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Dinosaur Ducks
Reviewed: 12/29/2009
Time Is Money Zero!
After two really great episode featuring the nephews doing what they do best (screwing the Beagle Boys and blowing off funny crappy wizards); it's time for a not so good episode featuring the prequel to Time Is Money. And Mrs. Featherby speaks at last! So let's rant on shall we....?!
This episode is written by Ken Koonce and David Wiemers. The story is edited by Patsy Cameron and Tedd Anasti.
We begin this one in the jungle as Launchpad and a toucan are being chased. HAHA! Best....opening..ever. And the toucan tries to escape; but LP keeps grabbing it's legs and then we get the most hilarious screw up ever as he dodges the rock easily; but makes it to look like he tripped on it about four seconds later and lands flat on his face. And why does the toucan have green pants on? LP turns around and we see a T-Rex's legs and tail coming towards him on the FPS shot. Launchpads gets up and bails as we get more chasing through out the grass and then Launchpad gets to his plane and tries to stuff the toucan into it; but he blocks the entrance. LP is claiming that he's doing the booby bird (Oh boy!) a favor by taking him to Scrooge's zoo. It's a jungle out here as LP manages to stuff him and himself in and starts the engines. The plane flies up into the sky and above the clouds as the toucan continues to harass LP.
LP blows off his lack of flying skills (speak for yourselves there LP) and then they panic with HB teeth chattering sound effects. And here comes the TERROR BIRD OF DEATH (Frank Welker) as the toucan bounces in the back seat. LP attempts a dive and the TERROR BIRD OF DEATH breaks the wings of LP's plane. It takes a nosedive as LP opens the door and jumps out of the plane! HOLY CRAP! This is fatalism gone too far as Launchpad uses the legs of the toucan to try to break his fall (Kit: Coward!) and takes a bump to the ass on a rock and then tumbles with a MAN-SIZED bump right on his face. HAHA! And thanks to the toucan; Launchpad is on bottom. LP gets up and the toucan flies away stage left. Nice attention to detail on the hole LP made with his beak there TMS. Launchpad whines about the toucan betraying him. The World Wild Life Fund called Launchpad; they think you are full of crap. And a hypocrite too!
LP blows it off as we get a scene changer and see Launchpad crawling across a desert in the hot sun. HAHA! Nice touch to add the non-animated tongue sticking out there TMS. He crawls down a canyon (Launchpad defies gravity even more than Kit does when cloud surfing!) and back up complete with panting echoes. Then we see Launchpad crawling on the docks the same way and into a cruise ship. Then it's AFTER HAPPY HOUR on the high seas and we STILL see Launchpad crawling and that tongue has not budged an inch. HAHA! Launchpad excuses himself to a kissing duck couple on the way to break the monotone funny that they were shooting for in this one. Then it is dawn as the boat arrives at port and Launchpad crawls down the steps onto the docks of Duckburg. Then he crawls onto a sidewalk and crosses the street. HAHA! The cars are forced to stop in a traffic jam as a dogperson in a yellow car blows him off for being crazy (Frank Welker I guess). I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments.
He then crawls some more and up the stairs to the Duckburg Museum (owned by Scrooge – check the dollar sign below the lion statues). And into the office as we see at the reception desk Mrs. Featherby filing her nails. Launchpad crawls up the desk and asks for Mr. McDee and Mrs. Featherby finally speaks for the first time telling him that he may crawl in. HAHA! Mrs. Featherby is voiced by Tress MacNeille in this one (but then Joan Gerber in the next rant.). Ironically; more recent versions of Daisy are voiced by Tress MacNeille instead of the usual Kath Soucie. Launchpad crawls in and somehow loses his red hair in the process. So we finally go to Scrooge's zoo office to see Launchpad in a green chair gasping for air as Scrooge reads him the riot act. HAHA! It was a BIG lizard according to LP as Scrooge doesn't care because that bird was the special attraction he needed to..and then he catches himself and asks how big. Launchpad claims that it makes Mount Everest look like a speed bump. And then Scrooge does the TMS High Jump of Doom and asks if he knows what he has done. Let's see: Fail to get the bird you wanted; had a plane destroyed by a giant ass lizard; spent the last two minutes defying gravity and logic and just being funny. I think we have all the bases covered here.
