History Fridge / DuckTales1987

** Why would the men and women stop arguing over who was going to lead the rescue mission when Launchpad took charge of it? Because it's a [[TakeAThirdOption third option]] that allows both of them to do what they want (rescuing Grunta) while not backing down from their positions. The men aren't giving in because Launchpad is a male, and the women aren't giving in because Launchpad isn't one of ''their'' men with whom they're having the argument.

** In "Wrongway to Ronguay," how did Scrooge and his nephews manufacture golden planks so quickly? But even if we accept that ... they patched up the ship's holes with gold but didn't do so symmetrically. What happens to a ship when one side weighs WAY WAY MORE than another?
*** It's not the weight of the vessel that matters for balancing and floating the ship, it's buoyancy that's really important. So long as the density of the hull remains balanced, the ship will remain level in the water due to the downward pressure. If for any reason the ship's buoyancy changes (IE, one half of the ship begins taking on water, adding mass to that side and altering its density) and develops a list, you can compensate by either counter-flooding (a real damage control technique involving deliberately allowing water in opposite to the flooding side) or moving ballast.
*** Gold ''is'' way more dense than wood. While there wasn't enough to cause problems it should have at least been leaning to the side a little and control might be affected.
** In "Scrooge's Last Adventure", Fenton invests all of Scrooge's money into a computer banking system, only for it to get lost to a glitch. Do they call customer support? Nope. Instead, Gyro [[BodyUploading sends Scrooge and Fenton into the computer]] and they defeat the glitch-monster, which restores Scrooge's money. IN CYBERSPACE. Somehow, Scrooge's cash was digitized when the Money Bin was emptied out. Gyro then directs Scrooge, Fenton and the money to a computer at the Bin, where they literally break out of the computer screen to return to the real world, as opposed to using Gyro's digitization machine.

** Considering [[TheReveal the reveal]] that [[Magica and Glomgold were working together all along]], it's likely that [[she used her powers]] to make sure they could keep up with Scrooge in space.

** Considering [[TheReveal]] that [[Magica and Glomgold were working together all along]], it's likely that [[she used her powers]] to make sure they could keep up with Scrooge in space.

* In the Remastered game, how could Glomgold and the Beagle Boys breathe on the Moon? We get an explanation for Scrooge, but none for his opponents.

** In "Scrooge's Last Adventure", Fenton invests all of Scrooge's money into a computer banking system, only for it to get lost to a glitch. Do they call customer support? Nope. Instead, Gyro [[BodyUploading sends Scrooge and Fenton into the computer]] and they defeat the glitch-monster, which restores Scrooge's money. IN CYBERSPACE. Somehow, Scrooge's cash was somehow digitized when the Money Bin was emptied out. Gyro then directs Scrooge, Fenton and the money to a computer at the Bin, where they literally break out of the computer screen to return to the real world, as opposed to using Gyro's digitization machine.

* In ''[[VideoGame/DuckTales DuckTales: Remastered]]'', the music extras use a screenshot of the level that each song represents imposed over an image of sheet music. That sheet music background looks... [[EarWorm familiar...]]

* El Capitan was once, as his title implies, the captain of the ship full of gold that Scrooge and the boys discover in [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales "Treasure of the Golden Suns: Part 2."]] It's never stated outright, but when the "Old Wheezer" is taking inventory of the ship, one of the triplets remarks, "Boy, he's actin' like he used ta own this ship!" Plus, later on, in Part 5, we find find out he's at least 400 years old. Well, just today this troper was watching Part 3, where the conquistador Joaquin Slowly explains his family history - how, 400 years ago, his ancestor Marching Slowly looted the Valley of the Golden Suns with a traveling companion, but the captain of their ship abandoned them and sailed away with the spoils. We then get a shot of the ship's captain - and it's a dog character who looks very much like a younger version of the El Capitan we're familiar with.

* In the original DuckTales NES game, in order to enter the African Mines, you first have to retrieve the key in Transylvania. It seems like pointless padding, until you find out at the very end that [[spoiler: Glomgold, who made his fortune with African mines, and Magica, who practically made the Transylvanian mansion into her lair in the game, were working together all this time.]]

** Even a kid might have a vague idea you shouldn't store all of your money as pennies and keep it in a single building for the sole purpose of swimming through it, and an older person with more knowledge of real-world economics would realize it even less sense -- Scrooge knows about this. He is so [[{{Fiction500}} freakin' rich he can afford to keep his funds liquid]] and inefficiently stored like that. -- @/{{Chadius}}

** This have given rise to my own little FridgeBrilliance: that's why, no matter how it might be just a drop in the bucket of his vast wealth, he guards it with such voracity. [[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/1952/pooroldman/07.html It's the money he's made with his sweat and hard work; it means more to him than all the wealth in the world]]. Friggin' sweet! -PotatoBucket

* Launchpad is known as ''the'' CaptainCrash; as he says, "If it has wings, I can crash it!" However, he usually has better luck with helicopters, as the majority of the time, when he's piloting a copter, he lands just fine. Well, of course he does! ''Helicopters don't have wings!'' -{{Tropers/supercomputer276}}

** Furthermore, those funds are 'liquid'. As in 'the usual contents of a swimming pool'.

* In "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E17LaunchpadsFirstCrash Launchpad's First Crash]]", why would the men and women stop arguing over who was going to lead the rescue mission when Launchpad took charge of it? Because it's a [[TakeAThirdOption third option]] that allows both of them to do what they want (rescuing Grunta) while not backing down from their positions. The men aren't giving in because Launchpad is a male, and the women aren't giving in because Launchpad isn't one of ''their'' men with whom they're having the argument.

* Scrooge [=McDuck=]'s money bin. As a kid, I had a vague idea that you shouldn't store all of your money as pennies and store it in a single building for the sole purpose of swimming through it. As I got older and learned about real-world economics it made even less sense. And then I thought: Scrooge knows about this. He is so [[{{Fiction500}} freakin' rich he can afford to keep his funds liquid]] and inefficiently stored like that. -- @/{{Chadius}}
** Oh my... those funds are 'liquid'. As in 'the usual contents of a swimming pool'. I've just this minute got that.
* I came to a different but similar conclusion... everyone tends to have loose change that they likely keep in a piggy bank or in a jar. Scrooge [=McDuck=] is so rich that he needs AN ENTIRE BUILDING to hold his loose change! The fact he can swim in it is just a plus. -Game Guru GG

* There's a more practical reason for Scrooge's moneybin. Scrooge is so ridiculously rich that if he actually spent or invested all his money, he would destroy the world economy with a lethal level of inflation! By keeping so much of his money in his money bin and out of circulation, he avoids global economic devastation. At the same time, whenever he feels like shocking someone with a little fiscal "dragon awe", he has immediate access to his gazillions. -me

* The theme song for DuckTales has always gone on about 'rewriting history'. DuckTales2017 and DuckTales Remastered both LITERALLY rewrite history, the latter by completely rearranging the original game and fixing several glaring errors, including it's BlindIdiotTranslation, to make a functionally identical game, but with a much more understandable play style.
* In DuckTales Remastered, it suddenly makes a lot of sense why the Beagle Boys show up in nearly every single level, despite fleeing from the Money Bin without the treasure map in the first level. [[spoiler:They work for Glomgold, who works with Magica, who made that map and sold it to Scrooge in the first place. She knew where to sent them already.]]