History Headscratchers / TaleSpin

** [[https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/disney-afternoon-oral-history-ducktales-darkwing-rescue-rangers Syfy's Oral History on the Disney Afternoon]] has several ex-staffers peg the show as taking place in Southeast Asia.

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** My personal theory is that Cape Suzette is an island in a crossroad of commercial lines and located between continents, which is also the reason why is so ethnically diverse. All other countries in the universe seem to be more uniform, made of one single species, whilst Cape Suzette has individuals from each species, which happens in real financial and cultural crossroads like UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}, or UsefulNotes/HongKong, or [[UsefulNotes/TheCaribbean the Caribbean Islands]]. If the show is in the same universe of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' as is the common fan theory, then where Scrooge and Darkwing live is this universe's version of the USA and that’s why is still diverse but not so much with ducks, pigs and dogs more similar to Anglo-Saxons, African-Americans and Hispanics but with one group, the Anglo-Saxons (or in their case ducks) as the dominant majority, whilst Cape Suzette is much more diverse with no dominant species.

** Khan is kind of an AntiVillain with a certain honor code. This code can be twisted a little, like in the episode "Save the Tiger", when he owes his life to Baloo and after Baloo abuses the "anything you want" clause of his life debt he arranges for Baloo to get kidnap to settle the score. Technically he didn't break his own word but obviously he twisted things to go his way. So, he is honorable but at the same time his interests always come first, so is no really evil but very ruthless. In any case, very few people are really evil in RealLife.

** My personal theory is that Cape Suzette is an island in a crossroad of commercial lines and located between continents, which is also the reason why is so ethnically diverse. All other countries in the universe seem to be more uniform, made of one single species, whilst Cape Suzette has individuals from each species, which happens in real financial and cultural crossroads like UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}, or UsefulNotes/HongKong, or [[UsefulNotes/TheCaribbean the Caribbean Islands]]. If the show is in the same universe of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' as is the common fan theory, then where Scrooge and Darkwing live is this universe's version of the USA and that’s why is still diverse but not so much with ducks, pigs and dogs more similar to Anglo-Saxons, African-Americans and Hispanics but with one group, the Anglo-Saxons (or in their case ducks) as the dominant majority, whilst Cape Suzette is much more diverse with no dominant species.

* So where/what exactly is Cape Suzette? It seems to be part of America at first but is at driving distance from a UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}-like country ("The Balooest of the Bluebloods") and a couple of hours at most of this universe's UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} (Thembria).
** My personal theory is that Cape Suzette is an island in a crossroad of commercial lines and located between continents, which is also the reason why is so ethnically diverse. All other countries in the universe seem to be more uniform, made of one single species, whilst Cape Suzette has individuals from each animal kind, like in real life happen whit places in this kind of crossroads like UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}} or UsefulNotes/HongKong or [[UsefulNotes/TheCaribbean the Caribbean Islands]]. If this happens in the same universe of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' as is the common fan theory, then where Scrooge and Darkwing live is this universe's version of the USA and that’s why is still diverse but not so much with ducks, pigs and dogs more similar to Anglo-Saxons, African-Americans and Hispanics but with one group, the Anglo-Saxons (or in their case ducks) as the dominant majority, whilst Cape Suzette is much more diverse with no dominant species.

** My personal theory is that Cape Suzette is an island in a crossroad of commercial lines and located between continents, which is also the reason why is so ethnically diverse. All other countries in the universe seem to be more uniform, made of one single species, whilst Cape Suzette has individuals from each animal kind, like in real life happen whit places in this kind of crossroads like UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}} or UsefulNotes/HongKong or the Caribbean Islands. If this happens in the same universe of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' as is the common fan theory, then where Scrooge and Darkwing live is this universe's version of the USA and that’s why is still diverse but not so much with ducks, pigs and dogs more similar to Anglo-Saxons, African-Americans and Hispanics but with one group, the Anglo-Saxons (or in their case ducks) as the dominant majority, whilst Cape Suzette is much more diverse with no dominant species.

