History Recap / DuckTales2017S2E18HappyBirthdayDoofusDrake

* LikeParentUnlikeChild: Unlike [[LikeParentLikeChild Dewey]], the reckless, impulsive, adventurous Della has trouble bonding with the more studious, cautious, and easily overwhelmed Huey. While they both like the same virtual reality game, how they play is vastly different: Huey's ComplacentGamingSyndrome bores Della to tears, and Della trying to get Huey to leave his comfort zone results in him having a massive FreakOut

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Louie, after his invoking TomatoInTheMirror causes sweet, friendly Boyd to GoMadFromTheRevelation, suffer a SurpriseCreepy existential meltdown and seemingly "die" by falling into the pool, sinking to the bottom.

** The [[MoneySpider coins that the enemies drop on death]] are right out of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''.

* SurpriseCreepy: Louie's ploy to expose Boyd as a robot leads to Boyd suffering an unsettling existential breakdown.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Glomgold's dummy-son is called "Sharkbomb".

* SeldomSeenSpecies: A whale shark appears in the photo of Mark and Boyd at Duckburg Aquarium.

* AbsenteeActor: Dewey, Mrs. Beakley, Lena and Violet all have silent cameos while Donald doesn't appear at all though he is mentioned.

* SoftWater: Averted. Doofus falls on his back off he diving board into the pool, resulting in him moaning in pain from the impact.

As Della carries Huey away, Louie returns home distraught and upset that he went through all the danger and terror of Doofus' party with nothing to show for it and that the fortune he always wanted in his hands was lost due to him helping someone he thought he had a connection with. Scrooge patiently sits down with him, pointing out that he wanted an angle to be with her, but missed what was right in front, which isn't all that sharp. Wondering why then Goldie chose to save him, Scrooge speculates that "[[NotSoDifferent Maybe she let you get close too.]]"\\

Doofus meanwhile finally arrives at his own party (by unexpectedly appearing right behind Louie, rather than through a homage of ''The Birth of Venus'' that was set up), glad to see so many parents and children together for the event. Lavishing praise on his dead "Gummeemama", while omitting his actual parents, still suffering under him. However, Doofus also recognizes that there are many liars around his party only interested in the bags. And while at first seeming to suspect Louie, he instead looks at one [[AlliterativeName Percival P. Peppington]] who hired Johnny of ''Ottoman Empire'' to be his "child", despite Johnny being WAY too old to be his son. As punishment, he sends Percival to his "honey bin" via trapdoor to be stung by [[BeeAfraid aggressive bees]], and ejects Johnny from his treehouse. He also recognizes all the Beagle Boys sent by Ma to get the giftbags, and so sends every last one of them to the honey bin as well. While Goldie thinks this means they're out of the woods with all the similar cons exposed, there are still two other "competitors" standing in their way: Mark Beaks with what looks like a child grey parrot, and Flintheart Glomgold with a ventriloquist dummy.\\

* BeeAfraid: Doofus sends guests who displease him into the "honey bin", where they get stung by angry bees.

* MethodActing: In-universe, Glomgold gets so invested in Sharkbomb's character that he has the dummy act in ways that are detrimental to himself. Like getting so worked up over Sharkbomb sassing him that Glomgold tears his head off in a blind rage (exposing his own scheme), or after Doofus activates a trap door into the "[[BeeAfraid honey bin]]" and Glomgold begs "Sharkbomb" to hold for dear life, he has Sharkbomb let go just to spite him, since it would be in-character for the little tyke.

* TrapDoor: Doofus has trap doors all over the place, sending those who displease him into his "honey bin" ([[BeeAfraid which is also full of bees]]).

* {{Sadist}}: This episode really delves into the depths of Doofus's depravity. Creating a new party game where guests get splinters? Making a cake full of hair ([[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial suspiciously marked otherwise]]) for guests to eat? Keeping trap doors to a "honey bin" full of bees? Being willing to string Louie up like a pinata and have Boyd beat him to death with a bat for "ruining his birthday party"? Tattooing a picture of himself as a centaur with Gummeemama riding on his back into his father's chest, and caressing and kissing said picture while his father squirms in discomfort? And, to top it all off, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking saying that Gummeemama was]] [[YoureNotMyFather the only parent he's ever known]], [[ImStandingRightHere while his parents are standing right there]]? Yup. It checks out.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The whole party was a test to get a replacement Gummeemama for Doofus. Goldie "wins" by standing in front of Boyd as he's about to hit Louie with a bat like a piñata.

* AbsenteeActor: Dewey, Mrs. Beakley, Lena and Violet all have silent cameos while Donald doesn't appear at all.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Let's just say that the act of programming an android to view two people as its parents instantly being considered legal adoption, retroactively entitling said android to an inheritance, and the android casually breaking into its new "brother's" account to claim half his money as part of said inheritance, would be...legally dubious, at best, in the real world. Given that this is already a world in which a minor can receive immediate and unrestricted access to a massive inheritance before coming of age, [[RuleOfFunny it's probably safe to assume the usual legal concerns don't apply]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Huey's outburst here definitely serves as this as we discover his temper in Season 3.

* SelfDisposingVillain:

* AbsenteeActor: Dewey, Mrs. Beakley, Lena and Violet all have silent cameos.