Circe, in an attempt to send Homer into the future with a storm, accidentally brings Scrooge and the boys (Huey, Dewey, and Louie) into the past. They also criticize Homer saying that “Ulysses wouldn’t hide in the palace like a coward (Home).” What the villagers don’t realize is that Homer has left Ithaquack in an effort to find someone to help get rid of Circe. They want to know what Homer’s doing, if anything, to rid the village of Circe. The scene then switches to the past-1100 B.C.-and we see many angry villagers shouting to the palace of King Homer. We begin in the present as Scrooge and he boys decide to go in search of the lost city of Ithaquack. This DuckTales episode leaps from the present to the past numerous times. The journey Homer takes with Scrooge and the boys teaches him to be himself and not to worry about being as great as Ulysses. Homer is consistently told that he’s not as brave, strong, or built as his famous uncle, Ulysses. There are numerous times where Homer is compared to Ulysses in a negative way. The episode “Home Sweet Homer” shows us to not focus on growing up to be like someone else, but to grow up to be ourselves.
The name of the kingdom has also been changed from Ithaca to Ithaquack to fit the duck-theme of DuckTales. Circe is portrayed as a villain, angered by Ulysses’ triumph over her. In the DuckTales episode “Home Sweet Homer,” the story takes place after the Odyssey in 1100 B.C. The characters from the Odyssey that will be discussed are: Odysseus, Aeolus, Circe, Penelope (briefly), the Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis. The purpose of this analysis is to compare a few of the characters from the Odyssey to similar characters in the DuckTales episode “Home Sweet Homer,” and also to compare the over all purpose of each story.
The predominant bad guy in this episode is Circe, who is the one trying to hurt our heroes. The good guys, or heroes in “Home Sweet Homer,” include: Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Homer. In each cartoon you have to have your good guys and your bad guys. DuckTales has made the Odyssey into a newer, kid-loving cartoon. Circe is trying to get rid of Homer so she can rule Ithaquack. Unlike the Odyssey, Odysseus has already returned, and his nephew, Homer, is king. One episode, entitled “Home Sweet Homer,” features Circe as a sorceress who’s trying to rule Ithaquack (Ithaca). DuckTales is a cartoon many people grew up with as children, as well as adults.
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