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The Golden Goose Part One
Reviewed: 03/24/2012
It's The Army Of Mustard Heads...!
So now we finally have come to the series finale of Ducktales which to everyone's surprise does not feature Bubba nor Gizmo Duck in it despite building them for two years before this finale. However; this is the final appearance for Dijon though along with everyone else involved. Until the Kaboom comics of course. So this episode focuses on a treasure hunt to get the Golden Goose and it will seriously FUBAR everyone in a golden wave. Sounds really interesting to me. So let's rant on shall we..?!
This episode is written by Jeffrey Scott. The story is done by Alan Burnett, Ken Koonce and David Weimers. I hope Jeff takes his writing more seriously this time because goodness forbid if we have another The New Gizmo Kids On The Block like episode again.
We begin this one in a Middle Eastern market as we get the long pan west to a far shot of Scrooge and the nephews watching Launchpad carrying more stuff than his weight over to a truck and chucks it in. Scrooge blows him off for that as the nephews complained about the worthless chipped vase. Scrooge blows it off because there is a saying that one man's trash is another man's antique. Then we cut to Launchpad with more stuff and he cannot see where he is going and gets bumped by a carriage containing Dijon (I think) and Flintheart Glomgold. Scrooge sees him and demands answers to this outrage. Flint proclaims that only Scrooge would go half way around the world for a bargain and Scrooge retorts that one nicely. Flint however; has more important things to get than useless junk and Dijon (I think) drives right through Launchpad dropping him on his belly and the junk shatters like glass. So Huey proclaims that Flint is up to something and Scrooge wants to be out of town before he tries something sneaky. So we cut to Dijon shaking a coffee mug wanting money (and getting none as various folks bump into him for no reason) and we discover that he has a sling and cast on his arm and on crutches. Ummm; why? Can I at least have a logical explanation for this? Anyhow; Dijon sees Scrooge and walks to him and bumps him from behind. Scrooge drops and then gets up as Dijon addresses himself and apologizes. Then Scrooge catches himself and falls back using to cane as he is calling Dijon a pickpocket. What a racist this Scrooge fellow is?! Dijon claims that he is on the straight and narrow and he's a professional begger now. Ummm; yeah professional indeed.
The nephews want Scrooge to give poor Dijon a break while they have three small drinks (I see Scrooge is generous today) to sip on. Memo to Huey: Saying "give him a break" is only setting Dijon up to have Scrooge break the good arm of Dijon. I'm just saying. They want to give him a quarter and Scrooge blows it off and of course Dijon steals Scrooge's wallet just to be Dijon. Dijon's arm is of course fake and therefore all right as the stuff drops onto the ground. The wallet is in plain sight and Dijon bails stage right and we have the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE MUSTARD THIEF EDITION~! So Dijon finds a straw basket and hides in there despite Scrooge running in and clearly seeing him. However; Scrooge has airhead syndrome and ignores it. Thankfully; the conveniently placed snake charmer blows his flute and out of the basket comes Dijon Snake and the real snake. HAHA! So more running as he sees a group of monks in cloaks passing by and he goes to a cloth shop and wants a robe. The guy is asking for 50 rupees (ZELDA REFERENCE ALERT!) and he steals the dollar bill from the guy and then gives it back to him completing the sale. HAHA! Well played Dijon, well played. So Dijon dresses himself into a monk and joins the group. And Scrooge doesn't suspect a thing and thinks that they lost him. Ummm; yeah whatever.
So we pan up to see Flintheart and the Beagle Boys at a window with binoculars spying on the monks. See the monks are the Brotherhood of The Goose as Burger is giddy for some roasted goose. Hmmmmm; roasted goose...SLURP!! Even Big Time licks his chops on the spot; and then recoils and blows off Burger because Burger outclassed him on that spot. It's a shame that this series is almost over and I have to stop glorifying Burger like this. Unless you are GeoX; then it's a sigh of relief. Big Time claims that it's about the dough; and Burger loves that too, Big Time calls it bread and Burger likes that too. You cannot say cash can't you Big Time. Unless you want to imply that Burger will somehow translate that to hash or Heavenly Hash (ice cream); which would give him a much _higher_ thought. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Big Time throws more food names with green color in it and Burger salivates even more. How hard is it to just say "Money" Big Time? Unless you think Burger will translate that into honey. Bucks would equals ducks of course. Greenbacks however; he might get it at that point. Flint thankfully blows off Big Time to stop this before Big Time looks even dumber than he already is.
