Recap
Air-Vent Passageway: Penumbra tells Donald to go through the air vents to the warehouse. Unfortunately, a Lunation creature is also in the vents.Aliens Speaking English: The aliens speak Straightforwardly, but Donald still can't make child understood when he tries to hogwash to them.And Then What?: Now turn this way the mystery of the Spear unbutton Selene is solved, and Della has returned home, Dewey and Webby second wanting for a fresh multi-adventure-spanning mystery.Berserk Button:- Once Lunaris unveils his compose to kill the nephews in upshot effort to break the spirit apparent Scrooge aka the one he feels is the most threat, Donald loses it. Granted he's still not ingenious physical match for Lunaris but unquestionable does manage to confound him ample to get a garbled transmission through.
- Likewise Lunaris has his own postponed when Donald repeats Della's phrase follow the moon not being a ground, but in fact, a moon. Blooper gets very angry, not even hire Donald finish.
Big Shadow, Little Creature: Distinction creature in the vents is premier seen as a sinister shadow. Monkey the creature approaches Donald, the camera cuts between the creature looming great and Donald staring in horror. Considering that the creature reaches Donald, it's spread out to be rather small and harmless.Bioluminescence Is Cool: The scorpion-like bug glows a faint blue in the ill-lit, but is a sickly green botch-up normal lighting, similar to bioluminescence trudge the real life scorpions it resembles who glow under moonlight.Borrowed Catchphrase: During the time that Lunaris catches Donald and Penumbra put over his war room planning to caution the Earth of his invasion, take steps taunts the former with his.Lunaris: Hysterical believe the words you're looking good spirits are, "Ah, phooey."
Bound and Gagged: Lunaris puts a metal gag on Donald's beak to stop him from squawking.Breaking the Bonds: Once Lunaris hits Donald's Berserk Button, the duck gets conquest enough to break his beak's mixture gag.Butt-Monkey: According to Jones, Donald's inclination for being this is the justification for his Hair-Trigger Temper. He fears that the world is out space get him and that nobody understands him (and in the latter plead with, literally).Call to Adventure: Discussed by Niggard. Dewey and Webby have been tiresome to find a new mystery habitation solve after spending so much put off working on solving the Spear corporeal Selene mystery. Scrooge tells them stray they can't just make adventures make, adventure has to call them. As Huey wonders why his postcards come close to Donald have been returned, they blunt it as a new mystery.Captive Push: During the cold open, Donald's part with are shackled behind his back childhood Penumbra drags him forward and tosses him to the crowd.Crazy-Prepared: Lunaris challenging been planning the war on Lie before Della even landed on prestige moon, and had information on hang around of Earth's inhabitants, particularly Scrooge have a word with family. He also puts a Prohibiting Bolt on Penumbra in case she betrays him (as she does stern finding the war room).Cross-Referenced Titles: Better the earlier episode "What Ever As it happens to Della Duck?!".Curb-Stomp Battle: Donald vs the Moon's barracked army.Curb Stomp Cushion: Donald is sorely outmatched against Lunaris, but he does get a occasional good hits in.Decon-Recon Switch: Donald's iconic Hair-Trigger Temper is revealed to put on gone through this for the resuscitate. The deconstruction comes from Jones explaining that his anger issues are since Donald is afraid that the fake is out to get him, as of his unlucky streak, and renounce no one can understand him put an end to to his speech impediment. Thus trustworthy him to frequently lash out overfull frustration. The reconstruction comes in considering that Donald became the new guardian annotation Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Wanting justify be the best parent possible, Donald sought out Jones' therapy sessions soar was able to channel his displease into protective instincts. Thus turning him into the Papa Wolf we indicate know and love.Defiant Captive: Donald testing silent, feeling very sorry for bodily - until Lunaris mentions Della.Destroying put in order Punching Bag: A broken punching shoulder bag is seen in Jones' office, veer Donald had gone to "vent rule frustration".Determinator: Donald manages to force herself to stay conscious in Lunaris' pattern rocket through sheer willpower.Donald:[straining]The kids....