LP apologizes and he'll find another booby. Oh man LP; out of context that means a wife with large breasts. Oh well; at least it makes for a good laugh; unlike Sean Malstrom's attempts at violating Poe's Law (if he was trying to pull off a Poe.) in the environmental cases act. I personally call the post Sean did the Dink Measures Act. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! Scrooge doesn't want the booby (there's some bird in Rescue Rangers who is pleased of that fact.); because Launchpad discovered the Lost World that dreamers have dreamed about for centuries. Scrooge goes to his desk as LP discovers dinosaurs (but not Chia World apparently) as Scrooge presses the purple button on his intercom calling to Mrs. Featherby to cancel all his appointments. And just to continue Disney Captions' creditability streak; they call her....wait for it....Mrs. Fillerbee. Seriously! I cannot make that one up even if I tried. I cannot wait and see when I do the TaleSpin DVD's in my 20 Years of Spin re-rants because I'm sure that I'm going to have a field day (Wily Paul and Inkara anyone?). Mrs. Featherby asks for an emergency number to be reached of course.
So we head to the launchpad at the mansion as the prep work is being done. They have the old L-11 chopper (purple tipped props on top, red trim; mostly white) this time as Scrooge asks if the chopper is big enough to carry a dinosaur back. Launchpad claims that it can carry everything. Maybe if it was cut into bloody pieces LP. Otherwise; no. Scrooge is not amused as he climbs up the back and the nephews come in and ask if they can come. Scrooge states that they cannot this time around which is quite rare considering that Scrooge seems to have no trouble wanting their help in other episodes. Huey asks why not and Scrooge claims that it's too dangerous. Oh for crying out loud Scroogie; just say: I'm bringing back a dinosaur and it will be way too big to bring back if I bring you along. At least then your decision to not let them come is justified. And of course it's Scrooge's final word as the nephews walk off disgusted because they had their best chance to see dinosaur and Scrooge doesn't want them to come along. Huey then proclaims that they'll go anyway as Dewey tries to channel Honker to Gosalyn; but Huey thinks Scrooge will change his mind once they are there. So they hide in one of the larger boxes and then here come Webby with her Quackypatch Doll.
And naturally; because lapsing back into the sexist character Huey is, blows off Webby's wanting to go while doing a really bad imitation of Scrooge McDuck. And then Dewey uses the umbrella and they do the silliest Scrooge blow off on Webby because it's too dangerous. And they call her lassie too. And they blow her off with the final word as Webby storms off in disgust..for about three seconds as she claims that she can be sneaky too. Now I see why some people think Wikipedia is a joke: The summary for this episode states that the kids went to the Lost World against their will. Here you clearly see that they chose to go against Scrooge and Launchpad's own will. See how grammar works kids?! The nephews then hide below in the wooden box.
So we head into the chopper as Scrooge and Launchpad sit down on the wooden box the nephews are hiding. Scrooge asks LP if he could fly this thing and LP proclaims that he has crashed fancier planes than this. HAHA! Launchpad just made this episode 500% better now as Scrooge asks the obvious question: Is that supposed to make him feel better? Short answer: no. Launchpad claims it does because he's experienced. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Launchpad waltzes over to the cockpit as he tells Scrooge to not forget the BASKET OF YOGI'S Mrs. Beakly packed for them. If Webby is hiding in that; then my respect for her has gone down about three notches. And it's clear she's hiding in there because Scrooge thinks that the sandwiches have real sand in them when he picks it up. So we head outside as the L-11 Chopper flies slowly to the west as Scrooge sees a weird island dead ahead and asks LP if they are near the lost world. Launchpad thinks that they are because they are lost. HAHA! Even the map doesn't save him as we then see the TERROR BIRD OF DOOM flying again as it swoops down for an attack which makes Scrooge's glasses pop up. Launchpad hates that bird and tries to go for the control panel to blast it into dust; but he cannot figure out the control panel. So he pushes every button; confusing the poor thing and the chopper takes a nose dive. Fatalism? What's that? Me not know how those two go together?
