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"Duck in the Iron Mask" is the fifty-sixth episode of DuckTales. This episode is a spoof of the book The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas, in which various references are made to the novel and its predecessors of The Three Musketeers series.

Episode Summary[]

At the start of the episode there is a baseball game going and the Junior Woodchucks team is down to the last out. Dewey is up for bat but the crowd keeps mistaking him for one of his other two brothers. When he tries to correct the people and tell who he really is it gives the other team the ability to pitch the ball and strike him out. After the game the boys return to Uncle Scrooge McDuck's manor house and they notice that Scrooge and Launchpad McQuack are looking at a map on the wall. Launchpad is holding a magnifying glass in one of his hands to see on the map where the kingdom of Montedumas is located at because it is so tiny. When Scrooge sees the boys come in hanging their heads because they lost the ball game he tries to cheer them up by telling them where they will be going. One of the boys asks about the kingdom. Scrooge then tells how he and the Count of Montedumas would spend hours in fencing matches and that they had a special handshake when the matches would be over.

The next morning, Launchpad has the helicopter ready. Scrooge, Huey and Louie are on board and the boys are wondering where their brother is at. Then the two of them see something coming towards them from a distance and they are wondering what it is until it gets close enough and they can tell it is Dewey wearing different clothing of sunglasses, strange hat, a bowtie, a polka-dotted shirt and a pair of green spats. Dewey then tells his brothers that he wants to have it to where people can tell them apart. Then when they get ready the helicopter takes off. As they are nearing the kingdom of Montedumas the engines are starting to stall and Launchpad tells Scrooge that the fuel lines are clogged. They all of a sudden start to crash and the people in the kingdom are running for their lives thinking the helicopter is a giant dragon. Then when Launchpad gets the helicopter to land only hitting a cart hauling chickens all of a sudden a man who has a patch on one eye comes up to them. That man is Captain Pietro and he starts issuing traffic citations and Scrooge demands to see Count Roy. When they are taken to the royal chambers and Scrooge thinks he is talking to his old friend the man they are really seeing is Ray the true count's double mint twin brother who has taken over the kingdom. He then tells Captain Pietro to have Scrooge and Launchpad taken to the prison tower and has the boys locked in what he calls "The Uninvited Guest Room". When Scrooge and Launchpad are put in the cell Pietro tells them "You are lucky you did not end up like The Duck in the Iron Mask!" Pietro leaves them laughing. At the same time the boys look out the window of the room they are in and see the tower that Scrooge and Launchpad are in. Dewey then comes up with an idea and takes off the crazy clothes he has been wearing over his normal blue shirt. He then suggests to his brothers to take their hats off. One of the others says "We really look alike without our hats. Then Dewey tells his brothers they just need to fool the guard. After the guard looks in and sees all three of them sitting on the floor waving at them Dewey then tells his brothers " Get those mirrors." They put three mirrors close together and he tells his brothers to use the rope and other items they found to climb up the chimney and get out to help their uncle. Huey and Louie ask him "What about you?" Dewey tells them that as long as he stays there in front of the mirrors and the guard thinks he sees three boys he will be fooled. Then Huey and Louie throw an item they have the rope attached to up the chimney and it catches on up top so they can climb out. Then when they get on the roof one of them is spooked by a gargoyle on the top of the building and causes both of them to start to fall down the roof and off the building. Fortunately the metal item that helped them get up the chimney with the rope catches onto the gargoyle and allows them to grab the rope and not fall all the way to the ground. 

