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* A writer or two may have already explored this scenario, but let me ask you this question: couldn't Magica De Spell just create a replica of the Number One Dime and switch it with the real deal?
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*** Glomgold? Only in the WesternAnimation/DuckTales universe. in the comics universe, his nationality his less certain, though according to Creator/DonRosa, he's a boer. Rockerduck, by contrast, is very clearly an all-American businessman born into money.

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*** Glomgold? Only in the WesternAnimation/DuckTales WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 universe. in the comics universe, his nationality his less certain, though according to Creator/DonRosa, he's a boer. Rockerduck, by contrast, is very clearly an all-American businessman born into money.



*** The name "Glomgold" definitely suggests Dutch/Boer ancestry, as does the fact that he lives in South Africa. ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' changed this, either for simplicity's sake, or because it was a bit... problematic to incorporate an Afrikaner into a children's cartoon in the late 1980s without wading into the hot-button issue of apartheid.

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*** The name "Glomgold" definitely suggests Dutch/Boer ancestry, as does the fact that he lives in South Africa. ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' changed this, either for simplicity's sake, or because it was a bit... problematic to incorporate an Afrikaner into a children's cartoon in the late 1980s without wading into the hot-button issue of apartheid.
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* In ''Cash Flow'' Donald helps Scrooge repel the Beagle Boys with the promise that he'll be paid in as many $1,000 bills as he can carry. At the end, Scrooge then allows him to carry said bills, but they slip out of Donald's arms and back into his money bin (like water) due to the fact that Scrooge had earlier zapped his money with a ray beamn that removed the friction from it. He then claims that he kept his promise to Donald, specifically stating that he'd paid Donald in full. But how though? Yes he let Donald hold an armful of $1,000 bills, but that wasn't the agreement. The agreement was that Donald would be allowed to have those $1,000 bills, meaning they would be his no matter what. What happened to Donald was basically akin to Donald dropping 30 cents that Scrooge paid him to do a job. The fact that he dropped it, no matter where it lands, doesn't then make it Scrooge's money again. So by all accounts, Scrooge still owes Donald at the end of the story and hasn't gotten one over on him as he (and Huey, Dewey, and Louie by the expression on their faces) seems to think he has. If he straight up refuses to allow Donald to take the money then all he's really doing is breaking his word.

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* In ''Cash Flow'' Donald helps Scrooge repel the Beagle Boys with the promise that he'll be paid in as many $1,000 bills as he can carry. At the end, Scrooge then allows him to carry said bills, but they slip out of Donald's arms and back into his money bin (like water) due to the fact that Scrooge had earlier zapped his money with a ray beamn beam that removed the friction from it. He then claims that he kept his promise to Donald, specifically stating that he'd paid Donald in full. But how though? Yes he let Donald hold an armful of $1,000 bills, but that wasn't the agreement. The agreement was that Donald would be allowed to have those $1,000 bills, meaning they would be his no matter what. What happened to Donald was basically akin to Donald dropping 30 cents that Scrooge paid him to do a job. The fact that he dropped it, no matter where it lands, doesn't then make it Scrooge's money again. So by all accounts, Scrooge still owes Donald at the end of the story and hasn't gotten one over on him as he (and Huey, Dewey, and Louie by the expression on their faces) seems to think he has. If he straight up refuses to allow Donald to take the money then all he's really doing is breaking his word.
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*** One Italian story actually showed them cooperating to ruin Scrooge. After their apparent triumph, however, Rockerduck being a mostly decent person and Glomgold being a CorruptCorporateExecutive caused them to stop thrusting each other and expect to be backstabbed (and that's what allows Scrooge to trick them into selling him back his empire: they both tried to backstab the other first).

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*** One Italian story actually showed them cooperating to ruin Scrooge. After their apparent triumph, however, Rockerduck being a mostly decent person and Glomgold being a CorruptCorporateExecutive caused them to stop thrusting trusting each other and expect to be backstabbed (and that's what allows Scrooge to trick them into selling him back his empire: they both tried to backstab the other first).
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* I remember one Barks story where it's said that Scrooge hates summer because the lower humidity makes his money shrink. But isn't humidity usually ''higher'' in summer? At least where I live, it's the winter that's drier, and the summer that's damp and sweaty.

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* I remember one Barks story where it's said that Scrooge hates summer because the lower humidity makes his money shrink. But isn't humidity usually ''higher'' in summer? At least where I live, it's the winter that's drier, and the summer that's damp and sweaty.sweaty.
** Duckburg is in the fictional state of Calisota, which is based on southern California, where it's dry in the summer and damp in the winter.
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** Because he didn't name it after himself. According to the story ''His Majesty. [=McDuck=],'' Cornelius Coot founded Duckburg on/around an old British fort named "Fort Drakeborough", so named because it had been established by Sir Francis Drake. When Cornelius Coot took over the fort, he turned it into a trading post for fellow traders and hunters, and their families, and he decided to "Americanize" the name a little. So "Drakeborough" became "Duckburg."

