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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* HappinessInSlavery: The boys accuse Duckworth of being happy in servitude when he initially doesn't make any kind of move against the aliens. It turns out he was just planning and biding his time.
* HappinessInMinimumWage: A plot point; the story starts when the boys tell Duckworth that he could probably get much more from another, less tight-fisted, employer. Scrooge hears this and, thinking he's doing Duckworth a favor, tells him to go make lots of money. Duckworth finds this more depressing than encouraging, because he loves his current post.
* HappinessInSlavery: The boys accuse Duckworth of being happy in servitude when he initially doesn't make any kind of move against the aliens. It turns out he was just planning and biding his time.
* HappinessInMinimumWage: A plot point; the story starts when the boys tell Duckworth that he could probably get much more from another, less tight-fisted, employer. Scrooge hears this and, thinking he's doing Duckworth a favor, tells him to go make lots of money. Duckworth finds this more depressing than encouraging, because he loves his current post.
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* HappinessInMinimumWage: A plot point; the story starts when the boys tell Duckworth that he could probably get much more from another, less tight-fisted, employer. Scrooge hears this and, thinking he's doing Duckworth a favor, tells him to go make lots of money. Duckworth finds this more depressing than encouraging, because he loves his current post.
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* PlantAliens: The aliens are vegetable-like.
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* PlantAliens: The aliens enslaving the others are vegetable-like. vegetable-like.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Brigadier turns out to be this. Despite leading the vegetable aliens in kidnapping and enslaving races, he does it to take care of their children and is visibly guilty about having to do so. He is willing to listen to Duckworth about freeing the slave aliens, only being stopped by some of his own generals going turncoat. By the episodes end, he asks the other aliens for forgiveness and swears that he will lead his people to fighting against slavery.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Brigadier turns out to be this. Despite leading the vegetable aliens in kidnapping and enslaving races, he does it to take care of their children and is visibly guilty about having to do so. He is willing to listen to Duckworth about freeing the slave aliens, only being stopped by some of his own generals going turncoat. By the episodes end, he asks the other aliens for forgiveness and swears that he will lead his people to fighting against slavery.
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* TheStarscream: The garlic and squash aliens decide they want to usurp the Brigadier’s leadership, at an especially inconvenient time given the Brigadier is considering to release the slaves. Ultimately the two are beaten and seem to have been [[LaserGuidedKarma demoted to basic workers in the end.]]
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* WhipItGood: Several characters get whipped as encouragement to work harder, including the nephews - twice!
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* WhipItGood: Several characters get whipped WhipOfDominance: The PlantAliens use their VineTentacles to whip several of the slaves as encouragement "encouragement" to work harder, including [[WouldHurtAChild the nephews nephews]] - twice!
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* HomeworldEvacuation: The PlantAliens had to flee their planet during a devastating ice age, with the scene subtly implying that many of them had to stay behind to make room for their children. Since then, they have traveled the universe, trying to find a new home and enslaving people to help them subsist until then.
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* TailSlap: One of the alien slaves resembles a humanoid alligator and decks one of the sale overseers with his tail.
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* AlienAbducteesFightBack: Played with; the boys definitely want to fight their alien captors, but Duckworth urges them to cooperate, leading them to accuse him of cowardice. Later, it turns out Duckworth ''was'' plotting against the aliens and just didn't want to fight them haphazardly. He ultimately leads the revolt.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Scrooge's attempt to drive in the last scene. It's why he rehires Duckworth.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Scrooge's attempt to drive in the last scene. It's one reason why he rehires Duckworth.
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* ShoutOut: Upon one of the aliens getting close enough for her to smell his breath, the elephant alien comments something about "[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind close encounters.]]"
** Echoed by Louie, who also specifies it as the "Weird Kind".
** Echoed by Louie, who also specifies it as the "Weird Kind".
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Upon one of the aliens getting close enough for her to smell his breath, the elephant alien comments something about "[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind close encounters.]]"
**]]" Echoed by Louie, who also specifies it as the "Weird Kind".
** Upon one of the aliens getting close enough for her to smell his breath, the elephant alien comments something about "[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind close encounters.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of the aliens abducted by the plant aliens is an elephant-woman taking a bath, which, due to her bare chest [[NippleAndDimed lacking certain anatomical features]], would be innocuous if it weren't for the alien elephant having a noticeable bust when she is fully clothed and inexplicably taking another bath when the plant aliens return their kidnapped victims to their home planets.
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the aliens abducted by future, please check the plant aliens is an elephant-woman taking a bath, which, due trope page to her bare chest [[NippleAndDimed lacking certain anatomical features]], would be innocuous if it weren't for make sure your example fits the alien elephant having a noticeable bust when she is fully clothed and inexplicably taking another bath when the plant aliens return their kidnapped victims to their home planets.current definition.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Scrooge's attempt to drive in the last scene. It's why he rehires Duckworth.
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* LampshadeHanging: About to crash land, one of the boys remarks this is happening to them without Launchpad being around.
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** The aliens strike by shouting, "[[Film/{{Network}} I'm really really mad, and I'm not gonna take this anymore!]]"
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of the aliens abducted by the plant aliens is an elephant-woman taking a bath, which, due to her bare chest [[NippledAndDimed lacking certain anatomical features]], would be innocuous if it weren't for the alien elephant having a noticeable bust when she is fully clothed and inexplicably taking another bath when the plant aliens return their kidnapped victims to their home planets.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of the aliens abducted by the plant aliens is an elephant-woman taking a bath, which, due to her bare chest [[NippledAndDimed [[NippleAndDimed lacking certain anatomical features]], would be innocuous if it weren't for the alien elephant having a noticeable bust when she is fully clothed and inexplicably taking another bath when the plant aliens return their kidnapped victims to their home planets.
