History NightmareFuel / DuckTales2017

* Liu Hai reveals himself in a pretty creepy way: everything turns dark, the walls of the casino turn into cards and Liu Hai himself turns jade-colored and grows to gigantic size. Furthermore, all the patrons of the casino are transformed into cards. Were they all illusions conjured up by Liu Hai? Or were they once innocent people lured in like Gladstone was?
* While not a lot of detail is given, the fact remains that for an unspecified amount of time, Gladstone was the prisoner of a luck vampire who was feeding off his natural luck. [[FridgeHorror Just how many other people suffered a similar fate, being drawn into the casino and finding they can't leave]]?

* Gladstone himself in an AdultFear sort of way. He was fully prepared to consign his family, including four young children, to an eternity of enslavement under Liu Hai just to save his own skin. People have been violently disowned from less prestigious clans for less horrendous acts. Plus, just imagine having to live with someone who is as much of a jerk as Gladstone is shown to be and who you know can literally get away with ''anything'' because they are just that blasted fortunate.

* While not a lot of detail is given, the fact remains that for an unspecified amount of time, Gladstone was the prisoner of a luck vampire who was feeding off his natural luck. Just how many other people suffered a similar fate, being drawn into the casino and finding they can't leave?
** The episode actually has a bit of a creepy vibe to it, that kicks off with the scene with Gladstone at the beginning. When asked why he called Donald and Scrooge for help, Gladstone tries to answer, but then receives a suspicious glance from one of the casino workers, which leads to him immediately backtracking. After that, Scrooge and the kids discover that they have immense difficulty locating the exit of the casino and find themselves looping back to the exact same place. Then we have the introduction of Toad Liu Hai, who seems a bit too obsessed with making sure the McDuck family stay in the casino for as long as possible. All these events provide the episode with a rather creepy atmosphere, like you get that something is off about the place but it isn't clear what.
** When Liu Hai reveals himself, all the patrons of the casino are transformed into cards. Were they all illusions conjured up by Liu Hai? Or were they once innocent people lured in like Gladstone was?

* Gladstone himself in an AdultFear sort of way. He was fully prepared to consign his family, including four young children, to an eternity of enslavement under Liu Hai just to save his own skin. People have been violently disowned from less prestigious clans for less horrendous acts. Plus, just imagine having to live with someone who is as much of a jerk as Gladstone is shown to be and who you know can literally get away with ''anything'' because they are just that blasted fortunate.

* In stark contrast to the largely comedic portrayals of the other villains, the show's version of Magica De Spell is a deadly serious threat that seems straight out of a Lovecraft or Stephen King story. A SealedEvilInACan who occupies the shadow of her niece Lena, and pressures the girl into an insidious plan to get close to the Duck family, and also implied to be actively trying to morally corrupt her to the point of murder. And WordOfGod happily added right after her first appearance that if she ever got out, her power level is on the same level as [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]]. And it's all aided by a performance from the typically comedic actress Catherine Tate that's stripped of all her usual hamminess in favor of pure bone-chilling evil.

* Magica tells Lena to leave Mrs. Beakley pinned under a subway car. Lena saves her anyway by levitating the car, but then trips and loses control of it, and just barely manages to pull Mrs. Beakley to safety before she's crushed.

** Given [[spoiler:Magica]]'s previous incarnation, you'd expect her to [[EvilIsHammy ham]] it up. Instead, she [[SilentAntagonist says absolutely nothing]] and just gives a SlasherSmile in response to Lena's [[TheMole Mole]]-related success with Webby.

