Ducktales (1987) s02e05 Episode Script
Time is Money (5) - Ali Bubba's Cave
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[Narrator.]
in our last installment, the Beagle Boys framed Scrooge as a bank robber.
I need ten million bucks, I'm stuck in jail and nobody believes I'm Scrooge McDuck! But with Bubba and Tootsie's help, Scrooge made a daring escape.
Rock and roll! [Alarm blaring.]
Ooga-nooga nooga! In order to protect Bubba from further danger, Scrooge sent him back to his rightful home, in one million B.
C.
And then, it was into Launchpad's plane and off, once more, to Duckbill island.
Aw, gee, Louie, I hope Bubba got home OK.
Yeah, I miss him already.
You're not the only one.
[Huey.]
Ow! What's happening? Feels like we've got a typhoon on our tail.
That's no typhoon on our tail.
- [Stammers.]
Aye, aye, Mr.
McD, sir.
- I hope I'm not interrupting you.
Nah, I was just flying the plane.
That's your opinion.
How long before we reach Duckbill Island? Well, if I had to make a guess about 20 seconds! [All screaming.]
Do something! [Stammering.]
OK, fine.
Uh This is your captain speaking.
We're on our final approach Something useful.
Launchpad, you actually brought us down without crashing.
Oh, great.
There goes my reputation.
Hurry, we've got to find a diamond worth ten million dollars.
[Dewey.]
And still get home in time to pay off your contract with Glomgold.
Not even a scratch.
I must be losing my touch.
If it'll make you feel any better, you did manage to land us on the wrong side of the island.
Really? Wow! Thanks, Mr.
McD.
Come on.
We've got a half hour hike to Bubba's cave.
Almost there, lads.
Now, nothing can get in our way.
[Gasps.]
When did you build a wall around Bubba's cave? I didn't.
But I can guess who did.
Open this door, you despicable, duplicitous, double-dealer.
- Moi? - [All.]
Flintheart Glomgold! How'd you get here ahead of us? When I realized this was the last place left for you to go, I grabbed my fastest jet and voila! Next time, I'll pick the airplane.
Oh, and incidentally, I brought a few of your friends.
Ta-da! The Beagle Boys! But you were holed up in my money-bin.
True, but Flinty picked us up 'cause he didn't want us to miss watching you lose a fortune.
Flintheart, you conniver.
You masterminded the whole scheme.
- So sue me.
- Sue ya? Why, I'll stew ya! I'll fry ya, I'll fricassee you! Aw, cool off, McDuck.
[Sputtering.]
You festering flock of effluvial! Keep it clean, Scroogey.
There are children present.
That tears it! If we cannot climb through the gate, we'll just fly over it.
Back to the plane.
I still don't get it.
No damage.
Well, I guess you can't crash 'em all.
- Launchpad, hop to it! - Hop you want, hop you got.
- [Rumbling.]
- What was that? [Launchpad.]
Yaaah! Well, that's more like it! [Scrooge.]
Launchpad, this time you've outdone yourself.
It was nothing.
- That was not a compliment.
- I take what I can get.
Uncle Scrooge! Look at this.
Well, pluck my pinfeathers! A giant cavern! [Louie.]
And see all those tunnels? Maybe one of them leads to the surface.
- Or to Bubba's cave.
- Really? In my mining days, I learned that caves often connect.
I'll bet my bifocals that somewhere in there is the backdoor to the diamond mine.
- Neato! - One problemo.
Looks to me like we're stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Not necessarily.
Now, gently nudge the plane forward so we can widen that crack a wee bit.
Roger that.
One for the diamonds, two for the toe, three to get flying - Just do it.
- And away we go! Hey, two crashes for the price of one.
Have you ever considered a career in the demolition derby? Hey, I got us through the wall.
- Now what do we do? - We start walking.
Hey, look at this neat Whoa! Phew! This place is a zoo.
Yeah, according to the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook, there are animals on Duckbill Island that you won't find anywhere else.
Save the guided tour for later.
Aw, sorry, Uncle Scrooge.
