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Ducktales Returns: The Missing Links Of Moorshire!
Reviewed: 07/24/2018
...And We Found The My Little Kelpies: Drowning Is Deadly!
Next up is the next filler episode as we head to the second episode that aired in 2018 after The Spear Of Selene!; which we'll get to later on. So, the plot is like this: Flintheart (with Louie as the second) and Scrooge (with Dewey as the second) play golf until they stumble into a whacky golf as found in mini golf filled with a deadly fog and the most murderous My Little Pony reference of all time. Oh; and Dewey apparently can play golf well and Scrooge doesn't like that. And Launchpad plays announcer with Huey. So, how does this episode fare? Let's rant on shall we..?!
The Missing Links Of Moorshire's story is written and edited by Francisco Angones who also co-produced the show and directed by Matt Humphreys. Additional story was provided by Colleen Evanson, Madison Bateman, Bob Snow, Ben Joseph (also did teleplay) and Christian Maglhaes. Ben Joseph's resume is really interesting as he started as a writer for It's Alive and Tales From The Cryptkeeper in 1993. Other credits include: Blazing Dragons, Jonavision, The Dumb Bunnies, Stickin' Around, George Shrinks, Martin Mystery, Being Ian, Monster Buster Club, MetaJets, Rob the Robot and the 2017 edition of Inspector Gadget. Kid Vs. Kat is his DTVA debut and Reboot: The Guardian Code is his most recent credit. He has 47 Writing credits and 1 Misc credit to his resume. Animation is provided by Toon City Animation.
Episode opens with an old-school archival film of the Moorshire Golf Society as Huey is narrating the film while Scrooge is in his goofy golf club, which is less goofier than Scrooge playing golf on pyramids. I mean actual golf; not mini golf; where this sort of thing happens all the time. Flintheart is struggling; because he's really not a true Scotsman and he's merely culture apporating one. Somehow; Flint unintentionally saves Scrooge from a real shark as he puts a club into his mouth as we zoom into the front of a giant building as Huey narrates that this is Moorshire and then jump cut to various golfers at the area where you practice your swing. Jump cut to a front shot of a golf cart as we see Huey Duck and Launchpad McQuack in the golfcart being commentators. You know what would be funny: Launchpad playing a G-rated version of Scott Steiner as the ring announcer in TNA. Huey makes up cue cards; gives them to Launchpad, Launchpad reads them and you get comedy. Apparently; there is now a Junior Woodchuck Badge for Sports Commentary. I do love this JWGB version a lot more than the one in 1987 though, so okay. Launchpad of course cuts him off channeling the worst Michael Buffer ever and Huey claims that the stips for the badge has to have a co-commentator. Then of course; Launchpad talks while driving and for him, that is as dangerous as texting while driving and he loses control of the golf cart. Jump cut to the front of Moorshire as Scrooge, Louie and Dewey are taking in the scene as Scrooge claims that "Black Donald" McDuck invented the sport. I thought it was Song Dynasty who invented the concept of golf? Anyhow; "Black Donald" McDuck was beyond the pale horrible at playing this game and had a horrible temper to boot. While golf was legit banned in Scotland many times; it wasn't due to tempers, it was due to being a distraction of archery for military purposes and it made no money. Louie of course chickens out because he prefers to score forward, rather than backwards. So, yes; this is the second time (for rant purposes) that Louie acts like a coward. At least Huey and Launchpad have the filler thread that looks good.
