History Heartwarming / DuckTales1987

* Listening to Scrooge tell the story of how he decided to leave his family behind in his native country in the hopes of a better future in a foreign country will tug at the heartstrings of [[AnImmigrantsTale anyone who went through a similar experience,]] [[ImmigrantParents or whose family]] had told them of their trials and tribulations of starting all over again in a new country.

* Even though he snarks at him at the same time, Scrooge gives Launchpad the bed after he gets freaked out from seeing the dullahan and helps [[NiceGirl Webby]] [[ComfortingComforter pull the covers over him]].

* As Scrooge is having a TV interview over his industrial growth, a reporter notes how his family must be proud of his success. At this point, Scrooge stammers, unable to quite divulge on the subject. Eventually he admits his life has actually been pretty lonely until his nephews came along, [[EurekaMoment at which point it comes to him]], he has "the boys," speaking proudly and eagerly of their spunk and likeness to himself, unaware that at this very moment they are indeed vigorously trying to protect one of his treasures from the Beagle Boys.
* Once he's recovered the ship, Scrooge tells his nephews to get to safety while he deals with the Beagle Boys:
-->'''Huey''': ''(saluting)'' No sir, Uncle Scrooge!\\

** After they overhear Scrooge tell his butler how troublesome they are, they run away from home, hoping to go back to Donald.

* Scrooge and Glomgold hate each other as much as ever. Still, when it looks like Glomgold was slammed into a plane by a heavy wooden door, Scrooge still calls out to see if he's alright.

* A subtle one but a key reason Armstrong gets caught out is because of his impersonation of Gyro rather curtly telling the triplets to leave him alone. Rather than offending them or keeping them none the wiser, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness it just makes them suspicious something is up]], because [[NiceGuy Gyro]] isn't one to talk to the boys that way.

* Dogface WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} is introduced as a swaggering thug and sinister figure. Then, at the end of the episode, [[spoiler: it turns out that he's working to rid the seas of the dangerous monster. He expresses happiness to see Scrooge alive after his apparent death and gives Scrooge a weapon to use in the battle. He also thanks the kids for their help during the battle.]]

* While it was badly timed, Launchpad's story near the end reveals how much he sees Scrooge as his friend rather than just his boss. On hearing that the older duck was sick, he brought him breakfast...[[NurseWithGoodIntentions which unfortunately didn't go so well.]]

[[AC: [[Recap/DuckTalesS1E51MasterOfTheDjinni]]]]

* And earlier, one of his nightmares involved seeing his money bin totally empty, and the bill collectors hounding him. He asks them what they'd possibly want since all of his money is gone. [[AdultFear They state that they'll take his nephews away from him.]] His worst fear was losing his boys over his money.