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* MarshmallowHell: Rare male-male example when Storkules [[HoYay pushes Donald's face between his pecs]] and holds him there for several seconds.

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Webby is so blinded by her HeroWorship of Scrooge and the hype of solving the mystery of Della Duck's disappearance that she doesn't realize how afraid of the potentially AwfulTruth Dewey is until he physically bars her path.



* JerkassGods: Played straight with Zeus, who's essentially an all-powerful crybaby. Averted with the other gods like Storkules and Selene who are very nice and cool to be around.

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* JerkassGods: Played straight with Zeus, who's essentially an all-powerful crybaby. Averted with the other gods like Storkules and Selene god, Selene, who are is very nice and cool to be around.around, and the demigod Storkules, who is affable and polite if not overeager.



* ShownTheirWork: Zeus is most famous for being the king of gods and the god of lightning; but in the myths he's also the god of hospitality, something often not mentioned in pop culture. He also had a bad temper, and would be very arbitrary as we see in the episode.

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* ShownTheirWork: Zeus is most famous for being the king of gods and the god of lightning; but in the myths he's also the god of hospitality, something often not mentioned in pop culture. He also had a bad temper, fragile ego and a vindictive streak, and would be very arbitrary as we see in the episode.
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* VocalDissonance: When the siren child stops singing and speaks normally, she has a very rough, raspy voice similar to an old woman.

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* VocalDissonance: When the siren child stops singing and speaks normally, she has a very rough, raspy voice similar to an old woman. Doubles as SingingVoiceDissonance.
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* The Resenter: Zeus, who kept getting beaten by Scrooge.

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* The Resenter: TheResenter: Zeus, who kept getting beaten by Scrooge.



* Shout-Out: The Greek gods are based on Disney's Hercules, with Storkules wearing the same outfit as Hercules did from that film.

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* Shout-Out: ShoutOut: The Greek gods are based on have very similar designs to their counterparts from Disney's Hercules, ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' (apart from being birds, of course), with Storkules wearing the same outfit as Hercules did from that film.

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The monster is identified as Charybdis in the credits.


* CombatTentacles: Charybdis is a cephalopod monster with plenty of tentacles that he uses to grab Webby and Dewey.



* JerkassFacade: The cephalopod monster is just doing its job keeping intruders from grabbing the Spear of Poseidon. It quickly drops the facade when Dewey says they're looking for the Spear of Selene, and gives him and Webby directions.

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* JerkassFacade: The Charybdis, the cephalopod monster is just doing its job keeping intruders from grabbing the Spear of Poseidon. It quickly drops the facade when Dewey says they're looking for the Spear of Selene, and gives him and Webby directions.
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Part of TheReveal is that Della Duck, despite PROBABLY not being dead(?), was a great person whom everyone loved.

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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Part of TheReveal is that Della Duck, despite PROBABLY not being dead(?), Duck was a great person whom everyone loved.loved. It's unclear whether she's just lost or actually dead.
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* Shout-Out: The Greek gods are based on Disney's Hercules, with Storkules wearing the same outfit as Hercules did from that film.
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* The Resenter: Zeus, who kept getting beaten by Scrooge.
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* VocalDissonance: When the siren child stops singing and speaks normally, she has a very rough, raspy voice similar to an old woman.
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* SacredHospitality: Storkules invokes this to convince Zeus to let the ducks stay on the island, but Zeus ends up averting it when it becomes clear the ducks are going to win all the challenges again, in frustration opting to try to kill them.
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* Foreshadowing: Not just Donald but Scrooge of all ducks is adamant about leaving the mythical island as soon as they arrive, making it clear they know more about the place than they let on/have been there before.

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* Foreshadowing: ForeShadowing: Not just Donald but Scrooge of all ducks is adamant about leaving the mythical island as soon as they arrive, making it clear they know more about the place than they let on/have been there before.
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* Foreshadowing: Not just Donald but Scrooge of all ducks is adamant about leaving the mythical island as soon as they arrive, making it clear they know more about the place than they let on/have been there before.
* GenreSavvy: Scrooge knows nothing good ever happens when a creepy child starts singing.
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** Donald put little to no effort into any of the contests Zeus forced the [=McDuck=] family to participate in.

