Ducktales (1987) - S02E04 - Ducks On The Lam

In the "Ducktales" episode "Ducks On The Lam", which was the fourth part of the "Time Is Money" special, the Beagle Boys kick Scrooge McDuck and Bubba The Caveduck out of Scrooge's money bin, and then a whole lot of accidents end with both Scrooge and Bubba, along with Bubba's pet Triceratops Tootsie, ending up in jail.

In this episode, there is one scene that features chest beating, and it is actually the very first chest beating scene that I ever saw, as well as the one that got me hooked on chest beating.

The scene takes place after Scrooge, Bubba and Tootsie break out of Duckburg prison, and they manage to get away from the police, by climbing up a lamp post close to a supermarket. As soon as the police have gone, Scrooge climb down the lamp post to use a payphone to make a phone call. But before Scrooge can even begin to dial the number home to McDuck Mansion, Flintheart Glomgold shows up in his limousine, and calls the police, and tells them that he has caught Scrooge McDuck's "imposter". Bubba and Tootsie, still up in the lamp post, sees that Scrooge is in trouble, and Bubba starts to rock the lamp post from side to side, until it breaks at the base, and falls right down on Flintheart's head, and Tootsie lands on the car's hood, and Bubba lands on Tootsie, after which he jumps up on his feet and does a very loud Tarzan yell, accompanied with Tarzan style chest beating, which surprises both Tootsie and Glomgold's driver, who both look on in shock and confusion. And in the middle of Bubba's Tarzan imitation, the scene cuts to Scrooge, who blesses Bubba's "primitive little heart", with a big happy face.

"This scene was not only the very first chest beating scene I ever saw as a kid, but it has also remained my all-time favorite scene in this trope. Not only is it silly that Tootsie and the driver just stare at Bubba while he's acting like Tarzan, but the one thing that makes this scene special, to me, is the fact that, every time Bubba's fists hits his chest, his entire chest protrudes, almost like an inflated balloon, and deflates before the next fist hits it. I would very much like to know who animated Bubba in this scene, because I would like to ask that guy what made him animate Bubba's chest beating like that. Because it has been one of my most favorite scenes of all time, mostly because of the way Bubba's chest acts."

"I've read some people commenting this scene as being illogical, with the statement that Bubba can impossibly know about the Tarzan yell, since it contradicts the fact that Bubba is a caveduck, and therefore, haven't seen any movies yet. But I think those who come with that argument are just overlooking one crucial factor with the "Primal Chest Pound" trope, namely that it is often used to show a character as more primitive than the modern man… And what are we dealing with here, in Bubba? Why, a Caveduck, of course. So the way I see it, it is very logical for him to do a Tarzan yell, because he is from 1.000.000 B.C., and therefore, more primitive than any other duck around."