DuckTales: The Phantom and the Sorceress! | Review | Magica De Spell | The Phantom Blot | Reaction

Sometimes you need a montage to show you that the real magic was friendship all along. Also, Gladstone Gander is in this one, and he's basically the best, so...
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[@birddieboogie7566]

8:10 The ducktales crew said that when a character is on his lowest, they surround him with pizza boxes 😅🍕🍕

[@MariuigiKhed]

As an Italian, I feel somewhat offended.

[@gracekim25]

@@MariuigiKhed why?😅

[@birddieboogie7566]

Well sorry, but I still think is very funny 😅😅

[@mightyfilm]

Not to mention how it perfectly mirrors the scene in season 1 where Magica finally confronts Scrooge, only to see him a disheveled, miserable shadow of his former self.

[@dddtechie]

@@MariuigiKhed You shouldn't be too offended as that's not real Italian Pizza.

[@Rmlohner]

Enough fans hated Lena's superhero outfit that the crew very quickly came out and clarified that it's not her permanent new look as the ending might imply, and she'll still look like herself most of the time.

[@B463L]

It looked like a parody of a 90's anime, but the writing did not make light of that or recognize it at all. Way off. But I also dislike magic fights in general. Magic works way better in series like Avatar: TLA, Star Wars (sequel trilogy excepted), etc because there are limitations and rules imposed onto a system that makes some semblance of sense... and connects to the themes of the broader world. Part of what I like about DuckTales is that it crams absolutely everything together: robots, aliens, mummies, curses, whatever. Magica and Lena don't land for me because they seem to have the weakest concept; their powers can be so vague. They suffer the most from the sheer fact that they're not McDucks and nobody has time to write their abilities into a core part of the world.

[@StoryTeller796]

@@B463L Well, this is fair. How's about someone who has all of the time in the world to make rules? Someone like my dear friend EmperorBoo, who is the embodiment of the orderly side of my mind, and gLiTcH, who is chaotic emotions personified? I mean, just tell me, wouldn't you hire those two to create a magic system? Oh, and before you tell me their not real people, then your saying I'm not a real person. I am, I just have a different way of looking at the world around me. And anyway, at least this fantasy is better than what the denizens of Wonderland, Jevil and Spamton and later on Mike and potentially Gaster, the SCP Foundation, and more or less the Backrooms does with their own Canon characters. And I would be more fun with my approach to video-creation, because I actually apply what I am thinking into a Wile E Coyote/Bad Piggies type of Cartoon simulation, instead of just sitting back and talking about it like what some more average KZbinrs do with the thousands of Video Essays, reviews, analysis, and more out on the internet that I find personally comforting like the most average home-comfort breakfast bread that I could possibly have. And yet, I believe that better can be done, and thus, better I shall do! Both of these two paragraphs are the product of someone with very below average comment writing skills, please... I don't know, tell me how to edit them better before you make any harsh judgements? Especially tell me how to make a better disclaimer and on how to better talk/critique other KZbinrs videos, because I can notice that you've made a great point, and I am just chucking ideas at a wall and hoping to see something stick.

[@tyrant-den884]

The only thing more powerful that Magica's unrivaled sorcery is the comedy genius of Cathrine Tate.

[@Sayrden]

I know, right? I'm kind of blown away by Magica's character, because if I hadn't seen it I would have said that the basic pitch of "Maleficent, but funny" was never going to work.

[@X-Ternal]

Come on now having an unlucky Gladstone is the funniest thing. Especially when he keeps his bad luck for more than 5 minutes. Poor Gladstone loosing his luck, yet again

[@samuelimran3429]

I know Im asking randomly but does someone know of a trick to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid forgot my account password. I would love any tricks you can offer me.

[@troydwayne9784]

@Samuel Imran instablaster ;)

[@KangarooMonkey]

Duck tales could have a colour theory, blue is the symbol of freedom, Boid got free and his eyes turned blue, Lena was freed from Magica and her magic is blue, a bit of a stretch but Dewie is blue and could be described as a free spirit.

[@ohgeeeznotagain]

This is a really cool idea!

[@BlackFlash09]

Blue... freedom... I feel like we know another character who the living embodiment of those things. Someone who is known for his superspeed.

[@jaycemeswain7262]

@@BlackFlash09 Are we talking Quicksilver or Sonic?

[@frankspick7544]

@@jaycemeswain7262 quickilver isn't really blue hes silver they were talking about sonic being hes a free spririt

[@wynnefox]

Also, remember in Classic comic color theory, Purple and Green are villains. Magicka has purple energy and when powered up, green feathers. Meanwhile, Heroes are usually blue or Red. Of course, there are plenty of exceptions out there. It was a general rule. Not an exact one.

[@DallasDiatorei]

Those two aren't the only ones who's eyes turned blue. In season 2, after Della sang for the Moon Mites child, it's eyes turned from red to blue as well.

