text: [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_n303g3ug1x1s2wio8o1_1280.jpg]]From the Creator/{{Disney}} Comics centering around Scrooge [=McDuck=] and WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck. Best known thanks to the work of Creator/CarlBarks, Creator/DonRosa and, of course, ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''.This is a key part of the ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics, which is a ModularFranchise that's formed when this {{Verse}} is used in tandem with the ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse.See Creator/CarlBarks and Creator/DonRosa for Tropes specific to their stories. '''Numerous''' other authors in both America and Europe have written stories set in this universe with some of the more notable and popular ones being Al Taliaferro, Romano Scarpa, Marco Rota, Tony Strobl, Vicar, Daan Jippes, William Van Horn, Fecchi and Silvia Ziche. As such, there's a [[DependingOnTheWriter LOT of diversity between stories depending on who wrote them]].----!!Tropes:* AbandonedMine: The third (and last) Carl Barks story featuring Flintheart Glomgold was about an abandoned gold mine being put for auction in Africa. Both Scrooge and Flintheart believed the mine to still have gold and Glomgold tried to prevent Scrooge from attending the auction. [[spoiler:The story had an open ending as we never get to know who won the auction or if the mine had enough gold to be worth the trouble.]]* AdaptationExpansion: Carl Barks' comic book adaptation of the Donald Duck short "Trick or Treat" expands a bit on why Donald is so mean to his nephews (he hates Halloween because of trick-or-treaters interrupting his privacy), and adds a few extra gags (like Witch Hazel disguising herself as an attractive lady duck, and later summoning a monster to steal Donald's candy). * AllJustADream:** A dream ending was hastily written into the Barks story "The Firebug" where Donald becomes a {{Pyromaniac}} but is pardoned when he catches a more dangerous person who was starting similar fires. In the original ending, Donald sets the judge's waste basket on fire and is thrown in jail as well, but in the altered ending Donald is woken up by one of his nephews instead.** There's an Italian comic where Donald takes a nap on a bed in Gyro Gearloose's workplace, but accidentally activates a dream device by releasing a nightmare potion. The rest of the comic features freaky scenes such as [[DirtyCop the Beagle Boys running the police force]] and pursuing Donald, Uncle Scrooge dying when he activates his Money Bin's self-destruct before turning into a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant coin-monster]], and Little Helper becoming a robotic MadScientist by switching places with Gyro. At the end Donald wakes up back in Gyro's workplace and realizes it was all a dream.** This is the conclusion that Donald comes to at the end of ''The Duck Who Never Was'', after wishing that he was never born and having a genie (Who happens to live in an urn instead of the typical vase) he met in the Duckburg Museum grant said wish. After Donald runs off and leaves the museum however the Genie's voice is seen emanating from the urn in which he lives, proving that [[OrWasItADream it really did happen]]. This is partially revisited in the later story ''Treasury of Croesus''. When Donald, along with his uncle and nephews, once again visits the museum he sees the same urn from the previous story and is then the only one to notice the lid of the urn being lifted up by a hand from inside the urn, which looks to be in greeting to Donald.** Also shown to be the case at the conclusion to Barks' ''The Money Stairs''. Dealing with Donald and Scrooge competing to see whether there are some things that Scrooge's money can't accomplish, it ends with Donald waking up and telling his nephews that he realized it was a dream after Scrooge offered to buy him a soda. In retrospect, the events being a dream make sense, as the story features Scrooge being fairly carefree with spending his money to beat Donald. One panel survives from an aborted non-dream ending that Barks drew at first but scrapped—he went with the dream ending because the "money stairs" of the title, a mountain-size stairway built out of coins, seemed too impossible to be real.** In the story "Paperino e l'incubo dello zione" Uncle Scrooge is seemingly visited by characters from his recurring nightmares, then Donald discovers it's all a plot by the Beagle Boys to rob Scrooge. Scrooge then promises that he'll reward Donald with ''half of his entire riches''. At this point it's revealed that the entire story was just Donald's happy dream. * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Huey, Dewey and Louie naturally. It's especially evident in many of the comics storylines, as a lot of the time instead of their trademark red, blue and green the three of them wear identical black shirts.* ArbitrarySkepticism: Pops up every now and again, such as in ''The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone'', where both Scrooge and Donald are fully willing to believe in and search after the stone, but for some reason find the idea of the Labyrinth in Crete to be nothing more than a myth when Huey, Dewey, and Louie suggest going there.* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Scrooge of course.* ArtifactOfDoom: An italian story center around a mysterious item from outer space that did absolutely nothing, but was still more an Artifact of Doom than a MacGuffin. It was so absolutely and completely useless anything done with it was automatically a waste of time and amounted to nothing. It was in the possession of Scrooge [=McDuck=] first, so he naturally tried to make money out of it, but his every attempt merely broke even, until he managed to sell it to Rockerduck (at zero profit). As time went on, the sheer uselessness of the item made it hold a peculiar fascination to people, and news of it apparently spread globally. Everyone was in fact so affected by the uselessness that they began to turn apathetic and think nothing was worth doing because it was useless, or were inspired to start doing completely useless things themselves. A researcher then came to the conclusion that the item could cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt unless it was launched back into space to remove its effect on the collective psyche. [[spoiler:But when they did this, the story subverted its own premise, because the item saved the entire planet; it was picked up by an alien armada of doom, whose leader consequently decided attacking the Earth would be pointless, and decided not to bother.]] Perhaps a TrueNeutral equivalent of the default evil Artifact of Doom.* AsYouKnow: Used all the time in Donald Duck comics, usually clumsily as anything; lampshaded in Don Rosa's ''The Last Lord of Eldorado''. %%* BanditClan: The Beagle Boys* BarefootSage: One of the issues of "Donald Duck & Co", released by Egmont, featured a wise old sea king called Saltomon who was always barefoot.* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: In a 2002 story, Donald has to fight the Beagle Boys in Uncle Scrooge's dreams before the Boys find out the combination to Scrooge's vault.* BecomingTheMask: Has happened with Magica De Spell at least twice, each time under a relatively unknown author. ''A Gal for Gladstone'' (sometimes known as ''A Girl for Gladstone''), by Carol & Pat [=McGreal=], has her hex away Gladstone Gander's luck and then pretend to be an ordinary girl in order to get a shot at Scrooge's #1 Dime -- she ends up sufficiently touched by Gladstone's sincere devotion to her that she ends up forfeiting the dime so she can save his life. Handled better, in some people's opinion, in Kari Korhonen's ''Date with a Munchkin'', in which she kidnaps Daisy, takes on her shape, and pretends to be her, ending up chosing to stay at a Duckburg ball with Donald rather than go along with her original plan, willingly dispelling the illusion and leaving Donald because she can't bear to hurt Daisy by keeping him, and wondering to herself if what she got to feel during the facade actually makes up for the fact she still didn't get the dime.* BreakoutCharacter: Scrooge [=McDuck=] started off as a supporting character / antagonist in a one-off Donald Duck story written by Carl Barks as a clear pastiche of Charles Dickens's ''A Christmas Carol''. Fifty years later Donald Duck has shown trouble keeping his own title in publication, while Scrooge is the star of one of the two longest-running classic Walt Disney comic properties (along with the anthology ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'').* BunglingInventor: Gyro Gearloose sometimes, though his inventions do tend to work perfectly — when problems arise, it's usually due to some detail Gyro has failed to consider, or simply due to unfortunate circumstances. However, it doesn't help that he often follows Scrooge's instructions in the literal sense (at least in ''Duck Tales'').* CannibalTribe: These always show up in jungle or tropical island settings, especially in the older stories.* CelebrityParadox: Some of Don's Hidden Mickeys refer to Mickey's real-life status as a fictional character, while the Ducks are "real" people. Take into account that Donald started off as Mickey's co-star in the cartoons, and you see how this fits.* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset: Frequently pops up in the European Scrooge [=McDuck=] stories, usually with Donald or Scrooge chasing after various characters. When one of many [[ZanyScheme plans to make more money]] fails, rather than accept responsibility, Scrooge [[NeverMyFault blames Donald Duck]]. The story then ends with an angry Scrooge chasing after Donald, often carrying a big club or mace. Huey, Dewey, and Louie usually look on, sometimes with [[UnusuallyUnInterestingSight indifference]] but sometimes [[ComedicSociopathy chortling with amusement]], unless it was Donald's plan in the first place, in which case their uncle chases them [[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff twig in hand]]. And sometimes both happen at the same time, Donald being simultaneously the chaser and the chased. Other characters might appear depending on the story.* ClarkKenting:** In Italian comics, Donald has a superhero / AntiHero alter ego called Paperinik, who is Donald with a costume based on [[GentlemanThief Fantomius]] with a domino mask and Donald's signature hat, yet ''nobody'' noticed in spite of people knowing their resemblance. It's explained, as in the previous case, due a combination of people not wanting to believe the lazy Donald is the city's idol and [[TheDreaded scariest person]], Donald and Paperinik having appeared before people at the same time (due either robots taking Donald's place or volunteers replacing Paperinik), and Paperinik being a MasterOfDisguise who has disguised himself as Donald multiple times (or, in one memorable occasion, as [[ItMakesSenseInContext a monster disguised as Paperinik disguised as John Rockerduck disguised as Paperinik]]). The rather obscure video game adaptation, ''PK: Out of the Shadows'', reinforces the difference by adding the fact that, as Paperinik, Donald uses a voice modulator to disguise his voice (while Donald is still voiced by Tony Anselmo, Paperinik's voice is done by Creator/RobPaulsen).*** The only people who saw through Paperinik's disguise and couldn't be fooled into thinking it was an error are Everett Ducklair, Lyla Lay and the Griffin, all from ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', and bypass Paperinik's usual tricks: Everett has PsychicPower and read it out of Paperinik's mind, while Lyla and the Griffin have technology that allows to see through LatexPerfection, and saw that Paperinik doesn't wear a Donald mask with a domino mask on it but only the domino mask (at which point it was easy).*** In the first story it was even ''worse'', as Paperinik only wore Fantomius' costume with his trademark hat and ''no kind of mask''. It was actually a colouring error, as Paperinik was supposed to wear Fantomius whole costume (that includes a blue silk mask covering the whole face except the beak), but the colourist missed it and depicted Paperinik's face white (the novelization of the story {{Retcon}}s it away as showing that Donald ''had'' considered wearing Fantomius' mask but in the end opted for the domino mask). Due the second story having Paperinik acting disguised as Fantomius (he had to infiltrate a costume party in Gladstone's place, with Gladstone planning to enter disguised as Fantomius), it wouldn't be until the third story that the domino mask debuted, by which time Paperinik was already TheDreaded.*** Speaking of the third story... Most of Duckburg actually suspected Donald to be Paperinik, but after the police inspected Donald's car (that doubled as Paperinik's one) and failed to find Paperinik's devices (that had been removed beforehand in expectation of this inspection), the issue was dropped. The story ended with the first instance of Donald being seen in public at the same time as Paperinik (with Paperinik actually being a flying robot).*** The greatest example of people being fooled into believing Donald isn't Paperinik is the 2014 story "Raceworld", in which, due the peculiar circumstances, Donald's heroic side takes Paperinik's form... And Mickey, who in Italian stories is shown as a great detective, quips that, until then, he had believed that Donald was Paperinik. Apparently he had guessed the bots and replacements, and it took the ''real'' Paperinik appearing at the same time as the ''real'' Donald to fool him.** Daisy has her own superhero alter ego, Paperinika, who is a female and StrawFeminist counterpart to Paperinik. Despite this, the two don't actually like to work together and neither knows the other's secret identity. Which is fine... except that in the American translations, Paperinika is renamed "Super Daisy", but the stories are otherwise translated straight. This has the effect of making Donald look like a complete moron since he can't figure out who she really is, unless you've read Paperinika's original story: Donald's reaction to seeing Paperinika the first time was to ask Daisy why she was dressed that ridiculous way, and only got convinced it's not Daisy due to her acting much coldly and keeping a cool head in situations where Daisy would usually lose it (she was ''really'' pissed at the time. She later became an actress good enough to pull Paperinika's personality on purpose).*** It's also implied that ''Donald'' is the reason Paperinika's disguise works: if Daisy's fiancee, who is known to be able to recognize [[IdenticalTwins identical triplets]] from near-invisible details, says she's not Paperinika and has a very vocal dislike for the latter, most people capable of recognizing Daisy through her costume will think it's just a casual resemblance.** Another example is when Paperoga (Fethry Duck) becoming the debatably useful superhero Bat-Paperoga (or "Red Bat" in other countries). It's an obvious spoof of Batman and it doesn't even ''try'' to hide the actual identity. It's PlayedForLaughs, and the identity is kept by a combination of the Red Bat's outfit giving actual cover and the Red Bat being seen as CrazyAwesome (in his first story he humiliated the Beagle Boys with the help of a [[ItMakesSenseInContext headless gorilla]]) instead that the lucky FakeUltimateHero he is.** And taken ''even further'' with José Carioca's alter-ego Morcego Verde (Green Bat), ''another'' Batman spoof:[[note]]The main difference between the two being that Red Bat is a parody of [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Batman (both in terms of costume as well as goofy gadgets) while Green Bat is a parody of the modern Batman (dark ominous costume and little to no gadgets - his revised origin story is even a spoof of ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'')[[/note]] His costume is less concealing than Fethry's (despite him wearing a beat-up Batman cowl/cape combination) and while he's wearing it ''his friends still call him "Zé"'' or, at their most secretive, "Hey Zé... I mean, Morcego!" In this case there's no justification, only RuleOfFunny.** The Beagle Boys once robbed a jewelry shop and avoided recognition by ''not'' wearing their masks despite being otherwise dressed in full Beagle Boy regalia.*** Also played straight by Creator/DonRosa in ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'': when Scrooge first met them in his youth, the Beagle Boys (the original outfit composed by Grampa Beagle and his sons) were wanted criminals who couldn't show their faces in public, and started wearing the masks to hide their identities on suggestion of their employer Porker Hogg. It worked: they were even tricking the river police into leaving when Scrooge unmasked one of them, at which point the police recognized them and proceeded to arrest them.* ComicBookTime: Most apparent with Scrooge's history in the Klondike, which was perfectly plausible when Carl Barks introduced it in the comics but would've meant Scrooge was over a hundred by the time of [=DuckTales=]. Some Italian stories play with it to imply that he is effectively immortal. For example a story with Scrooge celebrating the New Year of 2000, has a brief flashback with him celebrating the New Year of 1900. * ContinuityNod: Don Rosa pretty much formed his entire career working with the Duck Family around this. Nearly all, if not all, of his stories reference a previous one ''or'' one of Carl Barks stories in some shape or form. The greatest contribution to this might be Scrooge's trophy room inside his Money Bin, which Rosa features in a few of his stories, such as ''Return to Xanadu''. It allows for the display of various treasures and items that Scrooge and his nephews have collected on their previous adventures, such as the golden fleece (From Barks ''The Golden Fleecing''), the goose egg nugget (From Barks ''Back to the Klondike''), and the crown of Genghis Khan (From Barks ''The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan'').** Besides just things like the treasure room Rosa would often include throwaway lines into his stories which would include references. For example, from ''Return to Xanadu''-->'''Donald to Scrooge:''' First Plain Awful and now here! Uncle Scrooge we can't take you anywhere** Plain Awful of course is from the Carl Barks story ''Lost in the Andes'' and was revisited in the Don Rosa story ''Return to Plain Awful'', and it's the second visit Donald is referring to.** ''The Quest for Kalevala'' has Scrooge himself make a few comments on his previous adventures.-->'''Scrooge to his Donald:''' You seem to forget, nephew, that i've had some success with "wacky legends"--like Jason's golden fleece, the philosopher's stone, king solomon's mines, vulcan's hammer, and plenty more!