Three Ducks of the Condor is the third episode of Season 1 of DuckTales 1987 and the third part of The Treasure of the Golden Suns. It aired on September 18, 1987 during the movie premiere and on November 11, 1987 individually on syndication.
Synopsis[]
An expert examines a coin from the sunken ship and declares it is from the legendary Valley of the Golden Suns. Scrooge flies to the Andes mountains to find the owner of a twin coin, and one half of the map leading to the Valley. He is aided by his nephew Donald, on temporary leave from the Navy, and pilot Launchpad McQuack.
Plot[]
While the boys are scaring off nanny applicants, Scrooge shows the coin he received at the end of the last episode to a coin expert, who confirms it to be a coin from the Treasure of the Golden Suns. He tells him there is another one from this treasure over in a fortress along the Andes mountain range. Scrooge decides to search for the owner of this coin. But before he does that, he gives the job of the nephews' nanny to their most fearless applicant - Bentina Beakley. She says she will work for nothing, except room and board for her and her granddaughter, Webbigail Vanderquack.
After this, Scrooge meets up with Gyro Gearloose, who builds a flying machine called the Golden Condor. He calls up the only pilot capable of controlling the aeroplane - Launchpad McQuack. Additionally, Donald's battleship crew is in Panama; there, he's been given a three-day pass, so he temporarily joins Scrooge in this expedition. Scrooge tells Huey, Dewey, and Louie that they are not invited on the expedition, claiming that a venture like this is no place for kids. As a result, they become annoyed.
After picking up Donald just as his three-day break begins, the trio makes a crash landing in the Andes. Launchpad feels proud of himself, but Scrooge orders him to climb down and find the plane. While doing that, Donald and Scrooge head off to meet their local antagonist - Joaquin Slowly, High Priest of the Golden Sun, whose people worship him because of his Sun Coin. The natives then start doing the same to Scrooge, since he is also in possession a Sun Coin, much to Slowly's annoyance. Under demands by Scrooge, Slowly goes over his background; about how Marcheen Slowly and Juan Tanamera - his companion - stole a boatload of treasure from the Valley of the Golden Suns. But the ship was then stolen by the captain, who left them with one coin. The pair made a map to said valley and tore it in half. Marcheen happened upon these "Gold Sun!" natives, while Juan wound up losing the other half of the map in Antarctica.
As he argues with Slowly, Scrooge sends Donald to help Launchpad repair the plane. Having reached the bottom of the cliff, Launchpad finds the remains of the Golden Condor. He is then found by several more natives, who order him to fly a real-life condor. Happening upon this ritual, Donald helps Launchpad out by flashing his camera in the condor's eyes, therefore allowing the pilot to take better control. He crashes the condor into the temple. Slowly resists giving Scrooge his half of the map, but reluctantly agrees to trade his half of the map for Scrooge's Sun Coin.
The next afternoon, the trade occurs. But just as Scrooge expects, Slowly tells all the "Children of the Sun" that he [Slowly] is the only High Priest, and that Scrooge is an impostor. A chase ensues, with the natives flying real condors as they pursue the feathered trio in their 24-karat one. Eventually, our heroes escape, and the natives crash into Slowly, who ends up dropping his coins. As a result, the coins fall off a cliff. He commands his harem to go down and retrieve them, but they refuse to obey his order now that he has lost the coins. Scrooge jettisons the plane so he can ride the watery currents to Antarctica, where the other half of the map is. Launchpad drops Donald off at his crew's battleship for work.
Cast[]
- Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
- Peter Cullen as Joaquin Slowly
- Joan Gerber as Mrs. Beakley
- Chuck McCann as Duckworth
- Terry McGovern as Launchpad McQuack
- Hal Smith as Gyro Gearloose
- Russi Taylor as Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck and Webby Vanderquack
- Frank Welker as Mr. Changemaker
- Alan Young as Scrooge McDuck
Video releases[]
VHS
- "Treasure of the Golden Suns" (June 17, 1994)
DVD
- "DuckTales: Volume 2" (Region 1)
- "DuckTales: 2nd Collection" (Region 2)