[@texasandroid1352]

My favorite implication of this episode isn't stated outright, and Sean never touched on it. But I think we can fairly safely say that, after the events of the episode, Magica has her magic back. Her amulet/staff got knocked out of her hands, and dropped into the swamp. And then everyone else left. So that staff is right there, outside her house. In fairly shallow water. Once everyone else is gone, I think it's a safe conclusion that she fairly quickly dug it out. However long it took, she got it back, and now has her magic fully back.

[@KnightRaymund]

Yeah, they shouldn't have left her like that, lol. It is great to see her with her magic back though. As hilarious as she's been without it I'm eager to see another episode with her as a real threat.

[@CouchSpud91]

Between them leaving the Shadow Jewel (as I like to call it) behind and the fact that Magicka regained and kept her original greenish hue all the way up until her last shot in the episode, I think it is indeed safe to say that she's back.

[@Rellik165]

That's right. She has her magic back. Now she can declare war against all children with birthdays. :3 ...As much of a joking statement as that is, I sincerely hope she does wind up attacking Funzo's and come into conflict with FOWL since she's accidentally attacking their base.

[@X-Ternal]

The only thing I hate about magica is her design. I mean I was so into the total black Carl Barks design and the original 1987 design of her that I can't even look in her face and say that this is Magica de Spell

[@AussieDragoon]

As Yu-Gi-Oh taught us, only friendship can overcome the power of the Shadow Realm.

[@MariuigiKhed]

Wasn't My Little Pony that taught us that?

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

Both can teach that. One with children's card games and one with talking horses.

[@MrGabeanator]

@@MariuigiKhed they both did

[@johngrant8390]

No Yu-Gi-Oh taught us, to say “screw the rule, I have money”

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

@@johngrant8390 only if you are Seto Kaiba.

[@High_Duke]

I felt that Lena's transformation is an homage to two things: Mahou Shojo - Japanese Magic Girl tradition, and the transformation itself reminded me a lot of the new She-Ra animated show transformation sequence, in both instances the friendship of the hero and her friends is usually a centre point of the plot and a power source to overcome some kind of self-doubt and find her strength.

[@anonyme4881]

That was clearly Magical girl reference here

[@Bucky749]

I thought it was references to Raven from teen titans or sailor moons power up .

[@High_Duke]

@@Bucky749 Well, Sailor Moon was one of the original popular Magical Girl shows

[@windwalker5765]

"Because as we all know... Friendship is Magic." To whom it may concern, */)*

[@nickthedreamer4434]

As Magica once said, "Gross!" ...but still... (\

[@stressnuggetarchives8993]

MLP

[@jasonthayer1309]

I want to know how Gladstone got his luck in the first place.

[@spic9h592]

BOYD/Lena would have a surprising amount in common seeing as how they were both created and bent by villainous intent and then came to be thier own people. Plus it's Disney so small chance of a Vision/Scarlet Witch reference in a future episode.

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

I didnt even think about the Vision/ Scarlet Witch thing until now

[@afBeaver]

@@amberwingtundrawing776 same. It’s kinda obvious now though.

[@Shawnacy00]

I think the Shadow Puppet show is just there for themed story emphasis and not Magica actually retaining shadow manipulation in her de-powered state.

[@Shadowjacked]

It's possible that the reason for the "superhero" setup is to prepare her for a role in the Justice Ducks. She could be taking Morgana's spot who was the magic macabre one of the group in the original DW series.

[@gracekim25]

Yay!

[@Dimensioneer88]

Except the Justice Ducks had Morgana Macawber from Darkwing Duck.

[@jjhggdcqz]

Personally, I'm hoping we get to see Morgana in this setting as well. Is it too much to hope that we get to see Morgana and Darkwing go up against the Phantom Blot or Magica? Or that we get to see Morgana and Lena working together?

[@DLBot2016]

@@jjhggdcqz maybe Morgana is an old rival of Magica’s that shows up next season?

[@cartoonishclaude]

@@DLBot2016 I see Morgana teaming up with Merlock and Magica until eventually betraying them and becoming good.

[@Rman94]

I still say Lena is Magica's clone created by magic rather then science, and she had Lena call her aunt instead of mom so she wouldn't get too emotionally attached.

[@theretrorooster4626]

I always thought that the Phantom Blot was a member of the mafia who fell into magic ink and turned into the Blot

[@seaniccus]

Did they give him that origin at some point? I think originally he was just a dude in a mask, but he's gone though a lot over the years

[@theretrorooster4626]

@@seaniccus You know how sometimes the Phantom Blot looks like Walt Disney as a dog?

[@MariuigiKhed]

@@seaniccus in the comics he's just a criminal in a mask that doesn't like the vision of blood so he doesn't kill anyone directly There was a comic series, Ultraheroes, thought, where he get ink power, Inque from Batman Beyond style

[@gracekim25]

@Vevencio Torres (124vevtorr) he’s shadow blot in the game though.

[@jharmond3874]

I think you are confusing the Phantom Blot with the Shadow Blot from Epic Mickey.

