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* 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, bwho made that map and sold it to Scrooge in the first place. She knew where to sent them already.]]

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* 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, bwho who made that map and sold it to Scrooge in the first place. She knew where to sent them already.]]

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* 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, bwho made that map and sold it to Scrooge in the first place. She knew where to sent them already.]]



* In the original NES game, there's a moment where Scrooge rides in a cart with his nephews, and the player has to get Scrooge to jump out to a nearby platform. So..... [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse what happens to the nephews?]]

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* In the original NES game, there's a moment where Scrooge rides in a cart with his nephews, and the player has to get Scrooge to jump out to a nearby platform. So..... [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse what happens to the nephews?]]nephews?]]
* 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.
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* 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.
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* In "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E5NothingToFear Nothing to Fear]]", Scrooge gets thrown out the window by the evil versions of his nephews conjured by Magica. It would be easy to assume that maybe Magica's sorcery created the magical equivalent of HardLight holograms, except that later Scrooge wanders in on Doofus struggling with his own fears, and there's nothing there. That means that whatever Magica's illusions do to a person, they do something like that to themselves. Everyone was lucky their fear illusions didn't resort to anything too violent.
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* Why are there Beagle Boys in the African Mines in the game? Simple: They're working for Glomgold who, being an Africaaner himself, owns the mines.
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* A heavy dose from "The Golden Fleecing", in which Launchpad is nearly killed by a dragon. Just try not to think too hard about what happened to the ''other'' people who happened on the island or came there hunting the fleece.
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* 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.
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* From ''[[VideoGame/DuckTales DuckTales: Remastered]]'', Scrooge will sometimes comment (upon picking up large gems) that he's "never seen a gem like ''this'' before." And yet, you've likely been picking them up left and right up till that moment...

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* From ''[[VideoGame/DuckTales DuckTales: Remastered]]'', Scrooge will sometimes comment (upon picking up large gems) that he's "never seen a gem like ''this'' before." And yet, you've likely been picking them up left and right up till that moment...moment...
* In the original NES game, there's a moment where Scrooge rides in a cart with his nephews, and the player has to get Scrooge to jump out to a nearby platform. So..... [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse what happens to the nephews?]]
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* [[Recap/DuckTalesS1E26TheGoldenFleecing The Golden Fleecing]]" featured harpies, which seems odd, [[FurryConfusion as the main characters are actually all anthropomorphic birds.]] FridgeBrilliance sets in when you realize that'd make the harpies look monstrous [[HumanoidAbomination to them]].

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* [[Recap/DuckTalesS1E26TheGoldenFleecing "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E26TheGoldenFleecing The Golden Fleecing]]" featured harpies, which seems odd, [[FurryConfusion as the main characters are actually all anthropomorphic birds.]] FridgeBrilliance sets in when you realize that'd make the harpies look monstrous [[HumanoidAbomination to them]].
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* [[Recap/DuckTalesS1E26TheGoldenFleecing The Golden Fleecing]]" featured harpies, which seems odd, [[FurryConfusion as the main characters are actually all anthropomorphic birds.]] FridgeBrilliance sets in when you realize that'd make the harpies look monstrous [[HumanoidAbomination to them]].
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* In ''[[Recap/DuckTalesS2E2SuperDuckTales Super [=DuckTales=]]], the Beagle Boys torture their hostages by playing bagpipes, which sounds like a crazy idea...unless you remember Scrooge's account of doing the same thing to them in "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E31OnceUponADime Once Upon a Dime]]". [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job breaking it, Scrooge.]]
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* Scrooge hiring Fenton as his accountant makes a lot more sense when you remember Scrooge's own RagsToRiches origins. It's likely he (Scrooge) didn't have any real schooling or any kind of higher education, but he made it anyway by being tough and smart. Fenton shows up at his office, refuses to take no for an answer and just keeps coming back no matter how many times Scrooge tries to get rid of him. So he's tough. Then he shows off his [[GoodWithNumbers incredible counting skills]]. So he's smart (or at least talented). It's quite likely Scrooge saw some of himself in the plucky young duck and so was much more willing to give him a chance.
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*** Most likely just plain and simple RuleOfFunny at work here.
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*** [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic "Wait a minute! They make GOLD FREAKING SAILS?"]]
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*** [WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic "Wait a minute! They make GOLD FREAKING SAILS?"]
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** It's not really counterintuitive. Diamonds are symbolically associated with wealth, but rubies have always been more valuable and priced higher.
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* Also from ''[[VideoGame/DuckTales DuckTales: Remastered]]'': Of the two types of gemstone you can collect--rubies and diamonds--the former give more money. Counter-intuitive, you say? Ah, but you forget...the world is ''full'' of diamond mines in real life; the market simply controls their distribution to make them seem more valuable. Rubies, by comparison, are rarer.



*** 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.

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*** 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.affected.
* From ''[[VideoGame/DuckTales DuckTales: Remastered]]'', Scrooge will sometimes comment (upon picking up large gems) that he's "never seen a gem like ''this'' before." And yet, you've likely been picking them up left and right up till that moment...
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* 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}}
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* 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.

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* * 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.


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* 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...]]
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*** 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.

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*** 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.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.
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** So, he's a Highlander?
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* El Capitan was once, as his title implies, the captain of the ship full of gold that Scrooge and the boys discover in [[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.

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* El Capitan was once, as his title implies, the captain of the ship full of gold that Scrooge and the boys discover in [[DuckTales [[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.
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*** 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.

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* El Capitan was once, as his title implies, the captain of the ship full of gold that Scrooge and the boys discover in [[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.

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* El Capitan was once, as his title implies, the captain of the ship full of gold that Scrooge and the boys discover in [[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.
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.
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* El Capitan was once, as his title implies, the captain of the ship full of gold that Scrooge and the boys discover in [[DuckTales "Treasure of the Golden Suns: Part 2."]]]]

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* El Capitan was once, as his title implies, the captain of the ship full of gold that Scrooge and the boys discover in [[DuckTales "Treasure of the Golden Suns: Part 2."]]]]"]]

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* El Capitan was once, as his title implies, the captain of the ship full of gold that Scrooge and the boys discover in [[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.
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In the episode "The New Gizmo Kids On The Block", ''how'' could Fenton fit his Gizmo suit into his washing machine, ''why'' would you put ''a metallic suit'' into a washing machine, and ''how'' could it shrink in the first place?

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* In the episode "The New Gizmo Kids On The Block", ''how'' could Fenton fit his Gizmo suit into his washing machine, ''why'' would you put ''a metallic suit'' into a washing machine, and ''how'' could it shrink in the first place?

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!!FridgeLogic: In the episode "The New Gizmo Kids On The Block", ''how'' could Fenton fit his Gizmo suit into his washing machine, ''why'' would you put ''a metallic suit'' into a washing machine, and ''how'' could it shrink in the first place?

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In the episode "The New Gizmo Kids On The Block", ''how'' could Fenton fit his Gizmo suit into his washing machine, ''why'' would you put ''a metallic suit'' into a washing machine, and ''how'' could it shrink in the first place?
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!!FridgeLogic: In the episode "The New Gizmo Kids On The Block", ''how'' could Fenton fit his Gizmo suit into his washing machine, ''why'' would you put ''a metallic suit'' into a washing machine, and ''how'' could it shrink in the first place?
** It was actually Fenton's mom who washed it, just throwing everything into the washer without checking it (still doesn't explain why the suit was among the laundry). And it shrunk because it was a special "polyester aluminum blend." Yeah, it makes even less sense now.
** 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?

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