So Flint brings out the LIBERAL RED BOOK OF LIES THE ADULT EDITION and we see a picture of the MacGruffin...ERRR...plot device...ERRR...WEAPON OF DOOM known as the GOLDEN GOOSE OF DEATH. Another continuity error: The arms sleeves are clearly Scrooge's instead of Flintheart's. This reminds me of the same thing that happened to Rebecca twice in TaleSpin. Baggy is clueless of course; as Flint wants Big Time to steal the ultimate treasure for him and slams the book on Big Time's nose. HA! Baggy asks where it is and Flint invokes the POINTY FINGER OF DEATH as we get a far shot of a temple on top of a mountain with a pathway marked with golden elephants. So we go to the Brotherhood Golden Goose Temple AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as the monks enter the temple and one of the monk uses the gong shaped like the golden goose. Okay; that was cute. So the monks sit down at the table while Dijon shoves in between two monks and sits down at the table. Dijon does the "make you look" spot on one of the monks to steal a bowl of rice for fun. The leader monk grunts and Dijon puts the rice back as the lead monk tells everyone to remove their cowls and eat. We discover that the guy looks like Dijon when he removes the cowl. Dijon sadly doesn't get the remove the damn cowl put and just goes to the eating part. HA! So the monks remove his cowl and they are not impressed because Dijon is not a monk. Dijon claims that this is not the YMCA. Oh god Jeffrey Scott; what would Dijon KNOW about the YMCA?! It should be "So this is not the Friars League?!". That makes a lot more sense than this.
Dijon decides to leave on his own power towards the door and the lead monk suddenly is surprised because the guy's name is Dijon. He comes over as Dijon pleads for mercy as silverware pours from his sleeves just because Dijon can. Dijon claims that he's not the criminal Dijon (HA!) as the lead monk addresses himself as Poupon who is Dijon's humble brother. NO?! REALLY?! As if the Dijon face didn't give that away? So they embrace and exchange notes. Poupon announces to his brothers that Dijon wants to join the brotherhood despite being a thief, a liar and basically a traitor and Dijon tells him that they get the freakin picture already. The monks all cheer and raise their glasses allowing the suds to flow. So we walk down the pathway as Dijon and Poupon talk about the old times. Poupon tells him not to think about the past (which is not a good idea since those who don't think of the past are doomed to repeat it.) and we head to the double doors as Poupon has something to show Dijon. The doors are guarded by two big ass monks and the doors open and we head inside to a room with a fountain and floating right on top of the water is the Golden Goose of Death. Dijon points out that this is a lot of trouble to protect a rubber ducky. Poupon insists that it's more than a toy as he wants something as useless as Dijon is. Yeah; way to give Dijon confidence in himself Poupon.
So Dijon gives him a worn out shoe and Poupon grabs it and explains that with the magic word; he can turn it into gold. The magic word is "GOLD" and the shoe is turned into solid gold. Perfect way to devalue the high price of gold I might add too. Dijon begs for a chance to use the goose (because he sees dollar signs in it of course) ; but Poupon no sells because it is too powerful to be played as a toy as he puts the goose back onto the water. Dijon is also forced to give up the worn shoe because they are anti-materialists too as he washes the golden shoe and it returns to normal. Now; every night someone must guard the fountain to protect the goose and that is Dijon's first duty as a monk. Dijon asks if the goose falls off and Poupon whisper yells in his ear to put it back on the fountain water. Yeah; not obvious enough for Dijon I suppose. Poupon goes to check his pocket watch and yes; Dijon stole it during that whole time. Yeah; Dijon gives the watch back and Poupon blows him off and this is Dijon's only chance not to blow he one chance to make good for a change. The goose must be protected at all costs and Poupon is counting on Dijon as Poupon leaves the fountain area. Dijon waves goodbye and Dijon catches the golden goose coming down.
