"The Trickening!" is the Halloween episode of the 2017 reboot of DuckTales, originally aired on Disney XD as the tenth episode of the show's third season.
Synopsis
At Louie's behest, the kids abandon Huey's Halloween trick-or-treating plans and venture into a haunted house that is said to contain years' worth of candy left there by terrified kids. However, they encounter the monsters Wereduck (Doug Jones), Witch Hazel (Selma Blair), Nosferatu (James Marsters), and Frankenstein (Clancy Brown), who scare kids to get candy. Seeing that they do not have any, the monsters decide to take them instead. Meanwhile, Scrooge closes McDuck Manor for Halloween, so Della and Donald spend the evening with Launchpad, who has grown up believing that Halloween is an annual curse that he brought upon the world. After attacking a costumed Scrooge, Launchpad decides to return to the haunted house where his troubles began and break the "curse". Just as the monsters surround the kids, Launchpad appears and assaults the former with Donald, Della, and Scrooge in tow. When Launchpad realizes his folly and the monsters are impressed with his "trick", everyone reconciles. Huey decides that the evening can still be salvaged by opening up McDuck Manor so that all concerned can enjoy "free" candy.
Character costumes
- Huey: Gizmoduck
- Dewey: "A pirate on vacation"
- Louie: Huey
- Webby: Balor, Demon King of the Evil Eye
- Scrooge: Skeleton
- Donald: Angel
- Della: Devil
- Launchpad - "Evil mechanic"
- Mrs. Beakley: Darkwing Duck
Trivia
- The original DuckTales didn't have a proper Halloween episode (though the episode "Ducky Horror Picture Show", which heavily featured movie monsters, was often used for Toon Disney's Halloween programming events in the early 2000s).
- The title is a reference to the Stephen King novel The Shining.
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