I really liked how they made the younger Gyro look more similar to his comic book and original series design.

Yeah, this is for Huey. So far we got that he's a perfectionist, he's smart, he's kind, and has Donald's berserker temper. Like we all remember the Duke and "Oh no Huey's broken."

i love the fact that this Gyro did have that bubbly, positive personality to him before the horrible "accident". it makes Gyro abit of a tragic character, always trying to better himself and not create robots like BOYD.

"Do you really want a robot for a friend? ". "Yeah, ever since i was six".

Don't overlook that BOYD and Astro Boy both reference "Pinocchio" - a tale Disney is well versed in.

BOYD’s eyes turning blue is an homage to Pinocchio which is what AstroBoy is originally based on... it comes full circle!

Another point that wasn't mentioned, this episode is also a nod to Carl Barks (creator of Disney's Duck comics) and Osamu Tezuka's friendship.

With everything in the episode to gush about, the thing I enjoyed the most, other than Lupin in the crowd, was the depth they were finally giving Gyro. I really liked how this version of the character was much less optimistic and now embittered, and there were nods to not getting any respect leading to that in the first season. Seeing that he was a hopeful, optimistic, bright young inventor that had one major disaster of an event and the complete disillusionment of his mentor kill that for him really fleshed the character's constant lashing out at others and self arrogance. If anything, it adds another unspoken level to his relationships with the others. In other words... THAT is why he acts like an abusive jerk to Fenton. He HATES seeing his former self in his young intern. And you can silently tell he's choking on his own bitterness. He DOES want Fenton to succeed. He DOES want Fenton to become a great scientist. He just DOESN'T want to see this bright, energetic go-getter's dreams get crushed and turn into an insufferable husk. He's been there, he's afraid it will happen again, and he clearly doesn't want to see his backstory repeat on someone else.

I love this episode mostly for the character twist of Gyro. One of the things I've noticed, intentional or not, is Boyd could be a stand-in for children caught between adversarial parents, or those in child services. A neglected child for one reason or another, and Huey is the only one letting him be a kid instead an object of interest.

I wanna see Boyd interact with Lena.

One of my favorite moments in the episode is when Huey and Boyd are touring around the city. Boyd takes a moment to look at the cherry blossoms, happily telling Huey how much fun he’s having as the petals swirl around him. For those who don’t know, cherry blossoms in flower language symbolize change and appreciating the temporary beauty that life gives us (thank Heartcatch Pretty Cure for teaching me that). So their significance in the scene likely represents how Boyd is starting to feel more human and slowly letting go of his past.

Did anyone else feel like Huey got some autistic coding in this episode too? Maybe it’s just the desperation for someone wholesome to act as representation, but I kind of noticed/felt it in this episode and I like to imagine it was intentional for how well done it would have been.

I would love to see Boyd interact with Huey and Violet at some point in the series.

Funny enough, Astro Boy actually took inspiration from classic Disney, and it's also worth noting that Walt Disney himself was quite fond of Astro Boy, and allegedly wanted to make an adaptation of it. A Disney show referencing anime makes a lot of sense since manga and anime might not exist without Disney.

One of my favorite parts of the episode was a callback to the first "little bulb going berserk" episode, Gyro repeats his "You're not evil, you're good" speech to calm down an invention of his that's rampaging. Perhaps in universe he always in the back of his mind believed Boyd was fundamentally good and that lead to the belief for the Little Bulb line, perhaps the experience with Bulb informed his later interactions, but it seems to be a pretty big component of the character

I do like that Huey and Boyd are friends

God I ADORE this episode. It’s maybe my favorite of the series so far, and the sheer mastery of how it balances its cast and theming is so good that I had to make a video of it myself. Also the animation is just *chefs kiss*. Never would’ve expected the Boyd episode to be this show at its peak for me, but dang here we are.

I like how this episode recontextualizes Gyro, probably the most controversial character from the reboot.

