History YMMV / DuckTales2017S1E6TheHouseOfTheLuckyGander

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** Winning all the time can be a burden. Gladstone may be lucky, but it got him held up in a life of servitude from an evil luck demon and he doesn’t have any actual talents because of it.
** Louie’s pep talk towards Donald really makes the moral of the episode more clear. Winning isn’t everything, but it doesn’t hurt to keep trying, not give up, and trust your instincts.

** Louie’s pep talk towards Donald really makes the message of the episode more clear. Winning isn’t everything, but it doesn’t hurt to keep trying, not give up, and trust your instincts.

* JerkassWoobie: Gladstone Gander is undoubtedly a selfish jerk, but his situation in the episode -- being trapped in a casino by a lucky vampire -- ''sucks''.

** Louie’s pep talk towards Donald really makes the message of the episode more clear. Even if you do lose all the time, it doesn’t hurt to keep trying and not give up on your dreams.

* CounterpartComparison: The House of Lucky Fortune is rather similar to the Lotus Blossom Casino from ''[[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Lightning Thief]]'', both being magical casinos that try to keep their visitors there forever.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Scrooge's strong aversion to gambling may never have come up in the 1987 series, but it's well rooted in the comics. Almost any story set during Scrooge's gold rush days mentions that one of the reasons Scrooge was able to bring a fortune out of the Klondike was because he never squandered it away on the gaming tables in the saloons of Dawson.

* WinTheCrowd: The previous episodes had its fans of course, but a few worried about the lack of CharacterFocus for Scrooge and Donald, both of whom come roaring back in this episode (in Donald's case literally) and likewise, many appreciated Gladstone Gander's inclusion as well. Plus, it introduced an interesting and [[EvilIsCool cool]] original villain in the form of Liu Hai. Scrooge's line "Finally, a proper adventure!" resonated with many of the viewers.

* JerkassWoobie: Gladstone Gander is undoubtedly a selfish jerk, but his situation in the episode -- being trapped in a casino by lucky vampire -- ''sucks''.

* JerkassWoobie: Gladstone Gander is undoubtedly a selfish jerk, but his situation in the episode; being trapped in a casino by lucky vampire ''sucks''.

* TheWoobie: Donald in this episode in so many ways. Not only did he feel inferior to Gladstone, but he was pretty much belittled by his family throughout the episode. He could not catch a break even when his family depended on him, and was ready to finally admit "What's the Point?" and give up. By the end of the episode, only Louie reminding he's TheDeterminator helped Donald convert his sufferings past and present involving Gladstone into an UnstoppableRage eclipsing the one in "Daytrip of Doom!". Even so, the reward he gets was less than impressive.

* JerkassWoobie: Gladstone Gander is undoubtedly a selfish jerk, but his situation in the episode; being trapped in a casino by lucky vampire ''sucks''. There's also the end, where his entire family leaves him alone without so much as saying good-bye makes him pitiful.

* TheWoobie: Donald in this episode in so many ways. Not only did he feel inferior to Gladstone, but he was pretty much belittled by his family throughout the episode. He could not catch a break even when his family depended on him, and was ready to finally admit "What's the Point?" and give up. By the end of the episode, only Louie reminding he's TheDeterminator helped Donald convert his sufferings past and present involving Gladstone into an UnstoppableRage eclipsing the one in "Daytrip of Doom!". Even so, the reward he geats was less than impressive.

* TheWoobie: Donald in this episode in so many ways. Not only did he feel inferior to Gladstone, but he was pretty much belittled by his family throughout the episode. He could not catch a break even when his family depended on him, and was ready to finally admit "What's the Point?" and give up. Only Louie reminding he's TheDeterminator helped Donald convert his sufferings past and present involving Gladstone into an UnstoppableRage eclipsing the one in "Daytrip of Doom!".

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Scrooge's constant, repeated disdain for casinos, the people who run them, and the people who visit them is ''anything'' but subtle... but hard to argue with.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Scrooge's strong aversion to gambling may never have come up in the 1987 series, but it's well rooted in the comics. Almost any story set during Scrooge's gold rush days mentions that one of the reasons Scrooge was able to bring a fortune out of the Klondike was because he never squandered it in the saloons of Dawson.

* TheWoobie: Donald in this episode in so many ways. Not only did he feel inferior to Gladstone, but he was pretty much belittled by his family throughout the episode. He could not catch a break even when his family depended on him, and was ready to finally admit "What's the Point?" and give up. Only Louie reminding he's TheDeterminator helped Donald convert his sufferings past and present involving Gladstone into such a high level of UnstoppableRage eclipsing "Daytrip of Doom!" when all he did was beat down two Beagle Boys single-handedly. (He dispels a jade tiger illusion with a single Donald scream taken UpToEleven, scales a giant pachinko machine, then does a WallRun inside said machine at breakneck speed to zoom past Gladstone.)