* ContemporaryCaveman: The Danish comics had a recurring female caveman who was brought into the present by Donald and his nephews. Of course, she had super strength--[[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength which got her into a lot of trouble]], with people blaming Donald for her actions.* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: A recurring theme. In ''Pool Sharks'' by Barks, Donald lets a couple of kids use his brand new swimming pool. This leads to dozens of kids getting wind of it, using and ruining the pool, which leads to their parents getting worked up about accidents happening to their kids, which leads to Donald closing the pool without ever having gotten to use it, which leads to everyone hating Donald. To be frank, the people of Duckburg are dicks.* CoolOldGuy: Scrooge, once CharacterDevelopment brings him out of being the crusty, skinflint, gouging, near-heartless old miser that he is when Carl Barks first introduces him to the Ducks Universe, anyway.* CosmicHorrorStory: Yes, believe it or not, one of Donald's stories ("[[http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D+2002-002 The Call of C'rruso]]") is indeed a classic Cosmic Horror Story. Donald tries out for a singing competition organized by a renowned musician, and gets successfully recruited by having his voice altered by an apparent twin of this musician. It's later revealed that the entire world is actually the dream of Ar-Finn, a primordial cephalophoid monster which slumbers in an ancient city at the bottom of the sea. The two twins are manifestations of the monster's conflicting subconscious desires to either continue sleeping or wake up (which Donald's voice will make it do). When the creature does exactly that, the rest of the world vanishes as it no longer creates the world-dream, and everything in its vicinity shapes itself into its image, resulting in Donald and his nephews growing tentacles and stick eyes. It's eventually put back to sleep, but the story ends on a rather dark note as Donald contemplates everybody's existence as mere parts of the creature's imagination.** As famous as "The Call of C'rruso" is, it has never appeared in an authorized English edition until [[http://www.idwpublishing.com/product/donald-duck-16/ IDW Publishing translated it]] for August 2016's American issue of ''Donald Duck''. * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass:** Donald is the most prominent example of this, most notably when he changes into the Duck Avenger, though he has plenty of badass moments even when he's just himself.** Fethry is a less prominent version of the trope, as he usually succeeds by accident, but he has his moments of this as well. (He has a superhero identity as well, the Red Bat, but one that's more of an IdiotHero compared to the Duck Avenger's badass)** Even the Beagle Boys will, DependingOnTheWriter, sometimes display surprising competence and appear as a credible threat to Scrooge.* CulturalTranslation: The comics are this all over the world, which makes things more varied and interesting. Though in some (fortunately few) cases it crosses over to bad ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange.* DependingOnTheWriter: ** There's quite a few characters that only appear in stories by some authors whose existences are ignored by others, including cousin Fethry, Birgita [=McBridge=], Donald's superhero alter ago, Paperinik, Scrooge's butler Battista, Scrooge's half-brother Rumpus [=McFowl=], Scrooge's ''actual'' brother Gideon [=McDuck=], John D. Rockerduck for most American authors, Flintheart Glomgold for most Italian ones, ectera...** One other thing that's wildly inconsistent between authors is the 'verse's relation to the ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse. Some authors have them share a universe, but have the Mouse stories set in a different town called Mouseton, whereas others have both set in Duckburg same as the Duck stories. Some authors seem to set the stories in separate continuities. As noted under CelebrityParadox, Don Rosa has an odd take on this: WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse seems to exist within his stories... as a cartoon character.** The Italian-produced comics view the characters through a completely different cultural lens: most evident with Scrooge, who tends to be less of a crafty SelfMadeMan and more of a cross between CorruptCorporateExecutive and {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. It's not rare to see him cross the line from AntiHero to straight-up VillainProtagonist, or be used as the villain against Donald (who isn't much better).** Is the money bin actually all of Scrooge's money? Don Rosa and most of the European comics establish that Scrooge has untold billions in banks from his businesses and investments, while the money bin is simply all the money Scrooge ever made personally. Other writers go the Ducktales route and have Scrooge instantly become penniless every time the bin gets stolen. * DetectivesFollowFootprints: The comics get a lot of mileage out of this trope. For instance, they have a whole subtrope for characters exploiting the trope, knowing they are being followed, manipulating the footprints to mislead the pursuers.* DramaticThunder: In one of the chapters of the classic ''Comicbook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'', Scrooge fights a duel with swords against the scion of the Whiskervilles -- ancestral enemies of the [=McDuck=] clan, while a thunderstorm rolls across the Scottish Highlands. The thunderstorm, as it turns out, plays a key role in the end of the duel...* {{Dogfaces}}: Your average person off the streets of Duckburg has a black button nose, may have unusually shaped ears and something of a snout but doesn't really resemble any known animal. Some stories by Barks have actual realistically drawn humans which makes things more confusing. The story is that Barks for a while tried to incorporate realistic human characters into his stories against the prescriptions of the company, because he felt they were of higher artistic value than funny animals (and also enabled him to draw more "sexy" female characters). After a while his editor caught on and made him stop. It can get even weirder when characters appear who are basically humans with a ''beak''! (In fact, Gyro Gearloose comes very close to this; he even has human feet.) Occasionally some colourist even has the gall to give such a character a [[UpToEleven human skin tone]], instead of white feathers. * DoubleStandardViolenceChildOnAdult: Subverted in one particularly {{egregious}} story revolved around a child psychologist selling Donald on the idea that beating the kids up was evil, and that he had been stifling their creativity and should let them do as they please; Huey, Dewey and Louie abuse the situation to extreme levels, and act like whimsical, irresponsible brats. Once Donald catches on, he invites said psychologist at home for dinner and a chat, and, while he pompously lectures Donald, the kids ''blow fireworks under his armchair''. His clothes singed, his face a mask of fury, he leaps at the kids, ready to beat the crap out of them, while Donald looks on, a smug grin on his face.* DurableDeathtrap: Donald and his uncle Scrooge [=McDuck=] along with their nephews Huey, Luey and Dewey, often run into these .* EasyAmnesia: This happens to Scrooge, his nephews, and the Beagle Boys at the conclusion to Carl Barks' ''Seven Cities of Cibola''. All of them wake up in a pile of rubble not remembering how they got there and proceed to return to Duckburg afterwards. They therefore never discover that all the treasure of the titular cities is buried beneath them and the world at large never learns of the amazing discovery either. This isn't the first time that Scrooge loses a treasure, but it is the one time where he doesn't even remember having found it.* EleventyZillion: ** Scrooge [=McDuck's=] fortune is always measured in "fantasticatillions", "obsquatumatillions", etc. -- often ending in "... and sixteen cents".** In the climax of "The Crazy Quiz Show", Donald Duck's final question (and his UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer) was the following:--->'''Q:''' How many drops of water pass over Niagara Falls in a week?\\'''A:''' [[LudicrousPrecision Nine trillion multipadillion, six hundred and eighty-six squadrificillion, fifty octodecimadillion, eight hundred and sixty-three centrifipillion, nine hundred and forty overplusillion, six hundred and five duplicatillion, thirty-three impossibadillion, seven hundred and ninety-one compounded ultrafatillion, three hundred and forty super trillion, fifty-nine duper dillion, twenty-nine billion, seven hundred and fifty million, four hundred and six thousand, five hundred and thirty-three drops]].* {{Elseworld}}: There are way too many examples to count where the Ducks are plucked out of Duckburg and put into wildly different settings. For example, a prominent Italian one by Marco Rota has Donald Duck as a down-on-his-luck Caledonian warlord trying to repel a Viking invasion.* EscapedAnimalRampage: One Carl Barks comic strip had Donald Duck walking around with a necklace that brings good luck. When he hears that a dangerous gorilla escaped he decides to turn the giant ape in, believing that he will be prevented by his Lucky device. Of course, it doesn't work.* EvenEvilHasStandards: In "An Eye For Detail", the ''Beagle Boys'', of all people, call Scrooge a villain for overworking Donald.