Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series

**Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series** is an American animated television series created by Marty Isenberg, Robert N. Skir and David Wise. It was loosely based on the live-action film series The Mighty Ducks and the NHL team, the Anaheim Ducks.

The series premiered on ABC on September 6, 1996 and aired for one season until January 17, 1997.

## Plot

In another universe exists a planet populated entirely by humanoid ducks. Dubbed "Puckworld" by its inhabitants, it is an icy planet, perfectly suited to the Ducks' favourite pastime, hockey. For the citizens of Puckworld, hockey was not simply a sport, but a way of life, occupying virtually every aspect of day-to-day existence.

Legend has it that centuries ago, during an invasion by a reptilian race called Saurians, a duck named Drake DuCaine became the planet's saviour over the Saurians' Overlords. The legend tells that DuCaine did so with a high-tech goalie mask which gave him the ability to see through the Saurians' cloaking technology which was a game changer for him and his people. With it, DuCaine sent the Saurians to a mysterious "Dimensional Limbo".

The last of the Saurians escape from the Dimensional Limbo and returns to Puckworld with an armada of robotic attack ships. The group of four is led by the last of the Saurian Overlords, Lord Dragaunus, who is assisted by his minions Siege, Chameleon and Wraith. They invade the planet and enslave the people of Puckworld. After some time, a resistance is formed by Canard Thunderbeak, who has found The Mask of Drake DuCaine. With it, the wearer of the Mask could see through the Saurians' invisibility cloaks. Canard forms a band of Ducks to fight Dragaunus. The members of his team consists of Wildwing Flashblade, Nosedive Flashblade, Tanya Vanderflock, Duke L'Orange, Mallory McMallard and Grin Hardwing. They go on a mission to destroy Dragaunus's fortress the Master Tower and free the planet from the Saurians' control. While the mission is successful, Dragaunus and his forces manage to escape in their ship, the Raptor. The Saurians open up a dimensional gateway to escape through, but Canard and the others follow him into the portal with the Aerowing, intent on stopping them.

Dragaunus attempts to get rid of the Ducks inside the portal by attacking them with an electromagnetic worm that will grow until it can swallow the Aerowing. In a desperate attempt to get rid of the worm, Canard sacrifices his own life by throwing himself to the worm. Before doing so, however, Canard gave the Mask, and leadership of the team, to Wildwing Flashblade, his best friend. Both the Raptor and the Aerowing leave the portal and enter a different dimension, landing in the Earth city of Anaheim, California. The Ducks meet Phil Palmfeather, a human who becomes their manager and makes them a legitimate NHL team. Their arena, only known as The Pond in the show, has a hockey rink that doubles as a landing pad for the Aerowing above and has a formal HQ below. On Earth, the Ducks and Dragaunus continue their fight, with Dragaunus's plans of conquest often curtailed by damage to the Raptor's power source and his efforts to find a new source of power, although there are other villains that also challenge the six Ducks.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Ian Ziering as Wildwing Flashblade
* Steve Mackall as Nosedive Flashblade
* Jeff Bennett as Duke L'Orange
* Jennifer Hale as Mallory McMallard
* April Winchell as Tanya Vanderflock
* Brad Garrett as Check "Grin" Hardwing
	+ J.D. Daniels as Check "Grin" Hardwing (Kid)
	+ S> Scott Bullock as Check "Grin" Hardwing (Teenager)

### Allies

* Townsend Coleman as Canard Thunderbeak
* Jim Belushi as Phil Palmfeather
* Dennis Franz as Captain Klegghorn
* Jeff Bennett and April Winchell as Thrash & Mookie
* Jeff Bennett as Bernie "Buzz" Blitzman / Prince V'Lara
* Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Dr. Huggerman
* Rob Paulsen as Borg
* Frank Welker as B.R.A.W.N. / Baby
* Jim Cummings as Stanley Strazinski

### Villains

* Tim Curry as Lord Dragaunus
* Tony Jay as Wraith
* Clancy Brown as Siege
* Frank Welker as Chameleon / Weasel / Zap / Minotaur
* Hunter Drones / Tiny
* Charlie Adler as Dr. Droid / Digger
* Tress MacNeille as Trina / Trina II
* Jim Cummings as J76412 / Daddy-O Cool / Emperor Charg / Emperor Xyloid and Commander Xenon
* Devastator Robots
* W. Morgan Sheppard as Asteroth
* John Kassir as Balthar
* Undead Warriors
* Golems
* Xander Berkeley as Phineas P. Viper
* Boopsie
* Jeff Bennett as Dragster
* Matt Frewer as Dr. Wallace "Wally" Pretorious
* The Chicken Monster
* Reed Diamond as Falcone
* Kath Soucie as Lucretia DeCoy
* Rob Paulsen as Dr. Swindle
* David Hyde Pierce as Baron Von Licktenstamp
* Eddie Deezen and Jeff Bennett as Mondo-Man
* Jonathan Harris as Lord Gargan

## Release

### Home Media

A direct-to-video feature film titled Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off was released on VHS on April 8, 1997. It comprises three episodes of the series ("The First Face-Off" Parts 1 and 2, and "Duck Hard") edited into one continuous movie. The movie is one of numerous produced since 1969 where the director chose to be credited under the Alan Smithee pseudonym.