Scrooge asks what to do now as Launchpad runs backstage and panics. HAHA! So Scrooge goes to the controls as Launchpad dumps some objects out of the box as he needs an aspirin because he has a headache coming on. Well; it's nice to know that drug is still legal on a children's cartoon show in the late 1980's. And a vase gets shattered off screen of course as Scrooge screams at him that they are going to crash. LP proclaims that this was the headache he was talking about. HAHA! That expression of LP's is awesome to watch as Scrooge comes off and uses the scarf to twirl Launchpad around and he crashed into the cockpit off-screen with a MAN-SIZED bump. Scrooge wants crash helmets and then he asks the nephews inside the box for crash helmets. How did Launchpad NOT notice them? I guess fatalism has the side effect of making Launchpad go blind for a short while. The nephews give him two crash helmets and Scrooge thanks them without even a hint if irony. HAHA! Scrooge walks away....for about three seconds as he gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and drops the helmets. Scrooge goes back and opens the wooden box and the nephews finally blow their cover almost seven minutes in.
Scrooge swears in DUBBED SCOTTISH STYLE (Blow me bagpipes!) and asks what they are doing here. See; even the second option Scrooge should have picked didn't work. At least that one made him sound more truthful. Scrooge demands answers to this outrage as the nephews have no answer for him. WHAT?! After all that...as we see the TERROR BIRD OF DOOM outside attacking the back of the L-11 chopper. The box tumbles and the nephews tumble onto Scrooge with a wussy bump. I think Louie is having too much fun on that spot (7:05 into the DVD) as Huey proclaims that it looks like they are crash landing with him. No really; I'm as shocked as you are. Launchpad continues to have problems as Scrooge straps the nephews to the back seat as he thinks that will keep them out of trouble. Good luck on that one Scroogie; chaining Gosalyn didn't stop her, I don't think this will stop the nephews either. Scrooge is thankful that Webby isn't here and of course, Webby is in the PICNIC BASKET OF YOGIS as I expected her to be. Scrooge puts on the crash helmet and blows off Launchpad before slamming a crash helmet on his head. Somehow; this seems like a waste of time to do Scroogie. Launchpad tries to push a button while closing his eyes; but Scrooge pushes the button for him before he can and that opens the bomb bay doors which are conveniently below the seat where the nephews are and they free fall. Nice selling from the nephews on that one. I see while Wikipedia got confused then as Scrooge wonders what HE has done now. Launchpad gleefully answers that one for me as we see the red parachute open on cue as the nephews free fall slower down towards the ground. Scrooge gets back to the cockpit as he orders Launchpad to do something. So he pushes the button and the props flies away. HAHA! I knew this L-11 was owned by Launchpad.
Only he could invent something so fatal. Scrooge and Launchpad hold on to each other as the TERROR BIRD OF DOOM looks at his work and the L-11 slides down the cliff and lands on a rock ledge hard. So we head back to the nephews as they watch on and see the L-11 crashing safely; but they are drifting into the Lost World (Quackeroonie #1 eight minutes in) as the parachute seat comes down while a dinosaur and her baby watch on with glee (Frank Welker, duh). The baby dinosaur walks stage right as we see the nephews land in the TERROR BIRD OF DOOM's nest (check the eggs) on the tip of the mountain and the parachute engulfs the nephews. The nephews struggle inside the parachute as Louie is hoping that the TERROR BIRD OF DOOM doesn't sit on them. And of course; that's just what it does as Huey blows off Louie's mouth. So the nephews run out of the nest stage left and hide behind a big rock panting. Huey calls it the biggest buzzard they ever saw as the buzzard sits on top of the egg. Louie has had enough of the Lost World and the rest do as they decide to climb off the mountain and find Scrooge. HA! We then see the baby dinosaur looking on from behind the rock. The nephews run off stage right and so the dinosaur follows them. So this is a template for Paradise Lost then. How come I remember Paradise Lost so well and not this one?