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** Donald put puts little to no effort into any of the contests Zeus forced forces the [=McDuck=] family to participate in.



* VitriolicBestBuds: Storkules considers Donald a dear friend, but Donald is reluctant to say the same.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Storkules considers Donald a dear friend, but Donald is reluctant to say the same.same (until the end of the episode).

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** Donald yelling out "Well, she can't!" while arguing with Storkules is the first time he's acknowledged
his sister.

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** Donald yelling out "Well, she can't!" while arguing with Storkules is the first time he's acknowledged
acknowledged his sister.
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* HesBack: Implied at the end of the episode, Donald is back to adventuring after a long period of retirement.

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* HesBack: Implied at the end of the episode, Donald episode--Donald is back to adventuring after a long period of retirement.retirement, whether he likes it or not.

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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Part of TheReveal is that Della Duck, despite PROBABLY not being dead(?) was a great person whom everyone loved.

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* CreepyChild: Scrooge uses the exact phrase to describe the Siren.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Part of TheReveal is that Della Duck, despite PROBABLY not being dead(?) dead(?), was a great person whom everyone loved.



* ShownTheirWork: Zeus is most famous for being the king of gods and the god of lighting; but in the myths he's also the god of hospitality something often not mentioned in pop culture. He also had a bad temper, and would be very arbitrary as we see in the episode.

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* ShownTheirWork: Zeus is most famous for being the king of gods and the god of lighting; lightning; but in the myths he's also the god of hospitality hospitality, something often not mentioned in pop culture. He also had a bad temper, and would be very arbitrary as we see in the episode.



* WhamLine: "I've never had a spear."
** Donald yelling out "Well, she can't!" while arguing with Storkules is the first time he's acknowledged his sister.

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* WhamLine: WhamLine:
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"I've never had a spear."
** Donald yelling out "Well, she can't!" while arguing with Storkules is the first time he's acknowledged acknowledged
his sister.sister.
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* JerkassFacade: The cephalopod mosnter is just doing its job keeping intruders from grabbing the Spear of Poseidon. It quickly drops the facade when Dewey says they're looking for the Spear of Selene, and gives him and Webby directions.

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* JerkassFacade: The cephalopod mosnter monster is just doing its job keeping intruders from grabbing the Spear of Poseidon. It quickly drops the facade when Dewey says they're looking for the Spear of Selene, and gives him and Webby directions.

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* TenMinuteRetirement: Just outside the Garden of Selene, Dewey decides not to enter and blocks Webby from doing so. As soon as she agrees to leave the mystery unsolved to preserve his memory of his mom, he brings her through the rapidly closing portal.



* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We never see exactly how Dewey and Webby get through the various traps protecting the Sword of Selene.



* ThrowingTheMatch: Scrooge challenges Zeus to a "winner take all" game of bocce, and throws the match just so Zeus will let them leave in peace.

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* ThrowingTheMatch: ThrowingTheMatch:
**Donald put little to no effort into any of the contests Zeus forced the [=McDuck=] family to participate in.
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Scrooge challenges Zeus to a "winner take all" game of bocce, and throws the match just so Zeus will let them leave in peace. peace.

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* AbsenteeActor: Mrs Beakley does not appear in this episode.



* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Part of TheReveal, is that Della Duck, despite PROBABLY not being dead? Is a great person whom everyone loved.
* EnthrallingSiren: The child with the Golden Fleece turns out to be a siren, whose singing controls minds.

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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Part of TheReveal, TheReveal is that Della Duck, despite PROBABLY not being dead? Is dead(?) was a great person whom everyone loved.
loved.
* EnthrallingSiren: The child with the Golden Fleece turns out to be a siren, siren whose singing controls minds.



* HesBack: Implied at the end of the episode, Donald is back to adventuring after a long period of retirement,

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* HesBack: Implied at the end of the episode, Donald is back to adventuring after a long period of retirement,retirement.



* NoEnding: Ends with Launchpad having disassembled the entire plane, trapping them on the island.

