"Catch as Cash Can" (also known as "The Firefly Fruit Contest") is a four-part episode of DuckTales that makes up the 36th through 39th episodes.
Summary[]
Part 1: "A Drain on the Economy"[]
The Grand Kishke shows off the Firefly Fruit.
Scrooge and Glomgold compete in a contest where the winner, being the world's richest duck, becomes the sales broker for a new fruit from Macaroon that works like a flashlight. First, though, Scrooge must keep his fortune away from the Beagle Boys.
Part 2: "A Whale of a Bad Time"[]
The infamous "A SEA MONSTER ATE MY ICE CREAM!" scene.
Dr. Bluebottle takes Donald and Scrooge hostage.
As Scrooge tries to deliver his fortune to Macaroon, he experiences an interference in the form of a rogue Navy super-submarine working for Glomgold. Donald is there to help his uncle reclaim his fortune.
Part 3: "Aqua Ducks"[]
After dumping his fortune under the sea, Scrooge, along with Launchpad, Gyro, and Doofus, submerges in order to get it out. There they encounter an underwater race of mermen, and a monster named Glubzilla.
Part 4: "Working for Scales"[]
Glomgold and the Beagle Boys attempt to make sure Scrooge doesn't win the contest on his way to Macaroon.
Memorable quotes[]
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"Ain't it a little early for Thanksgiving?" |
Big Time: You don't scare me, McDuck! This armored assault suit will stop a 60-millimeter shell! Scrooge: Oh, too bad! This tank uses 61-millimeter shells. Big Time: ...Whoa! That's one millimeter too many!! |
Mr. Whimpleman: Well, I have good news and bad news. Scrooge: What's the bad news? Mr. Whimpleman: Eh, some goods from one of your factories got lost. Scrooge: What!? Then what's the good news, man!? Mr. Whimpleman: It was only a boatload of ice cream. Scrooge: I-ice cream sank!? Mr. Whimpleman: A sea monster was sighted in the-- Scrooge: A sea monster ate my ice cream!? A sea monster ate my ice cream!! Daaaaaaagh! Mr. Whimpleman: Aaaaah! [runs off] Scrooge: A SEA MONSTER ATE MY ICE CREAM!!! A SEA MONSTER ATE MY ICE CREEEEEEAM!!! A SEA MONSTER ATE MY ICE CREEEEEEAM!!! A SEA MONSTER ATE MY ICE CREEEEEEAM!!! Mrs. Beakley: Oh, that must've been some ice cream. Huey: [holding down Scrooge] No, you don't understand! This wasn't ice cream! This was half his fortune! |
Trivia[]
- The sequence of Scrooge's cannon firing a cannonball and then bouncing back and destroying the cannon is an homage to "Terror of the Beagle Boys", the Beagles' debut comic story from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #134.
Errors[]
- Scrooge tells Webby that sea monsters do not exist, even though he and the nephews encountered one several episodes ago.
Voice cast[]
- Alan Young - Scrooge McDuck
- Hal Smith - Flintheart Glomgold, Gyro Gearloose
- Hamilton Camp - The Grand Kishke
- Russi Taylor - Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby
- Chuck McCann - Burger Beagle, Bouncer Beagle, Dr. Bluebottle
- Frank Welker - Big Time Beagle, Baggy Beagle
- Joan Gerber - Bentina Beakley
- Tony Anselmo - Donald Duck
- Terry McGovern - Launchpad McQuack
- Brian Cummings - Doofus Drake
External links[]
- Disney Wiki: Catch as Cash Can
- "A Drain on the Economy" at the Internet Movie Database
- "A Whale of a Bad Time" at the Internet Movie Database
- "Aqua Ducks" at the Internet Movie Database
- "Working for Scales" at the Internet Movie Database
- "Catch as Cash Can" recap at TV Tropes