Scrooge cuts a promo on the game of golf; and it sounds like the game of baseball, so Webby comes out of nowhere from the bushes and blows a horn. She is also wearing a custom cyan blue t-shirt that says "Scrooge #1" on it; as she is now literally becoming the second coming of Mabel now. Scrooge steals the horn and claims that docorum is required in this one; as the golf cart comes in from behind; the kids and Scrooge dodge it and the golf cart splashes into the lake and sinks. Launchpad's ending promo was funny and WE HIT THE OPENING~! So we head back as Launchpad pushes the golf cart out of the lake and Huey shakes the water off of himself. How did Webby find a paint can, brush and sign to paint about Scrooge's #1 fan. Geez; she IS Mabel now. At least she's wanting to cheer Scrooge on; Louie thinks golfing is gross. I hope he researched it; found that Scrooge was full of crap about the history of golf and how it was culture apporos from China and simply walked out. That would have been a great angle; but since Louie is a scumbag, I doubt it. Dewey of course, wants to play; because he is curious of course. Scrooge puts the tee down with a golf ball on it and wants Dewey to practice his swing; when here comes Flintheart boosting that he's winning and then shoves the conveniently placed golf club bag now. Yeah; that'll make you a true heel. Not. Apparently; Flintheart is very salty when he loses; but Flint claims that his eyes dry out easily. Umm; you may want to see a doctor about this, Flinty. Apparently; Flintheart hired this show's version of Tiger Woods...as an anthro tiger in a red shirt, green shorts and shoes. Some say it was Shere Khan; he looks nothing like it and golf is beneath Shere Khan anyway. So; the caddie -- who looks like Tony The Tiger of Frosted Flakes fame -- has three lessons to be a winner and Flint blows him off because he's already a winner (and a whiner); and fires Tony the Tiger for telling him what to do. Ouch! And I thought Scrooge was an asshole when it came to having zero expertise. Tony drops the caddie bag and storms off and no one cares. I would have cared if Tiger Woods voiced Tiger; but Keith voiced him.
So, Flint cannot carry the golfbag; so he pleads to Louie to help him and Louie no sells. So, Flint agrees to bribe him with tip money and Louie turns on Scrooge and becomes Flint's caddie. Wow; and to think, this is still better than Louie being an animal rights activist in Quack Pack! Ponder that for a moment. Scrooge is not impressed as Flint is taunting him and we get fireworks galore...set off by Webby of all people. Kit set off fireworks as well in TaleSpin; so get over it moral guardians of the world. Webby toots her own horn on the way out because the timer went off early. So we head to the first pitch of the first hole with the golf cart being about thirty feet away from the teeing off area. Of course; this classic is basically Scrooge VS. Flintheart and no one else; so there are only two billionaries in the entire world of Quackeria. Or the rest thought this was BS and no showed. We begin with a coin toss; which seems to serve the purpose of pissing Flintheart off because despite Edgaring the Coin; he still calls it tails. What a freaking idiot?! Flint then runs and tries to throw the coin into the water trap; but misses everytime and Scrooge lets Flint go first anyway. HAHA! Which means Flint did all of this on purpose with the knowledge that the coin was double-sided and calling it tails; so Scrooge couldn't accuse him of cheating. Awesome heel move! Oh; and this moved Launchpad so much that he bails out of the golf cart, much to the chargin of Huey. HAHA! So, Flintheart starts the first tee off and continues to taunt Scrooge more, because he's so bad at being Scottish. If the payoff to this is not "Flintheart is from South Africa"; then that sucks. Problem is; that is problematic and racist, so there will be no payoff because BS&P RULEZ~! Scrooge apparently hates 20 minute WWE style promos and he, Dewey and Webby bail to work on Dewey's drive and this causes Flint to get all pissy about it. Louie suggests to Flint: Hit the damn ball in the damn hole (paraphrasing here). Flint acts like this is the greatest advice ever. HAHA!
