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A day without looking at me Money Bin is like a day without sunshine!
Scrooge McDuck[src]


The Money Bin is a large storage building where Scrooge McDuck houses his three cubic acres of cash. Scrooge has a great affection for his money, and his favorite hobby is to dive and swim around in the money in his bin. The building and the surrounding lot are full of booby traps, burglar alarms and other contraptions to fight off Scrooge's countless uninvited guests, like panhandlers, beggars, door-to-door salesmen and, most importantly, crooks who try to break into the Bin (most often the Beagle Boys). It was originally featured in the Uncle Scrooge comic book stories created by Carl Barks. It has also been featured in many of Scrooge's animated appearances, such as Scrooge McDuck and Money, Sport Goofy in Soccermania, and DuckTales.

Background[]

Killmotorhill

The heavily guarded entrance to Scrooge's money Bin in Carl Barks' The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill.

As shown in Don Rosa's 1994 comic The Invader of Fort Duckburg, the Money Bin was built shortly after Scrooge moved to Duckburg. In the DuckTales episode "Once Upon a Dime", Scrooge reveals that he built the bin because he had entered the diamond market and could no longer sleep at night because all the money he was storing under his mattress raised his bed too close to the ceiling, necessitating a more suitable storage facility for his money. Scrooge's favorite pastime is to dive off a springboard into his money and swim through it.

The traditional location of the Money Bin is on top of Killmotor Hill. The money bin sits atop Futterman's Fault, a fault line which would prove catastrophic in the event of an earthquake. In the 2017 reboot series, the bin was moved to a secluded island location off the coast of Duckburg. It also features a boardroom where Scrooge meets with his executives and two basements floors. The first known as the McDuck Archive and the second is Gyro Gearloose's underwater lab.[1]

Design[]

Dan Shane's floor plans[]

The 2001 story "The Beagle Boys vs. the Money Bin" contains two pages with detailed plans for the Money Bin. These drawings were done by Dan Shane[2].

Money Bin 1

Plans of The Money Bin in "The Beagle Boys vs. the Money Bin" (2001), by Dan Shane.

Money Bin 2

Plans of The Money Bin in "The Beagle Boys vs. the Money Bin" (2001), by Dan Shane.

