspector.
    Sure Enough: Gibbous calls the safety inspector and earns Glomgold a stack of fines and bills he has to pay.
  • Webby has finally got Penumbra to enjoy something from Earth, in this case hamburgers, and she is now open to trying other new things. Webby orders an ice cream, which Penumbra starts eating at a rapid rate.
    You'd Expect: Webby to tell Penumbra beforehand to eat it slowly and explain brain freeze to her. She has finally made progress with her and this could ruin everything.
    Instead: Webby just sits there making a concerned face and doesn't say anything until it's too late.
    The Result: Penumbra is back to square one with her views on Earth.
• "The Trickening!"
  • Due to a misunderstanding as a child, Launchpad is under the belief that Halloween is a curse he placed on the town.
    You'd Expect: SOMEONE to have realized what was going on and explain to Launchpad that, no, he is not cursed and this happens every year as a holiday.
    Or: Launchpad to have at some point seen one of the many advertisements posted about the holiday. Or hell, just had someone ask him about it. He may be stupid, but that point he should be able connect the dots.
    Instead: No one has seemingly ever noticed Launchpad's behavior and he never figures it out (read: is told) until he nearly murders several children and monsters.
• "The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!"
  • Louie connects the dots and discovers that the hotel manager is Ponce Leon, along with his scheme to steal the youth of others.
    You'd Expect: Since Leon is in front of them, Louie would play dumb and quietly lead his brothers away before revealing the evil plot.
    Instead: He yells out the whole thing with Leon several steps away from the triplets. He immediately overpowers them.
  • Leon now has three people who know about the truth and has captured them.
    You'd Expect: Him to immediately dunk them into the pool until they age into senile ducks or dust. Everyone present is too old to notice.
    Or: Force feed his youth water on the triplets in secret until they become infants or worse. It is right beside him in the manager room, which is also where he kept them.
    Instead: He just leaves them in the manager room while restraining them with a rubber float, planning on doing that to them later. This leads to Goldie, who was stealing some fountain water rescuing the triplets as Louie is among them.
• "Let's Get Dangerous!". Two of these in rapid succession lead to the McDucks learning about F.O.W.L..
  • The first is from Bradford Buzzard. After the triplets set him free after Bulba turns on him, he radios to Black Heron to come get him.
    You'd Expect: Him to tell Heron to go radio silent until she arrives. He is right next to the triplets.
    You'd Also Expect: Him to watch what he says. Again, he is with the triplets.
    Instead: Black Heron keeps calling him due to him never telling her to be quiet and he goes on a blistering rant on why the family's adventures are dangerous.
    The Result: The triplets quickly become suspicious.
  • The second is when Black Heron arrives to pick Bradford up.
    You'd Expect: Her to not expose F.O.W.L., as Bradford beat into her and Steelbeak's head.
    Instead: She arrives in a F.O.W.L. marked helicopter. Bradford even calls her out on this.
    The Result: The McDucks are now aware of F.O.W.L. and are gearing up for a fight.
• "New Gods on the Block!"
  • Donald is getting his boat ready for his date with Daisy and has some trash to dispose of.
    You'd Expect: Donald to just take the trash bags out and throw them away in a normal trash bin.
    Instead: He somehow thinks it is a better idea to just hide the trash bags in the bottom of his pool.
    The Result: When Daisy finds out this later in the episode, this turns out to be the final straw for her in their disastrous date.
• "Escape From the Impossibin!".
  • Scrooge wants to test the Impossibin out with him, Louie and Della, so they go through a series of trials. Keep in mind this takes place immediately after he knows that Bradford, initially someone he trusted with a lot of secrets, was outed as the head of F.O.W.L.
    You'd Expect: Scrooge to change the security password to something that not even Bradford himself would know.
    Instead: Scrooge doesn't think to change the password, leaving himself vulnerable to Bradford, who correctly assumes it was the total sum of all of his wealth.
    The Result: Scrooge, Della, and Louie are trapped in the Impossibin and are forced to endure it - this includes a death trap that they wanted to escape from. Due to the security system, Scrooge's communications are jammed. Additionally, Bradford hijacks a robot afterwards. This along with the jammed communications diverts them long enough for F.O.W.L. to steal the other Missing Mysteries.

• "Beaks in the Shell!"
  • It's revealed that Gandra Dee is actually a Punch-Clock Villain who only joined F.O.W.L. due to funding. Fenton realized she was Trapped in Villainy, and convinced her to switch sides, saying with the Gizmocloud, Scrooge will pardon and hire her to give her what she wants. It's revealed that she's given a ton of intel to Fenton, but it's not really certain to a degree how much intel is useful. When Gyro Gearloose fixes their virtual reality cloud on hearing the full story, Gandra Dee decides to defect from F.O.W.L. for good because Gyro will hire her and give her The Pardon.