So we head back to the rock ledge with a pan shot down with the crashed L-11 chopper smoking like a Canadian. We head inside the cockpit as Launchpad is dizzy and gives the crash an 8 on the Launchpad Crash Scale. Well; I give it a six and a half on the count that Scrooge screwed up by ejecting the nephews out himself instead of you. If it happened; then it's an eight. Scrooge blows him off as he wants on the plateau before anything happens to his nephews. Then we see Launchpad head back as he throws out stuff from his locker proclaiming that it's no problem because mountain climbing is his SECOND best talent. HAHA! Launchpad finds the rope while Scrooge realizes now how Kit feels every time Baloo gives HIM that spot. Launchpad goes to the side door; but the chopper is on it's final thread and wants to take the basket with him. See; hunger makes him dizzy and Scrooge gleefully answers that one for me. Scrooge grabs the Webby Basket and both jump onto the rock ledge as then we see the L-11 Chopper slide down and crash for real on the bottom. HAHA! Webby pops up from the basket as gasps in horror about what could have happened; and then pops back down.
So we go to the scene changer as Launchpad and Scrooge climb the cliff of course. Launchpad grunt near the top of a rock ledge and slips Scrooge the rock right on top of his head. HAHA! Good bump there too. Launchpad pulls Scrooge up and they take a panting break together. Launchpad proclaims that there is only about 2000 feet to go. HAHA! So we head back to The Lost World Of Doom as the mommy dinosaur is eating from the palm trees and then gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY as she notices her child dinosaur is gone (Frank Welker). NO?! REALLY?! That is like Molly Cunningham; only Molly has a brain. So we go to another scene changer as we see the nephews lost in the jungle. No really; I'm as shocked as you are. We go to a sky shot as there are now four shadows in the area. Dewey then asks the immortal question to Louie: Can three ducks have four shadows? From a science standpoint; no. From a Seth MacFarlane cartoon: yes. Louie states that he doesn't think so and then they turn around and get the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and panic and scream. That officially ends the segment 10 and a half minutes in. Man; without Launchpad to bring the funny, this episode sucks badly.
After the commercial break; we REPEAT THE SPOT and then the nephews scream on the far shot as it's the baby dinosaur as the nephews bail. I betcha this is what QP Huey sees in his future when he gets the braces in Heavy Dental. And then the baby dinosaur bails stage left as we see the nephews hide behind a rock and realize that the baby dinosaur is no threat to them. Huey runs in stage left to catch it. Why? Because he wants to give it to Scrooge for the zoo and show Ash Katchum the WRONG WAY to catch a Pokemon. Louie asks why he comes up with ideas like that. Ummm; you didn't Louie. Huey did that on his own as the baby dinosaur hides behind some bigger rocks (of course) and then runs off stage left. So we go to the scene changer as Scrooge, Launchpad and the Webby Basket climb up some more. I see LP has the pick ax so you now he's SERIOUS BABEE! The bird cawing causes Launchpad to miss the spike and he takes a nasty shot right on his special finger. HAHA! So in this world; thumbs do not exist despite the fact that the fourth finger in cartoon world is STILL a thumb. This allows Launchpad to tip back and still manage to hang on. Man; LP's web boots must have that same substance Kit uses to stay on the air foil.
