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Considering magic is very real in this universe, I'm not sure if Chuunibyou applies.
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** All of the guests are in paper-thin disguises. Yes, it was a costume party, but it didn't take much to figure out who was who.
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* DeathByAdaptation: Duckworth has passed away in this version.
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* DeathByAdaptation: After much speculation over the character's absence in the reboot from promotional materials, it is ultimately revealed that Duckworth has passed away in this version.
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* {{Chunnibyou}}: Nik Nokturne, aka Blackarts Beagle, is a Western example, even being motivated largely by showing Ma Beagle his magic skills so she takes him seriously.
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* {{Chunnibyou}}: {{Chuunibyou}}: Nik Nokturne, aka Blackarts Beagle, is a Western example, even being motivated largely by showing Ma Beagle his magic skills so she takes him seriously.
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* PaperThinDisguise: It's not exactly a surprise to discover the talking dog and obviously malevolent Nik Nokturne is a Beagle Boy.
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* {{Chunnibyou}}: Nik Nokturne, aka Blackarts Beagle, is a Western example, even being motivated largely by showing Ma Beagle his magic skills so she takes him seriously.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Duckworth has zero problem with getting summoned back to the realm of the living, since it means he gets to serve Scrooge again (and snark at Beakley for being, in his view, inadequate at the job compared to him).
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* UndyingLoyalty: Literally: Duckworth has zero problem with getting summoned back to the realm of the living, since it means he gets to serve Scrooge again (and snark at Beakley for being, in his view, inadequate at the job compared to him).
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* {{JerkassBall}}: Huey grabs it by unilaterally deciding to plan out the entire night and refusing to consider anyone else's thoughts or feelings on the events that transpire.
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* {{JerkassBall}}: JerkassBall: Huey grabs it by unilaterally deciding to plan out the entire night and refusing to consider anyone else's thoughts or feelings on the events that transpire. transpire.
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* RuleOfThree: There are three special guests at Scrooge's party, Ma Beagle, Mark Beaks and Flintheart Glomgold. All three are suspected of kidnapping Scrooge.
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* RuleOfThree: There RuleOfThree:
**There are three special guests at Scrooge's party, Ma Beagle, Mark Beaks and Flintheart Glomgold. All three are suspected of kidnappingScrooge.Scrooge.
**Huey calls a "staff meeting" 3 times in the episode.
**There are three special guests at Scrooge's party, Ma Beagle, Mark Beaks and Flintheart Glomgold. All three are suspected of kidnapping
**Huey calls a "staff meeting" 3 times in the episode.
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* {{JerkassBall}}: Huey grabs it by unilaterally deciding to plan out the entire night and refusing to consider anyone else's thoughts or feelings on the events that transpire.
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* OnlySaneMan: Louie is this in this episode, suggesting that the triplets stop forcing Scrooge to celebrate his birthday with a party and, after he gets kidnapped, trying to convince Huey they should call Mrs. Beakley or the police for help.
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* OnlySaneMan: Louie is this a ZigZagged example in this episode, episode. On the one hand, he's the one suggesting that the triplets stop forcing Scrooge to celebrate his birthday with a party and, after he gets kidnapped, trying to convince Huey they should call Mrs. Beakley or the police for help. On the other hand, he was the one who invited Scrooge's RoguesGallery to the party in the first place.
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* RuleOfThreeRuleOfThree: There are three special guests at Scrooge's party, Ma Beagle, Mark Beaks and Flintheart Glomgold. All three are suspected of kidnapping Scrooge.
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* HarmlessVillain: Ma wonders how Scrooge can even consider Mark a nemesis.
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* HarmlessVillain: Ma wonders how Scrooge can even consider Mark a nemesis.nemesis given that his big plan was to hack the mansion's security footage and spread a video of Scrooge accidentally walking into a glass door.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Huey cares less about making Scrooge's birthday enjoyable for him and more about establishing a rep as a great party planner/mystery solver for himself. He admits it at the end and apologizes.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Huey cares less about making Scrooge's birthday enjoyable for him and more about establishing a rep as a great party planner/mystery solver for himself. He admits it at the end and apologizes.
