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== [http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/dickie.html Dickie Duck] is Scrooge's biological granddaughter. ==
== [http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/dickie.html Dickie Duck] is Scrooge's biological granddaughter. ==
* What was the ''first story to feature Goldie'' after her introduction in ''Back to the Klondike''? The story by Romano Scarpa introducing Paperetta (aka Dickie)! Come on... Scrooge's old flame randomly shows up on his proverbial doorstep with a granddaughter of unknown parentage and asks Scrooge to take her in for no apparent reason. He accepts, also for no apparent reason. Then, almost as quickly as they introduced her, the writers try to ignore her existence and seem determined never to give a straight answer about her origins. Sure, nobody's covering up anything here. ''Again''. Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Rumpus McFowl, Gideon McDuck... this family's got kids out of wedlock running all over the place!
* What was the ''first story to feature Goldie'' after her introduction in ''Back to the Klondike''? The story by Romano Scarpa introducing Paperetta (aka Dickie)! Come on... Scrooge's old flame randomly shows up on his proverbial doorstep with a granddaughter of unknown parentage and asks Scrooge to take her in for no apparent reason. He accepts, also for no apparent reason. Then, almost as quickly as they introduced her, the writers try to ignore her existence and seem determined never to give a straight answer about her origins. Sure, nobody's covering up anything here. ''Again''. Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Rumpus McFowl, Gideon McDuck... this family's got kids out of wedlock running all over the place!
** Considering that she's often found working for Bridget, the question becomes, does Bridget ''know'' this?
** Considering that she's often found working for Bridget, the question becomes, does Bridget ''know'' this?
*** Probably yes, and was told by Goldie herself. The one time they met, after all, Goldie encouraged Brigit to pursue Scrooge, and Brigit asked about it. With Goldie admitting the deed so Scrooge wouldn't have an easy way out.
*** Probably yes, and was told by Goldie herself. The one time they met, after all, Goldie encouraged Brigit to pursue Scrooge, and Brigit asked about it. With Goldie admitting the deed so Scrooge wouldn't have an easy way out.
** Lets not forget the time aspect to this - for this to work, Scrooge and Goldie would have had to have concieved when they were doing something that "wasn't a hanging offense". Scrooge didn't have any protection, and neither did Goldie. But then the follow up, Hearts of the Yukon, would have to take place in such a time that she was pregnant, and knew it, but not noticeable - supposing they just gave the hell up on them actually being ducks and just made them people, that means about 5 months. Prisoner of White Agony Creek began in the Spring of 1897, and they were together for a month before the ..... anyway, that means it could have happened in the beginning, considering Scrooge said there was no thaw yet. This means that it happened near mid April. Hearts of the Yukon, their follow up, takes place in January 1898 - a full 9 months after the incident. She couldn't hide a child back in those days. Whatever happened, no-one was produced. Scrooge has no children.
** Lets not forget the time aspect to this - for this to work, Scrooge and Goldie would have had to have concieved when they were doing something that "wasn't a hanging offense". Scrooge didn't have any protection, and neither did Goldie. But then the follow up, Hearts of the Yukon, would have to take place in such a time that she was pregnant, and knew it, but not noticeable - supposing they just gave the hell up on them actually being ducks and just made them people, that means about 5 months. Prisoner of White Agony Creek began in the Spring of 1897, and they were together for a month before the ..... anyway, that means it could have happened in the beginning, considering Scrooge said there was no thaw yet. This means that it happened near mid April. Hearts of the Yukon, their follow up, takes place in January 1898 - a full 9 months after the incident. She couldn't hide a child back in those days. Whatever happened, no-one was produced. Scrooge has no children.
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**** In the theatrical cartoon, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTVAyw2EAYE Don's Fountain of Youth]", [[Donald Duck]] convinces Huey, Dewey and Louie that the eponymous pool has turned him into a baby—and then into an egg. It's a con, and the theatrical Nephews aren't the All-Knowing Oracles of the Barks tales, but they treat Donald's "transformation" as the logical result of such an immersion. I believe that I've seen references to the "Duck Family Album" in old Disney comics—possibly including those by Barks—which show various Duck characters as "just a baby": i.e., as eggs wearing bonnets or trademark sailor hats.
**** In the theatrical cartoon, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTVAyw2EAYE Don's Fountain of Youth]", [[Donald Duck]] convinces Huey, Dewey and Louie that the eponymous pool has turned him into a baby—and then into an egg. It's a con, and the theatrical Nephews aren't the All-Knowing Oracles of the Barks tales, but they treat Donald's "transformation" as the logical result of such an immersion. I believe that I've seen references to the "Duck Family Album" in old Disney comics—possibly including those by Barks—which show various Duck characters as "just a baby": i.e., as eggs wearing bonnets or trademark sailor hats.
