This page gives you examples of some of the primary characters' most spectacular or interesting fiascoes* as told in Carl Barks' Disney comic book stories. Some characters such as Gladstone Gander only fail on rare occasions, others such as Donald Duck are more prone to experience bad luck on a regular basis, while others such as the Beagle Boys always end up as losers.
* The English language has many synonyms for the term Fiasco. Other examples are Blunder, Debacle, Defeat, Failure, Flop, Foul-up, Mess, Screw-up...
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DONALD DUCK |
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Donald opens a repair shop, but overpowered by his own lack of skills he closes up shop for good... |
Donald is elected to carry the Olympic torch, but he sets fire to everything on his way. Daisy ends up scoffing him as well... |
Donald has destroyed an entire valley town and when he later revisits he has to go into disguise to avoid hostilities... |
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THE NEPHEWS |
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The nephews shirk their chores, but Donald is on to them, and they wind up 'paying' for their antisocial behaviour... |
The nephews decide to ruin Donald's and Daisy's picnic but the brats get their just deserts in the end... |
The nephews try to play hooky from school but it is not nearly as easy as they thought and at last they have to give in... |
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THE JUNIOR WOODCHUCKS |
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The nephews try to help their uncles by using their Animal Call Whistles. But they constantly use the wrong calls causing unwanted animal attacks... |
The nephews take a special JW Magnetic Navigation test under the north pole icecap, but their skills do not work in the magnetic area. |
The female Chickadee Patrol challenges the JWs to a bridge building contest. Donald tries to help the JWs thus causing them to lose - to girls!!! |
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DAISY DUCK |
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Daisy decides to climb Precipice Peak that no man has ever climbed. But she fails and is rescued by - a man... |
It is surprising to learn just how un-ladylike and temperamental Daisy can be - with poor Donald on the receiving end... |
Daisy is very opinionated and she sees Donald as inferior to her intellect. Then she takes the wrong turn to a picnic party... |
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SCROOGE MCDUCK |
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Scrooge asks Gyro to invent a completely impenetrable coating for his Money Bin, but now he has no access to his money... |
Scrooge is led to believe that fish has been substituted for money! So he foolishly starts to build up a fortune from afresh... |
For tax reasons Scrooge cannot afford to win the easy money prize in a quiz! But he then receives the loser's prize... |
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GLADSTONE GANDER |
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One can also be too lucky. Gladstone wins so many turkeys that he is not even able to give them away... |
Gladstone was glad when he found the missing Scrooge on a tropical island, but he did not want to be found... |
Gladstone reveals that he only had one regular job in his life and deeply ashamed he hid the payment in his safe... |
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GYRO GEARLOOSE |
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Gyro tries to stop the many drawbacks of picnicking by inventing protection, but he inadvertently builds a normal house... |
Gyro tries to help a baseball team by inventing a device to alter a ball's direction. But the spectators are not amused... |
After having seen a rival's brilliant invention a depressed Gyro trudges away with his simple peanut butter spreader... |
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LITTLE HELPER |
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Gladstone has lost his lucky rabbit foot. Coincidentally, Little Helper finds it, but throws it away as being worthless... |
Gyro is constructing a manservant robot, when the curious and careless Little Helper gets electrocuted... |
Little Helper and Donald's dog enjoys a quiet game of checkers - until the metal stickman loses... |
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THE BEAGLE BOYS |
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The Boys have accidentally landed on an uncharted Pacific island. Here a strange scientist transforms them to stone using a special ray machine... |
The Boys get Gyro to invent a power-up device, but Gyro uses it himself. The fooled - and now vindictive - Boys try to get even... |
The Boys have constructed an ingenious device that gives them access to Scrooge's money, but the sly miser finds a way to deal with them... |
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MAGICA DE SPELL |
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Magica invents a liquid which can change the total appearance of people's faces. Then she happens to spray herself... |
Magica steals a flying carpet, which can lead the way to fabulous riches in Aladdin's cave, but she is unable to control it... |
Magica can throw lightning bolts by using a hidden down-to-earth battery, but it runs out of power when it is most needed... |
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http://www.cbarks.dk/THEFIASCOES.htm |
Date 2017-10-20 |
