History Characters / DuckTales2017ScroogeMcDuck

[-[[Characters/DuckTales2017MainCharacters Main Characters]]: '''Scrooge [=McDuck=]''' | [[Characters/DuckTales2017DonaldDuck Donald Duck]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017HueyDuck Huey Duck]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017DeweyDuck Dewey Duck]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017LouieDuck Louie Duck]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017DellaDuck Della Duck]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017WebbyVanderquack Webby Vanderquack]]\\

Antagonists: [[Characters/DuckTales2017Antagonists Major Antagonists]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017FlintheartGlomgold Flintheart Glomgold]], [[Characters/DuckTales2017MagicaDeSpell Magica De Spell]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017BeagleBoys The Beagle Boys]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017FOWL F.O.W.L.]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard The Director]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017MinorAntagonists Minor Antagonists]]\\

Antagonists: [[Characters/DuckTales2017Antagonists Major Antagonists]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017FlintheartGlomgold Flintheart Glomgold]], [[Characters/DuckTales2017MagicaDeSpell Magica DeSpell]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017BeagleBoys The Beagle Boys]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017FOWL F.O.W.L.]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard The Director]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017MinorAntagonists Minor Antagonists]]\\

Antagonists: [[Characters/DuckTales2017Antagonists Major Antagonists]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017FlintheartGlomgold Flintheart Glomgold]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017BeagleBoys The Beagle Boys]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017FOWL F.O.W.L.]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard The Director]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017MinorAntagonists Minor Antagonists]]\\

* FishOutOfWater: Having never seen a movie since the 1930s, he thinks color films are a trend and insists the villain must have a mustache to twirl.

** {{Pride}}. Scrooge didn't get to be the richest duck in the world by settling for second place. From the very beginning, it's obvious Scrooge's pride is a driving force in his ambitions. Being told by Louie he "used to be big deal" in the pilot breaks Scrooge out of his funk and drives him to go adventuring again. It's also his FatalFlaw as he ''hates'' being second best, and his attempts to prove otherwise nearly doom the kids and himself in "The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!" and "The Missing Links of Moorshire!" Luckily he snaps out of it in the nick of time. Unfortunately, Scrooge doesn't snap out of it at the end of "The Last Crash of the Sunchasers" to tragic consequences. [[spoiler:When the kids finally learn about Della, they immediately blame Scrooge for her disappearance and accuse him of not caring about her. Scrooge is unable to keep calm and explain how he nearly bankrupted his company to find her until the Board of Directors pulled the plug; as a result, Scrooge lashes out at ''everyone'' and drives them away. He only snaps out of it after Lena tells him off in "The Shadow War - Part 1: Night of De Spell!".]]

* PhraseCatcher: "Curse you, [=McDuck=]!" He's apparently heard it so often that he claims if he had a nickel for each one he'd be twice as rich as he already is. So far Flintheart Glomgold, Magica De Spell and George Mallardy (posthumously, anyway) have used it in-series.

* PostStressOvereating: [[spoiler:"The Shadow War - Part 1: Night of De Spell!" shows Scrooge has gorged on ''hundreds'' of pizza pies in the aftermath of the falling-out from the previous episode.]]

** [[spoiler: He was such a great boss to his late butler, Duckworth, that he eventually comes back as a ghost just to keep serving him.]]

*** Della Duck. He's effectively unpersoned her by hiding every picture of her and belonging she had hidden away in a secret room in his archives. According to Webby, some junkmail for her showed up at the mansion, so Scrooge bought the post office and arranged it so the unlucky post man never came again. [[spoiler: The fact she stole the Spear of Selene might have something to do with it. It's eventually revealed that he blames himself for her loss, since he built the spaceship in question and she used it before he was ready.]]
*** [[spoiler: Bradford revealing that he caused the incident by telling Della about the Spear of Selene makes him absolutely ''furious''.]]

* BrokenAce: In spite of his many talents and achievements, he was (at the start of the series at least) estranged from his remaining family and despite all the resources at his disposal was never able to [[spoiler: rescue Della from space.]] When the nephews come into his life, his desire to live up to his impossible reputation is a source of conflict because of his {{Pride}}.

* ControlFreak: He tends to get frustrated and annoyed when the kids run off contrary to his instructions -- [[spoiler: this is because he couldn't get Della to come back and he doesn't want a repeat with the kids.]]

* EmbarrassingNickname: In "The Impossible Summit of Mount Neverrest!", he reveals that [[spoiler: after failing to climb up to the summit of Mount Neverrest]], he got the humiliating nickname "Neverrest Ninny". Although nobody knows that the Ninny is the same person as the richest duck in the world, Scrooge still thinks he can [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten never live it down]] unless he can actually climb the mountain.

