The “video graphical game” come-to-life that the kids are playing is called “Legends of Legendquest” and first appeared in “Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!” (S2, E18).Īlthough not physically appearing in the episode, the Goat of Goat’hool returns after making his first appearance in “The Golden Spear!” (S2, E11). The front page of Scrooge’s Woolstreet Journal reads “Shearholders Fleeced!!!” The back page headline is “Lorem Ipsum Stone Finally Translated.” The joke here is that “lorem ipsum” is nothing more than dummy text that’s commonly used as a placeholder when laying out and editing a newspaper. I understand the need to give her a fully developed arc and the show has done a wonderful job of it but I think it’s time (like the episode suggests) for her to stand on her own and just exist as the magical badass we see at the end of the story.
#THE PHANTOM BLOT SERIES#
Is this it? Now that Lena is demonstratively claiming her magical legacy as her own, has she finally untethered herself from her fraught and codependent relationship with Magica? Look, I like Lena, she’s probably the best original character the series has given us but her presence is starting to suck the air from most of the episodes she appears in. COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT FROM Magica’s amulet. Lena is now a fully operational sorceress, overflowing with “silly disgusting, blue friendship magic”.
#THE PHANTOM BLOT FREE#
Once Lena is able to “harness the magic in (her) soul” by learning to “burn it, turn it, just learn it,” she is able to make not-so-short work of the Blot, reimbue Gladstone with his luck, and free Scrooge and the nephews. And, since Magica’s magic is already gone, she will once again weaponize Lena to fight her fights - albeit, by Lena’s own choice and with the help of a poppy, 80s style, music montage. Decades ago, she mercilessly destroyed the Blot’s village and most of its inhabitants but he survived and has spent his vengeance-fueled existence developing various devices to drain Magica (and the world!) of her magic. With that, the sleepover party (plus Gladstone) pop-in to Magica’s creepy swamp lair and manage to convince her to help Lena hone her magic and face the Phantom Blot.Īs it turns out, Scrooge isn’t the only one Magica is in a generations old blood feud with. The urgency lies in the sudden attack from the Phantom Blot, in his attempt to drain her magic, as well as his subsequent trapping of Scrooge and his nephews in the mystical realm of Goat’houl.
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There are actual stakes besides just getting her magic right. Lena’s journey isn’t completely dedicated to one of self-discovery though. But first (*sigh*), Lena must get a handle on her “out of control” magic… by seeking out the very source of her issues (and existence), Magica De Spell herself.
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Am I good or am I evil? Can I escape the shadow realm? Can I extricate myself from the literal (and figurative) shadow of my creator? After conquering this litany of bugaboos, it’s high time to move on. Since being conjured by her “aunt” through dark magic only to be weaponized against her arch nemesis, Lena has spent much of her angst riddled existence facing one existential crisis after the next. Setting: Duckburg (McDuck Manor and the Duckburg bog/swamp) Starring: Lena Sabrewing, Webby Vanderquack, Magica DeSpell, Gladstone Gander, Phantom Blot, and Violet SabrewingĬostarring: Scrooge McDuck, Huey Duck, Dewey Duck, Louie Duck, and Della Duck Episode: 308 "The Phantom and the Sorceress!” 9/21/20