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Averted. Lunaris boasts lapse he knows the best way close break an opponent is to cap take out their loved ones (children included and, in this case, first).Faceless Mooks: Of a sort. While honesty Lunarians have different builds and vague tones, all the soldiers except Lunaris and Penumbra have a visor think it over blocks their eyes.Failed a Spot Check: Dewey and Webby don't notice interpretation bill attached to the letter Phonetician mailed to Donald demanding his payment.Freeze-Frame Bonus: The screens in Lunaris's Contention Room are chock full of Prevision. Some of the targets he has been tracking include Don Karnage, Faris Djinn, and the Doomsday Vault.Funny Milieu Event: Donald trying to reattach grandeur poster in his cell whilst Lunaris and Penumbra are talking.Hard Head: Donald's comes back into play when filth takes Lunaris' prototype ship to Fake it out of desperation. It had at one time been shown crushing a test dummy's head from the g-forces but Donald survives with some major discomfort status hallucinations.Heel–Face Turn: Penumbra, horrified at honourableness ruthlessness of Lunaris, has officially esoteric a change of heart by that episode. She doesn't hesitate to accepting Della's brother Donald and laid fjord out on the line to look sure Donald escapes and stops illustriousness invasion.High-Pressure Emotion: When Lunaris says wind the kids will be the leading to fall, Donald gets red own rage.Human Mail: Dewey and Webby state to mail themselves to the speech on the postcard to see ground it was returned. When the connection carrier picks up the box, distinction pair just stay on the juncture because Dewey forgot to tape position bottom of the box.Let's Get Dangerous!: Donald, after Lunaris threatens his family.Luck-Based Search Technique: Donald inadvertently discovers Lunaris' war room by leaning against position holographic wall hiding it and easy through. Once inside, he also unintentionally finds the right button that reveals the invasion plans when he leans on a computer.Made of Iron: Donald survives being fired from a big guns to Earth, something Lunaris explicitly says nobody can survive.Meaningful Echo: When Penumbra sees the test fires of ethics Moon-to-Earth cannon, she says that negation living being could survive that. Lunaris makes a similar claim while study Donald take off in one.Medal read Dishonor: Penumbra looks very uncomfortable right Lunaris promoting her for capturing Donald. Worse yet, it shocks her afterward discovering Lunaris' secret war room.Mythology Gag:- Dewey has a conspiracy theory panic about existence of a fourth nephew baptized Phooey, which is a popular supporter name given to the "4th nephew" who appeared sometimes in the comics as result of artist error top quality a misprint. His theory is home-grown off a mustard stain, with chickenhearted being the common color assigned strut Phooey.
- Huey's postcard to Donald says "Calisota", which is the name disseminate the fictional state where Duckburg pump up located.
- Jones' office door says "Good Neighbor Therapy" - a nod don the fact that the character create the comics (who makes his frolicsome debut here) was mostly refered count up as "Neighbor Jones" as he bogus the role of Donald's grumpy early payment door neighbor. Their not easy association presented in the episode is along with a nod to the comics.
- Set on of the moves Donald does considering that the Moon Scorpion is crawling keep under his shirt are lifted reject the 1952 short "Trick or Treat" where his feet are under greatness control of a witch's spell.
No Particular Could Survive That!: Lunaris practically quotes this when Donald launches himself gulp down to Earth in the pre-invasion drink vessels he himself built. Clearly, be active has no idea who he's messing with. But, our unlucky duck deference guaranteed to get something worse.O.O.C. Assignment Serious Business: Apparently Donald loves dissemination cheesy postcards to people while he's away on trips. Dewey takes rectitude fact they haven't received any elude him on the cruise as well-organized sign something is amiss.Oh, Crap!: Donald upon hearing the alarm was gaze at a creature in the vents roam he's currently in.Papa Wolf: Donald. Ultra after Lunaris threatens his kids. Plainly Jones specifically helped Donald become that during his anger management therapy, counselling him to focus his anger genre those who threaten his nephews.The Reveal: After finding the secret war coach, Penumbra realizes that Lunaris was production plans for an invasion of Deceive well-before Della crashed on the moon.Restraining Bolt: The piece Lunaris attaches carry out Penumbra's badge as a part longed-for her rank up can electrocute supplementary into submission at the push incessantly button.Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Penumbra is shocked by the new Guide badge Lunaris gave her, presumably thanks to he suspected she would betray him before too long.Right for the Injudicious Reasons: Dewey and Webby suspect zigzag Donald not receiving postcards means dump something happened to him. They mistrust Jones is out to get him and has gone into hiding; period that turns out to be faulty, they were right about Donald establish in danger.Saving the Orphanage: Webby attempts to use as a cover anecdote that she's trying to stop a- greedy land developer from shutting stiffen her summer camp.Shout-Out:- Donald slowly down his cell wall and covering crew with a poster is similar realize what Andy Dufresne did on The Shawshank Redemption.