** When [[spoiler: she takes on Ma Beagle, Webby turns off the lights, [[IronicEcho chants the Funsos slogan in a mock singsong]], and lures her into a trap in the ballpit. As the triplets later put it, they would rather be on Webby's team when she's dangerous.]]
* The Beagle Boys' plot to kidnap the triplets and Webby. [[spoiler:They mug a mascot for his disguise at Funsos, and they try to grab Webby while she's playing ''Uke or Puke''. Webby's reaction, to kick him in the face, was actually a justified one considering it was a kidnapping attempt in public. Small wonder that at the end of the episode, Funsos rescinds their lifetime ban on the quartet for fear of a lawsuit because of the potential bad publicity. And Scrooge [=McDuck=]'s wrath.]]
* Webby also casually mentions that the Beagle Boys may [[spoiler:toss one of the nephews off a cliff to "persuade" Scrooge to pay the ransom demands]].
** [[spoiler: Her exact words were "throw one of us off a cliff". She was including herself in that equation. And why not? She's no family to Scrooge, and what better way to show that they WouldHurtAChild, but avoid incurring his wrath by hurting one of his family, than to toss Webby off the cliff.]]

* Webby describing that Della Duck seems to be one of Scrooge's BerserkButton. According to her, [[spoiler:he bought a post office that delivered junk mail, and the mailman never came to the house again. "Bad things happen to people that talk about Della Duck."]]
* In the last scene, Gyro, in his dimly lit laboratory, goes into a MadScientist monologue: "Gyro creates robot, robot turns on Gyro, Gyro controls robot... [[spoiler: Gyro ''is'' robot]]." The look on his face as he says this last part just adds to the creepiness.

* The ending scene of the episode. [[spoiler: Lena contacts her aunt, Magica [=DeSpell=], who appears as a terrifying LivingShadow.]]
** Given [[spoiler:Magica]]'s previous incarnation, you'd expect [[spoiler:her]] to [[EvilIsHammy ham]] it up. Instead, [[spoiler:she]] [[SilentAntagonist says absolutely nothing]] and just gives a SlasherSmile in response to [[spoiler:Lena's [[TheMole Mole]]-related success with Webby]].
** The fact that [[spoiler:Magica]] is a SealedEvilInACan in the first place. Typically, that level of incapacitation is reserved for an EldritchAbomination and/or PhysicalGod. Just what kind of AdaptationalBadass is [[spoiler:she]] this time around?

* [[spoiler:Magica tells Lena to leave Mrs. Beakley pinned under a subway car. Lena saves her anyway by levitating the car, but then trips and loses control of it, and just barely manages to pull Mrs. Beakley to safety before she's crushed.]]
** It's also worth noting that earlier, [[spoiler: Magica De Spell manifests herself from Lena's shadow without any approval from the latter, and was seemingly about to attack Mrs. Beakley before Lena thwarts her by moving away and taking Magica with her. Just because she's SealedEvilInACan doesn't necessarily mean that Magica has to ''entirely'' rely on others to do her dirty work...]]
* The Terrafirmians themselves, bulky {{Rock Monster}}s with GlowingEyesOfDoom, chasing after the heroes. [[spoiler: The NightmareFuel factor completely vanishes when they step into the light, revealing a much cuter appearance, and their conversation shows that they chased the heroes out of curiosity, not malice.]]

*** According to one of the showrunners? [[spoiler:She's on the level of [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls BILL CIPHER]].]]

* Launchpad was ''terrified'' by that movie. It definetely sounds like an R-Rated film.

* [[spoiler:Magica tells Lena to leave Ms. Beakley pinned under a subway car. Lena saves her anyway by levitating the car, but then trips and loses control of it, and just barely manages to pull Ms. Beakley to safety before she's crushed.]]

* The Terrafirmians themselves, bulky RockMonsters with GlowingEyesOfDoom, chasing after the heroes. [[spoiler: The NightmareFuel factor completely vanishes when they step into the light, revealing a much cuter appearance, and their conversation implies they were just curious, not malicious.]]

*** According to one of the showrunners? [[spoiler:She's on the level of BILL CIPHER.]]

!!!Woo-oo!

!!!Daytrip of Doom!

!!!The Great Dime Chase!

!!!The Beagle Birthday Massacre!

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[[AC:Daytrip of Doom!]]

[[AC:The Great Dime Chase!]]

[[AC:The Beagle Birthday Massacre!]]