Line #20 Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E2BeautyAndTheBeet


1	Darkwing Duck discusses the origins of one of his strangest nemeses, a plant-powered duck named Dr. Bushroot. The doctor was trying to make sure his funding doesn't get cut. To do so, he experimented on himself and turned into a plant-duck hybrid.
2	!! This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
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4	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bushroot was a pretty nice guy, all things considered. Then he becomes one of Darkwing's most formidable foes.
5	* DamselInDistress: Bushroot captures Rhoda, planning to turn her into a PlantPerson so they can be together.
6	* DidntThinkThisThrough: After believing that Bushroot will go after Dean Tightbill next for defunding his experiments on plants, Darkwing and Launchpad immediately board up his office so Bushroot can't get in. Once they're done, Launchpad asks Darkwing how ''they're'' going to get out.
7	* DirtyCoward: Bushroot's bullies are okay with bullying him before and after his transformation, but when he demonstrates his plant manipulating powers on them, they're reduced into whimpering heaps before their deaths.
8	* DisneyDeath: It appears that Bushroot dies from the lawnmower. Then [[GoodThingYouCanHeal a bud of him reappears and starts to recuperate]].
9	* EntitledToHaveYou: After he gets changed into a PlantPerson, Bushroot acts this way toward Rhoda. She's creeped out after his HeWhoFightsMonsters moment.
10	* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Bushroot's bullies are fellow scientists.
11	* FramingDevice: The story plays out as Darkwing narrates the case from one of his many files.
12	* GoryDiscretionShot:
13	** We don't see what Bushroot's vines do to his bullies.
14	** The audience is spared the sight of the lawnmower chopping up Bushroot.
15	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: After the {{Jerkass}} scientists make fun of him, and Bushroot discovers his powers, he decides to get rid of them via "accident". After the plants engulf them, the police and Darkwing are bewildered by the topiary silhouettes left behind.
16	* IWillShowYouX: Bushroot replies, "I'll give you dangerous!" in response to Darkwing's catchphrase, "LetsGetDangerous" and has his cactus shoot needles at Darkwing.
17	* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Bushroot goes straight from being an idealistic scientist and FriendToAllLivingThings to kidnapping and murder upon finding out that he has superpowers.
18	* NerdyBully: Dr. Gary and Dr. Larson are even nerdier than Bushroot, but they're also bigger, more confident, and more successful, and they bully him mercilessly.
19	* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Averted; Bushroot has the same machine that transformed him to use on Rhoda.
20	* NowYouTellMe: Combined with NotNowKiddo, Darkwing is using vines to make a disguise to catch Bushroot, only to be informed by Rhoda that he's using poison ivy.
21	* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: At one point, Darkwing ends up reading Launchpad's laundry list while going over the case file.
22	* PlantPerson: Bushroot becomes this. He plans to do the same to Rhoda.
23	* ProfessorGuineaPig: Bushroot tests his machine on himself to make sure his funding isn't cut.
24	* PunnyName: Bushroot's female colleague is called Dr. Rhoda Dendron.
25	* ShoutOut:
26	** This episode's title is a reference to the French fairy tale, ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast''. This episode was also released the same year as [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Disney's own animated film adaptation]].
27	** The two bullies are named Dr. Gary and Dr. Larson. They are also designed similar to characters seen in ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide''.
28	* SlicesDicesAndMakesJulienneFries: When attempting to prune Bushroot with a weed whacker, DW proclaims, "It dices! It slices! It... runs out of gas!"
29	* SympathyForTheDevil: Darkwing and Rhoda have this for Bushroot, even as they oppose him.
30	* {{Transflormation}}: A non-fatal example happens to Bushroot himself, turning him into a duck-plant hybrid. By contrast, what happens to his two bullies is ([[NeverSayDie implied to be]]) a fatal example of this trope, with the two transformed into inanimate plants.

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