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Line 6: Keno [[Don Rosa]]'s [[Magnum Opus]], ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck'' was the ultimate [[Arc Welding]] project by the [[Carl Barks]] [[Promoted Fanboy]] already famous for his [[Continuity Porn]]. Defying [[Comic Book Time]], Rosa's 12-part epic takes every (reasonably possible) [[Noodle Incident]], adventure, and reference from Scrooge McDuck's life in Barks' comics and organizes them into a coherent, plausible timeline. The saga begins when Scrooge is ten years old in 1877 and ends with meeting his nephew [[Donald Duck]] at the time of his premiere story in Christmas 1947. In-between, the series tells the story of how a poor lad from Scotland traveled the globe building up a fortune and financial empire by being smarter than the smarties and tougher than the toughies to become the richest man in the world, having every possible adventure a [[Badass]] [[Self-Made Man]] could find. The series gives us our best look at Scrooge's family -- his parents, uncles, and sisters -- and shows how he met enemies like Flintheart Glomgold and the Beagle Boys, friends like [[Theodore Roosevelt]], and [[Mentors]] like Howard Rockerduck that helped mold him into the [[Anti-Hero]] [[Jerk ~~With~~with a Heart of Gold]] we've known him as. The epic is packed with [[Character Development]], adventure, [[Continuity Nod\|Continuity Nods]], [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall]], a miraculous amount of violence and innuendo that got past the radar, and of course Rosa's trademark [[Scenery Porn]] and insane amount of historical, geographical, and cultural research. The 12 original chapters were released in issues of ''Uncle Scrooge'' from April 1994 through February 1996. They were published together in an anthology in June 2005. In the spirit of Disney's love of midquels, in September 2006, Gemstone released ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion'', which turned 7 of [[Don Rosa]]'s previously published ''Uncle Scrooge'' stories (and 1 brand new story) into [[Midquel~~\|Midquels~~]]s since they were [[Flash Back~~\|Flashbacks~~]]s about more adventures from Scrooge's glory days... essentially [[Arc Welding]] within [[Arc Welding]]. Most of the midquels use a [[Framing Device]] of Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie unearthing Scrooge's trunk of memorabilia in his money bin and asking questions about the stories behind its contents, prompting said flashbacks. Most of the stories (including the midquels) were released in Europe before appearing in the American ''Uncle Scrooge'' series; for example, the original twelve chapters appeared in countries including Denmark, Germany, and Norway in 1992. The release dates given below give the first publication and then its American equivalent. Line 16: All together, in chronological order in-universe, the series consists of: ---- == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414180355/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D91249 Chapter 0: Of Ducks, Dimes, and Destinies] == '''Released:''' Denmark -''June 1995'', United States - ''April 1996''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1877'' The last story Rosa completed before the 12-part series proper, later included as a sort of [[Time Travel]] [[Prequel]]. Inspired by hearing Scrooge relate the story of earning his [[Number One Dime]] to his grand-nephews while she's [[Surveillance Asas the Plot Demands\|spying on him]], Magica de Spell uses a [[Time Travel]] candle to go back in time to the day Scrooge earned the dime so she can get it before he ever owns it. After some hijinks with Scrooge's father and Howard Rockerduck, she succeeds, and it's while waiting for the return trip to start that she realizes the [[Butterfly of Doom\|implications]] -- by preventing Scrooge from ever owning the dime, it's ''no longer'' the first coin owned by the richest duck in the world, therefore it's worthless to her, and she's forced to give it back to him and return to the future empty-handed, causing a net difference of zero. Tough luck, but [[You Can't Fight Fate]]. This chapter provides examples of: Line 28: ** They were nearby, but all versions of the event have them watching as Scrooge realizes he was paid a dime, so it's possible they weren't paying attention until he yelled his resolution(After all, he cleaned the boots for half an hour) * [[Time Travel Tense Trouble]]: {{quote\| '''Magica:''' This is like all the times in the past that Scrooge himself has chased me in the future. I mean... what am I talking about?