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–, External linksDarkwing Duck is an American animated television series that is produced by that ran from - and - on both the syndicated programming block and Saturday mornings on. It featured an eponymous superhero anthropomorphic duck, with the alter ego of (voiced by ).Though it was believed to be spin-off of, Tad Stones stated that these two shows are in separate universes sharing the characters Launchpad McQuack, Gizmoduck, and Carl Barks' villain characters appearing in one of the episodes. Contents PremiseDarkwing Duck is about the adventures of the, aided by his sidekick and pilot,. In his secret identity of, he lives in an unassuming suburban house with his adopted tomboyish daughter, next door to the bafflingly dim-witted Muddlefoot family. Darkwing struggles to balance his egotistical craving for fame and attention against his desire to be a good father to Gosalyn and help do good in St. Most episodes put these two aspects of Darkwing's character in direct conflict, though Darkwing's better nature usually prevails.ProductionDarkwing Duck was initially developed as a spin-off of series, entering production roughly one year after the series ended. It was mainly inspired by the episodes ' and '.
The original concept had Launchpad McQuack as the star. Instead, Launchpad appeared as Darkwing's sidekick in the finished product., a character from the final season of DuckTales, also appeared in a handful of crossover-themed episodes. The name 'The Masked Mallard' became a epithet often used to refer to Darkwing himself.Though loosely connected to the mythos, Darkwing Duck was unique in that it featured no characters from classic Disney animation (save for the Beagle Boys), instead introducing an original cast. It was also the first Disney Afternoon cartoon to emphasize action rather than adventure, with Darkwing routinely engaging in slapstick battles with both supervillains and street criminals. While conflict with villains was routine in earlier Disney Afternoon, actual fight scenes were relatively rare.Darkwing Duck was also the first Disney Afternoon property that was produced completely as a genre parody.
Prior shows would contain elements of parody in certain episodes, but would otherwise be straight-faced adventure concepts in the tradition of Carl Barks's work in the Disney comics. By contrast, every episode of Darkwing Duck is laden with references to superhero, pulp adventure, or super-spy fiction.Darkwing Duck himself is a satirical character.
His costume, gas gun, and flashy introductions are all reminiscent of pulp heroes such as the, the, and most especially. The fictional city of St. Canard is a direct parody of, the fictional city in which Batman resides and operates.Cast and characters Heroes and allies. (voiced by ) – Drake Mallard, average citizen by day and St. Canard's resident superhero by night. (voiced by ) – Drake 'Darkwing Duck' Mallard's nine-year-old adopted tomboyish daughter. Occasional crime fighter as 'Crimson Quackette' and later as 'Quiverwing Quack.'
. (voiced by ) – Darkwing Duck's sidekick, originally from. He often crosses over to St. Canard and refers to Darkwing as 'DW' and Darkwing often calls him 'LP.' .
(voiced by ) – The Mallards' next door neighbor and Gosalyn's best friend. (voiced by impersonating ) – Father of Honker Muddlefoot, next door neighbor of Drake Mallard (Darkwing Duck). Drake finds him very irritating but they do work together well in at least one episode.
Herb sells Quakerware (the Darkwing Duck universe's version of ) as a salesman for a living. (voiced by ) – A beautiful yellow chicken housewife who is invariably overbearing yet ditzy. Competent in housework and doing her chores she is often the foil to Herb's fun. (voiced by ) – The eldest Muddlefoot son, Tank is a bully who often makes life difficult for his younger brother, Honker. His full name, Tankard H. Muddlefoot, is revealed in the episode '.' Villains.
(voiced by ) - An evil version of Darkwing from a parallel reality called the 'Negaverse' which is a nightmarish reverse version of St. Negaduck is virtually identical to Darkwing except that the colors of his costume are red, black, and yellow. Negaduck has no special powers or abilities but can disguise himself as Darkwing to make the hero look like a criminal.
