Uncle $crooge: The Dream of a Lifetime
| Story code: | D 2002-033 |
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| Publisher: | Egmont |
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| First Published: | December 2002 |
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| Pages: | 25 |
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| Versions: | Single-part version + one extra summary page for serialized publications (inserted after page 13). |
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| Plot and story: | Don Rosa |
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| Art and ink: | Don Rosa |
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| Story-type: | Scrooge and Donald vs The Beagle Boys |
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| Characters: | Scrooge McDuck | The Beagle Boys | Gyro gearloose | Little Helper | Donald Duck | HD&L Duck | Glittering Goldie (in Scrooge's dream) | Ratchet Gearloose (in Scrooge's dream) | Hortense McDuck (in Scrooge's dream) | Downy O'Drake (in Scrooge's dream) | Fergus McDuck (in Scrooge's dream) | Geronimo (in Scrooge's dream) | The Daltons (in Scrooge's dream) | Bombie the zombie (in Scrooge's dream) | Frank & Jesse James (in Scrooge's dream) |
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| Locations: | The Money Bin | Pizen Bluff (Arizona) (in Scrooge's dream) | A dessert nearby Kalgoorlie (Australia) (in Scrooge's dream) | The Mississippi river (USA) (in Scrooge's dream) | Onboard Titanic (in Scrooge's dream) | Onboard a train (Kansas) (in Scrooge's dream) | Glasgow (Scotland) (in Scrooge's dream) | Blackjack Ballroom, Dawson (in Scrooge's dream) (Canada) |
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| D.U.C.K.-dedication: |
This D.U.C.K. is upside-down. Look at the flames right above Glitterering Goldies head in the above right corner. |
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En drøm for livet |
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I drømmeland |
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Ett fantastiskt drömliv |
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Comments: |
The Beagle Boys are using a Gearloose invention to invade Scrooge's dreams when he sleeps to gain secrets about his vault combinations since they are sure he dreams about nothing but his money. Donald is sent 'in' to get them out. The Beagle Boys discover that Scrooge does not dream about money but instead dreams of his adventures of his youth (which they interpret as obvious "nightmares"), and they and Donald chase each other through a short rendition of the 'Lo$' adventures. The final scene takes place 'in' a dream Scrooge is having about Glittering Goldie and the burning Blackjack Ballroom as in "Hearts of the Yukon". |
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Interesting facts: |
This is the last story Don Rosa did before he ceased to work in a protest against Egmonts policy. This story is based on a basic idea sent in by a fan in France. The plot idea enabled him to have Donald interacting with a young $crooge in many eras of his early life, including numerous scenes directly out of the "Life of $crooge" series, placing Donald right in those scenes as if he were time-traveling. And Donald and the Beagle Boys being on their hand make each dream-scene come out differently than it did in Scrooge's real life. Go to AC Sivebæk's The two worlds of Don Rosa to see the extra page Don Rosa did for the serialized version of this story. |
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