Darkwing Duck (Darkwing Duck)

Darkwing Duck (real name Drake Mallard) is the titular main protagonist of the 1991-1992 cartoon series of the same name and tries to protect his city from a number of villains. He is a parody of awesome heroes such as Batman, Green Hornet and The Shadow, but unlike the former Darkwing Duck, he has a strong desire for fame and attention, a desire he often has to combat in order to stay heroic. His adopted daughter named Gosalyn Mallard, his sidekicks, Launchpad McQuack, and sometimes, Honker Muddlefoot, and his girlfriend, Morgana, help him in many adventures. Darkwing Duck begins to learn what being a true hero is all about.
He is voiced by Jim Cummings who also voices Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Hondo Ohnaka, and Sergeant Hawk.
==Origins==
The original Darkwing Duck series had three episodes depicting different, seemingly contradictory origins for how Drake Mallard became Darkwing. Creator Tad Stones stated that these were done deliberately for the humor, and would've written more backstories had the series run longer. These entailed the following:
*"Paraducks", the first episode to delve into Drake's backstory, relates how Darkwing himself, traveling back in time, was the inspiration for young Drake Mallard to dream of becoming a superhero one day.
*"The Secret Origins of Darkwing Duck" relates a hyperbolic pseudo-Superman tale, which is implied to be somewhat of a tall tale.
*And in "Clash Reunion", a teenaged Drake saves his high school from his classmate Elmo Sputterspark (the person who eventually became the villainous "Megavolt") and makes his debut as Darkwing Duck.
According to the comic book adaptation of "Darkly Dawns the Duck", Drake was a Junior Woodchuck in his youth, as he still makes use of his Junior Woodchucks Guidebook (the actual episode instead refers to it as a generic "boy scout handbook").
==Powers and Abilities==
Darkwing Duck is famed for using his gun (that shoots smokebombs & grapling hooks), and driving his motorcycle or airjet (both shaped like his head) like Batman.
On several different occasions, he is given different superpowers for certain parts of his adventures, including the following:
*Super Strength (in "Planet of the Capes" & "The Incredible Bulk")
*Super Speed (With the side effect of aging, in "Going Nowhere Fast")
==Relationships==
===Family===
===Gosalyn Mallard===
Gosalyn is Darkwing Duck/Drake Mallard's adoptive daughter. They first meet in "Darkly Dawns the Duck: Part 1" where he saves her from Taurus Bulba's henchmen. He took her to his lair and explains who he is and Taurus Bulba wants to capture her. After taking care of her Darkwing interacts with her. In "Darkly Dawns the Duck: Part 2" after Gosalyn was saved, Darkwing revealed his true identity to her and adopted her. Darkwing/Drake does his best to raise her, however when he tried to be a better parent in the episodes like "Slaves to Fashion" and "Toys Czar Us" it doesn't works out. He is jealous of her sometimes, sometimes he's telling her to her clean her room despite the fact she's not doing it. Despite her mischievous behavior he still loves her and cares about her.
===Friends===
====Launchpad McQuack====
Launchpad is Darkwing's best friend and sidekick. When they first met, Launchpad revealed that he is his biggest fan and he offered him to be his sidekick, they were chasing Taurus Bulba's henchmen but they failed and Darkwing refused Launchpad's offer. However, after Launchpad saved Darkwing from prison, Darkwing acceted him as his sidekick and now he is helping him with his chores and crime fighting. In "Water Way to Go" Darkwing made Launchpad his partner (but it's not official since Launchpad keeps referring to himself as Darkwing's sidekick). In "A Duck by Any Other Name" Darkwing is upset and jelaous that St. Canard thinks that Launchpad is Darkwing, however Launchpad is trying to prove them that they are wrong. Darkwing doesn't likes Launchpad's stupidity but he likes his potential.
====Honker Muddlefoot====
Darkwing/Drake doesn't seems to hate Honker since he's smarter and more mature than his parents and brother. He refused to go to his birthday party because he hates his parents. However he sees potential in him and he doesn't minds him being Gosalyn's best friend.
====Morgana Macawber====
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====Herb and Binkie Muddlefoot====
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====Gizmoduck====
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===Enemies===
====Megavolt====
Megavolt is Darkwing's archenemy, they have a strong enemyship. In "Clash Reunion" he is the first supervillain Darkwing ever faced, Darkwing/Drake is shocked when he finds out that Megavolt was his classmate Elmo Sputterspark. Despite their differences, Megavolt has been teaming up with Darkwing in the episodes: "Twitching Channels", "Stressed to Kill", "Jail Bird", "Negaduck" and "The Frequency Fiends", but only in "Stressed to Kill" and "The Frequency Fiends" Megavolt didn't tricked Darkwing Duck. In "The Frequency Fiends", Darkwing told Megavolt that he is his archenemy which made Megavolt flattered.
====Negaduck====
Negaduck is Darkwing Duck's arch-nemesis, evil doppelgänger and evil counterpart. They have strong enemyship since Negaduck is a Darkwing Duck from alternate universe, however Darkwing is always able to spoil Negaduck's plans. Darkwing hates when Negaduck frames him by disguising as Darkwing Duck. His enemyship with Negaduck is the same as Megavolt's.
====Bushroot====
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====Quackerjack====
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====Liquidator====
Darkwing doesn't have a strong enemyship with Liquidator. The only he was facing only him was in his origin episode "Dry Hard", he pushed him into the chemicals that turned Bud Flud into The Liquidator.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*According to Jim Cummings in his podcast, Darkwing Duck voice's is based on Daffy Duck's voice (to play as Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck, he uses Daffy Duck's voice without the lisp).
*Darkwing has been described as a cross between Batman and Donald Duck, but his costume and gas gun seem to be a reference to pulp fiction character The Shadow.
*Many of the lines after "I am the terror that flaps in the night" were ad libbed by Jim Cummings. In fact, in the scripts, it was usually written, "It doesn't matter what I write, Jim's probably gonna come up with something funnier."
*Unlike most superheroes, how Drake Mallard finances all his equipment was mostly unknown, as he appeared to lack any level of public persona prior to adopting Gosalyn, and does not have any known job. This is actually called out by viewers of the show during the episode "Twitching Channels", with a confused Darkwing unable to answer. However, in issue #3 of the Boom! comic, Darkwing mentions that he received a monthly stipend from S.H.U.S.H. In DuckTales (2017), the equipment is built by Gyro Gearloose and Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera.
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