History Recap / Ducktales2017S2E6LastChristmas

* TheNineties: Given Preteen Donald's grungy outfit - complete with a t-shirt that strongly resembles the ''Music/{{Nirvana}}'' smiley face - it's possible this is when the Dewey's encounter takes place.

* AmbiguousSituation: When everyone returns to the current time period, Donald greets Dewey with a hug and says "Welcome back," implying that his memories from being a young GenreSavvy adventurer include encountering a time traveling Dewey, but Dewey is swept away by the rest of the family before he can respond.

** Scrooge and Dewey realize that abandoning their families at Christmas time is ''not'' acceptable.

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Christmas Present is an anthropomorphic pig rather than a fat, human-like giant he was in ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol''.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Donald decides to set up rows of Christmas lights on the mansion lawn. Scrooge reminds Donald that Launchpad can't tell the difference between Christmas decorations and a landing strip. [[OhCrap Cue Donald scrambling to remove them]] and an off screen clash.

* ExpyCoexistence: Scrooge [=McDuck=] is named after Ebenezer Scrooge of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', though not especially based on him. It's heavily imply the original Scrooge also exists in this show's universe, and the Christmas Spirits met Scrooge [=McDuck=] [[MistakenForSpecialGuest after mistaken his address for that of Ebenezer Scrooge]]. Past even implies that Ebenezer is too busy with Tiny Tim to hang with him anymore.

-->'''Preteen Donald:''' Haven't you ever seen ''any'' movie?

* HijackedByGanon: Within the episode. In Scrooge's arc, the antagonist is the Ghost of Christmas Past, who wants to trap Scrooge in the past, but gets outsmarted by Scrooge mid-way in the episode. In Dewey and Donald's arc, the antagonist is a Wendigo that attacks them. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that the two antagonists are one and the same: the ghost got turned into a Wendigo while desperately searching for Scrooge.

* KidFromTheFuture: Dewey goes back in time to meet his mother Della, and also runs into his uncle Donald. Dewey claims to be a distant cousin named "[[{{Suedonym}} Bluey]]", which Donald seemingly buys, but Della [[SeenItAll immediately concludes that he's a relative from the future]]. Although considering Donald didn't react at all when Della asserts that Dewey's from the future and just brushes off Dewey's protests with ''"Please. We're the Duck family"'', it's possible Donald already suspected/figured it out and just didn't bother to call Dewey on it.

*** When traveling through time, Scrooge is hanging off of Past's foot, (with the rest of the spirits then hanging off his foot).

** Young Donald says the triplets catchphrase from the 80's cartoon, "Quack-a-roony!"

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: The scene with Della on the moon shows her outside without a space suit.

** One of the Beagle Boys who raid the party is the original Burger Beagle's design (called Babyface here), as well as Bankjob and Bugle. They all wear six-digit prison numbers on their shirt, like they did in the original comics and the 1987 cartoon.

* BreadMilkEggsSquick: Scrooge needs a break from his family, his business, and keeping [[Myth/NorseMythology the world-eating serpent Jörmungandr]] at bay.

** Well, slow''er'' path, at any rate. When Scrooge takes the Ghost of Christmas Past's time-traveling umbrella, the Ghost is left to linger for the next few decades and become the Wendigo, only to be found, picked up, and returned to the present when Scrooge finds Dewey.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Donald walks in on the BlameGame, he takes notice of what's going on and, without as much as a comment, backtracks out of the shot.

** Young Donald calls Della "Dumbella" as an insult, at one point. Dumbella was the name she was referred to in her animated debut (unseen, only communicating through a letter), in 1938 short ''Donald's Nephews'', as the creators of that feature were unaware that she had already been named Della in the 1937 comic strip that first introduced Huey, Dewey and Louie.

** Donald gives the wendigo a NoHoldsBaredBeatdown when he breaks his guitar.

* UnstoppableRage: Scrooge goes [[BerserkButton berserk]] on the giant Santa figure put up in his mansion. It was most likely NOT part of his JerkassFacade.

* BlameGame: When Scrooge furiously asks who put up the giant Santa animatronic, everyone points at Louie while Louie [[NeverMyFault points at Huey]].

Don't understand a word I say'' \\
So phooey, phooey, phooey on you."

* TranquilFury: When Scrooge comes across the giant figure of Santa Claus, he quietly and furiously asks "Who put ''this'' up?"

* {{Forgiveness}}: Scrooge forgives the Ghost of Christmas Past for trying to keep him all to himself, upon seeing that he had turned into a wendigo as a result of being left alone in the woods for years. In turn, Christmas Past forgives Scrooge for abandoning him after the latter returns him back to normal.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Launchpad's ugly Christmas sweater has a menorah on it. Then again, this is Launchpad we're talking about.
* AmbiguousSituation: When everyone returns to the current time period, Donald greets Dewey with a hug and says "Welcome back," implying that his memories from being a young GenreSavvy adventurer include encountering a time traveling Dewey, but Dewey is swept away by the rest of the family before he can ask if that's what Donald meant.

* DerivativeDifferentiation: The Christmas Past ghost looks like Jiminy Cricket but isn't him unlike ''Mickey's Christmas Carol''. The reason as Frank Angones pointed out was that the more darker take on the character would have been out of character for Jiminy and inappropriate for a character considered a Disney mascot of unblemished sincerity.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: What causes the Ghost of Christmas Past to turn into a Wendigo, after being left alone in the past by Scrooge.

* KidFromTheFuture: Dewey goes back in time to meet his mother Della, and also runs into his uncle Donald. Dewey claims to be a distant cousin named "[[{{Suedonym}} Bluey]]", which Donald seemingly buys, but Della [[SeenItAll immediately concludes that he's a relative from the future]]. Although considering Donald didn't react at all when Della asserts that Dewey's from the future and just brushes off Dewey's protests with ''"Please. We're the Duck family."'', it's possible Donald already suspected/figured it out and just didn't bother to call Dewey on it.

*** The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future show great resemblance to their counterparts in ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'': Past is an anthropomorphic cricket carrying an umbrella; Present is a large, fat person with a SimpletonVoice (although a pig rather than a human-like giant, to follow the show's "no humans" rule); and Future is a gigantic, menacing, hooded figure.

*** The title cards for the credits are done in the same style as the original short film's opening credits.

** Another guest at the party is one Rhutt Betlah, who seeks funding from Scrooge for an expedition to the Andes to find more "square rocks", a reference to the {{Creator/Carl Barks}} story ''Lost in the Andes'' and the famous square eggs.

** Whatever Louie feels he must (and claims he can) explain on his letter to Santa.

* PalsWithJesus: Scrooge is friends with the spirits of Christmas past, present, and future, and spends the holiday with them at the best Christmas parties in history.

* PowerGlows: When the Ghost of Christmas Past gets into fighting mode his whole body lights up.

* StickyFingers: During Goldie's brief appearance at the first [=McDuck=] Enterprises Christmas party, she can be seen shoving a candle holder into her purse.

* WhatTheHellHero: Della makes both Donald and Dewey realize that the two boys have been selfishly avoiding their relatives during the Christmas season.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Launchpad's ugly Christmas sweater has a menorah on it.

** The Wendigo's apparent tendency to say it's own name likely refers to the Creator/MarvelComics version.