}} * [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]: Magica briefly mistakes Scrooge's father Fergus as Scroogey himself. ---- [[File:scrooge1877_9546.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414195635/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D91308 Chapter 1: The Last of the Clan McDuck] == '''Released:''' Denmark- ''August 1992'', United States-''April 1994''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1877-1880'' Line 44: * [[The Law of Conservation of Detail]]: Pay attention at the feet of young Scrooge's castle guide. {{spoiler\|You'll notice said guide is missing his shadow, which hints on his true nature of a ghost.}} * [[Title Drop]]: {{quote\| '''Sir Quackly:''' After all, '''you''' are the '''Last''' of the '''Clan McDuck!'''~~<br />~~ '''Scrooge:''' Last, but not '''least!''' Not from now on! }} ---- [[File:scrooge1880_1075.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415191142/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D91411 Chapter 2: The Master of the Mississippi] == '''Released:''' Denmark- ''August 1992'', United States- ''June 1994''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1880-1882'' Line 57: * [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] {{quote\| ''Those pirates are guilty of stealing gold, demolishing a riverboat without a permit and [[Disguised in Drag\|dressing up in women's clothing]]''.}} * [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The Sawyer. * [[Creator Provincialism]]: Why does Scrooge go to Louisville? Because that's where Don Rosa's from, so why not? Line 64: [[File:scrooge1882_1487.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414155150/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D92008 Chapter 3: The Buckaroo of the Badlands] == '''Released:''' Denmark- ''November 1992'', United States-''August 1994''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1882'' Line 75: ---- == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414200016/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D98045 Chapter 3B: The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark] == '''Released:''' Sweden - ''December 1998'', United States - ''February 1999''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1883'' Line 90: [[File:scrooge1884_8889.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415191148/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D92083 Chapter 4: The Raider of the Copper Hill] == '''Released:''' Denmark- ''January 1993'', United States- ''October 1994''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1884-1885'' The end of the cattle boom in [[The Wild West]] means yet another career change for Scrooge: prospecting. He likes his chances with copper mining since he strikes his claim just when some new-fangled invention called electricity causes a demand for copper. While working his homestead near the Anaconda Hill Copper Works ("the richest hill on Earth"), he meets millionaire [[Self-Made Man]] Howard Rockerduck, who, to the disdain of his wife and [[Spoiled Brat]] son (one John D. Rockerduck) who have forgotten his humble beginnings, teaches him the art of prospecting. [[But Wait! There's More!]] {{quote\| '''Rockerduck:''' This man has a homestead on land where the Anaconda copper vein is only five feet deep! [[Based on a True Story\|The Law of Apex of 1849]] says that whoever owns the land where an ore vein is closest to the surface owns the entire vein! Scrooge McDuck owns the Anaconda Copper Mine!}} After a wild fight with claim jumpers (the first of many in his life), Scrooge believes he's finally found [[Hope Spot\|the key to his fortune]], until he gets a telegram from home urgently asking him to bring money to help with a crisis. Unable to wait to turn a limitless profit from the copper mine, he sells it back to the original owners and returns to his family with the money, taking away one important lesson from his experience: {{quote\| "Get lost, Mr. Big-Shot-Copper-King!"~~<br />~~ '''Scrooge:''' They were my friends! What did I do?~~<br />~~ '''Rockerduck:''' You got rich, son. Best get used to it like ''sigh'' I did. [[Lonely Atat the Top\|You'll have their respect, but no longer their love.]] }} This chapter provides examples of: Line 107: * [[One-Man Army\|One Duck Army]] * [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: After being shocked by a live wire Scrooge was swinging on, faithful steed Hortense has this thought before marching off in a huff. {{quote\| '''Hortense:''' ''(Thinking)'' I quit! Effective immediately!