* So where/what exactly is Cape Suzette? It seems to be part of America at first but is at driving distance from a Romania-like country ("The Balooest of the Bluebloods") and a couple of hours at most of this universe's Russia (Thembria).
** My personal theory is that Cape Suzette is an island in a crossroad of commercial lines and located between continents, which is also the reason why is so ethnically diverse. All other countries in the universe seem to be more uniform, made of one single species, whilst Cape Suzette has individuals from each animal kind, like in real life happen whit places in this kind of crossroads like Singapore or Hong Kong or the Caribbean Islands. If this happens in the same universe of Ducktales/Darkwing Duck as is the common fan theory, then where Scrooge and Darkwing live is this universe's version of the USA and that’s why is still diverse but not so much with ducks, pigs and dogs more similar to Anglo-Saxons, African-Americans and Hispanics but with one group, the Anglo-Saxons (or in their case ducks) as the dominant majority, whilst Cape Suzette is much more diverse with no dominant species.
* In episode "Time Bandit" why does Dunder willingly takes the blame from Spigot's screw up? No matter how loyal or good-hearted he could be, in an Orwellian dictatorship like Thembria he can get shot for that, especially because he has a very low rank.

* Why doesn't Wild Cat install guns into the Seaduck? Baloo and his friends have been shot at dozens of times. Shouldn't they protect themselves from future enemies?
** Probably is illegal, even for self-defense. Nor even Khan's planes use them and he doesn't seem to be the kind of man that would shy away in using guns unless there's a strong legal reason not to.

** Khan is kind of an AntiVillain with a certain honor code. This code can be twisted a little, like in the episode when he ows his life to Baloo and after Baloo abuses the "anything you want" clause of his life debt he arranges for Baloo to get kidnap to settle the score. Technically he didn't break his own word but obviously he twisted things to go his way. So, he is honorable but at the same time his interests always come first, so is no really evil but very ruthless. In any case very few people is really evil in real life.

** Khan is kind of an AntiVillain with a certain honor code. This code can be twisted a little, like in the episode when he ows his life to Baloo and after Baloo abuses the "anything you want" clause of his life debt he arrenges for Baloo to get kidnap to settle the score. Technically he didn't break his own word but obviously he twisted things to go his way. So, he is honorable but at the same time his interests always come first, so is no really evil but very ruthless. In any case very few people is really evil in real life.

** Khan is kind of an AntiVillain with a certain honor code. This code can be twisted a little, like in the episode when he ows his life to Baloo and after Baloo abuses the "anything you want" clause of his life debt he makes Baloo be kidnap to settle the score. Technically he didn't break his own word but obviously he twisted things to go his way. So, he is honorable but at the same time his interests always come first, so is no really evil but very ruthless. In any case very few people is really evil in real life.

** Khan is kind of an AntiVillain with a certain honor code. This code can be twisted a little, like in the episode that he ows hes life to Baloo and after Baloo abuses the "anything you want" clause of his life debt he makes Baloo be kidnap to settle the score. Technically he didn't break his own word but obviously he twisted things to go his way. So, he is honorable but at the same time his interests always come first, so is no really evil but very ruthless. In any case very few people is really evil in real life.

* Khan is kind of an AntiVillain with a certain honor code. This code can be twisted a little, like in the episode that he ows hes life to Baloo and after Baloo abuses the "anything you want" clause of his life debt he makes Baloo be kidnap to settle the score. Technically he didn't break his own word but obviously he twisted things to go his way. So, he is honorable but at the same time his interests always come first, so is no really evil but very ruthless. In any case very few people is really evil in real life.

* Is this universe Shere Khan a villain? Sometimes he is seen helping the main characters. Some episodes try to make him sorta sympathetic by having his employees back-stab him (Douglas, the crooked pig sheriff, and his moronic deputy). Other episodes Khan is committing criminal acts in order to gain more money, or eliminate a competition.

** Spigot and others have been sentenced to being shot multiple times anyway. There's something to the punishment that seems to omit the lethal implications in Thembria. Otherwise all they have to lose is their good name, which means a lot for [[SmallNameBigEgo Spigot]] but little for Dunder.

