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The Pearl of Wisdom
Reviewed: 12/22/2009
No Relation To My Fanfic Plot Device Of The Same Name.....
So our second half of the double episode rants features marble smashing (from Webby of all ducks) and the return of the Ducktales version of Pete; Mr. Dogface Pete himself! This is just peachy folks. So let's rant on shall we....?!
This episode is written by Michael Keyes. The story is edited by Patsy Cameron and Tedd Anasti.
We begin this one on the Crescent Volcano Island of Doom as we zoom into the un-animated clouds and then to the shoreline and then under water as sharks swim. Okay; here's an animation mistake for ya: The shark's fins are above water in one shot and then in the underwater shot; they are under water with the rest of the body. Just to show that just because TMS was great at television animation doesn't mean that they were always logical. We then hear some sonar pinging and we see the sharks bailing as we go above water to see a really patched up submarine with harpoon gun underwater and a cannon with a shark's face on it. Funny how this sub is keeping their logic straight here. And then we hear Dogface Pete talking to Yardarm about sharks being his favorite fish. I guess so; since you have your submarine made up as one. I smell an unhealthy fetish coming from him. Yardarm is a dogsperson with whiskers, black hair, a sailing cap and a blue shirt with Mickey Mouse gloves (voiced by Hal Smith); who calls Dogface Pete, Sharky. So that's his first name then. Which makes sense since Dogface sounds too much like a nickname to me.
Pete is on periscope duty relating the abilities of sharks while Yardarm continues to sail not caring about his assertions. Oh; and no one like them and the sharks. That makes three of us then Sharky. Yardarm check the map chart on the walls and Banana Island is dead ahead (death reference #1 for the episode) as Sharky hopes that there is something worth stealing on the island. So we hear native music on the surface periscope shot as we go to the periscope shot and see the island view as there is nothing but fruits, islanders, a stone idol and a pearl in the oyster shell. And then Sharky gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLARITY and focuses on the oyster shell with the pearl on the right side of the stone idol's face. Sharky calls it the big score he has been waiting for years. Yardarm looks at the periscope and asks how he is going to get at it. Sharky has a MIMI JOKE ZONE PLAN in mind as he goes into his MASTERS OF DISGUISE TOOLKIT OF DOOM and tries out some hats including one that looks like he stole from Babyface Beagle, a golden helmet (Hey crap ass; you already have a big score.) and a Mexican sombrero which he changes into a grass leaf hat. THAT'S RACIST! Or maybe not. Sharky proclaims that he'll sneak up and steal the pearl like he was doing it for something. Yardarm calls the plan worthy of a master criminal. He's only missing the diabolical laughter. Considering Dogface Pete; I disagree with Yardarm here. He already has it in spades. Yardarm's laugh sucks by the way as Dogface shows how to do it properly as we see the shark submarine zoom away....
So we head to the beach of Banana Island AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) because evil villain would NEVER be stupid enough to take something in broad daylight now. We pan over to see some female natives carrying baskets of fruit which look like something out of Hawaiian gear. And then we see Yardarm (hiding in the fruit basket natch) and Sharky doing the same. I think Sharky is blowing his cover already on the fact that he still has his shoes on. Yardarm proclaims that all he has to do is get him near the pearl which is about 50 feet away as he invokes the PEARL GRABBERS OF DOOM on a pink flower and destroys it. Bastard! And by the way; I know that a lot of people get annoyed with my of doom puns; but Yardarm does call them pearl grabbers actually. No human ranter in the world can make up stuff like Disney writers trying to get characters over. So we head to the stairs of the stone idol as the natives continue their Hooga-ga-Hoo-ga nonsense. We see the natives with basket placing their offering at the alter while three natives beat their drums while the rest dance a pretty interesting Hawaiian dance. They are all dogspeople wearing leaf hats; so I'm not going to run through the list here. We see Sharky try the one foot tactic and an orange drops from the basket and bounces off all three drums. The natives love it so the drummers do the new beat just to annoy me.
