History Characters / Ducktales2017FlintheartGlomgold

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Antagonists: [[Characters/DuckTales2017Antagonists Major Antagonists]] ('''Flintheart Glomgold''', [[Characters/DuckTales2017MagicaDeSpell Magica De Spell]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017BeagleBoys The Beagle Boys]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017FOWL F.O.W.L.]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard The Director]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017MinorAntagonists Minor Antagonists]]\\
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!!Duke Baloney/Flintheart Glomgold
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"He thinks he's so rich and so Scottish. Well, I'm wearing a kilt, [=McDuck=]! '''''A KILT'''''!"'']]
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->'''Voiced By''': Creator/KeithFerguson, Creator/FranciscoColmenero (Latin American Spanish)

The second-richest duck in the world, and major business rival to Scrooge [=McDuck=]. Glomgold is nearly as rich as Scrooge, but is much more willing to resort to underhanded, petty, and even violent methods to get what he wants.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: He constantly tries to flirt with Goldie (mostly to make Scrooge jealous), but she's clearly repulsed by him.
* AbusiveParent: Even though Sharkbomb is a dummy, the fact that he beat up and ripped him apart makes it clear he'd be a really horrible parent.
* AccentRelapse: After he gets [[spoiler:amnesia following Magica [=DeSpell=]'s attack on Duckburg, he reverts to his natural South African accent]].
* AdaptationNameChange: [[spoiler:His birth name in this version is Duke Baloney, which he changed to Flintheart Glomgold as part of his Scottish persona (though he never got around to changing it legally).]]
* AdaptationalComicRelief: He is more LaughablyEvil than any previous incarnation, with his [[LargeHam hamminess]] and ComplexityAddiction played up for laughs.
* AdaptationalDumbass: In the comics and original cartoon, he was a rather crafty schemer, albeit never as much as Scrooge. He's a complete idiot here, from calling tails on a coin he provided that only has heads on it in "The Missing Links of Moonshire", to [[spoiler:believing Scrooge dies, succumbing to a disease that Glomgold himself made up]] in "The 87 Cent Solution".
* AdaptationalJerkass: Not that Glomgold wasn't a villain in the original cartoon, but this incarnation is much more willing to resort to violent measures, including murder, in his efforts to best Scrooge. This characterization is in line with how he was from the comics though, where he often was TheUnfettered in contrast to Scrooge's [[TheFettered Fettered]] and generally the evilest of the regular villains.
* AdaptationalNationality: [[spoiler:Zig-zagged; in the comics, he was South African. In the old cartoon, he was Scottish. Here, he is a South African [[{{Fauxreigner}} who pretends to be Scottish]].]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler:This Glomgold UsedToBeASweetKid and only turned evil after believing Scrooge was trying to rip him off; his amnesia regarding his Glomgold identity shows he would be a genuinely good person otherwise. In the comics he was rotten from the start, betraying Scrooge and leaving him for dead during their first meeting even after he'd saved his life.]]
* AdaptationalUgliness: He's short and pudgy compared to how he was in the original canon.
* AdaptationalWimp: ZigZagged. While he is more vicious and willing to resort to killing than in the original cartoon, he's not nearly as capable of pulling off his plans, relying on over-complicated schemes to achieve these goals. Scrooge himself states his schemes are more often annoying rather than a legitimate threat, in part because usually Glomgold is the one who almost gets killed. That said he does occasionally have fairly good plans that come close to dooming Scrooge.
* AgeLift: [[spoiler:He met Scrooge when he was a child, when Scrooge was in later adulthood, meaning that this Glomgold is much younger than Scrooge.]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Seems to be a major part of his motivation in hating Scrooge.
** He even has this among the other villains. He might be the richest of them all, but the others still consider Magica to be Scrooge's greatest enemy.
* AmoralAfrikaner: [[spoiler:Like the original Glomgold from the comics, he hails from South Africa. The Scottish accent is a fake.]]
* AndCallHimGeorge: His mistreatment of his sharks (stuffing them in too-small containers and putting them in parkas instead of inside the water) stems from misguided affection rather than malice.
* AnimalMotifs: Heavily associated with sharks, from several of his schemes involving them, to the name of his puppet son, Sharkbomb.
* ArchEnemy: To Scrooge. Well one of them -- poor Donald can't keep track.
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: In "Mooninvasion", he utilizes his nonsensical thinking to help Scrooge distract General Lunaris. When Lunaris realized this too late, Scrooge taunts him by saying that Lunaris wasn't prepared for the dumbest, to which Glomgold proudly proclaims that he is 'the dumbest there's ever been', though he was startled upon realizing what he just said.
* BadBoss: He compliments the mercenaries he'd hired to help him get the Jewel of Atlantis for distracting Scrooge long enough for him to get a safe distance away to blow up Atlantis and kill his enemies, while they're still in the city. When one of them objects, he tells them that he doesn't care, because he got what he wanted.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: He is in between with his footwear [[spoiler:but he has no footwear in his childhood]].
* BeardOfEvil: As usual, he sports a big grey beard. [[spoiler:It's actually fake.]] [[spoiler:While living as Duke Baloney, he grew a genuine dark black SeadogBeard, which is serendipitously struck by lightning and burnt off his face once he remembers that he's Glomgold. He then re-affixes his fake grey beard.]]
* BeingEvilSucks: He claims to only ever be genuinely happy when Scrooge is unhappy, and Scrooge believes it would be an act of mercy for Glomgold to live the rest of his life with no memory of his villainous persona.
* BenevolentBoss: Surprisingly, he turns out to be this to [[spoiler:Gibbous]], compared to how he usually treats his employees. Even after [[spoiler:Gibbous]] indirectly gets him saddled with numerous fines, Glomgold admits that he can’t stay mad at him.
* BerserkButton: He clearly doesn't like the idea of someone other than himself being considered Scrooge's greatest enemy, as evidenced by how insulted he sounds by Bouncer Beagle's claim that Magica [=DeSpell=] is number one in Scrooge's rogues gallery.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]. He's incredibly hammy, but most of the time is a nuisance rather than a serious villain, although the few times he gets serious about one of his schemes he actually can come dangerously close to killing the Scrooge or his family.
* BigBad: As usual, he constantly antagonizes Scrooge, making it his sole aim to run him down and kill him. More specifically, he's the primary antagonist of the PilotMovie, with his plan to get to Atlantis and get the jewel before Scrooge driving the plot. However, he gets usurped by Magica [=DeSpell=], as Season 1 progresses. After Magica is defeated, he re-establishes himself as the Big Bad once more by making a wager that puts Scrooge's company at risk, and he has to be beaten by the end of the year, only to get de-established by Lunaris being a larger threat than the bet. [[spoiler:On the other hand, he proves to be a massive SpannerInTheWorks against Lunaris's plan, allowing for his defeat.]]