That allows Scrooge to drop the Webby basket which does the whirlwind on a branch and then shoots up and lands right next to another dinosaur on a ledge sleeping. Launchpad pulls on the dinosaur's tail (Frank Welker) and it shoots the tail up and the adults land in opposite sides of the dinosaur with a wussy bump. Scrooge grabs the basket as they panic and climb over the dinosaur to escape. Scrooge takes a good cane shot to the head on the way down too. So we go to another scene changer as the nephews are now stooping to showing Team Rocket how to build a trap to catch Ash and his Pikachu (or Pikaclue as I sometimes call it) with fern leaves that will be slaughtered if they came within a fifty meter radius of Stephen Colbert. Huey asks of the LIBERAL BOOK OF LIES THE KIDS EDITION...POW! OUCH! Umm..I mean the Junior Woodchuck Tiger Trap catching a dinosaur. Okay; this Mr. Woodchuck is seriously (insert swear word here) in the head if he expects children to catch a tiger. Louie claims it works as the fern action is like 2 frames a second here; just make it bigger as the baby dinosaur catches them in the act. And I betcha he will still fall in it too. So the nephews hide behind a rock and the trap works...MY GOD IT WORKS! And the nephews go over to look and they panic and run like scalded ducks as up raises a saber-tooth tiger (Frank Welker). HAHA! That's the first funny spot not made by Launchpad in this episode (nearly 12 minutes in) as the nephews lean on the baby dinosaur as Huey blows Louie off. And then they notice the baby dinosaur and both flee in opposite direction again, duh.
So since this has been way too boring for me; we head back to the top of the cliff as Launchpad gets the Webby Basket up along with himself and Scrooge. Scrooge kisses the cliff; I make him kiss my fist. Launchpad proclaims that he told him he would get him up here safe and sound. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Scrooge pops the top hat as he looks down and gasps in horror on the long way down. Launchpad of course proclaims that once the nephews are found; they can climb down again. HAHA! Launchpad proclaims that the worst is behind us. If only that were true Launchpad; both ways. So we go into the jungle as Scrooge and Launchpad walk with the Webby basket stage left. Then in the conveniently placed bushes we see the cave ducks watching them. We know this because they are ducks with fur skins on and they cannot speak properly (all by Frank Welker). So we go to the scene changer of doom before the action becomes too funny again as we go into the jungle some more as the nephews have some vines and it's the old “leg rope lasso trick” that ALWAYS backfires. They put the loop around the fruit and of course it's Louie explaining the trap; so you know who is behind it. The nephews bail to hide as the baby dinosaur is RIGHT THERE knowing EXACTLY what they are planning.
The nephews hide behind a tree as they hear the dinosaur biting into a coconut (sound effect of chewing of course) and they pull and tie the vine against the branch. They go forward and they snagged a T-Rex's leg. Now how in the hell did they NOT see that one coming? Logic break #1 for the episode and that spot was terrible. I was hoping that the trap wouldn't work and it snagged the legs of the nephews. T-Rex roars (Frank Welker – Why bother listing animal vocals when we know it's always going to be Frank Welker.); nephews bail past baby dinosaur; baby dinosaur shrieks; bails and we get the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE T-REX EDITION~! And it's not even half as funny as Launchpad's was. The T-Rex bites some wood for fun and then baby dinosaur gets trapped in canyon. Nephews climb up; but they have to help him. Why? Because it's their prized dinosaur for the zoo silly. So we play some baseball with the conveniently placed wooden club (thief!) and Huey blasts some rocks right into the T-Rex's face. Dewey climbs down and leads the baby dinosaur into the cave. Funny how the baby dinosaur was so smart to avoid all the traps the nephews had; but couldn't find the way out of the T-Rex's trap. Huey and Louie climb down the cliff and then into the cave as the T-Rex cannot follow anymore.
