History Recap / DuckTales2017S2E22GlomTales

* AdultFear: A group of Scrooge's enemies break into [=McDuck=] Manor when Louie is home alone and has no way to call for help. Louie was just lucky they were more interested in Scrooge, or Dewey in Don Karnage's case.

Glomgold forms his own team made up of all of Scrooge’s greatest villains to defeat Scrooge’s family once and for all.

* BatmanGambit: [[GuileHero Louie]] pulls off a HELL of a one. Using their mutual hatred of Scrooge, he convinces the villains to pool their resources to back Glomgold so he wins the bet in exchange for the villains sparing the Duck-[=McDuck=] family. He then convinces Glomgold to sign him on as his partner, knowing that Glomgold would never 1) use his real embarrassing name of Duke Baloney for anything, or 2) read the fine print on the contract detailing that Louie would get his shares should he use an alias. For good measure, Louie even uses his '''own''' EmbarrassingFirstName on both points that matter, therefore making '''himself''' the richest duck in the world once he pulls this off, therefore stripping his foes AND his great uncle of all their wealth. This is also a ''monumental'' rebuttal to Della's earlier prior accusations that he DidntThinkThisThrough, since he proves here that he does, actually, think through the plans he works on - occasionally stuff goes wrong, but as proven before in Timephoon, he has a way of undoing it all.

--> C-C-C-CGI, it's so fancy, / once Scrooge sees it there's no [[PainfulRhyme chance, he]] / cannae compete with the glory of [=GlomTales=]!

* RealityEnsues:
** With his obsessive nature and wasteful spending on things like booby traps and his schemes, Glomgold could never actually win his bet with Scrooge, and is forced to go begging his fellow villains for help just before the deadline.
** Glomgold realizes too late that signing a partnership contract with Louie using his alias instead of his real name renders his share null and void, especially as he didn't read the fine print. Thus, everything gets forfeited to Louie.
** According to WordOfGod, Glomgold made his first couple of million with a single theft, and when we see him actually doing business he invariably leaves all the details to his employees (specifically [[HyperCompetentSidekick Owlson]]) so he can concentrate on his schemes. The one kind of education a businessperson ''cannot'' afford to skimp on? Contract law.
** Also, the RoguesGallery here consists of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive two confirmed billionaire CEOS,]] [[TheQueenpin a crime boss]] [[SiblingsInCrime and her army of sons,]] [[SkyPirate a ruthless, singing pirate,]] [[EvilSorceress and an evil witch with access to the souls of the damned]]. None of them can be considered poor to be able to keep up with the likes of Scrooge [=McDuck=]. Combined, their wealth actually is more than enough to be considered richer than Scrooge's.
** The LegionOfDoom members try to make declarations of hatred all at the same time, and end up just drowning each other out.
** Glomgold -- in a rare case of him ''not'' having an overly detailed plan -- lacks any sort of coherent idea here beyond "our family destroys his family", which leaves the group completely rudderless by the end and forces them to each look out for only themselves. They also don't have any battle strategy that would capitalize on the matched skills Glomgold considered so important, so the final confrontation boils down to most of the villains just focusing on their greatest enemy, Scrooge, while Mark Beaks cringes in terror at having to fight Launchpad because his counterpart, Gyro, isn't present.
--->'''Louie:''' What was your scheme, here, exactly? Just show up and fight?\\
'''Ma Beagle:''' Of course not! I'm sure Flintheart had a perfectly good... ''(Realizing the truth, she lets out a heavy sigh)''
** The rest of the villains end up having their fortunes taken by Flintheart and then Louie. But being villains, they simply steal their money back and run away. Especially considering the Beagles are criminals and Don Karnage is a pirate.
** The episode, [[StatusQuoIsGod rather than ending with Louie doing the right thing and signing the company over to Scrooge no questions asked,]] [[SubvertedTrope ends with]] [[WhatYouAreInTheDark Louie contemplating what to do with his newfound wealth and power in front of a worried Scrooge and Della]]. Louie is [[TokenEvilTeammate proud to admit he's the Evil Triplet who sees all the angles]], and as far as he's concerned, [[DarkHorseVictory he EARNED this win]]. Louie's behavior, good or bad, isn't going to change overnight, especially when his dream is right in front of him. The next episode has him learn his lesson the HARD way.