I have a theory about what might be Huey’s character arc. If the first season was followed by Dewey’s character arc, and how he’s trying to figure out Della’s disappearance mystery, plus Dewey also had to learn to trust his own family members, especially to Scrooge. And at the same time, he also had to learn the fact that, in every case, he is not the center of all attention and honor. Louie’s arc was more about how he achieved his dreams and how he utilized his own special abilities. Huey’s character arc is about self-confidence. Already the first episode of the third season kind of hints at this biggest problem and how Huey trusts way too much to the guidebook, instead of relying on his own brain. We’ve seen that, Huey knows how to use his head, and he hasn’t always had to use a guidebook in every situation to find the answer to his problems. So Huey’s problem isn’t that, he wouldn’t be smart, but that, he doesn’t trust himself and what he himself is capable of. And I think this episode and the next episode will tackle this problem pretty clearly.

I do not know anything about DuckTales. I watched this episode because of my love for Astro Boy. There are several references in this episode that I really liked, but the one that struck me the most was the hug scene at the end. That was clearly a reference to the climatic showdown in the 2003 Astro Boy anime in the final episode. The way it is presented and the hug itself is a clear nod to the hug Atom and Tenma have at the end. That scene was so potent, I lost it when I saw it referenced.

Can't wait for the next Halloween episode “The Trickening!"

Tenma actually reconciled with Astro Boy in the 2003 anime series.

From what I understand Dr. Tenma's relationship with Astro/Atom varies on the incarnation. While the two never fully reconcile, Tenma did play a minor supporting role in the manga. My exposure to Astro in animation is the 1980 and 2003 series. Tenma didn't even appear after the first episode in the former, and became an antagonist in the latter. Dr. Akita even mirrors Tenma'a 2003 incarnation as Tenma was trying to push Astro to lead a robot uprising against humanity.

This episode made me notice something a tad odd but the newest episode seemed to do it again. Is it possible DuckTales is recreating the Justice Ducks? I didn't think anything of it when it was just Gizmoduck and Darkwing but now we have Astroboyd, Lena, and Penumbra all taking up the roles of superheroes. In the 2017 DT comics, Fethry also gains that title somewhat and with his history as the Red Bat I'm curious what exactly is going on.

I think it's amazing how it manages to reboot a totally diffrent franchise.

These commentary videos really help me get through the day! I have high functioning autism, and recently have had ducktails be one my special interests! These give me more content to look forward to! Thank you so much

For what it’s worth, Tenma and Tobio do reconcile in the anime adaptation and the 2009 American movie

So far, Louie's Eleven is my favorite episode of Season 3, this one is definitely a close second. And, I really hope that B.O.Y.D. becomes a key character in Huey's story arc; especially because we surprisingly haven't seen that much of Huey this season.

Currently my favorite episode of Season 3 so far.

I'm glad that Astro Boy and Tenma were able to reconcile in the most recent movie.

So there's also an even deeper connection to Ducktales and Astroboy. After WWII, US soldiers brought American comic books to Japan. Among these were Scrooge McDuck comics. The creator of Astro Boy, Osamu Tezuka, began reading these Scrooge McDuck comics which inspired him to create Astro Boy and pave the way for manga and anime as we know it.

I was so busy geeking out about all the cool Japanese pop culture references that I didn’t realize that the design for the Young Gyro Gearloose is almost exactly the same as his design in the original DuckTales series!

I’m calling it. Dr. Akita’s part of F.O.W.L.

first steve in smash and then seaniccus uploads? what a day!

2BO is a reference to Tobio who was the original name of Dr Tenma's son who was tragically killed so Dr Tenma created a robot child to replace him only for the doctor to reject him and then a different professor called Dr Elephan found the robot child at a Robot Circus and then adopted him and that is how he was named Astro Boy.

I think that Gyro's 2017 personality is a direct result of Sheldon's popularity from the Big bang theory.