[@caridadchang7895]

Actually I'm pretty sure that Mágica named Lena her niece as a way to "shadow" Scrooge who, even back in the day, had Donald and Della with him Age wise it is a coincidense that Lena is closer to Webby and the Boys, but Mágica likely meant for Lena to be a counterpart to the twins rather than the triplets

[@DillonMaynard]

When I first heard Gladstone was going to lose his luck, I was hoping it was going to be more of a switch between him and Donald. That way he would learn to appreciate the things Donald goes through more. Hopefully we get an episode like that in the future. Also I hope Lena's "blue magic form" is more of a transformation than a permanent look because she can look sort of out of place.

[@tyrant-den884]

Lena's next step is to figure out who she is without her friends. Then she will truly become unstoppable.

[@TidalVex]

I agree!

[@antonissa8345]

Why is an scene with all ducktales characters charging all Avengers Endgame like inside my head as soon as I reed this?

[@ideamediaanalysis8737]

I do agree. However, I’m a pretty sure another step for Lena is finding out she has other family members other than Magica and that her whole family isn’t all evil.

[@neoman4426]

@@ideamediaanalysis8737 Eh, family is what you make of it. She may or may not have more ... "biological"? "birth"? family, but she's been strongly implied in show and confirmed by writers to have been adopted by the Sabrewings, and I'm pretty sure she's considered an honorary member of the main clan same as Webby. She's got all the family she needs

[@ideamediaanalysis8737]

@@neoman4426 I didn’t mean to rule out what the writers already established for Lena. I’m just saying that a good possible step for Lena is realizing that there’s actually good member in the De Spell family because I’m pretty sure Magica isn’t her only relative and not every family is filled with bad people.

[@alexandersolodovnikov4840]

I'm kinda two minds about Lena's transformation design.On the one hand I like it, case Lena now looks like a raging magical lesbian, but on the other hand I hate It because she also looks like an Elsa knock-off. Plus white and blue kinda goes against her previously established design, which just screams "moody emo-girl".

[@yszman6478]

Well I still hope Lena and Boyd cross paths one day. They have so much in common in terms being created for evil and overcoming it.

[@Starcat5]

Technically, Boyd wasn't built for evil, he was reprogrammed that way. Three times. Time number two was simply affable evil, while one and three were depicted in the same episode and committed by the same guy.

[@AndrewPowerSM]

This was actually one of the first episodes I was a little disappointed with. Not massively so, but a little. I was excited to see their take on Phantom Blot, but he ended up falling flat for me. Cool backstory, but not much to him otherwise. Also, this is like the, third(?) time Lena has had the revelation about the magic of friendship, and it's kind if diminishing returns. And yeah, I'm also not a fan of her redesign. The episode does have lots of Gladstone and Magica though, and their performances are always so stellar that they kind of save the episode for me.

[@gracekim25]

Not redesign, sorceress form

[@Sayrden]

I liked the episode, but I agree that the "friendship is magic" angle is pretty tired at this point.

[@adamgrunther1367]

It just goes to show that you can never go wrong with Giancarlo Esposito.

[@shakeriddleandroll939]

As happy as I was to see Gladstone again I really wish they tried to give him a BIT more development.

[@matthewkreps3352]

Well this episide established that his luck is a form of magic in this series.

[@shakeriddleandroll939]

@@matthewkreps3352 I mean character development, not lore about his luck. (Although it was interesting)

[@neoman4426]

@@shakeriddleandroll939 Could perhaps be a setup for later character development. Now that he's lived without it and is aware that it seems to be magic based I wouldn't be 100% surprised if he decided to start training to harness it and become a luck based sorcerer in his own right rather than just passively letting it happen or something.

[@Avatarbee]

@@neoman4426 Gladstone is way to lazy for that. He never had to do anything in his life so why should he start now. He might have a deeper apreciation for Donald his hardships though.

[@kateorgera5907]

I definitely think there's something to the blue eyes thing - the writers have said this season is about legacy, and Boyd & Lena both succeeded in creating a new legacy from a dark past, after which they gained blue eyes. As for the episode, the only other thing I wish is that they'd been more consistent with the amulet - the amulet is fused with Lena in "Friendship Hates Magic", and then doesn't appear again until this episode, but everyone acts as if it's been there the whole time since Lena came back. If the Phantom Blot's first attempt to take Lena's magic had resulted in the amulet being pulled from her body, that would have kept the continuity while still giving Lena the means to separate her aunt's magic from her own. It's too bad, because this episode has great continuity otherwise - Lena's flashbacks were so moving, and her magic being permanently blue, after two seasons of switching between blue and purple, was a nice way to tie her arc together.

[@leashvarts8946]

Yes! I was really bugged by the lack of continuity with the Amulet. I feel like Ducktales doesn’t ever know how many seasons they have so they try to have some finality to their episodes and then when they do decide to have more to a certain arc it feels a bit disconnected or repetitive or not entirely within continuity.

[@Somewhat-Evil]

Lena might be a mix of Magica's shadow magic and blood created accidently as Magica desperately clawed at the earth while being pulled into Scrooge's #1 dime. A child born of magic and blood. IMO Lena is a rework of Minima De Spell while Webby and her friends are the new April, May and June.