* EveryCarIsAPinto: In the ''Creator/DonRosa'' story "Guardians of the Lost Library", Donald watches [[RunningGag a succession of television shows]] that repeatedly feature the hero's transport catching on fire, be it a car, a speedboat, or even a horse. In a sci-fi version of that show, even the comet the hero is riding bursts into flame. Or possibly not, as, to use Donald's words "It's kinda hard to tell with comets."* ExtremeOmniGoat: Scrooge once bought a goat to guard his money bin in the comics. Unfortunately, it both guarded and ate the money so Scrooge sold it back to the previous owner. * FinishingEachOthersSentences: Huey, Dewey, and Louie are often scripted like this.:::--Since they're--:::--pretty much--:::--one character!** Lampshaded in at least two Rosa stories where, when Scrooge mentions how alike they are, they immediately protest... saying the exact same words, perfectly synchronized, and even making the same facial expressions.* FunetikAksent: Scrooge and his family.* FunWithAcronyms: Woodchuck titles. The story W.H.A.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N.[[labelnote:*]]When Huey And Dewey And Louie Originally Thought To Adapt Junior-woodchuck Attitudes, Regulations and Grandiose Organisational Nomenclature[[/labelnote]] is particularly full of this.* {{Fiction 500}}: Scrooge, Flintheart Glomgold and John D. Rockerduck.** Famously in Carl Barks story "The Magic Hourglass" Scrooge laments that if he loses a billion dollars a minute, he'll go broke in 600 years. That adds up to 315 ''quadrillion'' dollars. You could remove three zeros from that and Scrooge would still have more money than currently exists in the world.* FictionalCountry: There have been loads of these over the years as they're often disposable. Special mention must go to Barks for injecting real-world political satire into them, such as with Brutopia (a parody of the Soviet Union) or Unsteadystan.* FriendsRentControl: Despite PerpetualPoverty being one of Donald's major characteristics, he maintains residence in a nice two-story house in the suburbs. Some stories HandWave this by saying it is Scrooge who really owns the property and Donald has to pay next to no rent because of this.* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the spirit of Barks.* GameBetweenHeirs: The story "Family of Fore" features Scrooge [=McDuck=] and Flintheart Glomgold learning they're distantly related and must play a golf match against each other for a treasure left behind by a relative named Bogey [=McDivot=]. [[spoiler:After Scrooge wins]], both competitors are dismayed to learn the "treasure" is the golf course.* GentlemanThief: Arpin Lusene. Or rather, [[BlatantLies his friend]] the Black Knight.* GettingCrapPastTheRadar** "What did Scrooge and Goldie do in that shack that one night?", found in Don Rosa's own commentary. ''Website/{{Cracked}}'''s [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20236_6-insane-disney-comics-you-wont-believe-are-real.html 6 Insane Disney Comics You Won't Believe Are Real]] shows panels from a Don Rosa story called "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek" (which is a prequel to Rosa's "Hearts of Yukon", which is a sequel to Rosa's "King of Klondike", which is a prequel to Barks' "Back to Klondike"... it's quite complicated) where what at first looks like a fight between Goldie and Scrooge (given the sound effects and smoke emanating from the cabin) turns out to be something "not a hangin' offense in Langry, Texas, or anywhere else"[[note]]it turns out to be reconciliation between the two and he tries to revert to his stingy self by trying to give her 50 cents a day for hard work, not for sex[[/note]].* GreatBigBookOfEverything: The Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook. This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d ''and'' [[JustifiedTrope explained]].* GreenAesop: Barks' ''Land of the Pygmy Indians'' and the sequel by Don Rosa, ''War of the Wendigo'' both have Scrooge learning one of these. The first ends with him declaring part of the land he owns, which the titular Indians live on, a nature preserve and the second has him promising the same group, after one of his plant manager's devastates a forest in the north, to plant two trees for every one that he cuts down.* GoodLuckCharm: A recurring theme in Barks stories and also later writers. ** "The Magic Hourglass" by Barks deals with a hourglass that enriches the people who hold it, and gives bad luck to the people who lose it. By the time the hourglass is activated, the meaning of luck changes dramatically for the cast.** A later story "The Backdated Lucky Charm" published by Egmont was about Donald creating a lucky charm by following instructions from a book. The lucky charm is a special one that enchants and preserves happy moments so that they can last as long as the wearer wishes. When Donald wishes that a particularly good evening for dinner never ends, the entire evening falls into a pattern of eternal repitition, with Donald the only one noticing something's wrong. He had wished that moment never ended, so at the point at which the moment should end, it repeats itself. As Donald realizes later: ''That's not a lucky charm!'' (He finally cancels the curse by wishing that the event never happened, which makes the entire plot AllJustADream).* GroundhogDayLoop: The story "Again and Again..." (Donald Duck 336, 2006), Donald is forced to relive the same day over and over until he discovers what he did "wrong" on that day. The story spoofs elements of both Groundhog Day and Film/TheHudsuckerProxy—with mouse-eared "Daddy Time" (i. e. Moses) being wise to the time loop, and a Phil-like character reliving a similar time loop in a movie on Donald's TV. * HaveAGayOldTime: In the first ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'' comic Rosa did, he changed the lyrics of the eponymous song to remove the verse "the three gay caballeros". In the second one, the line is intact. [[labelnote:Aside]]You could almost swear there's a guy giving them a knowing gaze as they sing it that time...[[/labelnote]]* HeadsOrTails: In "Flip Decision", Donald is conned by a charlatan into believing in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipism Flipism]]: the idea that all of life's choices can be made on the flip of a coin. HilarityEnsues, of course, though the coin does show uncanny predictive power.%%* HistoricalInJoke* {{Homage}}: The two stories with Disney/TheThreeCaballeros. Complete with them performing the theme song.* HowDoIShotWeb:** Paperinik (Donald superhero alter-ego) sometimes has troubles with his gadgets, both in PKNA and non-PKNA stories. It's downplayed in PKNA, given he has One to help him with those (but still doesn't know how to use the full potential of his [[MorphWeapon Extransformer shield]], and when One gets deactivated he finds out he has no idea how to fuel the [=PKar=]... Or what the fuel ''is''), but in non-PKNA stories he has some added problems because Gyro either forgets to explain how they work or gives him a ''gigantic'' user manual he cannot possibly read.*** Actually {{Invoked}} in the non-PKNA story in which the Beagle Boys stole his 313-X car and some of his weapons... Only to get repeteadly humiliated because Paperinik knows how to use them and they don't (the paralizing pistol, for example, is single-shot).** In her debut, Paperinika (Daisy superhero alter-ego) had some serious problems at using her skating boots, and the first attempt ended with a ridiculous pratfall. Averted for the other gadgets, as her supplier has the common sense to explain how to use the things and provide sensibly-sized user manuals... Or simply provides gadgets that are based on something she already knows how to use (such as her [[BikerBabe bike]]).** This happens rather often in ''The Amazing Adventures of Fantomius: GentlemanThief'', the prequel dedicated to the duck that would inspire Donald into becoming Paperinik: Fantomius' GadgeteerGenius is a relative of Gyro and just as much as a CloudCuckooLander as him, and sometimes forgets to tell him something-[[FlawedPrototype or to include working brakes]]. [[RunningGag Fantomius himself still has to figure how to dodge rose bushes]].* HumanityOnTrial: In a ''Donald Duck'' comic, Donald is taken by SufficientlyAdvancedAliens (who mistake him for a sports champion who happened to be in Donald's vicinity) to represent Earth in an intergalactic tournament that will determine whether or not Earth will become part of their [[CityInABottle collection of miniaturized planets]]. He keeps losing each part of the competition horribly to the other champions, which include much stronger, faster, and intelligent aliens and robots. The way he eventually wins is ingenious: He claims that no form of life can sleep longer than him, which the other contestants challenge by going into hibernation for centuries or millennia. The judges angrily revoke the contest and send Donald back to his home world when they realize that they'll have to wait ''50,000'' years before they can declare the winner.* HumanlikeHandAnatomy: WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and the rest of the more FunnyAnimal bodied ducks have human-like arms and hands, but webbed feet.