DuckTales: (S3E21) Analysis - The Past SINS of Scrooge McDuck!

Humility shows courage.
Copyright Disclaimer: DuckTales is a show originally based on the comics edition by Carl Barks and the animated show being developed by Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones. I do not in any way own DuckTales (2017). This is a show produced and owned by Disney Television Animation.

[@TheCommenterDragon]

Even though Magica was evil even before she met Scrooge, seeing what happened to Poe kinda made me somewhat sympothize with Magica, i mean Scrooge had a chance to stop Poe from getting away but instead he chose greed over compassion, which as we all know is typical Scrooge.

[@topfighter1018]

I mean Magica got a taste of her own medicine. Yeah, its kind of sad, but it was basically karma for all the wrong this she did to the villagers.

[@thisisJ11]

Then Scrooge used the villagers/goats to sell their milk .-.

[@Somewhat-Evil]

Poe was every bit as bad as Magica, the only thing that made him different was that he was pragmatic about his evil. It's Phantom Blot that seems to be the wronged victim lashing out.

[@artslife4424]

Dude this was my first experience with Classic Scrooge McDuck, so I had a jaw dropping experience

[@artslife4424]

@@thisisJ11 did you notice that he used the townfolk in the same way Magica and Po did

[@LowellLucasJr.]

To Glom Gold: Its not easy being a South African who can tame sharks, plot evil schemes and amass a fortune as the 2nd richest duck in the world! But you did it!

[@cristyflaherty4902]

It was nice to see Doofus in a strait jacket because he's a psychopath even if he thought it would be fun. This episode makes you really feel for Magica. I love that they may have been evil but still loved each other with Poe taking the hit for Magica and Magica was even willing to sacrifice her magic if Scrooge would only stop Poe from flying away so she could find a way to turn him back. Honestly you can't blame Magica for hating Scrooge as much as she does. I hope Magica finds her brother one day. No matter what people say, she didn't deserved to lose her brother like that. If Bradford were there he definitely would've said I told you so.

[@IrishKyokushin]

Poe is rumored to be appearing in the finale. Hopefully the years as a Raven and being away from Magica humbled him and help Magica reform as well.

[@PxndaCakes]

@@IrishKyokushin How long is a crow's life span? And do magical crows live longer? Cuz he may be dead.

[@alofii6106]

Yeah Poe is most likely dead if he isn’t immortal

[@s-link9400]

Magica's life defintely went off the rails when she lost her brother Poe.

[@StarlasAiko]

I don't think Magica is more off-kilter than before she lost Poe, but rather, she always was whack, Poe merely managed to keep her somewhat in check. With Poe gone, there was nobody to keep her crazy on the leash.

[@dubbman44]

what Scrooge said to Magica was more a result of years of distancing himself from his family, he reconnected with his family when Donald & Della came into his life & when the triplets came

[@santiagoarrieta2175]

That last argument of louie was Great, because the argument of the hero created his own villans was explored before, but rarely is taken in account own villans afect them, pushing the hero to the limit. PD: possibly because generally is handled with heroes with secret identities and expose it out in risk it's identity and anyone connected to the person below the mask.

[@StarryMoth.89]

So here’s my theory: What if Magica refers to Lena as her niece because she used the part of magic she took from Poe to create Lena. So therefore because it’s actually Poe’s magic and not her own, she thinks of Lena as Poe’s creation or daughter.

[@sugarplum3565]

Wow, that would certainly add a new layer to the whole "niece" situation

[@StarlasAiko]

Makes sense.

[@amelka_sto_]

I love that theory + it makes so much sense

[@StarlasAiko]

Although, she also has shown that she has zero regard for Lena, but she cared at least somewhat for Poe

[@cookiegacha2701]

Okay. So after we found out about Poe it got me thinking about why magica is Lena's aunt and not her mom. What if she used some of Poe's old amulet to make lena,making poe Lena's dad and magica's niece. But that's my coffee headed theory.

[@HiAgainTheNameIsStillAyle]

That makes sense

[@cookiegacha2701]

@@HiAgainTheNameIsStillAyle Really?

[@HiAgainTheNameIsStillAyle]

@@cookiegacha2701 yup

[@cookiegacha2701]

@@HiAgainTheNameIsStillAyle thank you

[@artslife4424]

🤯

[@TimeSpace123]

I wonder if Po was meant to come back in season four. either as a new major villain or sort of Be on scrooges side. That or maybe would’ve been a positive number of Lena’s “family”

[@endamcnabola]

I thought the same thing. I was hoping he'd reform too.

[@Linnzy]

He sure seemed more interesing of a character than Magica really....