    You'd Expect: Gandra Dee to tell Fenton and everyone else all of F.O.W.L.'s plans in the virtual reality space that she knows so far, most likely intending to do so after she resigned. Even though Bradford claims that he knows stuff that Gandra Dee herself doesn't know, there's still a few points that she herself is aware about, including the Missing Mysteries, a loose tail feather, and the secret location of F.O.W.L. being at Funzo's Fun Zone.
    You'd Also Expect: That she would keep her intended resignation a secret in case F.O.W.L. doesn't accept them, in which they don't at the end of the episode. Biding her time while being The Mole for the Ducks is a more sensible option than what she really did. Or, if Bradford busts her, that she would have Plausible Deniability, a means to send a message to Fenton, or a cover story.
    Instead: When she tries sneaking out of F.O.W.L. quietly, Bradford confronts her. He found out about the Gizmocloud due to Huey messing with the controls. Rather than lie or quickly text Fenton, she decides to defect from F.O.W.L., declaring it to Bradford right to his face. He even says that word of her resignation has already been circulating around, meaning that she didn't keep it a secret well or he put two and two together after seeing the cloud briefly.
    Result: Before she can take two steps, Bradford reveals he brought the Eggheads. They subdue her and confiscate her phone. Bradford locks her up, saying she's too valuable. Fenton doesn't know what happened, Gandra Dee doesn't seem to give any crucial intel about F.O.W.L to the Ducks.
• "The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!"
  • In a flashback, Scrooge deflects a magic beam shot by Magica De Spell that would've turned him into a raven ...
    You'd Expect: Magica to get out of the way of the blast ...
    Or: It's strongly implied that Poe knew how to reverse the transformations, so he could've just turned Magica back from a raven if it had hit her.
    Instead: Poe Takes the Bullet for Magica and turns himself into a raven, which results in flying out from a window crack. Magica then begs Scrooge for him to save his brother from flying away.
    You'd Then Expect: Scrooge to possibly grab the raven, as Magica was desperately and sincerely begging for her twin brother. She even promised to give Scrooge anything, and this could've actually led to a Heel–Face Turn with Magica.
    Instead: Scrooge callously ignores her pleas and greedily leaves with the treasure.
    Result: Poe flies away and Magica can never find him. This in turn forms a very bitter rivalry between herself Scrooge, indirectly leads her to be abusive towards Lena once she creates her, and is one of two mistakes (alongside the one mentioned below) that really bites him in the butt in the episode.
  • In that same flashback, Magica and Poe were torturing a small town and turning the many people into frogs. Poe suggests Magica to turn them into goats for milking. After Poe flies away and Magica leaves, this leaves the villagers in the mercy of Scrooge
    You'd Expect: Scrooge to consider finding a way to turn the morphed townspeople back into their normal forms and/or give the money back that Magica and Poe took from them. Besides, it'd make him look like heroic, considering that he just saved the entire town from the two tyrants.
    Instead: Scrooge does neither, buys a farm with said money, but uses the farm as part of his own means, not the townspeople.
    Result: This chain of events (alongside Scrooge not sparing Poe) makes him just as unsympathtic as Magica and Poe. Louie even admits that he can't defend his actions compared to Glomgold and Ma Beagle earlier.
  • Scrooge apologizes to the villains for his actions after Louie can't talk his way out of defending his actions with Poe, which in terms makes the villains win the court case against Scrooge McDuck and get his treasure, the deed to Duckburg, and his number one dime.
    You'd Expect: The villains just to simply cheer and rejoice with the fact that everything Scrooge has earned is about to belong to them.
    Instead: Flintheart Glomgold, being a braggart, screams "I am the architect of your unmaking!"
    Result: This gives Louie one idea for one last defense, which allows him to explain that even though Scrooge did influence his arch-enemies, they also crafted him into the hero he is today, stating that if they're entitled to his possessions, he's entitled to the same level of justice too. This completely turns the tide in the case in favor of Louie and Scrooge. Ma Beagle even calls Glomgold an "idiot" and a "moron" because of this.
• "The Last Adventure" has several, from the heroes and the villains...
  • A very, very retroactive one. It eventually is revealed that Bradford masterminded Webby's creation. She's not Beakley's granddaughter, but a clone of Scrooge that FOWL created to find the Lost Papyrus. Bradford is trusted as Scrooge's accountant and he knows that Webby was visiting the library in the Money Bin to find all the information that she could on Scrooge McDuck and his family.
