The Money Champ
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The Money Champ was originally published in Uncle Scrooge
#27 in September, 1959 and is the second of three stories of Carl Barks
where Flintheart Glomgold
appears.
walks around Duckburg enjoying the admiration of the Duckburgians for being the Money Champion of the world until a man shows up and hits him with a glove
. After being told it means a challenge, Scrooge starts fighting his challenger until the police takes both of them under arrest.
In courtroom
, the challenger explains that the challenge is about counting their cash to decide who's the real money champ. Scrooge thinks the challenger must be crazy until he says he almost defeated Scrooge in Africa
and he came here to finish the job. Scrooge then remembers who the challenger is: Flintheart Glomgold. Donald Duck
and his nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie
, then recalls how Scrooge won that time.
Scrooge and Flintheart start bragging about how wealthier they got since last confrontation and lose temper, causing the judge
to give each of them a five-gold-mine fine. After that, Scrooge allows Flintheart to visit The Money Bin hoping it would make the challenger give up. Flintheart claims to have more valuable things on his bin and the challenge continues: Scrooge and Flintheart must liquidate most of they can of their fortunes and whoever gets the biggest pile of silver dollars is the real money champ
.
Scrooge tries to sell the oil wells he bought last month only to learn that the seller, Goldflint Heartglom, tricked them with oil he poured there to make the land look like more valuable than it really is. He later tries to sell some gold mines only to learn there's no gold
in there, just gold-painted rocks, left there by Flintgold Glomheart, who sold the mines to Scrooge. Scrooge then visits one of his diamond
mines trying to sell it but a phony inspector called Heartflint Goldglom opened a dam, sabotaging the mine.
Back to Duckburg, Flintheart arranged so they could place their money piles in the airport's abandoned landing gear. Things aren't good for Scrooge as his pile seemed to be half as big as Flintheart's. People were now hissing Scrooge and hailing Flintheart as the new champ. Flintheart and Scrooge discuss and Glomgold says if the has-been, as he now calls Scrooge, wins he'll eat Scrooge's top hat
. Scrooge says Flintheart will have to furnish the salt
all by himself.
Suspicious, Scrooge investigates and learns Flintheart's money pile is right above a sewer hole and Huey, Dewey and Louie learn that Flintheart's pile keeps growing without anyone putting money on it. Scrooge and Donald go down the sewers and find out Flintheart is inflating a giant balloon
within his pile. When both Scrooge and Flintheart have finished his piles, scrooge uses a big spear
to blow up Flintheart's balloon, ending the hoax
. Scrooge now demands Glomgold to make an honest pile so Scrooge can win a fair fight. Days later, Flintheart finishes his pile, which seems to be nearly as big as Scrooge's.
A mysterious sorcerer, seeing how desperate the two ducks are, shows up and tries to sell Scrooge a shrinking potion to use on Flintheart's pile of money, but Scrooge refuses, saying he'll win honestly or won't win at all. Flintheart is thinking about his mother, whose hopes he betrayed when he became dishonest, when the sorcerer shows up trying to sell him the potion. Flintheart agrees to buy five gallon
s of the potion for five gallons of coins. Flintheart then gets the potion in a sack
made of crocodile
skin, the only thing besides duck skin
that the potion does not affect and is also given crocodile skin squeeze bottle
s to handle the potion out of the sack.
Flintheart starts heading to Scrooge's pile when Scrooge shows up with a court order
against it but Glomgold shrinks it. Donald tries to use a truck as an obstacle for Glomgold but the villain shrinks it. Donald says he never saw anything missing so fast since he missed a payment
on a TV. Huey, Dewey and Louie use judo
to stop Flinty and throw him back to his own pile. Glomgold then tried to throw the squeeze bottles and break them on Scrooge's pile, but Huey, Dewey and Louie stopped them with homing rockets. Flintheart then decides to rent a cannon
and shoot the sack of potion on Scrooge's pile. Scrooge then uses his scatter gun on the potion, causing it to leak on the cannon, shrinking it. The remaining potion hits Scrooge's top hat.
The piles are finally measured and the surveyors say that Flintheart's pile is 1,100 cubic inches (18 litre
s) smaller than Scrooge's. They also say it's almost exactly five gallon
s. Despite this, Flintheart gains a moral victory
: because Scrooge's hat was hit by the potion, it is small enough to be eaten in one bite.
Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge is a comic book with the stingy Scrooge McDuck "the richest duck in the world" as the main character. The series also featured Donald Duck and his nephews as supporting characters. The first 70 issues mostly consisted of stories written and drawn by Carl Barks, the creator of Scrooge...