Flint hits the ball with the club and it goes about 100 yards max; and Flint acts like he just won the lottery...and then realizes that he has to pay Louie and gives him a dollar bill. HAHA! Jump cut to near the barrier as Dewey is at his tee with the golf club and Scrooge is holding onto his shoulders and basically telling him to filter out distractions. How about you help him by keeping your mouth shut, Scrooge? Webby pops up just to rattle the feathers for my amusement. Dewey is focused and doing all the things and then he goes out of control, swings the ball and actually hits the ball further than Flintheart did. When even a kid who is not Scottish can hit the ball better than an adult who claims to be Scottish; you are hosed. Scrooge proclaims that one day, he'll be a great golfer with years of practice. I just love that Scrooge is being modest and trying to force Dewey into second place to him. Even Baloo didn't do that to Kit in A Bad Reflection On You. Webby is just being Webby as Flintheart screams at Scrooge to get back and hit his first shot and Scrooge returns as Launchpad returns with a hotdog to the golf cart as Launchpad is either confusing this sport with American Football, Aussie Football or Soccer. Oh wait; it's American Football. Huey is not amused by this Dewey is taking notes or keeping score. Scrooge is being very patient in sizing up this shot that Louie is pissed off and yells at Scrooge to hit the damn ball. Scrooge of course hits it and it sails into the rough and trees; allowing Flintheart to laugh it off because Louie is such a scumbag and he wasn't even trying to be this time. Louie is clearly looking at his smartphone; so he doesn't give a damn about the golfing either. Flintheart believes that it's a shortcut and then blows off Louie and Louie doesn't even notice him. This is every person who loves their mobile phone in a nutshell and sometimes it's great; other times, it is not. Scrooge, Dewey and Webby go through the forrest as Scrooge blows this off as the worst shot in forty years and then Scrooge is surprised because there are stones with images surrounding what clearly is a magic circle.
Scrooge sizes this up as Launchpad comes in with the cart; lightly bangs into one of the stone pillars and then squeezes the cart in between the stone pillar. Launchpad is stuck; just like this laughably bad promo cutting. So, in comes Flintheart and Louie, whom the former demands that Scrooge take the penalty and return to the golf course; while the later don't care at all. Now; if this were real life, Scrooge not doing this would merely be toxic mascuality and makes us laugh at how stupid this is. However; this is Quackeria, this has to have grave consequences, because it's a cartoon and cartoons are the safest venue to show such consequences, no matter how absurd they sound. So, Scrooge goes to the tee and hits the ball; causing fog and teleportations lights to ensue as Scrooge calls this heavenly hollyhock (Alcea is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks. They are native to Asia and Europe.) as Webby wonders what this all means. It means that Gravity Falls has taken over this show. What?! That made sense to me. Anyhow; about a hundred feet away in the fog, there are several holes along with two glowing orbs. Louie tries to play keep away while not touching them and for good reason because when Flint tries to touch one of them with the golf club; he gets shocked. And then off-screen as Scrooge is examinating the stones; Flintheart channels Idiocracy by continuing to shock himself over and over again. Scrooge then notices two rusty wooden like golf clubs and uses one to hit the ball and doesn't get shocked. The ball goes into the hole after teasing about twenty seconds of not going in the hole and drops. The fog in front of the hole lifts revealing a pathway with another blue orb on the ground. Louie is all like "That's it; I'm outta here. I HATE GOLF~!" and tries to leave; but the fog surrounding the stones gets thicker. What would be the consequence if he goes through the fog? I'll ponder that question as the segment ends ten minutes in. I like this episode more than Neverrest, simply because Launchpad is on his best behavior and Flintheart is hammy as hell.