}} ---- [[File:scrooge1885_8605.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414180359/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D92191 Chapter 5: The New Laird of Castle McDuck] == '''Released:''' Denmark- ''March 1993'', United States- ''December 1994''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1885'' Line 118: This chapter provides examples of: * [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead]]: Scrooge * [[Because Destiny Says So]]: First time Scrooge is pretty much prophesied to become [[It Was His Sled\|The Richest Duck in the World]]. * [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: Hortense McDuck as she's chasing off the Whiskervilles Line 124: * [[Haunted Castle]] * [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: Or rather, to everything ''but'' that last one. Fergus and Scrooge are very upset to be called "liars" and "cowards," but they don't mind "tightwads." * [[Stay in ~~The~~the Kitchen]]: Fergus McDuck tells his brother to take "the women" home for their safety... including Hortense, who was shown to be their best fighter one page ago. ** He says "Jake, you take th' women back to town! There'll be trouble here, no doubt!". Here and all the other chapter, Hortense is only a "good" fighter because her opponents are male who [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]. In other fights, where the villains wouldn't have such claims, she is incapacitated somehow. And the line of Poppa implies that the rival clan could overcome this, hurt Hortense indirectly, or that Hortense's temper could be a liability to them if the fight got serious enough. Line 130: [[File:scrooge1887_8339.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120417184533/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D92273 Chapter 6: The Terror of the Transvaal] == '''Released:''' Denmark- ''May 1993'', United States- ''February 1995''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1887-1889'' Line 150: * [[We Will Meet Again]] ---- == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415191352/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D96089 Chapter 6B: The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff] == '''Released:''' Sweden- ''December 1996'', United States- ''October 1997''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1890'' A [[Prequel]] to the [[Carl Barks]] comic '' Return to Pizen Bluff''. Scrooge reunites with his Uncle Pothole, who has become famous thanks to his novels about his adventures saving his nephew Scrooge... but anyway, the two McDucks join forces with P.T. Barnum, Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and Geronimo to track down the Dalton Gang when they rob Barnum's wild west show. Before the posse bids good-bye, lamenting the impending death of [[The Wild West]], Scrooge has them all autograph one of the show's handbills, which Matilda McDuck later pasted into her scrapbook... and which the triplets determine contains a map to the Lost Dutchman's Mine on the back. [[Oh Crap]]! He finally gets the map off however giving us the adventure. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414200022/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D98202 Chapter 6C: The Dutchman's Secret] This chapter provides examples of: * [[Exactly What I Aimed At]] (page picture) * [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Uncle Pothole says while watching Scrooge's brawl, "That would never get past the censors." [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall\|Of course, he was getting inspiration for his dime novels from the whole fight...]] * [[Imagine Spot]]: When Uncle Pothole and Buffalo Bill enter an abandoned building with the Daltons hiding behind a doorway for an ambush, Dalton clones suddenly spring out from elsewhere and Pothole and Bill fight them off, with Bill's hair noticably turning darker. Cut to the Daltons still standing near the doorway with dumbfounded expressions, and back in the chaos, Uncle Pothole has suddenly become ridiculously muscular, while Buffalo Bill is decorated with honors and his hair is completely black. Everything suddenly returns to normal, where it is revealed that Pothole was just writing a dime novel draft on the fly. ** Especially noteworthy, since it depicts Pothole writing [[Marty Stu]] versions of himself and Bill ''in-story''. Line 165: * [[Twilight of the Old West]] * [[Who Would Want to Watch Us?]]: {{quote\| '''Scrooge:''' No one would be interested in reading the adventures of a rough and tumble prospector like me.