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Recap / Duck Tales S 1 E 40 Back Out In The Outback

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Something's attacking Scrooge's sheep and shearing off their wool, so Scrooge heads off for Australia to find out what's going on. What's worse, Webby gets lost in the outback.

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  • Androcles' Lion: Webby earned the respect of the mother and father warthogs by saving their child from a well shaft.
  • Bait-and-Switch: Just after Launchpad and the triplets discover that somebody is using remote-controlled boomerangs to force Scrooge's ranch out of business, it cuts to Scrooge and Sundowner, with Sundowner throwing his boomerang at Scrooge just before the commercial break, giving the impression that he's the one behind the willy wisps. When the break ends, it's revealed that he was actually using it to knock down a boa that was sneaking up behind Scrooge.
  • The Beastmaster: Webby's status as a Friend to All Living Things comes in handy. She gathers a team of Australian animals to defeat Dashing Duke and his cronies before they can attack Scrooge and Sundowner again.
  • Deliberate Injury Gambit: To throw suspicion off himself, Duke had his men sic the willy whisps on him while he's with Scrooge, first attacking the plane they're on, then using them as a means to separate from Scrooge's group so he could reconnoiter with his goons.
  • Everything Trying to Kill You: What Webby thinks is happening after she gets scared by some of the Australian wildlife. In the end, they bond and she sees they're sweet and helpful after all.
  • Full-Boar Action: Webby brings the mother and father warthogs against Duke at the end. One of them quickly ruins an escape attempt by puncturing the villain's tires with its tusks.
  • Furry Confusion: Webby says "Animals are my favorite people!" when she meets Sundowner's dog Dingo. However, in the Duckverse, people are anthropomorphized animals.
  • Kangaroos Represent Australia: Webby eagerly gushes about wanting to meet a kangaroo as the group is arriving in Australia, and she does indeed meet one. It puts her in its pouch for the night to keep her warm.
  • Land Down Under: This episode takes place in Australia. It features boomerangs, miniature UFOs (which are also boomerangs), opals, a sheep station, and a variety of marsupials.
  • Meaningful Echo: Early on, Scrooge says that it's going to take teamwork to deal with the willy-wisps. At the end, he asks Webby how she managed to capture Dashing Duke and his mooks and she answers that it took teamwork.
  • Misplaced Wildlife: There are wild pigs in Australia, or rather, feral pigs, but warthogs are native to Africa.
  • Oh, Crap!: While Duke and his men started to feel jittery when Webby's wildlife friends started showing up, it wasn't until the warthogs showed up that this really came into effect.
  • Precision-Guided Boomerang: The willy wisps are actually remote-controlled boomerangs that spin so fast that they look like miniature flying saucers.
  • Tempting Fate: Dashing Duke and his two mooks mock Webby when she storms up and orders them to leave her Honorary Uncle alone. They quickly find out that however small a girl is, it's unwise to make her angry when she can sic the local wildlife on you.

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