[@EditDeath]

I'm honestly hoping Lena's backstory is more than just being a shadow creature turned to the light. Magica had a brother after all, Poe, who she turned into a raven in the original cartoon. When the first leak about Phantom Blot's connection to Magica came out I'd hoped he was secretly Poe, but if that's not true I'd at least want him not to be a red herring in the new lore. The discovery that Lena actually had parents, even if they're gone now, would be a cool way to evolve her character now that she's reached a stable point with magic and her aunt.

[@Loremastrful]

You weren't the only one with that hope. I'd was sure Poe would have appeared by now.

[@ivanacurna6577]

Not gonna lie Lena's transformation kind of reminds me one of Magica's cousin. I think her name was Adelia de Spell.

[@dgvanz1155]

He is a vengeful man who runs a fast food restaurant to cover up his evil activities.

[@Rognik]

Papa Swan, the Big Bad of season 4...

[@dgvanz1155]

I bet he can stop a hit by sending a text message reading "FUNZO'S"

[@cartoonishclaude]

@@Rognik I see Merlock as the big bad for season 4.

[@darkalicornkingdoom3572]

I am pretty sure aunt is just the word of choice because Lena doesn't want to call Magica "mother" or "mom"

[@Starcat5]

And Magica feels the same way.

[@CouchSpud91]

It's the way she's referred to Magicka for decades, at least ever since she was first made. It may be less a case of 'choice' and more that it's just so ingrained in her skull that she can't shake it.

[@Sayrden]

Thematically, l assume Lena calls her "Aunt Magica" as a dark reflection of the kids' relationship with Uncle Scrooge. I think that explanation kind of works in-universe as well. Glomgold realized that Scrooge's family is the key to his success, and Magica must have heard Donald and Della call him "Uncle" a few times. If she came to the same conclusion, inventing a niece might have seemed like the obvious path to revenge. That said, if Magica still calls Webby "Pinky", she might not be that attentive...

[@robertbullard3324]

In the 80's series, Magica had a brother.

[@mitchfletcher2386]

@@Sayrden Magica knows Webby's name. She just doesn't care to call her by it.

[@superdude4383]

Magica did have a brother in the original series, so I’ve been expecting him to show up as Lena’s dad in some way or another. You’re idea of Magica being from the shadow dimension too actually adds a lot of credence to that

[@Rman94]

F.O.W.L probably recruited Blot for his anti-magical expertise( if they ever needed a defence against magic ) and since Magica was trapped in the Number one dime for years he had the time to create/develop tech like his gauntlet.

[@TidalVex]

I hope that we get Poe de Spell in the future, as he could end up becoming the positive parental figure that Lena lacks in her life at the moment (minus living with the Saberwing family, of course)

[@arc7375]

I mean, this comment sort of aged half-well.

[@Charok1]

it's a hint that magic took donald's luck away, which is why he has bad luck, and super boosted to gladstone

[@jandex4838]

Actualy, and to whomever it might interest, here is TL/DR version of (old) comic canon reason Gladstone is so lucky: When Grany Duck was pregnant with his mother Daphne, they sheltered a wanderer from the storm on the farm, and he (the wanderer) in gratitude painted their barn and put a good luck rune or design or something on it. And when Elvira was delivering Daphne, she did so in that barn. I think that also lightning struck the barn at the luck symbol at the same time, and Daphne Duck got born with the blessing of luck, which Gladstone who shared his mother's birthday, also inherited Also, and this is just for me: I really, really want an episode that deals exclusively with young Scrouge, his sisters, and the Duck/Coot family, with Hackamore, Daphne and Eider front and center. I think it would be awesome to compare and contrast the previous and current generations. Like, Hackamore is supposed to be the oldest and just as temperamental as his children, but what if we imagine him as the responsible and grounded of his siblings, to make comparison further down to Hewy, than have the blessed, lucky Daphne be, as the girl, comparable to Della in character, and have her be the adventurous type like Della and Dewy and contrasting Gladstone by having the same luck, but none of the laziness and smarminess and the rest of his negative characteristics, and finally have Eider be Lewie like and materialistic to contrast with Fethry's earnestness and, well, Fethry-ness? Or something completely different, but I believe you could derive a great story out of it. Many great stories.

[@AzraelThanatos]

You know, I kind of went to a darker place with Lena's origins... What if Lena isn't "really" Magica's niece, but a recreation of her. We know that Magica is old, really old considering some things. Well, what if something happened that she lost a sister and niece before delving into, well, insanity and magic...Lena being a recreation of her niece might be a potential thing there.

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

Magica did have a brother originally so there could be something to that theory

[@DavidRomigJr]

So far, they have several times said that Lena is Magica’s shadow. I assume it to be literal, perhaps Lena looks like a young Magica, but they could still easily take it in multiple directions. Also a note, Uncle/Aunt is often used as an honorary title to family friends, so Aunt Magica doesn’t necessarily mean a blood relation. Though I then question why Lena would choose to honor Magica with a title, but then I know people who truly hate their parent but can’t help feeling love because of the familia link, so I get it. And why not Mom- creators often treat thief creations as their children. I’m excited to see where this story goes next.

