"A Little Something Special" is a 1997 Disney comics story created by Don Rosa to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Scrooge McDuck's first appearance in Carl Barks's "Christmas on Bear Mountain" in 1947. The story was first published in the Danish Anders And & Co. #1997-26; the first American publication was in The Adventurous Uncle Scrooge McDuck #2, in March 1998. Development Don Rosa was asked by the editors at Egmont to write the "official" Scrooge McDuck 50th anniversary story, a responsibility that he took very seriously. One problem that he faced was how to write a story set in the contemporary Duck universe about Scrooge's "50th birthday", since the character is clearly older than 50. This was solved by writing the story about the 50th anniversary of Scrooge's arrival in Duckburg. Rosa's Duck stories all take place sometime in the 1950s (the era when Carl Barks created the characters), and it was established in Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck that Scrooge came to Duckburg in 1902, so the anniversary story could be set in 1952. Rosa wanted to include all of Barks' heroes and villains in the story, giving each character at least one moment when they contribute meaningfully to the plot. The Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell, and Flintheart Glomgold are the villains driving the action, but there are also moments for Gyro Gearloose (who invents the bike saucer), Gladstone Gander (whose famous luck assists the police at a critical moment), and Grandma Duck (who leads the characters to find Scrooge at the site of her father's old general store). In his commentary on the story in the 2017 collection The Don Rosa Library, vol. 7, Rosa said, "In many ways, this may well be my favorite story of my own works!" Plot Scrooge is informed that next week, Duckburg is celebrating the 50th anniversary of when he first arrived there, and he wonders why anyone would care when he arrived. Donald Duck then tells him that the Golden Jubilee celebration includes a contest to find the best suggestion for the perfect gift for Scrooge for a million dollar prize. Scrooge is not at all keen on the idea, and refuses to admit to either Donald or his grandnephews what his desire would be. Meanwhile, the Beagle Boys visit Gyro Gearloose, claiming to have reformed, and offer to pay him in building a giant suction