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* PyrrhicVictory: Getting the treasure in the pyramid was the original goal, but when Bubba just continues on not caring Scrooge's friends and family are at the final monster's mercy. Scrooge stops Bubba, saying that getting the treasure is meaningless if his family dies, and no treasure can ever replace that.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Getting the treasure in the pyramid was the original goal, but when Bubba just continues on not caring Scrooge's friends nephews and family Tootsie are at the final monster's mercy. mercy, Scrooge stops Bubba, saying that getting the treasure is meaningless if his family dies, and no treasure can ever replace that.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: Bubba's back to his old brainless self by the end of the episode.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Getting the treasure in the pyramid was the original goal, but when Bubba just continues on not caring Scrooge's friends and family are at the final monster's mercy. Scrooge stops Bubba, saying that getting the treasure is meaningless if his family dies, and no treasure can ever replace that.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Bubba's back to his old brainless self by the end of theepisode.episode.
* WhatWouldXDo: Since the current smart Bubba can't fight, Scrooge tells him that if the real caveduck Bubba were here, he would beat the crap out of the monster threatening his family. This helps restore Bubba to his original self and promptly beats up the monster.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Bubba's back to his old brainless self by the end of the
* WhatWouldXDo: Since the current smart Bubba can't fight, Scrooge tells him that if the real caveduck Bubba were here, he would beat the crap out of the monster threatening his family. This helps restore Bubba to his original self and promptly beats up the monster.
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* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: The Ancient Thinkas were a race of intelligent beings that lived thousands of years before, and developed an advanced civilization as a result. Unfortunately, their intelligence eventually died out as their present-day descendants are neanderthal-like.
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* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: You need to solve several puzzles to access the center of the Ancient Thinkas' pyramid -- luckily, with his thinking cap, Bubba is equal to the task.
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* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: You need to solve several puzzles to access the center of the Ancient Thinkas' pyramid -- luckily, with his thinking cap, Bubba is equal to the task. It then becomes subverted when the final obstacle is a monster guarding the treasure room, and Bubba had become so smart, he's forgotten his primitive fighting skills.
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* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: You need to solve several puzzles to access the center of the Ancient Thinkas' pyramid -- luckily, with his thinking cap, Bubba is equal to the task.
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* DumbIsGood: What Bubba usually is until he's exposed to Gyro's machine and becomes an...
* EvilGenius:...possibly leading to a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop about intelligence and morality.
* EvilGenius:...possibly leading to a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop about intelligence and morality.
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* DumbIsGood: What Bubba usually is until he's exposed to Gyro's machine and becomes an...
* EvilGenius:...possibly leading to a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop about intelligence and morality.machine.
* EvilGenius:...possibly leading to a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop about intelligence and morality.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: "Don't try to get smarter; smart people are callous sociopaths."
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: "Don't try to get smarter; smart people are callous sociopaths."
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* DisproportionateReribution: The theme of trespassers being murdered appears yet again. Scrooge, his nephews and Bubba are shot down by the dimwitted descendants of the [[PunnyName Ancient Thinkas]]. The dimwitted natives lock Scrooge and company in a pyramid to starve to death.
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* DisproportionateReribution: DisproportionateRetribution: The theme of trespassers being murdered appears yet again. Scrooge, his nephews and Bubba are shot down by the dimwitted descendants of the [[PunnyName Ancient Thinkas]]. The dimwitted natives lock Scrooge and company in a pyramid to starve to death.
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* DisproportionateReribution: The theme of trespassers being murdered appears yet again. Scrooge, his nephews and Bubba are shot down by the dimwitted descendants of the [[PunnyName Ancient Thinkas]]. The dimwitted natives lock Scrooge and company in a pyramid to starve to death.
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* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Bubba Duck becomes intelligent, civilized, and utterly ruthless and incapable of compassion, something indicated to be directly connected to his new intelligence. He becomes dumb and barbaric again when his brute strength is needed to pound a monster threatening his friends.
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* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Bubba Duck becomes intelligent, civilized, and utterly ruthless and incapable of compassion, something indicated to be directly connected to his new intelligence. He becomes dumb and barbaric again when his brute strength is needed to pound a monster threatening his friends.friends.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Bubba's back to his old brainless self by the end of the episode.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Bubba's back to his old brainless self by the end of the episode.
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* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome
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* FlowersForAlgernonSyndromeFlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Bubba Duck becomes intelligent, civilized, and utterly ruthless and incapable of compassion, something indicated to be directly connected to his new intelligence. He becomes dumb and barbaric again when his brute strength is needed to pound a monster threatening his friends.
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* DumbIsGood: What Bubba usually is until he's exposed to Gyro's machine and becomes an...
* EvilGenius:...possibly leading to a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop about intelligence and morality.
* EvilGenius:...possibly leading to a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop about intelligence and morality.
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Bubba's grades are deplorable, so the nephews use one of Gyro's latest inventions to increase his IQ, but they all soon become annoyed with the new Bubba.
!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome
!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome
