Darkwing Doubloon
- Studio
- Walt Disney Television Animation.
- Animation studio
- Kennedy Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Buena Vista Television
Synopsis
Three hundred years ago, a pirate scourge sailed the seas, striking for truth and justice.... Wait a minute, shouldn't that be "a scourge of pirates"? Darkwing Doubloon and his crew of Gosalyn, Launchpad, Gizmoduck, and Stegmutt must battle the alleged pirate Negaduck and the Fearsome Four to prevent them from making off with the King's jewels.
Characters
Gosalyn Waddlemeyer-Mallard, Launchpad McQuack, Darkwing Duck/Drake Mallard, Nega-Duck, Herb Muddlefoot, Binkie Muddlefoot, Tank Muddlefoot, Stegmutt, Gizmoduck, Dr. Reginald Bushroot, Megavolt, Quackerjack, Liquidator
Credits
Producing
- Producer
- Tad Stones, Alan Zaslove
Writing
- Writer
- Bruce Reid Schaeffer
- Story By
- Tom Minton
Voices
- Voice
- Christine Cavanaugh (Gosalyn Waddlemeyer-Mallard), Terence McGovern (Launchpad McQuack), Jim Cummings (Darkwing Duck/Drake Mallard, Nega-Duck, Herb Muddlefoot), Susan Tolsky (Binkie Muddlefoot), Dana Hill (Tank Muddlefoot), Joey Camen (Stegmutt), Hamilton Camp (Gizmoduck), Tino Insana (Dr. Reginald Bushroot), Dan Castellaneta (Megavolt), Michael Bell (Quackerjack), Jack Angel (Liquidator)
Production notes
First aired in syndication on The Disney Afternoon.
Darkwing Duck, a spin-off from Disney's hugely successful DuckTales, took the noble premise of cartoon superheroes like Batman and Superman, then turned it on its head.
In the vast reaches of the fictional metropolis of St. Canard, where evil lurked and crime ran rampant, there was only one chance for the future. By day, this great, feathered hope was known as Drake Mallard, a mild-mannered working duck. But by night, when his services were needed most, he turned into his crime-fighting alter ego, Darkwing Duck.
Like Batman and Superman, Darkwing was destined to fight the forces of evil and restore order to civilization. But unlike Batman and Superman, the superhero thing didn't come naturally to Darkwing Duck. A rather ill-fated (and all around hapless) superhero, Darkwing was helped in his efforts by his adopted daughter Gosalyn, her friend Honker Muddlefoot, and personal pilot Launchpad McQuack. While Darkwing and Launchpad believed themselves to be the saviors of duckkind, they couldn't have done it alone. Like Penny and Brain in the Inspector Gagdet cartoons, the resourceful Gosalyn and the intelligent, perpetually congested Honker were usually the true heroes.
The oversized ego of Darkwing Duck was often humbled by his rival, Fenton Crackshell, better known as Gizmo Duck. Both were in competition to defeat such criminal masterminds as Megavolt (an electrically charged rat), Negaduck (who was like a Bizarro Darkwing), and Bushroot. Perhaps worst of the arch-villains was Steel Beak, leader of F.O.W.L. (the Fiendish Organization of World Larceny).
Over the course of its lengthy run, Darkwing Duck proved to be as popular as its parent program. The show debuted on The Disney Channel in April 1993, then moved to a much wider audience that fall when new episodes appeared both on ABC's Saturday morning lineup and in weekday syndication as part of the Disney Afternoon. Whatever the location, time, or station, you could rest assured that when Darkwing Duck was around, there would be no fowl play in ducktown.
Darkwing Duck, a spin-off from Disney's hugely successful DuckTales, took the noble premise of cartoon superheroes like Batman and Superman, then turned it on its head.
In the vast reaches of the fictional metropolis of St. Canard, where evil lurked and crime ran rampant, there was only one chance for the future. By day, this great, feathered hope was known as Drake Mallard, a mild-mannered working duck. But by night, when his services were needed most, he turned into his crime-fighting alter ego, Darkwing Duck.
Like Batman and Superman, Darkwing was destined to fight the forces of evil and restore order to civilization. But unlike Batman and Superman, the superhero thing didn't come naturally to Darkwing Duck. A rather ill-fated (and all around hapless) superhero, Darkwing was helped in his efforts by his adopted daughter Gosalyn, her friend Honker Muddlefoot, and personal pilot Launchpad McQuack. While Darkwing and Launchpad believed themselves to be the saviors of duckkind, they couldn't have done it alone. Like Penny and Brain in the Inspector Gagdet cartoons, the resourceful Gosalyn and the intelligent, perpetually congested Honker were usually the true heroes.
The oversized ego of Darkwing Duck was often humbled by his rival, Fenton Crackshell, better known as Gizmo Duck. Both were in competition to defeat such criminal masterminds as Megavolt (an electrically charged rat), Negaduck (who was like a Bizarro Darkwing), and Bushroot. Perhaps worst of the arch-villains was Steel Beak, leader of F.O.W.L. (the Fiendish Organization of World Larceny).
Over the course of its lengthy run, Darkwing Duck proved to be as popular as its parent program. The show debuted on The Disney Channel in April 1993, then moved to a much wider audience that fall when new episodes appeared both on ABC's Saturday morning lineup and in weekday syndication as part of the Disney Afternoon. Whatever the location, time, or station, you could rest assured that when Darkwing Duck was around, there would be no fowl play in ducktown.