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Super DuckTales Part 4: The Billionaire Beagle Boys Club
Back in the last review, I stated that this arc’s new
irrationality starting with everyone turning against Gizmoduck without
questioning his suspicious robberies would continue. Boy does it ever here.
The Beagle family finally gets Scrooge’s
money bin with their remote controlling him, and everyone accepts this. Ma Beagle just takes some of Scrooge’s money
and buys whatever she wants without disguises.
Wherever she goes, she gets what she buys, and no one acknowledges that
a criminal is present.
All the while,
there’s frustration that’s hard to ignore.
The Beagle family may have the money, but they should not be permitted
to spend it. They’re still wanted
criminals with a lot of debts to society with innumerable robberies and
jailbreaks. Just being there should get
them arrested immediately, but it doesn’t.
There’s no logical explanation that everyone treats the Beagle family
like normal citizens just because they have money. At least “Time is Money” had everyone treat
the Beagle family for who they really are.
The frustration builds for the rest of the episode when they
successfully buy out Scrooge’s mansion and host a party with the most elite
people in Duckburg. First of all, it’s
hard to believe that someone with a fine mind for prices like Scrooge wouldn’t already
pay his mortgage. Second, he even claims
that he made the rule that those who fail to pay for their homes for the month
must be evicted. There’s no good
explanation why he who made it can’t counteract it. Third, once again, it’s beyond ridiculous
that the high society people, even the mayor of Duckburg go along with the
Beagles instead of having them arrested.
Ma Beagle taking control of the mayor and big business owners really
shows how messed up this setup is. She
may be rich but she’s not above the law.
Still, the party scene as a whole has some enjoyment with the guests
pointing out how much the Beagles don’t fit into high society.
As for Scrooge, it’s really unfair for him to
suffer through this setup that shouldn’t even be in place. He’s faced poverty before, but here it’s
unacceptable for what the Beagle family is allowed to do as if their criminal
record never existed. Huey, Dewey, and
Louie get the right idea to sneak into the mansion to see what’s up. However, even when they find out the Beagle
family got the fortune through controlling Gizmoduck, they don’t think to do
the logical thing and retrieve the remote.
They do take some of the money for Scrooge to prove it's his own which has
some logic to it, and their escape from the Beagle family is fun to watch.
Frustratingly, irrationality strikes again
when the cops still buy into Ma Beagle despite clear evidence against her with
Scrooge, and later Mrs. Beakley both getting imprisoned. Of all the times for things to go wrong for
Scrooge, this is the worst time for that, yet the plot refuses to let up with his
suffering. Thankfully things pick up
when the boys do go back and take the remote to finally free Gizmoduck from the
Beagle family’s control. Why couldn't they do that from the start? There’s a lot
of fast-paced action as they have him break Scrooge out of jail, and it builds
during a chase where Ma Beagle drives the money bin through Duckburg. Although the money bin winds up at the bottom
of the ocean, things are at least looking up in Scrooge’s favor going into the
next part.
This part of the arc
unfortunately falls flat for the obvious ignorance in logic for the plot to
work. For its sake, there’s plenty of fun
moments and a satisfying conclusion to save it from being all bad.
C-
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. Super DuckTales Part 4: The Billionaire Beagle Boys Club
23. Time is Money Part 3: Bubba Trubba
The last DuckTales Vol 3 review is on the exciting yet completely random space adventure to conclude the "Super DuckTales" arc.
Next time on MC Toon Reviews is the Season 4 finale of Hey Arnold "Summer Love."
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