History Awesome / DuckTales1987

[[AC: Down and Out in Duckburg]]
* Scrooge is suffocating on the bottom the ocean. When warned that the waters are infested with sharks, Mrs. Beakley's only reply is "Now they're Beakley-infested waters!" [[NeverMessWithGranny Then she dives off the boat and saves Scrooge almost single-handedly]].

[[AC: Once Upon a Dime]]
* Scrooge saving Huey by tricking Magica into swapping his Number One Dime for a regular dime.
-->'''Scrooge:''' All it cost me was a dime. I didn't get rich by being stupid, now did I?"

* Scrooge's battle with the phony Masked Mallard. The WeaponOfChoice? Canes!

-->'''Scrooge:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Then have some more gold!]] ''[blind sights El Capitan with gold dust in his pocket, cue epic scuffle]''

-->'''Webby''': Teamwork, [[HonoraryUncle uncle Scrooge]], teamwork!

* It's pretty impressive that Scrooge and Glomgold were willing to [[{{Determinator}} race back to Duckburg from a barren desert]] (along with a detour into the past) to claim ownership of the magic lamp. Perhaps most glaring in this monologue where Scrooge's starts to wonder about his chances.

* The one time this version of Scrooge really resembles the badass comics' version is when he's wrongfully sent to prison: The other prisoners challenge him to an arm wrestling match, and he effortlessly beats each one in a second or two, one after another. "[[OneSidedArmWrestling Next... next... next...]]" One of them actually asks how he's so strong and he says "from lifting money bags."

* While two-thirds of the inventions backfired, the fact that Huey, Dewey and Louie, three ten-year-olds, managed to create them from scratch is a testament to their intelligence and skill...and the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook.

* Fenton successfully stopping the metal mite invasion, even after losing his Gizmosuit.

* In the [[GrandFinale series finale]], Scrooge, Launchpad, and Dijon have to return the Golden Goose to a temple, lest its curse consume the entire planet, and turn everyone and everything to gold. With time running out, Launchpad points out there's nowhere to land, to which Scrooge replies: "Who said anything about ''landing''? Just do what you do best, Launchpad: '''''CRASH!'''''", which he gladly does...only to execute a perfect, flawless landing for one of the only times in the entire series.

** When the escaping heroes are confronted by Bulvan, who [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] Courage, Launchpad aims the "gun" the got from the robot at him and [[IveGotAnXAndImNotAfraidToUseIt warns him that he'll use it.]] When Buvolvan taunts him that it's only a "food synthesizer", Launchpad responds, "[[ImprovisedWeapon It'll have to do!]]" and gets him in the face with a blast of custard that would have been a BoomHeadshot if it had been an actual gun.

* One crossed with heartwarming: Launchpad has been worried about sharks since the plane arrived at Aphroducky's sunken temple and to his horror, one turns up to attack the group while they're underwater. His immediate response? Draw the shark's attention to himself so that Scrooge can save the boys and Webby.

** When the escaping heroes are confronted by Buvolvan, who [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] Courage, Launchpad aims the "gun" the got from the robot at him and [[IveGotAnXAndImNotAfraidToUseIt warns him that he'll use it.]] When Buvolvan taunts him that it's only a "food synthesizer", Launchpad responds, "[[ImprovisedWeapon It'll have to do!]]" and gets him in the face with a blast of custard that would have been a BoomHeadshot if it had been an actual gun.

* Launchpad gets a few of these. Huey, Dewey, Louie, Doofus, and Launchpad have gotten stuck in outer space with an egotistical actor who plays a hero in a sci-fi show [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame and thinks he's still filming an episode]]. When the actor realizes they've ''actually'' been captured by aliens, he escapes back to Earth, abandoning the others. Launchpad then shows the boys what ''real'' heroes do, and saves the day.

* The entire second half is one giant CMOA for Launchpad. The Beagle Boys use him as an unknowing patsy in all their robberies so he'll take the blame, and then they take Doofus hostage so he won't try and clear things up with the police. Launchpad then proceeds to [[FakingTheDead fake his own death]], locate the Beagle Boys' house, and saves Doofus while recovering the stolen money.

-->'''El Capitan:''' ''[points shotgun]'' '''This''' says it's ''my'' gold.

* One for Mrs. Beakley is in "Cold Ducks". After seeing a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant woolly walrus]] smash a museum, she proceeds to shout "Hey lardo!" and use a scarf as a bullfighting cape.

* While minor, Launchpad loop-the-looping and making Armstrong's missiles crash into each other.

** When the escaping heroes are confronted by Buvolvan, who [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] Courage, Launchpad aims the "gun" the got from the robot at him and [[IveGotAnXAndImNotAfraidToUseIt warns him that he'll use it.]] When Buvolvan taunts him that it's only a "food synthesizer", Launchpad responds, "It'll have to do!" and gets him in the face with a blast of custard that would have been a BoomHeadshot if it had been an actual gun.

* Another awesome nephew-related moment: the last five minutes "The Money Vanishes." The Beagle Boys steal Gyro's furniture mover ray and use it to steal Scrooge's entire fortune. When the trio discovers that the Beagles are behind the theft, the crooks try zapping them with the ray and sending them off the face of the Earth. But then thanks to a goof up the nephews wind up getting the ray and the Beagle Boys realize that they are 100% [[OhCrap royally screwed]].

* It's pretty commendable that Scrooge and Glomgold were willing to [[{{Determinator}} race back to Duckburg from a barren desert]] (along with a detour into the past) to claim ownership of the magic lamp. Perhaps most glaring in this monologue where Scrooge's starts to wonder about his chances.

** Duckworth gets one as he is shown to be skeptical of the Genie, and helps Huey, Dewey, Louie and Webby trick him back inside the lamp to trap him.

* The ending is awesome if only because of the sudden twist in its Aesop. In 9 out of 10 cases where the villain mocks the hero by calling him "[[GoodIsImpotent too soft]]," the hero learns that may be true, but that's what makes him the good guy. This time, after Flintheart Glomgold tells Scrooge he's gotten soft and afraid to take risks, Scrooge proves GoodIsNotNice when Glomgold needs to hire [=McDuck=] Construction to rebuild the city his [[AIIsACrapshoot giant robots destroyed]]:

* El Capitan points his shotgun at Scrooge, and Scrooge's response was to defiantly proclaim to El Capitan with quite a DeathGlare that he'll be keeping the gold that ''he'' searched and laboured for. That alone is good evidence on how much of a BadassGrandpa Scrooge is.