After the commercial break; I then realize what the consequence is because as Huey and Launchpad are doing play-by-play; the back half of the golf cart is totally destroyed, so going into the fog would have killed Louie. Okay; that makes sense then. Launchpad then says the most accurately absurd moment ever: Two tiny horses come in and like Teen Titans Go; the writers have to do an obvious My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic reference. Now; I have read the spoilers for this episode and I love the concept of these ponies being cute and then turning dark to the point where they want to kill you; but MLP: FIM's bloom is so off the rose at this point that even good parodies of it seem like desperation in order to get the kids to laugh at it. They are also soaked in water, implying that they took a swim. The pink pony is Briar and the purple pony is Bramble and Briar is voiced by Tara Strong in North America. Apparently; in Britian it was voiced by Peppa Pig voice actor Harley Bird according to the Ducktales wikia! Does anyone have proof of this? I hope this is true. Webby goes all nuts and claims that it's talking animals wearing clothes. Never mind that anthros are also sort of talking animals wearing clothes, only with more human traits. Ignatz was both in TaleSpin by the way. So, we exchange notes with the kids all being smugasses, which I not the biggest fan of, but likable characters who hate BS are all right with me on this. Something about a druid golf course built to continue playing golf; because King James' skin is so thin that he let "Black Donald" McDuck get the best of him. So the kelpies offer the grand tour and Webby teases hopping on and then backs up because their manes are wet and therefore, they are evil Kelpies who would kill them by drowning. This is the sort of stuff Mick Foley would do to draw heel heat: Talk about something cute and then turning it and making it dark and dreadful. Bramble claims that they just got out of the shower; which no one buys because you see: Occam's Razor works well in the real world; but not in cartoons. No one in the scene was fooled; except for Flint, because he is a no true Scotsman. Also...
Bramble is voiced by Andrea Libman and according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): Her most popular on-screen appearances are in Little Women, Andre and a guest-role on The X-Files. She is also known for providing voice for characters in various animated shows, most notably the characters Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Her best known voice roles include Dragon Ball, Madeline (taking the role of the lead character from Tracey Lee Smyth in 1995 and holding on to it until My Fair Madeline in 2002, in which the role was passed on to Chantal Strand), the season three version of X-23 in X-Men: Evolution, young AndrAIa in ReBoot, Emmy in the PBS children's animated series Dragon Tales and Isabelle in Finley the Fire Engine. Libman is currently voicing Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic; Cylindria in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures; and Maya in Maya the Bee. She has found a large following of fans in the bronies, the teenage and adult fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.She has appeared on camera in films and television shows including Highlander: The Series, Susie Q, The Lotus Eaters, and Lyddie. She began her career in the television movie Posing: Inspired By Three Real Stories (Julia Lanahan) in 1991. Ducktales 2017 is her DTVA debut and only appearance. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (Various) is her most recent credits. She has 123 Acting credits, 9 Soundtrack credits, 5 Self credits and 2 Archive Footage credits to her resume. Apparently; in Britian, Bramble is voiced by Emma Tate according to the Wikia. Here's her resume by the way. The kelpies finally admit that they were trying to kill them. By the way; since I missed it earlier: Dewey and company seriously thought that they died and went to Webby's version of heaven. Still far better than the Christian heaven though. Considering that hell is less evil than heaven; why can't they say hell on this show?
Heaven is more evil (except for Webby's of course) in real life (if it ever existed) and it's hotter than hell according to science. Oh wait; I forgot who was in charge of the world here. Never mind; let's continue with this wacky world of golf. So; the guise of this is that there is the priceless Druid's Cup at the end of the course and the one who wins the golf game gets it. Louie -- the guy who wanted to get treasure at Mount Neverrest that didn't exist -- blows it off and calls the kelpies the murder ponies (Death reference #2) and go home. Anyone can see where this is going: If they try to leave, they die. Shown by the mist rolling in. Anyhow; if they finish the golf course, they can go home safely and Bramble gets leg elbowed. The one time where Louie's "Didn't that one coming" would have been apporos and we don't hear it here. Wow, just wow. Dewey wants to get involved in the first swing; but Scrooge cuts him off because there's too much at stake to be random and thus they must play smarter. And the fact that Louie is screwing him (in golf play) and Flintheart (in his money).The kelpies offer Huey and Launchpad a ride; but everyone ignores them and bails. The kelpies call them the least fun victims ever; because they are sadists. So; we begin the first hole with a rock bridge and waterfalls as Scrooge is practicing his swing and Flintheart shoves him while Webby is #TeamScrooge -ing this event. Twitter has a number of tweets with that hashtag; none related to this show, so no one cared. Dewey grabs the club; but Scrooge takes it back. Flintheart starting golfing and these course are straight out of the mini-golf playbook. His first shot was not good and a water tentacle from the waterfall steals the ball. Launchpad proclaims that he should have seen this coming. That was funny and Huey's reaction to it even more soon. They always say that we didn't see it coming; even when EVERYONE including the children saw it coming. I saw this coming; because it's a freaking cartoon and you put nothing past a cartoon even when it makes no logical sense. Oh yeah; this is so much better than mountain climbing.