[@hypersnake7037]

@@Linnzy I like magica, but I like Po better

[@Square1789]

And is evreyone sad ducktales is ending it there should have been more

[@safamahmood3740]

I’m sad 😞

[@artslife4424]

Same

[@terminatora1249]

same but we do get the last episode to be 90 minutes which is almost equal to 5 episodes

[@marcusmckanbackman]

"We are dealing with a very sick mind here" has meme potential 😅

[@blackkitty369]

Poe turned into a raven. A reference to Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"?

[@IrishKyokushin]

The connection was always there. In the comics Magica's Raven familiar is named Nevermore (Poe is never turned into a Raven in the comics like in the cartoons)

[@zacglover3345]

I knew I wasn't the only one who noticed that.

[@johnhayward998]

Will hero's and villains make there own story's most part hero's make weird bad and questionable things and the villains try to make up for lost time or they want to be the baddest of themselves I say be the neutral character for the rest of your life it's not worth it

[@terminatora1249]

Scrooge was a big jerk when facing Magica but exploiting the village people for milk??? Now that's messed up

[@IrishKyokushin]

When even Louie thought they shouldnt try talking their way out of it then you know its messed up.

[@paolotorres8537]

I guess he is just as bad as Mr Krabs

[@pikachuyip1478]

This the First Time I see Po de Spell as a Duck

[@rampagephoenix1735]

Now that the show is canceled, we'll never see Magica and Poe reunited. 😢😢😢

[@alfredhinton8792]

Scrooge not giving back the treasure abd using said treasure to basically enslave the transformed townspeople. I agree if you have a lot of people who hate you that it’s partly your to blame

[@InazumaSensei]

That trial was truly a kangaroo court. Not counting Glomgold and Ma' Beagle because they recognize themselves their cases were a sham, even in Magica's the ONLY thing Scrooge did "karmically wrong" was exploiting for businnes the town's people transformed into animals. What, should I feel sorry for two literal evil overlords who turned people into animals for fun and probably killed them when they were bored (remember the Phantom Blot backstory)? What happened to Poe was totally deserved. And about Magica's beg for help to Scrooge, eh, he didn't have any obligation to do anything for such terrible people. Also I find unlikely that she would have ACTUALLY kept her word to give away her powers even if he helped her. Was he rude? Yeah. Did they deserve it? Oh, totally.

[@LightningStarSC]

THIS

[@ap7635]

I'm pretty sure Scrooge meant it when he told Magica that family holds you back. It didn't really seem like he became a family man until meeting Donald and Della and it feels like that event was set significantly before that

[@MegaChickenfish]

It's a really important take on apologizing and grudges. More often than not, you don't apologize because you conclude that what they did was way worse so of course they should apologize first. That can often make you overlook that you really did make mistakes, and taking the initiative can be a big step. Sometimes they'll even apologize in kind. _Not always, of course,_ but it's well worth the effort.

[@catbeale6141]

Am I the only one who thought Poe turning into a raven was a reference to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe?

[@daniele7989]

No, you're exactly right. That was always the idea for the character.

[@IrishKyokushin]

In the comics Magica's pet Raven (Poe doesnt get changed in the comics) is named Nevermore. So the connection was always there.

[@lunamoonstone2350]

i used to watch the original ducktales as a kid and to see it rebooted i thought it was going to be bad. yet, after seeing some episodes it was pretty good, i liked the boys got more character traits and even sounding different, got to see more of donald, and learning more about who the boys parents were at least who their mom was. della duck is an interesting character, and i like the talespin and darkwing duck side stories nicely done. and l love lena and webby, they are my favorite characters. the only think i didn't really care for is making doofus a self centered spoiled brat, i liked the original doofus, kind, loyal, and such a sweet natured kid. yeah, i know they had to make changes but this is the only complaint i actually had, everything else was pretty decent.

[@aarushvivekanand4475]

None of us are ready for the finale, dont lie to yourself

[@vaultshadow]

as much as louie should've apologized to doofus to not have a nemesis, i'd say he and the others brought their misfortunes to themselves glomgold left the reporters to die and even he got the ruby, he would spend it in something stupid to boost his ego like a 5 stories tall statue of himself scrooge won the deed fair and square and any other than scrooge would have outsmarted them magica deserve losing her brother for hijacking the kingdom and turning that guy in a goat and poe enabled her to do it, scrooge was defending himself, maybe without magica the town took back their money at this point doofus should've be in psychiatrist and/or military school, he go to therapist in military school

[@joshuagonzalez4183]

agreed

[@Parlimant_Strifey]

Why are they trying to make you feel bad for Magica? I found that part very insufferable, Scrooge shouldn't feel sorry for her toxic behavior towards her brother. Acted like a child, faces on consequences. That would be all on her.

