History Recap / DuckTales2017S2E1TheMostDangerousGameNight

** Scrooge mentions the little known "sharper than the sharpies" part of his CatchPhrase, used by 10-year-old Scrooge in [[ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck "The Last of the Clan McDuck."]]

* UnexplainedRecovery: Applied to a vehicle rather than a person. In "The Shadow War!", Donald's houseboat got completely destroyed by Magica's shadow minions, broken into tiny pieces and sunk into the sea. Yet, in this episode, it is in one piece again in Scrooge's swimming pool. Of course, it would be [[TheDeterminator absolutely in character for Donald]] to fish out the boat's pieces one by one from the sea between the two episodes.

Louie starts to get tired of adventuring because he feels he has no useful skills and is just [[TheLoad a drag-along]] that keeps getting into mortal peril. To get some rest, he convinces Scrooge to spend the following night playing games. But the game night is anything but relaxing, as Gyro Gearloose shows up with his latest invention, a shrink ray, and encounters a barbaric civilization of miniature people living on the floor of [=McDuck=] Manor. Meanwhile, the rest of the family cannot enjoy the game either due to Scrooge's unhealthy level of competitiveness.

** The dance choreography Huey comes up with to dodge the arrow trap resembles the dance the triplets perform in the intro of the 1987 cartoon, [[ThemeTuneCameo set to the beats of the theme song]].

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Huey and Scrooge summersault while dodging the arrow trap - even though doing so doesn’t help them dodge anything.

** The dance choreography Huey comes up with to dodge the arrow trap resembles the dance the triplets perform in the intro of the 1987 cartoon, set to the beats of the theme song.

* EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning: Huey and Scrooge summersault while dodging the arrow trap - even though doing so doesn’t help them dodge anything.

* {{Cloneopoly}}: The episode features "Scrooge-oploy", a Scrooge McDuck's own version of Monopoly where [[{{Calvinball}} he made the rules to benefit him]].

* ThemeTuneCameo: The rhythm of the arrow trap Huey recites to himself is the opening beats to the theme song.

* PowerTrio: The episode makes it clear that the three triplets form one, each with one aspect of Scrooge's motto to success. Dewey is "tougher than the toughies", Huey is "smarter than the smarties", and Louie is "sharper than the sharpies".

-->'''Donald:''' I was in the Will?

* ContinuityNod: Louie still carries around a jeweller's loupe on his person, last seen in "The Secret(s) of Castle [=McDuck=]" being used to find a solid gold key; here he uses it to be able to see Scrooge and the gang once the Gyropuddlians shrink them onto the Scroogopoly board.

* ShipSinking: The writers have made their feelings about pairing Webby with one of the nephews very clear since Day 1, but Webby/Dewey developed a noticeable following over Season 1. Webby's and Dewey's B-plot is clearly designed to torpedo the idea of them being a good couple, being devoted to them realizing they're good adventuring partners who are LikeBrotherAndSister and nothing more.

* ShipSinking: The writers have made their feelings about pairing Webby with one of the nephews very clear since Day 1, but Webby/Dewey developed a noticeable following over Season 1. Webby's and Dewey's B-plot is clearly designed to to torpedo the idea of them being a good couple, being devoted to them realizing they're good adventuring partners who are LikeBrotherAndSister and nothing more.