%%* ImpossibleThief: Arpin Lusene* InadequateInheritor: Whether or not Scrooge views Donald as this tends to vary across multiple stories. ''Some Heir Over the Rainbow'', written in 1953, had Scrooge declare Huey, Dewey, and Louie his heirs, due to viewing Donald as this because of how he spent $1,000 that Scrooge secretely gave him, Gladstone, and the triplets. Notably, that story features Scrooge even considering Gladstone to be a better successor than Donald. However, ''Race to the South Seas'', from 1949, had Scrooge declare Donald as his heir at that story's end. 1956 had the story ''Two is Company'' where Scrooge is again trying to decide between Donald and Gladstone as to who will inherit his business. Then, 1961's ''Bongo on the Congo'' has Scrooge trying to teach Donald how to be a chief because he will inherit his business empire one day, and no mention is even made of the nephews doing so. So there are some stories showing the triplets being Scrooge's heirs and others showing that Donald is.* InsaneTrollLogic: Italian stories like this. There's a story where Scrooge is continuously hit by lightning because he's "at the top of the world", a story where Scrooge moves in with a group of fishmen on the bottom of the sea to learn to handle deep sea pressure so he can cope with the pressure of being the world's richest, and a story where round-up unprocessed communal documents is the perfect retardant for a makeshift explosive because it's the slowest-moving anything in the universe. The stories just tend to handwave it off and ask you to pretend it makes sense.* ItsAWonderfulPlot:** ''The Duck Who Never Was'' does this to Donald Duck. [[TearJerker It works.]]** A later European story outright ''titled'' "It's a Wonderful Life" does an even straighter adaptation, even keeping in the implication that Donald is considering suicide.* JailBake: The Beagle Boys tend to use these to escape from prison. For example, when they visit Grandpa Beagle in jail for his birthday they bring him a pie which contains a ludicrous amount of objects such as a file, the key to his cell, and a chainsaw.* LittleBitBeastly: The dog-nosed but otherwise human supporting cast.* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn: With the notable exception of Don Rosa, most Duck-writers let their stories take place in the present. Thus, while none of the characters has aged a day, the technology since the times of Carl Barks has marched on.* LovecraftLite: You could call ''Land beneath the Ground'' a Barksian version of Creator/HPLovecraft, surprisingly enough - just read it. And while you're at it, check out ''Ancient Persia'' ...''The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'', anyone? None of these are gloomy enough to count as real {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies, of course. Except for the obscure Danish story ''The Call of C'Russo'', which is straight lovecraftian horror.* MagicalNativeAmerican: The Peeweegah, a tribe of long-nosed pygmy Indians with the power to communicate with animals. First appeared in the Carl Barks story ''Land of the Pygmy Indians'', they then reappeared in the Don Rosa story ''War of the Wendigo''.* MechanicalHorse: In a Paperinik (classic) story, Gyro Gearloose creates one for the eponymous hero after Scrooge [=McDuck=] confiscates Donald's car. * TheMenInBlack:** Recent European-produced stories sometimes include the half-parodic T.N.T (Tamers of Nonhuman Threats), of which Donald and Fethry are freelance agents, dealing with supernatural or alien threats to humanity while trying to hide their existence to the common public. Unlike many examples of this trope, the T.N.T. are unmistakable good guys and do not wear shades.** In one T.N.T story, Donald got tired of the BoringButPractical janitor-like uniforms and tried invoking a more traditional [[TheMenInBlack MIB]] look by dressing himself and Fethry up in stylish black tuxedoes and CoolShades. This phase lasted for exactly two pages, and was abandoned when Donald and Fethry discovered that the CoolShades were too dark for them to see anything, and they walked straight out into a trafficked road. The results were AmusingInjuries and ruined tuxedoes.* MirrorUniverse: In a comic, Paperinik ends up going into an alternate universe where Uncle Scrooge is poor, Gladstone Gander is unlucky, policemen are criminals, criminals are good, and Paperinik himself is evil.* MobySchtick: The Italian Disney comics did [[https://www.cinquecosebelle.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/topolino3003.jpg their own version of Moby Dick]] with Scrooge [=McDuck=] as Captain Ahab.%%* MoneyFetish: Scrooge swims in it.* MonumentalTheft: In his first incarnation Paperinik (Donald Duck's superhero-avenger of himself alter ego) steals huge amounts at once.** He stole Scrooge's money-filled bed while he was sleeping on it in the very first story.** In one story he faked a FaceHeelTurn caused by a supposed amnesia and ''stole half of Duckburg piece by piece'' (at that point the police just gave up and started playing with flowers), and gave it back once he had dismantled the criminal organization he had set to infiltrate.* MultilayerFacade: Paperinik (the superhero alter-ego of Donald Duck]]) has to involuntarily do this in one story. At one point he decides to demonstrate ([[AsYouKnow for no reason and to no-one in particular]]) how his masks work, and too late realizes that he's out of the spray that would let him take the sticky mask off. Since the mask he is trying on is one of a caricatural alien, he is forced to wear a new mask on top of this one. (Later on, however, he manages to avoid having his secret identity exposed because he is wearing this additional mask).* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: Inverted in an Italian ''Donald Duck Comic'' where Donald encounters an EldritchAbomination-type monster which dreams about the world so long as it remains dormant. Because its tastes are so alien, a beautiful singing voice will actually annoy it to the point of waking up and cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, but it finds a truly awful singing voice soothing and sleep-inducing.* MrViceGuy: Scrooge and {{Greed}}.* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Hungry crocodiles have shown up from time to time to chase the Ducks, or as part of a SharkPool. Probably the most effective moment is in a Creator/DonRosa story where Donald and his nephews are searching the Nile for unique crocodiles with a hieroglyph mark on their backs. They enter a quiet subterranean temple altar, only to realize far too late that the entire room is filled with sleeping crocodiles.%%* NonIdleRich: Scrooge%%* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Huey, Dewey and Louie.* NotThisOneThatOne: Happens a lot in stories where Scrooge [=McDuck=] takes his nephew(s) on a trip - mostly with ships for a reason.* NumberOneDime: {{Trope Namer|s}}, with Scrooge treasuring the very first dime he ever made for an honest day's work. Because of Magica de Spell's avid pursuit of it to make an amulet that would grant her fortune, it often becomes [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated]] into being the actual source of Scrooge's wealth. Don Rosa ''hated'' this interpretation of the #1 Dime.%%* OlderHeroVSYoungerVillain: Scrooge to several members of his RoguesGallery.%%* PhoneticAccent: Scrooge's family in ''Life and Times'' as well as Arpin Lusene%%* PooledFunds: Scrooge, of course.* PettingZooPeople: What the average citizen that isn't part of the Duck Family tends to fall into. Some stories however, such as Barks' ''Dangerous Disguise'', will actually feature regular humans instead.* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: In the second story featuring the Three Caballeros, Donald becomes especially depressed and Huey, Dewey and Louie decide to reunite the Three Caballeros in the hopes that it will cheer Donald up.* RealAfterAll: There's a ''Donald Duck'' story where Donald and Daisy have to seek shelter at a spooky castle whose owner turns out to be a vampire. This is revealed to be part of an elaborate commercial that was being shot at the castle, but when Donald asks him how he managed all those crazy "tricks" for the camera like floating in mid-air, the count states that they weren't tricks. Donald takes this to be a joke, but the last panel shows that he really wasn't kidding.* RebusBubble** The Creator/DonRosa ''Uncle Scrooge'' story "ComicBook/ALittleSomethingSpecial" features a more elaborate than usual application of this trope as Scrooge puts together the facts to realize that [[VillainTeamUp Glomgold and Magica have teamed up]].** Also used in Don Rosa's story based on the Finnish national epic ''Literature/TheKalevala'', where a character's rebus bubble is translated into Kalevaic prose for the reader's convenience.* RememberTheNewGuy: A ''lot'' of characters have been introduced over the years, and several of them (especially the ones created by Carl Barks and Romano Scarpa) tend to be treated as if they've always been around, just not on-page. Barks rarely set out to create recurring characters; rather, he would see potential in characters he created for the sake of one story and re-use them. A particularly noticeable example is the Beagle Boys, who in their first story only make a silent cameo appearance on the very last panel... ''after'' Scrooge has spent the entire story worrying about them.