We study topologizability and power boundedness of weigh-ted composition operators on (certain subspaces of) $mathscr{D}(X)$ for an open subset $X$ of $mathbb{R}^d$. For the former property we derive a characterization in terms of the symbol and the weight of the weighted composition operator, while for the latter property necessary and sufficient conditions on the weight and the symbol are presented. Moreover, for an unweighted composition operator a characterization of power boundedness in terms of the symbol is derived for the special case of a bijective symbol.