* FatalFlaw: '''Pride.''' It's nearly cost him his family multiple times, and almost taken away everything he had. While Scrooge definitely deserves to be confident about his abilities, he also has a stubborn streak a mile long, confident that he can handle any situation, despite being in over his head. [[spoiler: His bravado to succeed in "The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!" almost gets him, Huey, Dewey, and Webby killed, while "The Missing Links of Moorshire!" has it almost ruin their chances at escaping being turned to stone. His not wanting to face up to the loss of his niece in "The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!" leaves Huey, Louie, Dewey, and Webby with the impression that Scrooge stood idly by and refused to lift a finger to save Della after she had stolen The Spear of Selene to take it on an unauthorized test flight and became lost in space ([[PoorCommunicationsKills had he just been able to spit it out, they'd all have learned that that was absolutely not the case -- that he actually had to in the end be physically restrained from mounting any more rescue attempts by his board of directors]]). This caused all of them to desert Scrooge -- with Duckworth leaving for good measure. Then in "[=GlomTales=]!" he's so confident that he'll win his and Glomgold's bet that he decides to take the family on an adventure during the last two days rather than keep tabs on his foe to make sure he doesn't pull off any last minute schemes to win. It winds up causing him to lose the contest and it's only thanks to Louie's scheming that Scrooge didn't actually lose his company. Ultimately, it's because of his ego that he never considered that the completely invincible Bombie ''can'' be stopped with a simple act of humility, and only realizes this when Louie shows it.]] Frank Angones said as much in a Tumblr response to "The Ballad of Duke Baloney":

* FriendOrIdolDecision: [[spoiler: When he had to choose between his fortune or saving Della, he chose to save Della to the point he nearly emptied his Money Bin (the money he made personally) and almost drove his company into bankruptcy until the Board forced his hand.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Zig-zagged, he tends to be very awkward around children, but he's usually polite and encouraging towards them .... as long as they're not acting bratty. [[spoiler: When Duke Baloney began acting all huffy over being paid a dime for a spat shine, Scrooge lost his temper and said he regretted trying to be nice to the boy.]]

** His extremely turbulent relationship with Donald is the exact opposite of what he has with the kids -- even when Donald [[spoiler: forgives him over Della's disappearance]] they still snipe, bicker, and snark at each other.

** [[spoiler: When the Ghost of Christmas Past tries to trap him in a time loop to keep him to himself, he abandons the spirit in the past without a second thought, condemning him to rot there for many years. Scrooge is saddened when he finds out the spirit ended up going crazy and turning into a Wendigo, and readily reconciles once Past recovers, but he makes no apology for his actions either.]]
** While it likely was too late regardless, he makes no effort to save [[spoiler: Ponce de Leon from aging to death, given the man had just tried to drown him.]]

* HairTriggerTemper: Played for drama; when Scrooge gets ''really'' angry it's not a good sign. It usually means a BerserkButton has been hit -- usually something related to his {{Pride}}. And when he gets angry he usually ends up hurting those closest to him. Luckily, he's able to usually apologize and make amends. The key word is ''usually''; [[spoiler: in "The Last Crash of the Sun Chaser" he's so hurt by the accusations he was too cold-hearted and stingy to find Della, the tongue-lashing that ensues drives every one away.]]

** [[spoiler: Goes into a really prolonged one after Della disappears and the Board pulls the plug on his efforts to find her.]]

** {{Pride}}. Scrooge didn't get to be the richest duck in the world by settling for second place. From the very beginning, it's obvious Scrooge's pride is a driving force in his ambitions. Being told by Louie he "used to be big deal" in the pilot breaks Scrooge out of his funk and drives him to go adventuring again. It's also his FatalFlaw as he ''hates'' being second best, and his attempts to prove otherwise nearly doom the kids and himself in "The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!" and "The Missing Links of Moorshire!" Luckily he snaps out of it in the nick of time. Unfortunately, Scrooge doesn't snap out of it at the end of "The Last Crash of the Sunchasers" to tragic consequences. [[spoiler: When the kids finally learn about Della, they immediately blame Scrooge for her disappearance and accuse him of not caring about her. Scrooge is unable to keep calm and explain how he nearly bankrupted his company to find her until the Board of Directors pulled the plug; as a result, Scrooge lashes out at ''everyone'' and drives them away. He only snaps out of it after Lena tells him off in "The Shadow War - Part 1: Night of De Spell!".]]