[@juanrisa945]

@@amberwingtundrawing776 And she did have a niece before. Not a shadow-made one, but a flesh-and-blood one. Minima De Spell.

[@arc7375]

I miss the days when a villain couldn’t simply just be a villain and not need a stupid, tragic backstory to justify their bad deeds. Thankfully, when her brother Poe was introduced, it was maintained that they both were still villainous. And all that losing Poe did was make Scrooge a target. Magica was villainous before, and remains villainous.

[@izzymcgee2527]

I enjoyed the episode, but I was surprised that they didn't even mention Funzo's Funzone. The Phantom Blot was clearly keeping Magica in check at work. :P

[@gracekim25]

It was a deleted scene

[@Coolman13355]

Yeah this episode really puts that in a new context.

[@erikhill356]

4:15 Gladstone’s good fortune IS actually magical! The luck comes from a painted image of a triple distelfink on a barn that his mother, and later him, were born under on his grandma’s farm. The sigil is also apparently where Donald’s bad luck comes from as well. 🦆

[@aidanhever3369]

You're not the only one, dude. I don't like Lena's new look either. But I was surprised that you didn't mention that The Phantom Blot appeared as a recurring villain in Mickey Mouse Works/House of Mouse and one of the main villains of the Epic Mickey games.

[@anextremlyobbisehoovy8254]

One of my personal favorite comic stories involves both the blot and the duck avenger (aka superhero Donald) The blot had been stealing artifacts and items worth millions of dollars and duck avenger can never seem to catch him Later it’s revealed that the blot used a device,he created, to make things two dimensional including himself After Duck avenger caught its revealed that the blot was a Machine controlled by the real blot

[@geardog24]

It bugs me that they ignore the fact that Blot is a victim in all of this, but he's treated like any other villain.

[@windwalker5765]

He's a tragic villain, but still a villain. He proves that by going after innocents like Gladstone and Lena who did nothing to him.

[@maverickdarkrath4780]

He lost the right to be a simple victim when he decided to harm others in his path for vengeance , hes basically almost as bad as magica

[@davidpescitelli8004]

I mean he was going ton kill a kid who had nothing to do with Magica destroying his village. He knows this, but decided to try to kill her anyways. Hard to justify that.

[@gracekim25]

Still a villain even if he’s tragic. Plus he’s super hellbent on revenge and nothing else

[@EkoBahamut]

Like said in Brooklyn 99, "Cool Motive, Still murder" no matter how righteous your cause is, if you start stooping down to more extreme and villanous levels to reach your goal in an ends justify the means way, then you become a villain. Phantom blot really doesn't care about others and isn't bothered on who he hurts on his crusade so long as HIS goal is reached and only for HIS satisfaction.

[@Jamfrog35]

8:00 I notice on the bottom right of the screen, Magica made a tally of how many days she made ever since posessing dark magic …yikes that's a long time.

[@tobiasbenedictdrager965]

I just counted: it's 330 days. So, not even a year passed since the Shadow War.

[@jennifergriel861]

After seeing Life and Crimes, I think that implies that any spells casted with the amulet are using Poe’s magic, so that’s why Lena is Magica’s Neice, since she kind of spawned from the amulet.

[@arc7375]

They each had an amulet that Magica combined. It’s possible that Lena is created from his magic. Far more likely that Lena is just a shadow given sentience and only refers to Magica as “aunt” as an honorific title, rather than to denote familial relation.

[@l3nsman]

6:02 Fun fact: In the original comics Magica hated garlic and it was routinely used to repel her. According to Frank Aragones there's a deleted scene wherein the Phantom Blot takes over Funzo's in order to specifically keep an eye on Magica. And, yeah, I didn't like Lena's transformation either. The good news is that it's not going to show up very often.

[@mightyfilm]

You know, I was disappointed they didn't make the connection between PB being the Funzo mascot and Magica working there when she lost most of her powers. Head-canon, I assumed that was the case, probably secretly hiring Magica for that purpose. Glad to know it WAS intended, but sadly cut for time. Shame they couldn't fit it in, as it was an important detail that makes his reveal at the end of season 2 make sense.

[@lees6984]

I think the "blue transformation" is another poke at Dragon Ball Z/Super. Notice when Lena tries to shoot magic from her hands, she does a "Kamehame" motion. Then later, her friends lend her their energy to transform. Much like how Goku receive the energy to go "Super Saiyan God" (which later in the series, turns into Super Saiyan Blue). Lol

[@jharmond3874]

I thought for the longest time the Blot was like the liquidator but was made out of ink inside of water. Then I looked it up before the episode and was like “oh it a dude in a mask.” Huh.

[@artsman412]

Honestly, I remember Phantom Blot from the old House of Mouse cartoons. He would show up as the villain once or twice in a short, but he was always very fun and menacing.

[@samkim9513]

"Friendship is magic"? But Friendship Hates Magic. Just like "Last Crash of the Sunchaser", I think "Friendship Hates Magic" will have more meaning in a future episode.