#27 in September, 1959 and is the second of three stories of Carl Barks
Carl Barks
Carl Barks was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck , Gladstone Gander , the Beagle Boys , The Junior Woodchucks , Gyro Gearloose , Cornelius Coot , Flintheart Glomgold , John D...
where Flintheart Glomgold
Flintheart Glomgold
Flintheart Glomgold is a fictional character in Disney comic books. Glomgold is one of Scrooge McDuck's main rivals, and also holds the title of being The Second Richest Duck in the World...
appears.
Plot
Scrooge McDuckScrooge McDuck
Scrooge McDuck is a cartoon character created in 1947 by Carl Barks and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Scrooge is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a red or blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez glasses, and spats...
walks around Duckburg enjoying the admiration of the Duckburgians for being the Money Champion of the world until a man shows up and hits him with a glove
Glove
A glove is a garment covering the hand. Gloves have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and the thumb; if there is an opening but no covering sheath for each finger they are called "fingerless gloves". Fingerless gloves with one large opening rather than individual openings for each...
. After being told it means a challenge, Scrooge starts fighting his challenger until the police takes both of them under arrest.
In courtroom
Courtroom
A courtroom is the actual enclosed space in which a judge regularly holds court.The schedule of official court proceedings is called a docket; the term is also synonymous with a court's caseload as a whole.-Courtroom design:-United States:...
, the challenger explains that the challenge is about counting their cash to decide who's the real money champ. Scrooge thinks the challenger must be crazy until he says he almost defeated Scrooge in Africa
The Second-Richest Duck
The Second-Richest Duck is an Uncle Scrooge comic book story written and illustrated by Carl Barks in February 1956. It features the first appearance of Flintheart Glomgold.-Plot:...
and he came here to finish the job. Scrooge then remembers who the challenger is: Flintheart Glomgold. Donald Duck
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most...
and his nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie
Huey, Dewey and Louie
Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck are a trio of fictional, anthropomorphic ducks who appear in animated cartoons and comic books published by the Walt Disney Company. Identical triplets, the three are Donald Duck's nephews. Huey, Dewey, and Louie were created by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro, and first...
, then recalls how Scrooge won that time.
Scrooge and Flintheart start bragging about how wealthier they got since last confrontation and lose temper, causing the judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
to give each of them a five-gold-mine fine. After that, Scrooge allows Flintheart to visit The Money Bin hoping it would make the challenger give up. Flintheart claims to have more valuable things on his bin and the challenge continues: Scrooge and Flintheart must liquidate most of they can of their fortunes and whoever gets the biggest pile of silver dollars is the real money champ
Champ
Champ may refer to:*an abbreviation for champion, a winner of a competition*Champ Car, class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing**Champ Car World Series, international open-wheel championship...
.
Scrooge tries to sell the oil wells he bought last month only to learn that the seller, Goldflint Heartglom, tricked them with oil he poured there to make the land look like more valuable than it really is. He later tries to sell some gold mines only to learn there's no gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
in there, just gold-painted rocks, left there by Flintgold Glomheart, who sold the mines to Scrooge. Scrooge then visits one of his diamond
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
mines trying to sell it but a phony inspector called Heartflint Goldglom opened a dam, sabotaging the mine.
Back to Duckburg, Flintheart arranged so they could place their money piles in the airport's abandoned landing gear. Things aren't good for Scrooge as his pile seemed to be half as big as Flintheart's. People were now hissing Scrooge and hailing Flintheart as the new champ. Flintheart and Scrooge discuss and Glomgold says if the has-been, as he now calls Scrooge, wins he'll eat Scrooge's top hat
Top hat
A top hat, beaver hat, high hat silk hat, cylinder hat, chimney pot hat or stove pipe hat is a tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed hat, predominantly worn from the latter part of the 18th to the middle of the 20th century...
. Scrooge says Flintheart will have to furnish the salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...
all by himself.
Suspicious, Scrooge investigates and learns Flintheart's money pile is right above a sewer hole and Huey, Dewey and Louie learn that Flintheart's pile keeps growing without anyone putting money on it. Scrooge and Donald go down the sewers and find out Flintheart is inflating a giant balloon
Balloon
A balloon is an inflatable flexible bag filled with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air. Modern balloons can be made from materials such as rubber, latex, polychloroprene, or a nylon fabric, while some early balloons were made of dried animal bladders, such as the pig...
within his pile. When both Scrooge and Flintheart have finished his piles, scrooge uses a big spear
Spear
A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head.The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with bamboo spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fastened to the shaft, such as flint, obsidian, iron, steel or...
to blow up Flintheart's balloon, ending the hoax
Hoax
A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment, or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.-Definition:The British...
