Goldie O'Gilt is such a great character who's sadly pretty underutilized. She first appeared in the Scrooge McDuck comics of the 1950's, where she was a much more fierce rival and more of a clear antagonist. She was Scrooge's love interest at one point, but that didn't end up going anywhere. I find this show's version to be a lot more interesting. They did a great job bringing her back in the spotlight and revitalizing her from the comics.

Scrooge became rich in the Klondike Gold Rush, which lasted from 1896 to 1899. He was already a fairly accomplished adventurer at that point, though still young. Back in the 1950s when he first appeared in the comics it was still a believable backstory for an elderly character, but nowadays they have to use time warps and fountains of youth to justify it -- and the fact that Donald's mother is still Scrooge's sister.

"It gets BETTER!" - Those 3 words sum up DuckTales so well. No matter how great you think it is right now, it just keeps getting better and better. This show could easily have been a horrible reboot, but they somehow made it even better than the original. (And I loved the original!)

The thing is, Scrooge loves Goldie BECAUSE he knows she'll backstab him. Same with Goldie. They give each other a challenge.

Given how dangerous we know Miss Beakley & Webby are, I got to wonder just how much more dangerous Goldie is.

Ahh, yes.... Goldie. Arguably my favorite secondary character in the show.

Glittering Goldie O'Gilt is one of those cool but tragically underutilized characters in the Barks/Rosa canon, as the stories were generally a boys' club. She was a an antagonist during a short period of Scrooge's history and then became the love interest that could never go anywhere due to his obsession with becoming the richest duck in the world. DuckTales 2017 did a great job upgrading her to this whole partner/rival/ex thing they've got going on, and giving her actual present-day relevance.

Scrooge isn’t old, he just has a phone booth.

I love that this episode led to a Scottish lass pronouncing Frugally

The generally most consistant date for Scrooge's birth that we have is 1867! That makes him around 150 years old depending on when excactly the series is set

10:34 Scrooge said, "And a century's worth of practice" -- not centuries, plural. But he and Goldie would both be over a century old, definitely.

The whole "centuries" thing was a hyperbole. In our reality, the Klondike Gold Rush took place from 1896 to 1899. (I'm always surprised anytime I look up something related to the Wild West - although Klondike is only loosely related - by how close to the modern times it all took place. The twentieth century had so many things crammed into it it pushes everything before it further away.)

Due to his supernatural encounters, Scrooge's lifespan has extended

Goldie is a delight in every appearance. No spoilers, fake or otherwise, I just really think her character is used well throughout the series

"I UNTIED YOU FROM A BEAR!"

One thing I love about Ducktales is that, for a good portion of the show, the epic, grandiose fantasy adventures sort of take a backseat in order to tell its far more engaging emotional story woth it's characters. The actual 'adventure' is more of a set piece while the characters are the stars. I also love how this episode both does and does not answer the 'how old is Scrooge' question

The triplets aren't the first one to ship Goldie and Scrooge. Donald's generation shipped them together and Scrooge's sisters shipped them together. Scrooge was journeying with Ratchet Gearloose his business partner in the gold hunting business. Scrooge became a business man with Goldie after Ratchet Gearloose decided to become an inventor.

I swear, Mosco loving the shipping war that’s going on in Ducktales. This is the kind of shit I crave for the day. 😂

8:25 Duckburg is a fictional city in the fictional American state of Calisota. It's located where the proposed state of Jefferson would have been.

Yay!! You've met Goldie!!!! I really like her, she's so cheeky but her character is complex due to her giving Scrooge gold fever by getting gold in his eye. 🤭

When you're done with the show I recommend reading "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck"

I love that Glomgold starts into the Beloq speech from the first Indiana Jones: "There is nothing you can possess, that I cannot take away..."

These two were my otp from the comics on when I was six; I’m happy that other people are shipping their chaotic energy!❤

Can't wait to see Mosco's reaction when she sees how Goldie and Lena are related.

Canonically, Scrooge was born in 1867 in Glasgow, Scotland. Goldie is approximately as old as him.

Frugality. That's the word you were searching for. As to Scrooges age, I believe his age is something of a little running gag, and the writers make him as old as need be for the joke at hand. His age has been significantly enhanced by his adventures, like being stuck in other dimentions, age altering curses or artifacts and plain old time travel. At this point he could be an ageless immortal or an antient duck in modern time . Take your pick.

I freaking loved that episode because it provides us with lore based from a comic book that I have. One thing that I love about this show is that it doesn't change Scrouge's backstory. Scrouge made his first appearance in comics in the 30s or 40s. Back then, it seemed pretty reasonable for him to be alive during the gold rush. Now, it seems kinda impossible for a man to be alive for so long. I like that they give an explanation that during his travels he must have discovered ways to prolong his life and in that way, they don't have to change his origins. In the comic, Scrouge and Goldie met in Dawson during the gold rush. After learning that Scrouge had found a gold nugget the size of a goose egg, Goldie, who was an entertainer at a saloon, invited him over for a cup of coffee. This resulted in him waking up stranded in the wilderness. After returning back to town, Scrouge took back his gold from Goldie and took her to his gold mine in White Agony Plains and made her work with him for six months to learn to make money honestly and not by stealing it from prospectors. The mammoth is real, although in the story, it's just a frozen corpse, Scrouge uses as a scarecrow against thieves. During these six months, they meet famous characters of the old west, but that's another story.