[@Nasir3623]

I really liked Gladstone. He made me laugh a lot of times

[@Launchpad05]

One thing I will say about the new 'DuckTales' is how they were able to use Gladstone alot more than in the original 'DuckTales'. For the record, Gladstone only appeared in two episodes of the old series. 'Dime Enough For Luck', and 'Dr. Jeckle & Mr. McDuck'. (Three if you count a small background cameo in 'Till nephews Do Us Part'.) But out all these episodes, 'Dime Enough For Luck' was where Gladstone got the most screen time, and was the primary focus. It also shares a similar plot point with 'The Phantom & The Sorceress' with Gladstone's luck being taken away by Magica. I also like how The Phantom Blot's backstory is somehow tied to Magica's backstory. It's also a shame that he's never been utilized in the classic Disney shorts because he's been around ALOT longer than Scrooge McDuck. It would've been awesome if Blot appeared in some of the early Mickey shorts.

[@sabrinamiller3671]

But didn't he only appear in three eps in this show, too? The one where they go to the House of the Lucky Gander casino, the Moonlander Invasion Pt. 2, and this one.

[@Launchpad05]

@@sabrinamiller3671 I think he's made 4 appearances so far.

[@maskedmallard537]

Thank you! I was wondering when someone would mention Dime Enough For Luck! I honest thought this episode was the spiritual reboot of that one. In Dime Enough For Luck, Gladstone has his good luck turn into bad luck because Magica tricked him into using it for evil purposes (stealing Scrooge's Number One Dime). So it makes sense that Magica would feature in this episode with him.

[@maldon3659]

This episode made me think why didn't The Phantom Blot get rid of Magica while they were both working at the Chucky Cheese place?

[@asuraludu]

Lena's blue form could be a nod to "Adelia De Spell." She is Magica's cousin in the comics and is considered a pain and goody-two-shoes. She is a fairy-witch that wears a blue dress. My favorite scene in this episode was a nod to Magica and Gladstone's romantic history at the end.

[@volico72]

I remember coming out of this episode wishing that Magica had a change of heart. I felt like it would have been more interesting to have a villain this irredeemably evil have an arch where she faces feeling pride for her own niece(? I don't know how shadow blood works) and Lena learning to forgive her. This would also make the twist in episode 22 more impactful if we had more time to warm up to Magica. Although Lena as a character has improved a lot since her introduction, she is still more entertaining when she is paired with Magica in my opinion. With how underwhelming season 3 was shaping up to be, it really could have used a conflict like this.

[@Zaccaroism]

This was a great video, I chuckled at the "friendship is magic" comment, it was obvious, but your delivery was great.

[@AnkfordPlays]

Phantom Blot is the Doctor Doom of the Disney comics universe, it's weird to see him depicted as a magic hunter here. The actual blot probably doesn't care about Magica de spell besides maybe as a potential business partner for another scheme. This might be a result of Ducktales being denied a proper Mickey appearance from the higher ups.

[@PxndaCakes]

Boyd's eyes after finally being himself: Blue Lena's eyes after finally being a person: Blue The one triplet that didn't have an identity crisis's color scheme: Blue 🤔💎

[@thedukeofchutney468]

Honestly I don’t really watch the show all that much, but I really like watching these videos just because it’s nice to see someone positively talking about something nostalgic that they love.

[@marsiscool2428]

Your theory about Magica makes sense. She may have a sibling or spouse who have siblings that may have offspring, if Lena is really her niece.

[@akanesaotome5924]

Did you knew that Magica's brother, Poe from original DT that was cursed to be her crow familiar? He was also Minima's father, so it's makes a lot of sense for reboot to have him and develop this storyline.

[@marsiscool2428]

akane saotome, thank you for sharing this info, I did not know so far. I also like the idea that more depth be given to existing characters.

[@LordFindogask734]

Glad to see they gave the Phantom Blot some relevance. He's my favourite Mickey Mouse villain and character. His restyle and new backstory are very grim, very fitting for the overall theme of the series.

[@DrewFC]

I feel like at some point I’ve seen the phantom blot before, and I can recall him being and actual blot of ink. Also I do like the Magica is originally from the shadow realm as well theory.

[@maskedmallard537]

The Phantom Blot was in an episode of the original Ducktales. I can't remember the particulars but I think he captured Scrooge and Gyro (or was it Donald?) and had them in a cell in some cellar or something. I think he also flew an invisible jet? He was also featured in the crossover comic Dangerous Currency, working with all the combined female villains from Ducktales and Darkwing Duck.

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

*Blue eyes white duck.*

[@pinkpouduck3294]

Resuming this episode in one sentence: ✨Friendship💖is💙Magic✨ -Lena and twilight sparkle

[@samuraiforever9120]

Also the phantom blots backstory resembles the Quarrymen backstory from Gargoyles. basically Demona ransacked a village and scared a stable boy who swore revenge and for years his family dedicated their lives to hunting both Gargoyles and other magical creatures.