}} ---- [[File:scrooge1896_2065.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415180253/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D92314 Chapter 7: The Dreamtime Duck of the Never-Never] == '''Released:''' Denmark- ''June 1993'', United States- ''April 1995''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1893-1896'' From [[Darkest Africa]] to Pizen Bluff to Kalgoorlie, Australia, Scrooge continues his quest for gold. But first, he saves an Aborigine wiseman from a bandit, and hears the legend of the [[wikipedia:Dreamtime\|Dreamtime]]. The wiseman also shows him the cave with the Dreamtime story painted and carved into its walls, along with a sacred opal the size of a melon. Scrooge then has to stop the bandit from stealing the relic, losing his [[Number One Dime]] in the process, and eventually gets a chance to steal the opal himself as [[Collapsing Lair\|the cave collapses]] so that [[What You Are in ~~The~~the Dark\|no one would even discover the theft for a hundred years]]. After making his choice, he's rewarded by the miraculous return of his dime and inspiration from the last segment of the legend with pictures that look like the aurora borealis in the Yukon... This chapter provides examples of: Line 178: * [[Because Destiny Says So]]: Continued from Chapter 5. * [[Call Forward]]: After Scrooge leaves for the Yukon, attention was drawn to the Dreamtale's depictions of the Goose Egg Nugget, the money bin, and Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. {{quote\| '''Jabiru Kapirigi:''' ''The great platypus finds a '''yellow egg?''' He builds a mighty '''nest?''' And what are these '''other''' figures? How confusing! What have they to do with an '''out-of-luck''' fossicker like poor Jonflip?''}} * [[Kangaroo Pouch Ride]]: Scrooge uses a Kangaroo for transportation in order to get fast enough to the gold fields to grab a good claim. He is nevertheless too late though. * [[Land Down Under]] * [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Scrooge says a throwaway line, "Great! Now I'm John Philip Sousa!", causing his Aborigine companion to call him "Jonflip Zooza" for the rest of the story (Scrooge never corrects him). * [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]] * [[What You Are in ~~The~~the Dark]]: Nobody would know for a hundred years if you returned the opal or stole it. {{spoiler\|Scrooge returns it.}} ---- [[File:scrooge1897_1366.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415180257/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D92514 Chapter 8: The King of the Klondike] == '''Released:''' Denmark- ''July 1993'', United States- ''June 1995''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1896-1897'' The beginning of Scrooge's glory days as a sourdough in the Klondike Gold Rush. "His exploits before this time were the dues he paid to make it this far," [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092949/http://personal.sdf.bellsouth.net/d/a/danshane/scroopage/los292_1.htm as Rosa puts it]. "His past adventures each taught him lessons about work and endurance (and people) and were all preparations for this moment, when he would finally get rich from nothing but his own hard work, perseverance and know-how." But before Scrooge strikes it rich with his unearthing of the Goose Egg Nugget (another monetary memento he'll never spend) on his claim at White Agony Creek, he faces a minor setback when he's kidnapped by Soapy Slick and a bunch of thugs who push him towards his scariest [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] faster than you can say "[[What an Idiot!\|What a bunch of idiots]]!" One destroyed river barge and one thrown grand piano later, Scrooge is a legend in the Yukon... ... and this is only "The Beginning". Line 197: * [[Berserk Button]]: Soapy Slick and his mooks taunt the chained Scrooge by reading letters from his parents (which he hadn't read himself yet) out loud, laughing at their misfortune. When Slick reveals that {{spoiler\|Scrooge's mother died}}, hell breaks loose. * [[The Cameo]]: Goldie, showing up as early as [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=7&loc=D92514&s=date page 7]{{Dead link}}. * [[Death Glare]]: [[Curb Stomp Battle\|CREAK!]] * [[Disaster Dominoes]]: "Six hours and many miles back down the trail later, in Skagway --" Line 205: * [[Gory Discretion Shot]] * [[Kick the Dog]] * [[Oh Crap]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110102180604/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=20&loc=D92514&s=date Scrooge's kidnappers] as