* BigBadWannabe: He is shown to be incompetent in some of his planning, as shown in episodes like "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!" and "[=McMystery=] at [=McDuck=] [=McManor=]!". Ultimately he's got nothing on Magica [=DeSpell=], [[spoiler:and is among those who temporarily loses their shadows to her during the finale]], he also comes off as this again in "The 87 Cent Solution!" by ruining his own plan by his own incompetence; not to mention that his petty grievance with Scrooge is peanuts compared to General Lunaris. It shows when he assembles most of Scrooge's main RoguesGallery as a VillainTeamUp in season 2's "[=GlomTales=]", both Louie and Scrooge are most afraid of Magica showing up and seeing ''her'' as the big bad of the team-ups. Flintheart doesn't take it well.
* BlatantLies: As Scottish billionaire ducks go, it's hard to picture a duck that is so transparently a CardCarryingVillain as the world's most beloved (though it's likely because [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative there are no other Scottish billionaire ducks]], as Scrooge is a trillionaire and Scotland is fairly small population wise). [[spoiler:His claim later turns out to be ''entirely'' false, as he's actually South African.]]
* BoisterousWeakling: Unlike others who can back up their declarations, Glomgold is a loudmouthed moron who is extremely passionate about his goal to beat Scrooge, but one who lacks the ability to back up his big talk. He's often treated like a boisterous madman who frequently fails at his schemes by everybody, even other villains.
* BoringButPractical: One of the ways he made his fortune, according to [[WordOfGod Matt Youngberg]], was through branding and putting his face on everything he could.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Is brainwashed into fighting for F.O.W.L. by Steelbeak in "The Last Adventure".]]
* BriefAccentImitation: In "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!", he speaks in an American accent [[spoiler:while delivering to Mark Beaks an invitation to a trap]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his general incompetence and self-sabotaging tendencies he ''somehow'' keeps Glomgold Industries going, to the degree that it remains a constant, serious rival to [=McDuck=] Industries. Eventually it's {{Deconstructed}} in Season Two as his constant evil schemes are revealed to seriously drain on the company and his shameless CardCarryingVillain persona is a major PR headache -- CFO Zan Owlson is the only one who manages to keep the company afloat and that is just barely.
* ButtMonkey: The world ''really'' has it for him. Not that he didn't have it coming.
* CardCarryingVillain: His Employee Training video transparently encourages lying, cheating, and stealing, and Glomgold himself eagerly jumps at the idea of murdering and/or torturing Scrooge and his family. He outright calls himself evil in "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!" And he's "got a great [[SharkPool shark]] guy."
* CharacterCatchphrase: "CURSE YOU, MCDUCK!" Often overlaps MadLibsCatchphrase when there's something else to yell at, like his shadow-self or [[ItMakesSenseInContext a gentle breeze]] or everyone.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** While still somewhat ineffectual and reliant on others, he's portrayed as much more straightforward in the first episode than as the [[ComplexityAddiction overly convoluted]] planner in the series proper. Scrooge even compliments him for "good planning" in deliberately hiring a relative of his that he can use as a hostage, which is something hard to picture happening later in the series.
** The same episode also portrayed him as [[TheScrooge extremely miserly]], not even willing to hire anyone but "the best of the cheapest" to upstage and/or kill Scrooge. Later episodes portray him as ridiculously wasteful in pursuit of revenge, to the point his company recovers significantly when he's not around to siphon off its funds for such frivolities.
* ChewingTheScenery: Oooooh dear. Combine Magica [=DeSpell=], Mark Beaks, and Don Karnage, and they may chew about half the scenery, while Glomgold furiously gnaws on the other half. Then he will probably violently rob them of their share so that he can munch it all himself.
* ChildishVillainMatureHero: Unlike the hard working Scrooge who prefers to run his business rather than focus on petty rivalries, Glomgold would rather waste his time and money trying to kill and annoy Scrooge. In addition, unlike Scrooge, who doesn't allow his past to define him, Glomgold would rather allow his past to consume him than move on.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Any "deal" he makes with someone is for his own benefit, and he will betray any partner in order to get all the riches for himself.
** In "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!", he teams up with Scrooge to get rid of Beaks, while planning to betray Scrooge and get rid of him too.
** In "[=GlomTales=]!", [[spoiler:he fully intends to betray the supervillain "family" he forms once they succeed in getting rid of Scrooge]].
* ComplexityAddiction: His plan to kill Mark Beaks (which also involved a separate plan to backstab Scrooge) involved a billionaire's party on a yacht, a swimming pool full of sharks, a fake holiday involving carrots and an active volcano. [[spoiler:"The Ballad of Duke Baloney!" reveals he's been cooking up schemes like this since he was a little boy, including ''the entire Flintheart Glomgold persona'' being an elaborate lifelong scheme to best Scrooge for slighting him.]] In the fifth episode of the ''This Duckburg Life'' podcast series, he invokes this habit to support his claims of being framed, pointing out that the shark/drone attack on Scrooge's waterpark only involved two steps.
* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:His original name (Duke Baloney) is a play on the Duke of Baloni, the comic book character who was the world's second-richest duck before Glomgold's debut.]]
* ConfusionFu: Even his most simplistic plans still generally include pointless steps, excessive diversionary tactics, and [[RunningGag sharks]], for some reason. Notably, Glomgold's biggest weakness in his plans is also his biggest strength; when he's upfront about what he plans to do against someone like Scrooge, who knows exactly what kind of person he is, it's very easy to catch wind of what he's doing and put a stop to it. However, when Glomgold's target is someone who has no clue about what his plans are often like, such as Mark Beaks, who at least fell for his plan at the end of his debut episode, or [[spoiler:General Lunaris, who couldn't have been defeated without his help]], as well as people aren't even aware he has a hand in what happened, such as [[spoiler:his plan to drive Scrooge to insanity in "The 87 Cent Solution!"]], this is generally what his plans turn into, and he is extremely good at pulling them off, able to often do exactly what he wants to do and get away with it thanks to nobody being able to tell it's even a scheme with how all over the place his plans are... though usually he messes it up for himself with his EvilGloating or his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder tendencies.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: PlayedForLaughs in the fifth ''This Duckburg Life'' episode. Everyone is so sure Glomgold is guilty that even his own lawyer won't defend him. The trial ends up being the shortest in history because of this.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In contrast to [[HonestCorporateExecutive Scrooge]], who prides himself on making his fortune square, Glomgold has no such qualms or morals when it comes to making a profit, be it stealing other persons ideas, or outright attempted murder.
* CrazyEnoughToWork: [[spoiler:His hairbrained schemes come in handy when all of Scrooge's plans fail against Lunaris, with his parka-wearing sharks successfully stopping Lunaris's planetary engine.]]
* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:Scrooge inadvertently ''[[EvilIsPetty created]]'' Flintheart Glomgold in a chance encounter with young Duke Baloney in South Africa. Scrooge suggesting Duke should maybe abandon his chronic ComplexityAddiction and paying him a dime for a shoe shine (the same way Scrooge made the first of his money) come from a place of honesty and good intentions, but wind up simply incensing Duke and inspiring his lifelong revenge scheme against Scrooge just to show him his schemes aren't "half-cocked".]] Scrooge's involvement and culpability are so minor, it borders on parody, and one gets the feeling Glomgold would have inevitably held a similar grudge on ''someone''.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Flintheart Glomgold deconstructs the EvilCounterpart archetype. Glomgold has clearly styled himself after Scrooge [=McDuck=] and is acknowledged in-universe as the PoorMansSubstitute for Scrooge. This still makes him ''obscenely'' rich, to the point he could easily bide his time pursuing any hobby other than fighting the [=McDuck=] family. His obsession with imitating and defeating Scrooge has hampered his ability to run a successful business, wasting ''millions'' for the goal of upstaging another billionaire. It's eventually revealed that Glomgold [[spoiler:met Scrooge when Glomgold was "Duke Baloney," in the exact same circumstances that inspired Scrooge to chase his fortune. In his attempts to recreate his own success story through Duke Baloney, Scrooge unintentionally short-changed the kid, leading Duke to rob Scrooge in retaliation. So enraged was Duke that the world's richest duck paid him a ''dime,'' he changed his identity and dedicated his life to making Scrooge miserable]]. In the end, Glomgold's decision to become an ''intentional'' EvilCounterpart means that his entire identity revolves around hurting Scrooge, with no idea how to be happy or fulfilled without doing evil.
* DelusionsOfBeauty: A RunningGag. Despite being short and pudgy, Flintheart always draws himself as a tall, muscular duck.
* DemotedToExtra: With FOWL taking over as the main villains of Season 3, Glomgold only has two major appearances in the season and a handful of cameos and small appearances otherwise.
* {{Determinator}}: He practically lives ''Work Harder, Not Smarter'' as a foil to Scrooge's motto. Glomgold is the perfect combination of too determined and too stupid to give up on ''any'' course of action, no matter how self-destructive. To the point where [[spoiler:he spends ''an entire year'' trying to win a staring contest with a baby ''while frozen in time'' before he realizes the baby is in fact not messing with him and he has been trapped in a moment of frozen time by one of Gyro's rejected experiments]].
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: As season 2 illustrates, much to Owlson's frustration, part of the reason Glomgold's never managed to become richer than Scrooge is that his obsession with EvilGloating and [[ComplexityAddiction tendency to over-complicate things]] leads to him shooting himself in the foot.
* DiscoDan: Downplayed, but Glomgold seems very fond of the [=80s=]. His office is bedecked with pink neon everywhere and his "son" Sharkbomb wore a t-shirt with the Series/SavedByTheBell patterns on it.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Glomgold's first response to the slightest offence is a really creative form of murder. [[spoiler:As a matter of fact, his ''entire life'' is an exercise in Disproportionate Retribution; His biblical vendetta against Scrooge [=McDuck=] is for shortchanging him a shoeshine as a kid -- they cost a dollar, but Scrooge only gave him a dime, and then offhandedly mentioned being the richest duck in the world, making the stinginess sting more.]]
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: He shares a fairly identical build with Scrooge in other incarnations, which this series trades out for a shorter, [[FatBastard stout]] one, to give him a more distinct look.
* DumbButDiligent: While Scrooge tries to "work smarter, not harder", Glomgold just ''never stops'', to the point of completely ignoring the pain he's constantly causing himself. He's not generally bested Scrooge, but ''has'' made (and wasted) billions regardless.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Even Glomgold knows [[RunningGag the moon]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext isn't a planet]].
** Glomgold is also the only one to come up with a plan that almost stops Lunaris, mostly because it was so non-sensical that Lunaris didn't know how to fight back.
* {{Egopolis}}: Seems to be striving for this, at least if the advertised products in the abandoned subway car in "Terror of the Terra-Fermians!" are any indication. They are for Glomgold Meats, Glomgold Water and [[Magazine/SportsIllustrated Glom Illustrated]] (tagline: "Entertainment for the Glomgold Enthusiast").
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: In "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!", the Action News stock photo of Glomgold shows him gorging on fistfuls of prawns.
* EnemyMine:
** Played with in "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!". Both Scrooge [=McDuck=] and Glomgold hate each other, but hate Mark Beaks more, so Glomgold formulates a hilariously drawn plan to get rid of him, plus a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness to Scrooge [=McDuck=] (the plan never goes through... on screen at least). [[spoiler:More honestly, he does this in the Moonvasion finale, and doesn't betray Scrooge other than to trick Scrooge into giving him his company back.]]
** Towards the end of the series, he teams up with Ma Beagle, Magica, and Doofus Drake to try to get Scrooge’s fortune out of him via the karmic court.
* EntitledBastard: Glomgold thinks he deserves the best, [[spoiler:which explains why he stole Scrooge's money clip in retaliation for being given a dime for spat-shining job [[note]] Which, technically he didn't finish.[[/note]]]]. He regularly tries to kill Scrooge and company on a regular basis yet fully expects their help when things go south.
* EpicFail: In "The Missing Links of Moorshire!", he [[HeadsOrTails flips]] a TwoHeadedCoin in order to go first in golf. He ends up calling for tails. And to top it off, he fails at tossing it into the ocean in anger.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His Employee Training video transparently encourages lying, cheating, and stealing, giving a good idea on exactly [[CorruptCorporateExecutive what type]] of person he is.
** And if that's not enough to drive the point home, his lines immediately afterwards cement it.
--->"You're here because you're the [[TheScrooge best of the cheapest]]."\\
"With your help and my carefully crafted master plan, we'll find the fabled lost Jewel of Atlantis and [[ItsAllAboutMe finally make me the richest duck in the world!]]"\\
[[EvilLaughter "Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!"]]\\
"But first, here are your company [=IDs=], also good for 40% off life vest rental in case of emergency."
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He legitimately cares for the sharks in his plans, even giving them parkas so they won't get cold. He still mistreats them, [[AndCallHimGeorge but more out of short-sighted incompetence and over-affection, instead of malice]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He hates Mark Beaks just as much as the heroes do, finding him annoying and rude. Which becomes ironic when he becomes hated by Beaks along with the rest of the villains in "[=GlomTales=]!"
** Even he is disturbed by Doofus Drake's antics, to the point of [[CoverInnocentEyesAndEars covering the eyes]] of his puppet "son".
* EvilCounterpart:
** To Scrooge, as always for the character, being a CorruptCorporateExecutive with a hands-off approach as opposed to Scrooge's HonestCorporateExecutive with a fairly hands-on one. He's also willing to ''kill'' his employees if it'd get him to his goals, whereas Scrooge is willing to defend even his most dangerous.