Dijon then has EVIL INTENTIONS as he uses an alarm clock and turns it into gold. Which makes the whole stealing of Poupon's pocket watch more like overkill than it already was. So Dijon is giddy and tries it again using a boom box. He gets those dollar signs in his eyes which really isn't all that different to Scrooge getting it when you really think about it. So Dijon teases putting the golden goose back on the fountain; but then proclaims that if Poupon wants him to protect it; then he will with his life since he wants to make some big bucks. So he hides it under his monk cape and opens the doors and asks the guards about making one phone call. The big ass guard grabs him by the nose and throws him back into the fountain because they are there to make sure Dijon keeps his word. Which begs the question; if they are there then why would you need Dijon to guard the goose? Probably punishment for being a thief and a liar I guess.
So we head outside the temple as the Beagle Boys are hiding behind a wall and then we cut to the guards guarding the temple as they notice a wind up toy goose on the ground and that's enough of a distraction for the heels to enter the temple and not be seen despite we clearly hearing the doors open. Man; these monks have goose on the brains if they are easily distracted by a wind up toy goose. Heh. So we head inside the hallway as the Beagle Boys proclaim that this is like stealing candy from a baby. A note about repeated backgrounds: In this case; using them is perfectly acceptable since it's the same temple room as before. It's when they use the stock background in another episodes that are not this temple when it becomes using them on the cheap. Burger wants candy of course and we see that the guards are guarding another door. Baggy wants to leave; but Big Time stops him and we huddle for a whisper conference. Obvious logic break: I realize that in movies and television you need to talk louder than the hum of a fridge; but in real life, that is loud enough for ANYONE to hear you.
So they have a Krackpotkin Plan and it involves Burger as we cut to the guard and in comes... BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh boy! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I see Burger is really into this episode. I'm not going to explain the plan; Burger dressing up like a female with a purple witches hat explains itself. And since these are monks; it's also not a logic break for the heels to still be wearing their masks and criminal number signs here either. Big Time in the cowboy outfit tries to open the door behind them; but he gets caught along with Baggy and Burger. Wow; the least expected monks actually didn't fall for the heels' disguise. Good way to make the babyfaces in the main series look really dumb isn't it? Dijon opens the door and now's his chance as he disguises himself as a photographer and follows the heels and guards while taking pictures of them. HAHA! So the heels get kicked out of the temple while Dijon shows off his ass and the monk kicks him in the ass too. When the stinky thief outsmarts you; the Beagle Boys are DONE. So Dijon gets kicked out of the temple and goes down the hill with the Golden Goose and has one of those moments where he wonders about letting his brother down.
The Beagle Boys blow off the guards of course and Baggy wonders what to do and Big Time notices Dijon and wants to go after him instead. Well; of course he does since Dijon has the golden goose of death. Dijon is pacing around like me at a store deciding what to buy and than have buyer's remorse and putting it back. Yeap; just like me, except I don't need to steal it. Dijon finally decides that stealing is wrong and wants to go back; but by then, the Beagle Boys catch up to him and demand that Dijon give him the bird. Dijon agrees to and MURDERS Big Time with it. HAHA! Well played Dijon, well played. Big Time sees geese flying around him in a daze as Dijon bails stage right. We have the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE DIJON MUSTARD EDITION down the hill as Burger loves wild goose chases. Geez; that explains Burger maintaining his weight all these years then. So we then cut to the airport in the morning as we pan over left to the dollar sign airplane as Scrooge is accounting his products while the nephews are loading up the plane. I guess Scrooge doesn't want Launchpad carrying stuff anymore. Because bouncing boxes off Launchpad's noggin and giving him a concussion is much more fitting for his fatalism. Well; I cannot argue with that overwhelming logic. I'll leave the checklist as an exercise to the reader because...