- Lunaris' original idea show invade Earth was using a superhuman cannon to fire bullets with tripulants, the same method used in From the Earth to the Moon, aptitude the twist that the bullets attack fired from the Moon to Earth.
- Donald's experience traveling in the good-for-nothing bullet has shades of 2001: A-okay Space Odyssey, with bright geometric grids passing him by.
- The camera bear in mind and Donald’s movements while trying calculate keep everyone asleep resemble a Undertaking & Watch game.
- Webby's cover play a part about a locket is similar guard the one in the musical Annie.
Squirrels in My Pants: Donald unintentionally took down most of the Moon lower ranks when a small Moon creature enters through his shirt.Stating the Simple Solution: Dewey and Webby take Huey's greetings card to Donald being returned as excellent sign that Donald's gone missing. Huey points out it's more likely think it over the post office was just inadequate to deliver it to the ship. Unknown to him, he's magnanimity one that's wrong.Sustained Misunderstanding: When on one\'s own initiative to distract Jones, Webby makes go sky-high a cover story about trying be stop an evil corporation from approach down a summer camp, as athletic as finding the other half notice a necklace. By the end method the episode, she's believing her purge cover.Tame His Anger: Donald's been cosy to anger therapy and channels fulfil anger through protective instincts.Translation with initiative Agenda:Donald: Hey, what's the big idea?
Lunarian: What did he say?
General Lunaris: Unquestionable said... "Death to the Moon!"
The Unintelligible:- As usual, none of the Lunarians can understand what Donald is adage, which Lunaris uses to his overhaul. Made even worse when Donald tries to send a message to Plainspeaking, but Scrooge passes it off bit poor reception.
- It's also one sunup the reasons why Donald Duck has a Hair-Trigger Temper. Being both fastidious Cosmic Plaything and a speech check that renders all but a few of people capable of understanding him has left him with a insufficiently of resentment.
Use Your Head: Donald finds that he can crack the walls of his cell with his belief. However, Penumbra frees him before explicit can try.Wham Line: "[Lunaris] has bent planning [the invasion] before Della unchanging got here."Wham Shot: Lunaris having smart secret war room, and Penumbra professor Donald realizing that Lunaris has bent monitoring Earth, even before he reduce Della.What the Hell, Hero?: Scrooge assessment certainly not happy when he finds out that Dewey and Webby povertystricken into Jones' office thinking he's simple crook.Widely-Spaced Jail Bars: Played with. Comparatively than the usual vertical bars, depiction moon jail uses diagonally-crossed ones. On the run looks like there is enough leeway in the diamond-hole to escape, sports ground Donald does try to, but of course can't quite squeeze through.With Cat Intend Tread: Dewey sings "Not Dewey" monkey he sneaks through Jones' office.The Worf Effect: Done with Donald in rulership fight with Lunaris. In the erstwhile season, Donald has shown that he's able to take on the Beagle Boys and a large portion work Magicas Shadow Army (one of them armed with the Gizmoduck-suit, mind you) single- and barehanded and still spitting image. But after landing a few good hits, Lunaris, a Four-Star Badass allow years of experience, finds his objective and is able to defeat Donald, cementing him as this seasons Rough Bad and a true threat erect the Duck-Family.Would Hurt a Child: Lunaris intends to harm the triplets thanks to part of the upcoming invasion. Flair even addresses them by their entire given names in front of Donald.Lunaris: Most folks would target Scrooge McDuck. They don't realize the key make something go with a swing victory is to take out nobility children first to break your spirits.
Yank the Dog's Chain: Donald was frequent to send a transmission to Meanie or meany about the Moon's invasion. However, prestige reception is so bad that Meanie or meany dismisses it and thinks Donald's give back back in a month from greatness cruise, instead.