Sharky's one foot step is enough to impress the Banana Island chief (white hair, shell necklace, purple shorts - Hal Smith) and they all dance to the beat. Now it's Hoo! Ga-ga-ga, ga-ga-ga which is somehow worse. Apparently; Dogface Pete cannot dance either. That makes him the elder grandfather of the Jonas Brothers. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! POW! POW! POW! OUCH! OUCH! OUCH! OUCH! Ummm... What; no fangirls? That's disappointing. Sharky trips and the basket falls in front of the stone idol; but Yardarm pops up and tells him that he has to distract them while he gets the pearl. And without the basket; it's a lot easier for him. And his dancing still sucks badly. Needless to say; the native dance in lockstep with him and Yardarm invokes the pearl tongs on the rainbow sparkling pearl and grabs it. The natives cheer as Sharky waves to the crowd. Well; like the new Disney fans, it doesn't take much to amuse them. So Sharky does the foot pushing spot on the basket while he blows kisses to the crowd. Sadly; he doesn't see where he's sliding the basket and both of them go over the other side and Yardarm takes the most painful squash in his life as we get the MAN-SIZED bump onto the ground on-screen (complete with sand dust to boot). OUCH! That is going to leave a mark. On Yardarm and the basket of fruit. And somehow the dust clears and they are both on their feet with the pearl just three seconds later. How about that?! The heels escape into the jungle with their spoils and the natives don't even bother going after them. Sigh. So we head to the edge of the island as Yardarm and Sharky enter the submarine as Yardarm wants to look for a buyer and Sharky has the perfect one in mind as one who never asks questions and never backs down from a deal.
So we head to the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM as Scrooge is inside in the study room on the phone blowing off Mr. Waddle on cargo ships that cannot sail without any cargo. Webby is also on the desk with her play phone (check the eyeballs on it) and I see Webby injured the soles of her feet doing something since there are flesh colored bandages on them it seems. Scrooge slams the phone and blows him off; in which Webby repeats the spot. There is a sign of mocking a character for life...NEVER REPEAT A SPOT. Scrooge then notices Webby and admits that he was acting like a jackass in front of Mr. Waddle and decides to call him back and apologizes. Webby wants to do it herself and I see it was a drawing mistake on her feet by TMS. Scrooge giggles on Webby's response as the nephews run in and tell Scrooge that there is a marble shooting contest at Duckburg Park today. Nice pushing against each other's butts there guys. The nephews want to enter Huey in the contest because he can shoot marbles with his eyes closed. Of course QP Huey cannot shoot straight at anything; except maybe a fork in the ceiling while complaining that there is nothing for him to do. Huey asks if it's okay and Scrooge has no problems with it at all. Webby asks if she can come along and teach her how to shoot marbles. Huey actually agrees to do it and the first lesson for Webby is to find his marbles. Okay; out of context, he just said that he is currently insane. If he was talking about Kit; then I agree with him. POW! OUCH! Hey.....
The nephews run away stage left with Webby as the door bell rings and Duckworth goes over to answer it. Duckworth almost gets bowled over by the nephews and Webby; but does manage to save the blue vase and duck statue with just his hands and his foot. That might be the best five seconds Duckworth has had in a long time. So we open the door and see Sharky wearing the most absurd pink shirt, dotted sash and banana yellow cape with purple hat in history. I'm supposed to take him seriously as a heel wearing that?! He is also wearing a diamond ring (that he probably stole too) as he is Mon-Sewer Rat and he's here to see Scrooge. Riiiiggggghhhhhhttttt. Give yourself a heel name why don't ya?! At least Maxfield Stanton sounded somewhat babyface and convincing for Nepylite. He shows him his diamond calling card as Sharky walks in with Duckworth and into the next room on the left.
So we head to the nephews' room as the nephews see the mess they made and proclaims that they couldn't find their marbles even they were basketballs. Webby gleefully gives the solution to that one: Clean up your room. HAHA! The nephews are SHOCKED AND APPALLED to hear them get trumped so easily by her. Dewey then admits that they have no choice as the nephews clean their room triple team style. The marbles start showing up more and more around the room as the room gets more and more clean. They find them in socks (funny since they don't wear foot gear to begin with) and in other places. Huey grabs the marbles and proclaims that it's a start but there is no sign of the Great Masher. So they look some more in bottles and blow horns and they find enough marbles to do the contest; but they still don't have the Great Masher. They ponder where to look next; and they decide to go under the bed. So they lose their hats and some feathers stage right to the bed and start throwing clothes and burying Webby with them in the process. HAHA! Webby is not amused on that one. Well Webbigail; it was YOU who told them to clean up their room.