...the more important matter is to cut to the streets as the Beagle Boys chase Dijon up a ladder onto a roof and then use the clothesline to spring the heels away which works on all three of them. I should point out that the spot has already been done by Kit on Polly Wants A Treasure already. Dijon thinks he's safe and he stops at the edge of the roof right right near Scrooge's plane. The heels blitz Dijon and grab him; but Dijon's hand slips and THE GOLDEN GOOSE IS LOOSE! POW! OUCH! Ummmm... Than in one of the most contrived spots ever; we see the golden goose land inside a conveniently placed box with tissue paper and Dewey closes the box. Oh yeah; not contrived in the very least, no siree. Scrooge tries to cover it up with 50 rusty chimes; but it doesn't work because we clearly don't see any in the damn box. So everything is ready to go as Scrooge calls the kids priceless and we go inside the plane as the babyfaces walk in and we discover that Scrooge is using the cheap stuff to open a new department store. Even slave workers in China create more quality products than what Scrooge got. The heels notice that Scrooge has the goose and Flintheart might grind them into goose liver. Burger stomps on Dijon's feet for fun all giddy for goose liver. Burger...will...eat...anything...he's...got...more...guts...than...me. So Dijon sells and free falls off the roof right into the baggage truck as it drives away. More convenient spots to annoy me; but at least this one makes more sense. Dijon watches the plane fly away into the sky as Dijon wonders how to tell Poupon, and suggests a letter of apology. Then out of nowhere; the big ass guard grabs him by the neck and there is two guards and Poupon standing right there as Dijon struggles. Once a thief; always a thief indeed. That ends the segment 13 minutes in. Yes; this was a LONG first act; and an okay one at that.
After the commercial break; we head to McDucks which is the name of the new department store by the way. So we head into the security section of the place as the nephews watch on from various monitors. I guess this is their punishment for breaking the grandfather clock last rant. Dewey watches as he notices Scrooge selling the junk as it's selling like hotcakes. So we head into the department store as Scrooge watches the various denizens buying cheap stuff from his store; and/or window shopping. Then an old lady bird (check the hair style) in a red dress comes over with a bird and informs Scrooge that she couldn't find it on the inventory list. I'm guessing that she is one of the store clerks. We discover that the area where Scrooge bought the stuff was from Bankladesh. The play on Bangladesh doesn't work because there is NO dessert in Bangladesh; it's mostly a wetland with a large beach in the southeastern part of the country. Idiots! Scrooge examines it and claims that he didn't buy it at all. So Scrooge thinks that it's gold plated and states that it's five dollars. Scrooge leaves and we cut to Burger disguised as a red suit salesman with luggage entering the store and the nephews almost notice him right away with the criminal plate on it while Burger practices the fine art of not being seen and steals the golden goose easily into his bag. The nephews then notice that Burger's glasses disappear right on the next three frames after he bails (bad form there Wang) and it's Burger for real.
So the nephews grab their whistles, and police caps with night sticks and run out of the security room. Yes; we are supposed to believe that a bunch of ten year olds are Scrooge's Rent-A-Cops. Kit Cloudkicker might be able to get away with this; but not a bunch of crybaby nephews. They chase Burger in the store as Burger realizes that he blew his cover; he collides very poorly into a model of a lady posing right next to a dognose (dogperson; same difference) and the bag goes flying and so does the golden goose. Then we jump cut to Burger leaving the store and getting into the heels' van. Huh?! So how did Burger get out of the store? The van leaves as the nephews run out and Scrooge praises them for chasing them away. Scrooge wonders what they were trying to steal and Louie shows him the Golden Goose of Death. Scrooge doesn't understand why they want a useless antique; and raises the price to $100 as they walk back inside. Ah; the pitfalls of shop lifting. So we head back to the truck and Burger gets whacked by Flintheart with his stereotypical hat. HAHA! Well; the second episode of the series was having Flintheart eat his stereotypical hat; might as well pay that off and whack someone with it. Oh and Burger was supposed to buy it; not steal it. At $5. HAHA! Big Time wants to drive back to buy it; but Flint blows it off because if you want a job done right; you do it yourself.
So we head back to the security room as Scrooge and the nephews look on from the security monitors as Scrooge notices Flint arriving and he's the dirtiest thief of them all. So Flint shoves the junk on the counter and sees the golden goose. He asks how much as Scrooge arrives and does the HIP BUMP OF DOOM on the female sales clerk and raises the price to $1000. And yes; this is the same move Kitten Kaboodle used on Rebecca Cunningham in A Star Is Torn. Power of suggestion indeed! And another thing; WHY?! I mean the thing is useless to Scrooge (in his mind) so why bother raising the price? I mean if Scrooge already FOUND OUT about what the Golden Goose is; then I could understand him raising the price here, but what the hell? Scrooge needs help on his personal grunges; they are getting in the way of his business practices. So we get this sequence where Flint blows off Scrooge for calling a raised price a sale; Scrooge claims that it's a money back sale and Flint gets his money back and the sale is over and the price is now $10,000. Again; what is the point of this? Other than Scrooge hating Flint's guts. So Flint brings out $10,000 and Scrooge finally grabs it and proclaims that it's already sold to him. So why bother with the raised price joke if you were going to do that? Very dishonest business dealing there Scroogie.