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* OnlySaneMan: Louie is this in this episode, suggesting that the triplets stop forcing Scrooge to celebrate his birthday with a party and, after he gets kidnapped, trying to convince Huey they should call Mrs. Beakley or the police for help.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Louie calls Huey out on his ItsAllAboutMe attitude throughout the night.
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* EvilGloating: Parodied: Blackarts spills their entire plan while Ma Beagle keeps begging him to shut up.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Neither Webby nor Beakley seem to be surprised at being greeted by Duckworth's ghost upon their return home, Webby saying hello as she goes by him and Beakley walking right through him after he snarkily chides her for leaving her post.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Neither Webby nor Beakley seem to be all that surprised at being greeted by Duckworth's ghost upon their return home, Webby saying hello as she goes by him and Beakley (after admittedly widening her eyes for a few seconds in shock) walking right through him after he snarkily chides her for leaving her post.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Duckworth has zero problem with getting summoned back to the realm of the living, since it means he gets to serve Scrooge again (and snark at Beakley for being, in his view, inadequate at the job compared to him).
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Neither Webby nor Beakley seem to be surprised at being greeted by Duckworth's ghost upon their return home, Webby saying hello as she goes by him and Beakley walking right through him after he snarkily chides her for leaving her post.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Neither Webby nor Beakley seem to be surprised at being greeted by Duckworth's ghost upon their return home, Webby saying hello as she goes by him and Beakley walking right through him after he snarkily chides her for leaving her post.
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* BirthdayHater: Downplayed in Scrooge's case; he doesn't hate his birthday, but he doesn't like it when it's celebrated. As a result, Beakley and Webby use his birthday as an annual brushing up on the latter's wilderness survival skills.
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* BirthdayHater: Downplayed in Scrooge's case; he doesn't hate his birthday, but he doesn't like it when it's being celebrated. As a result, everybody gives him space so he can have the day to himself (for example, Beakley and Webby use his birthday as an annual brushing up on the latter's wilderness survival skills.skills trip).
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* EvilIsPetty: While Ma Beagle wants to steal the dead to Duckburg and Glomgold wants to kill Scrooge, Beaks came to the party merely to find embarrassing footage of Scrooge to post online and humiliate him.
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* EvilIsPetty: While Ma Beagle wants to steal the dead deed to Duckburg and Glomgold wants to kill Scrooge, Beaks came to the party merely to find embarrassing footage of Scrooge to post online and humiliate him.
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* PragmaticVillainy: Ma Beagle states she wouldn't abduct Scrooge, noting he is more trouble than he is worth (which is really saying something considering how much Scrooge is worth).
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* TheButlerDidIt: Parodied brutally twice. First, when Blackarts Beagle is revealed as the criminal, it is done in the most obvious, over the top way, complete with him being visible in position summoning insane magical power while Huey fails to realize he's forgotten a suspect, as Blackarts Beagle is just supplementary to the plan. Secondly? Well...Duckworth did it.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Blackarts Beagle revealing himself as a villain requires a good minute of set-up in the background, while Huey fails to realize it.
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* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Parodied relentlessly. The unimportant characters flee for their lives, because Scrooge does not like his birthday.
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* EvilIsPetty: While Ma Beagle wants to steal the dead to Duckburg and Glomgold wants to kill Scrooge, Beaks came to the party merely to find embarrassing footage of Scrooge to post online and humiliate him.
* InsistentTerminology: Scrooge mentions that he hates birthday party magicians more than birthday parties. Huey then calls Nik Nokturne an "illusionist".
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* MythologyGag: The security system in [=McDuck=] Manor is labelled "DT-87". Gee, does it really take a genius to know what that refers to.
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* MythologyGag: The MythologyGag:
**The security system in [=McDuck=] Manor is labelled "DT-87". Gee, does it really take a genius to know what that refersto.to.
**Scrooge stole the town deed from Grandpa Beagle, the former leader of the Beagle Boys. He, of course, stole the deed from the town first.
