W.H.A.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N. (short for When Huey And Dewey And Louie Originally Thought To Adapt Junior-woodchuck Attitudes, Regulations, and Grandiose Organizational Nomenclature) is a 1997 Disney comic written and drawn by Don Rosa.
A long time ago, Donald's three nephews used to be a bunch of mischievous little troublemakers. When Donald learns about the Junior Woodchucks, he decides to see if they can join to ease their boredom. The three quickly become fascinated with their family history to the troop and they're allowed to join due to their relations to the founder. Their task to becoming full-time members? Finding the remains of Fort Duckburg so it can be rebuilt. But Uncle Scrooge, the one who bought the land of the fort, isn't going to give up that wood easily...
W.H.A.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N. provides examples of:
- Angry Guard Dog: Snozzie keeps growling and attacking Donald to keep him away from the nephews since they're supposed to complete their mission on their own. The problem is, he keeps doing it even when they're in actual trouble (though he doesn't know that), which almost gets them killed in the lumber mill.
- Book Ends: Donald's flashback starts with the triplets launching Donald's bowling ball out of boredom which crashes through the roof and lands near Donald. The story ends with the triplets launching a space satellite for a merit badge only for it to crash through the roof and land on Donald.
- Bratty Half-Pint: The nephews back when they first came to stay with Donald, in line with how they were originally portrayed in the theatrical cartoons and early Disney comics. While still smart and imaginative, they were more interested in pranks and messing around with their uncle. The Woodchucks gave them an outlet for their natural talents, quickly whipping them into shape.
- Brick Joke: When Scrooge makes the orders to have Fort Duckberg's wood destroyed in order not to donate it, he suddenly faints and Miss Quackfaster explains that this happens every time someone mentions donation around him. When he finally relents in the ending, he tells Miss Quackfaster to call the Junior Woodchucks about donating the wood and get his doctor as he passes out again.
- Call-Back: Scrooge's buying of the land that once belonged to Fort Duckberg is brought up here and the triplets' main goal is to get the wood from Fort Duckberg back.
- Comically Missing the Point: Donald thinks the important person the nephews are related to that makes the Woodchucks so eager to recruit them is him, rather than Grandma Duck, the granddaughter of their founder.
- Exact Words: The nephews are initially rejected from the Woodchucks because the recruiter thought they were disrespecting Grandma Duck by calling her "granny", not knowing that she actually IS their great-grandmother.
- Face of a Thug: The foreman at the lumber mill, who looks like a nasty piece of work, turns out to have been a Woodchuck himself, and almost faints when he finds out he almost destroyed the remains of Fort Duckburg.
- Fun with Acronyms: A lot of acronyms are introduced in the story.
- Greed: Scrooge's reasons for refusing to donate the remains of Fort Duckburg are even pettier than usual - the wood itself is too old to be used for anything, but Scrooge refuses to give up even something this worthless, and would rather destroy it. Not to mention he's worried about the cost of reconstructing the Fort, even though there's no mention of him having to pay for that.
- Know When to Fold Them: Once word gets out that Scrooge is planning to destroy what remains of Fort Duckberg, many of his workers are disgusted due to being former Junior Woodchucks (and their female counterpart) and they announce that they'll quit. Scrooge reluctantly sighs and decides to give the wood back for free.
- Origins Episode: The story explains how the triplets became Junior Woodchucks.
- Precious Puppy: The Woodchucks' future expert tracker and search dog, Snozzie, is still a puppy and Major here, and is also training for his own promotions. He's already pretty good at it, and in the end, he gets promoted to Colonel Snozzie, the official Woodchuck Hound.
- Sand In My Eyes: After the triplets give Donald his own custom Woodchucks title as thanks for helping them, Donald says he got sand in his eyes from the sawmill, even though the triplets point out that was months ago.
- Whole Episode Flashback: The story is about Donald remembering how his nephews joined the Junior Woodchucks.