. Scrooge now demands Glomgold to make an honest pile so Scrooge can win a fair fight. Days later, Flintheart finishes his pile, which seems to be nearly as big as Scrooge's.
A mysterious sorcerer, seeing how desperate the two ducks are, shows up and tries to sell Scrooge a shrinking potion to use on Flintheart's pile of money, but Scrooge refuses, saying he'll win honestly or won't win at all. Flintheart is thinking about his mother, whose hopes he betrayed when he became dishonest, when the sorcerer shows up trying to sell him the potion. Flintheart agrees to buy five gallon
Gallon
The gallon is a measure of volume. Historically it has had many different definitions, but there are three definitions in current use: the imperial gallon which is used in the United Kingdom and semi-officially within Canada, the United States liquid gallon and the lesser used United States dry...
s of the potion for five gallons of coins. Flintheart then gets the potion in a sack
Sack
A sack is a bag, especially a large one for carrying or storing goods.Sack may also refer to:* Quarterback sack, a tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage in American and Canadian football* Sack , an Irish band...
made of crocodile
Crocodile
A crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae . The term can also be used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia: i.e...
skin, the only thing besides duck skin
Skin
-Dermis:The dermis is the layer of skin beneath the epidermis that consists of connective tissue and cushions the body from stress and strain. The dermis is tightly connected to the epidermis by a basement membrane. It also harbors many Mechanoreceptors that provide the sense of touch and heat...
that the potion does not affect and is also given crocodile skin squeeze bottle
Squeeze bottle
A squeeze bottle is a type of container for dispensing a fluid, that is powered by pressure exerted by the user's fingers. Its fundamental characteristic is that manual pressure applied to a resilient hollow body is harnessed to compress fluid within it and thereby expel the fluid thru some form of...
s to handle the potion out of the sack.
Flintheart starts heading to Scrooge's pile when Scrooge shows up with a court order
Court order
A court order is an official proclamation by a judge that defines the legal relationships between the parties to a hearing, a trial, an appeal or other court proceedings. Such ruling requires or authorizes the carrying out of certain steps by one or more parties to a case...
against it but Glomgold shrinks it. Donald tries to use a truck as an obstacle for Glomgold but the villain shrinks it. Donald says he never saw anything missing so fast since he missed a payment
Payment
A payment is the transfer of wealth from one party to another. A payment is usually made in exchange for the provision of goods, services or both, or to fulfill a legal obligation....
on a TV. Huey, Dewey and Louie use judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
to stop Flinty and throw him back to his own pile. Glomgold then tried to throw the squeeze bottles and break them on Scrooge's pile, but Huey, Dewey and Louie stopped them with homing rockets. Flintheart then decides to rent a cannon
Cannon
A cannon is any piece of artillery that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellents to launch a projectile. Cannon vary in caliber, range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire, and firepower; different forms of cannon combine and balance these attributes in varying degrees,...
and shoot the sack of potion on Scrooge's pile. Scrooge then uses his scatter gun on the potion, causing it to leak on the cannon, shrinking it. The remaining potion hits Scrooge's top hat.
The piles are finally measured and the surveyors say that Flintheart's pile is 1,100 cubic inches (18 litre
Litre
pic|200px|right|thumb|One litre is equivalent to this cubeEach side is 10 cm1 litre water = 1 kilogram water The litre is a metric system unit of volume equal to 1 cubic decimetre , to 1,000 cubic centimetres , and to 1/1,000 cubic metre...
s) smaller than Scrooge's. They also say it's almost exactly five gallon
Gallon
The gallon is a measure of volume. Historically it has had many different definitions, but there are three definitions in current use: the imperial gallon which is used in the United Kingdom and semi-officially within Canada, the United States liquid gallon and the lesser used United States dry...
s. Despite this, Flintheart gains a moral victory
Moral victory
A moral victory occurs when a person, team, army or other group loses a confrontation, and yet achieves some other moral gain. This gain might be unrelated to the confrontation in question, and the gain is often considerably less than what would have been accomplished if an actual victory had been...
: because Scrooge's hat was hit by the potion, it is small enough to be eaten in one bite.
External links
- The Money Champ in Carl Barks guidebook