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** Because he didn't name it after himself. According to the story ''His Majesty. [=McDuck=],'' Cornelius Coot founded Duckburg on/around an old British fort named "Fort Drakeborough", so named because it had been established by Sir Francis Drake. When Cornelius Coot took over the fort, he turned it into a trading post for fellow traders and hunters, and their families, and he decided to "Americanize" the name a little. So "Drakeborough" became "Duckburg.""
* I remember one Barks story where it's said that Scrooge hates summer because the lower humidity makes his money shrink. But isn't humidity usually ''higher'' in summer? At least where I live, it's the winter that's drier, and the summer that's damp and sweaty.
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* In ''Cash Flow'' Donald helps Scrooge repel the Beagle Boys with the promise that he'll be paid in as many $1,000 bills as he can carry. At the end, Scrooge then allows him to carry said bills, but they slip out of Donald's arms and back into his money bin (like water) due to the fact that SCrooge had earlier zapped his money with a ray beamn that removed the friction from it. He then claims that he kept his promise to Donald, specifically stating that he'd paid Donald in full. But how though? Yes he let Donald hold an armful of $1,000 bills, but that wasn't the agreement. The agreement was that Donald would be allowed to have those $1,000 bills, meaning they would be his no matter what. What happened to Donald was basically akin to Donald dropping 30 cents that Scrooge paid him to do a job. The fact that he dropped it, no matter where it lands, doesn't then make it Scrooge's money again. So by all accounts, Scrooge still owes Donald at the end of the story and hasn't gotten one over on him as he (and Huey, Dewey, and Louie by the expression on their faces) seems to think he has. If he straight up refuses to allow Donald to take the money then all he's really doing is breaking his word.

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* In ''Cash Flow'' Donald helps Scrooge repel the Beagle Boys with the promise that he'll be paid in as many $1,000 bills as he can carry. At the end, Scrooge then allows him to carry said bills, but they slip out of Donald's arms and back into his money bin (like water) due to the fact that SCrooge Scrooge had earlier zapped his money with a ray beamn that removed the friction from it. He then claims that he kept his promise to Donald, specifically stating that he'd paid Donald in full. But how though? Yes he let Donald hold an armful of $1,000 bills, but that wasn't the agreement. The agreement was that Donald would be allowed to have those $1,000 bills, meaning they would be his no matter what. What happened to Donald was basically akin to Donald dropping 30 cents that Scrooge paid him to do a job. The fact that he dropped it, no matter where it lands, doesn't then make it Scrooge's money again. So by all accounts, Scrooge still owes Donald at the end of the story and hasn't gotten one over on him as he (and Huey, Dewey, and Louie by the expression on their faces) seems to think he has. If he straight up refuses to allow Donald to take the money then all he's really doing is breaking his word.
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** Because he didn't name it after himself. According to the story ''His Majesty. McDuck,'' Cornelius Coot founded Duckburg on/around an old British fort named "Fort Drakeborough", so named because it had been established by Sir Francis Drake. When Cornelius Coot took over the fort, he turned it into a trading post for fellow traders and hunters, and their families, and he decided to "Americanize" the name a little. So "Drakeborough" became "Duckburg."

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** Because he didn't name it after himself. According to the story ''His Majesty. McDuck,'' [=McDuck=],'' Cornelius Coot founded Duckburg on/around an old British fort named "Fort Drakeborough", so named because it had been established by Sir Francis Drake. When Cornelius Coot took over the fort, he turned it into a trading post for fellow traders and hunters, and their families, and he decided to "Americanize" the name a little. So "Drakeborough" became "Duckburg."
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**** A recent Marco Rota story clarified that while ''he'' was born in South Africa, his parents and grandparents had been Scottish immigrants.
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* Maybe this has been answered in a comic I haven't read, but...if Cornelius Coot founded Duckburg, why is it called Duckburg and not Cootburg?

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* Maybe this has been answered in a comic I haven't read, but...if Cornelius Coot founded Duckburg, why is it called Duckburg and not Cootburg?Cootburg?
** Because he didn't name it after himself. According to the story ''His Majesty. McDuck,'' Cornelius Coot founded Duckburg on/around an old British fort named "Fort Drakeborough", so named because it had been established by Sir Francis Drake. When Cornelius Coot took over the fort, he turned it into a trading post for fellow traders and hunters, and their families, and he decided to "Americanize" the name a little. So "Drakeborough" became "Duckburg."
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** The key word is [[ExactWords 'carry']]. Donald was able to carry zero of the banknotes, so that's how many he gets to keep.

