Drake Mallard

**DuckTales 2017:**

* Scrooge McDuck
* Flintheart Glomgold
* Gandra Dee
* Launchpad McQuack (best friend)
* Bentina Beakley
* Huey Duck
* Dewey Duck
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* Webby Vanderquack
* Lena Sabrewing
* Violet Sabrewing
* Bubba Duck
* B.O.Y.D.
* Gosalyn Waddlemayer (sidekick)
* Donald Duck
* Della Duck
* Daisy Duck
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* Fethry Duck
* Officer Cabrera
* Gyro Gearloose
* Ludwig Von Drake
* Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera/Gizmoduck (friend)
* Zan Owlson
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* Kit Cloudkicker
* Molly Cunningham
* Gene the Genie
* Manny
* Lil Bulb
* Tootsie
* Butterbear

**Amphibia:**

* Anne Boonchuy
* Sprig Plantar
* Hop Pop Plantar
* Polly Plantar
* Frobo
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* Mr. Boonchuy
* Domino
* Sasha Waybright
* Marcy Wu
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* Luz Noceda
* Eda Clawthorne
* King
* Hooty
* Owlbert
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* Gus Porter
* Lilith Clawthorne
* Hunter
* Emperor Belos

Drake Mallard is one of the fiftysix main characters in the *DuckTales* reboot. He is the secret identity of the new Darkwing Duck. Unlike Jim Starling, he is a real-life superhero and crime partner of Gosalyn Waddlemayer and the guardian of Sasha Waybright.

## Appearance

Drake is a white mallard, typically seen wearing a purple plaid shirt. In his initial appearance he also sported a baseball cape with DW printed on the front, and had a pair of sunglasses hanging from his shirt. While in the Darkwing costume, he dons a dark-purple top, along with a slightly darker hat. He wears a mask that shares a similar color with the rest of his outfit, and a black cape with a pink interior.

## Personality

Prior to the series, Drake Mallard was a kid who used to get bullied a lot, that was until he found Darkwing Duck, inspired by his hero Jim Starling, Drake trained extensively in hand to hand combat and martial arts to be more like his hero, and as a result, he was then able to beat up his former tormentors and this superhero enthusiast was born, later starting the Darkwing Duck fan club.

When he was given the role of Darkwing Duck for the new big-budget movie "Darkwing: First Darkness", he was excited and hoped to inspire a new generation of children. He was a huge fan of Darkwing when he was a kid and was taught by DW to "always get back up".

Contrary to Jim Starling, Drake embodies the heroic and selfless image of Darkwing Duck. He was even willing to stop Jim from destroying the studio and risked his life to save Launchpad from when McDuck Studio was set ablaze.

## Abilities

* **Enhanced Durability**: Drake has shown to be more durable than a normal person, being able to take several blows and stay standing and also managing to survive an explosion, piano and large volts of electricity, all of which would have killed an ordinary person. He obtained this ability as a result of years of training.
* **Skilled hand-to-hand combatant**: As expected due to being a top tier Darkwing Duck fan, Drake has trained extensively to improve his skills in hand-to-hand combat.
* **Master martial artist**: Drake has excellent martial art skills, nearly being on par with that of former secret agent Mrs. Beakley.
* **Expert Tactician**: Drake is a skilled tactician, able to come up with plans to achieve the best outcome, as he did in his fight against Jim Starling.
* **Utilizes high-tech equipment and weapons**: Drake as Darkwing Duck utilizes a range of high tech equipment and weaponry when battling villains such as smoke bombs.

## Equipment

* **Smoke Bombs**: In traditional Darkwing Duck fashion, Drake carries with him smoke bombs, which when triggered produce a thick cloud of purple smoke, these can either be used during a getaway or an entrance and are mainly used to blind enemies and hide their location. As a result of Darkwing's base being built above the Audubon Bay, the residue from these smoke bombs contain traces of salt water.

## Darkwing Duck

In the series, Darkwing Duck is initially a fictional character and the star of a superhero television show, rather than someone who actually exists in the *DuckTales* universe. However, the rebooted version of Drake Mallard takes up the mantle as a real-life superhero in 'The Duck Knight Returns!".

## Trivia

* Drake Mallard is also the civilian identity of Darkwing Duck from the original series.
* He was the president of the Darkwing Duck fan club.
* According to James Monroe Iglehart in Ducktalks, he was going to voice Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck, but at the last minute the producers change the idea because Chris Diamantopoulos’ take on Darkwing sounded more like Jim Cummings’ Darkwing Duck.