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* NeverSayDie: Averted. Duckworth says that he and the triplets will die if they can't get help.
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* HappinessInMinimumWage: A plot point; the story starts when the boys tell Duckworth that he could probably get much more from another, less tight-fisted, employer. Scrooge hears this and, thinking he's doing Duckworth a favor, tells him to go make lots of money. Duckworth finds this more depressing than encouraging, because he loves his current post.
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* WalletMoths: Duckworth relates his duties of the day to Huey, Dewey and Louie, noting that he was due to dust off Scrooge's credit cards. Duckworth holds up Scrooge's wallet, and the viewer can see several moths fluttering out.
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* WalletMoths: Duckworth relates his duties of the day to Huey, Dewey and Louie, noting that he was due to dust off Scrooge's credit cards. Duckworth holds up Scrooge's wallet, and the viewer can see several moths fluttering out.out.
* WhipItGood: Several characters get whipped as encouragement to work harder, including the nephews - twice!
* WhipItGood: Several characters get whipped as encouragement to work harder, including the nephews - twice!
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* HappinessInSlavery: The boys accuse Duckworth of being happy in servitude when he initially doesn't make any kind of move against the aliens. It turns out he was just planning and biding his time.
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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: One of the aliens tries to push Duckworth out the door into space.
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** Echoed by Louie, who also specifies it as the ''"Weird Kind"''.
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** Echoed by Louie, who also specifies it as the ''"Weird Kind"''."Weird Kind".
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** Echoed by Louie, who also specifies it as the ''"Weird Kind"''.
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* ShoutOut: Upon one of the aliens getting close enough for her to smell his breath, the elephant alien comments something about "[[CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind close encounters.]]"
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* ShoutOut: Upon one of the aliens getting close enough for her to smell his breath, the elephant alien comments something about "[[CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind "[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind close encounters.]]"
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* EnemyMine: Near the end, the plant aliens and their captives have to cooperate to make sure the ship crashes in a way that doesn't kill everyone aboard.
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* MayTheFarceBeWithYou: The episode begins with a parody of the Star Wars opening crawl, "A long time ago, in a garden far, far away . . . ."
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* ShoutOut: Upon one of the aliens getting close enough for her to smell his breath, the elephant alien comments something about "[[CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind close encounters.]]"
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* ShoutOut: Upon one of the aliens getting close enough for her to smell his breath, the elephant alien comments something about "[[CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind close encounters.]]"]]"
* WalletMoths: Duckworth relates his duties of the day to Huey, Dewey and Louie, noting that he was due to dust off Scrooge's credit cards. Duckworth holds up Scrooge's wallet, and the viewer can see several moths fluttering out.
* WalletMoths: Duckworth relates his duties of the day to Huey, Dewey and Louie, noting that he was due to dust off Scrooge's credit cards. Duckworth holds up Scrooge's wallet, and the viewer can see several moths fluttering out.
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After being fired by Scrooge, Duckworth and the boys are abducted by plant aliens and enslaved aboard their ship along with dozens of other kidnapped aliens.
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After being Duckworth is fired by Scrooge, Duckworth he and the boys are abducted by plant aliens and enslaved aboard their ship along with dozens of other kidnapped aliens.
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* BenevolentBoss: When the boys accidentally get Scrooge's butler Duckworth fired, they apologize and tell him they'll miss him but still think any job "is better than being Uncle Scrooge's slave"; Duckworth says indignantly, "I love serving Mr. McDuck!"
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* BenevolentBoss: When the boys accidentally get Scrooge's butler Duckworth fired, they apologize and tell him they'll miss him but still think any job "is better than being Uncle Scrooge's slave"; Duckworth says indignantly, "I love loved serving Mr. McDuck!"[=McDuck=]!"
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* AreYouSureYouCanDriveThisThing: The boys grab an alien vehicle. At one point, one of them asks the other, "Do you know how to drive this thing?" The other replies that he thought someone else was driving.
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* BenevolentBoss: When the boys accidentally get Scrooge's butler Duckworth fired, they apologize and tell him they'll miss him but still think any job "is better than being Uncle Scrooge's slave"; Duckworth says indignantly, "I love serving Mr. McDuck!"
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of the aliens abducted by the plant aliens is an elephant-woman taking a bath, which, due to her bare chest [[NippledAndDimed lacking certain anatomical features]], would be innocuous if it weren't for the alien elephant having a noticeable bust when she is fully clothed and inexplicably taking another bath when the plant aliens return their kidnapped victims to their home planets.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Duckworth.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Duckworth.Duckworth.
* DramaticDrop: Duckworth drops his cloth when Scrooge releases him from his service.
* NeverSayDie: Averted. Duckworth says that he and the triplets will die if they can't get help.
* PlantAliens: The aliens are vegetable-like.
* ShoutOut: Upon one of the aliens getting close enough for her to smell his breath, the elephant alien comments something about "[[CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind close encounters.]]"
* DramaticDrop: Duckworth drops his cloth when Scrooge releases him from his service.
* NeverSayDie: Averted. Duckworth says that he and the triplets will die if they can't get help.
* PlantAliens: The aliens are vegetable-like.
* ShoutOut: Upon one of the aliens getting close enough for her to smell his breath, the elephant alien comments something about "[[CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind close encounters.]]"
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After being fired by Scrooge, Duckworth and the boys are abducted by plant aliens and enslaved aboard their ship along with dozens of other kidnapped aliens.
!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Duckworth.
!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Duckworth.