And we get a shot under the bed as the nephews finally find the Great Masher which is a purple/violet spiral marble which is about three times the size of a normal marble. Huey takes it out and the boys praise it like a god. And so we logically head to Scrooge's second office (I guess) as Scrooge is in his desk checking the pearl with the lens for defects and fakeness. Sharky watches on as Scrooge calls Sharky a shrewd bargainer. Sharky walks to the door with his MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH as he proclaims that he knew he couldn't resist a bargain on a beautiful pearl Mon-Sewer McDuck. Sharky walks out as Scrooge proclaims that it is worth more than he paid for it which is why he likes it that way as he giggles again. So we head outside towards the gate as Sharky counts his greenbacks . We then cut to the nephews and Webby playing marble smashing. Or more to the point Huey. He invokes the purple great masher and it is a double whacker according to Louie as all but one marble exits the white circle easily.
Huey's shooting of the marbles looks kind of weak as Huey proclaims that when it comes to shooting marbles he's all thumbs as he blows on his thumb. Webby wants to try it out and Huey agrees to it; but she needs a Great Masher of her own in order to play around. Everyone goes into the house as we cut to the orange car (without roof I might add) as Yardarm is reading a book (and giving Al Khan another stroke I see); as Sharky gives him a hundred thousand and wants to get out of here. Sharky gets in as Yardarm has been doing some research see and Yardarm proclaims that the pearl they sold to Scrooge is really the Magical Pearl of Wisdom. Sharky blows him off for that one as Yardarm explains that it comes from Gooseneck's Book of Legends as we see the inside of the book with a picture of the pearl in the oyster shell. Yardarm explains that the Magic Pearl of Banana Island can make anyone the smartest person in the world. HA! Sharky calls that impossible. I agree; Scrooge is already the smartest duck in the world without the pearl. Sharky takes the book away and reads it further....
So we head inside Scrooge's treasure room as Scrooge puts the pearl on a purple pillow on a podium inside a locked case as he remembers Sharky proclaiming that the pearl came from Banana Island. Scrooge decides to go visit the Explorers' Club and find out more about the island. That means it's the return of Lord Battmountan from The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan. Scrooge leaves the room telling Duckworth on the way out that he is to bring the limo out as the island is probably filled with pearls. Duckworth of course stands there and thinks that it is full of bananas. And probably nuts...and I don't mean coconuts either. So we head back outside as Webby walks sulking as she has her Quackypatch doll and some marbles; but none big enough to use one for the Great Masher. Webby notices Scrooge coming out from the house and asks him if she can have the Great Masher. Scrooge states that if he has one; it's all hers. Webby thanks Scrooge and walks inside the house. Scrooge has no idea what is going to happen to that “Great Masher” of his. We then cut to the car outside the gate as Sharky (in regular clothes) and Yardarm discuss their tactics. They decide to wait until Scrooge is gone and then they will get the MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH and the Pearl of Wisdom.
They then see Scrooge and both heels duck as the limo arrives to block Scrooge's view of the car. Well; that was kind of pointless as Scrooge enters the limo and limo drives away stage right. So we head to the stairway as the nephews come down the stairs as Webby runs in from downstairs. Webby asks where they are going and Huey proclaims that they are going to Duckburg park and the contest starts in 20 minutes. The nephews leave as Webby now has to hurry to find herself a Great Masher. We get the scene changer as the nephews leave the property on their bicycle and head north towards Duckburg Park. The heels in the car notice the nephews are leaving as we head inside Scrooge's treasure room as Webby notices the Pearl of Wisdom on the pillow. Webby grabs the pearl and replaces it with a small blue marble. She's doing it (while being on the seat of a chair) because she wants to give Scrooge something to practice with when he comes home. HAHA! Webby goes out of the house as the heel perverts spy on her with the binoculars as Webby places the pearl in her doll (that was recycled in Plunder and Lightning Part Two; with terrible results for the babyfaces) and gets on her tricycle and rides out. Sharky wants to go inside the house; but Yardarm tells them they cannot because Webby has the pearl. Sharky gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and orders Yardarm to go after her. He sells and the car goes after her. Boy; Webby sure pedaled fast to get ahead of them by about five minutes at least.