- [Birds chirping.]
- [Machine whooping.]
[Squawks.]
[Panting.]
Home.
Home! Hello, tree.
Hello, rock.
Hello, fish.
Hello, home! Aw, big deal.
- [Yawns.]
- [Tootsie snoring.]
[Scrooge.]
What's this? A Stone Age valentine? [Huey.]
No, Uncle Scrooge.
That's Bubba's marker.
Bubba miss Scooge.
Bubba go to Scooge.
[Whistles.]
Tootsie! - Tootsie! - [Snarls.]
Come, find Scooge! Yippee! Nice car, take Bubba to Scooge.
You know, Scooge.
Car dumb.
- [Beep.]
- [Engine revving.]
- [Bubba shouts.]
- [Tootsie shrieks.]
[Humming.]
Ah, after years of work, the Sphinx is perfect.
Yaah! No Scooge.
Try again.
My Sphinx ruined! Ruined! Ru! Hmm Actually, I kind of like it.
Hope we're getting close.
I'm tired of walking around in the dark.
You should be used to that.
Come on, Mr.
McD.
How many times have I ever steered you wro - Aaah! - Aaah! Wow! An underground lake! Yeah, and I'm wearing half of it.
Lucky for me, my jacket's airtight.
Uh, when I've got it zipped.
Oh, just grand.
I don't suppose anybody brought an inflatable raft.
[Chuckles.]
You're kidding, right? I still say this idea is all wet.
Quit babbling and keep paddling.
Uh, did Did you hear something? - No, did you? - No, nothing.
- Just checking.
- Land ho! I'll be glad when this is over.
Oh, I can hardly wait to see all of those lovely, shining - Teeth! - No, gems.
No! Teeth! - And look what's attached to them! - [Creature snarling.]
[Snarling.]
- It's some kind of sea creature.
- Then head for the land! [Huey.]
That's one way to clear out a swimming pool.
Don't worry, Huey, that thing can't get up here.
[Snarling.]
Tell him that! Wait! In the movies, monsters are always afraid of fire.
Back.
Back, I say! Heh-heh! Guess he's not a movie buff.
I've only got 15 minutes to pay off Flinty.
Enough of this reptilian rigmarole.
[Crying.]
Follow me, boys! [Snarling.]
Forsooth, my friend, stop this foolishness.
I tell you, man was not meant to fly.
Scooge? Scooge? Uh Here, let me help you with it.
- [Creature snarling.]
- Curse me kilts! That overgrown salamander's even faster on land.
Come on, we'll hide behind these boulders.
Ooh? I knew these rocks would confuse him.
Uh, Uncle Scrooge, these aren't boulders, they're giant puffball mushrooms.
Mushrooms? But they make me sneeze.
Oh, great.
Don't worry, Launchpad.
As long as the puffballs don't pop you'll be fine.
[Rumbling.]
Oh, no! Ah ah Stop.
Stop him! - [Muffled sneeze.]
- Thanks.
Phew! Ah-choo! - [Snarling.]
- Oops.
Run for it! [Bubba.]
Scooge? Scooge? No Scooge nowhere.
[Squeaks.]
No? Almost gone.
Nice car, find Scooge, OK? Find Scooge.
Go! Go! Go! Go! [Sniffles.]
Scooge.
[Sniffles.]
Bubba lost forever.
[Shrieks.]
Picture.
Oh! Tootsie smart! Find Scooge.
- [Electronic beeping.]
- [Engine revving.]
[Bubba.]
Yeah! Doesn't this guy have any other hobbies? If we're lucky, this tunnel will be too small for him.
Uh-oh.
I'm too young to die.
- [Growling chuckle.]
- No, I won't give up without a fight.
[Shrieking.]
Bubba? Scooge! - Bubba find Scooge! - You're back! Wow! Thanks for saving us, Bubba! Yeah, that was a crash worthy of me, little buddy.
Well, yes, thank you, lad, but why did you not stay at your home? Bubba is home with Scooge.
Absolutely right.