So we get the tug of war of doom and Flint loses as the police arrives and grabs Flint and drops him out of the store. Scrooge proclaims that he wasn't going to sell it for a dollar before; now that Flint wants it; it's worth more than a million dollars. Again; why? If Scrooge knew that this was the GOLDEN GOOSE then this scene would make sense. Without that caveat; the scene makes Scrooge look like a jealous old jackass. Flint agrees with me that Scrooge needs a lesson in customer relationships. So we head to a far shot of the mansion as we see Scrooge use the LENS OF SIGHT to examine the Golden Goose in his office as the nephews and Webby watch on. Scrooge weighs the golden goose and he has it...and it's confusing to him. See; the thing is made of gold; but it's too light to be gold. The nephews ponder over this as Webby suggests selling it to Flintheart. Scrooge pets her (Must resist Gidget Pet Shop Joke...) as Scrooge touches the scale with the beak claiming that it's weight is worth in gold and the scale turns into gold. Obvious logic break: After the nephews are surprised that the scale turned to gold, Scrooge then taps the green book; but nothing. The reason I mention this is because before he turned the scales into the gold; both the green book and desk lamp were ALREADY gold colored. And the desk lamp is red shade with a blue base. So the original scene was to have the SCALE turned last and the green book and lamp first according to Wang's line of thinking. Really bad form there Wang Films. He tries it on various object saying various magic words; but nothing happens.
Scrooge gets frustrated and hits the desk asking why it would not turn to gold and the whole desk area turns to gold. Scrooge finally realizes it and starts touching various international objects and saying gold to turn them all into gold. He laughs like a maniac greedy guts as he goes nuts while the nephews are SHOCKED. Scrooge is rich, rich, rich and acting annoying, annoying, annoying. I see the harp from Raiders Of The Lost Harp has infected his brain today. Meanwhile; we see the heels hiding in the bushes watching Scrooge through a window. Big Time realizes that Scrooge has found out about the goose's power; but Flint isn't worried because the goose will be his and Scrooge's goose will be cooked which ends the segment 17 and a half minutes in. Okay; so we have done all right thus far.
After the commercial break; we head back to town in the limo as Duckworth is driving Mrs. Beakly carrying food in bags. Wow; this is certainly something you don't see everyday in this series. They drive into the property and the driveway is made of gold. Mrs. Beakly is confused and then she gasps in horror as the whole mansion is made of gold. Mrs. Beakly then notices Scrooge outside mowing the lawn with a solid gold tractor mower. Yes; and the entire lawn is made of golden grass. Scrooge gleefully proclaims that the grass is greener on the other side; but his side is 24 karat gold. We then see a logic break as the nephews are on green grass despite golden trees in the background. Huey and Dewey are playing baseball and Louie is driving a bicycle. And yes; the ball, bicycle and bat are made of gold, natch. And so is the glove as Dewey wants to be a golden glove winner as he throws the gold ball and Huey hits it and gets vibrated. HAHA! Not a smart move to make the ball gold guys. You are basically hitting a shot put ball. We then see Webby in a somber mood over to the golden rose bushes as Scrooge goes to her and asks her about her mood. See; the roses don't smell anymore. Scrooge picks one and proclaims that a rose by any other name isn't worth $5,000. Sadly; since Jeffrey Scott is writing here; I doubt the trio story guys told him about Treasure of The Golden Suns part five because this would be a perfect time to bring the punch drunk gold fever..Oh wait; never mind. We don't need another Michael Eisner blow up here, logic break or not.