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* NoEnding: Ends with Launchpad having disassembled the entire plane, trapping them on the island. And right when they needed a quick getaway.
* PalsWithJesus: The [=McDuck=] family is well acquainted with the Olympian Gods. Scrooge has a rivalry with Zeus, Storkules (the show's version of Hercules) considers Donald his best friend (although the feeling isn't mutual), and Selene and Della were apparently close friends.



* TheReveal: Selene doesn't have a Spear. She has a Sphere, but Della didn't take it. Also, Della was one of her best friends and always welcome on the island, so she wasn't a thief and she wouldn't have betrayed Scrooge. Webby concludes that the Spear wasn't a mythological artifact, and Selene gives her Sphere to Dewey to help with his quest.
* PalsWithJesus: The [=McDuck=] family is well acquainted with the Olympian Gods. Scrooge has a rivalry with Zeus, Storkules (the show's version of Hercules) considers Donald his best friend (although the feeling isn't mutual), and Selene and Della were apparently close friends.

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* TheReveal: Selene doesn't have a Spear. She has a Sphere, but Della didn't take it. Also, Della was one of her best friends and always welcome on the island, so she wasn't a thief and she wouldn't have betrayed Scrooge. Webby concludes that the Spear wasn't a mythological artifact, and Selene gives her Sphere sphere to Dewey to help with his quest.
* PalsWithJesus: The [=McDuck=] family is well acquainted with the Olympian Gods. Scrooge has a rivalry with Zeus, Storkules (the show's version of Hercules) considers Donald his best friend (although the feeling isn't mutual), and Selene and Della were apparently close friends.
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* AbsenteeActor: Mrs Beakley does not appear in this episode.


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* AsYouKnow: Webby recaps the hunt for Della to Dewey.


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* CaptainCrash: Launchpad, as usual - although this time, unknown to him or anyone else, Dewey and Webby have deliberately made him land on Ithaquack by sneakily pushing various buttons.


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* ItsLikeIAlwaysSay:
-->'''Launchpad:''' I always say, better safe than..... whatever the opposite of safe is. ''[Pause]'' Yeah, I do say that.
-->'''Scrooge:''' ''When have you ever said that?''
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* HesBack: Implied at the end of the episode, Donald is back to adventuring after a long period of retirement,



* LetsGetDangerous: Donald before fighting a brainwashed Storkules.



* MeaningfulEcho: Donald's repeated line of "Someone always gets hurt" becomes "Nobody gets hurt today."



* TroubledFetalPosition: Dewey does one after breaking down.



* VitriolicBestBuds: Storkules considers Donald a dear friend, but Donald is reluctant to say the same.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Storkules considers Donald a dear friend, but Donald is reluctant to say the same.same.
* WhamLine: "I've never had a spear."
** Donald yelling out "Well, she can't!" while arguing with Storkules is the first time he's acknowledged his sister.

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* JerkassFacade: The cephalopod mosnter is just doing its job keeping intruders from grabbing the Spear of Poseidon. It quickly drops the facade when Dewey says they're looking for the Spear of Selene, and gives him and Webby directions.



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: No one on the island knows that Della has been missing for years. Selene in fact sneaks up on Dewey and Webby because she thought Della had returned.



* PapaWolf: Donald takes on Storkules, despite losing badly, to save Scrooge and the boys.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** The cephalopod monster guarding the Spear of Poseidon stops strangling Dewey and Webby when they explain they're looking for the Spear of Selene. He gives them directions to the right antechamber and accepts Dewey's apology for insulting him.
** Unlike Zeus, Selene is quite calm when two strange children enter her realm seeking answers, though she tries to prank them because she thinks Della has returned. She gives Dewey the truth -- she doesn't have a Spear and Della was a good person who brought joy to everyone -- as well as her Sphere to help him find out what happened to Della.
* TheReveal: Selene doesn't have a Spear. She has a Sphere, but Della didn't take it. Also, Della was one of her best friends and always welcome on the island, so she wasn't a thief and she wouldn't have betrayed Scrooge. Webby concludes that the Spear wasn't a mythological artifact, and Selene gives her Sphere to Dewey to help with his quest.



* ShownTheirWork: Zeus is most famous for being the king of gods and the god of lighting; but in the myths he's also the god of hospitality something often not mentioned in pop culture.