[@swiatowidciesslak6249]

I don't know, how about USA, but in Poland there's such "tradition" of kids addressing adults as "aunts" and "uncles" even if it's parent's friends and there's no kindred what so ever. It helps kids to trust new meet adults. Meaby here's the same with Magica and Lina?

[@swiatowidciesslak6249]

@jf k Make sence.

[@swiatowidciesslak6249]

@jf k Makes sence to me.

[@jeremytung1632]

Gladstone’s B-plot is one of the funniest I’ve seen in the show.

[@alexgarcia9578]

Dude! You should make a video tour of your books and comics on the background! Keep up the good work. You are my favorite ducktales reviewer

[@seaniccus]

There's so much back there! The bottom shelves are all duck comics. The next up is Mickey and assorted indie comics I like, plus a collection of Peter Pan books. The third shelf from the bottom is mostly DC Comic Archive collections! And near the top is allllll japanese stuff. Language books, art books comics, etc.

[@antonissa8345]

I wonder who would turn to dust if Thanos snapped in the Ducktales series... Any ideas?

[@CharginChuck]

It wouldn't be Gladstone, that's the one thing we can be sure of

[@neoman4426]

@@CharginChuck I don't know, might be luckier to be one of the ones gone in that situation. Spared from the hard life of rebuilding after a tragedy of that scale and the like

[@gennybaratta2460]

@@CharginChuck Donald would definitely be snapped away

[@beastmaster0934]

5:40 I love how Lena realizes who Webby is referring too, she’s like “Nope nope nope nope”

[@PhantomObserver]

My own theory? If Magica created Lena, then she may have used aspects of her own personality to do so. Which would suggest that Lena *is* Magica during Magica's formative years. So if they did an episode telling Magica's backstory in her teens, then they would probably use Lena's voice actor and character design to show what Magica looked like back then.

[@little.prince]

Maybe Lena is Magica's niece, because the first shadow creature she made was- Webby. A lot of people theorize that Scrooge made Webby as a clone of Della because he was depressed. Well, what if he made a deal with magical? A magical one that would prevent magical from saying the truth.

[@arc7375]

This comment aged poorly.

[@h.cschannel]

I really like your theory and think it's a really interesting possibility. I feel it could easily be a strong possibility that magica *was* the first shadow creature to escape from the shadow realm and think they could do so much with her character if they explored how she managed to escape and if someone created *her.* but for some reason, I feel like if that's true, I don't think leana was the second, which has me excited and curious about the possibility of leana having siblings or cousins and what happened to them.

[@nickthedreamer4434]

In terms of the blue eyes, don't forget the Moon Mite that attacked Della on the moon (as well as its baby) were also last seen with eyes that changed to blue before disappearing into the moon.

[@VictorScrooge]

We have to take into account that Magica isn't the same as she was when the village of Blot was destroyed. She was decades trapped in a coin and only her shadowportion stayed free. More or less. I think you are onto something with her heritage and I am curious where this is going. I just hope Lena doesn't stay always in this new form. Maybe as a Justice Duck but not otherwise. Maybe they are going a Scarlet Witch route with her. I mean it would make sense to get some more superhero references in there. I would love to see how Morgana and Magica interact with each other. A full on short show about 3-5 Episodes just with the magical part of the Ducktales universe would be a delight. This will never happen but it is a nice dream.

[@feliciakrnwn]

Ah yes, the classic disney princess outfit transformation

[@SuperSwordman1]

I'm just glad that one of the creators said that Lena's new look is a super powered form, rather than a new look. Those eyes, they're creepy AF. Also, for anyone curious, same creator said the reason the Blot was working Funzo's was so he could keep an eye on Magica while he fixed his gauntlet. Interesting your bring up that theory. A friend of mine suggested that while Lena is a magical creation, she was created using the spirit/life of Minima de Spell. To explain, his theory is that Magica absorbed her family's life/magic/whatever (also explaining the strange absence of her brother Poe), and that the essence collected from Minima was split off to create Lena. Also, something I'm surprised you didn't mention, but Gladstone's luck being magic based could be a subtle reference to the Italian comics where Gladstone's luck came from the blessings of Fortuna. This also could be seen as extra creepy because it means he could even steal divine magic. And given his desire to hunt down ALL magic...

[@Avatarbee]

Magica being a shadow creature might explain who she can just stick around for centuries while still looking like she is in her twenties. Maybe shadow beings don't age. But that begs the question what sort of ancient grudge a shadow being would have against clan McDuck

[@lady_kluck]

Well I don't have any theories but just saying I enjoy this channel and the thoughtful reviews. I started watching DuckTales as a curiosity because as a kid I loved the original, but this version is so great, I think I love it more! It's clear the writers and show-makers really care about the show and the source material. I enjoy stopping by and hearing your thoughts. And the commentators too! I learn new things about the show/lore/history. :)

[@talikatz3287]

I like to think that since the last holiday episode showed launchpad as Jewish, that his family just didn’t do Halloween and since he thought he was cursed it was reasoning enough once he got old enough to meet people who did not to listen to them.

