Scrooge McDuck. We all know him from Ducktales and the various sordid online forums we pursue but don't tell anyone else about (especially our spouses). When we think of him, we think of money, adventure, and the (visible) balls it takes to wear a peacoat top hat combo without pants as your lead fashion choice.
But did you know that Scrooge McDuck is one of, if not the most powerful characters Disney ever created?
I'm not talking about his wealth. Clearly he can buy the world. He certainly owns industries and politicians and probably has a duck harem. He also probably already has an island that he takes his (?) nephews to for various reasons.
I'm talking about his strength. For the Ducktales introduction we are all familiar with him diving into a pool of gold coins and swimming through it. What a fun wacky show of how much money he has and how he loves it!
Wrong. That scene is fucking crazy. Scrooge McDuck dives into a pool of gold fucking coins. These are not styrofoam peanuts for god's sake. These would stack together and be SOLID. Imagine stacking up a pile of rocks and diving head first into them. What do you think would happen?
Yeah, you'd snap your neck in two.
Yet, not only does Scrooge easily dive into the coins, he swims through them effortlessly.
What kind of god is he?
And don't tell me this is just cartoon physics. In the 2017 version of Ducktales he specifically tells one of his nephews NOT to dive in because he would hurt his head and that Scrooge has his own special method. It is clear others CANNOT survive the dive like Scrooge can.
What is he?
It is canon that Scrooge's wealth comes from the gold rush era. That's the fucking 1800s. How old is Scrooge? What is the secret to his immortality? What is the source of his power?
It is clear Scrooge McDuck is some kind of god (or demon) with a bevy of physical and mental powers beyond our comprehension. What does he want? How do we stop him?
I shudder thinking about it.