** One notable aversion is Magica De Spell, whose first appearance is a proper introduction story, as she and Scrooge are meeting for the first time. This was because Barks conceived her as a recurring villain from the start. ** This approach is also used by Italian authors: Brigitta [=McBridge=] is stated in her debut story to have known Scrooge since at least 1898 (back when Scrooge had moved to Whitehorse and became a businessman), with a later story showing their first encounter actually dates to when Scrooge was a prospector and had just struck rich; Jubal Pomp debuts as a recurring annoyance of Scrooge, and a later story actually puts their first meeting at the same time as the one between Scrooge and Brigitta; and Gideon [=McDuck=] was presented as Scrooge's younger ''brother'' (this was many years before ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' was published. Nowadays Gideon appears from time to time, but his relation to Scrooge is left out).* RetroUniverse: DependingOnTheArtist to which degree. (Although considering that the [[OutdatedOutfit iconic outfits of Scrooge and other characters]] have been consistently used by everyone...)%%* RichesToRags: Happens to Scrooge in several WhatIf stories.* SameSexTriplets: Huey, Dewey and Louie as a male example. April, May and June as a female example.* TheScapegoat: There's an Italian comic in which Uncle Scrooge goes to a mountain country to buy a ''literal'' scapegoat so everyone who complains to him can do so to the goat. However, eventually the goat gets so fed up with being blamed for everything that he goes ballistic and wrecks Scrooge's money bin.%%* SceneryPorn: Plenty of amazing pages appear.* TheScrooge: Guess who. His salaries to Donald and his closest workers are usually in pennies, and he'll do basically everything to not pay any service.* SeaMonster: The titular "varmint" in Carl Barks' 1951 story ''No Such Varmint''.* SecretIngredient: In one comic, Donald insists on putting ketchup on all of Daisy's cooking, much to her annoyance, because it just doesn't taste as good as Grandma Duck's food. When Daisy checks with Grandma, it turns out the old lady's secret ingredient is...ketchup, which she puts in everything.* SelfDisposingVillain: There's a story written by Creator/DonRosa where the Beagle Boys are the main characters and decide to break into Scrooge [=McDuck=]'s money bin once again after stealing the building's original architectural plans. They carry out the scheme while the building is closed at night, but they all gradually end up trapping themselves in various situations with the remaining Beagle Boys deciding to come back for them once they've successfully carried out the heist. The comic ends with the Beagle Boys discovered by a mightily surprised Scrooge and Grandpa Beagle hearing the cops talk about this from his jail cel and muttering that his grandsons can't even beat an inanimate building.* SelfMadeMan: Scrooge. The point being that the "making" was more important to him than "getting made" in the first place.* SevenDeadlySins: There's a comic story where an ancient talisman worn by Donald causes the Seven Deadly Sins's personifications to emerge in Donald's shape and escape into Duckburg (except Sloth, who obviously didn't even bother to run). Donald and his nephews have GottaCatchThemAll in time before the Sins will remerge into a single monster and destroy the world.* ShadesOfConflict: Frequently it enters BlackAndWhiteMorality, with clear cut (and {{Card Carrying|Villain}}) villains. But many times Scrooge and\or Donald are firmly into gray territories (Scrooge against his billionaire rivals is usually either GreyAndGrayMorality or BlackAndGrayMorality).* SharkPool: In one of the Italian stories Donald wins a holiday vacation but is [[MistakenIdentity mistaken by an international thief for one of her rivals]] because he keeps throwing his name around (which just so happens to also be the name of a lemonade brand that Donald likes), who threatens to throw him into a pool filled with sharks.* ShoeShineMister: Scrooge famously won his Number One Dime shining shoes.* ShoutOut: Rosa never wrote any Mickey Mouse stories, but that doesn't keep him from littering various Hidden Mickeys within his stories.** The D.U.C.K. dedication also counts.** ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' gets quoted at least twice.** Arpin Lusene is an obvious nod to ''Literature/ArseneLupin''.** Another one from Arpin : at one point, he refers to Scrooge as "Ze chipskate! Ze '''picsou'''!'. Now, "picsou" ''is not'' a French word for "cheapskate". It is, however, Scrooge's name in the French version of his stories (Balthazar [[PunnyName Picsou]]).** The afterwords for each chapter in ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck actually list all the {{Shout Out}}s. ''Film/CitizenKane'' was a popular one.* SimpleYetOpulent: Scrooge does have expensive things, like his limo and mansion, but he's not flashy about it.* SlidingScaleOfContinuity: The comics by Carl Barks and many other writers are Level 1 (Negative Continuity). Creator/DonRosa's stories, however, are Level 2 (Status Quo).* SnapBack: Notorious for this. No matter how extreme the events in a story, they're nearly always somehow undone at the end and never referred to in any later tale. The protagonists may be run out of town, Duckburg may be the victim of a natural disaster, but all of the events have been magically undone. The most obvious example is Uncle Scrooge's money bin, which is completely destroyed multiple times (or in one case, forced to move elsewhere due to the city planning construction that would have to go through it, only to of course be back in its typical spot next story). Some things seem to be unalterable, though -- while Scrooge may lose his money bin, the Beagle Boys never seem to be able to steal his money (except, ironically, in their very first appearance).* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: My Bonnie lies over the ocean...* StatusQuoIsGod: As well as NegativeContinuity, due to the numerous different writers who have written these stories with little to no regard for each other..** Though the series in many ways is also great for aversions. As Scrooge is already the richest duck in the world, any treasures he finds will usually be a drop in the bucket. And so success or failure isn't as guaranteed as with other characters.* TheStinger: An extra page for ''The Quest for Sampo''.* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: In the Carl Barks-penned ''Scrooge [=McDuck=]'' story "Back to the Klondike", saloon owner Glittering Goldie manages to steal Scrooge's Goose Egg gold nugget after putting a drug in his coffee and dumping him outside of town after going through his pockets. He immediately went back and [[OneManArmy roughed up everyone in the place]] before retrieving his record-size nugget, getting an I.O.U. out of Goldie for losing the rest of his gold in a card game, and kidnapping her to work on his claim in the mountains.* TeachHimAnger: One story features DonaldDuck earning a living by teaching people anger. His Uncle Scrooge hires him to teach an actor to be angry so the actor can better perform his role in a soap-opera Scrooge is sponsoring. Scrooge says he's already spent so much money promoting the actor that hiring a replacement is out of question. Donald's lessons turned out to be a case of GoneHorriblyRight because the actor became angry enough to demand his payment to be tripled.%%* ThisIsReality* TightropeWalking: A variation of this trope happens when Daisy Duck is on a building site and walks out onto a bouncy, springboard-like plank to retrieve a hammer left near one edge where it could fall on someone. She points out that (in this story) she's a ballet teacher and such perfect balance is nothing special for her.* TimeDilationField: The "Reginella" arc, by Giorgio Cavazzano, features Queen Reginella's planet where a second is worth a day on Earth. It makes its inhabitants getting old in a few minutes when they venture onto Earth. * TimeStandsStill: ''On Stolen Time'' by Rosa, where the Beagle Boys use a stopwatch created by Gyro Gearloose for this effect.* TreasureRoom: Scrooge's Money Bin and Flintheart's Money Bin both qualify. In many Barks stories, such as ''No Such Varmint'', Scrooge would also be shown to have his office filled with money, to the point that it often came up to his waist* {{Tsundere}}: Daisy Duck is one of the more iconic western examples, type A towards Donald. Considering it's Donald, most people consider her mood swings justified.* TwistEnding: The last page of Don Rosa's ''Return to Xanadu'' reveals that the treasure Scrooge spent the story looking for was at the bottom of the lake of Xanadu the entire time, which is where one of Scrooge's own treasures, The Crown of Genghis Khan, then ends up.* VillainProtagonist: There are some stories that feature the Beagle Boys, Magica [=DeSpell=], or any of the Ducks' other enemies as the main characters as they try to figure out new schemes to best the Ducks. [[DependingOnTheWriter Some writers]] may even treat Scrooge himself as a villain whenever they have him play the CorruptCorporateExecutive part straight.%%* VillainTeamUp: ''A Little Something Special''* VulcanHasNoMoon: In one comic, Earth appeared improbably big in the sky of Mars.* WholePlotReference: Some select stories homage other works in their entirety. For instance, one Italian one was based on ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', just with the Ducks living in a dystopia where all music is forbidden. There's also a Danish one based on ''Film/TheShining'', though obviously with less ax-murder.