they notice the... * [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] * [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] Line 211: * [[Unstoppable Rage]] ---- == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414180339/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D2005-061 Chapter 8B: The Prisoner of White Agony Creek] == '''Released:''' Finland- ''May 2006'', United States- ''September 2006''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1897'' Line 225: * [[Important Haircut]]: Goldie loses a lock of her hair when Scrooge saves her from a bear. * [[Innocent Innuendo]]: "[http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i212/Kerrah_photos/BetweenTheLegs.jpg Between the legs]." Yeah, about as innocent as a [[Freudian Slip]]... * [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: Rosa tries to soften Scrooge's kidnapping of Goldie by showing she could have easily escaped (not to mention killed him) but let him take her so she could find his hidden gold claim and get a better opportunity to rob him blind. ** Another interpertation is she used [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] to her turn kidnapping into a [[Xanatos Gambit]]. Either escape or not she has little to lose and a lot to gain. * [[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]]: Judge Roy Bean wisely decides they do '''''not''''' want to interrupt "what's going on in that cabin." * [[The Masochism Tango]] * [[A Match Made in Stockholm]] * [[Post-Kiss Catatonia]]: Goldie kisses Scrooge, and his schocked state gives the opportunity to Bat Masterson to knock him out. * [["Previously On..."]]: [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/D2005-061/12.jpg This page]{{Dead link}} and [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/D2005-061/23.jpg this page]{{Dead link}}. * [[Save the Villain]]: Subverted (in the correct use of the term) after Scrooge saves Goldie from going over the [[Inevitable Waterfall]]. She tells him he has to go back to save "them," too... not the villains but the villains' ''sled dogs''. * [[Sexy Discretion Shot]] * [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[Butch Cassidy and ~~The~~the Sundance Kid]]''. {{quote\| '''Sundance''': "Butch! We're goin' over the edge! I can't swim!!"~~<br />~~ '''Butch''': "Hahaha! What're ya, crazy? The fall will prob'ly kill ya'!" }} ** Lampshaded in the very next panel: "Whoah! Deja vu!" * [[Shrug of God]] {{quote\| "I still never show exactly what happened that long night in the cabin on White Agony Creek... that's for each of us duck fans to imagine in our own minds. I have my own idea, but after all, this is a Disney comic!"~~<br />~~ ~[[Don Rosa]], '''The Making of ''Hearts of the Yukon''''' }} * [[Sleeping Single]]: This is established rather unnecessarily clearly early on -- and apparently lasts until the last page. Line 245: * [[Stockholm Syndrome]]/[[Lima Syndrome]]: The [[Unfortunate Implications]] of Scrooge's and Goldie's relationship. Does the fact that it's [[The Masochism Tango\|mutual]] (she drugs and rolls him, he kidnaps her) make it better or worse? ---- == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414195921/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D95044 Chapter 8C: Hearts of the Yukon] == '''Released:''' United States- ''September 1995''. No previous publication.<br />'''Dates:''' ''1898'' Line 254: * [[The Ace]]: Samuel Steele. * [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: {{quote\| '''Colonel Sam Steele''': "'''Halt''', McDuck! It won't do to add '''jaywalking''' to your already prodigious list of civil violations!"}} * [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Trying to make his way back to Dawson City, Scrooge nearly collapses in a blizzard and hallucinates about Goldie. When hearing sleigh bells, his vision of Goldie unintentionally turns into a reindeer to which "Goldie" comments on how she's "starred better roles in dreams than his" and "look me up when you're ready for an adult dream". * [[Bullet-Proof Fashion Plate]]: {{quote\| '''Colonel Sam Steele''': "A superintendent of the North-Western Mounted Police does not get... 'Muddy'."}} * [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Essentially the driving force of the plot * [[Large Ham]]: Steele. Goes with the territory of being [[The Ace]]. Line 264: ---- == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414180309/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=AR113 Last Sled to Dawson] == '''Released:''' United States-''June 1988''. No previous publication.