[@MRDLT00]

Conflict was resolved too easily and quickly with Scrooge not facing any punishment for his greedy actions. This is obviously because the show was cancelled after this season so they couldn’t go anywhere with it. -_-

[@serpentmaster1323]

Another thing Interesting in this episode , I feel like the arm wrestling scam was a reference to the mechanical Turk-a scam of a master AI chess player before computers were ever built. In reality it was a master chess player inside the chess table the turk played on but it still fooled people for years. Heres more info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5qrqamIZpqGmKM

[@madzman7214]

I'm pretty sure poe is being held captive by the phantom blot from what I have seen from magica's flashback that could've been he's village she destroyed plus who else could possibly have him / calling it pretty sure it's going to end up with leena and gladstone accidently finding him

[@raddastronaut]

I loved this episode. Prob my fav. This show was so well done. I miss it.

[@ghoulguy4487]

Give me like if you like original doofus drake

[@chanabanannaanimations6884]

I could not believe scrooge in this episode and I felt so bad for magica

[@iossaiken]

In Canadian law, saying "I'm sorry" can't be used as confirmation of fault. I would ponder jurisdiction of this Cosmic Court.

[@Avatarbee]

Scrooge his involvement in the disapearance of Po was probably the ancient grudge that Magica had against clan McDuck according to webby.

[@happyguy1570]

I always wonder why can't magica just use magic to make free money and food like seriously

[@darknessblades]

if they do not give Timetraveler/Timestorm launchpad decent screentime, it will not be a good ending.

[@luigiboi4244]

I was completely blown away when I learned that Poe DeSpell was played by MARTIN FREEMAN!!!!

[@zacglover3345]

Bilbo?!

[@detectivewobbuffet2778]

i really think this series did a better job with poh than the original, in the other one we didn't see much sibling interaction between him and magica, they could have use magica raven from the comics and it wouldnt have change much, and while here poh has just a minor apperence is more interesting

[@EditDeath]

Not just the minor appearance, but also Magica's dynamic with Lena. This episode gives them new context, because it suggests that Lena's insistence on calling Magica her aunt comes from some part of Magica desperate to have even part of her brother back. She denies it at every turn, but clearly that loss lingers

[@detectivewobbuffet2778]

@@EditDeath that makes a lot of sense, the writers of this show are geniuses

[@maddiekoester7785]

Was I the only one who thought Grandpappy Beagle was Ma Beagle’s grandfather?? All the reviews I’ve seen have called him her father.

[@wobblyaaron]

honestly, I dont think scrooge should've escaped from the last trial, he was completely able to save poe but instead he got greedy for the money, he didn't even return the money, and yet in the end he got of the hook, he literally let poe die. scrooge should've of got away innocent.

[@cartoonishclaude]

To be fair Scrooge has become a much better person and saved the world countless of times,while Magica,Glomgold and Ma Beagle were all evil from the start and still are in the present.

[@cartoonishclaude]

Magica and Poe both had it coming. Scrooge should have returned the money to the townspeople though.

[@wobblyaaron]

@@cartoonishclaude I know, but it stills leaves a bad feeling, Magica was willing to give up all her power just for poe to be safe, but scrooge ignored her and became greedy.

[@Ncholasbloom]

@@wobblyaaron welll magica is in the finale maybe she;ll reunite with her brother

[@wobblyaaron]

@@Ncholasbloom that would be pretty cool, shouldn’t get hopes to high tho!

[@santiagoarrieta2175]

5:36 i think is before he start to take care of Donald and Della. Mostly because is show in previous episodes that he don't have a good relationship with his father's and sister, and in that case they really holding him back most of the time (contrary to his relationship with his mother and later newphews).

[@cartoonfan9million468]

In this episode, Louie Duck was like Ace Duck Attorney.

[@tsintern8245]

That one dislike is from the villain's shared account.

[@mrthejayvion8211]

That whole thing was a kangaroo curt, its ridiculous with the exception of Magica Scrooge had not wronged any of them and did not deserve to have anything taken because he hurt their feelings.

[@klimmr]

How is it that you, Zenith and Seaniccus have a reaction to the same DuckTales episode on the same day?

[@lordgzstg6181]

It's a coincidence or maybe they planned it.

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

This reminds me of the Batman Trial, in that the villains created the very thing they hate the most.

[@santiagoarrieta2175]

For what we see in the trailers I think they gonna left something unsolved in propourse. With drawing duck series, look like Fenton's and other characters gonna showing in the series, as sopourthing characters, like lina and boyd at being friends of Gosalyn can Drawing cross paths with Magical and Akita. Magica could be a good reason to introduce Morgana to the show.