My husband and I had noticed a bit of a drop in animation quality in season 3, but then we saw the fight scene between BOYD and Gizmoduck. I was like “well, now we know where the animation budget went.” Lol. Seriously though, the art in this episode is by far the best in season 3 and possibly the whole series.

My favorite part was when Fenton "Jouchaku" to stop the biker gang robbers.

i loved Huey and Boyd's Interactions

With THAT title I was hyped! 😍 AstroBoy and DuckTales was the mix I didn't know I need. All of my favorite characters in one episode: Huey, B.O.Y.D., and Gyro 💜 I also got emotional when young Gyro appeared 😭 that explained everything. I do even love Akita. Too cliche but cool. And of course! Season 3 is Huey season 😍

Actually, from what I’ve heard, Astro Boy’s creator eventually does reconcile with him!

Yeah this was a pretty awesome episode. This season seems to be focusing on fleshing out characters outside of the core Duck family or introducing new (and familar) faces. While Huey seems to be the focus triplet, its mostly about fleshing out the world which I'm more than ok with. Gizmoduck was amazing in this episode, and I hope Gyro can eventually find a bit of his enthusiasm from his original self over time. Can't wait for the hour long Darkwing focused episode "Let's Get Dangerous!" My hopes are that we can eventually get a full Darkwing show to spin out of it because while he works in the DT universe, the world of the terror that flaps in the night deserves a chance to stretch its wings once more with the same passion they put into this show.

Tezuka also has major Zengata vibes from Lupin III in her way of dress and general attitude, another nod to a classic anime with ties to Disney. (Famously, Castle of Cagliostro was a very big inspo for the Big Ben fight in Great Mouse Detective)

2:14 I love that joke.

This video crams in so much, and still barely touches on Fenton's role in the episode. This episode just did a real lot in a little time, and did it well. Also, fun factoid; Disney was a huge influence on Tezuka. This is evidenced in Astro Boy's hair points resembling Mickey's ears from certain viewpoints, as well as his large eyes resembling those of early Disney cartoons.

I really do like this Episode. Not only more of MY Fave Triplet, Huey BUT ALSO more of Gyro. I'll admit I didn't hate him back then BUT I can't say I liked him either. THIS Episode shown me a Truly notable Episode about him :)

Something I saw in the episode that stood out to me was the scene of Gyro reconciling with Boyd. It reminded me of almost a reverse of what occurs in the 2003 Astro Boy anime. In the series finale of that version of Astro Boy, Tenma and Astro was able to reconcile, though it was Astro who put forth the effort to forgive Tenma of what the mad doctor had done through the gesture of a hug, saving a broken Tenma, though Tenma would go to jail for his crimes. Meanwhile in DuckTales, Gyro is able to reconcile with what he thought was his own failures, including the admission that Boyd was right. And he accepted that with a hug. It's an interesting parallel to me, and I hope you all enjoy this tidbit too.

I love this episode. Boyd is great, Fenton's always fun, and it's great to see more of Huey where he's being so nice and defending his friend. So much better than how neurotic and mean he was in the opener. I'm not overly fond of this version of Gyro. But this episode does help to flesh him out and soften him a bit by the end, which is nice.

I like astro boy and I will check this episode out. 😀👍

* see’s thumbnail * You have half the video to rephrase that. Edit: Yeah I feel you could have phrased it much better since the original astro boy was more of a hero and villain origin story. Similar to how an American backstory for Sonic and Eggman paints Robotnik as a tradgic friend turn madman.

I remember in the 2003 Astro Boy series Dr O'Shay (he was Dr Elefun in the original) was always arguing that Astro was more than a machine because he had 'kokoro' - an unmeasurable quality which basically meant he had a soul. I'd say Boyd/2BO definitely has kokoro too.