Goldie is voiced by the marvelous Allison Janney, perhaps best known as CJ Cregg from The West Wing, and also in the likes of 10 Things I Hate About You, Hairspray (the musical version), Juno, and her Oscar-winning role in I, Tonya. She's especially known for being six feet tall (1.8 meters as you'd say), which many of her live action roles have made good use of (there's one shot in The West Wing pairing her with the 4 ft. 11 Kristin Chenoweth, looking like two different species).

These two have such a Batman and Catwoman vibe.

12:31 "Oh, deer!" That's not a deer! 😂

The gold rush was around the 40s and 50s... the 1840s and 1850s

If you like Keith Ferguson's performance as Glomgold, you should watch Wander Over Yonder where he plays a similar "villain", not scottish but still very funny and over the top (plus that show is criminally underrated)

Goldie always seemed to me like a cross between Irene Adler and River Song(from doctor who). Especially since David Tennent plays Scrooge. I was half expecting Goldie to say "hello sweetie".

the interesting thing is that in a future episode, they reveal the year Scrouge was born in 1867 and it is actually after the gold rush which took place in 1848 so the statement that he lived at the time of the gold rush as said in this episode is untrue. and I find that funny, also if we say that the events of the show are in 2017 (since that is when the show was made) then he is about 150 years old.

I love that you censored your swearing with duck quacks, it made my day 😊

Goldie is probably the one in the whole world who can keep up with Scrooge and is always guaranteed keep him on his toes. And vise versa for Goldie.

15:22 That "There is nothing you can possess that I cannot-" bit is a reference, fittingly, to Indiana Jones and his rival Belloq.

Scrooge is older than you could imagine. Fun fact about Goldie, you eventually find out that she is the result of time travel. Her parents are friends of Scrooge, but in the future after he dies a few times. Goldie was kidnapped as a baby and taken back in time to be raised as Scrooge's mortal enemy, brainwashed to desire to kill him. Of course this takes place in the future after Scrooge dies a couple of times and.... Wait, I might be getting confused with something....

There’s some ships the fandom just agree on. Donald and Daisy are the big one(just in general), as well as quite a few people shipping Launchpad and Darkwing Duck from the Darkwing Duck show since they were basically coparents(Launchpad from that being the same guy in this rebooted version, just hanging out with Scrooge) And now you know Scrooge and Goldie. Less enemies to lovers and more enemies AND lovers

Mosco you always make my day with your Ducktales uploads! Can't wait to see you reaction to the rest of the show❤❤

Duckberg is actually a city in America. Scrooge mentions that his #1 Dime is what inspired him to “move to America and find [his] fortune”.

I've seen dozens of reactions to this episode, and you're the only one who noticed the Eye of Demagorga ahead of time... well done

Kudos for the early '"impervious to burns" amulet coming back into play later' prediction.

i love the "back to the klondike" from the old ducktales. goldie was amasing

Just letting you know, Elijah’s video has 75K likes and yours has like 40k something don’t hug me. I’m scared five and six here we come.😂❤ I’ve never seen Mosco this excited before it’s adorable❤

GOLIDE YEESSS! i've been waiting for you to watch this one omg

Scrooge is a Time Lord that keeps the same face and voice every regeneration.

Great reaction! Such a fun episode!

I was momentarily confused when I saw this pop up on my feed, because I would have sworn it was one of the ones you had already done, and then I realized I had seen this over on your Patreon that I had just recently joined.

Well at least you have a safe ship not to many people would disagree with... unlike mine lol

I had a really rotten day today but your videos always make me laugh and feel better thank you ❤️

Love the Central Florida Zoo shirt! Used to live just 20 minutes away from there!

4:12 Oh my god. That is Allison Janney from Mom. She rules!

IIRC it was keith Ferguson that voiced glomgold in the reboot

a wonderful thing the show does is imply the characters do many adventures between esch episode, so Scrooge could totally just go visit Goldie Off Screen whenever he wants now

For context, Pandemonium is the name of Hell's capital city built by the fallen angels shortly after their fall, as described in John Milton's "Paradise Lost".

How is it that I didn't realize who voiced Goldie until I saw someone else watching the show? That's Allison Janney, best known for her roles on The West Wing and Mom.

For context the gold rush was the mid 1800s so around more than 250 years ago

Wait.... Did the two of you release together so that now we're all torn about whom to watch first???? That's pure evil. I like it.

I see you're enjoying this dance of forbidden love Mosco. I guess that makes you a romantic at heart. Keanu Reeves once said that if you are a lover, you must be a fighter for what is a love that you're not willing to fight for?