**The security system in [=McDuck=] Manor is labelled "DT-87". Gee, does it really take a genius to know what that refers
**Scrooge stole the town deed from Grandpa Beagle, the former leader of the Beagle Boys. He, of course, stole the deed from the town first.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Beakley criticizes Webby for bringing a crossbow on their annual survivor skills trip. Webby then retrieves a set of bow and arrows, which Beakley approves of.
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* BirthdayHater: Downplayed in Scrooge's case; it doesn't seem like he hates his birthday, but he doesn't like it when it's celebrated.
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* BirthdayHater: Downplayed in Scrooge's case; it he doesn't seem like he hates hate his birthday, but he doesn't like it when it's celebrated.celebrated. As a result, Beakley and Webby use his birthday as an annual brushing up on the latter's wilderness survival skills.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Donald runs outside to his car during the ColdOpen and hi-tails it out of the manor to escape the Scrooge's birthday.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Donald runs outside to his car during the ColdOpen and hi-tails it out of the manor takes off in order to escape the avoid Scrooge's birthday.
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** Huey's word search contains several Scrooge related words, but the top line also holds the solution to the mystery - [[Main/TheButlerDidIt the butler did it]]
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* FreezeFrameBonus: When Dewey hands the cell phone to Huey, his mask reads "THE DUKE IS BACK!"
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** The smoke machine is called "[[JustForPun Mist Opportunity]]"
** When Dewey hands the cell phone to Huey, his mask reads "THE DUKE IS BACK!"
** The smoke machine is called "[[JustForPun Mist Opportunity]]"
** When Dewey hands the cell phone to Huey, his mask reads "THE DUKE IS BACK!"
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It's Scrooge's birthday, and everyone but the triplets leave to let Scrooge celebrate alone. However, Huey plans an elaborate birthday party. But when Scrooge mysteriously disappears and all the doors lock, it becomes a mystery to find out who did it.
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* BackFromTheDead: In a sense. Duckworth is literally summoned back from the dead, but as a ghost. Since he doesn't disappear come the next morning, it seems he will continue to haunt [=McDuck=] Manor.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Louie thinks it isn't fair for Huey to force Scrooge to participate in a birthday party he clearly doesn't want.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Sort of. The villains talk about Duckworth positively and claim he threw amazing parties.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Louie thinks it isn't fair for Huey to force Scrooge to participate in a birthday party he clearly doesn't want.
* FreezeFrameBonus: When Dewey hands the cell phone to Huey, his mask reads "THE DUKE IS BACK!"
* FriendlyEnemy: Sort of. The villains talk about Duckworth positively and claim he threw amazing parties.
* FreezeFrameBonus: When Dewey hands the cell phone to Huey, his mask reads "THE DUKE IS BACK!"
* FriendlyEnemy: Sort of. The villains talk about Duckworth positively and claim he threw amazing parties.
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** The electrical system in [=McDuck=] Manor is labelled "DT-87". Gee, does it really take a genius to know what that refers to.
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* MythologyGag:
**TheManInFrontOfTheMan: Blackarts Beagle was set up to be this to show his mother that the magic classes he took were not a waste of time and decided to use his magic to make Scrooge and the other villains disappear, including his own mother with a skull ghost. Averted when the skull ghost turned out to have been Duckworth.
* MythologyGag: Theelectrical security system in [=McDuck=] Manor is labelled "DT-87". Gee, does it really take a genius to know what that refers to.to.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Dewey assumes the persona of DJ [[Music/DaftPunk Daft Duck]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Dewey assumes the persona of DJ [[Music/DaftPunk Daft Duck]].
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* TooDumbToLive: Louie invites Ma Beagle, Mark Beaks, and Glomgold to Scrooge's birthday party. Louie defends himself saying he had 1 hour to put together a guest list.
* TooDumbToLive: Louie invites Ma Beagle, Mark Beaks, and Glomgold to Scrooge's birthday party. Louie defends himself saying he had 1 hour to put together a guest list.