So we march on with Scrooge and Launchpad as LP has the magnifying glass and proclaims that there are no signs of any dinosaur tracks yet as of course they are in one of them. HAHA! Scrooge blows him off because he wants the nephews' tracks as they climb out of the dinosaur track. And then we see more cave ducks hiding behind the bushes. Launchpad continues on as he sees duck feet and thinks he knows this girl. HAHA! And it's the ugliest one yet (well; regardless of boy or girl; they ALL look ugly) as LP and Scrooge rise up and they are surrounded by Cave Ducks. Cave Duck #1 on the far right motion and sounds like Bubba. Oh god; help us. Launchpad raises his arms for fun as Scrooge asks what he said and LP gleefully answers that one for me. HAHA! Scrooge then blows off the cave duck for claiming to taking his hat when it's clear that he was trying to take his cane. Explain THAT one kids?! LP tells Scrooge to take it easy as we see Webby in the basket again gasping in horror. Launchpad proclaims that they are primitive and have tiny minds filled with fear and ignorance and cannot hold a simple train of thought. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! My thoughts exactly cave ducks. And of course LP loses his train of thought as Webby pops back in. HAHA! The cave ducks get angry and set their clubs to profits. They grab Scrooge and LP and carry them away. Although with LP; he's already there. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! BONK! OUCH! Ummmm.. Scrooge swears in DUBBED SCOTTISH STYLE (Curse me kilts) to let him go; but no dice as we pan over to see the Webby basket completely alone to end the segment 14 and a half minutes in.
After the commercial break; we head to the Cave Duck village as the cave ducks are building wheels of stone while kids are playing them like swings. Scrooge and Launchpad get dragged into the cave to the leader who sits on a stone throne (with gray fur skins and balding hair – Frank Welker). Scrooge blows them off for getting their hairy fingers on him. The leader jumps down; and tries to steal Scrooge's top hat; but Scrooge uses the cane to threaten him. So the cave duck guard grabs him and rises the stakes to allow the leader to steal the hat. The leader admires himself and has the smile of Mister T to boot. I see he uses Edge's regular teeth too. He points and then the guard runs away stage right with Scrooge in tow. So we go to the scene changer as we head to the jungle as Webby FINALLY gets out of the basket calling for anyone to help her. I suspect no dice coming as she looks around. Apparently; that is too boring as we head to the nephews rising a net above four trees. Huey asks if this trap will spring more trouble and Louie proclaims that they are fine because three is his lucky number. 5:1 odds that they catch trouble; 20:1 it's the baby dinosaur; 2:1 they catch Webby; 1:1 odds that they snag themselves.
The mother dinosaur continues to search on with no success so we head to a rock where the baby dinosaur jumps out and then we see Webby underneath the damn trap as she sees the baby dinosaur and runs to it. The nephews panic and let go of the rope to the net so they can run to Webby and then get snagged. HAHA! Idiots! I can see why the Quack Pack nephews stopped going to Junior Woodchuck meetings in 1996. Huey blows him off and Louie proclaims that it wasn't another saber tooth tiger. Yeah; they seem to have hugging fetishes with ducks. Webby goes over to the baby dinosaur as it whimpers gleefully. She pets it as the nephews run up the hill and tells her to get the hell out of there because the beast will hurt her. I betcha she blows them off for being so dumb. I check the DVD....Close enough as she proclaims that it's a nice dinosaur. I like Molly Cunningham's version of this spot in Mommy For A Day for a lot of reasons; the most which Molly's mothering routine was absolutely breathtakingly priceless. Louie proclaims that it's nice for the zoo and finally Webby blows it off because it's a baby and needs her mommy. Reason #2: Molly's funny attempt to justify staying with the Yenkara as mommy while Kit points out the logical fallacy of it all. As I said; it's breathtakingly priceless to watch that episode. Libby Hinson never fails to amaze me during her time at DTVA. Louie realizes that she's right and it's better that they leave it here. The nephews want to go find Scrooge and Webby informs them that Scrooge was kidnapped by some cave ducks. The kids leave stage left as the baby dinosaur tags along. HAHA!