So Flintheart tries to continue his stroke; but the tentacle grabs him and Flint screams for Louie. Louie demands payment and Flint gives him one silver coin instead. Louie's response is basically that he doesn't want to be rescued and so, Flintheart gives him a dollar bill. Louie then walks away and doesn't rescue him. What an asshole?! Who? Both! And Scrooge; who is glad Flintheart screwed himself and sprung the trap; so he gets to golf. So Scrooge starts whacking and this turns into the worst ping-pong match ever as a second water tentacle bashes the ball back at him and Scrooge gets hit in the head in the ends and falls down. Dewey offers to tag in to this; but Scrooge forbids it because it's against DA RULES (FAIRY GODPARENTS~!). But wait; this is Druid Golf as we see in the lake; the kelpies rise up and proclaim that this is a tag-team golf tournament. So, in other words; Louie can be allowed to play this game; which we won't have to worry since Louie hates golf and is just in it for the dollars. Scrooge gives the kelpies eye contact violence and the kelpies disappear into the water. So, Scrooge relents and gives the club to Dewey. I'm sorry; but I would love to see how Webby plays this game. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. Dewey goes up and does the greatest golf dance I have ever witnessed and then whacks the ball. The tentacle whacks it back; so Dewey really nails it hard and he destroys both tentacles, drops Flintheart on his belly and makes it to the hole...and it doesn't go in! WHAT?! Oh screw you, show! Scrooge is not amused and blows off the commentary team; which Huey and Launchpad retort in kind. I would love to see Launchpad bounce off a baloney trampoline, that would be many buys! Scrooge is still not amused by this as we continue golfing and the animators completely forgot to animate Webby's arms during this; so she looks like a T-model in a video game; only no 3D models were involved in this. Scrooge keeps missing shots; while Dewey is making them because his crazy shots are actually less crazy when the ball keeps screwing you. Nice to see Dewey is on the ball on this. Flint gets shocked by the ball during this, AGAIN!
Louie is of course doing nothing; but being a total scumbag as this is basically a montage of Dewey being almost awesome at golf. Although he needed some help from a moving tree washing himself to make another shot as he is hitting hole in one's left and right. But not center; because that is a boring shot. Flint tries the same shot and the tree is pissed as he grabs Flint and spirits him away as Flint is literally throwing money that Louie and Louie is picking it up and doesn't care at all. We also get a scene of the Kelpies spiriting Launchpad and the camera away to the lake; but Huey tackles Launchpad and camera to cut them off the kelpies are pissed off at this. Dewey makes a hole in one, Scrooge finally makes one and then we finish with the kilts in shadow triple storking the golf ball as Flintheart of course, screws this up because he sucks at being Scottish. Scrooge then channels Flint and loses the golf club. Dewey grabs it and nails a shot in the most boring way possible as it flicks up into the air after deflecting off the golf pole and it goes into the hole with ease. The kids cheer and Scrooge kicks a rock and does the foot grabbing spot, so he's playing Donald Duck spots now. Which is better than Launchpad doing it, by the way. So, the montage ends as the ball is screwing Scrooge good on the 17th hole as Scrooge is in the lead; but Flint is making the comeback. Despite being the heel by the way. Webby saying nice job over and over again was funny by the way. Dewey is not liking this as the mist is rolling in according to the commentary; which is a bad thing because it kills people. Flintheart is on top of some mountain cutting a promo about how he is going to kick Scrooge's ass. Yeah; I'll bet! Flint of course flop and hangs on for dear life. Idiots! Flint yells for Louie and Louie basically steals the money and gives him the club. HAHA! So Dewey wants on this because he can get there in one swing; but Scrooge doesn't want to risk it. We then discover that Briar has Kit Cloudkicker voice miming ability as she is speaking in Webby's voice to tell them to hit it in the water. Of course! This only works if no one can see you, Briar.