Bubba, do you happen to know a quick way to your cave? Ungawa! - [Scrooge.]
Sunlight.
We must be close.
- This way.
Tickle me tartan.
[Wolf whistle.]
Whoa! There are more diamonds than in the American baseball league.
Nice going, Bubba.
And I still have six minutes.
Hoo hoo! I can't wait to see Flinty's face.
Soon this cave will be mine, fair and square.
[Dewey.]
I haven't seen this many sparklers since the Fourth of July! What's that? - Uh Bats? - Come on, bats don't talk.
Shh! Come on, lads.
Let's get up there and pay off Glomgold.
[Gasps.]
It's Scrooge, that burrowing bandit.
Now what do we do? Start rolling that rock.
Hmm, ten point three million dollars.
This'll do nicely.
[Flintheart.]
Oh, Scroogey? I'm still waiting for my payment.
- I'll be right up, ya old swindler.
- Uh-uh-uh! Don't count your checks before they're cashed.
Get back! [Flintheart cackles.]
There you go, McDuck.
Add that to the rocks in your head.
We're trapped! And we've got less than five minutes.
What'll we do, Uncle Scrooge? It looks like we lose.
[Flintheart laughing.]
Good job, boys.
Uh, it was nothin', Mr.
Glomgold.
True, but I appreciate it anyway.
Now, start loading the plane.
I refuse to let that rock stand between me and my fortune.
Quick, boys, ideas.
- Could we chip through the rock? - No time.
Launchpad? Uh call a moving company? No phone.
Bubba? Boom! Sorry, Bubba.
We don't have a cannon.
Wait, Uncle Scrooge, maybe we do.
If I can just catch this sunlight and send it over to Huey Then I can aim the beam through these flashlight lenses and zap, instant laser beam.
[Scrooge.]
Aye, the water boils, the steam builds and pow, - the cannon fires! - Right! But what do we use for a cannon ball? Only the most expensive artillery shell in history.
Go for it, Bubba! Bubba boom! - [Rumbling.]
- [Steam hissing.]
There she blows! [Rumbling.]
What was that? Come on! Hello, old pal.
It's payoff time.
Uh, Mr.
G, you want I should give him a headache? No, there's still 12 seconds.
Let's see if he makes it.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two Here, ten million right on time.
- Yay! - Oh, goody, oh, boy! No, you didn't.
You're late.
But But you said we had 12 seconds.
I lied.
He lied.
[Gasps.]
He's right.
I ran out of time.
You know the terms of our contract, McDuck.
This island is now mine.
So I'll thank ya to get off it.
Yeah, allow us to escort you.
The results are in.
Flintheart wins by a landslide.
Bon voyage, Scroogey.
It's not fair, Uncle Scrooge.
You traveled millions of years and then lost by a few seconds.
Too bad the bombastium's all gone or we could No, Dewey, I'm through trying to cheat time.
This world has enough cheats as it is.
Don't take it so hard, McDuck.
You still own that splendid piece of land and everything that's on it.
Yeah, the sand, the rocks, the bugs.
Everything.
- [Rumbling.]
- Whoa! What in the world?! - Huey, what's happening? - Uh-oh.
I think somebody left the kettle on the boiler.
Incoming! Take cover! Sparkle me spats! That steam cannon's still working! No.
No! It can't be! Every darling diamond gone! McDuck always wins! It's not fair! - Yippee! Yippee! - [Cheering.]
Now, this is my idea of a tropical paradise.
That's what we get for working with jerks like Glomgold.
Yeah, it's enough to make you wanna go straight.
Nah.
Bye-bye, cave.
Do you miss it, Bubba? Well, don't you worry, son.
Nighty-night, Scooge.
Sweet dreams, lad.
See you in the morning.
He's a fine lad.
- I hope he likes it here.
- [Snarling.]
Gosh, Uncle Scrooge, all this must've cost a fortune.
It's worth it, Dewey.
Bubba needs his own place.
Somewhere to go for peace and quiet.
[Rock music playing.]