Thinking you're jumpi8ng back into one of the other plot threads right after new one was introduced...unaware this show has more than three plot threads...well I mean we have (so far) the Della Duck mystery, Magica DeSpell, GlomGold plots, Marc Beaks...which to be fair as the ending implied the Gizmo Duck plot thread is being tied into the Marc Beaks thread, and I think so far that's it, not including just referencing reoccurring enemies, I mean the Beagle family feud is less a plot thread and more just reoccurring antagonists, which is where Goldie is as well, characters who build on their past appearances and show up here and there. So I don't know if we should count them as plot threads or just antagonists.

He said "a century's worth", not "centuries' worth". It's about 120 years since the Klondike Gold Rush.

Next week: we meet the best character - Tiffany!

Beakley let Goldie win because she's secretly an incorrigible matchmaker. There's a whole episode dedicated to her fanfiction.

i love that glomgold's backstory was in the old artstyle from the comics (minus his bod)

That episode premiered on my birthday back in 2017🎉

8:07 I like how Scrooge NEVER answers those questions question 😂

4:27 Just eatin' up the drama with a spoon! 🤣

We ALL love this show, Mosco. 😊

I don't remember Sherlock having chemistry anywhere near this good.

I LOVE this episode finally

9:15 That's one (very effective) way to use the Worf effect.

The true final villain is Doofus Drake, he calls together Scrooge's greatest enemies so they can finally get revenge. Ultimately his plan fails because they each want to be the one to personally destroy Scrooge, while Doofus was just trying to use them to get revenge on the triplets.

Scrodile is one of the few, if not only, ships I actually support specifically because Goldie is canonically established to be Scrooge’s “ex-everything” and as such their chemistry feels legitimate to me. Other than them…I got nothing. What can I say? I’m just not a shipping person. But the triplets definitely ship them 😂

I have been waiting for this one! I just love Goldie so much ❤ (Also I reckomend checking out Don Rosas comics about Scrooge's life, they are really good and we ofc have Goldie there too a couple of times. Soo, if anyone liked this edisode, you might like the comics too)

According to the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Scrooge was born in 1867 in Glasgow.

10:34 Much like the Doctor, I'm sure Scrooge and Goldie have long lost track of their "real" ages.

6:17 Eleven Stranger Things have happened to Srooge then meeting the Demogorgon.

Ive been waiting for you to react to this specific episode (⁠^⁠^⁠)

This episode was loosely based on an old movie called "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels".

Scrooge and Goldie was I think my first real ship when I was a child

Goldie is Webby's real mother's...second cousin once removed on her pet dragons side.

Mosco's reaction to the romantic drama when Glomgold stepped into the fray, is nearly identical to my reaction when Trunks was introduced in Dragon Ball Z. "Oh cool. A buff teen with a sword. Already cool in my book'' Goes SS "WTF!!! HE GOT BETTER! HE GOT SO MUCH BETTER! OMG!! HE'S WHOSE SON!?!?!"

Goldie is one of the best things in Ducktales aaaahhhh

Lena is the boys' half sister, her father is Mickey Mouse and that is why she's the only duck that wears shoes. Minnie used the spear of Selene to get rid of Della. Technically Aunt Magica saved Lena from her wicked stepmom, Minnie Mouse.

I believe the word you’re looking for is free goodies

Drinking Green Tea Now. 🍵

3:43 PLOT TWIST! 😆

Only one new guest this week, Allison Janney, from _The West Wing_ and _Mom_ , as Goldie.

The reason why Scrooge is so old is to match his comic counterpart, the Gold Rush was more reasonable in the late 40s so nothing like a lil' throwaway line to explain everything

Yes! I’m ship them so much! And Goldi is one of the best girls in this season. This episode was so awesome!

9:05 For the challenge, clearly. 😁

Wait till you see that Magica is voiced by an actress from Doctor Who Karen Gillian

4 maybe spoilers maybe not. 1: Scrooge and Goldie are basically "Duck Elves" or "Duck Highlanders" and have been alive for many centuries, many adventures, and view each other as their greatest rivals...except for Santa...they both hate him for what he did. 2: Goldie is Della's great grandmother. 3: Goldie is Webby's biological mother. Goldie just showed up one day and dumped her to "keep her safe" while Goldie went back to treasure hunting and told Scrooge he could handle it because he is Scrooge McDuck. Beakly took control and declared herself Webby's grandmother to cover up this truth and as a spy invented a fake tragic backstory so Webby wouldn't have to deal with knowing her own mother abandoned her. 4: Glomgold is such a rival to Scrooge, he not only has a fake beard, he is fake Scottish, in fact he is fake Scottish duck entirely, he's actually four gnomes in a costume trying to get back at Scrooge by being the richest scottish duck, which was Scrooge's whole identity to them.

Yes goldlie love her so much Literally just came from Elijah's reaction of ducktales

Mosco, Elijah said that you look just like Lena and now I can't unsee it.

I can't not see Lena when I look at Moscow now. Especially when she looks directly at the camera. I know she said there were similarities when doing Lena's first episode, but Elijah stated it to the point where I just feel it's even more obvious. To bastardize a quote of Elijah's, "Elijah shouldn't have done that to me." 😁

Ooooh goldie, yay

Scrooge and Goldie really are a perfect pair She's tons of fun, he's no fun at all, she completes him

Oh dear? That was no deer my dear.