Huey and Louie carefully sneak around town and hide in a building when they see Captain Pietro coming collecting taxes. When Pietro knocks on the door of the firewood-chopping man demanding taxes he tells the wood chopper to either pay up or be locked in the tower with the Duck in the Iron Mask. Then Huey and Louie find clothing to put on that will allow them to look like local people. Meanwhile in the tower Scrooge is standing around telling Launchpad how he is wondering what has come over Count Roy. Then all of a sudden one of the stones between their cell and the next one is being pushed out of place and they start getting scared because the one pushing it is the Duck in the Iron Mask. Then when the masked duck climbs through the hole he calls out Scrooge's name and tells that he is Count Roy. Scrooge asks "How can you be him because he just put us in here?" The Masked Duck states "That was my evil twin brother Ray who has taken my place and locked me in this horrible mask. Scrooge then says "If you are Count Roy you will remember how we finished our fencing matches years ago." Scrooge then takes his cane like a fencing sword and taps the masked Duck in the chest and they do the handshake. Scrooge realizes that the Duck in the Iron Mask is his old friend the true Count of Montedumas. Then the three of them start hearing Huey and Louie calling out to Scrooge. Lauchpad and Count Roy ask Scrooge "How are we going to get the cell bars out of the way so we can get out the window?" Scrooge then says "The cement is old we can chip it away." Count Roy asks him "How?" Scrooge then tells him "Use your iron beak like a woodpecker and chip it away." Count Roy does that and after the bars are removed the three of them jump down into the hay wagon that the boys have backed up to the front of the tower. After they get away from the tower Count Roy scares the guard away from the door where Dewey is at. After Dewey is freed they then go to the room where Roy's brother Ray is sleeping on the chair at. Just as Roy is about to get the key from around his brother's neck Captain Pietro comes in there waking him up. A sword fight starts up and Huey, Dewey, and Louie throw to Launchpad, Scrooge and Count Roy three Fencing swords. Roy takes on his brother Ray, Scrooge takes on Captain Pietro, and Launchpad takes on the other two guys. As the fighting proceeds Roy corners his brother causing him to drop his sword. Roy then lifts the necklace Ray has around his neck off and takes the key to unlock the Iron Mask. Huey and his brothers help Launchpad by dropping a chandelier on the two guys he is fighting and then Scrooge defeats Pietro. Afterwards Count Roy has gotten himself cleaned up and is standing at the main gate of his kingdom and tells his brother Ray "Don't you ever come back here or I will make you The Duck in the Iron Pants!" Then as Scrooge hears the sounds of coins hitting the ground because Roy is returning the money to his people that his evil brother was taking from them with unjust taxes. Roy tells Scrooge that he has loaded the helicopter with Gold and other things he wants Scrooge to invest in McDuck Industries. As a gift to the boys for them helping their Uncle Scrooge and Launchpad get him out of the jail tower and defeat his brother he lets them have the clothing two of them used to sneak around town and gives Dewey one to match making them look like The Three Musketeers. As The show ends the Helicopter Takes off heading back to Duckburg.

Cast[]

Video releases[]

DVD

  • DuckTales: Volume 3


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Media
Shows/Movies: 1987 series (videography) • 2017 seriesWalt Disney's World on Ice: Double Feature... Live!Raw ToonageDuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost LampChibi Tiny TalesThis Duckburg Life

Video Games: Video game (HD remake/Soundtrack) • DuckTales 2The Quest for GoldScrooge's LootDisney Heroes: Battle ModeDisney All-Star RacersDisney All-Star Party
Comics: Comic Books (IDW)
Books: The Secret City Under the SeaSphinx for the Memories and Sir Gyro GearlooseScrooge's Treasure HuntChristmas at the North PoleWebby Saves the DayThe Art of DuckTales

