This is why only I get the solos. [looks up at the Sunchaser flying away, holds up his sword; threateningly] CURSE YOU, DEWEY DUCK!!!
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
You still haven't told your brothers what we found out about your mom?
Tell them what exactly? She took the Spear of Selene? We have no idea what that means. We don't even know what it looks like. Why get them in a panic when this could all be a dead end?
Because... honesty?
[looks deep in thought] Mmm... mhmm... mhmm... mhmm...
Why do you always do that?
Do what?
Whenever you want to ignore something, you stare into the distance and pretend you're thinking.
I'm trying to protect my brothers from finding out something that could upset them.
And keeping an earth-shattering secret from them that could destroy your brotherhood wouldn't upset them?
[looks deep in thought] Mmm... mhmm... mhmm... mhmm...
Brace yourselves, kids. Primordial menace lurks here. The most treacherous terror I've ever faced.
Oi! Jettison that jalopy from my driveway this instant, you deadbeat!
Daddy. Mummy.
Your parents are alive?!
I can't believe you're still alive.
He put a curse on us.
That is not fair! I very kindly rebuilt our ancestral castle for them. And I may have used some discount mystical Druid stones that accidentally granted them immortality. I didn't know it would buy me an eternity's worth of criticism!
So, he admits he wants to be rid of us!
Uch! Would you rather I'd let you pass, or made you immortal?
Neither is satisfactory. A thoughtful son would know that.
DMDowny McDuck
[showing family portraits] Oh, and look here! Little Scroogey and Whiskers!
Whiskers?
DDowny
Little Scroogey always wanted a dog, but we were too poor, so we all pitched in to buy a clump of hair from the local barber. Oh, how Scroogey loved his Whiskers!
Aye. And who ended up having to walk him and feed him?
It was a ball of hair!
How dare you talk about Whiskers like that?! He was family!
[in a room full of golden keys] Oh man! How are we gonna find one gold key in all this? Well, good try everyone. You should head back. Way to go.
[popping up from the keys, examining one key] Found it. Real gold weighs more than Fool's gold, so you just search the bottom of the pile. You know, check the luster, and the karat quality, and boom. Pure gold key. [beat] What? You like nerd stuff, I like gold. Come on.
I take great care of my family!
You avoid us like the plague!
Oh come now, that's unfair... to the plague!
That's it! Go to your room!
I never lived here!
Then pick the one furthest away from my line of sight!
Fine by me!
[as the Demon Dog claws at the door] We need a distraction! [grabs the bag from Dewey]
Hey, give it back!
[emptying the bag's contents on the ground] Louie, hold the door open! I'll set the scarf on fire and throw it out as a decoy!
[taking the scarf away] No! You can't!
What is wrong with you?!
Why are you being super weird?! This is a bad time to be weird!
... Because it belongs to mom!
How do you know this is mom's?
I've, uh, kinda been researching her on my own. A little. I mean, I just searched a forbidden library, crashed the Sunchaser, talked to the goddess Selene- okay, you know, hearing it out loud, it comes off way worse than it sounded in my brain.
How could you keep this from us?!
I was trying to protect you from a potentially devastating revelation.
Or you just kept it to yourself so you can feel special! Classic Dewey! She's our mom!
Okay, it's just- First, I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to get hurt. Then I couldn't tell you because I found out all this stuff and I didn't want you to hurt me! I'm sorry, okay?
You're only sorry, 'cause you got caught!
[they notice Louie holding the uniform, visibly upset]
Louie, you okay?
You kept a secret about mom. That is not okay.
[Dewey shifts his head down sadly]
Just stop! I don't need you! [holding his dime] Everything I earned, I earned through my own hard work. You never gave me anything!
I gave you that. [pointing to the dime]
Ugh... my Number One Dime? Burt the ditch digger gave it to me. Back in my shoeshine days, I worked for hours on Burt's boots. He paid me with an American dime.
Who do you think gave him the dime?
What?
Aye. I muddied his boots, and sent him your way.
Wait, what? But why?
We were poor. I couldn't provide for you myself, so I had to give you a different gift, self-reliance. Teaching you to work hard, and fend for yourself, so that you'd become the man you are now. But you learned that lesson so well, we hardly saw you again. If I'm hard on you, lad, it's 'cause I miss you, is all.
Oh, Daddy... I miss you too.
I should have told you from the beginning. Good or bad, we're all in this together. [grabs the note] Well, I guess we're all starting from scratch.
Wait. Did you rub a pencil over this?
Buh?
Have I taught you nothing? Junior Woodchuck Rule 217, rub all documents with a pencil.
[rubs the note with a pencil to reveal a strange design]
[gasp] The Spear of Selene! Now we know what it looks like!
Is that a date circled?
April 15th, 20- guys, this is the week we were born!
What does that mean?
We'll find out together.
Come on, Uncle Donald! You can fix the houseboat when we get back.
Uh-uh. I'm almost done. We'll be on the water again in two days!
[an offscreen crash is heard]
Seven days...
[an explosion is seen from behind the mansion]
[sighs] I should get started...
No rush!
[setting up a lawn chair] Sorry, Mrs. B. Only chair I could find.
Seatbelts?
Oh... um... [puts a flotation ring around her] When we crash, it can be used as a flotation device.
When we crash?
Long time since you've been in the field, eh, Agent 22?
And this plane would have been dangerously outdated even then. I'm counting one, two, three... 14 safety violations.
Aw, come on. Every time the Sunchaser goes down, she always gets right back up in the air.
"Every time?" I allow the children to travel with you because I assume you're keeping them safe.
Ah, jengs. Launchpad, give the old bird, a tour of the old bird to show her there's nothing to worry about. I'll take the wheel-stick thingie.
Sorry, when did you learn to fly a massive cargo plane?
Please, I'm Scrooge McDuck. If Launchpad can do it, how hard can it be?
Not very!
We have to get out, and figure out how to get down.
And pass up the adventure of a lifetime?
And risk all our lives?
Ah, you're safe as houses. This is nothing! The plane could be on fire, or we could be on fire, or this could be a volcano! Everything could be on fire!
[as Huey counterbalances the plane as Dewey tries to get the piece of paper they need]
Junior Woodchuck Rule 18: Every action, has an equal and opposite reaction.
I thought that was Newton.
Where do you think he got it from?
Science?
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