Basement
  • A large room, with doors leading to all the other rooms in this floor
    • Employee Coal Donation Bin
    • Existing Well
    • Furnace
    • Stairs going up to the Ground Floor
  • Generator Room
    • Main Generator
    • Backup Generator
    • Redundant Backup Generator
    • Backup Redundant Backup Generator
  • Pump Room
    • Skunk Oil Vat Room (see Fall-Away Floor in the Ground Floor) (this room is located behind a locked door)
    • Storage and Intruder Trap Workshop
Ground floor, with various traps
  • A welcome mat at the entrance (which is ironic, considering the quantity of traps in this floor)
  • Carpet tacks
  • Bear traps
  • Cannon
  • Electrified flooring
  • Free range spiders and snakes
  • Acid pool
  • Mines
  • Fall-Away Floor, which causes "guests" to fall on the Skunk Oil Vat Room in the Basement
  • Chute Exit and Ash Can (see Trap Door in the Eleventh Floor)
  • Guard post, between the employee stairs, the private elevator and a locked gate which is the only access to the rest of the floor
  • Employee stairs, leading up and down
  • Private elevator
Second Floor — Bullion Bins
  • A corridor, leading to all rooms in this floor
  • A room with gold bars
  • A room with silver bars
  • A room with platinum bars
  • A segment of the Intruder Ejection Chute (see Trap Door in the Eleventh Floor)
  • Guard post, in the same place as in the Ground Floor
  • Note: This floor is inaccessible through the employee stairs, because they are walled
  • Private elevator
Third Floor — Precious Gems Cribs
  • A corridor, leading to all rooms
  • Fifteen rooms, each with one type of gem: Rubies, Sapphires, Star Sapphires, Jade, Turquoise, Fire Opals, Black Opals, Amber, Topaz, Emeralds, Pearls, Black Pearls, Diamonds (Big), Diamonds (Bigger) and Diamonds (Really Huge)
  • A segment of the Intruder Ejection Chute (see Trap Door in the Eleventh Floor)
  • Guard post, in the same place as in the Ground Floor
  • Note: This floor is inaccessible through the employee stairs, because they are walled
  • Private elevator
Fourth Floor — Important Documents
  • A corridor, leading to all rooms in this floor
    • The corridor contains a larger segment with file clerks
  • A room with slightly used carbon paper
  • A room with half used pencils
  • A room with contracts
  • A room with stocks and bonds
  • A room with deeds
  • Two toilets
  • A segment of the Intruder Ejection Chute (see Trap Door in the Eleventh Floor)
  • Employee stairs, leading up and down
  • Note: This floor is not accessible through the elevator, because the elevator is walled
Fifth Floor — Communications
  • A corridor, leading to all rooms in this floor
  • Mail Room
    • Non-Canceled Stamps Reclamation Bin
    • Erased-Address Envelope Reclamation Bin
    • Eraser Dust Reclamation Bin
  • A room with the Switchboard
  • Wireless Room
  • A room with the Mailbag Carrier Recovery Station
  • Two toilets
  • A segment of the Intruder Ejection Chute (see Trap Door in the Eleventh Floor)
  • Employee stairs, leading up and down
  • Note: This floor is not accessible through the elevator, because the elevator is walled
Fifth Floor — Communications
  • A large room with tables, each table having a Ticker-Tape Placement (TYP)
  • Two toilets
  • A segment of the Intruder Ejection Chute (see Trap Door in the Eleventh Floor)
  • Employee stairs, leading up and down
  • Note: This floor is not accessible through the elevator, because the elevator is walled
Sixth to Tenth Floors
  • These are unpartitioned areas, similar to the fifth floor, that allow for numerous employee desks and file cabinets
  • These floors and not shown in the project, but presumably they also have this, like the previous floors:
    • Two toilets
    • A segment of the Intruder Ejection Chute (see Trap Door in the Eleventh Floor)
    • Employee stairs, leading up and down
    • The elevator is probably walled
Eleventh Floor — Executive Office
  • An entrance room
    • Employee stairs, leading down only
    • Private elevator (last stop)
    • Very hard chairs
    • Another toilet
  • Storage Room
  • Worry Room
  • Assay Lab
  • Library
  • Armory
  • Scrooge's office
  • Spiral stairs, leading up to the Twelfth Floor
    • Scrooge's desk and chair
    • Trap Door, leading to the Intruder Ejection Chute (the intruder passes through all the floors, exits through the Exit Chute at the Ground Floor, and lands in the Ash Can outside the building)
    • Number One Dime display
    • Map of the world
    • Ticker-Tape
    • A toilet
    • Vault Door, leading to the Cash Vault
  • The Cash Vault, which is a huge single room, containing money all the way from the Eleventh Floor to the Ground Floor
    • Platform
    • Ladder
    • Depth Gauge
    • A hatch in the roof
    • See also the Secret Entrance in the Twelfth Floor
Twelfth Floor — Private Quarters
  • Living Room
    • Dollar sign carpet
    • Couches and sofas
  • Bin Defense Control Room
  • Utility Closet
  • Pigeon Roost
  • Kitchen
  • Bath
  • Bedroom
    • Drapes
    • Closet
    • Secret Entrance to Cash Vault
  • Study
  • Trophy Room
  • Spiral stairs, leading down to the Eleventh Floor
  • Elevator Service Room
Thirteenth Floor
  • Coin Hopper for Master Bath Shower

Other design elements[]

  • In "The Trouble with Dimes" (1951) by Carl Barks, the Petty Cash Vault is a separate room with millions of coins, accessible from Scrooge's office.
  • In "Statuesque Spendthrifts" (1952) by Carl Barks, the Petty Cash Safe is a room above the main storage that holds three cubic acres of money. There is a mechanism to lift the floor of the Petty Cash Safe, revealing the money below.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Flintheart Glomgold, too, has a Money Bin, located in South Africa. Flintheart's Money Bin is similar to Scrooge's, but it has a pound symbol (£) instead of a dollar sign. It, along with Glomgold himself, first appeared in the 1956 comic book story "The Second-Richest Duck" by Carl Barks.
  • The reason Scrooge stores all his money in the Money Bin is because he doesn't trust banks.
  • In the DuckTales reboot, it is mentioned that Scrooge spends $15,000,000 a year for protection against magic on the security of the bin, as apparently, he has acquired a long list of vengeance curses (most likely from several treasures he's raided), much to the confusion of his board.
  • In DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, when Dijon wished for Scrooge's fortune. A Giant "D" was on the bin resembling a dollar sign.

