Thursday, April 11, 2019

Super DuckTales Part 3: Full Metal Duck (DuckTales Vol 3 Part 22) - 'Toon Reviews 25

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Super DuckTales Part 3: Full Metal Duck

The idea of Gizmoduck is interesting.  An all-powerful robotic duck controlled by a bumbling accountant is quite a setup, and this arc pulls it off well.  While the last episode introduced Gizmoduck, this one shows off exactly what he can do, albeit faltering in a few places. 
His full display begins where the last part left off while also shows that even though Gizmoduck is powerful, he does have his drawbacks.  Fenton, as Gizmoduck, only takes out Scrooge’s money bin’s security system by pushing random buttons.  Unlike the last part, he doesn’t have the instruction manual for help, which becomes a bigger deal. 
For now, it doesn’t have much weight to it, for Fenton can function the Gizmoduck suit perfectly from then on.  It’s kind of unnatural that he’d control it so well after fumbling through one fight.  At least the scenes of Gizmoduck impressing Duckburg through little service acts are well done.  They build appeal for him which works for later on, and allows Fenton to do a lot of productive good considering what he’s like.  His bumbling side is very much intact though. He has problems of getting the Gizmoduck suit on and off.  Getting it off comes as a surprise when his mother hits a button on her TV remote, causing the suit to disassemble.  This works because it was unknown to the audience prior. 
What the audience did know was how to get it on.  This makes, the following scene of Fenton and his mother trying to put it on when Gizmoduck is called to help again goes on longer than welcome.  There are so many failed attempts to get Fenton into the suit, you most likely won’t help but wish he’d just say “Blabbering Blatherskite” already.  Fortunately, when he does, there’s more of Gizmoduck in action.  This includes short scenes of Gizmoduck instantly becoming popular which start painting him as perfect again along with Fenton remaining his friendly self.  In fact, his mother is more irrational about his son’s fame, saying they don’t spend time anymore when they never did before Gizmoduck was a thing. 
The perfection angle is soon shot down when Ma Beagle spots exactly what happened to Gizmoduck’s instruction manual.  It was left behind when he fell into her car in the last episode.  With it, she breaks a new Beagle Boy, Megabyte Beagle, a technical beagle and the only one who went to college, out of jail.  Megabyte’s genius and the manual lead to Gizmoduck’s overpowering.  A remote control is made which not only gets the Gizmoduck suit off, but controls his actions.  From there, the rest of the episode is Gizmoduck humiliating himself live and performing random thefts.  While this further better rounds Gizmoduck, it does so by ignoring logical solutions that could protect his reputation.  Duckburg is shocked that Gizmoduck is stealing things and soon turn their loyalty into protest.  Fenton could just try to explain that someone’s controlling him, and while he tries, he keeps saying the wrong things which can get frustrating.  Heck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie even suggest what’s up, but for some reason don’t follow up on it. 
The last scene of Gizmoduck bringing Scrooge’s money bin to Ma Beagle is what all this builds up to.  As the Beagle Boys’ ultimate goal nears fulfillment, the irrationality to this scenario builds, but that’s for the next part.  This particular part still succeeds in balancing out Gizmoduck’s strong points and weak points.  In spite of what happens, it’s clear that this hero is successfully fleshed out.
A-

The Ranking

1.      Once Upon a Dime

2.      Duck in the Iron Mask

3.      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. McDuck

4.      Spies in Their Eyes

5.      Nothing to Fear

6.      The Uncrashable Hindentanic

7.      Dime Enough for Luck

8.      Super DuckTales Part 2: Frozen Assets

9.      Duck to the Future

10.  Launchpad’s First Crash

11.  Jungle Duck

12.  Super DuckTales Part 3: Full Metal Duck

13.  Ducky Horror Picture Show

14.  Time is Money Part 4: Ducks on the Lam

15.  Time is Money Part 1: Marking Time

16.  Time is Money Part 2: The Duck Who Would Be King

17.  All Ducks on Deck

18.  Super DuckTales Part 1: Liquid Assets

19.  Till Nephews Do Us Part

20.  Time is Money Part 5: Ali Bubba’s Cave

21.  The Status Seekers

22.  Time is Money Part 3: Bubba Trubba
 
The next DuckTales review continues the arc as even though the Beagle family gets Scrooge's money, they're somehow allowed to go out in the open with all the other billionaires.
Next time on MC Toon Reviews is my pick for the greatest Hey Arnold episode, "Helga on the Couch."
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