Million Dollar Duck story
A struggling professor brings home a golden egg laying duck from his research laboratory.
9 total · 6 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| family financial problem | major | Albert and Katie were struggling to pay the billed until Albert brought home a golden egg laying duck. |
| father and son | major | Albert and Jimmy Dooley. |
| greed for riches | major | The film concluded with Albert learning that there are more important things in life, like family, than money. |
| husband and wife | major | Stereotyped per Women's Lib movement married couple Albert and Katie Dooley. |
| master and pet | major | Jimmy and the Million Dollar Duck Charlie. |
| romantic love | major | Albert and Katie Dooley. |
| coping with personal failure | minor | Albert was a struggling scientist who was not respected by his colleagues and he felt bad about not being able to provide for his family. |
| mother and son | minor | Katie and Jimmy Dooley. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | minor | Albert warned his family about eating eggs laid by the Million Dollar Duck because it had previously been irradiated. |