History ComicBook / TheCallOfCRusso

* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: The eldritch being finds beautiful singing irritating and will be roused by it while horrible singing like Donald's usual voice lulls it back to sleep. This same sentiment is shared with the whole world, which the Ducks find beautiful but to it is abhorrent enough for it to want to wake up completely and dream up something new.

* GracefulLoser: While C'Russo goes to extreme lengths to get Pf'legmwad to wake up, right down to pulling a gun on Donald when he gets cold feet, when the monster goes back to sleep, C'Russo has no problem conceding his defeat.

It was created in English for the pan-European publisher Egmont, but never appeared in an authorized English edition until [[http://www.idwpublishing.com/product/donald-duck-16/ IDW Publishing picked it up]] for August 2016's American issue of ''Donald Duck''.

* DubNameChange: The reality-warping octopus is called "Ar-Finn" in the original European version, but this was changed to "Pf'legmwad" for the English translation.

It has never appeared in an authorized English edition until [[http://www.idwpublishing.com/product/donald-duck-16/ IDW Publishing translated it]] for August 2016's American issue of ''Donald Duck''.

* LiteralSplitPersonality: C'Russo and D'mingo are both spawned from Pf'legmwad's mind, reflecting different aspects of his personality: the part that wants to wake up and end the world, and the part that wants to keep sleeping and dream the world into being. They also exist only when Pf'legmwad is sleeping, retreating back into his subconscious when he's awake.

->''In the city of '''Sp'too,''' deep under the '''sea,'''''\\
''Dread '''Pf'legmwad''' lies '''dreaming...''' of you and of '''me!'''''\\

''But when he '''wakes,''' our world will '''cease to be!'''

''Dread '''Pf'legmwad lies '''dreaming...''' of you and of '''me!'''''\\

''The Call Of C'Rrusso'' is a ComicBook/DonaldDuck story notable primarily for parodying the Franchise/CthulhuMythos while playing the cynical trends of the genre shockingly straight for a comic aimed at kids.

* CosmicHorrorStory: Donald tries out for a singing competition organized by a renowned musician, and gets successfully recruited by having his voice altered by an apparent twin of this musician. It's later revealed that the entire world is actually the dream of Ar-Finn, a primordial cephalophoid monster which slumbers in the ancient city of Sp'too at the bottom of the sea. The two twins are manifestations of the monster's conflicting subconscious desires to either continue sleeping or wake up (which Donald's voice will make it do). When the creature does exactly that, the rest of the world vanishes as it no longer creates the world-dream, and everything in its vicinity shapes itself into its image, resulting in Donald and his nephews growing tentacles and stick eyes. It's eventually put back to sleep, but the story ends on a rather dark note as Donald contemplates everybody's existence as mere parts of the creature's imagination.

* DreamApocalypse: The Ducks themselves turn out to be part of the imagination of the monster Ar-Finn, who dreamt the world into existence. When it wakes up, they resolve to put it back to sleep to keep the dream going.
* EldritchAbomination: A giant octopus called Ar-Finn sleeps beneath the depths in a sunken city (Cthulhu and R'lyeh, anyone?). Our reality (or at least Donald's) exists only because Ar-Finn dreams about it. If he wakes up, the world will start to adapt to his image, with the architecture becoming more and more alien and the people more octopoid in appearance. It was awfully cynical for a Disney story, especially the ending, where Donald is horrified to find out that [[SchrodingersButterfly our whole existence is just a dream]]. Probably as close to Lovecraftian standards as Disney will come for the foreseeable future.

* EvilTwin: The great musician C'Rrusso is the evil twin to the rival musician D'Mmingo who looks exactly like him. For good measure, one wears black, and the other white. This is because they're really the same person, since both are embodiments of the monster-god Ar-Finn's conflicting desires to either wake up or keep on sleeping and must battle each other for supremacy.

* RayOfHopeEnding: Inverted. The day is seemingly saved when Ar-Finn is put back to sleep, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie hopefully glance at the sunrise. It still ends on a dark note as Donald realizes that he only exists inside the mind of a sleeping octopus and [[DreamApocalypse might one day vanish]].

* TransformationHorror: Donald and his nephews are [[PartialTransformation partially mutated into octopoids]] when Ar-Finn wakes up from his slumber.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: After Ar-Finn goes back to sleep, Donald and his nephews stare out into the sunrise, marvelling at the monster's imagination.

* CosmicHorrorReveal: Donald Duck wins in a singing contest before it's revealed that he's actually been recruited to wake up an EldritchAbomination with his voice. The world disappears because it only exists when the monster is dreaming about it, and Donald and his nephews grow octopoid arms and legs as reality is reshaped in its image.

* TransformationHorror: Donald and his nephews are [[PartialTransformation partially mutated into octopoids]] when Ar-Finn wakes up from his slumber.

''The Call Of C'Russo'' is a ComicBook/DonaldDuck story notable primarily for parodying the Franchise/CthulhuMythos while playing the cynical trends of the genre shockingly straight for a comic aimed at kids.

* EvilTwin: The great musician C'Russo is the evil twin to the rival musician D'Mmingo who looks exactly like him. For good measure, one wears black, and the other white. This is because they're really the same person, since both are embodiments of the monster-god Ar-Finn's conflicting desires to either wake up or keep on sleeping and must battle each other for supremacy.

* EvilTwin: The great musician C'Russo is the evil twin to a rival musician who looks exactly like him. For good measure, one wears black, and the other white. This is because they're really the same person, since both are embodiments of the monster-god Ar-Finn's conflicting desires to either wake up or keep on sleeping and must battle each other for supremacy.

* TransformationHorror: Donald and his nephews are partially mutated into octopoids when Ar-Finn wakes up from his slumber.

* CosmicHorrorStory: Donald tries out for a singing competition organized by a renowned musician, and gets successfully recruited by having his voice altered by an apparent twin of this musician. It's later revealed that the entire world is actually the dream of Ar-Finn, a primordial cephalophoid monster which slumbers in an ancient city at the bottom of the sea. The two twins are manifestations of the monster's conflicting subconscious desires to either continue sleeping or wake up (which Donald's voice will make it do). When the creature does exactly that, the rest of the world vanishes as it no longer creates the world-dream, and everything in its vicinity shapes itself into its image, resulting in Donald and his nephews growing tentacles and stick eyes. It's eventually put back to sleep, but the story ends on a rather dark note as Donald contemplates everybody's existence as mere parts of the creature's imagination.

* EvilTwin: The great musician C'Russo is the evil twin to a rival musician who looks exactly like him. For good measure, one wears black, and the other white. This is because they're really the same person, since both are embodiments of the monster-god Ar-Finn's conflicting desire to wake up or keep on sleeping and must battle each other for supremacy.