So we head to Lord Battmountan's mansion and living room as Battmountan explains to Scrooge (using the world map to force the point) that Banana Island is very isolated and if he wants to release the magic of the pearl; he has to return to the island and stand at the surf at sunrise holding the pearl. Battmountan also states that for a few moments you'll have the power of infinite wisdom. Ironically; in my fanfic Terror of TerraStone; the Pearl of Wisdom was actually just a green pearl. However; the wisdom behind it is the wisdom of friendship and loyalty; and the efforts to get the pearl in the first place are unmatched. That's why Kit gave it as a birthday present to Rebecca near the end of the fanfic. To show his loyalty to think of her when Baloo wouldn't. Scrooge sees this as a way to increase his wealth infinitely. They have a jolly good laugh as Battmountan proclaims that it's only a legend. Scrooge wraps up the map as Battmountan thinks they are far too civilized to believe in such nonsense. Scrooge leaves with the map stating that he'll let him know if it is nonsense. So we head to the sidewalk as Webby is on her tricycle greeting Mrs. Ganderly (a pig furry with a pink dress, pink hat, red purse, pearl necklace, and red pumps along with Mickey Mouse gloves – Tress MacNeille) who greets her back near some buildings. We see the orange car with the heels pass her by and go into the alleyway to hide. Sharky comes out and tries to grab the pearl (or the doll or Webby); but he is forced to recoil as more witnesses show up as Webby greets Mr. and Mrs. Quillbottom walking their dog (both ducks, couple who has a lot of weight on their shoulders, Mr is voiced by Hal Smith, Mrs is voiced by Tress MacNeille) and they greet her back. Webby drives away telling them to have a nice day as the couple thinks she doesn't have a care in the world. More tricycle riding from Webby as the heels in their orange car drive slowly behind her and that ends the segment nearly 12 minutes in.
After the commercial break; we head outside the gates of Duckburg Park as Webby cycles around the corner and into the park. We then see the heels stop the car near the gate. Sharky asks why they are stopping as Yardarm explains that they cannot drive in the park because it's against the law see. Sharky blows him off as they get out and enter the park on foot because the law will never catch up with them see. I see the amount of trees has been reduced in about four seconds flat too. And then we see Officer Burly (Will Ryan) show up OUT OF NOWHERE and he sees that the car is parked in a no parking zone; so he starts writing a ticket on it. HAHA! Must clear up those signs. So we head back to the mansion inside the study room (which has a yellow coat of paint I see) as Duckworth stands at the entrance way while Scrooge goes to the table and unwraps the map and looks at it. He proclaims that he can standing on the surf of Banana Island in three days if things go smoothly. And he will be wiser and richer. Scrooge then tells Duckworth to bring him the Pearl of Wisdom. Duckworth goes to the pillow case inside the cabinet and takes out the blue pearl and asks Scrooge if he looked at the pearl well enough. Scrooge claims that he examined it closer than Duckworth's references. HAHA! I believe that one too Scroogie. Duckworth brings it over to Scrooge and states that it looks closer to a marble. Scrooge panics as he realizes that it is a marble. He wonder how the marble got there and then he really raises his voice three times as he realizes that Webby has the pearl of wisdom. So we logically go to....
….Duckburg Park's Square as the furries and marble watcher have come out in full force. I see some marble smashing games have already started on the left pan shot. We go over to a footstool as the nephews are warming Huey up like he is going to go boxing. He drinks some soda from a straw in a bottle as well as we go to the announcer's PA (Alan Young) who introduces Huey “Thunder Thumb” Duck. I didn't know Thunderlips was into marble smashing?! Huey raises from his chair and does some shadow thumb boxing. HAHA! Well; he does have a decent punch as we saw in Top Duck; much like Kit does. Only Huey goes to the face; while Kit is more a body blow type boxer. Dewey and Louie tell Huey to knock them dead more or less as we go to the action (at the white circle) between Huey and some kid that he is going to squash easily. It doesn't matter what he looks like; he's basically meat for Huey to defeat at this point. This is like the marble version of sumo wrestling by the way. Huey knocks three marbles out of the white circle and wins easily as Huey bows to the crowd.
The announcer on the blow horn introduces the next contestant as Miss Webbigail Vanderquack. The kids are SHOCKED to hear this as Webby appears with her Quackypatch doll as Officer Burly greets her. Webby addresses him as Officer Burly (I see he's here for the security detail) of course as I predicted he would be. We then cut behind the bushes as Sharky and Yardarm hide behind. Yardarm still has his pearl grabber(which Disney Captions and Yardarm calls a pearl Grappler. As if the grabber is a wrestling fan...). Sharky wants him to grapple the doll and get the hell out of here. I agree; Officer Burly is around you know. Yardarm invokes the pearl grabber; but he misses the doll as Webby moves stage right. Officer Burly wishes good luck for Webby as she leaves. Webby thanks her and then Officer gets the pearl grabber right in the ass off-screen. HAHA! He rips his pants getting it too!