Eye contact violence ensues and the kelpies bail into the water. Codeword for "least fun": "least stupid". Dewey wants him to trust him on this; but Scrooge says no because it takes time and experience. Dewey then takes the club, does the whirlwind spot, hits the ball and the ball sails and lands near the hole; teases going over the cliff (Scrooge: See, I told you....) and then races back and lands in the hole (Scrooge: Dammit!). When is Scrooge going to learn that this is not realistic golf and thus tradition is not working here? Scrooge is now pissed and dares Dewey to knock him out with the club. Dewey rightfully protests this; claiming that he was not showboating and that he was better than Scrooge and Scrooge cannot handle it one bit. Dewey then slams the club down and basically says "Finish the course yourself so we can go home" and storms out and Webby joins him in unison. During this tirade between the two; Launchpad loses the camera in the process. I am totally with Dewey here: Dewey's play is weird, but he is getting the job done. Sure; there was some luck involved, but it's not like Scrooge and Flintheart are having better scores than Dewey. Scrooge feels threatened by Dewey even though Scrooge's play is not that good compared to Dewey and he cares more about his reputation than getting out alive; which is what Dewey was trying to do. Scrooge playing by the Scottish rules is a joke on this course and it shows. I don't blame Dewey for turning on Scrooge here. Finally; in comes Flintheart hitting the ball and taunting Scrooge and then gets shocked off-screen, much to the lack of Scrooge's amusement to end the segment seventeen and a half minutes in. This is mostly a fun episode; but not much more than that.
After the commercial break; we head to the 18th hole which is basically the ruins of a castle with lots of golfers turned to stone in various poses. Up comes everyone as Huey proclaims that morale is not high and Dewey just wants to get this over with as he sulks. The mists are rolling in and I betcha that they turn people to stone. That's my prediction at least. Scrooge goes first and nails it; managing to get it on the tip of the gate wall. Dewey is amused by this because he is sure not helping him on this one. Flintheart is gloating as he takes his stance to swing; but he takes forever to cut this promo about him winning one after Scrooge has won 27 tournaments in a row. Well; when you only have one person for opposition and he sucks at golf, even a loser can win 27 in a row. Flint cannot move and he yells for Louie and even flicks him a coin; but Louie is panicking and bails. Flint curses Scrooge twice for ruining this moment for him, even though even Scrooge had nothing to do with it...Oh wait; he refused to take a penalty stroke. So much for being smart. No wonder Dewey was reckless during this entire thing. It all makes sense now. Flint turns to stone as Scrooge explains the obvious to us and the kelpies come in and proclaims that it's the mist of moorshire and is worse than drowning, even offering to drown them instead. The babyfaces all yell no; the kelpies call them no fun at all and bail away; hopefully for the last time. So the babyfaces all enter the ruins and Scrooge tries to climb up; but no dice as he falls. Webby then realizes that it's time to support Scrooge and Dewey blows her off because he's selfish. Ummm; Dewey, the mists are going to turn you into stone! This is not in your best interests and Webby grabs him because there's no time for a life lesson. Even though Webby is clearly demonstrating one, only this life lesson makes total sense in storyline. So, we get the human chain spot with ducks as Louie wants payment and he gets eye contact violence for his troubles; since you cannot always throw money at a problem. Another life lesson; which totally negates Webby's entire promo right there. Launchpad doesn't like this taking of time as the mist consumes Launchpad, Huey, Louie, and even Webby. Think the gold wave from the end of Ducktales 1987; only with stone instead of gold. Dewey panics in horror as Scrooge finally admits that he cannot take the shot; because he doesn't have enough height, and offers Dewey to take the shot instead and Dewey is happy to now. Dewey gets onto Scrooge's hands and Scrooge turns to stone leaving Dewey as the only babyface left.