He is very ruthless and has no problem with hurting people to get what he wants: great wealth and authority over both worlds. He is the leader of the Fearsome Five; a group he formed with Quackerjack, The Liquidator, Bushroot, and Megavolt. (voiced by ) - A former high school classmate of Drake Mallard, Megavolt gained the power to control electricity after a bully sabotaged one of his science experiments. Megavolt is quite psychotic and uses his control over electricity as his main weapon.
His costume consists of his original jumpsuit, gloves, boots, and safety goggles from the power company as well as a giant battery worn on his back to keep his power flowing on the go and a headpiece that resembles a big plug. Megavolt was the most popular villain on the show and therefore the most recurring. Megavolt often referred to Darkwing as either 'Darkwing Dork' or 'Dorkwing.' He shorts out when hit with water, a weakness that Darkwing often uses when defeating him.
(voiced by ) - A scientist who tried to fuse animal DNA with that of plants in an attempt to give people the ability to feed themselves through. The experiment was a success but with a price. Bushroot was turned into a half duck/half plant creature who now desperately seeks a friend. Bushroot uses his newfound control over plants as his main weapon. (voiced by ) - A slimy salesman who was in the bottled water business, Liquidator was mutated into his present state (a water based monstrosity) after falling into a vat of a competitor's water which was revealed to be laced with a corrosive chemical during a battle with Darkwing and Launchpad.
Since he is made of water, he and Megavolt do not interact well. (voiced by ) - A toy maker gone insane and wearing a harlequin style jester costume, Quackerjack uses his arsenal of dangerous playthings as weaponry while he robs banks or just causes chaos for the fun of it. He is almost never without his trademark doll, Mr. Banana Brain, which can be used as an explosive. His most common toys are mechanical toy chattering teeth of various sizes.
He has been known to team up with Megavolt at times. (voiced by ) - Acting like a 1920's gangster, Steelbeak is the top agent of F.O.W.L. (short for Fiendish Organization for World Larceny). He gets his name from the metal beak he wears in place of his original one, which was apparently lost sometime before the events of the show, though it is not revealed how. This trademark beak also serves as a weapon because it can bite through almost anything. (voiced by ) - A walrus and an ego-driven but failed Hollywood film director whose schemes are built around films, and travels with a cadre of silent yet efficient penguin sidekicks. His name is a reference to famed conductor, though the resemblance ends there.Distribution Episodes Main article:Over two seasons, there were a total of 91 episodes.Hot Spells controversyIn the second season of the show, the creators were developing a Halloween-themed episode.
In the episode ',' Gosalyn makes a deal with the devil that costs Darkwing his soul. The episode was never replayed on after its initial airing.Theme Song Main article: Opening introductionThere are seven different versions of the Darkwing Duck introduction. The first two were aired on the when Darkwing Duck first premiered and featured alternate animation and a different version of the familiar theme song. The third version was used on the 'Darkly Dawns the Duck' VHS. The fourth version was used in syndication, and is actually the one they currently use today. The fifth is the version used on The Disney Afternoon, and is the same as the fourth version, only cut for time. The sixth and seventh introductions were used on the ABC Saturday Morning airings, and contained mostly scenes from those episodes, starting with Darkwing tiptoeing up the Audubon Bay Bridge.Broadcast historyThe two-part episode ' originally aired as an hour-length TV special on, as part of a larger TV special, 'The Darkwing Duck Premiere and Back to School With the Mickey Mouse Club.'
The film served as the show's pilot. Seasons 1 and 2 were aired simultaneously in the Autumn of 1991. Season 1 on syndication as part of block of shows. Seasons 2 and 3 aired on Saturday mornings on. All episodes remained in syndicated reruns on The Disney Afternoon until and then returned to the line up from to.The series was last seen in the U.S. On, but due to the rebranding of and other Disney shows to the channel, it later vanished completely from the network. Along with a number of other shows, it has been removed from schedules in November.