References[]

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Shows/Movies: 1987 series (videography) • 2017 seriesWalt Disney's World on Ice: Double Feature... Live!Raw ToonageDuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost LampChibi Tiny TalesThis Duckburg Life

Video Games: Video game (HD remake/Soundtrack) • DuckTales 2The Quest for GoldScrooge's LootDisney Heroes: Battle ModeDisney All-Star RacersDisney All-Star Party
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Books: The Secret City Under the SeaSphinx for the Memories and Sir Gyro GearlooseScrooge's Treasure HuntChristmas at the North PoleWebby Saves the Day

Disney Parks
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Characters
1987 series: Scrooge McDuckHuey, Dewey, and LouieLaunchpad McQuackWebby VanderquackBentina BeakleyDuckworthChief O'HaraShedlock JonesGyro GearlooseLittle HelperYardarmDoofus DrakeFenton CrackshellDonald DuckLudwig Von DrakeGladstone GanderBubba the Cave DuckAbominable SnowwomanTootsie the TriceratopsSkittlesBlackjackPouponGene the GenieGlittering GoldieMad Dog McGurkFeathers GaloreBurt QuackarachMajor CourageMicro DucksAdmiral GrimmitzKing HomerQueen ArielShawebizadGandra DeeMcPapaMcMamaRoboticaBeagle BoysMa BeaglePeteFlintheart GlomgoldPhantom BlotDijonArgus McSwineMagica De SpellMinima De SpellPoe De SpellEl CapitanJoaquin SlowlyMerlock the MagicianCinnamon TealDracula DuckDr. NoGoodMillionara VanderbucksFritter O'WayLawrence LoudmouthBruno Von BeakArmstrongThe SirensCirceHarpiesYuckalindaQueen GriseldaDjinniTerra-Firmie KingOverlord BulovanSolegoGICU-2Magica's ShadowThe Fear DemonsVacation Van Honk

2017 series: Della DuckLenaBradford BuzzardBentley and Buford BuzzardCaptain PeghookManny the Headless Man-HorsePixiuGabby McStabbersonHack and Slash SmashnikovRoxanne FeatherlyToad Liu HaiMark BeaksFalcon GravesAmunetSabafToth-RaZeusSeleneStorkulesCharybdisBriar and BrambleDarkwing DuckGosalyn MallardMegavoltDon KarnageQuackerjackLiquidatorBlack HeronZan OwlsonFisherMannDrosera occidendumJosé CariocaPanchito PistolesFethry DuckJohn D. RockerduckJeevesGavinGrandpappy BeagleViolet SabrewingUnicornPercival P. PeppingtonNightmare BeastPaddywhackBushrootNegaduckDaisy DuckGoofyChip and Dale Monterey JackZipperGadget HackwrenchKit CloudkickerTaurus BulbaMolly CunninghamLieutenant PenumbraGeneral LunarisMoonlandersMoon MitesGilded ManNeighbor JonesSteelbeakIsabella FinchIndy and Ty SabrewingTri-Crested TittertwillAletheiaVeroKing HonestusEmma GlamourInspector TezukaAkitaStrongbeardHeckaJormungandrPonce de LeonMatilda McDuckEmutilda

Episodes
1987 series

Season One: "The Treasure of the Golden Suns" • "Send in the Clones" • "Sphinx for the Memories" • "Where No Duck Has Gone Before" • "Armstrong" • "Robot Robbers" • "Magica's Shadow War" • "Master of the Djinni" • "Hotel Strangeduck" • "Lost Crown of Genghis Khan" • "Duckman of Aquatraz" • "The Money Vanishes" • "Sir Gyro de Gearloose" • "Dinosaur Ducks" • "Hero for Hire" • "Superdoo!" • "Maid of the Myth" • "Down and Out in Duckburg" • "Much Ado About Scrooge" • "Top Duck" • "Pearl of Wisdom" • "The Curse of Castle McDuck" • "Launchpad's Civil War" • "Sweet Duck of Youth" • "Earth Quack" • "Home Sweet Homer" • "Bermuda Triangle Tangle" • "Micro Ducks from Outer Space" • "Back to the Klondike" • "Horse Scents" • "Scrooge's Pet" • "Catch as Cash Can" • "Merit-Time Adventure" • "The Golden Fleecing" • "Ducks of the West" • "Time Teasers" • "Back Out in the Outback" • "Raiders of the Lost Harp" • "The Right Duck" • "Scroogerello" • "Double-O-Duck" • "Luck o' the Ducks" • "Duckworth's Revolt" • "Magica's Magic Mirror"/"Take Me Out of the Ballgame" • "Duck to the Future" • "Jungle Duck" • "Launchpad's First Crash" • "Dime Enough for Luck" • "Duck in the Iron Mask" • "The Uncrashable Hindentanic" • "The Status Seekers" • "Nothing to Fear" • "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. McDuck" • "Once Upon a Dime" • "Spies in Their Eyes" • "All Ducks on Deck" • "Ducky Horror Picture Show" • "Till Nephews Do Us Part"
Season Two: "Time is Money" • "Super DuckTales"
Season Three: "The Land of Trala La" • "Allowance Day" • "Bubbeo & Juliet" • "The Good Muddahs" • "My Mother the Psychic" • "Metal Attraction" • "Dough Ray Me" • "Bubba's Big Brainstorm" • "The Big Flub" • "A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity" • "Blue Collar Scrooge" • "Beaglemania" • "Yuppy Ducks" • "The Bride Wore Stripes" • "The Unbreakable Bin" • "Attack of the Fifty-Foot Webby" • "The Masked Mallard" • "A DuckTales Valentine"
Season Four: "Ducky Mountain High" • "Attack of the Metal Mites" • "The Duck Who Knew Too Much" • "New Gizmo-Kids on the Block" • "Scrooge's Last Adventure" • "The Golden Goose"