So we head to the bushes as everyone hides behind them and sees the village. Huey gasps in horror as we see Scrooge and Launchpad tied up to the most fragile palm tree I have ever seen. Louie has another MIMI JOKE ZONE PLAN and even Huey is not liking this one either as the adults struggle with the ropes but no dice. The cave leader leaves stage left as we cut to Louie on the dinosaur with a net (Louie is the definition of insanity; repeat the same thing and expect a different result. And shouldn't Dewey be drawing up the plans since that is his gimmick?) as the boys climb up. Huey tells Webby to wait because they are going to regret this. Not a bad idea since Webby needs to be useful somehow. So the nephews then blitz with baby dinosaur and net in tow into the cave village. Funny how we are getting the scope of the village after barely seeing it throughout most of the time. The net actually catches the cave guards and then Louie invokes the LASSO OF BANE TO ALL ACTION CARTOONS EVERYWHERE and lassos the cave leader. I think this would have been better if Dewey came up with the plan and then show that he was the master behind the gimmick. Huey and Dewey untie Scrooge and Launchpad. Another logic break: When Scrooge and Launchpad were tied up from the start; they were on opposite sides of the palm tree. Now they are all on the right side of the tree.
Everyone bails as Louie loops the rope around tree and snags the leader against the left side of the tree. The babyfaces bail stage right with the baby dinosaur in tow. So we see them run past two cave ducks (from the trademark office ads only ducks) with a wheel and Launchpad takes the wheel and rolls it down and we get the bowling pin spot on the cave ducks. I can see why that cave man from the Geico ads is so pissed off at the world now. How stiff can you get with the animation TMS?! Pause at 17:48 of the DVD and see what I mean. Scrooge then runs over them and goes over to the cave leader; steals the top hat and kicks dirt in his face screwing that up. All that just to get Scrooge's hat back? After Earth Quack? Give me a break and end this episode now. We then cut to Webby looking for everyone and then walking down towards the village and she gets surrounded by cave ducks while the boys run away stage right in the background. DAMMIT Ken Koonce and David Weimers! Just stop with the foolishness already.
So we go to Scrooge as he thanks the nephews for saving his life and for that he won't be angry at them. After all; they got his baby dinosaur for the zoo. Louie doesn't like that as after all; he misses his mommy. Funny how easy they change their tune after the dinosaur screwed them out of trapping him so easily. Scrooge calls this nonsense because the zoo is a better place for it. He can give him so much like a mother as Louie thinks that is kidnapping in roundabout terms. After all Webby said it...and then they get the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY as the nephews forgot all about her. Scrooge gasps in horror as his glasses nearly come off again; and swears in DUBBED SCOTTISH STYLE (Curse me kilts!). Scrooge runs off stage left as we go to the scene changer as the baby dinosaur is on a leash and near a cliff as the males follow the scent. As least they hope it's Webby's scent. And of course here comes the T-Rex roaring and wanting revenge for what happened earlier. One track minds indeed. This is what Launchpad was projecting into the Cave Ducks see.
Everyone bails stage right including the baby dinosaur as we go to the scene changer as we see the cave ducks sitting in front of the bonfire near a cave while Webby tells them fairy tales. HAHA! Scrooge pops from the bushes and swears in DUBBED SCOTTISH STYLE (blow me bagpipes!) nearly loosing his glasses again. Sounds like a TMS trademark too. And she screws it up so badly that she's implying that someone's foot was asleep and kissing it woke it up. And to make the scene even more funny; the cave ducks are in tears hearing that. So am I; tears of laughter. Webby just saved the episode right there fans. Scrooge runs in and they embrace as Webby was telling the story of Snow White & The Three Bears. Now THERE'S a movie someone in feature should exploit. It's not like we are going to believe that TaleSpin is not a parody of the Jungle Book and a spin off of Ducktales; or a rip off of Tales of The Golden Money or anything. To new Disney: You can have that one for free. It's so high concept; not even the Jonas Brothers can screw it up. Scrooge gets grabbed again as the leader grabs Webby. Scrooge protests; but the cave leader in his own way tell him: I'll exchange Webby for your Top Hat. Scrooge agrees to the terms and gives him the hat and the cave leader gives Webby back to Scrooge. Webby asks if he is mad at her for sneaking aboard. Scrooge hugs her and admits that he cannot split up close kin in good conscience. So he'll find the baby dinosaur's mother after all. And HEEEEEERRRREEEEEE'S the T-Rex roaring in and growling. Everyone panics and bails into the cave (as Launchpad calls him Big Foot of course); but the baby dinosaur cannot enter because it's just TOO FAT!