Toon Disney aired the Christmas episode featuring Bushroot on, 2004. The show was last seen on Toon Disney in the on, as part of the. Certain episodes from the show's original run rarely re-aired while the show was on Toon Disney. These episodes appear to have been removed for content reasons. The most prominent of the rarely-seen episodes is 'Hot Spells,' which features a Satan-like character called Beelzebub.This show is currently airing on:.: Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Flanders, Scandinavia, Turkey, and Serbia.: Russia and Serbia.: United Kingdom.: FinlandHome Media Main article: VHS releasesFour VHS tapes, each containing two episodes of Darkwing Duck, were released under the title Darkwing Duck: His Favorite Adventures in the in: Darkly Dawns the Duck, Justice Ducks Unite!, Comic Book Capers, and The Birth of Negaduck! However, most countries around the world only received releases of Darkly Dawns the Duck and Justice Ducks Unite! Each video came with two glow-in-the-dark trading cards.
Featured on the cards were: Darkwing, Launchpad, Gosalyn, Honker, Negaduck, Bushroot, Megavolt, and Taurus Bulba.DVD releasesreleased a 3-disc DVD box set entitled Darkwing Duck: Volume 1 on,. It includes the first 27 episodes aired in syndication, including the 2-part pilot 'Darkly Dawns the Duck', which was presented in edited form as opposed to the uncut version's release on VHS and Laserdisc.
The second volume, containing the next 27 syndicated episodes, was released on,. Unlike and, the episodes on the DVDs are presented in the order they aired.
The sets do not contain any special features.One volume was released to Region 2 DVD, which contains all 65 of the syndicated episodes.Digital releasesIn the United States, the entire series (except for the episode ') was made available for purchase on digital through iTunes and Google Play on, in the SD format. The entire series, including 'Hot Spells', was released in Germany through Amazon Video in 2017.Video gamesThere was a video game released by Capcom on the and the. Another game was also made for the.Comic booksThe first story arc from the Darkwing Duck comic book published by Boom! Studios: The Duck Knight Returns.published a four-issue Darkwing Duck comic book mini-series in late, right around the time of the show's syndicated premiere. This mini-series was an adaptation of a draft of the script for 'Darkly Dawns the Duck'. Like the TaleSpin comic before it, it was meant to spin off a regular comic series, but the Disney Comics implosion happening at the time prevented that plan. However, Darkwing Duck stories were regularly printed in magazine between the November 1991 and January issues.
Additionally, Darkwing Duck stories were also regularly featured in ' short-lived comic book.On, announced that they would be releasing a four-issue Darkwing Duck miniseries, titled ',' starting in June of that year. The series was written by (uncredited), Ian Brill and drawn by, and was set some time after the end of the show. Later announced that due to positive fan reaction, the comic series would be extended indefinitely as an ongoing. After Disney's purchase of Marvel Comics however, the series ended at issue 18.In October, artist James Silvani announced that the first sixteen issues of the comic would be revised and collected in an Omnibus-styled book titled, to be published. It was also announced that the omnibus would lead in to written by Sparrow and drawn by Silvani. The new series began in April, less than a month after the show's 25th anniversary, but was cancelled after only eight issues.In July 2018, it was announced that the Boom!
Studios series would be reprinted in Disney Afternoon Giant from. However, it is currently unknown if Disney Afternoon Giant will use the original versions of the stories or the revised versions from Darkwing Duck: The Definitively Dangerous Edition.ReceptionDarkwing Duck was named the 93rd best animated series by IGN, calling it 'one of the many reasons why after-school cartoons rule.'
Has a collection of images and media related to. Trivia. This show originally was going to spoof the series, with the working title Double O Duck; in the end, however, the Darkwing Duck character is closer to ' in style, who is also known as the 'Dark Knight'.References in other Disney media. In the episode ', can be seen watching a television program called ' Darkwing Dog'.
In the Italian dub of, mentions Darkwing Duck to be one of his favorite shows. This does not occur in the original version of the series. Darkwing and his cast of characters have been integrated into the rebooted series, with Jim Cummings reprising his role. transforms into Darkwing Duck in the episode '.References.