Line #7 Recap/DuckTalesS1E17LaunchpadsFirstCrash


1	After yet another crash, Scrooge and Launchpad remember the time they first met and their first mission together.
2	!!This episode contains the following tropes:
3	* TheAllegedCar: Launchpad's ''Sun Chaser'' appears to be an "alleged plane". A wing falls off while the glue is drying. However, it actually holds up very well.
4	* TheBait: A matriarchal tribe hunts [[GiantEnemyCrab giant crabs]] using their diminutive men as a bait. When Scrooge and Launchpad arrive, all the men have just had it and left, thus the Amazons use Scrooge and Launchpad. In the end Grunta tells them that the men and women reconciled with each other and now take turns as bait.
5	* ChekhovsGun: Launchpad's harmonica, or rather the lousy way he plays it.
6	* DontWakeTheSleeper: The men warn that the giant bats wake up if they hear loud noises.
7	* DreadfulMusician: Scrooge hates Launchpad's harmonica playing, claiming it broke something in his head. Luckily, the bats don't like it either (it messes up their radar).
8	* EmergencyCargoDump: Launchpad informs Scrooge they'll have to jettison some of the cargo to take off. Scrooge tries to jettison anything but the diamonds, including Launchpad! However, he eventually realizes the necessity and dumps all but one diamond (which fortunately is still enough for him to "turn a profit.")
9	* EnemyMine:
10	** The men and the women don't agree, but they are willing to team up when they hear that the bats have captured Grunta.
11	** Subverted earlier when Scrooge and Launchpad are captured by the men. Hearing the giant bats are their enemies, they think any enemy of them is a friend. Unfortunately, upon waking them, they find that the bats are ''nobody'''s friends.
12	* GiantSquid: While escaping from the Amazons, Scrooge and Launchpad are attacked by a squid living in the boiling lake. Launchpad drives it away by throwing diamonds in its mouth.
13	* GoryDiscretionShot: When the Amazons kill the giant crab, the camera only shows them throwing the spears. We don't see the spears hit home or the aftermath of what the crab looked like.
14	* HiddenDepths: According to Launchpad, Scrooge is actually a pretty good cook. [[FridgeBrilliance He did spend a lot of time out in the Klondike...]]
15	* IndyPloy: When the heat of the sun sets off the dynamite, threatening to blow up him and Scrooge, Launchpad comes up with a spur-of-the-moment plan to use the wing of their broken plane as an impromptu hang-glider.
16	* LightIsNotGood: The giant bats which are the antagonists are white.
17	* NervesOfSteel: Discussed; Scrooge says he's looking for a pilot with "nerves of steel."
18	* NitroExpress: At the beginning of the story, Scrooge and Launchpad are transporting some dynamite to Scrooge's copper mines. Scrooge is nervous even before the crash, and things only get worse when the dynamite gets scattered around them, meaning it could blow them up if lightning hits it.
19	* SecurityCling: Launchpad and Scrooge cling to each other when the dynamite begins going off.
20	* ShoutOut: At one point, Scrooge says, "[[Theatre/GentlemenPreferBlondes diamonds are a babuta's best friend.]]"
21	* SlaveRace: The diminutive men of the tribe, who are not only used as crab bait, but also have to do all the manual labor in the village. After a day of it, Launchpad realizes it's no wonder they ran off. Fortunately, after the men and women are reunited, their society becomes more amicable.
22	* TakeAThirdOption: While the men and women are willing to cooperate with one another to rescue Grunta, they spend some time arguing over whether the head woman or the head man should lead the expedition. Launchpad proposes a third option which everyone agrees with -- ''he'll'' lead the rescue mission.
23	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: The Amazons are huge while the men of the tribe are midgets.
24	* WeDoTheImpossible: A third-person variation occurs at the end; Scrooge tells Launchpad he is the only pilot he knows capable of pulling off the impossible things necessary on his missions.

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