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** The key word is [[ExactWords 'carry']]. Donald was able to carry zero of the banknotes, so that's how many he gets to keep.keep.
* Maybe this has been answered in a comic I haven't read, but...if Cornelius Coot founded Duckburg, why is it called Duckburg and not Cootburg?
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*** Both Glomgold and Rockerduck were created by CarlBarks, though Barks only used Rockerduck in one story (and in a fairly minor role, at that). For some reason, Italian comic artists took the character and made him a major player in their version of the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse, more or less giving him the "second richest" role that Barks had given Glomgold. Which may be one reason why the two characters aren't used in the same stories: ''two'' "second richest ducks" might just be confusing, and the rivalry might not seem as intense and personal. That said, it ''would'' have been interesting to see how Glomgold and Rockerduck might relate to one another; I can't imagine they'd get along.

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*** Both Glomgold and Rockerduck were created by CarlBarks, Creator/CarlBarks, though Barks only used Rockerduck in one story (and in a fairly minor role, at that). For some reason, Italian comic artists took the character and made him a major player in their version of the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse, more or less giving him the "second richest" role that Barks had given Glomgold. Which may be one reason why the two characters aren't used in the same stories: ''two'' "second richest ducks" might just be confusing, and the rivalry might not seem as intense and personal. That said, it ''would'' have been interesting to see how Glomgold and Rockerduck might relate to one another; I can't imagine they'd get along.
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* In ''Cash Flow'' Donald helps Scrooge repel the Beagle Boys with the promise that he'll be paid in as many $1,000 bills as he can carry. At the end, Scrooge then allows him to carry said bills, but they slip out of Donald's arms and back into his money bin (like water) due to the fact that SCrooge had earlier zapped his money with a ray beamn that removed the friction from it. He then claims that he kept his promise to Donald, specifically stating that he'd paid Donald in full. But how though? Yes he let Donald hold an armful of $1,000 bills, but that wasn't the agreement. The agreement was that Donald would be allowed to have those $1,000 bills, meaning they would be his no matter what. What happened to Donald was basically akin to Donald dropping 30 cents that Scrooge paid him to do a job. The fact that he dropped it, no matter where it lands, doesn't then make it Scrooge's money again. So by all accounts, Scrooge still owes Donald at the end of the story and hasn't gotten one over on him as he (and Huey, Dewey, and Louie by the expression on their faces) seems to think he has. If he straight up refuses to allow Donald to take the money then all he's really doing is breaking his word.

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* In ''Cash Flow'' Donald helps Scrooge repel the Beagle Boys with the promise that he'll be paid in as many $1,000 bills as he can carry. At the end, Scrooge then allows him to carry said bills, but they slip out of Donald's arms and back into his money bin (like water) due to the fact that SCrooge had earlier zapped his money with a ray beamn that removed the friction from it. He then claims that he kept his promise to Donald, specifically stating that he'd paid Donald in full. But how though? Yes he let Donald hold an armful of $1,000 bills, but that wasn't the agreement. The agreement was that Donald would be allowed to have those $1,000 bills, meaning they would be his no matter what. What happened to Donald was basically akin to Donald dropping 30 cents that Scrooge paid him to do a job. The fact that he dropped it, no matter where it lands, doesn't then make it Scrooge's money again. So by all accounts, Scrooge still owes Donald at the end of the story and hasn't gotten one over on him as he (and Huey, Dewey, and Louie by the expression on their faces) seems to think he has. If he straight up refuses to allow Donald to take the money then all he's really doing is breaking his word.word.
** The key word is [[ExactWords 'carry']]. Donald was able to carry zero of the banknotes, so that's how many he gets to keep.
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** He might also view the zoo as the "living creatures department" of his treasure collection. After all, a such extremely rare animals like the unicorn are ''highly valuable'', just like the Golden Fleece or the crown of Genghis Khan. (Although granted, the original Barks comic suggests that Scrooge follows a quite [[GottaCatchThemAll completist]] approach concerning his zoo, which means it contains not only rare, but also very common animals.)

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** He might also view the zoo as the "living creatures department" of his treasure collection. After all, a such extremely rare animals like the unicorn are ''highly valuable'', just like the Golden Fleece or the crown of Genghis Khan. (Although granted, the original Barks comic suggests that Scrooge follows a quite [[GottaCatchThemAll completist]] approach concerning his zoo, which means it contains not only rare, but also very common animals.))
* In ''Cash Flow'' Donald helps Scrooge repel the Beagle Boys with the promise that he'll be paid in as many $1,000 bills as he can carry. At the end, Scrooge then allows him to carry said bills, but they slip out of Donald's arms and back into his money bin (like water) due to the fact that SCrooge had earlier zapped his money with a ray beamn that removed the friction from it. He then claims that he kept his promise to Donald, specifically stating that he'd paid Donald in full. But how though? Yes he let Donald hold an armful of $1,000 bills, but that wasn't the agreement. The agreement was that Donald would be allowed to have those $1,000 bills, meaning they would be his no matter what. What happened to Donald was basically akin to Donald dropping 30 cents that Scrooge paid him to do a job. The fact that he dropped it, no matter where it lands, doesn't then make it Scrooge's money again. So by all accounts, Scrooge still owes Donald at the end of the story and hasn't gotten one over on him as he (and Huey, Dewey, and Louie by the expression on their faces) seems to think he has. If he straight up refuses to allow Donald to take the money then all he's really doing is breaking his word.
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**** Glomgold? Only in the WesternAnimation/DuckTales universe. in the comics universe, his nationality his less certain, though according to DonRosa, he's a boer. Rockerduck, by contrast, is very clearly an all-American businessman born into money.

