Wrongway in Ronguay is the second episode of Season 1 of DuckTales 1987, and the second part of The Treasure of the Golden Suns. It aired on September 18, 1987 during the movie premiere and on November 10, 1987 individually on syndication.
Synopsis[]
Having learned about the ship of gold, Scrooge and the triplets follow the map to South America, in a race with El Capitán (1987), this time aided by Scrooge's archenemy, Flintheart Glomgold. Both parties are caught in the region's legendary Monsopies rainstorms.
Plot[]
Huey, Dewey, and Louie decipher the code written on the map, but they refuse to tell it to Scrooge unless he allows them to join him on his treasure hunt. Just then, Flintheart Glomgold - the second richest duck on Earth - pays a visit to the mansion, wanting to buy Scrooge's confectionery plant for $2,000,000. He makes a bet with Scrooge in which one of them must try to earn more cash than the other within two weeks. (The loser has to eat Glomgold's hat.) Scrooge agrees to this bet, allowing the boys to join him, since they know where the sunken treasure ship is - Ronguay, South America! Unbeknownst to our heroes, Glomgold is getting some help of his own from El Capitán.
Our heroes board a cheap airplane, which they soon realize is heading in the wrong direction. Upon realizing the situation, they storm the cockpit to figure out that the pilot is a cheaply-made robot from one of Glomgold's companies; this raises Scrooge's suspicions. After landing in Ronguay, they are stampeded by fleeing citizens, who board the plane. Scrooge gets some supplies and a llama from a nearby supply store, whose owner tells him that the Monsapis are coming. He and the nephews trek off into the desert. There, Scrooge almost sinks into a quicksand pit that he didn't see because the "Danger" sign was sawed off.
As Scrooge suspects, Glomgold is trying to sabotage the journey so he and El Capitán can find the treasure ship first. They have an imprint of the map from Scrooge's chocolate, which they are keeping solid by way of an ice cream cart hauled by a pack mule. Glomgold throws some dynamite in Scrooge's direction. But when he and El Capitán turn around to discover that their pack mule has eaten their chocolate map, Glomgold is forced to snuff the fuse. At this point, the Monsapis, a series of torrential rain and flooding that lasts for about a century, occur by scaring off Scrooge's llama.
Scrooge and the nephews find a cave that looks similar to an upside-down ship. Unfortunately, they find nothing upon entering. They stop here to rest, but before doing so, the nephews set up a Junior Woodchuck alarm. When Glomgold and El Capitán show up, they set off the alarm, awakening Scrooge and the boys. Glomgold and El Capitán then climb out of the flooding cave, trying to trap Scrooge and the nephews within. Fortunately, our heroes do not go much farther before they find what they've been looking for - a shipwreck full of gold. After repairing the ship and getting it out of the now-flooded Ronguay, it looks like smooth sailing, until a gun-toting Glomgold and El Capitán spring out of hiding.
Glomgold gloats while lowering Scrooge and the nephews into the sea on a lifeboat. But he then makes his mistake of tossing one of the ship's many gold coins to Scrooge. El Capitán does not want to lose any of his gold, demanding that Glomgold go out and bring it back. Their argument results in the ship's collapse. Glomgold ends up being rescued by the nephews. Since Scrooge has won the bet by virtue of the aforementioned coin, Glomgold must eat his hat. The boys wonder what became of El Capitán, who again swears his revenge.
Cast[]
- Jim Cummings as El Capitán
- Chuck McCann as Duckworth and Burger Beagle
- Hal Smith as Flintheart Glomgold
- Russi Taylor as Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck
- Alan Young as Scrooge McDuck
Video releases[]
DVD
- DuckTales: Volume 2 (Region 1)
- DuckTales: 2nd Collection (Region 2)
Adaptations[]
Trivia[]
- Toon Disney's reruns of this episode, as well as the iTunes release, cut out the shot of Dewey ripping apart the robot pilot's power cord. Unfortunately, this edit likely confused viewers, since the shot of the robot shorting out as a result was left in.
- Goldie O'Gilt mentions Ronguay in The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!.
Errors[]
- When Scrooge sits in doubt of finding the gold, his right pinky constantly disappears for split seconds.
- When the family runs towards the cave to find the ship, Louie and Dewey's colors swap. The next shot later shows them in their correct colors.
