History Recap / DuckTales2017S2E23TheRichestDuckInTheWorld

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Being a billionaire? Fun. Managing a company? Never-ending work, all of it boring and hard as hell, especially for a kid. As Louie prioritizes squandering money on frivolities, [=McDuck=] Enterprises, his employees, and the world suffer.
** Scrooge only bet his company, not his full assets (probably reasoning that he'd like to still have a mansion to live in if he loses). He isn't too concerned because he can live indefinitely on his personal bank account -- but this is also why Louie has to spend company money (as well as whatever Glomgold had) on personal purchases and then justify these as business expenses. He doesn't ''have'' any assets outside the company to draw on.
--->'''Bradford Buzzard:''' This is a business, not a bank account! That money has to come from somewhere.
** When Owlson quits, she immediately declares she's putting in her two week's notice. She might be tired of the antics of Duckburg's billionaires, but she's a professional; she's not leaving her former boss, be it Scrooge or Louie, without a replacement.
** Scrooge decides to go back to how he started by opening a shoe shining business. The problem is that he set up shop in Duckburg, where the majority are [[BarefootCartoonAnimal barefoot]], meaning he gets little to no business.

* StealthPun: Why does it take a long time for Scrooge to shine Gavin's shoe? Because he's a [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]].

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In the Carl Barks story, the Bombie is a racial caricature of an African person. Here, he is an [[{{Dogfaces}} anthropomorphic dog]], specifically a bulldog.

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In the Carl Barks story, the Bombie is a racial caricature. Here, he is an [[{{Dogfaces}} anthropomorphic dog]], specifically a bulldog.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Although Mr. Zee is never identified by species, the shape of his bill, crest and tail, his coloration and his home country ([[PunnyName Mozambeak]]) all point at him being a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-away-bird go-away-bird]]. Which is also a StealthPun, as he wants the Bombie curse to ''go away'', and the first thing he does when he's finally free of the curse is ''going away'' so that Scrooge can't cancel the deal.

* AbsenteeActor: Donald is excused from this trope because he’s supposedly on “vacation”, but Mrs. Beakley doesn't appear in this episode.

* GracefulLoser: Scrooge fully honors Louie’s victory due to the latter fulfilling all the terms of the bet. Getting a good laugh out of it and seeing how long Louie can handle it before he gives up was a consolation prize for him.

* ARareSentence: The Bombie stops attacking the moment the richest duck in the world says something that proves their humility, which is rare since humility is the last thing anyone who expressly declares that they're the richest duck in the world would ever have.

** Part of becoming successful is knowing when you’re ready and admitting when you’re wrong.

* SuperiorSuccessor: While Louie is in over his head when it comes to actually running a billionare dollar corporation, he ends up breaking the curse that Scrooge was never able to by being willing to show humility. And the way Louie was able to solve the curse demonstrated the kind of cleverness he is looking for in a successor. Those show to him Louie has potential, but he’s not just there yet.

* ARareSentence: The Bombie stops attacking the moment the richest duck in the world says something that proves their humility, which is rare since humility is the last thing anyone who expressly declares that their the richest duck in the world would ever have.

* SuperiorSuccessor: While Louie is in over his head when it comes to actually running a billionare dollar corporation, he ends up breaking the curse that Scrooge was never able to by being willing to show humility.

* ImplacableMan: The Bombie curse's rhyme even says that he cannot be fought or bought, and he certainly lives up to it.

* PyrrhicVictory: Louie is absolutely crushed when he feels being wealthy is more of a punishment than a reward, and to the point that he's lost even if he seemingly won. However, Uncle Scrooge tells him not to think of it like that, but rather as a life lesson; if he's willing to put in dedication and hard work, it will feel more rewarding over time, and Louie decide's he's ready to at least put in hard work towards being wealthy.

** Scrooge only bet his company, not his full assets (probably reasoning that he'd like to still have a mansion to live in if he loses). He isn't too concerned because he can live indefinitely on his personal bank account -- but this is also why Louie has to spend company money on personal purchases and then justify these as business expenses. He doesn't ''have'' any assets outside the company to draw on.

* TenMinuteRetirement: When Louie decides to keep his uncle's fortune and company, Scrooge decides to make the most of his retirement doing more mundane stuff, however long or short it will be until Louie decides to give him back his company.

* TenMinuteRetirement: When Louie decides to keep his uncle's fortune and company, Scrooge decides to make the most of his retirement, however long or short it will be until Louie decides to give him back his company.

* RealityEnsues:
** Being a billionaire? Fun. Managing a company? Never-ending work, all of it boring and hard as hell, especially for a kid. As Louie prioritizes squandering money on frivolities, [=McDuck=] Enterprises, his employees, and the world suffer.
** Scrooge only bet his company, not his full assets (probably reasoning that he'd like to still have a mansion to live in if he loses). He isn't too concerned because he can live indefinitely on his personal bank account -- but this is also why Louie has to spend company money on personal purchases and then justify these as business expenses. He doesn't ''have'' any assets outside the company to draw on.
--->'''Bradford Buzzard:''' This is a business, not a bank account! That money has to come from somewhere.
** When Owlson quits, she immediately declares she's putting in her two week's notice. She might be tired of the antics of Duckburg's billionaires, but she's a professional; she's not leaving her former boss, be it Scrooge or Louie, without a replacement.
** Scrooge decides to go back to how he started by opening a shoe shining business. The problem is that he set up shop in Duckburg, where the majority are [[BarefootCartoonAnimal barefoot]], meaning he gets little to no business.

Of course, the moment that happens, a pink pulse of magic comes out from the building, and Mr. Zee starts laughing. Because now that Scrooge is richest, there's a curse that comes to the richest being on earth.\\

* AbsenteeActor: Donald is excused from this trope because he’s supposedly on “vacation”, but Mrs. Beakley don't appear in this episode.