* WhoWantsToLiveForever: In the Tony Strobl and Carl Barks story, "King Scrooge the First", the reason the immortal King Khan Khan wants to find the lost treasure of Sagbad so badly is because it contains the antidote to the immortality potion he took when he raided the city centuries ago. He has grown tired of endlessly outliving everything and everyone dear to him, and after getting his hands on it, gladly eats it and wanders into the desert to join the dust that is all that is left of his civilisation.* WorseWithContext: In the story "Gyro's First Invention", Donald and Scrooge explain the events of "Christmas for Shacktown" to Gyro and how it will take 272 years, 11 months, three weeks, and four days to get all of Scrooge's money out of the hole it's trapped in (all umpteen fantasticatillion, three multiplujillion, nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixteen cents of it), culminating with this exchange:-->'''Gyro:''' ''(smiling)'' No, Mr. [=McDuck=]! You miscalculated! It'll take six months...-->'''Scrooge:''' ''(cheering up)'' Really! '''Not''' 272 years? Oh, joy! Oh, rapture!-->'''Gyro:''' No, no! You had the '''years''' correct! Just a tad off on the '''months!'''* WorthlessYellowRocks:** Played with at the conclusion of Carl Barks' ''Twenty-Four Carat Moon''. Scrooge ends up getting to the second moon, which as the story's title suggest is made out of solid gold before any other Earthling, only to find an alien who claims to have arrived there some time ago, making the golden moon his. The alien agrees to trade the moon to earth for some dirt, which Scrooge naturally agrees to. However, the alien places the dirt in a machine he has, which turns it into an entirely new planet, with continents and oceans, that is capable of supporting life! The alien then flies off on the planet, completely satisfied, as he had come to place less value on the gold than he originally did when he came to the moon. This leaves Scrooge with possession of a moon made entirely out of gold, which is more than likely more than he's ever had previously, yet wondering whether or not he really got the better end of the deal.** Also occurs in ''A Financial Fable''. Scrooge's money is carried off by a cyclone, causing it to land all around the country, where various other characters pick it up. Scrooge, unusually, isn't worried by this and assure Huey, Dewey, and Louie that he will be able to get the money back just by continuing to work on his farm. While characters like Donald and Gladstone are happy at their newfound wealth at first, they quickly realize the problem with everyone in the country being handed a fortunte: No one wants to work anymore and there is then no one around to do mundane tasks, such as supply gas or cook food for people who wish to spend their new money. Everyone has instead taken their money and "gone to see the world", only to find that there is nowhere to go, since bus drivers have also gone to do the same. Scrooge is eventually proven right when he and the triplets end up as the only people who continued to work and therefore as the only people with food to provide, for which Scrooge charges outlandish prices, such as $2 million for cabbages.%%* WorthyOpponent: Scrooge and Arpin Lusene.----


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Spoken word by Merah Nichols
Fear is like a bad conscience it tells you no you can't it's not possible but the human brain only use about 20% of our brain maybe even 15 we are capable of anything the The only thing that holds us back from using all of our brain is fear. Fear is are body not wanting to get hurt . If we were able to hid from fear than we would be able to concentrate and use our entire brain us humans are capable of more than we can imagine
Sometimes I think that if we were able to use all of our brain then everything that is supernatural and having powers we might just be able to do that but we don't know because there's something stopping us from seeking power from the brain there is something that blocks us from getting that power it's like fear or an obstacles it stops us from using are full potential


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Famous Kids of Hurricane's War
A seriously screwed up poem, featuring lyrics from MCR and 30 Seconds to Mars.
Tell me, would you kill to save a life?
The moment of the truth, the moment to lie,
Tell me, would you kill to prove you're right?
The moment to live, the moment to die.
Now this could be the last of all the rides we take,
I'm not afraid to walk this world alone,
We don't care about the rules they make,
Nothing you can say can stop me going home.


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Thursday, June-8th, 2017
Panola College is holding several try-out dates for High School baseball players who believe they have the ability to play at the next level. It is difficult for us to evaluate each and every player so we are asking for those that have the ability to come and showcase your skills at one of our prospect camps. This will give us a chance to evaluate you in person and help build relationships for future recruiting. Camp information is listed below
Cost: $40.00 - Make Check Payable to Panola College Baeball. Money due upon arrival, No pre-registration required.
Who can attend: Any High School Player (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior)
Address: 1898 Ballpark Rd. Carthage, Tx 75633
Schedule of Events
More Information: If you should have any questions feel free to call Coach Brandon Benton at (903) 693-2096


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The temple of Thaneshwar is dedicated to Lord Shiva and new temples are also coming in the surroundings. According to common belief, the place is blessed by Lord Shiva. Another famous temple named 'Khudneshwar Sthan' is also located nearby.
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Product Benefits and Features
The practical, perfect wrap solution: the Large Linen Cloth Bag.
- Overall Size: 8" W x 10" H, Usable Dimension: 8" W x 7" H
- 12 bags per pack.
- Made of cotton, linen and polyester.
- Features a drawstring closure.
- Made in China.


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June 04, 2010
Amanda Kelly - Charged With Smuggling Drugs Into Jail Inside Her Underwear... More Drugs Found After Searching "Further"
Brooksville, Florida (The Weekly Vice) - Amanda Kelly, a 25-year-old Spring Hill woman, was charged Friday after she tried to smuggle drugs into jail inside her underwear.
According to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, Kelly was arrested during a traffic stop around 10 p.m. when a deputy searched the vehicle and found a glass pipe under the seat which tested positive for cocaine.
At the Hernando County Jail, Kelly was strip searched and a small bag of marijuana was allegedly found in her underwear, according to the report.
The Sheriff's Office says Kelly was then searched "further" and a small bag of crack and another glass object were found. The report doesn't specify if it was on or in her person.
Booking was completed into the Hernando County Jail with the charges: three counts of introduction of contraband into a jail, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, one count of possession of crack cocaine and one count possession of marijuana. Her bond was set at $36,500.
Amanda first made the Florida press in Sept. 2009, when she was booked for prostitution during operation "Working Women."
Lacy Black
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This 3 Drawer Night Stand from Yuan Tai is part of the Bellagio Series. This series is constructed using hardwood solids and wood veneers. Night Stand comes in a beautiful warm tabacco finish. We invite you to browse furniture that takes craftsmanship and style beyond the expected. The Bellagio 3 Drawer Night Stand from Yuan Tai Furniture will tastefully complement your decor and transform your room with luxury and style. Available at AppliancesConnection
Yuan Tai Furniture, Inc. is a Texas based company. Originated in Houston, Texas Yuan Tai has begun its business in 1980 as one of the premier distributors of an extensive line of home furnishings. Yuan Tai's furniture ranges from bedroom, dining, living room furniture, occasional tables, lamps, and many decorative accent pieces. Through each category, Yuan Tai Furniture emphasizes two elements: quality and value. Rest assured with Yuan Tai Furniture you will find both the styling and value you seek. Make Yuan Tai your favorite furniture brand!
- Night Stand
- Solid Hardwoods and wood veneers
- Resin Carvings
- Tabacco Finish
- Three Drawers
- Dovetailed Drawers
- Night Stand included only. Accessories may be purchased separately.
- Brand: Yuan Tai
- Series: Belllagio
- Type: Night Stand
- Height: 28"
- Width: 25"
- Depth: 18"
- Weight: 51 lbs
- Finish: Warm Tabacco
- Material: Solid hardwoods and wood veneers
- Brand:Yuan Tai
- Stock Id:235476
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Excellent renovated, unfurnished apartment to rent on Calle Pau Claris
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- Size 155m² (1,668ft²)
- Terrace 15m² (161ft²)
155 sqm apartment with a 15 sqm terrace in a stately corner building just one street away from Paseo de Gracia.
At the heart of the Eixample Right district, in the area known as the Golden Square, in a stately corner building, we find this excellent 155 sqm apartment which has recently been renovated. It is bright, unfurnished and has high ceilings and a 15 sqm interior terrace over the interior block patio.