[@multiverseman4017]

I know other characters like Bubba the cave duck appear on the season 3 poster. So here's hoping they all do appear, somehow....

[@LowellLucasJr.]

There is nothing redeeming about this reboot doofus compared to his old one. I hate him and the cringe humor he brings with him. In all honesty, I guess the triplets just needed a foil around their age.

[@electrobob992]

You know now I kinda wish someone would make a comic where Scrooge DID help stop Po.. Where scrooge would not only help keep Po from escaping, but also help her right her wrongs.

[@klimmr]

7:42 It's been Magica all along!

[@coffeecatty]

So random thought came to me while watching this. Lena calls Magica her Aunt, and we know Lena is a shadow or at least came from a shadow. So maybe Lena was summoned from Poe's shadow?

[@qualityshitposts790]

Not gonna lie I actually felt really sad for Magica during her flashback

[@cesarmorales9138]

It like a reverse psychology 7:27

[@tyrant-den884]

can we get Cathrin Tate an award? she absolutely broke my heart this episode.

[@mikeisthedoodlez]

doofus Drake looks really disturbing

[@Gundam_JAY]

Wow I'm early.... hi TNBT. Waiting for this vid for a while. Awesome work

[@Bisquit_]

I want Glomgold to shout: WAS THE THE BITE OF 87?!

[@mohanaditya8186]

The one person who dislikes tnbt videos when he releases it is back

[@MrDEMarq]

Magica and her brother reminded me of the fan-fic A.U Gravity Falls where Dipper and Mabel were evil and ruled the town through fear sense they found the power jewels instead...

[@20dragona]

In an earlier episode where we saw his parents (and sister in another one), showed he had not the most ideal relation with them. Perhaps how he had acted during his first encounter with Magica stems from that?

[@purehyper124]

Pls don't say 'oh Lord'

[@merazkhanum8161]

Ew, Creepy!

[@JoeMama-kj7bq]

*I always hated Doofus but, since season 3 started, I kinda missed him...I hope we see him in the finale.*

[@jaydmartin1994]

Well I didn’t know that Poe De Spell is Magica’s baby brother

[@hexxidelux6224]

WILL NEGA-DARKWING DUCK RETURN?!

[@Square1789]

Srry I'm not trying to brag

[@judalnssar7712]

I saw a funny video where this little girl said go to your office and make some money I think that’s the same

[@MichakatsuTsugikuni]

Uncle Luke is guilty of trying to kill me in my sleep

[@aliostrowski1935]

I still like the old shows doofus better

[@Square1789]

Again

[@Square1789]

First coomet

[@Vertex_vortex]

Cool

[@HungLe-mn9uf]

0:10 perfect cut screen

[@browhathow1397]

Oh god the theory’s are coming in

[@ainedeasy1189]

HOOT

[@arc7375]

You misspelled _*Poe. *_

[@ZanyCartoons]

Do you think Webby is a clone? Like Ms. Bleakey doesn't trust anyone and yet she has a grandkid? Who was the father that made their son/daughter to then make Webby?

[@lordgzstg6181]

Maybe she trusted people in the past but her husband left or hurt her in some way. And perhaps her kids died. These are things that would make people not so trusting of others people. Or webby is adopted.

[@ZanyCartoons]

@@lordgzstg6181 True

[@DM006]

And also in this version they introduced Poe ... but he remains a useless character.

[@Xavieredx17]

Imagine being that one person who dislikes

[@jameslevy8347]

I wish Doofus became Superdoo in this version Ducktales. Do you know what I'm talking about?

[@anavalbuenalopez-fonseca1878]

after ducktales, what else are you going to analyze?

[@travelingduckthatshowspeop6321]

HELLO FELLOW POE FANS! WE MUST SHOW PEOPLE THIS CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED CHARACTER! SPREAD THE WORD, AND MAKE OUR LITTLE RAVEN BE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE LAND!

[@magica3526]

"very own"

[@palomatapia1161]

I feel bad for Magicka😡😡😡🤔😑😭😭😭😭😭

[@Cherryblossom-ink]

I can not wait to meet Weddys sisters it’s going to be awesome 😁

[@juwelplaykid1042]

Lewey could just earn his money by becoming one of those court people

[@sandwichsultan906]

Wasn’t this basically the same plot as the Batman the animated series episode: Trial?

[@tyrant-den884]

HOW OLD IS MA BEAGLE!??

[@zacglover3345]

The real question is how old is scrooge mcduck

[@GhostlyDucks]

Wow I miss Poe

[@ohioresident9182]

ok boomer

[@redstarbayyt3528]

nice video