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* ShownTheirWork: Zeus is most famous for being the king of gods and the god of lighting; but in the myths he's also the god of hospitality something often not mentioned in pop culture. He also had a bad temper, and would be very arbitrary as we see in the episode.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: When the plane first lands in Ithaquack, there is a small scorpion with a lion's head at the beach. Later, Webby finds a small statue of a chimera in the model of the island in the antechamber of the Spear of Selene.

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* MixAndMatchCritters: When the plane first lands in Ithaquack, there is a small scorpion with a lion's head (Manticore) at the beach. Later, Webby finds a small statue of a chimera in the model of the island in the antechamber of the Spear of Selene.

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* GracefulLoser: Storkules takes losing to the [=McDuck=] clan much better then his father does.



* JerkassGods: Played straight with Zeus, who's essentially an all-powerful crybaby. Averted with the other gods like Strokules and Selene who are very nice and cool to be around.

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* JerkassGods: Played straight with Zeus, who's essentially an all-powerful crybaby. Averted with the other gods like Strokules Storkules and Selene who are very nice and cool to be around.
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* ApologeticAttacker: The brainwashed Storkules keeps apologizing to Scrooge and the boys for being forced to fight them.


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* BrokenPedestal: Invoked. Dewey is reluctant to learn more about Della and why she took the Spear of Selene because he fears he might find out that his mother was a bad person.


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* EnthrallingSiren: The child with the Golden Fleece turns out to be a siren, whose singing controls minds.


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* InsistentTerminology: Donald insists that he and Storkules are just acquaintances, not friends. In the end, he relents.


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* MixAndMatchCritters: When the plane first lands in Ithaquack, there is a small scorpion with a lion's head at the beach. Later, Webby finds a small statue of a chimera in the model of the island in the antechamber of the Spear of Selene.


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* PalsWithJesus: The [=McDuck=] family is well acquainted with the Olympian Gods. Scrooge has a rivalry with Zeus, Storkules (the show's version of Hercules) considers Donald his best friend (although the feeling isn't mutual), and Selene and Della were apparently close friends.


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* VehicularSabotage: Webby and Dewey mess with the controls of Launchpad's plane so that they would land in Ithaquack.
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* JerkassGods: Played straight with Zeus, who's essentially an all-powerful crybaby. Averted with the other gods like Strokules and Selene who are very nice and cool to be around.


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* ShownTheirWork: Zeus is most famous for being the king of gods and the god of lighting; but in the myths he's also the god of hospitality something often not mentioned in pop culture.
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Part of TheReveal, is that Della Duck, despite PROBABLY not being dead? Is a great person whom everyone loved.

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* FluffyTheTerrible: The last match is against a small child. Who is a mind-controlling Siren.



* ThrowingTheMatch: Scrooge challenges Zeus to a "winner take all" game of bocce, and throws the match just so Zeus will let them leave in peace.

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* NoEnding: Ends with Launchpad having disassembled the entire plane, trapping them on the island.
* ThrowingTheMatch: Scrooge challenges Zeus to a "winner take all" game of bocce, and throws the match just so Zeus will let them leave in peace.
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The ducks end up making a crash landing on the mythical island of Ithaquack, the resort of the Greek gods. While Huey, Louie, and Donald are pulled into Scrooge's rivalry with Zeus, King of the Gods, Dewey and Webby try to find out more about the Spear of Selene.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: Zeus hates Scrooge because the last time he was here, he bested Zeus at nearly everything and made him look bad in front of the other gods.
* BestOutOfInfinity: When Scrooge and his family keep besting Storkules in various contests, Zeus keeps challenging them to more contests.
* HereWeGoAgain: Dewey accidentally drops the memory orb he got from Selene, spoiling Zeus's winning bocce ball match and making the god angry again.
* ThrowingTheMatch: Scrooge challenges Zeus to a "winner take all" game of bocce, and throws the match just so Zeus will let them leave in peace.
* TheUnReveal: Dewey and Webby fail to find out anything about the "Spear of Selene", other than it has nothing to do with the Greek goddess of the moon.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Storkules considers Donald a dear friend, but Donald is reluctant to say the same.

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