*** To drive this point home, they have the exact same [[spoiler:origin, but responded to it in ways that would come to define them. Both were shoeshines as children with dreams of becoming rich. Scrooge was given a dime by a duck who's shoes he shined, and took pride in earning something. Glomgold was given a dime by Scrooge after shining his shoes, and took offense, noting that shines cost a dollar (plus tip), and after Scrooge mentioned being the richest duck in the world to boot, Glomgold swore vengeance on him]].
*** Scrooge earned his fortune through decades of hard work, by contrast Glomgold earned his fortune dishonestly. [[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, the money clip he steals from Scrooge had ''$2 million'' in it and Glomgold uses to start his empire to rival Scrooge's.]]
** He is also this to Louie; both are people with get rich quick schemes, but unlike Louie, [[spoiler:Glomgold resents Scrooge for giving him less than he thinks he deserves and never considers the giving a lesson, while Louie learns from the experience and [[CharacterDevelopment actually grows as a person]]]].
* EvilFeelsGood: He ''relishes'' being a ruthless {{Jerkass}}.
* EvilGloating: He is ''very'' fond of this, regularly mocking Scrooge whenever he thinks victory is near. [[spoiler:Scrooge uses this against him in "The 87 Cent Solution!", FakingTheDead in order to trick Glomgold into publically admitting that he was tormenting Scrooge in order to make it look like he was losing his mind.]]
* EvilIsHammy: He's a large man with a larger presence that shouts a lot, usually at an absent Scrooge. He insists he's the world's most beloved Scottish billionaire duck and there's an effigy of him above his office door that's much more muscular than his actual rotund physique.
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:He's based his whole life and identity off of showing Scrooge after being shortchanged by him as a child.]]
* EvilKnockoff: He's based much of his identity off of copying Scrooge in an attempt to usurp him as richest Duck in the world.
* EvilLaugh: He does this almost always.
* EvilVirtues: If there's one thing Glomgold meets or even exceeds Scrooge at, it's [[{{Determinator}} resolve]].
* EvilVsEvil: Downplayed. None of the other villains around town really like him, but nobody hates him enough to actively oppose him for the most part. Played straight with F.O.W.L. who target him for [[spoiler:extermination just like everybody else, and in the finale Glomgold happily approves of Bradford's DeathOfPersonality.]]
* FatBastard: Glomgold's new design widens his girth by ''at least'' three times compared to his classic look.
* FatIdiot: He's quite round and an egotistical moron whose plans backfire more often than not.
* FatalFlaw:
** He proclaims proudly that ''I'm too stubborn to know when I'm hurt!" And almost all of his schemes revolve around going forward full steam without accounting for all the ways his plan could hurt himself. [[spoiler:And his obsession with hurting Scrooge blinds him to how happy he would be as Duke Baloney instead of Glomgold.]]
** Also his ComplexityAddiction. ''Everything'' has to be an overwrought scheme with ten steps too many that invariably wind up unraveling the second someone, usually Scrooge, realizes what he's up to because they can simply cut the plan off at the knees. Glomgold is notably much more successful when he goes for quick and easy mayhem instead of trying to outplan Scrooge.
** His tendency to [[EvilGloating gloat]] when he thinks he's won has often cost him dearly, either by [[CaughtMonologuing giving his enemies time to regroup]], or by accidentally saying something that allows them to turn Glomgold's [[NearVillainVictory near victory]] around.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Glomgold seems to value his employees at first, but quickly reveals that he's not afraid to resort to murder, and abandons his henchmen as soon as he thinks he has what he wants.
* {{Fauxreigner}}: [[spoiler:Glomgold is South African by birth, but he developed the Scottish accent (and wears a tam o'shanter and a kilt) to outdo Scrooge in all aspects, including being a Scotsman.]]
* FeelNoPain: In "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!", it is stated that Glomgold is "too stubborn to feel pain". Which explains how he can go through all sort of AmusingInjuries (given his numerous reactions and anguished shouts when he does get injured, it would probably be more accurate to say he's too stubborn to let pain slow him down).
* {{Foil}}: To Scrooge, as always.
** He's also a billionaire duck with a Scottish accent, but Scrooge earned his wealth "fair and square", whereas Glomgold earned his by cheating and stealing.
** While Scrooge works on a "Work smarter, not harder." mentality, Glomgold seems to go with the opposite "work harder, not smarter.". Glomgold's determination to get what he wants by any means possible no matter what often leads him to undermining himself and his business.
** Glomgold tends to let his penchant for complex plans overrun his judgement and motivations, while Scrooge would prefer the smartest, simplest way of doing things.
** [[spoiler:He's actually South African and his accent is entirely fake. Along with his beard.]]
* FriendlyEnemy: Okay, "friendly" is too strong a word, but Glomgold and Scrooge's relationship is more than a simple rivalry. Do they hate each other's guts? Sure. Does that stop them from having a daily staring contest at the Duckburg's Billionaire club (of which they're the only members; they literally share a room split down the middle)? Nope.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!" reveals that he was [[spoiler:just a shoeshine boy who felt like he got cheated by Scrooge]], and is now one of Scrooge's most significant enemies in the present day. Webby actually couldn't find ''anything'' on Glomgold when she looked for information on him before his arrival in Duckburg.
* GiftedlyBad: In "The Missing Links of Moorshire!", Glomgold treats Louie's advice of "just hit [the golfball] forward" as profound advice and the fact that the ball went forward, stayed on the course and he wasn't on fire as it being the best shot he ever took.
* GoalInLife: To become the richest duck in the world by besting Scrooge [=McDuck=]. The second part is a crucial point; Glomgold probably could find numerous ways to outdo Scrooge in the money department, but none of these things interest Glomgold. For him, ItsPersonal, and Glomgold won't be satisfied until he becomes number one by rubbing his victory in Scrooge's face.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Once a year Glomgold and Scrooge put their deadly rivalry aside to compete in a friendly round of golf at Moorshire Links... And Glomgold still tries to cheat and murder his way to victory. Every year.
* HarmlessVillain: What he essentially becomes after "Woo-oo!" (with a few exceptions). He's usually nothing but a nuisance since his ComplexityAddiction works against him. Scrooge flat-out tells him that he regards Glomgold's countless attempts to kill him more often annoying than anything else. Special mention goes to the montage in "[=McMystery=] at [=McDuck=] [=McManor=]!", where Glomgold tries to make booby-trapped presents to kill Scrooge; he achieves an EpicFail with all of them and nearly kills himself instead.
* HatedByAll: Nobody likes him due to being a gigantic moron and a selfish jerk. While the heroes tend to disregard him as a nuisance and Scrooge doesn't even personally regard him as a true enemy until early Season 2, by the end of that season, Duckberg's villains also ''hate'' him for trying to scam them out of their resources and wealth. Bradford also hates him, particularly during the stunt he pulled during the fake funeral for Scrooge.