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: The Spear of Selene fiasco is this: not only had he failed to keep his adventure-loving niece from stealing an untested prototype spacecraft, he couldn't bring her back to Earth, either by talking her through the sudden space storm that appears, nor by further attempts that have him so focused on Della that he can't see he was about go bankrupt, harming the welfare of those who are employed by Scrooge. Sadly, YMMV if the Board of Directors were trying to stop Scrooge's either to be CruelToBeKind or ForYourOwnGood...]]

* NeverMyFault: Played with. While he does accept the blame for quite a bit of his actions (see: MyGreatestFailure), he reacts badly to ''other people'' calling him out on them. [[spoiler: Both "The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!" and "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!" see him willing to show kindness in the face of the trauma of his friends and enemies until he realizes he's been slighted. Then ''all bets are off.'']]

** "Last Christmas" has him (casually) reveal that he is doing ''something'' to prevent the Midgard Serpent of Norse myth from destroying the Earth. [[spoiler: This one's eventually shown later on in the next season.]]

* SelfMadeMan: Made his fortune through hard work, and becomes offended when it is implied that it was due to luck. Unlike his enemies (and Goldie), he never cheats or steals. [[spoiler: He had a ''little'' help from his dad, Fergus. Scrooge wasn't having any luck with his shoe-shining business so Fergus gave an American dime to a ditch-digger friend, muddied his boots and sent him Scrooge's way. Scrooge never found out until centuries later.]]

* ActionDad: Downplayed. He raised Donald and Della after their parents' deaths in addition to also being the greatest adventurer on the planet. [[spoiler:Played completely straight as of the finale when its revealed that Webby is his OppositeSexClone/biological daughter.]]

** In the comics he had a very good relationship with his father Fergus. Here their relationship is severely strained, even more so than his one with Donald.

** In the original comics, he became estranged from his family because he became too greedy and ruthless -- before the events of "Christmas on Bear Mountain", Donald had only met Scrooge once before as a child -- the day he severed ties with Hortense and Matilda. Here it's implied he never became ''that'' greedy [[note]]According to WordOfGod, Scrooge is more addicted to adventure than money in this iteration[[/note]] as he seems to have been on good terms with his family especially Donald .... before the Spear of Selene.

** Likewise, in "The Great Dime Chase!", Scrooge defends his employees against a board of directors who want to lay them off for better corporate management and downsizing. Scrooge in the comics tended to be shown as an exploitative boss who hired cheap because he could get them to do dangerous jobs for little pay and zero insurance (and his bringing along his family for adventures was often little more than press-ganging them as cheap free labour as it was for family bonding), but his defending his employees (who are made eccentric and more or less unemployable in anybody else's eyes) makes him come off as a BenevolentBoss, especially when he admits that, actually, they're all completely insane.

* AloneWithThePsycho: In "The Shadow War Part 1" it takes a while for Scrooge to realize [[spoiler:that it wasn't exactly Lena attacking him — it was ''Magica''.]]

** At the end of "The Shadow War Part 1", [[spoiler:Magica seals Scrooge inside his Number One dime, the face changing to show him, beak parted.]]

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: His relationship with Donald is extremely turbulent to say the least. By his own admission he sees Donald as a "moocher who lives in my pool and eats my food" who drives him crazy and yet he cares about him more than anyone else in the world because he's family!
* BackInTheSaddle: He stopped his adventuring sometime before the series starts, but the triplets galvanize him into deciding to get back into the action. He might be old, but that doesn't stop him from being a skilled adventurer.

** He gives one in the pilot episode that's been said by just about every version of Scrooge at some point: "I'm [=Scrooge McDuck!=] I made my name by being tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties! And I made all my money square!" Later on in the show, it would simply be shortened to "I'm/you're Scrooge [=McDuck=]!" whenever someone is bringing up his status as a TheAce.

* BadassNormal: While his enemies might employ either or both super-science and magic, Scrooge relied on nothing but his wits and a good pair of spats to see him through most of his adventures.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example in "Last Christmas!"; after the Ghost of Christmas of Past takes him to where he can finally take a break from his family and responsibilities, he quickly becomes sick of it and decides to go home.

* BenevolentBoss: Despite being grumpy he's a rather nice boss despite his employees' many faults and wouldn't hear twice about firing them even if it meant saving costs by downsizing his company (i.e Scrooge won't lay off his employees):

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* DoesNotLikeMagic: Scrooge considers magic "a shortcut to hard work," according to Webby. He doesn't allow spellbooks in his mansion, and even hates sleight-of-hand stage magic like card tricks. Then again, considering how often Scrooge deals with the supernatural, he's probably just being cautious. [[spoiler:It's quite telling that he had to use magic to keep the Bombie locked up, and that he's spent fifteen million dollars of his money on magical defenses for his money bin.]]