DuckTales

OK. Being grounded forever isn't so bad.

I got my phone. My phone is also a TV, which is nice.

Hi, Louie.

You're super-grounded,

so I blocked your phone's signal

and replaced all your videos with this lecture on ethics.

Way ahead of you. Thank you, Huey...

Nice try. The dictionary defines

- "grounding" as... - Aw, man!

Hurry up, kids!

Adventure calls and I've got a bet to win.

Well, at least I can skip out

on another insanely dangerous adven...

Wait. Hobo bindles? Cans of beans?

A carefree attitude?!

They are not...

Uncle Scrooge,

your bet with Glomgold is over in two days.

You clearly have more money than he does.

Doesn't this seem, I don't know... mean?

I didn't come this far by not hunting for treasure.

So to guarantee my victory, we are going after the Hobo King's Ruby Bindle.

We're going where there's Cherry Pep springs and the con man sings?!

Where the gold geyser spews cash just for youse!

Where all your laziest, schemeiest dreams come true...

You're heading to Big Rock Candy Mountain?!

Oh, I am going.

No, you are still grounded.

What?! No! What?!

Uh... come on, kids, let's finish packing.

Big Rock Candy Mountain is the laziest quest of all time! It's my dream!

Your last dream made you take treasure from the past

which almost destroyed time, space and your family!

Now, to your room.

You can come out when you learn

that no good ever came from cockamamie schemes.

Ready.

Aim.

Glom-go!

Flintheart.

You're trespassin'.

Get him outta here.

Wait! I'm not here to rob you.

I'm here to recruit you.

The Beagle Boys ain't for sale.

I'm not looking for a henchman. I'm looking for a family.

- What? - Huh?

Because family

is the greatest scheme of all.

*DUCKTALES (2017)* Season 02 Episode 22 Title: "Glom Tales"

I finally figured out why I keep losing to Scrooge.

You're a moron? Your plans are terrible?

He's smarter and stronger and craftier and...

Wrong! It's his family!

He's got a whole team who work harder and cheaper

because they, I don't know, "love him"?

So I'm getting together a team...

No, a family...

Capable of wiping out Scrooge and his whole brood!

Why, together, we should be able to take them down in two days, tops!

Right now I need nephews and a Beakley.

Please, Ma, let us keep him.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Burger's right. We could use

a strong male figure in our lives.

"Two days," huh?

This ain't about family,

this is about your stupid bet with Scrooge, ain't it?

You dug your own grave, Glomgold, it's time you lay in it.

No, please! I cannae... I cannae...

Spit it out!

I cannae beat Scrooge McDuck, all right?!

I'm gonna lose everything.

I've spent my whole life trying to best him, but I cannae.

None of us can. On our own.

But if we work together to destroy him

and his family before the bet is over,

it all goes to us.

Everything Scrooge owns, including...

The deed to Duckburg.

Which I could share with my family.

Attention, boys!

We're gettin' Duckburg back thanks to your new pa!

I, uh, actually only need three.

Never mind.

Aww!

Bye, family!

I'm very sad I'm missing my dream vacation

and definitely not gonna scheme my way

to Big Rock Candy Mountain before you!

Yeah, right.

Scheme detected.

- Hey! What the...? - Scheme detected.

Scheme detected.

Hi, sweetie!

I thought you might try to worm your way out of being grounded,

so I had Gyro program the DT-87 to babysit you.

And to stop you from scheming.

Hopefully it doesn't turn evil. Love you!

Wow, DT, new screen looks great.

Listen, I wanna know the rules here so I can follow them.

What is considered a "scheme"?

Is it different from a plan or a plot?

Where do you come down on ruses?

Exactly. We need clarification.

So I'll just pop over to Big Rock Candy Mountain

to ask my mom for a clear definition.

Yup, just so that we're all on the same page, ya know.

Request denied. Scheme detected.

- What?! - Scheme detected.

Oh, come on! That was a playful deception at best!

I don't know, G-gold.

What don't you know?

We team up to take down Scrooge and his family.

The drawings are very clear.

Yeah, I don't really take down,

I build... my rep!

Check it. My own online currency:

B-B-B-B-Beakscoin!

It is worth more than every dollar in the world combined.

Tell us where it is!

It's in the cloud.

This is a waste of time. Let's roll.

But we need him to fight Gyro's technological doohickery.

Then manipulate him. Works like a charm on my kids.

Beaks isn't a real threat anyway.

I'm sorry, what?

Oh, right! Fine. Uh, yes.

What kind of weak, nonthreatening hack

would rely on technology to defeat Scrooge?

Excuse you?

Technology is the jam! Oh!

I can wipe out your past, your future,

your entire existence with a swipe of my finger.

Because I am the future,

and, yes, bro-sephus and bro-sephine,

I am Scrooge's downfall!

I am Mark Beaks!

Pew pew pew pew pew pew pew pew!

I am in.

Welcome to the family.

Snoring.

No need to check.

Snoring.

Definitely snoring.

Scheme detected.

Fine, you caught me.

Look, I feel terrible.

I deserve to stay here in the dark

to think about my actions.

Yes! Classic Double Dummy Fake-Out.

And I am also a fake.

Why are we here?!

We need a pilot!

You could've just hired one!

With that kind of small thinking, we'll never beat Scrooge!

So you seek the assistance of the charismatic corsair,

the resplendent privateer, the...

Uh, can we move this along? We're kind of on a deadline.

Join us and we'll give you the vengeance that you crave.

Everyone take five.

Uh-oh.

I will join!

But I, Don Karnage,

must be the one to strike our foe down!

No way. I've got dibs on destroying Scrooge.

It's my whole thing.

Scrooge? No, no, no, no.

I want Dewey Duck!

- Uh, which one's Dewey? - The blue one.

The one who dared steal the spotlight from Don Karn...

Sure. Fine. Whatever.

Can I also sing as well?

No.

- But I can destroy Dewey Duck? - Yes.

Now we're ready.

Family! Set a course for McDuck Manor!

The moment of reckoning is at hand for...

Wait. Who is that under your thumb?

The whole world will be under my thumb when I...

Oh.

Ah! I forgot to get a Webby.

But we need a Webby.

We can't take on Scrooge

without a freakishly strong wildcard.

Ooh, you know what might be fun?

No. Absolutely not.

She is Scrooge's greatest enemy.

How dare you?!

We don't need her.

As head of this family, what I say goes!

Family vote. All in favor?

Fine.

Let's go get Magica De Spell.