*** In the [[DuckTales]] episode "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UYMXI7-Vhg Sweet Duck of Youth]", when they actually find the Fountain of Youth, they discover it merely makes your reflection look young. The triplets all turn into eggs when they look in it, just like Donald pretends he has been youthenized into in "Don's Fountain of Youth".
*** In the [[DuckTales]] episode "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UYMXI7-Vhg Sweet Duck of Youth]", when they actually find the Fountain of Youth, they discover it merely makes your reflection look young. The triplets all turn into eggs when they look in it, just like Donald pretends he has been youthenized into in "Don's Fountain of Youth".
*** [http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4403/ddegg.jpg Graphic proof] from Marco Rita's ''From Egg To Duck'', although the comic it is from is non-canon in many regards (such as saying that Donald was a lost egg found and raised by Grandma Duck and Scrooge).
*** [http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4403/ddegg.jpg Graphic proof] from Marco Rita's ''From Egg To Duck'', although the comic it is from is non-canon in many regards (such as saying that Donald was a lost egg found and raised by Grandma Duck and Scrooge).
** Wacky theory: Dickie was intended to be Scrooge's grandaughter and the contradictions with what we know from Don Rosa's writings are simply due to different writers with different interpretations. The comics revolving around the Duck Clan aren't any different from other comic books in regards to continuity and timescales.
** Wacky theory: Dickie was intended to be Scrooge's grandaughter and the contradictions with what we know from Don Rosa's writings are simply due to different writers with different interpretations. The comics revolving around the Duck Clan aren't any different from other comic books in regards to continuity and timescales.
*** Yes, [[Comic Book Time|time can never be trusted very far with comic books]].
*** Yes, [[Comic Book Time|time can never be trusted very far with comic books]].
*** Especially since the Italian Duck stories take place in a universe very different from Don Rosa's vision. There are several Duck canons that only vaguely overlap.
*** Especially since the Italian Duck stories take place in a universe very different from Don Rosa's vision. There are several Duck canons that only vaguely overlap.
*** Ducks come from eggs, as mentioned above. I don't think it takes 9 months to hatch an egg.
*** Ducks come from eggs, as mentioned above. I don't think it takes 9 months to hatch an egg.
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== Drake Mallard ([[Darkwing Duck]]) is Scrooge's illegitimate child ==
== Drake Mallard ([[Darkwing Duck]]) is Scrooge's illegitimate child ==
Fearing an scandal, he kept the child secret and provided him with a portion of his fortune as a form of Child Care and Compensation (this is how Drake can afford all of his crime-fighting stuff without any known job). Scrooge probably thinks of him as a disappointment and Drake prefers not to think about his biological father.
Fearing an scandal, he kept the child secret and provided him with a portion of his fortune as a form of Child Care and Compensation (this is how Drake can afford all of his crime-fighting stuff without any known job). Scrooge probably thinks of him as a disappointment and Drake prefers not to think about his biological father.


== The money vault is a sham. ==
== The money vault is a sham. ==
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== [[Born Lucky|Gladstone Gander]] is a secret [[Reality Warper]] ==
== [[Born Lucky|Gladstone Gander]] is a secret [[Reality Warper]] ==
One story suggested that his supernatural luck is the result of Fortuna, goddess of luck falling in love with him. But that was an isolated incident. I think he has the ability to manipulate reality in a rather [[Haruhi Suzumiya]] like fashion. Fortunately for the universe he is willing to chalk up his unending fortunes to "luck" and laze around without any sort of goals beyond comfort. Scrooge may in fact be a danger to the entire cosmos, as if his occasional attempts to make Gladstone ambitious ever succeeded, he'd probably end up ruling the world.
One story suggested that his supernatural luck is the result of Fortuna, goddess of luck falling in love with him. But that was an isolated incident. I think he has the ability to manipulate reality in a rather [[Haruhi Suzumiya]] like fashion. Fortunately for the universe he is willing to chalk up his unending fortunes to "luck" and laze around without any sort of goals beyond comfort. Scrooge may in fact be a danger to the entire cosmos, as if his occasional attempts to make Gladstone ambitious ever succeeded, he'd probably end up ruling the world.
* Or he is simply a [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/The_Assignment Kappa-level] [[Warhammer 40000|psyker]].
* Or he is simply a [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/The_Assignment Kappa-level] [[Warhammer 40,000|psyker]].


== Fergus and Downy McDuck had a [[Slap Slap Kiss]] relationship. ==
== Fergus and Downy McDuck had a [[Slap Slap Kiss]] relationship. ==
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== [[DuckTales|"Duck to the Future"]] ==
== [[DuckTales|"Duck to the Future"]] ==
The whole "turn our earnings back over the bosses" thing on payday was a way of saying that taxes have been raised so high, such as "The Privilege of Working for Magica McDuck Enterprises Tax," that getting a paycheck is practically a moot point ("Who gets paid?") since just about all your money gets taken out.
