Darkwing Duck (character)
From The Film Guide
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| First appearance | Darkwing Duck |
| Created by | Clyde Geronimi Les Clark Eric Larson Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Voiced by | Sterling Holloway Jim Cummings |
| Notable aliases | Drake Mallard |
Drake Mallard, better known as Darkwing Duck is a fictional character created for the Disney film and animated series Darkwing Duck. His first appearance was in the film Darkwing Duck. He is voiced by Sterling Holloway and Jim Cummings.
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Darkwing's main weapon of choice in his crime-fighting escapades is his gas gun, which fires a variety of different gases at his opponents (smoke bombs, laughing gas, tear gas, etc.), as well as having a retractable line and grappling hook for transportation purposes. His main forms of transportation are the Thunderquack (a small airplane-like vehicle shaped like Darkwing's head that was built and is piloted by Launchpad) and his motorcycle, called the Ratcatcher (a name shared with a Batman villain, maintaining the theme of superhero homages and parodies).
Darkwing often demonstrates a large degree of clumsiness and lack of common sense that is hampered by his tremendous ego. However, unlike Inspector Gadget and similar cartoon heroes, Darkwing is actually extraordinarily competent as a superhero; that is once he puts aside distractions and ego and focuses completely on the case. This moment of transition would be marked by Darkwing's catchphrase "Let's get dangerous".
In some episodes, Darkwing is sent on missions as a freelance agent of S.H.U.S.H., a covert crime-fighting organization that is so secret, nobody knows what the acronym stands for. Darkwing's S.H.U.S.H. missions most often have the aim of thwarting various evil schemes of the Fiendish Organization for World Larceny (or F.O.W.L.).
While he is known as a hero in St. Canard, he frequently deals with citizens misunderstanding him. Numerous episodes bring up the fact that he's very unpopular, due to his intimidating tactics and dark appearance, to the point where the episode Let's Get Respectable was devoted to making him over as a more likeable hero with nicer language, a brighter costume, and flower petals instead of smoke and gas. Once it interfered with the episode's case, however, the makeover quickly ended. This lack of popularity often clashes with his inflated ego.
Even though he is referred to as a "superhero" (by himself and other citizens), Darkwing has no true superpower. Instead, he relies on his weapons, finesse, and intellect to solve crimes and stop villains.
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