** Spigot and others have been sentenced to being shot multiple times anyway. There's something to the punishment that seems to omit the lethal implications in Thembria.

* Is this universe Shere Khan a villain? Sometimes he is helping the main characters. I would have to guess he is a neutral character.

* Why don't Wild Cat install guns into the Seaduck? Baloo and his friends have been shot at dozens of times. Shouldn't they protect themselves from enemies?
* Is this universe version of Shere Khan a villain? Sometimes he is helping the main characters. I would have to guess he is a neutral character.

* Why don't Wild Cat install guns into the Seaduck? Baloo and his friends have been shot at dozens of times. Shouldn't they protect themselves from any further interference by enemies?

** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking Actually, yes]].

* Were air-pirates/sky-pirates a real thing back in the 1920s?

** Precisely because Dunder is too low ranked. He knows the punishment won’t be serious, unlike in the case of Spigot. Despite all of his flaws, Spigot seems to be more like an IneffectualSympatheticVillain that is never shown to be really harsh on Dunder and that Dunder knows how to handle. If Spigot get shot or demoted Dunder may end reassigned under the command of a much meaner and crueler commander.

** My personal theory is that Cape Suzette is an island in a crossroad of commercial lines and located between continents, which is also the reason why is so ethnically diverse. All other countries in the universe seem to be more uniform, made of one single species, whilst Cape Suzette has individuals from each animal kind, like in real life happen whit places in this kind of crossroads like Singapore or Hong Kong or the Caribbean Islands. If this happens in the same universe of Ducktales/Darkwing Duck as is the common fan theory, then where Scroog and Darkwing live is this universe's version of the USA and that’s why is still diverse but not so much with ducks, pigs and dogs more similar to Anglo-Saxons, African-Americans and Hispanics but with one group, the Anglo-Saxons (or in their case ducks) as the dominant majority, whilst Cape Suzette is much more diverse with no dominant species.

** Precisely because Dunder is too low ranked. He knows the punishment won’t be serious, unlike in the case of Spigot. Despite all of his flaws, Spigot seems to be more like a IneffectualSympatheticVillain that is never shown to be really harsh on Dunder and that Dunder knows how to handle. If Spigot get shot or demoted Dunder may end reassigned under the command of a much meaner and crueler commander.

** Precisely because Dunder is too low ranked. He knows the punishment won’t be serious, unlike in the case of Spigot. Despite all of his flaws, Spigot seems to be more like a IneffectualSympatheticVillain that is never shown to be really harsh on Dunder and that Dunder knows how to handle. If Spigot get shot or demoted Dunder may end reassigned under the command of a much meaner and crueler commander.

** My personal theory is that Cape Suzette is an island in a crossroad of commercial lines and located between continents, which is also the reason why is so ethnically diverse. All other countries in the universe seem to be more uniform, made of one single species, whilst Cape Suzette has individuals from each animal kind, like in real life happen whit places in this kind of crossroads like Singapore or Hong Kong or the Caribbean Islands. If this happens in the same universe of Ducktales/Darkwing Duck as is the common fan theory, then where Scroog and Darkwing live is this universe's version of the USA and that’s why is still diverse but not so much with ducks, pigs and dogs more similar to Anglo-Saxons, African-Americans and Hispanics but with one group, the Anglo-Saxons (or in their case ducks) as the dominant majority, whilst Cape Suzette is much more diverse with no dominant species.

** Precisely because Dunder is too low ranked. He knows the punishment won’t be serious, unlike in the case of Spigot. Despite all of his flaws, Spigot seems to be more like a HarmlessIneffectiveVillain that is never shown to be really harsh on Dunder and that Dunder knows how to handle. If Spigot get shot or demoted Dunder may end reassigned under the command of a much meaner and crueler commander.

* In episode "Time Bandit" why does Dunder willingly takes the blame from Spigot's screw up? No matter how loyal or good-hearted he could be, in an Orwellian dictatorship like Thembria he can get shot for that, especially because he has a very low rank.