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"Scrooge's Pet" is the thirty-fifth episode of DuckTales. It is based on Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge comic story The Lemming with the Locket (1955).

Synopsis[]

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The eponymous Lucky the Lemming.

One morning in Duckburg, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby are getting ready to go fishing. Meanwhile, Scrooge is at the Money Bin, waiting for two locksmiths to finish installing a new lock for his vault, when the kids show up. The kids invite Scrooge to go fishing with them, but he refuses their offer as he is too busy.

The kids go fishing at the docks, and only manage to catch old boots. While they’re fishing, they notice that many of the local sailors have pets of their own, and that they’re happy. Webby then gets the idea to find a pet for Scrooge, in hope that he’ll be more joyous. Conveniently for them, a sailor named Barnacle Biff is being instructed to let go of his pet lemming, as the critter eats too much. Biff overhears the kids talking about a pet, and offers to sell his lemming, whose name is revealed to be Lucky, to them. Biff tells the kids that Lucky is not a huge eater, and is smart, so they take him.

Over at the Money Bin, the locksmiths finish installing the new lock, give Scrooge the only copy of the combination, and leave. Scrooge puts the note in a locket, and places the locket on a statue of Glittering Goldie. He intends to memorize the combination after he eats his lunch. At that moment, the kids walk into the office and present Lucky to Scrooge. Scrooge can’t stand Lucky right from the start, as the lemming eats away at his sandwich. Lucky then runs around the place, knocks over the Goldie statue, and the locket gets caught around his neck. To make things worse, Lucky escapes by jumping out a window.

Since Lucky has the only combination, and because Scrooge hasn’t learned it yet, the group needs to find Lucky immediately. Duckworth drives Scrooge and the kids through Duckburg after Lucky, who returns to the docks, and boards his old ship, the Moony Gull, just as it leaves port. Scrooge demands for the local sailors to tell him where the Moony Gull is headed and they refuse to tell, until Webby directs their attention to all the old boots that she and the boys caught earlier. They tell them that the Moony Gull is travelling to Novay, a country in Scandinavia.

Scrooge gets Launchpad to fly him and the kids to Novay by helicopter. Upon reaching the shore, Launchpad crashes into a lighthouse. Fortunately, they got there just as the Moony Gull docks. Scrooge boards the ship and asks the captain if he’s seen Lucky, which leads to Biff explaining that he tried to get rid of him, only for him to return. Wanting his locket back, Scrooge accidentally scares Lucky, who runs down to the cargo hold, only to find his way back up. Launchpad and Scrooge both try to catch Lucky some more, but they both fail, and Lucky escapes by sailing away in Scrooge’s hat.

The kids search around the local town for Lucky, only to learn that the cheese merchant is fleeing town, and he lets them take a large cheese wheel. Scrooge finds his hat on the beach, but Lucky isn’t in it. On top of that, everyone is fleeing town, shouting "The lemmings are coming! The lemmings are coming!" And indeed, hundreds of lemmings come stampeding through the town, eating up any food they come across. To protect their cheese wheel, the kids suspend it above the ground with some rope, and hide atop a large haystack, only for the lemmings to eat most of the hay.

Scrooge asks a local man what exactly is going on, and he learns that every year the lemmings come running through, eating everything they can on their way to the sea, and swim away forever. The group tries to come up with an idea to stop the lemmings and find Lucky, and Launchpad suggests spraying them with water from a fire truck, but it doesn’t work. Huey suggests that they dress up in winter gear to scare the lemmings, but it only humors them. Scrooge begins to get carried off by the stampede, but Huey and Louie save him with a tree branch just before the lemmings jump off a cliff and into the sea.

After all the lemmings leave, Scrooge is saddened that he’ll never get the combination back now. Before deciding to go home, the kids suggest having some of the cheese that they hung up earlier. Scrooge could care less, but the kids discover that the locket, as well as Lucky, were both inside. Scrooge wonders why out of all the lemmings that only Lucky was in the cheese, and Dewey explains that Biff told them that Lucky was smart for a lemming, thus he was able to reach the cheese.

Later on, back at the Money Bin, Scrooge is counting his money in the vault, when the kids show up, this time with another pet. Scrooge doesn’t like the idea at first, but he quickly changes his mind upon seeing what they got him; a goldfish.

Cast[]

Trivia[]

Video releases[]

DVD

  • DuckTales: Volume 2

External links[]


v - e - d
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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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