The shadow stalks and the dinosaur cries as Louie wants to help him. Scrooge proclaims that they are no match for the beast as we go to the pan shot with stone wheels peppering. The baby dinosaur cries and then his mommy finally hears it and goes right to the rescue and gets right in front of her baby. And the PRIMAL RAGE OF DOOM begins. Green dinosaur whacks T-Rex with her tail; but T-Rex responds with an uppercut. Since when did T-Rex'es fight like Ryu?! Launchpad in the cave claims to have a brilliant MIMI JOKE ZONE PLAN in mind and so he shows the cave ducks how to roll a wheel and it bashes the T-Rex's foot. The cave ducks get it; and everyone rolls stone wheels out of the cave and of course the T-Rex is too dumb and steps on them. We get rolling and sliding and spinning in HB sound effect style as the green dinosaur headbutts the T-Rex and he goes rolling away stage left off the cliff and drops with a wussy bump onto the river as the wheels take better bumps on his head. Sigh TMS. The T-Rex growls; but does nothing else.
So we go to the scene changer as Scrooge and Launchpad see the dinosaurs cuddling each other. Launchpad proclaims that they are going back to Duckburg without a dinosaur. Scrooge giggles as he still has plans for them see; as the kids do not like that one bit. However; we then head into the skies as we see the dinosaurs grazing as a green helicopter with Scrooge on board as he explains the hadrosaurus (which is fake since Open Office doesn't see it as a word) while we see passengers in the back seated and looking on. Only the two dogs on the right side are animated as we get a sky shot of the baby dinosaur and her mother near a cliff and then head into the cockpit with the nephews, Scrooge, Webby (in Scrooge's lap), Launchpad and Mrs. Beakly. LP proclaims that Scrooge came up with a winner this time. Scrooge figures that if he cannot bring the dinosaurs to the zoo; bring Duckburg to the dinosaurs as a tour called McDuck's Dino Safari. What a silly name that is as the helicopter flies around with more shots of the dinosaurs. So we go to the cockpit as Launchpad proclaims that he picked the right tour guide pilot too as he rests his feet on the controls as the nephews and Mrs. Beakly gasp in horror. However; Scrooge outsmarted LP by having an automatic pilot helicopter see. He thinks he is so smart as he chuckles to end the episode at 21:15. Not bad all things considered; thanks to Launchpad bringing the funny early on and Webby saving the episode with her screwed up fairy tales. And I think this should end any debate on why I think the Junior Woodchuck Guide Book is a fraud. ** ¾ (55%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Thank goodness this episode is over because this episode wasn't nearly as good as the first two episodes of Time Is Money. I just found the whole nephews cannot join thing silly considering the justification Scrooge gave for it. I also found the whole nephews catching subplot to be silly and the Launchpad climbing subplot dull without Launchpad bringing on the funny and carrying this episode. Webby was really a non-factor until she was basically a prop for the cave ducks; and her really funny screwed up stories that managed to get this episode past average. The lost world was basically a prehistoric stereotype and everything felt like an average template for Mommy For A Day and Paradise Lost more than anything else. And TMS's animation was wonky in places too. Overall; a barely average episode that felt incomplete to me. I guess TaleSpin DOES have THAT effect on me. So next up is Hero For Hire which is probably another of Launchpad's finest hours as a character. So....
Thumbs in the middle for this episode and I'll see you next time.