Disney Parks
DuckTales World Showcase AdventurePLAY!Donald's Duck Pond
Characters
1987 series: Scrooge McDuckHuey, Dewey, and LouieLaunchpad McQuackWebby VanderquackBentina BeakleyDuckworthChief O'HaraShedlock JonesGyro GearlooseLittle HelperYardarmDoofus DrakeFenton CrackshellDonald DuckLudwig Von DrakeGladstone GanderBubba the Cave DuckAbominable SnowwomanTootsie the TriceratopsSkittlesBlackjackPouponGene the GenieGlittering GoldieMad Dog McGurkFeathers GaloreBurt QuackarachMajor CourageMicro DucksAdmiral GrimmitzKing HomerQueen ArielShawebizadGandra DeeMcPapaMcMamaRoboticaBeagle BoysMa BeaglePeteFlintheart GlomgoldPhantom BlotDijonArgus McSwineMagica De SpellMinima De SpellPoe De SpellEl CapitanJoaquin SlowlyMerlock the MagicianCinnamon TealDracula DuckDr. NoGoodMillionara VanderbucksFritter O'WayLawrence LoudmouthBruno Von BeakArmstrongThe SirensCirceHarpiesYuckalindaQueen GriseldaDjinniTerra-Firmie KingOverlord BulovanSolegoGICU-2Magica's ShadowThe Fear DemonsVacation Van Honk

2017 series: Della DuckLenaBradford BuzzardBentley and Buford BuzzardCaptain PeghookManny the Headless Man-HorsePixiuGabby McStabbersonHack and Slash SmashnikovRoxanne FeatherlyToad Liu HaiMark BeaksFalcon GravesAmunetSabafToth-RaZeusSeleneStorkulesCharybdisBriar and BrambleDarkwing DuckGosalyn MallardMegavoltDon KarnageQuackerjackLiquidatorBlack HeronZan OwlsonFisherMannDrosera occidendumJosé CariocaPanchito PistolesFethry DuckJohn D. RockerduckJeevesGavinGrandpappy BeagleViolet SabrewingUnicornPercival P. PeppingtonNightmare BeastPaddywhackBushrootNegaduckDaisy DuckGoofyChip and Dale Monterey JackZipperGadget HackwrenchKit CloudkickerTaurus BulbaMolly CunninghamLieutenant PenumbraGeneral LunarisMoonlandersMoon MitesGilded ManNeighbor JonesSteelbeakIsabella FinchIndy and Ty SabrewingTri-Crested TittertwillAletheiaVeroKing HonestusEmma GlamourInspector TezukaAkitaStrongbeardHeckaJormungandrPonce de LeonMatilda McDuckEmutilda

Episodes
1987 series

Season One: "The Treasure of the Golden Suns" • "Send in the Clones" • "Sphinx for the Memories" • "Where No Duck Has Gone Before" • "Armstrong" • "Robot Robbers" • "Magica's Shadow War" • "Master of the Djinni" • "Hotel Strangeduck" • "Lost Crown of Genghis Khan" • "Duckman of Aquatraz" • "The Money Vanishes" • "Sir Gyro de Gearloose" • "Dinosaur Ducks" • "Hero for Hire" • "Superdoo!" • "Maid of the Myth" • "Down and Out in Duckburg" • "Much Ado About Scrooge" • "Top Duck" • "Pearl of Wisdom" • "The Curse of Castle McDuck" • "Launchpad's Civil War" • "Sweet Duck of Youth" • "Earth Quack" • "Home Sweet Homer" • "Bermuda Triangle Tangle" • "Micro Ducks from Outer Space" • "Back to the Klondike" • "Horse Scents" • "Scrooge's Pet" • "Catch as Cash Can" • "Merit-Time Adventure" • "The Golden Fleecing" • "Ducks of the West" • "Time Teasers" • "Back Out in the Outback" • "Raiders of the Lost Harp" • "The Right Duck" • "Scroogerello" • "Double-O-Duck" • "Luck o' the Ducks" • "Duckworth's Revolt" • "Magica's Magic Mirror"/"Take Me Out of the Ballgame" • "Duck to the Future" • "Jungle Duck" • "Launchpad's First Crash" • "Dime Enough for Luck" • "Duck in the Iron Mask" • "The Uncrashable Hindentanic" • "The Status Seekers" • "Nothing to Fear" • "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck" • "Once Upon a Dime" • "Spies in Their Eyes" • "All Ducks on Deck" • "Ducky Horror Picture Show" • "Till Nephews Do Us Part"
Season Two: "Time is Money" • "Super DuckTales"
Season Three: "The Land of Trala La" • "Allowance Day" • "Bubbeo & Juliet" • "The Good Muddahs" • "My Mother the Psychic" • "Metal Attraction" • "Dough Ray Me" • "Bubba's Big Brainstorm" • "The Big Flub" • "A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity" • "Blue Collar Scrooge" • "Beaglemania" • "Yuppy Ducks" • "The Bride Wore Stripes" • "The Unbreakable Bin" • "Attack of the Fifty-Foot Webby" • "The Masked Mallard" • "A DuckTales Valentine"
Season Four: "Ducky Mountain High" • "Attack of the Metal Mites" • "The Duck Who Knew Too Much" • "New Gizmo-Kids on the Block" • "Scrooge's Last Adventure" • "The Golden Goose"