* HiddenDepths: The second episode of the ''This Duckburg Life'' podcast reveals (via a mind-reading helmet) that Glomgold [[spoiler:secretly idolizes Scrooge, and that modelling his life after Scrooge's is the only way for him to feel good about himself]].
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: After suffering a head injury and getting amnesia, Glomgold becomes a fisherman with the name "Duke Baloney," which Louie finds incredibly fake-sounding. [[spoiler:Turns out Duke Baloney is his real name; "Flintheart Glomgold" is the name he came up with for his Scottish persona.]]
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: At the end of the day, the one responsible for most of his plans failing is Glomgold himself. His poor planning, terrible impulse control, and general cheapness end up backfiring on him on a regular basis.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
** In "[=GlomTales=]!". [[spoiler:He signed a contract, with Louie as his partner, in order to finally win the bet with Scrooge by pooling funds from the other villains. But, since he'd signed it with the false name "Flintheart Glomgold" rather than his birth name of "Duke Baloney", Louie points out that the contract is null and void, with all the money going to Louie instead.]]
** In "They Put a Moonlander on the Earth!" As the ferris wheel he created (actually a disguised weapon for destroying [=McDuck=] Manor) collapses, Glomgold tries to fire off the cannon, but it just smacks him in the foot.
* HotBlooded: He's very loud and very egotistical.
* IRejectYourReality: No matter how many times Goldie tells him that they're not in a relationship, he refuses to accept it.
* InSeriesNickname: Scrooge calls him "Flinty".
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: For all his posturing, everything about him screams "over-compensating due to insecurity about Scrooge being AlwaysSomeoneBetter", even insisting he's more Scottish than Scrooge.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Many of his schemes are fueled by this.
* IronButtMonkey: He's got ''very'' high pain tolerance, having spent much of Season 1 being bitten by snakes, shocked, among other various painful incidents. He's even shown in Season 2, as Duke Baloney, to snap his dislocated fingers back into place, with no reaction to it.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He is willing to dispose of his employees as he pleases in a never-ending quest to one-up Scrooge and pilfer treasure-filled dungeons. And that's not even touching on his need to put his face and name on everything he can get away with, right down to literal infants. In "The Life and Crimes of Scrooge [=McDuck=]!", he takes full credit for Scrooge's seeming defeat (claiming "I am the architect of your unmaking!"), in spite of the fact that Magica and Ma Beagle played a part in it, and the whole thing was Doofus' idea.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a horrible person, and he knows it, and he ''loves'' being horrible.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While his vendetta against Scrooge is DisproportionateRetribution to the extreme, the actual reason he was angry at Scrooge in the first place is surprisingly reasonable; [[spoiler:Scrooge tried to give the young Glomgold the same lesson he learned as a kid by giving him a dime instead of the dollar shoeshining actually cost. Not only was this shortchanging and using a worthless foreign currency, but Scrooge was already monstrously wealthy and could have easily afforded the full price.]] If Scrooge had been less moralizing and stingy, Glomgold would've never become what he is today.
* LargeHam: Most of his dialogue is him raising his voice. This is especially prominent in his employee training video.
* LastDisrespects: His actions at Scrooge's [[spoiler:fake]] funeral in "The 87-Cent Solution!" have to be seen to be believed.
-->'''Glomgold:''' Owlson! Help me up onto his casket so I can dance on it!
* LastNameBasis: Rare is the person who calls him "Flintheart", Ma Beagle the most notable example. The closest anyone else gets is Scrooge calling him "Flinty" a lot; for the most part, everyone just calls him Glomgold. Even the man himself refers to himself either by his last name or [[FullNameBasis his full name]].
* LaughablyEvil: He's a horrible person, but he's so honest and hammy about it you can't help but laugh.
** In "Woo-oo!":
--->'''Glomgold''': With your help and my carefully crafted master plan, we'll find the fabled lost Jewel of Atlantis, and finally make me the richest duck in the world! *[[EvilLaugh evil laugh]]* But first, here are your company [=IDs=], also good for 40% off life vest rental in case of emergency.
** In "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!":
--->'''Glomgold''': Get the sharks ready. *[[EvilLaugh evil laugh]]*
** In "Moonvasion!":
--->'''Glomgold''': This is our last hope, people. ''If'' you all blindly follow my plan, we may have a chance... thanks to my [[ExtremeCloseUp ULTIMATE]] [[Main/{{Sting}} WEAPON]]! *[[EvilLaugh evil laugh]]*
* LineOfSightName: His puppet son Sharkbomb seems to be named after things he'd keep around him in plentiful supply for his schemes.
* TheLongGame: In the fifth ''This Duckburg Life'' episode. He states that he was planning to have some of his sharks work in Scrooge's waterpark for several years, earning Scrooge's trust... then order them to attack.
* MadeOfIron: Usually just PlayedForLaughs, but even in serious situations Glomgold is generally depicted as being very tough. [[spoiler:During their battle with Lunaris, Glomgold takes several hits from the invader and just keeps coming, whereas the tougher-than-the-toughies Scrooge crumples from one hit (admittedly, it was a pretty hard hit).]]
* MaliciousMisnaming: In Season 3, he calls his assistant [[spoiler:Gibbous "Martian", despite him being from the Moon]] - a fact Glomgold is well-aware of, so it cannot be an honest mistake. However, he eventually starts using it as an AffectionateNickname, as he seems to become genuinely fond of [[spoiler:the naively benevolent Gibbous]].
* ManInAKilt: He claims that it makes him more Scottish than Scrooge.
* MeaningfulName:
** "Flintheart" -- Flint is a kind of stone, so to have a flint heart is to have a stony heart, i.e. uncaring and cruel. Flint is also a play on "skinflint," another word for a cheapskate.
** "Glomgold" -- The word "glom" (derived from the Scottish English "glaum") means "to steal, to grab", which would make him a gold-grabbing thief. Of course, as the first episode shows, any treasure will do for him -- or even ideas, based on the [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} "take an idea, make it your own"]] statement from the training video.
** [[spoiler:As revealed in "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!", it's a MeaningfulRename.]]
** [[spoiler:Moreover, his true name "Duke Baloney" -- To say something is "baloney" implies that it is fake, or misleading. And true to form, everything about "Flintheart Glomgold"'s life is a meticulously calculated ruse.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Not only does he routinely plot to try and kill Scrooge, but most of his plans involve trying to murder any opposition he faces, as Scrooge discovers when the two attempt to team up to get Mark Beaks kicked out of their Billionaires club.
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* {{Narcissist}}: Any drawn pictures of him tend to feature him as tall and muscular, freely showing off his egotistical opinion of himself. In "Storkules in Duckburg!", Harpies are shown to steal the thing people love most. What do they try to steal from Glomgold? Glomgold himself.
