Editing Donald Duck universe (section)

===Bombastium===
Bombastium is a [[List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles|fictional chemical element]].<ref name='BB'>''Uncle Scrooge'' #17 by [[Carl Barks]]</ref> Its [[atomic number]] and atomic symbol are unknown. Bombastium is stated to be the rarest element in the world. Even though it is very coveted, its usage potential is not entirely known. One characteristic is that it tastes different every time you try it, and scientists eventually discovered that one atom of bombastium dropped into a barrel of water becomes one barrel of [[ice cream]] &ndash; a different flavor of ice cream each time. The element is orange-brown in color and is about the size of a [[soccer ball]]. To avoid evaporation, bombastium must be kept frozen.

The only piece of bombastium known to exist was found in the [[Belgian Congo]], and it was soon after its discovery acquired by [[Scrooge McDuck]] in the 1957 story "A Cold Bargain" by Carl Barks, but at that time it was also heavily sought after by the hostile nation of [[#Brutopia|Brutopia]]. Brutopia's military spending budget that year amounted to one trillion dollars plus all the kitchen sinks of its happy people. [[Scrooge McDuck]] therefore had to pay one trillion dollars plus six kitchen sinks to win the auction.

The element was also used for the 5-part ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'' episode "[[Time is Money (DuckTales)|Time is Money]]", which introduced [[List of DuckTales characters#McDuck household|Bubba the Caveduck]]. In this cartoon episode, bombastium is the fuel for one of [[Gyro Gearloose]]'s inventions, a [[time travel]]ing [[helicopter]] named the Millennium Shortcut. The bombastium itself must be kept frozen in order for it to be usable as fuel (a small [[freezer]] is equipped on board the Shortcut for this purpose). Otherwise, the Shortcut could not travel through time.

One of the treasures that can be obtained in the computer game ''[[DuckTales: The Quest for Gold]]'' is bombastium. Unlike the other treasures, bombastium is worth more than just money, as Gyro Gearloose can use it to build a matter transporter which takes away the risk of flying from place to place while having the possible downside of sending the player to a location they had not intended to go.