OMIGOSH. 2BO. Tobio. The writing in this show never ceases to amaze. XD

Oh wow, I completely missed the reference of Boyd's serial # 2BO to Astroboy's Tobio

damn I'm such a weird kid because I ignored a lot pf anime as a child and notnunderstanding a lot of anim stuff except for one anime but that one because of cars

"Astro B.O.Y.D" (Season 3, Episode 6) was the DuckTales (2017) tribute to Tezuka I've been waiting for. The main reason why is because Osamu Tezuka (the creator of "Astro Boy" and "BlackJack") was inspired by Carl Barks (Disney Duck artist/writer and the man to create the "Duckverse") himself to create his signature art style and storytelling dynamic. This gave us the creation of the style we associate with Japanese "anime/manga" (along with the slang of it as well) during the 1960s. So because of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge, we have anime and manga along with the otaku community as a whole. I'm really surprised that wasn't mentioned as much in the video especially considering the friendship that both creators had for each other. Plus, Barks and Disney did have a big influence over the anime community as a whole from its very cultural conception.

I was about to look for the Astro Boy ost to read the manga and this pop up in my feed xd, and you know? your analysis made me smile cuz Astro is my like my childhood's best friend. I'm getting interested in Ducktales, amazing video, hehehe :D

As a huge anime fan, I absolutely loved this episode. I loved all the Easter eggs they had hidden in this episode... Sailor Moon, Gundam, but more importantly Lupin the III. I left this episode shouting out to social media, how much I want an episode of Ducktails, where Lupin the III tries to steal from Scrooge McDuck.

Of course Beaks didn't make Boyd.

Tezuka not only created Astro boy, but Metropolis and Kimba which was a basis for The Lion King (with hamlet thrown in).

There’s one other aspect to DuckTales making an homage to Astro boy. It’s basically taking everything full Circle. Astro boy is the first manga ever created and it was inspired by ducktails comic books. The very origin of manga and anime as a whole was inspired by DuckTales comics so it’s really neat when you think about that but this episode paid homage to so many classic manga and anime. And while it may not have been in the manga the first anime of astro boy actually did have him reconciling with his father and actually has a point in which afterwards he’s so happy he does a victory lap around the planet.

I just noticed it in the seen where Boyd was in the lab, he got special glasses that stop the lazer like that one marvel mutant.

I hope i don't get to scared of the Halloween that is going to Happen on Monday. this was fun Ep.

Want to know another story that borrowed Astro Boy's back story? The movie A.I. also has a boy robot that was created to take the place of a deceased son. That movie was original a project of Stanley Kubrick who was a close friend of Osmau Tezuka. Also Gyro's former mentor who wanted to weaponize 2bo has another parallel with a Tezuka story. After the original Astro Boy anime series was finished in 1963-65, Tezuka wanted to create a new version, but had lost the rights to some of the characters when his anime studio went out of business. He created a similar story, called Jeter Mars. Mars was similar to Astro, but had two 'fathers' One of them wanted to create a kind, robot boy, the other wanted to create a weapon. Similar idea to the duck tales back story.

I was silently squeeing over this episode.

So like... I am no expert... but from what I recall from astroboy the original the doctor who created astro boy filled him with weapons for protection but abandoned him and then the doctors assistant found astro and adopted him as a child. And somthing I like is that Gyros redesign resembles doctor Tenma with Akita resembling Dr Ochanomizu to an extent. Leading to a sort of role reversal for the ending with the astroboy returning after the father realised the error of his ways

Looking forward to your next analysis. Keep it up!

this is my favorite episode of ducktails. thank you for your insight

One of my fav episodes of the whole series so far!

I haven't seen much, if anything related to "Astro Boy," but I've at least heard about the character for quite a while now. Anyways, this has got to be one of my most favorite episodes this season so far. I loved Boyd's character arc and friendship with Huey, Gyro's backstory and how it reflected his original design and cheery personality, and all of the details in Tokyolk. The animation here is also some of the best with its incredible action scenes and homages to various anime.

Yay. I've been waiting for this for a long time.