* NeverMyFault:
** He swears vengeance on Scrooge when the "super cursed" ruby he stole from Atlantis causes an octopus to attack him. This is in spite of the fact that Glomgold took the ruby because he fully believed it to be the Jewel of Atlantis, a belief Scrooge had nothing to do with at all.
** Zig-zagged in "The Missing Links of Moorshire!". [[spoiler:When he realizes his EvilGloating allowed the mists to catch up to him and [[TakenForGranite turn him to stone]], he blames both Scrooge and his own tendency to gloat. And when he's (mostly) returned to normal, he blames Louie for "letting" it happen.]]
** And again in "The Shadow War!", when [[spoiler:Magica usurps control over his shadow along with everyone else's in Duckburg. Glomgold actually tries to hang on to it as it flies across the bay towards Scrooge's Money Bin, only to lose his grip and plummet to the water below screaming "CURSE YOU, MEEEEEE!!!"]]
** In "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!", he blames Scrooge for everything that has happened during their ChainedHeat, which Scrooge calls him out on:
--->'''Scrooge:''' ''You'' shackled us together! ''You'' [[TooDumbToLive poured gasoline into the fire with no sense of consequence]]! What was ''I'' supposed to do?\\
'''Glomgold:''' Make me...not do that?
** In "[=GlomTales=]!". [[spoiler:After his villain team turns on him for both losing their money and admitting he was going to betray them, Glomgold is forced off a cliff and into the sea. He screams "CURSE YOU, EVERYOOOOONE!" as he swims away.]]
* NotMeThisTime: The fifth episode of ''This Duckburg Life'' revolves around this, with Glomgold insisting that he isn't responsible for a shark-based attack on Scrooge's new waterpark.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain:
** Glomgold is an idiot. But the fact that he's so single-minded in taking down Scrooge is what makes him a threat. Plus he can have a good plan every once in a while.
** The Season 2 SDCC trailer shows just ''how'' dangerous he can be when he forms his own LegionOfDoom consisting of himself, Ma and the Beagle Boys, Mark Beaks, Magica, and Don Karnage. And he's able to trick ''all of them'' once Louie hits on the idea of them giving all their fortunes to him.
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: [[spoiler:He was just a young shoeshine boy in South Africa when Scrooge slighted him]], and he decided to dedicate his life to one-upping him. Glomgold is an adult himself now, but he's still younger than Scrooge, who was old even when they met and is ''much'' older.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: When recruiting his LegionOfDoom, he objects to Don Karnage wanting to strike down their greatest enemy, calling dibs on being the one killing Scrooge. He calms down when he learns Karnage means Dewey Duck. He is not happy ''at all'' when he has to recruit Magica [=DeSpell=], and the two squabble when trying to take down their most hated enemy.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:In the finale he shows nothing but pure disgust at Bradford for not just capturing and mind-controlling him, but for not being an out-and-out villain... and not wearing a kilt while trying to be Scrooge’s greatest enemy. No evil gloating, no cackling, no bickering with Magica and Ma Beagle, just quiet satisfaction at Magica enacting their revenge on Bradford.]]
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: In "Moonvasion!", after foiling Lunaris's plan [[spoiler:to make the Earth revolve around the moon]] and Scrooge tells him he wasn't prepared for the dumbest:
-->'''Glomgold:''' And ''I'' am the dumbest there's ever been! ''(EvilLaugh)'' ...wait.
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: He is, as he himself boasts, the world's most beloved Scottish billionaire duck. ([[DontExplainTheJoke Only true because Scrooge is a trillionaire.]])
* PetTheDog:
** While the only reason he hired Donald was to get back at Scrooge, he thinks Donald does a good job and even tells him he's a model employee.
** Despite every single one of his interactions with other characters involve him yelling, threatening or otherwise abusing them, he has nothing but good things to say about Scrooge's late butler Duckworth. He admits missing him and describes him as 'an artist' when it came to both throwing parties and keeping [=McDuck=] Manor safe.
** He ''does'' keep his promise to tip his caddy by the hole, even if sometimes during the game he is too stressed to offer anything but a few coins.
** Glomgold becomes so charmed by [[spoiler:Gibbous]]'s innocence that he forgives the latter for getting him in trouble with the safety inspector.
** The man genuine does love his sharks, even if he's not qualified to look after them.
* PoorMansSubstitute: InUniverse, he's one for Scrooge. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Scrooge himself.
-->'''Scrooge''': Flintheart Glomgold, the poor man's version of me... which, to be fair, still makes him insanely rich.
** This ''isn't a coincidence''. [[spoiler:The entire identity of Flintheart Glomgold is based on one-upping Scrooge, up to and including faking being the same age and nationality as his nemesis.]]
* ThePowerOfHate: A burning desire to beat Scrooge turned [[spoiler:a spacey shoeshine]] into [[SelfMadeMan one of the richest people in the world]].
* PretenderDiss: [[spoiler:In the finale, he mocks the idea of Bradford being Scrooge's greatest enemy (mostly because he isn't wearing a kilt).]]
* {{Pride}}: In a completely different way then Scrooge. Scrooge's pride comes from reaping the rewards of years of hard work and assuming he knows best. According to Word of God, Glomgold' pride comes from [[EntitledBastard entitlement]].
** His ego is easily dented. In "The Missing Links of Moorshire!", he fired the world's best golfer (whom he'd hired as his caddy) for trying to give him some advice, outraged that he was telling him how to golf.
* PsychopathicManchild: Underneath his cruelty and detailed planning, Glomgold is little more than a brat who will bully anyone and anything to get what he wants. [[spoiler:[[FreudianExcuse There's an explanation for this]]; Glomgold has emotionally stunted himself at the age when he swore revenge on Scrooge for giving him a dime as an InnocentlyInsensitive gesture of encouragement as a child.]]
* RedemptionPromotion: [[spoiler:In the Season 2 finale, a hairbrained scheme to save the world from Lunaris actually works, albeit it needs some help from the appearance of Mitzy the giant krill and Gladstone's luck to finish.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: He [[spoiler:gave up his life, his name, and his very identity in pursuit of revenge against Scrooge. Aside from his company (which hasn't made him richer than Scrooge), he has very little to actually show for it, yet he keeps trying anyway. Scrooge actually points this out to him in "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!", stating that Glomgold gave up any chance to be happy in favor of revenge. Glomgold stubbornly [[ShutUpKirk retorts]] that he can only be happy if Scrooge is unhappy]].
** Another example happens in the Season 2 finale, [[spoiler:but it's ultimately [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: he concocts an elaborate (and REALLY stupid) scheme to take down Lunaris and save the Earth, but it appears that the entire thing was a ruse to steal his company back from Scrooge, humiliating him in the process. In actuality, the plan WAS genuine, as this turn of events leaves Lunaris so baffled he can't respond, allowing Glomgold and (a very annoyed) Scrooge to get the upper hand. It just so happens he got one over on Scrooge in the process. "Reason" usually isn't a factor where Glomgold is concerned, but in the end, he still saved the day, and managed to get revenge on Scrooge at the same time]].