2017 series
Season One: "Woo-oo!" • "Daytrip of Doom!" • "The Great Dime Chase!" • "The Beagle Birthday Massacre!" • "Terror of the Terra-firmians!" • "The House of the Lucky Gander!" • "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!" • "The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra!" • "The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!" • "The Spear of Selene!" • "Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!" • "The Missing Links of Moorshire!" • "McMystery at McDuck McManor!" • "JAW$!" • "The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!" • "Day of the Only Child!" • "From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!" • "Who is Gizmoduck?!" • "The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!" • "Sky Pirates...in the Sky!" • "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!" • "The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!" • "The Shadow War!"
Season Two: "The Most Dangerous Game...Night!" • "The Depths of Cousin Fethry!" • "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!" • "The Town Where Everyone Was Nice!" • "Storkules in Duckburg!" • "Last Christmas!" • "What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!" • "Treasure of the Found Lamp!" • "The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!" • "The 87 Cent Solution!" • "The Golden Spear!" • "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!" • "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!" • "Friendship Hates Magic!" • "The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!" • "The Duck Knight Returns!" • "What Ever Happened to Donald Duck?!" • "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!" • "A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!" • "The Golden Armory of Cornelius Coot!" • "Timephoon!" • "GlomTales!" • "The Richest Duck in the World!" • "Moonvasion!"
Season Three "Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!" • "Quack Pack!" • "Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice!" • "The Lost Harp of Mervana!" • "Louie's Eleven!" • "Astro B.O.Y.D.!" • "The Rumble for Ragnarok!" • "The Phantom and the Sorceress!" • "They Put a Moonlander on the Earth!" • "The Trickening!" • "The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!" • "Let's Get Dangerous!" • "Escape from the ImpossiBin!" • "The Split Sword of Swanstantine!" • "New Gods on the Block!" • "The First Adventure!" • "The Fight for Castle McDuck!" • "How Santa Stole Christmas!" • "Beaks in the Shell!" • "The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker!" • "The Life And Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!" • "The Last Adventure!"

Locations
DuckburgAtlantisThe Money BinMcDuck ManorCastle McDuckFountain of YouthScotlandNotre DuckValley of the Golden SunsSt. CanardCape Suzette
Organizations
Air PiratesF.O.W.L.Junior WoodchucksS.H.U.S.H.
Objects
Number One DimeJunior Woodchucks GuidebookGizmosuitGene's LampMerlock's TalismanSun CoinSun ChaserHarp of TroyMillennium ShortcutGyro's HelicopterMolecular ManipulatorGolden GooseWebby's Quacky Patch DollHindentanicMagic MedallionRatcatcherJewel of AtlantisPep!Gummiberry JuiceIron VulturePirate FightersSpear of SeleneSea DuckRanger Plane
Songs
DuckTales ThemeThree Cheers for Bubba DuckBoogie Beagle BluesMoon Stage ThemeSky PiratesThe Three CaballerosHear My Voice
See also
Carl BarksThe Disney AfternoonDarkwing DuckQuack PackDisney XD (Netherlands)Let's Go to Disneyland Paris
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