    You'd Expect: Considering that Webby was making regular visits to the Money Bin, where the vulture works, that he would ask for her assistance. Before she met the triplets, she was sneaking around to have all the adventures that she could within the Manor, and it would be easy for Bradford to convince her to help find the Papyrus for Scrooge, in exchange for more knowledge on the duck or even the thrill of solving a great mystery. Cue tricking Scrooge into signing a contract of foregoing adventure. He could use her as a hostage against Beakley and Scrooge, the way that Black Heron eventually would in Season 1 if he got busted.
    Instead: Bradford does nothing of the sort, and loses his access to Webby when the Duck family busts him in "Let's Get Dangerous". He instead creates two clones from Webby, May, and June, whom Black Heron raises, in the hopes of finding the Papyrus.
    The Result: This results in his downfall. Even though You Can't Thwart Stage One is in place, that he gets the Papyrus and uses it to blackmail Scrooge for Donald's life, the triplets and Webby rise to the rescue and find a loophole in the contract, destroying the Papyrus for good. May and June turn on him when he disposes of Black Heron after Bradford had seemingly won.
  • Another retroactive one: Bradford knows that Della Duck is expecting children, and Scrooge made the Spear of Selene for her as a surprise. Scrooge kept it under wraps, however, because the rocket is in development and Donald has said bluntly that he does not want his twin sister traveling while the triplets are still in eggs.
    You'd Expect: Bradford to take Donald's side, since he also doesn't want Scrooge or the Power Trio to adventure, and present to Scrooge the logical reasons to take a break from adventuring. Such as how much health insurance rates would increase for taking babies on the Sunchaser, even with safety equipment, or the studies on how most people can't balance work and parenting fulltime. Then play the Long Game to ease Scrooge out of adventures until Bradford can find the Papyrus.
    Instead: He tells Della about the Spear of Selene, knowing she wouldn't resist the chance to fly it early and potentially die in the process.
    The Result: Scrooge and Donald retire as a result of the tragedy...for ten years. That's a drop in the bucket for Scrooge. Additionally, this decision wasted a ton of funds that they could've used for F.O.W.L. too, only stepping in before it completely drained for good. When the triplets enter Scrooge's life, he takes to adventuring again, and with more chaos than when it was just Donald and Della. Magica uses Scrooge's decade-funk to create and manipulate Lena, causing a shadow apocalypse. Oh, and this foolhardy decision leads to the Moonlanders using Della's ship prototypes to invade Earth, nearly succeeding. Bradford tries to blame these chaotic events on the Ducks, but Della and Beakley aptly point out that he admitted to being responsible and is the real villain. Can you say Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
  • At the beginning of the episode, the Duck family and associates successfully infiltrate the F.O.W.L. headquarters and turn off the self-destruct button. The F.O.W.L. operatives escape but leave behind loads of evidence. The heroes also get a lead: two girls with Webby's DNA that were kept in a test tube. No one sees this coming, and Webby starts questioning her existence.
    You'd Expect: The adults would choose a neutral location in which to investigate and study the girls. Scrooge can buy a warehouse on the spot with a lab if Gyro doesn't have one already. If Webby insists on hanging out with her "sisters", then have her with an adult as a supervisor. May and June, as we find out, can't take on an adult in a straight fight and can see reason if they have evidence that Bradford is a liar.
    You'd Also Expect: Webby to remember that she went through this with Lena, the whole trusting someone out of wanting a friend only to find out she was a spy. Even though Lena pulled a Heroic Sacrifice and Heel–Face Turn, not every duck or bird will.
    Instead: They bring the girls to McDuck Manor. While they're all suspicious of May and June, as they're called, Webby isn't. She's disappointed when Beakley locks the girls in a storage room until they can find out more information, and forbids Webby from talking to them. We find out it's because Beakley figured they were alternate attempts to clone Scrooge to find the Papyrus.
    The Result: A security breach ensues, leading to the show's Darkest Hour. Webby's guilty conscience and curiosity motivate her to bust out her sisters and give them a tour, thinking innocently that they all want answers, and she dismisses her friends' concerns. This from Webby is stupid, considering Lena had been someone deceiving her before and if Lena is saying the girls can't be trusted, that's a red flag. When she catches May and June stealing the Missing Mysteries, they drop the pretense and kidnap her before she can so much as flee or call for help. No one hears the struggle though Huey sees the aftermath. Then when she does Capture and Replicate to infiltrate F.O.W.L., Bradford swindles "April" as he calls Webby into finding the Papyrus and locks her up when she's served her purpose. It's only because Huey stowed away on the plane on seeing Webby kidnapped that she has an ally for a brief period of time and he stalls Bradford by asking about his Evil Plan.
