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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
Revision as of 20:16, 2 May 2020
"Astro B.O.Y.D.!" is the fifty-fifth episode of DuckTales. It premiered on May 2, 2020 and is the sixth episode of the third season.
Plot
Launchpad is leading the Junior Woodchucks when Huey tries to show the proper way to make a s'more. He is mocked by Bully Beagle and the rest of the campers for trying to stay accurate to the guide book's directions. B.O.Y.D. approaches him and compliments his accuracy and the two end up getting along well. When Huey refers to themselves as being part of a "rare breed", B.O.Y.D. suddenly begins to malfunction and burns down the campsite. Huey takes him to the lab where Fenton takes him to Gyro who reacts in shock upon seeing B.O.Y.D. He reveals that he helped create him with his mentor Dr. Akita. He tells him that B.O.Y.D.'s inherent programming is destruction and that they will have to go back to his old lab in Tokyolk in order to fix him.
The group arrive in Tokyolk where Gyro is immediately accosted by Inspector Tezuka who believes that he is still in league with Akita, despite not having seen him in years. Lil Bulb distracts her while the group make their escape. They arrive at what is left of Akita's old lab and hook B.O.Y.D. up to a computer to dig through his memories (revealing that Mark Beaks found him in a garbage dump as opposed to creating him himself as previously implied). Gyro refuses to believe that B.O.Y.D. is capable of genuine emotion and steps out to replace Lil Bulb's bulb. Huey does not want B.O.Y.D. to only be used for destruction, so Fenton suggests taking him out to fight crime, which luckily for them one is happening right now. As they leave, Akita, in a secret base, discovers that they have broken into his secret lab.
Huey, B.O.Y.D. and Fenton discover a robbery in progress with a couple (identified as Clown and Capsule) taking off on motorcycles. Fenton, as Gizmoduck, takes off after Clown while Huey and B.O.Y.D. take off after Capsule using a rented bike. Fenton captures Clown, but Huey and B.O.Y.D. end up letting Capsule get away when they realize that they do not know what to do. As Fenton heads off to catch Capsule, Huey and B.O.Y.D. realize that they are lost. They decide to make the best of it by traveling throughout Tokyolk and seeing the sights. Back at the lab, Gyro realizes that everyone has left, much to his anger. Fenton runs into Tezuka, who captured Capsule, and he learns what actually happened with Gyro and B.O.Y.D. in the past.
Akita leaves his secret base to reacquire B.O.Y.D. Tezuka, Fenton and Gyro confront Huey and B.O.Y.D.; telling him that it is impossible for him to be a "real" boy because of his dangerous programming. Akita arrives and overrides his programming, causing B.O.Y.D. to once again become a destructive robot. Fenton becomes Gizmoduck to battle him. Huey looks at B.O.Y.D. statistics and discovers that B.O.Y.D. core programming was altered. Gyro and Akita had made B.O.Y.D. to be Tokyolk's protector, but that Akita overrode the program to make his a destructive robot. Gyro confronts Akita and he is arrested by Tezuka.
Gyro, finally accepting that B.O.Y.D. is just a child, manages to get through to his programming and he reverts to normal. Huey convinces B.O.Y.D. that he can be his own person which he does by changing his acronym (Be Only Yourself, Dude). Gyro, in turn, realizes that Fenton's mistakes were similar to his own and finally ceases calling him Intern and instead makes him a full time employee under him. Huey and B.O.Y.D. want to explore Tokyolk more, but Tezuka asks them to leave, which they do so by flying back home.
Cast
- Danny Pudi as Huey Duck
- Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack
- Jim Rash as Gyro Gearloose
- Lin-Manuel Miranda as Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera/Gizmoduck
- Josh Brener as Mark Beaks
- Noah Baird as B.O.Y.D.
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Akita
- Tamlyn Tomita as Inspector Tezuka
- John Gemberling as Doofus Drake
- Eric Bauza as Bully Beagle
- John DiMaggio as Clown
- Laura Bailey as Capsule
Trivia
- The title is a play on the popular anime/manga series Astro Boy with Inspector Tezuka taking her name from its creator Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka was known for taking inspiration from Carl Barks and Floyd Gottfredson and struck up a friendship with Barks.
- Co-producer Frank Angones confirmed on his Twitter account that the episode was inspired by Astro Boy.[1] Angones also said that he pitched the idea for the episode to Matt Youngberg while working on "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!".[2]
- There is no theme song to this episode, instead the DuckTales title is shown written in Japanese.
- Noah Baird replaces Nicolas Cantu as the voice of Boyd most likely due to the latter's voice reaching puberty.
- Boyd's real name, 2-BO, is also a reference to Astro Boy's real name Tobio.
- When Boyd's eyes begin to uncontrollably blast laser vision, Fenton applies red glasses on them to contain them. This is a reference to the Marvel Comics character Cyclops.
- When the gang arrive in Tokyolk, there is a girl in the foreground dressed as Sailor Moon and throughout the episode, an extra is visible that resembles Lupin III.
- A bag of chips features an Osomatsu-kun inspired character doing the signature 'shie' pose.
- When Gyro Gearloose is seen in his youth as Akita's intern, his appearance is that of his classic look from the original DuckTales, albeit with white hair instead of red.
- The episode takes place in March.
- Glomgold makes a cameo on a billboard for an energy drink, though knowing him it most likely does not work.
- Goof: As Bully Beagle makes fun of Huey, the two-toothed Junior Woodchuck changes his beak, leg and webbed foot color from orange to grey, from one scene to the next.