* NeverFilledOutOfficialPaperwork: Part of Louie's Batman Gambit is knowing that Flintheart Glomgold wouldn't sign a legal document with his legal name "Duke Baloney". Sure enough, Flint signs the document under "Flintheart Glomgold", making his part of the deal void and all of his money, Scrooge's money, and the money of the other villains, goes to Louie, who averts the trope by making sure he uses his legal name Llewellyn Duck.

* BatmanGambit: [[GuileHero Louie]] pulls off a HELL of a one. Using their mutual hatred of Scrooge, he convinces the villains to pool their resources to back Glomgold so he wins the bet in exchange for the villains sparing the Duck-[=McDuck=] family. He then convinces Glomgold to sign him on as his partner, knowing that Glomgold would never 1) use his [[UnfortunateName real embarrassing name of Duke Baloney]] for anything, or 2) read the fine print on the contract detailing that Louie would get his shares should he use an alias. For good measure, Louie even uses his '''own''' EmbarrassingFirstName on both points that matter, therefore making '''himself''' the richest duck in the world once he pulls this off, therefore stripping his foes AND his great uncle of all their wealth. This is also a ''monumental'' rebuttal to Della's earlier prior accusations that he DidntThinkThisThrough, since he proves here that he does, actually, think through the plans he works on - occasionally stuff goes wrong, but as proven before in Timephoon, he has a way of undoing it all.

* BackwardsFiringGun: A non-lethal variant with Beaks' "Face-Beat" app. When all the villains turn on Glomgold, he intends to hit Glomgold, but accidentally hits ''himself'' due to it being in "Selfie Mode".

* BatmanGambit: [[GuileHero Louie]] pulls off a HELL of a one. Using their mutual hatred of Scrooge, he convinces the villains to pool their resources to back Glomgold so he wins the bet in exchange for the villains sparing the Duck-[=McDuck=] family. He then convinces Glomgold to sign him on as his partner, knowing that Glomgold would never 1) use his [[UnfortunateName real embarrassing name of Duke Baloney]] for anything, or 2) read the fine print on the contract detailing that Louie would get his shares should he use an alias. For good measure, Louie even uses his '''own''' EmbarrassingFirstName on both points that matter, therefore making '''himself''' the richest duck in the world once he pulls this off, therefore stripping his foes AND his great uncle of all their wealth. He also gives one ''monumental'' fuck you to Della. This is him proving that she is ''entirely'' wrong and that he does, actually, think through the plans he works on - occasionally stuff goes wrong, but as proven before in Timephoon, he has a way of undoing it all.

* CutPhoneLines: When Louie tries to call for backup when the LegionOfDoom shows up at the mansion, Mark Beaks had already intercepted any outgoing calls. Presumably he also [[CellPhonesAreUseless blocked cell service]], but Louie's was already cut off.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Ma Beagle starts to say that Glomgold had a perfectly good plan besides just showing up at the Manor and fighting before she realizes ''who'' she's talking about.
* FakeoutEscape: Louie calls it a "Double Dummy Fakeout". First he tricks DT-87 into thinking he escaped through the door after it came in and found a dummy in his bed. That was also a decoy to distract it from the room while he tries to sneak out the window. It fails however.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: What kind of family restaurant would have the patience to have Magica De Spell working with children let alone hiring her? One run by a criminal organization that's who.

* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Averted. Having seen all the angles, Louie is able to get all the non-Glomgold villains onboard with his gambit by pointing out how Scrooge would become virtually untouchable were he to add Glomgold's wealth and possessions to his own. As Louie anticipates, the other villains openly dread how such a scenario would make their own attempts at revenge practically impossible to achieve.
* GracefulLoser: Zan Owlson congratulates Scrooge for winning the bet at first, expressing relief over not having to deal with Glomgold anymore.

* LegionOfDoom: Glomgold assembles a team consisting of the other villains Scrooge and his family have faced in the series.

* MissingStepsPlan: Ironically, instead of [[ComplexityAddiction overplanning]], Glomgold for once seriously underplanned his scheme. It goes something like this:

* CallBack: Della casually hopes that the DT-87 won't turn evil this time.

* BatmanGambit: [[GuileHero Louie]] pulls off a HELL of a one. Using their mutual hatred of Scrooge, he convinces the villains to pool their resources to back Glomgold so he wins the bet in exchange for the villains sparing the Duck-[=McDuck=] family. He then convinces Glomgold to sign him on as his partner, knowing that Glomgold would never 1) use his [[UnfortunateName real embarrassing name of Duke Baloney]] for anything, or 2) read the fine print on the contract detailing that Louie would get his shares should he use an alias. For good measure, Louie even uses his '''own''' EmbarrassingFirstName on both points that matter, therefore making '''himself''' the richest duck in the world once he pulls this off, therefore stripping his foes AND his great uncle of all their wealth.

* AbsenteeActor: Despite repeatedly being mentioned in this episode and appearing in a photo, Gyro doesn't make a physical appearance. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Beaks, who believed he'd be fighting him during the climactic battle. Donald is also absent again.

* ContinuityNod: Louie is still grounded after his time-traveling stunt he pulled in the previous episode. In fact, Della goes to extreme measures to keep him from leaving his room.

--> C-C-C-CG, it's so fancy, / once Scrooge sees it there's no [[PainfulRhyme chance, he]] / cannae compete with the glory of [=GlomTales=]!

* AbsenteeActor: Despite repeatedly being mentioned in this episode and appearing in a photo, Gyro doesn't make a physical appearance. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Beaks, who believed he'd be fighting him during the climactic battle.

--> C-C-C-CG, it's so fancy, once Scrooge sees it there's no [[PainfulRhyme chance, he]] cannae compete with the glory of [=GlomTales=]!
* AbsenteeActor: Despite repeatedly being mentioned in this episode and appearing in a photo, Gyro doesn't make a physical appearance. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Beaks, who believed he'd be fighting him during the climactic battle.
* AdultFear: A group of Scrooge's enemies break into [=McDuck Manor=] when Louie is home alone and has no way to call for help. Louie was just lucky they were more interested in Scrooge, or Dewey in Don Karnage's case.

** For his second appearance since "Sky Pirates...in the Sky!", Don Karnage joins Glomgold's LegionOfDoom.

-> C-C-C-CG, it's so fancy, once Scrooge sees it there's no [[PainfulRhyme chance, he]] cannae compete with the glory of [=GlomTales=]!

-> '''Glomgold:''' Okay, we run out of budget, but kids 6 to 10 will love it, [=GlomTales=]!

** The happy birthday song Magica is forced to sing with the Funso's Fun Zone staff sounds quite similar to the one sung by the Mudka's Meat Hut staff from ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.

** When trying to chase away the villains, Duckworths yells "Get out!" posing the same way the Beast does in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' when he tells Belle the same.

** The Rock Candy Mountain adventure is a reference to the folk song "Big Rock Candy Mountain" first recorded by Harry [=McClintock=] in 1928. Even more notable is an instrumental version is used for the queue on Ride/BigThunderMountainRailroad.

* EpicFail: While Lewey is pretty clever, Magica puts just how bad Glomgold lost as thus:

* LoopholeAbuse: Lewey managed to con Glomgold out of both his fortune, his company and his winnings (including his new "family's" collective wealth) by having him sign a contract of partnership. Since "Flintheart Glomgold" isn't his actual legal name, Lewey is the only one all of it applies to.