Webby goes to the circle and shakes her doll to reveal a pink marble and the pearl of wisdom as they drop to the ground. Huey is amazed at the Masher Webby has; as Webby explains that Scrooge let her borrow it see. HAHA! You don't know the half of it Webby. The pearl sparkles as we cut to Officer Burly behind the bushes writing ticket to them for not keeping off the grass and damaging police property; more to the point; his pants as we see his green spotted underwear. Oh lord; that deserves a ticket on the officer for indecent exposure. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA!He shows the two tickets to force the point as we return to the white circle of death as Webby starts with her white masher and tries to flick it; but Scrooge arrives behind the crowd and ruins the shot with his voice. Scrooge orders everyone to go after it as it skips across the grass; down the hill and bounces into the hands of a squirrel. The squirrel uses its jaw (OUCH!) and climbs up the trees and then onto tree branches on the sky shot as the babyfaces chase after it. Scrooge calls the squirrel a bushy-tailed thief. Veiled threats against real animals; how long can Scroogie go? That low.....The squirrel finds a perfect place to try to eat the pearl; but cannot get it inside his mouth. So he throws it away through a drain pipe and down to the ground as the pearl grabbers catch it from Yardarm and Sharky. Scrooge gasps in horror as the heels escape through Duckburg gate. Huey talks about them getting away with his Great Masher; and Scrooge blows them off because it's the Pearl of Wisdom see. Scrooge then yells for Duckworth and bails stage left as the kids are left shrugging their arms in confusion.
We then cut to the sidewalk as the heel bail into their car and drive away. I guess Officer Burly told them about the no parking ticket too. We then see the limo following them as Scrooge orders Duckworth to go faster. Duckworh proclaims that the pedal is to the metal which sounds so out of character for Duckworth; except for the monotone voice of course. So we get the CAR CHASE SEQUENCE THE PEARL OF WISDOM EDITION to waste some more time as we head to the docks near the fruit factory (go figure) as the heels get out of their car and go to the shark submarine to escape. The limo stops get inches behind the orange car as Louie notices that they have a submarine. NO?! REALLY?! The submarine dives underwater near the bridge as Scrooge and the kids cannot go any further. Scrooge whines about the difference between getting rich and being richer as he needs to get the pearl back. Huey suggests getting a ship with sonar. Scrooge then gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and calls for Duckworth again.
So we head at sea in the Scrooge Tugboat of Doom as Webby apologizes for letting them get the magic pearl and Scrooge forgives her as we head to the sailing room as the flagship captain is using the binoculars (he's the duck with the brown hair and uniform – Will Ryan) while the radar operator is sailing the ship (white bread, green cap, red glasses, blue coat, orange sweater). Louie asks if the pearl can make Scrooge smarter. Scrooge giggles as he doesn't know. However; he's smart enough to be very interested in being smarter. So we head underwater as we see the shark submarine using it's sonar again as we see Yardarm complaining about a ship coming fast on his radar. Even though it's not on the actual radar. We cut to Sharky on the periscope and he notices that it's Scrooge's flagship of course. The submarine turns around on a 180 while keeping the fin above water mind you and Yardarm wants to hear the diabolical laugh from Sharky. They laugh as the shark missile fires from the nose of the submarine (which is a wee bit disturbing for me) as the radar operator (pelican with a sailor's hat – Chuck McCann) notices it on the radar. The flagship captain orders right full rudder to starboard as the wheel man twirls the wheel to the right as the QUACKEROONIES feel like they have that sinking feeling as we see a shot of the side of the boat as the missile comes right at them which the radar operator (called sonar operator in Disney Captions) says it's too late and it's going to hit the ship which ends the segment nearly 17 minutes in.