So, Dewey makes the first mistake of this: Cutting a promo; and then panics and whacks the ball, as it bounces off of stuff; but lands near the area where the hole is and goes in as Dewey cheers and turns to stone. Blue lights shoot out as the mist consumes everything and we return to the magic circle as all the babyfaces are returned there and no longer pertified. Everyone gets off the human chain ladder spot as the kelpies come in with the Druid's Cup on their backs. The trophy is a generic golfing trophy; so it least it lives up to the priceless motif; being completely cheap, which is the gimmick of Scrooge. So; Dewey becomes the first player to finish the course and I was hoping Scrooge would declare that the Druid's Golf Course be banned forevermore. And yes; they of course had to get a cheap laugh out of it like they always do when a trophy in involved (except when Kit won his in A Bad Reflection On You); but at least the kelpies explaination was that it was a rushed job (How rich; Scroge and Dewie); because they didn't expect this to happen. That makes sense and I can accept this as an exception to the rule of this spot being horrible. The kelpies want a victory swim; the babyface blow them off and the kelpies finally bail by jumping off the cliff and that is that. Louie is still on his smartphone as Flintheart comes in as the bottom half is still in stone and he fires Louie as his caddie and falls down on his side and asks for help again. Louie demands payment and Flint pays him; so Louie actually helps him by smashing the stone off of Flintheart off-screen. So Dewey polishes the trophy with his shirt as Scrooge offers him a spot at next year's tournament; but Dewey declines the offer because he's a one-timer going on top; just like Phineas & Ferb. HAHA! However; he will do friendlies with Scrooge and Webby is cheering and calling it all screwy. HAHA! Scrooge agrees to that at least and they all walk off as Huey and Launchpad do their final promos as Launchpad actually had a great promo about letting go of the ego and being proud of others; which even Huey thought was insightful. And then Launchpad does the stupidest thing in the world: Choke on golfballs mistakening them as eggs. Oy vey! At least this wasn't perverted; it was just stupid. Huey and Launchpad bail to end the episode at 21:07. This was a much better filler episode and was much funnier too. The kelpies were also fun to watch and getting screwed at every corner as well and Louie screwing Flintheart was awesome as well. *** 1/2 (70%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Outside of Launchpad's final spot where he choked on golfballs; this was a much better performance for him and there were moments were he was actually funny; which shows that whomever was writing this knew that making him into Donald Duck 1987 was not a good idea. Good for them. The episode was pretty much and the spots were good as well as they built it as Dewey being the best upstart golf player; but Scrooge's ego wouldn't let him accept it as such until the wacky golf course turns dark and deadly and pragmatictian takes over and they have to win to survive. I also like how some of my pet peeves were improved upon and made different and fresh and Launchpad's commentary made it funny. Webby was her usual smooth self and I just loved the hypocrisy of her promo about life lessons. She needs more real life training. Louie screwing Flintheart good was also funny because it's all on Flintheart for being a selfish prick who thinks he is something that he's not. Scrooge was Scrooge; although his decision to not take a penalty is an idiot plot move in cartoons; but it's just a risk decision in real life; so he wasn't trying to be an asshole; he was just playing into his masculinity, however toxic it is. Overall; this was a fun episode, albeit a filler one. Nothing in this episode really stood out in any big way; but my brain didn't get whacked for the most part and it was fun. So...
Thumbs in the middle for this episode and I'll see you next time.