<br />'''Dates:''' ''1898'' Line 271: [[File:scrooge1902_6864.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415180302/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D93121 Chapter 9: The Billionaire of Dismal Downs] == '''Released:''' Sweden- ''November 1993'', United States- ''August 1995''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1898-1902'' Line 278: This chapter provides examples of: * [[Face Fault]]: a [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=11&loc=D93121&s=date truly epic example]{{Dead link}} that involves ''a triple backflip''. * [[Shout-Out]]: Right after a Scottish man has insulted Scrooge, he responds with "''grumble'' Peasant!" {{quote\| '''Scottish Man''': [[Monty Python and ~~The~~the Holy Grail\|Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear him repressin' me? You heard it, didn't you?!]]}} * [[Stranger in Aa Familiar Land]] * [[You Can't Go Home Again]] ---- [[File:scrooge1902_1006.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415180307/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D93227 Chapter 10: The Invader of Fort Duckburg] == '''Released:''' Iceland- ''March 1994'', United States- ''October 1995''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1902'' Line 296: * [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Hortense and Quackmore. * [[Cool vs. Awesome]]: [[Memetic Badass\|Theodore Roosevelt]] and his army vs. [[Anti-Hero\|Scrooge]] [[Determinator\|McDuck]] and his moldy wooden fort. * [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Scrooge repeatedly gets the Junior Woodchucks' name wrong in ''The Invader Of Fort Duckburg''. * [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Initially Hortense and Quackmire spit fire at each other for two minutes straight. Then spent another five looking longingly at each other's eyes. In the last panel, [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs\|Hortense is throwing a fit over baby names, while Quackmore watches her serenely.]] ---- == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414200026/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=FPM01201 Chapter 10B: The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut] == '''Released:''' France- ''February 2001'', United States- ''August 2004''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1906'' Line 310: This chapter provides examples of: * [[Mayincatec]]: Litterally -- [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=18&loc=FPM01201&s=date an Aztec-designed jaguar statue, built by Incas, and the writing is Mayan]{{Dead link}}. * [[My Greatest Failure]]: Scrooge ''thinks'' his deal with Roosevelt was this, but it turned out it wasn't... making this is a [[Subverted Trope]] in the correct use of the term. * [[Show Some Leg]]: Matilda and Hortense try this, until Hortense blows their cover with a [[Groin Attack]] when the guard mentions a certain "holy terror" he once met in Duckburg. Line 318: [[File:scrooge1909_8165.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414195850/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D93288 Chapter 11: The Empire Builder From Calisota] == '''Released:''' Iceland- ''April 1994'', United States- ''December 1995''<br />'''Dates:''' ''1909-1930'' This is the chapter where Rosa had to address a [[Noodle Incident]] most Scrooge fans try to ignore: the story from ''[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?loc=1949/W_OS_238-02 Voodoo Hoodoo]''{{Dead link}} about how Scrooge hired a band of thugs to chase an African tribe off their land so he could use it for a rubber plantation -- a blatantly criminal, despicable, completely unjustifiable act not at all in sync with making money "square." Rosa considered ignoring this story altogether, dismissing it on the grounds of [[Characterization Marches On]]. Instead, he decided to make it the turning point in Scrooge's life -- the trigger that set him down the road of [[Greed]] and cynicism toward becoming the hardened, villainous character he was when Barks first introduced him to the world. After crossing the line he swore never to cross since he earned his [[Number One Dime]], Scrooge avoids Duckburg and his sisters for 23 years. When he returns, he has achieved his dream of becoming the richest man in the world. He just loses his family in the process, after meeting his nephew for the first and last time for 17 years. Rosa was double burdened by having to cover the longest timespan of any chapter along with portraying his hero as an unscrupulous robber baron. You can read what the experience