* WinTheCrowd: The previous episodes had its fans of course, but a few worried about the lack of CharacterFocus for Scrooge and Donald, both of whom come roaring back in this episode (in Donald's case literally) and likewise, many appreciated Gladstone Gander's inclusion as well. Plus, it introduced an interesting and [[EvilIsCool cool]] original villain in the form of Liu Hai.

* TheWoobie: Donald in this episode in so many ways. Not only did he feel inferior to Gladstone, but he was pretty much belittled by his family throughout the episode.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Scrooge's strong aversion to gambling may never have come up in the 1987 series, but it's well rooted in the comics. Almost any story set during Scrooge's gold rush days mentions that one of the reasons Scrooge was able to bring a fortune out of the Klondike was because he never wasted it in the saloons of Dawson.

* TheWoobie: Donald in this episode in so many ways.
** We see even when he and Gladstone were young, Gladstone was very lucky and Donald very unlucky when both were together.
** When Gladstone tries to be the CoolUncle, we see Webby and the triplets gravitate to Gladstone, making Donald, who'd been there for the kids, think he lost their hearts.
** Donald's bad luck gets incredibly worse playing the games while Gladstone's gets incredibly great.
** Even in the final race, Gladstone is getting an insurmountable lead while Donald's unluckiness forces him into a HeroicBSOD, where while everyone's lives were at stake, all of that just became too much for Donald and he was ready to finally quit with a despairing "What's the point?!" Only Louie seeing just how in agony Donald was made Louie realize what Donald and Scrooge were trying to tell him about hard work over luck. Louie then appeals to Donald and tries to remind him [[TheDeterminator even in incredible odds, Donald never gave up.]] "You never had the common sense to give up before, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why Start Now?!?]]"
** It's at this point Donald realizes that he does have something inside him: all that resentment and rage from all those years. When he uses it to fuel his UnstoppableRage, his actions go BeyondTheImpossible:
*** He dispels a jade tiger illusion with a MakeMeWannaShout Donald scream taken UpToEleven.
*** He is able to climb and vault up the giant pachinko machine, then ''run at full speed right up it'' in a WallRun.
*** He [[TheJuggernaut smashes through]] the metal pachinko pillars along the way without slowing down.
*** He goes up and over Gladstone to win the race, although breathing heavily. A major turnaround from before Louie got through to him. He ends up being CrazyAwesome for pulling all of this off. It proves to everyone Webby was right in believing Donald was one of the greatest adventurers of all time, and the nephews see it for themselves. It gives the kids a good reason to hug Donald near the end of the episode.

* HateSink: Gladstone has very few redeeming qualities. He's a SmugSnake who rubs his privilege in everyone's face, he insults and belittles his family members, and endangers the lives of said family members to save himself. And at the end he has an IgnoredEpiphany, learning nothing from his adventure. The only positive thing that can be said about him is that even he seems to be upset when Scrooge seems to sell Donald to Liu Hai.

*** He goes up and over Gladstone to win the race, although breathing heavily. A major turnaround from before Louie got through to him. He ends up being CrazyAwesome for pulling all of this off. It proves to everyone Webby was right in believing Donald was one of the greatest adventurers of all time, and the nephews see it for themselves. It gives the kids a good reason to hug Donald near the end of the episode.

* WinTheCrowd: The previous episodes had its fans of course, but a few worried about the lack of CharacterFocus for Scrooge and Donald, both of whom come roaring back in this episode (in Donald's case literally) and likewise, many appreciated Gladstone Gander's inclusion as well. Plus, it introduced an interesting and [[EvilIsCool cool]] original villain in the form of Liu Hai.

* WinTheCrowd: The previous episodes had its fans of course, but a few worried about the lack of CharacterFocus for Scrooge and Donald, both of whom come roaring back in this episode (in Donald's case literally) and likewise, many appreciated Gladstone Gander's inclusion as well.

* JerkassWoobie: Gladstone Gander is undoubtedly a selfish jerk, but his situation in the episode; being trapped in a casino by lucky vampire ''sucks''. There's also the end, where his entire leaves him alone without so much as saying good-bye makes him pitiful.

* FanficFuel: Just ''what'' was Launchpad doing [[HeroOfAnotherStory in his own adventure]] in Macaw?

* CounterpartComparison: The House of Lucky Fortune is rather similar to the Lotus Blossom Casino from ''[[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Lightning Thief]]'', both being magical casinos that try to keep their visitors there forever.