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* TheVoiceless: Zigzagged with Dewey. He can't speak with the helmet on, but his keytar is stocked with a few samples of his own voice.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Huey is all too familiar with Locked Room Mysteries, but he fails to identify the right culprit multiple times. Also, he knows the party should end when the right culprit is revealed, but doesn't know what to do after Nik Nokturne (aka. Blackarts Beagle) is "revealed" as such.
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* BirthdayHater: Downplayed in Scrooge's case; it doesn't seem like he hates his birthday, but he doesn't like it when it's celebrated.
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** Huey recalls the time Ma Beagle [[Recap/DuckTales2017S1E2DaytripOfDoom kidnapped them]], which was at least two months prior.
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** Huey recalls the time Ma Beagle [[Recap/DuckTales2017S1E2DaytripOfDoom kidnapped them]], which was at least two InUniverse months prior.prior to this episode.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Donald runs outside to his car during the ColdOpen and hi-tails it out of the manor to escape the Scrooge's birthday.
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* HarmlessVillain: Ma wonders how Scrooge can even consider Mark a nemesis.
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* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: Blackarts Beagle was set up to be this to show his mother that the magic classes he took were not a waste of time and decided to use his magic to make Scrooge and the other villains disappear, including his own mother with a skull ghost. Averted when the skull ghost turned out to have been Duckworth.
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* DeathByAdaptation: Duckworth has passed away in this version.
* DramaticIrony: Scrooge was kidnapped by himself, with some help from Duckworth's ghost.
* FriendlyEnemy: Sort of. The villains talk about Duckworth positively and claim he threw amazing parties.
* DramaticIrony: Scrooge was kidnapped by himself, with some help from Duckworth's ghost.
* FriendlyEnemy: Sort of. The villains talk about Duckworth positively and claim he threw amazing parties.
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** The electrical system in [=McDuck=] Manor is labelled "DT-87". Gee, does it really take a genius to know what that refers to.to.
* NotMeThisTime: None of the villains in this episode were responsible for Scrooge's disappearance since they had other goals.
* TooDumbToLive: Louie invites Ma Beagle, Mark Beaks, and Glomgold to Scrooge's birthday party. Louie defends himself saying he had 1 hour to put together a guest list.
* NotMeThisTime: None of the villains in this episode were responsible for Scrooge's disappearance since they had other goals.
* TooDumbToLive: Louie invites Ma Beagle, Mark Beaks, and Glomgold to Scrooge's birthday party. Louie defends himself saying he had 1 hour to put together a guest list.
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** The electrical system in McDuck Manor is labelled "DT-87". Gee, does it really take a genius to know what that refers to.
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** The electrical system in McDuck [=McDuck=] Manor is labelled "DT-87". Gee, does it really take a genius to know what that refers to.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Louie thinks it isn't fair for Huey to force Scrooge to participate in a birthday party he clearly doesn't want.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Louie thinks it isn't fair for Huey to force Scrooge to participate in a birthday party he clearly doesn't want.want.
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** The electrical system in McDuck Manor is labelled "DT-87". Gee, does it really take a genius to know what that refers to.
*MythologyGag:
** The electrical system in McDuck Manor is labelled "DT-87". Gee, does it really take a genius to know what that refers to.
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** Mark Beaks' Digital Hi-Five app returns.
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** Mark Beaks' Digital Hi-Five app returns.returns.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Louie thinks it isn't fair for Huey to force Scrooge to participate in a birthday party he clearly doesn't want.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Louie thinks it isn't fair for Huey to force Scrooge to participate in a birthday party he clearly doesn't want.
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* ContinuityNod:
** Huey recalls the time Ma Beagle [[Recap/DuckTales2017S1E2DaytripOfDoom kidnapped them]], which was at least two months prior.
** Mark Beaks' Digital Hi-Five app returns.
* ContinuityNod:
** Huey recalls the time Ma Beagle [[Recap/DuckTales2017S1E2DaytripOfDoom kidnapped them]], which was at least two months prior.
** Mark Beaks' Digital Hi-Five app returns.