was like for him [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094050/http://personal.sdf.bellsouth.net/d/a/danshane/scroopage/los295_1.htm here]. This chapter provides examples of: Line 334: * [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]] * [[Literal Ass-Kicking]]: Child-aged Donald to Scrooge upon their first meeting. (Scrooge gets the chance to return the favor in the next chapter, though.) * [[Lonely Atat the Top]]: The ending * [[My God, What Have I Done?]] * [[My Greatest Failure]] Line 341: * [[Retcon]]: The only major one in the series; in ''Voodoo Hoodoo'' Scrooge claimed he was in Africa 1879 ("70 years ago") to make his second billion. Rosa just ignored the date. * [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]] * [[Took a Level Inin Jerkass]] * [[Villain Protagonist]] * [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Hortense's and Matilda's letter after they leave Scrooge Line 347: [[File:scrooge1947_6461.jpg\|frame]] == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414195855/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D93488 Chapter 12: The Richest Duck in the World] == '''Released:''' Iceland- ''May 1994'', United States- ''February 1996''<br />'''Dates:''' ''Christmas 1947'' The conclusion of TLaToSM picks up right before the end of Barks' ''[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?loc=1947/W_OS_178-02 Christmas on Bear Mountain]'',{{Dead link}} when Donald Duck and his nephews meet their Uncle Scrooge for the first time. At first, they don't believe the legends about his worldwide adventures or a bin full of three cubic acres of money, so Scrooge opens the bin up for the first time in five years and shows them his fortune, along with his famous Lucky--er, [[Number One Dime]]. (" 'Lucky dime!' How [[Symbol Swearing\|@#%]] insulting!") The tour is interrupted by a new generation of Beagle Boys, giving Scrooge the perfect chance to show Donald and the boys what he's really made of. Even after the Beagle Boys are caught and arrested, Scrooge ([[Cardboard Prison\|very rightly]]) doesn't believe for a minute that he's seen the last of them this time. He looks forward to many future adventures with his new family. Huey, Dewey, and Louie are as excited at the thought as Scrooge, but Donald doesn't see anything interesting about going "on a trek to some dusty warehouse to look for a long-lost ledger." Good thing you won't be doing any of that, then... Line 357: [[Adrenaline Makeover]]: Scrooge {{quote\| '''Donald:''' You see what you've done? You li'l squirts have this poor old man all agitated!~~<br />~~ '''Scrooge:''' I '''do''' seem to recall a li'l squirt who agitated part of me some years ago...~~<br />~~ '''Donald: [[Literal Ass-Kicking\|WAK!]]'''<br /> '''Scrooge: Thank you,''' nephew! I almost feel like....like '''me''' again!<br /> '''Donald:''' ''Don't mention it.'' }} * [[Homage]]: The beginning is a homage to ''[[~~Citizen Kane (Film)\|~~Citizen Kane]]''. * [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall]]: Addressing the [[Number One Dime]]'s [[Flanderization]] into a lucky charm * [[Parental Abandonment]]: [[Lampshade Hanging\|Lampshaded]] * [[Recursive Canon]]: See [[Self-Deprecation]]. * [[Retired Badass]]: Scrooge at the beginning * [[Self-Deprecation]]: {{quote\| '''Donald:''' Let's just '''humor''' him! All this hokey junk proves he's...well...'''eccentric!''' ''(points to a portrait of Scrooge from 1897)'' See? One of those gag photos they make for tourists! Wotta phony scene!~~<br />~~ '''Dewey:''' Hm. Looks real to me!~~<br />~~ (Donald turns to a display holding the Will Eisner Comics Industry Award for ''[[Recursive Canon\|The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'')<br /> '''Donald:''' Ha! Then how do you explain '''this?!''' Obviously all fakes! }} * [[Take That]]: {{quote\| '''Scrooge:''' ''"Lucky" dime?!'' What thimble-headed gherkin invented '''that''' supreme bit of absolute balderdash?!~~<br />~~ '''Donald:''' Oh, '''everybody''' says it, Unk!