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* [[Born Lucky]]: Literally.
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Gladstone is so ridiculously lucky he could probably become richer than Scrooge with no effort, but lacks the ambition to do so. Gladstone could even become Scrooge's heir if he weren't so lazy. The only reason Scrooge considers him a better heir than Donald is that Gladstone is least likely to squander the money.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In some of Gladstone's earlier appearances (Such as [https://web.archive.org/web/20111027040540/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?s=date&loc=1948/W_WDC_88%2FW_WDC_88-02R ''Wintertime Wager'']), his luck is not yet present, and he's basically a (slightly) more obnoxious version of Donald. Later, he got his infamous good fortune, and became that much more insufferable.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: In most stories he averts this, but there have been stories where it's revealed that his constant good luck isn't ''always'' a good thing—when it comes down to it, Gladstone's lifestyle and attitude has left him with absolutely no friends and only marginal support from his family. A few stories have speculated that this is the ''real'' reason he enjoys riling Donald up so much; it's the closest thing he has to a friendship.
* [[Jerkass]]: In the comics. He's actually pretty nice to his relatives in Duck Tales, coming off more as a cheerful guy who's oblivious to the fact that not everyone's as lucky as he is.
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* [[Lazy Bum]]
* [[Lucky Bastard]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Occasionally -- ''very'' occasionally—he'll have a few moments where he does this and employs his incredible luck for the benefit of others and not just himself. Notable examples are [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?num=18&loc=1952/W_OS_367-02R&s=date ''Christmas for Shacktown'']{{Dead link}} and [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=25&loc=D96325&s=date ''A Little Something Special.'']{{Dead link}}
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]
** He worked once, earning a dime. That job and the dime are his greatest shame.
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* [[Furry Confusion]]: Bolivar is on the same anthropomorphic level as Pluto; i.e. he's mostly just a dog...
* [[Hidden Depths]]: ...but there are hints that he may be [[Obfuscating Stupidity|smarter than he lets on.]] In one story, as a [[Funny Background Event]], he plays checkers with Gyro's Helper, and ''wins.''
* [[Ironic Fear]]: He's a ''St. Bernard'' who's afraid of ''snow.'' Donald even [[Lampshaded Trope|Lampshades]] [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?num=3&loc=1951/W_WDC_125-02R&s=date it on occasion.]{{Dead link}}
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* [[Murder, Inc.]]
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: The Beagle Boys constantly wear black masks that only serve to make them more recognizable (which was played in one story, where they robbed a jewelry store and the witness didn't recognize them because they weren't wearing their masks despite the fact they were otherwise dressed like typical Beagle Boys), since they never, ever take them off, not even when they are actually trying to disguise themselves. Let alone the ''prisoner's numbers'' on their chests.
** Don Rosa used to play with it, and in ''one'' occasion Barks draw one of them (young Blackheart) without his mask from stupefaction: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811035454/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?num=15&loc=1957/W_USGD_1%2FW_USGD_1-02R&s=date here].
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: There are plenty of comic stories with the Beagle Boys as the main focus, often showing them trying to rob someone ''other'' than Scrooge for a change. It's these stories that usually features their [[Comic Trio]] characterizations.
* [[You Are Number Six]]: In the comics, the Beagles are only known by their prisoner's numbers—one story goes as far as to show a Beagle wondering what his name is, as his own mother preferred to call him by number. Averted in ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'', where they all get names and different appearances ([[Word of God]] states that this was because the prisoner's numbers were too unclear as identity tags in animation.)
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* [[Obviously Evil]]
* [[Zany Scheme]]: His plots have included stuff like turning pineapples to stone with a poison or destroying Duckburg's cucumber crop so he could sell his own unpalatable foodstuffs ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110826045628/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?s=date&loc=1957/W_DD_54%2FW_DD_54-01R "Forbidden Valley"], his first appearance).
 
== [[Canon Foreigner]]s from ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'' ==