Scrooge laughs it up and touches the bushes to turn them solid gold as Mrs. Beakly warns him that he's getting himself worked up. Scrooge claims that he's feeling strange and getting goosebumps; which are solid gold of course. So we head back to Bankladesh and the temple as the monks and Poupon are telling Dijon at the fountain to get the golden goose back. Dijon wants Poupon to do it because Scrooge doesn't think highly of him. Poupon blows him off because if they don't put the golden goose back on the fountain in 48 hours; it would be...wait for it..the end of the world. Yes folks; it's the GOLDEN WAVE OF DEATH angle I was talking about. I'll explain it in the next rant because I heard it was a big deal at the time; but it's a lot less of a deal now when you consider what Gargoyles did four years later. So Dijon admits that this is a problem as Poupon pours some water into a blue bottle and gives it to Dijon and tells him to use it if needed when the goose does some transformation. Dijon asks what it is; but there is no time to explain as he goes for his watch and yes; Dijon stole it. Dijon gives it back and admits that his hands are not listening to his brain. So Poupon grabs Dijon by the ear and drags him out stage left; and yes Poupon stole that one from Miss Cunningham; so Poupon is such a dirty hypocrite.
So we head to the golden mansion AFTER HAPPY HOUR as Huey cannot stand the "easy" chair anymore; Webby has a difficult time walking down the steps in golden slippers and the nephews playing with their golden toys are not liking Duckworth's new golden fried chicken. So we head to the book room as Scrooge is on the wheeled ladder changing his books to gold and generally being an insane dick. Mrs. Beakly comes in and blows of Scrooge for letting the golden touch get out of hand here. Scrooge ribs her and tells her to relax since he goes to the golden waste paper basket and gets golden garbage since they can buy a new home from it. Which is silly since in Dough Ray Me; this would devalue gold big time. The nephews come in and they are worried that Scrooge might unintentionally turn the kids into gold; or even himself into gold. Scrooge tells them not to worry as he spins the golden goose on his finger and he's in total control.
So we go back to the outside shot of the mansion and then inside Scrooge's bedroom as Scrooge is in bed (with night gown) talking to himself with the goose and he has gold on the brain, literally. HAHA! Scrooge wakes up and puts the goose down away from him as he nods back to sleep. So the FLAMETHROWER OF DOOM gets involved and a circle is cut. In comes the Beagle Boys as they practice the fine art of not being seen by Scrooge and Baggy almost blows it by talking. HAHA! Big Time bonks him on the head. You wish you were Chip and Baggy wishes he was Dale as we sneak around some more as Big Time gets on the bed and tries to grab the goose; but Scrooge has apparently developed the STICKY HAND GRIP OF DEATH on the goose because it is going nowhere. After a *** tug of war; Scrooge is dropped on the bed and the heels have the goose. Burger wraps Scrooge up in the bag and Big Time comes over and touches the sack and chants gold and it turns into gold allowing Baggy to drop Scrooge on the floor basically defenseless. The heels bail and the nephews wake up from their beds. They run out (and somehow they are in regular clothes) as they see the heels and demand that they give the golden goose back...
...and then in one fell swoop Big Time agrees; touches all three nephews with the goose and chants gold three times. They all turn to gold statues on contact. Yes; this was a major HOLY CRAP moment at the time because it implied that like someone turned into stone by Medusa; the nephews were legally dead. Sadly; this scene has been a lot less scary since in 1994 when Gargoyles did the scene where all the humans turned to stone in New York City; Demona trumped this scene to infinity by using the laser gun and shooting various body parts off the stone statues thus being a lot more scarier. These nephews will not get the same treatment here; for obvious and not so obvious reasons. Still; a pretty nasty scene as the heels leave while Big Time proclaims that the Scrooge will like the nephews now because they are priceless. Problem with that line is; Big Time never heard Scrooge say that. Oh well; this officially ends part one at 21:14. It's kind of sad that the nephews' tease of death was due to a golden goose; but what can you do? Some contrived moments and logic breaks aside; this was a really good episode. **** 1/4 (85%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; the finale has gone off to a really good start here. Although it would have been nice to see Jeffrey Scott bring back the Gold Fever angle, the writing was good enough. Dijon was his usual smooth self and Poupon was just your average humble monk. Burger was Burger and everyone else did well enough. Although; there were a few scenes that did make me cringe due to the contriveness of it all (Like Scrooge's grunge against Flint being so petty) and several mistakes from Wang Films, it was an enjoyable episode and the ending was quite a killer literally. Less killer now due to Gargoyles trumping it up in 1994; but hey the nephews turning into gold statues was pretty nasty at the time since this never happened to Kit Cloudkicker before; so I cannot argue with the spot. That's pretty much all I have to say about this as we head to part two as the really nasty stuff is about to occur as the end of the world of Ducktales draws near. So.....
Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you next time.