~~<br />~~ '''Scrooge:''' Well, everybody is a '''nincompoop!''' }} * [[Uncanny Atmosphere]]: On the way to the money bin, the ducks notice and comment on the oddity of the presence of sidewalk Santas, even though there aren't many shoppers on Christmas Day. They turn out to be the Beagle Boys in disguise, who were following them on suspection of the truth about the bin having three cubic acres of cash. ---- == [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414180329/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D2002-033 The Dream of a Lifetime] == '''Released:''' Norway- ''December 2002'', United States- ''May 2004''<br />'''Dates:''' ''Present'' Line 392: * [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Donald's reaction when he finds out that one of Scrooge's dreams is taking place on the Titanic. ---- ~~===~~ {{tropelist\|The series also provides examples of: ~~===~~}} * [[Arc Welding]] * [[Badass]]: [[Department of Redundancy Department\|Definitely Scrooge McDuck]]. * [[Beta Couple]]: Fergus McDuck/Downy O'Drake and '''ESPECIALLY''' Quackmore Duck/Hortense McDuck for Alpha Couple Scrooge McDuck/Glittering Goldie. * [[Blue Blood]]: The Clan McDuck * [[Bonnie Scotland]]: Chapters 1, 5, and 9 Line 402 ⟶ 401: * [[Continuity Porn]] * [[Cool Horse]]: Hortense, Scrooge's mare. {{quote\| '''Scrooge:''' I'll get Hortense later, cap'n! She's stretching her legs!~~<br />~~ '''Sailor on the mast:''' Blimey! There's a bloomin' 'orse on the tops'l yardarm! }} * [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Goldie -- not that she'd ever let Scrooge know that... * [[Did Not Get the Girl]]: Which as adamant and vocal a Scrooge/Goldie shipper as Rosa deserves major credit for maintaining. * [[Doing It for ~~The~~the Art]] * [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: In page 7 of [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=7&loc=D2003-081 A Letter From Home]''.{{Dead link}} * [[Fiery Redhead]]: Hortense McDuck * [[Genre Busting]]: It's a [[Funny Animal\|Funny Animals]] comic book that follows all the conventions of the classic [[The Epic\|Epic]] -- a truly modern epic. * [[Gold Fever]]: Kicks in for Scrooge at the end of ''The New Laird of Castle McDuck'' * [[The Gump]]: Scrooge, naturally {{quote\| '''Louie:''' I bet Wild Bill Hickok was Uncle Scrooge's teacher!~~<br />~~ '''Scrooge:''' Pupil. }} * [[~~The~~ Hero's Journey]] * [[Historical In-Joke\|Historical In Jokes]] in spades, of course * [[Idea Bulb]]: Parodied in both ''The Vigilante Of Pizen Bluff'' and ''Hearts of the Yukon'', where an oil lamp being turned on by hand appears as a substitute, even though Scrooge already had an encounter with an actual lightbulb in ''Raider Of The Copper Hill''. Line 428 ⟶ 427: * [[Rags to Riches]] * [[Scenery Porn]] * [[Shipper Onon Deck]] : Donald Duck to Scrooge and Goldie * [[Short Run in Peru]] * [[Shown Their Work]] * [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Scrooge and Goldie; plus, Hortense and Quackmore Duck. * [[Spiritual Successor]]: Rosa and fans consider ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100722175719/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?loc=D2003-081 A Letter From Home]'', where Scrooge returns to Castle McDuck, reconciles with Matilda, and finds a message his father left for him before he died as a [[Sequel]]/conclusion to the series. (It's also a much better Templar treasure hunt than ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]''. And it's only 34 pages long!) ** It is also a sequel to ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120414195608/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D2001-024 Crown Of The Crusader Kings]'', which is itself a sequel to ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110826045453/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?s=date&loc=1955~~/W_US_10~~%2FW_US_10-02R The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone].'' * [[Symbol Swearing]]: Even printed on a newspaper at the end of "The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut" and a sign during "The Richest Duck in the World". Not present in "Of Ducks, Dimes, and Destinies" or "The Last of the Clan McDuck". * [[Takahashi Couple]]: Scrooge and Goldie. Hortense and Quackmore as well. * [[Telegraph Gag STOP]]: Chapter 4 has: {{quote\| "Son - Terrible crisis for the clan McDuck stop need cash stop come home at once stop don't stop stop"}} * [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Hortense and Matilda McDuck * [[Trigger Happy]]: Annie Oakley in ''The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff'', Goldie, and Scrooge to an extent Line 445 ⟶ 444: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Comic Books]] [[Category:Comic Books of the 1990s]] [[Category:The Nineties]] [[Category:US Canadian Comics]] [[Category:Better Than It Sounds/Comic Books]] [[Category:The Epic]] [[Category:~~The~~Historical ~~Life And Times Of Scrooge Mc Duck~~Fiction]] [[Category:~~Comic~~The ~~Book~~Full Name Adventures]] ~~[[Category~~{{DEFAULTSORT:~~The~~ Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]], The}}