THELITTLEHELPERFAILURES

All of the primary characters in Carl Barks' funny animal comic book stories have had their ups and downs through the years. When they failed, they always had a price to pay in the end whether it be loss of prestige, credibility, reputation, or money. This page gives a few examples of some of Little Helper's most regrettable moments.

U$18 'The Gold-finder' In several stories Little Helper has tried to subdue wild animals with no success. Examples: He has fled from a crab and an oyster (U$17 'Tricky Tackle'), a roadrunner and rattlesnakes (U$18 'The Gold-finder'), and a mouse and ants (PP1 Picnic).	U$34 Wily Rival Both Gyro and Little Helper are extremely curious to learn what the strange man conceals under his blanket. The stickman peeks and makes a frightening discovery thus making him quickly retreat to the relative safety of Gyro's shoulder.	U$28 The Inventors' Contest The curious stickman opens a tightly closed jar, where Gyro keeps an extraordinarily tasty piece of odorous cheese, causing all of Duckburg's mice to follow them. Gyro punishes Little Helper by putting him into his toolbox.
U$20 'Roscoe the Robot' Gyro is constructing a manservant robot, when the curious metal stickman gets electrocuted. Luckily, it seems that Little Helper is able to repair himself afterwards...	FC1047 The Gab-muffer While Gyro and Donald are roaming around to put out a fire, Little Helper and Donald's dog enjoys a quiet game of checkers - until the stickman loses...	MMA August Incident While Gyro is inventing a space rocket, Little Helper is casting off in the washtub. He has constructed a boat that is driven by a goldfish with a will of its own!
U$27 The Firefly Tracker Little Helper spends the evening trying to catch fireflies in different ways, but he just ends up bruised and bandaged - and with no fireflies.	U$26 Krankenstein Gyro Gyro and Little Helper are busy inventing different concoctions. The stickman's invention explodes unexpectedly and he quickly surrenders...	U$24 'The Cyclone Detector' Gyro and Little Helper are building their own houses on Cyclone Hill, but a baby cyclone tears the stickman's house apart and throws him into a puddle of mud.
FC1095 The Bear Tamer At first, Little Helper has great success inventing a special bear repellant potion, but the curious fellow foolishly tries again, and this time the bear wakes up in a very bad mood...	FC1095 The Madball Pitcher Unnoticed by a pondering Gyro, Little Helper invents a baseball that can dodge any bat. Success! But after the great game the two inventors are chased out of town for having fixed the game.	FC1047 The Lost Rabbit Foot Gladstone has lost his lucky rabbit foot in the harbour rendering him unlucky. Coincidentally, Little Helper fishes it up, but throws it away, because he was wishing for a fish. Gladstone continues to be unlucky...