  • Beakley goes Oh, Crap! when she sees that May and June have Webby's DNA and are the only clue that F.O.W.L. left behind. Ergo, they must be part of a bigger plot to ensnare her granddaughter. Since she rescued Webby as a baby from F.O.W.L., she knows that the two are other attempts to clone Scrooge, something she isn't able to tell a disguised Webby when the latter is interrogating her. Webby wants answers about these girls, and why F.O.W.L. would want to clone her, but Beakley is scared of how Scrooge would react to the truth. Taking someone's DNA is a huge violation of consent and there is a Squick factor involved that they made him father a child without his consent. Not helping is during a fight in season one, he yelled at Webby, saying that she wasn't family for saying the wrong thing during a tense moment.
    You'd Expect: Beakley would sit Scrooge and Webby down, warning Scrooge that whatever she says next, don't blame her granddaughter because Webby had no idea. Then she can come clean, explaining that she rescued Webby from a F.O.W.L. test tube rather than go after Bradford, who at the time was the unknown head. Yes, Webby would be upset about the previous lies, but at least she would know. If she tells the truth at McDuck Manor, there's still a time and place to contain the knowledge and mitigate the emotional damage. More importantly, Webby would understand why Beakley doesn't want her to interact with May and June because F.O.W.L. will do anything to get their hand on "Scrooge's heir" for an unknown purpose. She would at least agree to humor her granny and not risk her personal safety.
    Instead: Beakley refuses to tell either Scrooge or Webby the truth. She makes up a story to Webby about her parents, showing her a photograph that may or may not consist of her real children or in-laws. Scrooge promises Beakley that he won't get mad when pressing her for answers, and she still knocks him out with a Vulcan Nerve Pinch, apologizing to her friend and employer, because she needs to go and rescue a kidnapped Webby from F.O.W.L..
    The Result: When the others revive Scrooge, he manages to explain what happened and determines the adults must go on a rescue mission to save "Webigail" and stop F.O.W.L. in their tracks once and for all. Beakley provides some much-needed backup, but lacks coordination with Scrooge, leading to Black Heron knocking them out. Webby finds out at the worst possible time that she's not actually related to her Granny, and it makes her emotionally vulnerable enough to listen to Bradford when he asks for her help with a task. It also turns out that Scrooge isn't mad about the fact that he has a daughter when Webby reveals this, and even has pride as he sees that she has as much McDuck spirit as the nephews. 
  • Steelbeak is fighting with Gizmoduck, Darkwing Duck, and Launchpad and although he's on the losing edge at first, he shoots himself with the Intelligence Ray to make him a lot smarter. This gives him a massive advantage in the battle, and later, he alters the ray to brainwash Flintheart Glomgold, the Beagle Boys, Ma Beagle, and Magica De Spell to stir up trouble even more.
    You'd Expect: Steelbeak brainwash everyone (including Launchpad, Gosalyn, and BOYD as well), not just those mentioned villains. That way, there's no way he could be defeated in any way. With everyone serving as his puppets, he would have amassed an army out of every one of those prisoners and heroes. Or he could just make a lot of those prisoners dumb so they wouldn't be able to root for Launchpad. He used the ray against Black Heron when she had insulted his intelligence.
    You'd Also Expect: For him to send other villains against Launchpad. The prison also contain silhouettes of Mark Beaks, Gabby Mc Stabberson, Hack and Slash Smashnikov, Doofus Drake and Tenderfeet. And that's just who was seen. Even if Launchpad ends up donning the Gizmoduck armor, fighting against more mindslaves would be difficult for him.
    Instead: Steelbeak just uses those villains instead and even though he has an advantage at first, he's later defeated by a Launchpad donning the Gizmoduck armor.
    The Result: Steelbeak's ray breaks as he flees, freeing the villains from their control, and they're not pleased that they were used as pawns, so Magica turns Bradford into a literal buzzard.
    • Speaking of the villains, Bradford wants to use the Magica, Glomgold, and Ma and the Beagle Boys’ strength and powers in order for them to help his plan.
      You'd Expect: That he should at least try to make a deal if they could work together to get rid of Scrooge. After all, they want to get rid of Scrooge as much as he does, and that would give them an edge against him.
      Instead: He decided to capture and brainwash them into mindless slaves.
      The Result: While their powers give them an edge against Scrooge‘s allies at first, they eventually overpower the mind controlled enemies, defeating them. Oh, and the villains were pissed for Bradford mind controlling them, including Magica, who’ve turned him into a mindless buzzard as payback.
      

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