Beagle Boys: fail criminals or famed ones?

Arie Fachrisal cien2 at cbn.net.id
Thu Sep 4 20:51:38 CEST 2003


> From: "Olivier" <mouse-ducks at wanadoo.fr>
> Even though it's for a the sake of  the status gags, this suggests the
> Beagle Boys are not petty thieves but are recognized as "tops" (p 6 panel
> 7).
> This may seem in contradiction with the fact we always see them fail.
> Actually, they do succeed in robbing Scrooge several times, in quiet
> ingenious ways; it's just that the ducks manage to get the money back.

I tend to agree with this thinking. In Barks' stories, Scrooge has been
shown to consider the Beagle Boys as his worthy adversaries. The modern
incarnation of how Beagle Boys failed at even the simplest crimes is uneasy
to read and enjoy whole-heartedly, though some of them are good and brings
out good laugh sometimes.

the Beagle Boys' gag (or should i say the gag "about" BB and US) i like most
is in "The Round Money Bin" story.

U$: "They outsmarted me somehow, but tomorrow is another day."
DD: "Oh yeah! Tomorrow YOU'LL outsmart them! Then THEY'LL have to outsmart
YOU again! Poor guys!"

Keep On Outsmarting,
Arie Fachrisal who's looking for volunteers to be outsmarted.



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