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**** Glomgold? Only in the WesternAnimation/DuckTales universe. in the comics universe, his nationality his less certain, though according to DonRosa, Creator/DonRosa, he's a boer. Rockerduck, by contrast, is very clearly an all-American businessman born into money.
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*** One Italian story actually showed them cooperating to ruin Scrooge. After their apparent triumph, however, Rockerduck being a mostly decent person and Glomgold being a CorruptCorporateExecutive caused them to stop thrusting each other and expect to be backstabbed (and that's what allows Scrooge to trick them into selling him back his empire: they both tried to backstab the other first).
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**** Glomgold? Only in the DuckTales universe. in the comics universe, his nationality his less certain, though according to DonRosa, he's a boer. Rockerduck, by contrast, is very clearly an all-American businessman born into money.
**** The name "Glomgold" definitely suggests Dutch/Boer ancestry, as does the fact that he lives in South Africa. ''DuckTales'' changed this, either for simplicity's sake, or because it was a bit... problematic to incorporate an Afrikaner into a children's cartoon in the late 1980s without wading into the hot-button issue of apartheid.

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**** Glomgold? Only in the DuckTales WesternAnimation/DuckTales universe. in the comics universe, his nationality his less certain, though according to DonRosa, he's a boer. Rockerduck, by contrast, is very clearly an all-American businessman born into money.
**** The name "Glomgold" definitely suggests Dutch/Boer ancestry, as does the fact that he lives in South Africa. ''DuckTales'' ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' changed this, either for simplicity's sake, or because it was a bit... problematic to incorporate an Afrikaner into a children's cartoon in the late 1980s without wading into the hot-button issue of apartheid.
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*** Both Glomgold and Rockerduck were created by CarlBarks, though Barks only used Rockerduck in one story (and in a fairly minor role, at that). For some reason, Italian comic artists took the character and made him a major player in their version of the DisneyDucksComicUniverse, more or less giving him the "second richest" role that Barks had given Glomgold. Which may be one reason why the two characters aren't used in the same stories: ''two'' "second richest ducks" might just be confusing, and the rivalry might not seem as intense and personal. That said, it ''would'' have been interesting to see how Glomgold and Rockerduck might relate to one another; I can't imagine they'd get along.

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*** Both Glomgold and Rockerduck were created by CarlBarks, though Barks only used Rockerduck in one story (and in a fairly minor role, at that). For some reason, Italian comic artists took the character and made him a major player in their version of the DisneyDucksComicUniverse, ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse, more or less giving him the "second richest" role that Barks had given Glomgold. Which may be one reason why the two characters aren't used in the same stories: ''two'' "second richest ducks" might just be confusing, and the rivalry might not seem as intense and personal. That said, it ''would'' have been interesting to see how Glomgold and Rockerduck might relate to one another; I can't imagine they'd get along.


*** Both Glomgold and Rockerduck were created by CarlBarks, though Barks only used Rockerduck in one story (and in a fairly minor role, at that). For some reason, Italian comic artists took the character and made him a major player in their version of the ScroogeMcDuckUniverse, more or less giving him the "second richest" role that Barks had given Glomgold. Which may be one reason why the two characters aren't used in the same stories: ''two'' "second richest ducks" might just be confusing, and the rivalry might not seem as intense and personal. That said, it ''would'' have been interesting to see how Glomgold and Rockerduck might relate to one another; I can't imagine they'd get along.

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*** Both Glomgold and Rockerduck were created by CarlBarks, though Barks only used Rockerduck in one story (and in a fairly minor role, at that). For some reason, Italian comic artists took the character and made him a major player in their version of the ScroogeMcDuckUniverse, DisneyDucksComicUniverse, more or less giving him the "second richest" role that Barks had given Glomgold. Which may be one reason why the two characters aren't used in the same stories: ''two'' "second richest ducks" might just be confusing, and the rivalry might not seem as intense and personal. That said, it ''would'' have been interesting to see how Glomgold and Rockerduck might relate to one another; I can't imagine they'd get along.

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