2017 series
Season One: "Woo-oo!" • "Daytrip of Doom!" • "The Great Dime Chase!" • "The Beagle Birthday Massacre!" • "Terror of the Terra-firmians!" • "The House of the Lucky Gander!" • "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!" • "The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra!" • "The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!" • "The Spear of Selene!" • "Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!" • "The Missing Links of Moorshire!" • "McMystery at McDuck McManor!" • "JAW$!" • "The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!" • "Day of the Only Child!" • "From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!" • "Who is Gizmoduck?!" • "The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!" • "Sky Pirates...in the Sky!" • "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!" • "The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!" • "The Shadow War!"
Season Two: "The Most Dangerous Game...Night!" • "The Depths of Cousin Fethry!" • "The Ballad of Duke Baloney!" • "The Town Where Everyone Was Nice!" • "Storkules in Duckburg!" • "Last Christmas!" • "What Ever Happened to Della Duck?!" • "Treasure of the Found Lamp!" • "The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!" • "The 87 Cent Solution!" • "The Golden Spear!" • "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!" • "Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!" • "Friendship Hates Magic!" • "The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!" • "The Duck Knight Returns!" • "What Ever Happened to Donald Duck?!" • "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!" • "A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!" • "The Golden Armory of Cornelius Coot!" • "Timephoon!" • "GlomTales!" • "The Richest Duck in the World!" • "Moonvasion!"
Season Three "Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!" • "Quack Pack!" • "Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice!" • "The Lost Harp of Mervana!" • "Louie's Eleven!" • "Astro B.O.Y.D.!" • "The Rumble for Ragnarok!" • "The Phantom and the Sorceress!" • "They Put a Moonlander on the Earth!" • "The Trickening!" • "The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!" • "Let's Get Dangerous!" • "Escape from the ImpossiBin!" • "The Split Sword of Swanstantine!" • "New Gods on the Block!" • "The First Adventure!" • "The Fight for Castle McDuck!" • "How Santa Stole Christmas!" • "Beaks in the Shell!" • "The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker!" • "The Life And Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!" • "The Last Adventure!"

Locations
DuckburgAtlantisThe Money BinMcDuck ManorCastle McDuckFountain of YouthScotlandNotre DuckValley of the Golden SunsSt. CanardCape Suzette
Organizations
Air PiratesF.O.W.L.Junior WoodchucksS.H.U.S.H.
Objects
Number One DimeJunior Woodchucks GuidebookGizmosuitGene's LampMerlock's TalismanSun CoinSun ChaserHarp of TroyMillennium ShortcutGyro's HelicopterMolecular ManipulatorGolden GooseWebby's Quacky Patch DollHindentanicMagic MedallionRatcatcherJewel of AtlantisPep!Gummiberry JuiceIron VulturePirate FightersSpear of SeleneSea DuckRanger Plane
Songs
DuckTales ThemeThree Cheers for Bubba DuckBoogie Beagle BluesMoon Stage ThemeSky PiratesThe Three CaballerosHear My Voice
See also
Carl BarksThe Disney AfternoonDarkwing DuckQuack PackDisney XD (Netherlands)Let's Go to Disneyland Paris
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