YMMV / DuckTales (2017) S2 E22 "GlomTales!"

• Alternative Character Interpretation: How far Della went with enforcing Louie's grounding. Was it something she genuinely considered necessary? Did she go overboard because of Louie pointing out her Parental Hypocrisy triggering her trauma over being trapped on the moon? Was it a Cruel to Be Kind effort that she saw as needed to get through to Louie? Or did she have absolutely no idea how to handle the situation because parenting is still new to her and therefore didn't know how far to go before her methods would be considered abusive?
  • Consider that Gladstone is Louie's counterpart and Della grew up with him like Donald did. Odds are, she knows what can happen when you let a natural con man run amok without consequences.
  • Also, when calling Louie, did the others only call to make sure he's all right and check on him or were they only calling to just show off their adventure and make Louie jealous on purpose?
  • The robot tasered and essentially ended up putting Louie in a cage. Did Della program the robot to do that to make sure Louie stayed inside his room by any means necessary without harming him, did Gyro program the robot to do that, or did the robot simply malfunction and go evil, and neither adult knew it would go to such lengths?
• Genius Bonus: Glomgold whispers "Peas and carrots" while pretending to talk to Magica, which is a popular direction for extras in crowd scenes to sound like they're having conversations.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Magica is shown to be in possession of 1 billion dead souls. Despite being a Freeze-Frame Bonus gag, we learn in season 3's "The Phantom and the Sorceress!" that she took over an innocent village and eradicated everyone after she got bored with them. And it gets worse when you realize that one small village wouldn't be enough to make 1 billion souls.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • The season finale revealed that that's actually the Phantom Blot lecturing Magica not to threaten children. And given what we later learn about him in "The Phantom and the Sorceress!", one has to wonder if he wasn't getting some sort of petty glee out of ordering his then-powerless nemesis around like that.
  • The one member of Scrooge's family whom Glomgold considers insignificant enough to forget about and think their Psycho Rangers don't even need a counterpart for is Webby. The series finale will reveal why she's the most prominent member of Scrooge's family.
• I Knew It!: Many fans guessed that Glomgold would win the bet, only for Louie to con that victory out of his hands.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Quite a few fans complained that a Legion of Doom between all the show's major villains should have been a two-parter, and the episode feels very rushed. In particular, there's a ton of untapped potential in Louie fighting them off Home Alone style.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Louie Duck. According to the authors, the audience should empathize with him, a grounded boy, because he repents of his act and seeks to atone for his guilt. However, in fact, his remorse is almost not noticeable. He keeps saying that he apologized and that's enough. And he wants to get out of prison not because he doesn't want to be separated from his family, not even because he doesn't want to be locked up. He just wants to get to the Big Rock Candy Mountain. At the end of the episode, barely having time to reconcile with his family, he immediately throws out another trick: he leaves his uncle's company to himself, actually robbing him (robbing him, because the bet was between Scrooge and Glomgold, Louie has nothing to do with him). This will lead to new problems, for which Louie will no longer receive punishment, except for feelings of fear and shame, but he has had this before.
  • Della Duck, oddly enough, is like that too. The fact that she recorded lectures on ethics for Louis and resorted to the help of DT-87 is portrayed more as a joke. But as a result, it turns out that she does not want to talk to her son face to face. And she doesn't want to keep an eye on him (or ask Duckworth or Beakley about it). Instead, she resorts to the services of Gyro, whom she almost hates the rest of the time, and whose inventions constantly fail and become evil. Yes, it didn't happen this time. And Della HERSELF was aware of the risk of the situation. Was it really worth it? What if the robot had hurt Louie?

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