Scrooge gets his newly acquired treasure looted by Don Karnage and his show tune-singing sky pirate crew. Dewey, feeling ignored by his family, sneaks onto the pirate ship to get his alpaca-wool hat back. Despite being captured by the pirates, he convinces them to stage a mutiny against Karnage and becomes the new captain. Following another attack on the McDuck plane, The Sunchaser, Dewey reconciles with his family and helps regain Scrooge’s treasure, leading to Karnage swearing vengeance against him.