After the commercial break; we see the missile coming at great neck speed as the radar operator proclaims that there is 15 seconds to impact. The Flagship Captain orders everyone to hold onto something as Scrooge backs away and wants the kids to hold onto him. But they are gone as Scrooge panics. We then head to in front of the ship as the boys lower Huey down with a life preserver as Huey isn't sure he can do this and Webby sezs that he can because he's the best marble shooter in the world see. HOLY CRAP?! I got to admit; this is a pretty dangerous thing to do for Huey. I've seen Kit do a lot of crazy things; but Huey is showing that he can do his fair share once in a while. How he turned into Quack Pack Huey; I'll never know. Louie proclaims that the Great Masher never misses. Huey is lowered to water level and Huey decides to give it that crazy Kit Cloudkicker try as he skips the Great Masher onto the water surface and it hits the missile dead on and it explodes about 30 feet away from Huey which causes a huge water pillar and Huey gets thrown up and onto the boat splashing water on everyone. Wow; Huey is showing me Kit Cloudkicker type tactics I rarely see from him or the other nephews for that matter.
Everyone cheers for him; but Huey stands up and morns the Great Masher which got MURDERED by the missile. The nephews follow suit as Huey and the gang put their hats to their chest and proclaim that it was it's greatest mash and it's last. So we head underwater with the submarine as Sharky (even Disney Captions is calling him that name now) proclaims that they will reach Banana Island by nightfall. We then head into the cockpit as the nephews and Webby run in and everyone cheers and embraces Huey and Webby for saving the day Kit Cloudkicker style. Scrooge proclaims that the kids never cease to amaze him. The radar operator proclaims that that lost the submarine and Scrooge states that it's all right because he knows where they are going as he opens the map and the weird native music is playing (it sounds like something out of a MIDI track to me).....
So we head to the beach and stone idol AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as the natives have their hands in the air as we cut over to the submarine as Yardarm has the harpoon gun trigger set to profits. I wondered when they were going to use that thing. Sharky talks about his childhood past and about being a failure as a crook. Yardarm tells him that if the Pearl of Wisdom works then things will be different see. Sharky thinks that he will be smart and pull crimes by the century every day. Somehow; I doubt his smarts can be increased by much anyway. We cut to the Flagship as the Captain asks if Scrooge should proceed without more help as Webby stays behind. Scrooge and the nephews (wearing ski masks and looking like commandos. I see where the commando thing came from.) climb down on the raft and Scrooge states that he will be fine. The nephews row towards the beach as Webby tells them to be careful and the captain tells them there is one hour before sunrise.
We cut back to the stone idol shot as Yardarm keeps the trigger set to profits on the raised armed native as Sharky climbs onto the shoreline and shows the pearl to everyone. So we cut to the left side of the beach as Scrooge and the nephews do the bush leg sneak tactic. This would NEVER work on Ma Beagle of course; but you just never know with males. We see them practice the fine art of not being seen on Yardarm as Yardarm sees no movement when he motions to his left even though they moved about three inches at least since then. He is like Mad Dog; he doesn't have the two clicks in the making of a clue. The walking trees make it underneath Yardarm's line of sight and beside Sharky as the sun is almost risen and Scrooge steals the pearl from him. I knew Scrooge was such a swine! Scrooge then runs away right into the line of sight of Yardarm's harpoon (What an idiot?!) and Sharkly orders Yardarm to blow his leaves off. So we get some firing and one manages a direct hit and some smoke as we cut to the seagulls above. HOLY CRAP?! Did they just MURDER Uncle Scrooge legit?!
The pearl goes into the air (helpfully noticed by Sharky) and it lands onto the drums; bounces onto some trees, shells and anything in it's path causing the drummers to beat their drums. I guess the raised arm stuff is no longer in effect. Scrooge gets up from his sand tomb looking hurt as the pearl bounces stage left near him and he goes after it with a dive but misses. We then go to Yardarm on harpoon as the nephews pop up and flick marbles behind his back. Yardarm walks backwards like an idiot and slips (basically the same spot as Bomber in the previous rant; only difference is grease and marbles which would make a cute tar and feathering spot.). She shoots the cannon down into the hull and it creates DA...HOLE (god bless Baby Plucky) in the submarine and it sinks, duh! See; that is why you don't bring a high powered cannon on a pearl hunt guys.