The whole "turn our earnings back over the bosses" thing on payday was a way of saying that taxes have been raised so high, such as "The Privilege of Working for Magica McDuck Enterprises Tax," that getting a paycheck is practically a moot point ("Who gets paid?") since just about all your money gets taken out.
* So the state too has become property of the ducks? Not that Magica was beneath something like that.
* So the state too has become property of the ducks? Not that Magica was beneath something like that.
* Magica ''McDuck?!!'' Since when has Magica been a part of the family?
* Magica ''McDuck?!!'' Since when has Magica been a part of the family?
** Hey, that's what she called her company. ''Why'' is [[Stalker with a Crush|open for interpretation]]...
** Hey, that's what she called her company. ''Why'' is [[Stalker with a Crush|open for interpretation]]...
** It's actually ''Magica-McDuck,'' like Sears & Roebuck or Proctor & Gamble.
** It's actually ''Magica-McDuck,'' like Sears & Roebuck or Proctor & Gamble.
** Same implications.
** Same implications.
** Shouldn't it be DeSpell-McDuck? Magica is her given name.
** Shouldn't it be DeSpell-McDuck? Magica is her given name.
** Maybe she insisted on using her first name rather than surname for the merger, for name recognition or because, on some level, she liked seeing her name next to his.
** Maybe she insisted on using her first name rather than surname for the merger, for name recognition or because, on some level, she liked seeing her name next to his.
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== Huey's, Dewey's, and Louie's father is from Tralla La, aka Xanadu. ==
== Huey's, Dewey's, and Louie's father is from Tralla La, aka Xanadu. ==
[http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6504/unclescrooge35767.jpg This,] from Rosa's commentary printed along with ''Return to Xanadu'' in ''[http://rapidshare.com/files/79419335/Uncle_Scrooge_357.cbr Uncle Scrooge #357]''.
[http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6504/unclescrooge35767.jpg This,] from Rosa's commentary printed along with ''Return to Xanadu'' in ''[http://rapidshare.com/files/79419335/Uncle_Scrooge_357.cbr Uncle Scrooge #357]''.
* That would explain why that guy looks all mangled and burned: he's never been the same since his bratty sons set off a firecracker under his chair.
* That would explain why that guy looks all mangled and burned: he's never been the same since his bratty sons set off a firecracker under his chair.


== Huey, Dewey and Louie were born as result of [[Brother-Sister Incest]] between Donald and his twin sister Della. ==
== Huey, Dewey and Louie were born as result of [[Brother-Sister Incest]] between Donald and his twin sister Della. ==
Yeah, I'm going to straight to Hell for this. But just seeing how the in their early appearances the triplets were constantly pushed to Don by Della and vice-versa, and how great lengths they seem to go to avoid seeing each other, it would make sense that there's something extremely scandalous going on in the background.
Yeah, I'm going to straight to Hell for this. But just seeing how the in their early appearances the triplets were constantly pushed to Don by Della and vice-versa, and how great lengths they seem to go to avoid seeing each other, it would make sense that there's something extremely scandalous going on in the background.
* That makes too much sense for my liking so I would like to declare officially that I hate for totally raping that last bit of lovable childhood I had.
* That makes too much sense for my liking so I would like to declare officially that I hate for totally raping that last bit of lovable childhood I had.
* That WMG is negated by the story "The Duck Who Never Was" by [[Don Rosa]]. In the alternate reality where Donald was never born, the triplets still exist, therefore Donald isn't their father.
* That WMG is negated by the story "The Duck Who Never Was" by [[Don Rosa]]. In the alternate reality where Donald was never born, the triplets still exist, therefore Donald isn't their father.
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== Huey, Dewey and Louie are the result of a teenage pregnancy. ==
== Huey, Dewey and Louie are the result of a teenage pregnancy. ==
In the penultimate chapter of "Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck", Della and Donald were shown to be younger than the triplets. This takes place 17 years before "present day". This means that Della was, at the very most, 16 years old when she gave birth to her children.
In the penultimate chapter of "Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck", Della and Donald were shown to be younger than the triplets. This takes place 17 years before "present day". This means that Della was, at the very most, 16 years old when she gave birth to her children.
* Actually, more or less confirmed by [[Word of God]]! Check out [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/335725.html?thread=8375405#cmt8375405 this comment].
* Actually, more or less confirmed by [[Word of God]]! Check out [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/335725.html?thread=8375405#cmt8375405 this comment].
* According to [[Don Rosa]]'s [http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/creators/rosa-on-himself.html#dates timeline], Della would have been 20 years old when she had the boys.
* According to [[Don Rosa]]'s [http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/creators/rosa-on-himself.html#dates timeline], Della would have been 20 years old when she had the boys.
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