History Recap / DuckTalesS1E1TreasureOfTheGoldenSuns

* InsultBackfire: When Mrs. Beakley [[YoureInsane calls him "mad"]] for claiming to be centuries old, El Capitán retorts "Of course I'm mad! I'm mad for ''gold!''"

* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Scrooge and the nephews wind up leading Glomgold and El Capitán to the ship that contains the first set of lost treasure. After they recover it and repair the ship so it's seaworthy, the duo appears and holds them at gunpoint before forcing them off the ship. Interestingly, Glomgold and El Capitán wanted to avoid this trope and make it to the treasure first, but when their map was destroyed they had no choice but to follow Scrooge's party.

* MapAllAlong: The model ship El Capitán hires the Beagle Boys to steal from Scrooge's Money Bin contains a set of coordinates that leads to a horde of treasure looted from the Valley of the Golden Suns.
* MidBattleTeaBreak: In part 5 when Scrooge and El Capitán wrestles around they notice the floor is about to collapse so they declare a truce and runs to safety and after that proceeds their fighting.

* RockyRollCall: This exchange in "Wrongway to Ronguay" when Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, and Louie come across Glomgold and El Capitan:

'''El Capitan:''' Los ninos!\\

** Near the end of "Too Much of a Gold Thing", El Capitan is danging over a vat of molten gold by a rope. Scrooge insists that he rescue him, despite the fact that El Capitan would much rather be left to his fate.

* VerbalBackspace: When Scrooge asks him who is going to fly the Golden Condor, Gyro says there's only one pilot stupid enough, and then backtracks and substitutes "capable."

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Attempted and even quoted by El Capitán in Part 2, threatening Glomgold with a ship cannon after he [[BerserkButton throws away a coin of his gold]]. Glomgold however doesn't take it lying down and [[NoYou sets the cannon onto him]], leading to a "[[NoYou No]], ''[[NoYou You]]'' Have Outlived Your Usefulness" argument. They both fight over the cannon until eventually the bomb fires up in the air and hurtles back down to the ship, with the expected results.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Mrs. Beakley snaps Scrooge out of his GoldFever by asking him "What's more important, being a rich duck, or a dead duck?"

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: El Capitán can't bear to separated from the gold, not even ''a single coin''. This obviously leads to complications when he teams up with other villains in for a share.

* DeathByMaterialism: Downplayed at part 5 where the valley is about to cave in, El Capitán desperately tries to cling to the gold that the others has to drag him along. Scrooge himself almost met this fate but his family snapped him out of it.

* ExactWords: The terms of Scrooge and Glomgold's bet in part 2 was that if their opponent made more money from scratch in two weeks, the loser would have to literally eat Glomgold's hat. Thanks to Glomgold tossing him a coin as a mocking gesture and setting off El Capitan's destructive BerserkButton, Scrooge technically wins the bet when the rest of the treasure goes under.

* ExtremeOmnivore: Burger shows how he'll eat anything when he [[EatTheBomb eats a chocolate covered bomb]]. His brothers have to keep him from eating the rest [[JailBake so they can use them to escape]].

* FriendOrIdolDecision: A GoldFever induced Scrooge is left choosing between the treasure and the welfare of his family (along with himself) in part 5. This ultimatum is enough to snap him out of the trance and save them all.
* GoldFever: Scrooge, and later the triplets fall victim to this as they reach the treasure in Part 5. Mrs Beakly and Webbigail don't succumb to this, the latter reasons that this is because they aren't as exposed to money as much as Scrooge's family.

* MacGuffinMelee: In "Don't Give Up The Ship", Huey, Dewey and Louie and the Beagle Boys fight over the eponymous model ship.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Glomgold had never tossed the one golden coin to Scrooge to mock him, then Scrooge would have never have won his bet with him. He also would never have learned of the full treasure of the Golden Suns.

* OffingTheAnnoyance: Joaquin Slolei refuses to bargain with Scrooge, until the antics of his crew irritate him into submission. Out of spite, Slolei sends his people to kill them straight afterwards. This VillainBall ultimately ends up costing him all his power.
* OnAScaleFromOneToTen: A non-number example; in "Cold Duck",after Launchpad manages to cross a canyon on a raft pulled by a walrus, he says "Hey, nice landing! On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give it a C+."
* OwMyBodyPart: Beakley and Webby say "Ow, my eyes!" when Scrooge opens the door leading to the temple holding the Treasure of the Golden Sun, as a golden light shines in their eyes.
* PunnyName: Joaquin Slolei, modern-day conquistador and self-proclaimed high priest of the sun worshipers in part 3. The same goes for his great-to-the-umpteenth-power grandfather Marchen Slolei, and Marchen's partner Juan Tanamera.
* QuicksandSucks: In "Wrongway to Ronguay", Scrooge wanders into quicksand thanks to Glomgold hiding the warning sign. Scrooge, Huey, and Dewey try to pull him out with a rope, but he sinks. Fortunately, Scrooge managed to have some scuba gear on him, which he uses to swim his way out. He also manages to find the sign that Glomgold hid, which is how he suspects that Glomgold is trying to win the bet by cheating.

** At the end of "Wrongway to Ronguay", the ship sinks when Glomgold and El Capitan both try to take each other out. Scrooge, Huey, Dewey and Louie both come back to save them, but only manage to rescue Glomgold. Glomgold tells them that El Capitan sank to the bottom with his gold, but El Capitan really held onto some debris and survived.

** Huey, Dewey and Louie reference [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes the former competition]].

** Joaquin Slolei in Part 3, not too happy about having to bargain with Scrooge, decides to set his worshippers on him after he obtains his part of the bargain. The scuffle ultimately leads to him losing both of his coins, and thus all his power.

** El Capitán becomes more and more unhinged with each attempt at the treasure, by the time his final attempt starts to go pear shaped he has become LaughingMad.

* WomenAreWiser: Justified example. Mrs Beakly and Webbigail do not fall victim to GoldFever during the finale, leaving them the voice of reason as the situation worsens. Mrs Beakly reasons that is because they are not exposed to the same amount of wealth as Scrooge and the boys, so cannot be triggered as easily.

-->'''Slolei:''' Listen to me! ''I am your master!''\\

* SuperOCD: El Capitán. His mission to get the treasure of the Golden Suns seems less for profit and more down to obsession, he knows each and every piece of by heart. It seems to be a Determinator fuelled rendition of this trope that has kept him going on to recollect it for ''hundreds of years''. [[spoiler: It is implied he'll damn well try for another few hundred after he fails.]]

* DeathbyMaterialism: Downplayed at part 5 where the valley is about to cave in, El Capitán desperately tries to cling to the gold that the others has to drag him along.

* Really700YearsOld: El Capitán, who claims he's managed to stay for 400 years through "sheer willpower".