** In season 3. "They Put a Moonlander on the Earth!" reveals that he has become beloved by the public after [[spoiler:taking all the credit for Lunaris' defeat]]. But he loses it all after attempting a very public attack on Scrooge.
* TheRichWantToBeRicher: Despite already being a billionaire, Glomgold is intent on surpassing Scrooge's fortune by any means necessary, often expending great amounts of his company's resources in pursuit of this goal. In "Jaw$!", he is one of the people grabbing pieces of the money shark, despite the fact that it is a comparatively small amount of money compared to both his and Scrooge's fortunes.
* SayingTooMuch:
** In "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!", he openly admits that his plan is to take the money tree seeds from the vault even if the Von Drake family don't make a contract with him. This results in him getting thrown out of the building.
** In "[=GlomTales=]!" [[spoiler:After Louie tricks him into losing everything, Glomgold says aloud that he had been planning to dump his villain team and keep all the glory for himself, enraging them.]]
* TheScrooge: Even more than Scrooge. He makes a point of declaring that he's hired "the best of the cheapest" when it comes to goons. Subverted when it comes to [[ComplexityAddiction his revenge plans]].
* SeadogBeard: He grows one in "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!", while working as a fisherman.
* SelfServingMemory: In "The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!", his recollection of meeting Goldie depicts him as taller and much more handsome than he actually is. He also claims he and Goldie fell in LoveAtFirstSight. Goldie is quick to point out that it ''didn't'' happen like that.
* ShadowArchetype: To Scrooge. While Scrooge is merely thrifty, Glomgold is out and out cheap. While Scrooge is TheFettered, Glomgold is TheUnfettered. Glomgold also steals ideas and rebrands them as his own, showing he's not "the smartest of the smarties" like Scrooge but instead merely clever.
* SharkPool: Knows a "shark guy" specifically so he can have pools of sharks in his overly complicated, easily escapable plans. He also likes talking to them.
-->'''Glomgold''': Who loves being a pawn in my twisted evil plots? You, yes you do!
* SkewedPriorities: Flintheart's ''entire life'' is built around this. He built his Faux-Scottish persona, founded Glomgold Industries and has undergone countless expeditions, adventures and supervillain plots not for fame or fortune, but so that he can make Scrooge's life just a little bit harder (and [[AxCrazy shorter]]) through attrition and envy. Why? [[spoiler:Because he gave him a dime instead of a dollar for polishing his spats as a kid.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:A major one against Lunaris, as Lunaris only accounted for Scrooge's family and allies, not an EnemyMine situation with his rivals or Flintheart's crazy scheme.]]
* StickyFingers: [[spoiler:He started his empire by pickpocketing a money clip of Scrooge's that had ''$2 million'' according to WordOfGod.]]
* TheSociopath: While Glomgold comes off initially as an affable and caring businessman to his employees, it becomes clear that he values no one except himself and will resort to anything from trying to [[WouldHurtAChild kill the nephews and Webby]], to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness leaving his henchmen to die in Atlantis as it collapses]], in order to claim Scrooge's place as the World's Richest Duck.
* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:He is briefly turned to stone by enchanted mists in "The Missing Links of Moorshire!". He is later restored to normal... but only above the waist.]]
* TeamRocketWins:
** While all of his schemes, even the few legitimately good ones, end in failure, he does successfully take some of Scrooge's wealth for himself in "Jaw$!" due to the destruction of Magica's money shark, and thanks to everyone believing it to be a charitable donation to everyone, Scrooge can't lift a finger to stop him because of the PR nightmare it would create.
** His convoluted scheme against General Lunaris caused the general to underestimate him and think he was a diversion for Scrooge's real plan. However, the plan does successfully distract Lunaris enough that the heroes were able to get Launchpad into the enemy bridge to sabotage things while his sharks caused critical damage to the ship elsewhere. And as a bonus, he got to humiliate Scrooge by sticking him into a Santa suit, get his company back, and be revered as a hero.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Duke Baloney first met Scrooge in South Africa as a shoeshine boy. When Scrooge paid him a dime in an attempt to recreate his own origin, he felt shortchanged and cheated, and created the character of "Flintheart Glomgold" to get back at him.]]
-->'''Glomgold:''' I left [[spoiler:Duke Baloney]] behind in South Africa! Long live Glomgold!
** [[spoiler:This bites him in the ass in "[=GlomTales=]!", however. It's revealed that he's so completely devoted to his Glomgold persona that he signs all paperwork under that title, [[TooDumbToLive but he never legally changed his name]]. As such, when it's publicly revealed that "Flintheart Glomgold" is a fake identity, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he immediately loses all claim to his own money because its owner doesn't legally exist]].]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: In "Moonvasion!", [[spoiler:his scheme to thwart the Moonlander invasion mostly succeeds and the public gives him recognition and thanks for it]].
* TragicVillain: In "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!", he was shown to be a hardworking and eager young mind as a child, and [[spoiler:had Scrooge paid the full price of his shoeshine rather than try to inspire young Duke Baloney the same way his first dime inspired himself, Baloney probably would have become a very successful person in his own right (although WordOfGod disputes this saying young Duke never had it in him to be another Scrooge). After gaining amnesia and reverting back to his old identity, he, as Scrooge says so himself, becomes a much happier person, cementing the fact that his rivalry with Scrooge [[BeingEvilSucks has made him incredibly miserable]]. He becomes even more sympathetic when he is robbed of a much happier life after he gains his memory and hatred of Scrooge back]].
* UnknownRival:
** Played with. Scrooge knows he's a rival, and is even willing to offer him some grudging respect as the "poor man's version of [him]." Donald, however, doesn't know who Glomgold is, even though he was Scrooge's sidekick for years prior to the series; Donald even claims that he can't keep track of ''all'' Scrooge's sworn enemies.
** [[spoiler:Turns out even Scrooge didn't realize exactly who Glomgold is; the shoeshine boy he once tried to inspire hope and self reliance instead turned into one of his most obsessive enemies. It gets even worse when Scrooge realizes that Glomgold had bested him once; when Glomgold was a ''child''.]]
* TheUsualAdversaries: If someone is causing Scrooge problems, it's most likely to be Flintheart. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in "[=McMystery at McDuck Manor=]!".
-->'''Flintheart''': Wait, how did you know it was me?\\
'''Louie''': It's always you.\\
'''Flintheart''': ''[[SuddenlyShouting AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE!]]'' ''(EvilLaugh)''
* VillainBall: In "The 87 Cent Solution!", [[spoiler:he has no problem believing Scrooge has died from a sickness he ''made up'']].
