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* In ''Just Us Justice Ducks,'' the heroes all lose when trying to tackle the villains one on one, and only win once the entire teams square off against each other. This isn't just [[LetsGetDangerous the usual once-per-episode turnaround]] - we see that the villains get in each other's way even when they try to cooperate (which isn't always), whereas the heroes assist each other and combine their strengths to great effect. [[ThePowerOfFriendship Heroes are at their best when looking out for others,]] while [[ItsAllAboutMe villains are at their best when they only have to care about themselves.]]
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* One of the greatest problem in superheroes stories is WhyDontYaJustShootHim, but the very first episode of the show justifies why: Darkwing is shot many times, while distracted, and once even point-blank for good measure, and he just easily dodges each of them. It showed that nothing that simple would actually work, and much over-the-top schemes would have been necessary to deal with him.

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* One of the greatest problem in superheroes stories is WhyDontYaJustShootHim, but the very first episode of the show justifies why: why nobody tries to do so here: Darkwing is shot at many times, while distracted, and once even point-blank for good measure, and he just easily dodges each of them. It showed This shows that nothing that simple would actually work, work due to Darkwing's reflexes, and much over-the-top schemes would have been actually are necessary to deal with him.



* Why would Negaduck choose Quackerjack, Megavolt, Bushroot, and Liquidator as members of his team? Those four villains are dimwitted, which makes them easy to control and manipulate. Steel Beak and Taurus Bulba are far too dangerous to work with. Negs would have control over the city's plants, water, and electricity. Quackerjack is as chaotic and crazy as he is, so why not recruit him.

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* Why would Negaduck choose Quackerjack, Megavolt, Bushroot, and Liquidator as members of his team? Those four villains are dimwitted, dimwitted and have obsessions to exploit (e.g. Quackerjack's hatred of videogames), which makes them easy to control and manipulate. Steel Beak Steelbeak and Taurus Bulba are far too dangerous to work with. with, and have no need to rely on Negaduck at all. With this team lineup, Negs would have control over the city's plants, water, and electricity. Quackerjack electricity, all of which are potent avenues for crime. As for Quackerjack, he's is as chaotic and crazy as he Negaduck is, so why not recruit him.
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* Another running theme of the show is that SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome at crucial times. By no means has Darkwing ever been painted as a perfectly LawfulGood crimefighter; in fact, he's had to address sensory deprivation (which isn't fun at the start) and juggling his crimefighting with being a single adoptive parent. Oh, and Gosalyn's motivations for [[FollowInMyFootsteps following in his webbed footsteps]] aren't entirely a case of HeroWorship.

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* Another running theme of the show is that SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome at crucial times. By no means has Darkwing ever been painted as a perfectly LawfulGood classically good crimefighter; in fact, he's had to address sensory deprivation (which isn't fun at the start) and juggling his crimefighting with being a single adoptive parent. Oh, and Gosalyn's motivations for [[FollowInMyFootsteps following in his webbed footsteps]] aren't entirely a case of HeroWorship.

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* Well, more like a Fridge ''Tearjerker'', but in "Crash Reunion", it's established that Megavolt's real identity, Elmo Sputterspark, hasn't been seen ever since around his senior prom. One just has to imagine just what his loved ones have been going through all this time...


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* In "Crash Reunion", it's established that Megavolt's real identity, Elmo Sputterspark, hasn't been seen ever since around his senior prom. One just has to imagine just what his loved ones have been going through all this time...

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* Negaduck has his own Gosalyn who is sweet and nice. How is she still alive?! Negaduck HATES sweetness.
* In one episode Negaduck dresses up as Darkwing and commits crimes in order to make it seem like Darkwing had become a criminal. One of those crimes is "stealing someone's girl" as in he literally kidnaps somebody's girlfriend. While it was, of course, just done for the pun, you gotta consider that this is Negaduck, and that Darkwing Duck sometimes avoided "never say die"...what did he do to that girl afterwards?



* In "Dead Duck", Darkwing's death was [[ItWasAllADream just a dream]], but that means Megavolt was never defeated.
* Negaduck has his own Gosalyn who is sweet and nice. How is she still alive?! Negaduck HATES sweetness.
* In one episode Negaduck dresses up as Darkwing and commits crimes in order to make it seem like Darkwing had become a criminal. One of those crimes is "stealing someone's girl" as in he literally kidnaps somebody's girlfriend. While it was, of course, just done for the pun, you gotta consider that this is Negaduck...what did he do to that girl afterwards?

