Everyone begins seeing double when Magica DeSpell gets the Beagle Boys to help her steal the Number One Dime, disguising them as the nephews. Can the nephews expose them before the dime is stolen and before Mrs. Beakley loses her mind?
This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
- Body Snatcher: Having been to a movie about aliens "quacker-snatching" people beforehand, this is the triplets' first thought as to what's happened to Mrs. Beakley (and, later, Huey) when they return to Scrooge's mansion to find Mrs. Beakley (actually Magica) not acting like herself, at least until they find out what's really going on.
- Blatant Lies: When Dewey and Louie find Burger, who's disguised as Huey, they tie him up to a chair. When Scrooge sees this, he's about to untie Burger, thinking he really is Huey, when Mrs. Walters heads into the room and sees what's happening. Scrooge's reaction? He tells her that he's just playing cowboys and Indians with his nephews.
- Comically Missing the Point: When Huey and Mrs. Beakley are trapped in Magica's hideout, Huey decides to "fight fire with fire". Mrs. Beakley immediately tells him that it's not safe to play with matches.Huey: No, not real fire! Watch!
- Denied Food as Punishment: When Magica undoes her spell and Burger, disguised as Huey, is turned back to his normal self, he refuses to tell Scrooge, Dewey, and Louie where the real Huey is, saying there's nothing they can do to make him talk. Scrooge tells him "No supper", and Burger spills the beans on the real Huey's whereabouts.
- Double Take: "Scrooge and his nephews, [Burger returns to normal] playing Beagle Boys and Indians. (Beat) BEAGLE BOYS?!"
- Eaten Alive: Inverted, in that Magica (disguised as Mrs. Beakley) tells the nephews to "Eat your soup while it's still alive!" It's unsure why she served them whatever the creature was.
- Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: Mrs. Walters, the reporter who is trying to interview Scrooge for the magazine she works for throughout the episode.
- Fainting: Mrs. Beakley is forced to faint by Magica.
- Faint in Shock: Mrs. Beakley has an Oh, Crap! reaction and faints when she holds Big Time and Baby Face Beagle, who are disguised as Dewey and Louie, in front of a mirror.
- Forced Transformation:
- Big Time Beagle gets transformed into a dragon at one point in the episode. Actually, he didn't mind it — it made it easier for him to threaten the kidnapped Huey.
- Additionally, Huey is briefly turned into a baby chicken and a pig, Magica is turned into a crow (like her brother), and both Big Time and Baby Face undergo numerous transformations during the climax.
- Glamour Failure: Magica's spell that turns the Beagle Boys into copies of Scrooge's nephews. While they looked like Huey, Dewey, and Louie, their reflections in mirrors revealed their true selves. They also still kept their original voices, which was even pointed out by Scrooge when Magica disguised herself as Mrs. Beakley and he asked her why she now talked with an accent.
- Going for the Big Scoop: Mrs. Walters stows away in a helicopter with Scrooge and the others as they set off to get back the Number One Dime and save Huey and Mrs. Beakley.Mrs. Walters: Wait! My readers deserve the real scoop!
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Webra Walters is the standard comedienne's imitation of Barbara Walters, as established by Gilda Radner.
- The Mirror Shows Your True Self: The snafu of Magica's spell, as mentioned under Glamour Failure.
- Replaced with Replica: Played With. Scrooge apparently gives Magica his Number One Dime for Huey, but as Scrooge and his family are leaving, he reveals that he actually gave Magica a regular dime and got his real Number One Dime back."I didn't get rich by being stupid, now did I?"
- Scaled Up: Big Time Beagle temporarily becoming a dragon during the climax of the episode.
- Shout-Out: The title is a reference to "Send in the Clowns".
- Villain Team-Up: Magica De Spell and the Beagle Boys.
- You Are Grounded!: Scrooge grounds the triplets (actually the disguised Beagle Boys) after they cause trouble for Mrs. Beakley and Webby and blow up Scrooge's study searching for the Number One Dime. Needless to say, the real triplets are confused as to why Uncle Scrooge is so mad at them for leaving their room when they return from the movie they went to see earlier.
