History Awesome / Ducktales2017Season3

** Prior to this, Steelbeak and the brainwashed villains had made quick work of Darkwing, Gizmoduck, Lena, Manny, Violet, and B.O.Y.D. during the skirmish, rapidly capturing all of them and deactivating the Gizmoduck armor. At this point, ''all'' the villains are still up and fighting, while Launchpad is the only good guy left. It takes ''several minutes'' of concentrated effort from them to put Launchpad down, and even then, the people around him expressing their faith gives him an instant HeroicSecondWind. AdaptationalWimp he might be, but Launchpad's probably still the toughest fighter the McDucks have short of Donald himself.

* In the original series, Tarus Bulba was a nigh-unstoppable juggernaut who physically dominated every encounter with Darkwing, who only managed to get in ''one'' good kick during their first battle. And that was before he was upgraded into a powerful cyborg. But in this series, Darkwing is actually able to fight him on a more even level, delivering several effective blows and using his speed to easily counter Bulba's size and strength advantage.

'''Louie:''' So are gonna do that thing where you tell us not to go, and we sneak along anyway?\\

''[proceeds to change Bradford [[ForcedTransformation into a]] [[UnanthromorphicShift mindless vulture]]]''

'''Louie:''' Uh... So says Violet Sabrewing, [[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E14FriendshipHatesMagic conqueror of the Shadow Realm]] and [[Recap/Ducktales2017S3E8ThePhantomAndTheSorceress scourge of the dread sorceress Magica De Spell!]]\\

* Magica De Spell finishing Bradford by transforming him into a non-sapient vulture as payback for being trapped by him in the library, preceded by Ma Beagle and Glomgold coldly dissing Bradford for thinking he could be Scrooge's greatest bad guy.

''[proceeds to change Bradford [[ForcedTransformation into a mindless vulture]]]''

--> '''Ma Beagle:''' Really? And you're supposed to be Scrooge's greatest villain?\\

* Karma finally catches up to Mark Beaks when it's revealed that a combination of his more unsavory actions and the shoddy craftsmanship of his company's products has left him with [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome very little support from the public]].

''[proceeds to change Bradford [[BalefulPolymorph into a mindless vulture]]]''

* [[MamaBear Della]] [[CallingTheOldManOut calling out]] Scrooge for unintentionally making the kids feel useless and unwanted, getting him to apologize and tell them how he really feels about them.

'''Bradford:''' [[VillainousBreakdown No!]] [[BigNo NOOOOOO!]]

'''Bradford:''' [[VillainsWantMercy Please, no!]] [[NeverMyFault I'm not a villain!]]\\
'''Magica:''' [[TranquilFury No, you certainly]] [[PreMortemOneLiner are not...]]\\

* A Meta example goes towards the writers of this episode. Despite it being a parody of sitcoms from the 90s, to the point they had Jaleel White (as in [[Series/FamilyMatters Urkel]] himself) voice Gene the Genie, they refrained from making the most obvious jokes possible by not having Gene do impersonations of Urkel ''or'' Jaleel's other infamous 90s role as the original voice of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog[[note]]Specially considering that Jaleel isn't the only ''Film/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog2020}}'' [[Creator/BenSchwartz voice actor]] to appear in the episode[[/note]], and yet still created something hilarious in Gene's updated characterization.

* A Meta example: the Rescue Rangers were one of the Disney Afternoon properties which the production team wasn't allowed to use. They managed to sneak them in anyway, and by the time they were found out, the executives allowed it.
** The way they snuck them in. In the script, they were only labeled as "Intelligent Rodents" and it wasn't clear it was the Rangers until it went to music and storyboard, at which the point the execs were left with a MortonsFork: Either force the team to cut them, which would force them to rewrite the whole episode, possibly forcing them to delay the season, or let them stay in.
** Even better: using the Rangers in an episode with Steelbeak makes this the first time that the show has used elements of two different Disney Afternoon series in one episode.

* On a meta level, Daisy's portrayal was met with pretty much unanimous praise among fans, many calling her one of the best versions of Daisy yet, no small feat considering just how much history the character has.

* Meta example, but it has been confirmed that Penumbra is a lesbian, bring more LBGT+ represention into the show.
** Another meta example, but many fans felt that the way Penumbra handed turning Launchpad down, via telling him that she just isn't interested, and Launchpad taking it well, was seen as a very good lesson to teach.

* In a meta example, Quackerjack's voice actor Michael Bell returns at age ''82'' to reprise his role.
* This episode has become the second episode of the series to be posted on Youtube ''for free'' by Disney.

** Meta-example: A Hades that is actually DarkIsNotEvil [[ShownTheirWork for once]], more concerned with doing his job fairly whilst having no desire to be actively involved the chicanery and drama his family tends to cause and get into. And from ''Disney'', [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} no less]].

** Keep in mind that the three of them spent the entirety of the previous episode blaming Scrooge for their actions. They had time to think about it throughout the finale and seemingly accept that it was the other way around and Scrooge only became their enemy, calling out Bradford for still blaming Scrooge for everything he's done.

-->'''Gandra Dee:''' The Ducks found the Journal.
-->'''Black Heron:''' Access to the most mysterious relics lost to time.
-->'''Bradford Buzzard:''' [[LetsGetDangerous Then the race is on.]]

* Only the second episode in and the fans are treated to two favorite characters right off the bat: [[{{WesternAnimation/Goofy}} Goofy]] and [[WesternAnimation/DuckTalestheMovieTreasureoftheLostLamp Gene the Genie!!]]

* Donald yet again showing off his honed and badass fighting skills (with the same Don Cheadle voice he used in the Season 1 finale) as the rest of the family cheers him on.

-->'''Beakley:''' See here, young lady! ''(Slam!)'' Take that personal trip yourself! Discover who you are on your own!
-->'''Della:''' Have some self-respect! ''(Punch!)''
-->'''Webby:''' You can find a better study partner than ''Launchpad!'' (beat) No offense, LP.
* A Meta example goes towards the writers of this episode. Despite it being a parody of sitcoms from the 90s, to the point they had Jaleel White (as in [[Series/FamilyMatters Urkel]] himself) voice Gene the Genie, they refrained from making the most obvious jokes possible by not having Gene do impersonations of Urkel ''or'' Jaleel's other infamous 90s role as the original voice of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog[[note]]Specially considering that Jaleel isn't the only ''[[Film/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'' [[Creator/BenSchwartz voice actor]] to appear in the episode[[/note]], and yet still created something hilarious in Gene's updated characterization.