Launchpad McQuack

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## Identification

### Nicknames

* LP (abbreviation)
* Pilot Pops (nickname, by Gosalyn)

## Appearances

### Appears in

* Ronpa and Friends
* Ronpa And Friends 2: Re-Run (mentioned)

**Launchpad McQuack** is the Ultimate Plane Crasher and and was a participant in the Wasteland Killing Game featured in Ronpa and Friends.

**HIGHLIGHT SPOILER TO REVEAL** Launchpad ultimately survives the Killing Game alongside Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Chip Pinetree, and Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera.

## Appearance

Launchpad's appearance is near identical to his appearance in *DuckTales (2017)*. He is a stocky, white-feathered duck with over-banged auburn hair and grown out behind his head. He wears his token brown pilot's jacket with a beige fluffed collar, and also comes equipped with two front and two arm pockets. Underneath, he wears a collared olive work suit with an orange tie. He also wears dark brown jeans and a pair of black boots, and finishes his ensemble off with a dark brown pillbox cap with a black brim.

Following the events of Chapter 2, he keeps a Darkwing mask in his left jacket pocket. Ironically, none of Launchpad's CGs show off the left side of his jacket.

## Killing Game

### Background

Launchpad, as canonical to his DuckTales (2017) counterpart, continued his job as Scrooge McDuck's personal chauffeur and pilot, for better or for worse, and was likely a compatriot to his adventures alongside his nephews on occasion. In his personal life, he also travelled frequently outside Duckburg to visit Drake Mallard and his adoptive daughter Gosalyn. It was through this personal bond that the two began to both develop mutual, closeted feelings for each other, a fact likely observed by Gosalyn, who began giving Launchpad and Drake affectionate, fatherly nicknames - Pilot Pops & Darkwing Dad. Following a likely grueling six months of back and forth, Launchpad moved out of Duckburg to St. Canard in order to spend more time with Drake and Gosalyn, and the two began dating.

Unbeknownst to Launchpad, however, the events of the Thinner Pour had already been underway for a minimum of two months, and soon enough, the Ultimate Despair's invasion would exceed outside the Wasteland into the DuckTales canon, where Launchpad and Drake would later both be captured for the Wasteland Killing Game six months later.

### In The Killing Game

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## Two Lies, One Truth

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 He gets mortally wounded and hides it from the others
 August 2020
 May 2021

## Gallery

### Sprites

#### Chapter 3 ->

After the events of Chapter 2, Launchpad pockets Drake's mask with him at all times.

### Halloween 2021

For the Halloween 2021 Bonus story, Launchpad was dressed as Kano (Venture Bros.)

### Other

Launchpad's stage puppet.Launchpad's Scrum Debate pose.Launchpad without his jacket (1/2)Launchpad without his jacket (2/2)
## Trivia

* Launchpad is one of seven confirmed LGBT+ characters featured in Ronpa and Friends. The others are José Carioca, Panchito Pistoles, Darkwing Duck, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and Gadget Hackwrench.
* Launchpad is one of six characters who's sprites changed costumes at some point during the events of Ronpa and Friends, the others being Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera, Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Chip Pinetree, and Donald Duck.
* Launchpad is the only character to side with the protagonists on every single Debate Scrum featured in Ronpa and Friends, and the only character to side with Minnie in every Debate Scrum.
* Launchpad is the first of two characters to go through a permanent sprite change during production, the other being Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera.
	+ Oddly enough, none of Launchpad's CGs show his left pocket where he keeps Darkwing's mask.
* One of his favorite meals is Drake's blueberry pancakes, which he shares with Gossalyn.
* While Launchpad didn't appear in the 2020 Halloween special, he did appear in a set of discord emoji's featuring the characters cosplaying. In this, he dressed as Gonta Gokuhara.
* In the 2021 Halloween special, Launchpad makes his first Rerun appearance dressed as Kano from the Adult Swim show Venture Bros. However, as Darkwing Duck is missing the Blue Morpho's moustache, chances are the they are actually dressed as the Monarch and Henchman 21's brief appearance as the Blue Morpho and Kano, making their costumes the most complicated.
	+ The white stripe in Launchpad's hair may not be a costume item, as neither versions of Kano have that specific accessory. This may mean Launchpad's hair is starting to grey early from stress.