Duckworth, make a note: Tomorrow, I want that cave moved to the far side of the yard.
[Narrator.]
in our last installment, the Beagle Boys framed Scrooge as a bank robber.
I need ten million bucks, I'm stuck in jail and nobody believes I'm Scrooge McDuck! But with Bubba and Tootsie's help, Scrooge made a daring escape.
Rock and roll! [Alarm blaring.]
Ooga-nooga nooga! In order to protect Bubba from further danger, Scrooge sent him back to his rightful home, in one million B.
C.
And then, it was into Launchpad's plane and off, once more, to Duckbill island.
Aw, gee, Louie, I hope Bubba got home OK.
Yeah, I miss him already.
You're not the only one.
[Huey.]
Ow! What's happening? Feels like we've got a typhoon on our tail.
That's no typhoon on our tail.
- [Stammers.]
Aye, aye, Mr.
McD, sir.
- I hope I'm not interrupting you.
Nah, I was just flying the plane.
That's your opinion.
How long before we reach Duckbill Island? Well, if I had to make a guess about 20 seconds! [All screaming.]
Do something! [Stammering.]
OK, fine.
Uh This is your captain speaking.
We're on our final approach Something useful.
Launchpad, you actually brought us down without crashing.
Oh, great.
There goes my reputation.
Hurry, we've got to find a diamond worth ten million dollars.
[Dewey.]
And still get home in time to pay off your contract with Glomgold.
Not even a scratch.
I must be losing my touch.
If it'll make you feel any better, you did manage to land us on the wrong side of the island.
Really? Wow! Thanks, Mr.
McD.
Come on.
We've got a half hour hike to Bubba's cave.
Almost there, lads.
Now, nothing can get in our way.
[Gasps.]
When did you build a wall around Bubba's cave? I didn't.
But I can guess who did.
Open this door, you despicable, duplicitous, double-dealer.
- Moi? - [All.]
Flintheart Glomgold! How'd you get here ahead of us? When I realized this was the last place left for you to go, I grabbed my fastest jet and voila! Next time, I'll pick the airplane.
Oh, and incidentally, I brought a few of your friends.
Ta-da! The Beagle Boys! But you were holed up in my money-bin.
True, but Flinty picked us up 'cause he didn't want us to miss watching you lose a fortune.
Flintheart, you conniver.
You masterminded the whole scheme.
- So sue me.
- Sue ya? Why, I'll stew ya! I'll fry ya, I'll fricassee you! Aw, cool off, McDuck.
[Sputtering.]
You festering flock of effluvial! Keep it clean, Scroogey.
There are children present.
That tears it! If we cannot climb through the gate, we'll just fly over it.
Back to the plane.
I still don't get it.
No damage.
Well, I guess you can't crash 'em all.
- Launchpad, hop to it! - Hop you want, hop you got.
- [Rumbling.]
- What was that? [Launchpad.]
Yaaah! Well, that's more like it! [Scrooge.]
Launchpad, this time you've outdone yourself.
It was nothing.
- That was not a compliment.
- I take what I can get.
Uncle Scrooge! Look at this.
Well, pluck my pinfeathers! A giant cavern! [Louie.]
And see all those tunnels? Maybe one of them leads to the surface.
- Or to Bubba's cave.
- Really? In my mining days, I learned that caves often connect.
I'll bet my bifocals that somewhere in there is the backdoor to the diamond mine.
- Neato! - One problemo.
Looks to me like we're stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Not necessarily.
Now, gently nudge the plane forward so we can widen that crack a wee bit.
Roger that.
One for the diamonds, two for the toe, three to get flying - Just do it.
- And away we go! Hey, two crashes for the price of one.
Have you ever considered a career in the demolition derby? Hey, I got us through the wall.
- Now what do we do? - We start walking.
Hey, look at this neat Whoa! Phew! This place is a zoo.
Yeah, according to the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook, there are animals on Duckbill Island that you won't find anywhere else.
Save the guided tour for later.
Aw, sorry, Uncle Scrooge.
- [Birds chirping.]