0:33 Too bad they never did that to Power Puff Girls and Old Teen Titans Go But dang I'm glad they didn't do anything bad with Ducktales I hope Boyed will not be a hero in the show he just want want to be a normal kid.

It was really nice seeing the young Gyro. :)

It's nice to see Gyro has a fatherly side.

Great review and I am kind of surprised that you did not mention the infamous Kimba the White Lion and Lion King issue.

This is my favorite s3 episode so far, one of my favorites in the series, for all the reasons in the video.

Not only did they never reconcile with Doctor Tenma bu he built not one but two more robots who hell-bent on killing his robot son but he also performed a quote-unquote upgrade they could have possibly killed his robotic child.

took them some time to get to a proper gyro episode

Actually Dr. Tenma did reconcile with Astro Boy in the 2009 film.

I feel like this episode is also a reference to one of Osamu Tezuka's other stories, Metropolis

There is actually a movie where Astro boy and his father reconcile. But I don't remember what it's called.

I love the Lupin the Third references, it’s funny considering the character designer for the Mickey Mouse shorts is also a Lupin fan!

Fun fact: Chief Toreiyama is the teacher of krillin and chief of Madagascar 🇲🇬 and chief Toreiyama is named after Akira Toreiyama

I enjoyed the anime and manga references in this episode a lot, but my favourite ref wasn't covered in the video. It's how when Beaks finds Boyd in the scrapyard it is just like the start of Battle Angel Alita (Gunm).

Aside from the awesome Sailor Moon and the Lupin the third references, I really appreciate the episode showing Gyros old self where he was more optimistic and less pessimistic than what he would become. Also, just a heads up, Astro Boy does have a some good conclusions to his story and a cute little sister bot later so here's hoping DuckTales includes that. Maybe even do a nod to the gizmoduck episode where that robotic maid had a crush on him!

There is a version of Astro boy that does end up reconciling with Dr. Tenma. At the end of the 2003 Astro boy anime series, Dr. Tenma is convinced that no matter what he does his son will never love or agree with him. He attempts to end his own life in a lab explosion but Astro stops him and the show ends after they make up. You can view a fan-subbed version of that scene here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9eka5mHvNLVhZc.html

Fave anime reference in this episode: Gizmoduck's missile firing and BOYD's blasting them out of the air is 100% Itano Circus (a.k.a. Macross Missile Massacre)!

one of my favorite episodes, tbh, boyd is amazing

The weird thing about this episode and Boyd is that I don’t understand why Boyd looks like a tiny mark beaks if mark didn’t build him. Like… even just the species. Why did gyro build him as a gray parrot and not a duck or a chicken or even a shiba like his mentor? I don’t understand.

They should of left boyd as being created from Mark beaks and went from there instead of having it be gyro creating him.

The episode is also a metaphor for being on autism spectrum.

I really enjoyed Dr. Akita making his own sound effects.

Love the callback. The ducktales comics helped to inspire the astroboy manga which was a foundation and central part of the rise of manga culture in Japan. It pays homage to a series that helped create an industry that is an integral part of Japanese entertainment while doing a massive solid to the series that inspired it.

I remeber when i worked on my own story Digimon police team i took some elements and idea from astro boy and the 2003 cartoon with Having the main hero being a clone instead of a robot and have digimon instead of robots and have a equal rights thing almost like the 2003 cartoon did

Okay not to do with this video but I super hope your making a video about Gyro. Dudes my favorite character and especially because your talking about one of the things has made he himself need a video.

I remember I watched astro boy reboot as kids , astro boy first mangan ,

You know what's the best? I didn't know anything bout this comics and still I got very good episode.

Wow, watch a great video. I did not catch the Lupin reference. Which are the other ones? Its B.O.Y.D. actually an android, not a robot?

Haha nice. A member of the Beagle Bratz

When you look back, this version of Gyro Gearloose kind of looks like Dr. Tenma...

Lupin the III sighting at 7:19.