[@Butt_sects]

Surprised you didn't mention Gladstone hittinh on Magica near the end

[@cazar4]

I love the OST when Magica is pulling her flags to impress the Phantom

[@MRDLT00]

Kinda disappointing that Lena kicked Magica with her powers back’s ass at the end. It shows that Magica is no longer a threat, because Lena and the crew now have the endless power of “FRIENDSHIPPPPPP”. >.>

[@johannesseyfried7933]

I didn't like it either.

[@someguycalledgoober155]

Dude, Magica just ate a straight string of garlic. Like, what? This character's hillarious and now I'll quote everything she says.

[@gabriellemicozperez3370]

“Friendship is Magic” , it sounds so familiar , too familiar , reminds me of a few particular mares rather than ducks

[@Sayrden]

When Sean mused that Lena might not be the first living shadow, I thought he was going somewhere else. Specifically, that the Phantom Blot might also be a living shadow created by Magica. I know that he's normally just a guy in a creepy outfit, but Ducktales 2017 has made plenty of other, larger changes (nearly all of which I like). While I like this idea, I doubt that it's correct. If it were true, this episode seems like the obvious time to reveal it.

[@smutnejajo5149]

I think Magica "manipulating shadows" was just a visual gag. Didn't we see some other character do something similar?

[@HautaAntero]

Believe or not, this is probably my favorite Lena episode. Probably because the comedic writing, delivery and of course that montage song. And am I a only one who thinks, that montage song sound little bit like a The Touch by Stan Bush, from The Transformers The Movie. "Arise Lena De Spell!!!" "Optimus!!"

[@maldon3659]

This episode made me realise that Gladstone Gander is voiced by Mr Peanutbutter from Bojack Horseman

[@LlorDrei]

This episode lends credence to a theory of mine of the identity of the Phantom Blot. Pegleg Pete. It is shown that before the gauntlet, he challenged Magica with a magic sword, but was defeated. I believe that she either used it to cut off his leg, or damaged his leg to the point he had to use the sword to cut it off himself... a trope we've seen with Della. My belief is further enhanced by further showings of the Phantom Blot with Pepper, who has all the makings of an adult duck version of Pistol Pete from Goof Troop, where he has a sudden bout of insecurity when he is told the other people he works with don't like him, which is totally in character for Pete.

[@cristyflaherty4902]

Forgot to mention when magica says there will be trials,tribulations that was a reference to princess and the frog.

[@spritemon98]

*sudders* Her blue eyes creep me out so much

[@Rman94]

Perhaps Lena and Boyd will be apart of a super hero team in the show's future.

[@Juanman8321]

I thought it was pretty sad that what was not mentioned that the color of the girls at the end are all water downed colors of the boys blue red green, light green, light blue, and pink

[@Hanmacx]

Who else is there for Gladstone x Magica shipping? XD

[@Artzei]

I kinda find this episode a bit contradictory to the Season 2 finale, since in that it was shown that both Blot and Magica are working with F.O.W.L

[@sneakysneakyraccoon8538]

I'm sorry... what? When was that shown?

[@avancesfuturos8865]

I have something of my theory and it has to do with the episode of "friendship hates magic" what I think happened is that Lena is a "tulpa" let me explain; that at the moment in which spell magic was enclosed in Scrooge's coin, separating his shadow from his body with magic and creating with the magic of the lunar eclipse, at that moment of being enclosed in the coin he used the emotions of hate and revenge towards Scrooge and he created Lena hiding in her shadow, Lena, his tulpa casts a version of herself from her own magic shadow, but, I think that as the years went by little by little she took on her own will but without being free of magic of spell and the way in which he was able to obtain his own personality is that in the lunar eclipse of his magic confinement he exaggerated in the amount of magic applied to lena and thus creating a tulpa with its own will or so I think I also like the Seanicus theory it has much more logic for me I think

[@Dimensioneer88]

This should have been the episode to introduce Morgana Macawber.

[@brendensilvano5788]

Is it weird that the blot was the mascot of fun world who despised magica de spell would higher her to perform magic tricks for borthdays

[@lordgzstg6181]

True but then again with her working there blot can kill her anytime he wants.

[@TheLexoDex]

That makes a lotta sense

[@brendensilvano5788]

But why hire her when he could have taken care of her when she was at her weakest?

[@tyrant-den884]

He wants to destroy magic, she didn't have any. So why not make her suffer instead?

[@lordgzstg6181]

@@brendensilvano5788 comedic value? She isn't a threat and seeing her have to perform palor tricks is probably very cathartic for him seeing her brought so low. To mock her essentially.

[@komodrasteel8019]

Friendship is Magic

[@GeminiSaint1]

The moon mite's eyes also turned blue, so this is like the third time this has happened.

[@DragonmanX90]

I want that montage song so damn much!

[@sethcarlow8363]

Looking for more awesome,amazing review of the Duck Tails show. good thing for the DVR so i can watch the ep before the review of it. all in good fun.

[@hellojari07]

Absolutely LOVE this episode