The pearl stops on the shoreline and we see Scrooge and Sharky come in opposite directions (I'm SHOCKED Scrooge doesn't notice him as Dogface Pete yet.) and Scrooge dives in and grabs the pearl. Scrooge grabs his hands and we have the sand belly tug-o-war. HAHA! And Scrooge's opposition has the belly alright. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummmm.... The pearl skips up and they try to catch it; but they cannot gain total control of the pearl. We then get the fight of doom in the water as the natives and nephews watch looking stunned at it all. Nephew #1 (since I cannot tell them apart again) tells Scrooge to hurry as we get a shot of the sun rising from the stone idol. We continue in waist-deep water as the marble tug-o-war continues. I don't see how this is going to help their manly reputations any to fight like girls trying to catch something for females. Then they both stop and both of them glow as Huey said Quackeroonie #2 for the episode at the 20 and a half minute mark. Hey; it's usually Huey who says it, so the second nephew on the left is Huey.
The island chief does nothing as Sharky glows and asks what the hell is he doing. Huh? You're asking that NOW?! Sharky realizes that if he keeps doing this; he'll go to jail as he gives Scrooge the pearl. Scrooge wonders why he is taking a pearl that belongs to the peaceful people of the island. Of course; the fanfic pearl I used belonged to the Gaia Race; but Lord Terrastone gave it to Kit because Kit showed the denizens that they couldn't hide from the world anymore and that they would have to adapt and discuss their beliefs to everyone else; through the tragedy of the crew that discovered them and Kit was with when they all were turned to stone by the Perti-Snakes and Kit was the only one who escaped. Huey knows that is not the real Scrooge as Nephew #2 claims it is from the pearl. The village chief then states the moral of the story that true wisdom allows one to not only make the right decisions, but the proper and most fulfilling ones as well. Scrooge gives the chief the pearl as the chief talks more about wisdom and then he proclaims that it is time to PART-IE. Yardarm is in the drink blowing his horn like an idiot going down with the ship as we get more native music playing. We cut to a closeup shot of the stone idol with the pearl on an oyster shell as we go to the far shot and everyone dances, beats drums and Louie even gets to dance with an adult girl! I thought Huey would get the girl since he did most of the work in saving the ducks' hides in this episode.
We then cut back to the chief with Scrooge and Sharky eating at much fruit as humanly possible. The village chief explains that the pearl has been stolen many times before (funny considered how Battmountan claimed that the island was too isolated.) and it always came back to the island. Scrooge notices all the bananas and states that the village has more bananas than they can eat and even the chief is getting tired of eating bananas. Scrooge then shows him the flagship in the harbor and proclaims that he owns a shipping company. Scrooge offers to buy all the surplus bananas and ship them all over the world. And thus that pays off the Mr. Waddle scene from earlier too. They both profit as Scrooge peels another banana. The chief isn't so sure; but the bananas will rot if they don't sell them. Scrooge asks for the handshake and the chief seals the deal right there as everyone cheers for victory. Now Scrooge wants to really PART-IE as it is morning as we get some more drum banging and we see Sharky and Webby dancing together. Amazing considering that he tried to steal her doll and the pearl earlier. Scrooge dances with a fat native lady, Yardarm plays drums, the nephews do a triple dance spot as we cut to a far shot of the island with the boat in the foreground and then a sky shot of the island with the boat only animated. We circle fade out to end the episode at 21:15. Much better than I thought it would be mostly due to Huey's Kit Cloudkicker effort. Webby wasn't too bad either. *** ¾ (75%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; we end today with another average Ducktales love in as we get another solid outing from the writers and Dogface Pete didn't look so shabby either as a heel. Yardarm was actually pretty impressive for a heel and had a really deadly cannon to boot which backfired. For the most part; I was really impressed with Huey and Webby in this episode, mainly Huey's spot where he saved the ship from certain sinking with his Great Masher and the fact that he could have died from direct impact from the missile had he missed. It reminds me so much of Kit's insane spots he pulls a lot. The natives were the typical Hawaiian stereotype; but nothing too offensive for me. I did find that the whole sequence with Sharky trying to getting the pearl back to be just a little too long as they seemed to focus too much on Webby cycling just to get denizens of Duckburg in as voices who probably wouldn't get another crack after this episode. It might work in TaleSpin; but not so much in Ducktales where interaction is not the main focus of the series. Otherwise; it was another solid effort from TMS (they even convinced me that Scrooge got murdered legit by the cannon near the end too) and almost no logic breaks to speak of. So it was another above average episode in a series of them. Next up is The Curse of Castle McDuck (which I'm dreading somewhat) and Launchpad's Civil War (which I'm dreading because I'm afraid I'm going to wet my pants laughing too hard.). So.....
Thumbs in the middle pointing up for this episode and I'll see you next time.