* VillainDecay: In "Woo-oo!", he is a hammy, but competent villain who gets very close to killing Scrooge with his entire family. In his consecutive appearances, his hamminess remains, but his plans keep failing due to his own ComplexityAddiction. But then "The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!" gives us a reminder that he can still be a threat.
* VillainRespect: He has nothing but good things to say about Scrooge's deceased butler, Duckworth.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: "Good" might be stretching it a bit, but despite being a very obvious miserly scumbag and danger to society, Glomgold is still something of a media darling. He regularly appears on TV shows, news broadcasts, and magazine covers (... that he owns himself, by the way), even deigning to (try) and appear on Dewey's homebrew late night talk show.
** Subverted in season 2. [[spoiler:A news report made after he's been missing for four months states that ''no-one'' misses him in the slightest, [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing and everyone is actually glad he's gone]].]]
** In season 3, he receives immense good publicity after [[spoiler:taking all the credit for defeating Lunaris]]. [[StatusQuoIsGod It doesn't last, though]].
* ViolentGlaswegian: He's a very violent person, and he's even more Scottish than Scrooge is (if you ask him anyway)! [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that he's actually South African rather than Scottish. It's just a part of his continual attempt to compete with Scrooge.]]
* WorthyOpponent:
** Telling Donald that he's a model employee is probably the nicest thing he'll ever say to a member of Scrooge's family.
** He also views Scrooge's butler, Duckworth, this way. In "[=McMystery=] at [=McDuck=] [=McManor=]!", he outright states that he never would have gotten close enough to even try harming Scrooge on Duckworth's watch.
* WouldHitAGirl: Doesn't bat an eye over ordering his minions to harm Scrooge's entourage (which includes Webby) or leaving them behind to die (including DarkActionGirl Gabby).
* WouldHurtAChild: Glomgold is perfectly willing to straight up murder the nephews and Webby.
* YouGetWhatYouPayFor: As noted above, the mercenaries he hired were "the best of the cheapest"... which would explain why a bunch of kids and a badly poisoned Launchpad were able to humiliate them so easily.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Despite believing that Donald was an excellent employee, he has no qualms with leaving him to die in a flooding treasure room. He also has no qualms about abandoning Gabby and the Smashnikovs to die when Atlantis is about to explode.
* YouWereTryingTooHard: In "The Missing Links of Moorshire!", his golf game immediately improves after Louie advises him to just hit the ball.
* YoungConqueror: He's much younger than Scrooge and he's already the "second-richest duck in the world" when Scrooge has artificially extended his lifespan by exposure to magic to amass his fortune and unlike Glomgold, never resorted to criminal means. Should Glomgold live as long as Scrooge at his current rate, he might stand to exceed Scrooge's fortune.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Glomgold intentionally makes himself look older than he actually is, apparently just to match Scrooge. He is young enough that when his real facial hair is allowed to grow in, it's solid black. He also hunches over rather than having a healthy posture.
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Antagonists: [[Characters/DuckTales2017Antagonists Major Antagonists]] ('''Flintheart Glomgold''', [[Characters/DuckTales2017MagicaDeSpell Magica DeSpell]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017BeagleBoys The Beagle Boys]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017FOWL F.O.W.L.]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard The Director]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017MinorAntagonists Minor Antagonists]]\\

Antagonists: [[Characters/DuckTales2017Antagonists Major Antagonists]] ('''Flintheart Glomgold''') | [[Characters/DuckTales2017BeagleBoys The Beagle Boys]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017FOWL F.O.W.L.]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard The Director]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017MinorAntagonists Minor Antagonists]]\\

-->'''Flintheart''': Well, how did you know it was me?\\

'''Flintheart''': [[SuddenlyShouting AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE!]] ''(EvilLaugh)''

** Subverted in season 2. [[spoiler:A news report made after he's been missing for four months states that ''no-one'' misses him in the slightest, [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing and everyone is actually glad he's gone]].]]]

* AccentRelapse: After he gets [[spoiler:amnesia following Magica De Spell's attack on Duckburg, he reverts to his natural South African accent]].

* BerserkButton: He clearly doesn't like the idea of someone other than himself being considered Scrooge's greatest enemy, as evidenced by how insulted he sounds by Bouncer Beagle's claim that Magica de Spell is number one in Scrooge's rogues gallery.

* BigBad: As usual, he constantly antagonizes Scrooge, making it his sole aim to run him down and kill him. More specifically, he's the primary antagonist of the PilotMovie, with his plan to get to Atlantis and get the jewel before Scrooge driving the plot. However, he gets usurped by Magica de Spell, as Season 1 progresses. After Magica is defeated, he re-establishes himself as the Big Bad once more by making a wager that puts Scrooge's company at risk, and he has to be beaten by the end of the year, only to get de-established by Lunaris being a larger threat than the bet. [[spoiler:On the other hand, he proves to be a massive SpannerInTheWorks against Lunaris's plan, allowing for his defeat.]]
* BigBadWannabe: He is shown to be incompetent in some of his planning, as shown in episodes like "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!" and "[=McMystery=] at [=McDuck=] [=McManor=]!". Ultimately he's got nothing on Magica de Spell, [[spoiler:and is among those who temporarily loses their shadows to her during the finale]], he also comes off as this again in "The 87 Cent Solution!" by ruining his own plan by his own incompetence; not to mention that his petty grievance with Scrooge is peanuts compared to General Lunaris. It shows when he assembles most of Scrooge's main RoguesGallery as a VillainTeamUp in season 2's "[=GlomTales=]", both Louie and Scrooge are most afraid of Magica showing up and seeing ''her'' as the big bad of the team-ups. Flintheart doesn't take it well.

* ChewingTheScenery: Oooooh dear. Combine Magica De Spell, Mark Beaks, and Don Karnage, and they may chew about half the scenery, while Glomgold furiously gnaws on the other half. Then he will probably violently rob them of their share so that he can munch it all himself.

* LastDisrespects: His actions at Scrooge's [[spoiler: fake]] funeral in "The 87-Cent Solution!" have to be seen to be believed.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: When recruiting his LegionOfDoom, he objects to Don Karnage wanting to strike down their greatest enemy, calling dibs on being the one killing Scrooge. He calms down when he learns Karnage means Dewey Duck. He is not happy ''at all'' when he has to recruit Magica De Spell, and the two squabble when trying to take down their most hated enemy.

* CatchPhrase: "CURSE YOU, MCDUCK!" Often overlaps MadLibsCatchphrase when there's something else to yell at, like his shadow-self or [[ItMakesSenseInContext a gentle breeze]] or everyone.

->'''Voiced By''': Creator/KeithFerguson

** His tendency to [[EvilGloating gloat]] when he thinks he's won has often cost him dearly, either by giving his enemies time to regroup, or by accidentally saying something that allows them to turn Glomgold's [[NearVillainVictory near victory]] around.