- [Machine whooping.]
[Squawks.]
[Panting.]
Home.
Home! Hello, tree.
Hello, rock.
Hello, fish.
Hello, home! Aw, big deal.
- [Yawns.]
- [Tootsie snoring.]
[Scrooge.]
What's this? A Stone Age valentine? [Huey.]
No, Uncle Scrooge.
That's Bubba's marker.
Bubba miss Scooge.
Bubba go to Scooge.
[Whistles.]
Tootsie! - Tootsie! - [Snarls.]
Come, find Scooge! Yippee! Nice car, take Bubba to Scooge.
You know, Scooge.
Car dumb.
- [Beep.]
- [Engine revving.]
- [Bubba shouts.]
- [Tootsie shrieks.]
[Humming.]
Ah, after years of work, the Sphinx is perfect.
Yaah! No Scooge.
Try again.
My Sphinx ruined! Ruined! Ru! Hmm Actually, I kind of like it.
Hope we're getting close.
I'm tired of walking around in the dark.
You should be used to that.
Come on, Mr.
McD.
How many times have I ever steered you wro - Aaah! - Aaah! Wow! An underground lake! Yeah, and I'm wearing half of it.
Lucky for me, my jacket's airtight.
Uh, when I've got it zipped.
Oh, just grand.
I don't suppose anybody brought an inflatable raft.
[Chuckles.]
You're kidding, right? I still say this idea is all wet.
Quit babbling and keep paddling.
Uh, did Did you hear something? - No, did you? - No, nothing.
- Just checking.
- Land ho! I'll be glad when this is over.
Oh, I can hardly wait to see all of those lovely, shining - Teeth! - No, gems.
No! Teeth! - And look what's attached to them! - [Creature snarling.]
[Snarling.]
- It's some kind of sea creature.
- Then head for the land! [Huey.]
That's one way to clear out a swimming pool.
Don't worry, Huey, that thing can't get up here.
[Snarling.]
Tell him that! Wait! In the movies, monsters are always afraid of fire.
Back.
Back, I say! Heh-heh! Guess he's not a movie buff.
I've only got 15 minutes to pay off Flinty.
Enough of this reptilian rigmarole.
[Crying.]
Follow me, boys! [Snarling.]
Forsooth, my friend, stop this foolishness.
I tell you, man was not meant to fly.
Scooge? Scooge? Uh Here, let me help you with it.
- [Creature snarling.]
- Curse me kilts! That overgrown salamander's even faster on land.
Come on, we'll hide behind these boulders.
Ooh? I knew these rocks would confuse him.
Uh, Uncle Scrooge, these aren't boulders, they're giant puffball mushrooms.
Mushrooms? But they make me sneeze.
Oh, great.
Don't worry, Launchpad.
As long as the puffballs don't pop you'll be fine.
[Rumbling.]
Oh, no! Ah ah Stop.
Stop him! - [Muffled sneeze.]
- Thanks.
Phew! Ah-choo! - [Snarling.]
- Oops.
Run for it! [Bubba.]
Scooge? Scooge? No Scooge nowhere.
[Squeaks.]
No? Almost gone.
Nice car, find Scooge, OK? Find Scooge.
Go! Go! Go! Go! [Sniffles.]
Scooge.
[Sniffles.]
Bubba lost forever.
[Shrieks.]
Picture.
Oh! Tootsie smart! Find Scooge.
- [Electronic beeping.]
- [Engine revving.]
[Bubba.]
Yeah! Doesn't this guy have any other hobbies? If we're lucky, this tunnel will be too small for him.
Uh-oh.
I'm too young to die.
- [Growling chuckle.]
- No, I won't give up without a fight.
[Shrieking.]
Bubba? Scooge! - Bubba find Scooge! - You're back! Wow! Thanks for saving us, Bubba! Yeah, that was a crash worthy of me, little buddy.
Well, yes, thank you, lad, but why did you not stay at your home? Bubba is home with Scooge.
Absolutely right.
Bubba, do you happen to know a quick way to your cave? Ungawa! - [Scrooge.]