The living room - dining room measures a generous 45 sqm and is a sunny, pleasant room with balconies and a gallery. The apartment has 3 double bedrooms and a small room which could be used as a storage room or a study.
One of the double bedrooms is situated at the front of the building and has its own balcony. The other 2 bedrooms are at the rear of the building and have direct access to the terrace.
What's more, the apartment has 2 complete bathrooms and a functional kitchen. It has wooden flooring, air conditioning, double glazed windows and central heating.
It is also possible to acquire a parking space if required (not included in the price).
- Balcony
- Wooden flooring
- High ceilings
- Modernist building
- Lift
- Renovated
- Terrace
- Air conditioning
- Exterior
- Heating
- Transport nearby
- Natural light
- Double glazing
- Parking
- 3 double bedroom
- 2 complete bathrooms
- 45 sqm living room - dining room
- Small room (storage room or study)
- Kitchen
Excellent location on the crossroads of Gran Via and Pau Claris and just one street away from Paseo de Gracia. Property located in an area with excellent transport links, shops, bars, restaurants and all kinds of services.
Contact us about this propertyLucas Fox Barcelona
+34 933 562 989
- €2,900 pcm.
- Apartment Rented
- 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms
- Size 155m² (1,668ft²)
- Plot size 185m² (1,991ft²)
- Terrace 15m² (161ft²)
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I am participating in AVON 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer. It won't be easy, but that's why it's worth it. From now until AVON 39 weekend, I'll train to strengthen my body to walk over 39 miles in two days. I'll also be raising funds to crush breast cancer. This is where you come in.
I am required to raise at least $1,800 to EARN MY 39, but I plan to raise much, much more! I hope that I can count on your support!
Let's begin with a story that starts in 1988…
She was 39 years old, working full-time, raising two girls, taking care of a dog, and handling a house with a spouse who traveled extensively. That summer there was a big PR campaign encouraging women to get a baseline mammogram when they turned 40 – the PR campaign was everywhere on TV and in print. So she made my appointment and got my baseline mammogram shortly after turning 40. The baseline mammogram indicated no areas of concern. So the busy life continued.
Six months later she was back in the doctor's office to complete an anticipated uneventful annual physical. During the exam a lump was found that was not there six months before, a repeat mammogram was ordered. The results were not as good this time around. A golf ball size lump was discovered, a lumpectomy was completed. Ultimately it was identified as a cystosarcoma phyllodes, a rare predominantly benign tumor that occurs almost exclusively in the female breast and represents only about 1% of tumors in the breast, approximately 10% - 15% are malignant. Follow-up care required a mammogram every three months for three years, then every six months for two years, and finally once a year at the end of the five years.
Fast forward through 24 years of graduations, weddings, family vacations, grandchildren and many more adventures. Year after year a completed a yearly mammogram. Then, 2012 the story takes a turn…
A routine mammogram discovered another lump, a biopsy shortly after confirmed… cancer …infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Luckily it was stage one, the routine mammogram caught it early. The cancer had spread beyond its original location and into the surrounding tissue. A mastectomy was required. She will take oral cancer medication for the next five to ten years, follow-up with my oncologist every three months and then six months, and complete one CT scan every year.
This is our story. In 1988 I was 39, daughter Terra was 10, and daughter Krisi was 5. Fortunately for our family genetic testing revealed that we do not carry any genes which place us at greater risk for breast cancer than the general population. Ultimately preventative care gave my mom her greatest advantage. My daughters have since started yearly screening mammograms in our thirties given the family history.
I hope you will consider making a donation today. Donations can be made right here on my webpage by clicking the "Donate Now" button to the right. If you prefer to write a check, click the "Donate By Mail" button and follow the instructions on the form.
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I'm walking with thousands of other 39ers. We're banding together in solidarity and have one goal: to take breast cancer down. So many sisters and mothers and friends have been lost. We see a world without breast cancer for our daughters and nieces. AVON 39 is a force of change that can't be stopped. By supporting me with a donation, you're part of it.


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disenfranchised adult film star, is forced to live with his parents in an Arizona retirement community, where he discovers his place in life.
Johnny Whitworth Andy / Vick Velour
Barry Corbin Gene Taggart
Garrett Morris Joe
Heather Burns Betsy
Graham Greene Turquoise Jack
Beth Grant Marva
Pavel Lychnikoff K.K.
Peter Jason Myron McGill
Max Arciniega Officer Diaz
Daniel Zacapa Convenience Store Owner
Leeann Dearing Stephanie
Sandra E. Williams Extra - Dancer
Peter Tannenbaum Writer
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Providence Journal:
Ron Paul promises that 'revolution' is coming at URI speech
The Hill:
Obama won't signs any 2013 spending bills until House abandons Ryan budget spending levels
Warns GOP not to undercut the debt deal
The Hill:
Democrat warns Obama Congress could refuse to fund Afghan security forces
After US troops leave the country
The Hill:
Stumping in Ohio, Obama hits Romney with 'silver spoon'
"I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth," president says
Ray LaHood: 'America's one big pothole right now'
Providence Journal:
RI Gov. Chafee tours Afghanistan on a Pentagon-financed visit
'A much more dangerous environment' than he expected
Ted Nugent to meet with Secret Service
As a result of incendiary comments he made about the president
Washington Post:
CIA seeks new authority to expand Yemen drone campaign
Wants to strike terrorism suspects even when it doesn't know their identities
USA Today:
Lottery winners not sure what to do with new fortune
They'll invest for sure — maybe even go on a vacation
President Barack Obama's campaign is looking to hire more African-Americans
Mitt Romney: Put a muzzle on the dog talk
Obama wants SCOTUS to uphold 'wardrobe' fine for broadcasters
Defends the FCC's policing of the airwaves for racy images and dialogue
The Hill:
Reid cites seniors' love of junk mail to argue for passage of postal reform bill
Washington Times:
Romney in demand with GOP hopefuls on the stump
But top Democrats dodge appearances with Obama
Washington Post:
Vatican orders crackdown on American Catholic nuns
Report says they hold "radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith"
The Hill:
Boehner chides bishops for not seeing big picture on budget
Bishops object to Ryan spending cuts
USA Today:
Arkansas receives $1 million gift after firing of Bobby Petrino
Athletic director praised for his courage to fire Petrino
Washington Times:
Dream Act students accuse Romney of forsaking Hispanic immigrants
Washington Post:
Hope of a better life under Hamas rule turns into frustration in Gaza
USA Today:
NHL playoffs marked by violence
Fox News:
Anti-gay marriage group accuses IRS of leaking Romney donation details
Washington Times:
Obama: Prosperity comes from bottom, not top
Washington Post:
A look at Hillary Clinton in relaxed moments
Photos of her lighter side as secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady
Washington Times:
Repaying D.C. workers for unpaid furloughs debated by City Council
Uncertain costs, other needs cited
Washington Times:
McConnell, Reid spar over nuclear appointee
Obama caught in middle of fight
USA Today:
Shareholder objections to executive pay are few and far between
Of the 200 proxy votes completed this year, only 4 received a majority negative vote on executive compensation
Chicago Sun-Times:
Belief in God increases with age
Washington Post:
Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell talks about state budget, Virginia Democrats, ultrasounds and voter ID
Fox News:
TransCanada's new pipeline proposal may jumpstart Keystone project
After Obama blocked earlier plan
USA Today:
World's tallest Holiday Inn to rise in New York City
Arizona Republic:
Phoenix-area special court aimed at helping homeless
USA Today:
Any kind of physical activity lowers Alzheimer's risk
Denver Post:
University of Colorado regents to discuss firearms ban in dorms and at some events
Fox News:
Longtime city official accused of staggering $30M theft from tiny Illinois city
Used money to run a nationally renowned horse breeding business
Biden blasts GOP opposition to Violence Against Women Act
Houston Chronicle:
Texas named one of the worst places for women to live
Palm Beach Post:
Sources: High school students killed and burned over $500 drug debt
Both students were juniors, and they were not known to be troublemakers
Newspaper Roundup for Thursday, April 19, 2012
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