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THE SPOT GAG
Characterized by being an isolated, single joke that is a funny visual event complete in itself. It has no introduction and no climax for an ending. It simply fills a spot in the continuity - or in a character's performance - without affecting the story.
WDCS264 Master Wrecker Gluttonous	WDCS210 'Donald the Baker' Cookie-chased	WDCS131 'The Unluckiest Golfer' Self-destructive...

THE EFFECTS GAG

Not unlike a spot gag, but with the difference that it is based on more panels containing related events.

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WDCS061 'The Great Detectives' In this story Donald decides to tease his nephews who are playing detectives quite seriously. He takes on multiple disguises in order to throw them off the track.

THE TABLEAU GAG
A single panel in which a character is left with a surprised or even ridiculous appearance caused by a facial expression or an object. The humour often lies in the final tableau that is a result from an action rather than the action itself.
FC0456 Back to the Klondike When Scrooge finally meets Glittering Goldie after having boasted that he would claim a billion dollars from her, he completely falls apart.	WDCS108 'The Jumping Frog' Donald and the nephews hunt for frogs to eat, but it is not that easy. The hunt ends with the frog being on top of things...	WDCS117 'The Terrible Picnic' Donald is suddenly facing a very seductive come-hither Daisy, and he reacts with a Goofy look. Even his vocal reaction corresponds with Goofy's vocabulary.

THE SEQUENTIAL GAG

A string of actions or events that follow over more panels and often build up to a finale. May also apply to characters or objects seen in the background.

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WDCS271 A Stone's Throw from Ghost Town This suite of panels show Donald daydreaming and thinking for some amount of time. At least, the potted plant has ample time to grow!

THE PERSONALITY GAG
Any of a character's special characteristics emphasized in an often caricatured way.
WDCS181 'The Bridge Building Contest' Overloaded Junior Woodchucks	WDCS149 'Flipism' Scolding Daisy	FC0203 (1-pager) Guilt-ridden Donald

THE INANIMATE CHARACTER GAG
An object or a machine given a - sometimes humorous - personality that fits both its appearance and its function.
U$58 The Giant Robot Robbers Benevolent looking Robot	U$24 The Twenty-four Carat Moon Shark-like Rocket	U$21 'The Scarecrow' Very lively Scarecrow

THE ADDITIONAL GAG (see more HERE)
Most often the action unfolds between particular characters, while the rest of the panels are filled with less important or just decorative ingredients. But a panel may well contain clever and humorous side gags which are not always very obvious.
U$47 The Thrifty Spendthrift Presumably, only a few readers have ever really noticed the drama taking place in the window-frame: A cat has locked itself in a birdcage, while the rightful occupant scolds - and scares - the poor feline.	FC0263 (1-pager) Location: A quiet library. One of the figurines has hurt his toe, while the other one tries to shush him up. After all, this is a library...	FC0367 A Christmas for Shacktown In this Christmas story the sharp-eyed reader observes a surreal scene on the opposite sidewalk; an exhausted, crawling man loaded as a mule with gifts, while being driven forward by his wife.

THE BUILDING-UP GAG

Made up of a series of gags that increase in intensity. It starts with a comic situation whereupon individual gags relating to the same circumstance are added, each becoming wilder and funnier, until the series results in a climactic event.

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U$25 The Flying Dutchman Right from the start we learn about Donald's knack for fishing. He tries his luck with hook, line and sinker from the treasure hunter boat whenever and wherever he can, and even when Scrooge forbids it, Donald persists. We all know that it is only a matter of time before things go totally wrong - which it does!

THE SLAPSTICK GAG

Better known from the cartoon shorts where one related or non-related gag after another pile up just to get laughs. Much harder to transfer into a comic book.

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WDCS157 'The Climbing Contest' Donald is desperately trying to reach the top of Mount Demontooth in a wager before Scrooge, who, in turn, tries to delay Donald by letting a whole zoo of wild animals loose on the mountain's side.

THE RUNNING GAG
(see more HERE)

May occur several times during a story, often becoming funnier or more mysterious through repetition rather than through any development.

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U$10 The Philosopher's Stone A strange bearded man frequently occurs during the entire story without doing anything thus leaving both the ducks and the readers wondering. In the end he presents himself as an employee from The International Money Council and he subsequently saves Scrooge from a terrible fate.