Sunlight.
We must be close.
- This way.
Tickle me tartan.
[Wolf whistle.]
Whoa! There are more diamonds than in the American baseball league.
Nice going, Bubba.
And I still have six minutes.
Hoo hoo! I can't wait to see Flinty's face.
Soon this cave will be mine, fair and square.
[Dewey.]
I haven't seen this many sparklers since the Fourth of July! What's that? - Uh Bats? - Come on, bats don't talk.
Shh! Come on, lads.
Let's get up there and pay off Glomgold.
[Gasps.]
It's Scrooge, that burrowing bandit.
Now what do we do? Start rolling that rock.
Hmm, ten point three million dollars.
This'll do nicely.
[Flintheart.]
Oh, Scroogey? I'm still waiting for my payment.
- I'll be right up, ya old swindler.
- Uh-uh-uh! Don't count your checks before they're cashed.
Get back! [Flintheart cackles.]
There you go, McDuck.
Add that to the rocks in your head.
We're trapped! And we've got less than five minutes.
What'll we do, Uncle Scrooge? It looks like we lose.
[Flintheart laughing.]
Good job, boys.
Uh, it was nothin', Mr.
Glomgold.
True, but I appreciate it anyway.
Now, start loading the plane.
I refuse to let that rock stand between me and my fortune.
Quick, boys, ideas.
- Could we chip through the rock? - No time.
Launchpad? Uh call a moving company? No phone.
Bubba? Boom! Sorry, Bubba.
We don't have a cannon.
Wait, Uncle Scrooge, maybe we do.
If I can just catch this sunlight and send it over to Huey Then I can aim the beam through these flashlight lenses and zap, instant laser beam.
[Scrooge.]
Aye, the water boils, the steam builds and pow, - the cannon fires! - Right! But what do we use for a cannon ball? Only the most expensive artillery shell in history.
Go for it, Bubba! Bubba boom! - [Rumbling.]
- [Steam hissing.]
There she blows! [Rumbling.]
What was that? Come on! Hello, old pal.
It's payoff time.
Uh, Mr.
G, you want I should give him a headache? No, there's still 12 seconds.
Let's see if he makes it.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two Here, ten million right on time.
- Yay! - Oh, goody, oh, boy! No, you didn't.
You're late.
But But you said we had 12 seconds.
I lied.
He lied.
[Gasps.]
He's right.
I ran out of time.
You know the terms of our contract, McDuck.
This island is now mine.
So I'll thank ya to get off it.
Yeah, allow us to escort you.
The results are in.
Flintheart wins by a landslide.
Bon voyage, Scroogey.
It's not fair, Uncle Scrooge.
You traveled millions of years and then lost by a few seconds.
Too bad the bombastium's all gone or we could No, Dewey, I'm through trying to cheat time.
This world has enough cheats as it is.
Don't take it so hard, McDuck.
You still own that splendid piece of land and everything that's on it.
Yeah, the sand, the rocks, the bugs.
Everything.
- [Rumbling.]
- Whoa! What in the world?! - Huey, what's happening? - Uh-oh.
I think somebody left the kettle on the boiler.
Incoming! Take cover! Sparkle me spats! That steam cannon's still working! No.
No! It can't be! Every darling diamond gone! McDuck always wins! It's not fair! - Yippee! Yippee! - [Cheering.]
Now, this is my idea of a tropical paradise.
That's what we get for working with jerks like Glomgold.
Yeah, it's enough to make you wanna go straight.
Nah.
Bye-bye, cave.
Do you miss it, Bubba? Well, don't you worry, son.
Nighty-night, Scooge.
Sweet dreams, lad.
See you in the morning.
He's a fine lad.
- I hope he likes it here.
- [Snarling.]
Gosh, Uncle Scrooge, all this must've cost a fortune.
It's worth it, Dewey.
Bubba needs his own place.
Somewhere to go for peace and quiet.
[Rock music playing.]
Duckworth, make a note: Tomorrow, I want that cave moved to the far side of the yard.