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* In "Dead Duck", Darkwing's death was [[ItWasAllADream just a dream]], but that means Megavolt was never defeated.
* Negaduck has his own Gosalyn who is sweet and nice. How is she still alive?! Negaduck HATES sweetness.
* In one episode Negaduck dresses up as Darkwing and commits crimes in order to make it seem like Darkwing had become a criminal. One of those crimes is "stealing someone's girl" as in he literally kidnaps somebody's girlfriend. While it was, of course, just done for the pun, you gotta consider that this is Negaduck...what did he do to that girl afterwards?
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* Negaduck has his own Gosalyn who is sweet and nice. How is she still alive?! Negaduck HATES sweetness.

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* Negaduck has his own Gosalyn who is sweet and nice. How is she still alive?! Negaduck HATES sweetness.sweetness.
* In one episode Negaduck dresses up as Darkwing and commits crimes in order to make it seem like Darkwing had become a criminal. One of those crimes is "stealing someone's girl" as in he literally kidnaps somebody's girlfriend. While it was, of course, just done for the pun, you gotta consider that this is Negaduck...what did he do to that girl afterwards?
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* Why would Negaduck choose Quackerjack, Megavolt, Bushroot, and Liquidator as members of his team? Those four villains are dimwitted, which makes them easy to control and manipulate. Steel Beak and Taurus Bulba are far too dangerous to work with. Negs would have control over the city's plants, water, and electricity. Quackerjack is as chaotic and crazy as he is, so why not recruit him.
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* Another running theme of the show is that RealityEnsues at crucial times. By no means has Darkwing ever been painted as a perfectly LawfulGood crimefighter; in fact, he's had to address sensory deprivation (which isn't fun at the start) and juggling his crimefighting with being a single adoptive parent. Oh, and Gosalyn's motivations for [[FollowInMyFootsteps following in his webbed footsteps]] aren't entirely a case of HeroWorship.

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* Another running theme of the show is that RealityEnsues SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome at crucial times. By no means has Darkwing ever been painted as a perfectly LawfulGood crimefighter; in fact, he's had to address sensory deprivation (which isn't fun at the start) and juggling his crimefighting with being a single adoptive parent. Oh, and Gosalyn's motivations for [[FollowInMyFootsteps following in his webbed footsteps]] aren't entirely a case of HeroWorship.
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* Morgana lumping Honker with the rest of the Muddlefoots and casting him aside during the climax of "F.O.W.L. Disposition" seems rather harsh, especially to anyone who sees Honker as [[FamilyOfChoice just as much a member of Darkwing's family as the rest]], but it's perhaps understandable that Morgana wouldn't see it that way. Since Honker and Morgana never appeared in any episode together in the animated series, Morgana wouldn't have had the chance to witness Honker's contributions to the team's cases and overall what he brings to the team's dynamic. She hasn't had the chance to learn anything about Honker other than that he's a Muddlefoot who happens to be Gosalyn's friend.

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* As if all this weren't horrific enough, the "Campaign Carnage" arc from the comics has Darkwing imagine creating a police force wearing Darkwarrior-style outfits to keep anyone from losing someone the way he lost [[spoiler: Morgana.]] Gosalyn isn't Darkwing's only trigger. There may be universes where Gosalyn had to watch her dad descend into HeWhoFightsMonsters territory after something happened to Morgana or Launchpad.

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* As if all this weren't horrific enough, the "Campaign Carnage" arc from the comics has Darkwing imagine creating a police force wearing Darkwarrior-style outfits to keep anyone from losing someone the way he lost [[spoiler: Morgana.]] Morgana. Gosalyn isn't Darkwing's only trigger. There may be universes where Gosalyn had to watch her dad descend into HeWhoFightsMonsters territory after something happened to Morgana or Launchpad.



* In the second arc of the Boom Studios comic book, an unknown presence [[spoiler:that later turns out to be Paddywhack]] eats people that are near the ocean alive. [[spoiler:Paddywhack]] gets defeated, but it is never explained what happened to his victims. This is made worse because nobody expresses concern for their whereabouts at the end of the arc.
* Ordinary Guy's ''life''. Is it any wonder he [[spoiler: snapped and became villainous?]] He is the only one without superpowers living on a planet where ''everyone'' has superpowers, and they constantly save him from ''everything'', not allowing him to do his life freely. [[spoiler: Now that Darkwing Duck taught them about villainy and that Ordinary Guy was defeated, there's a possibility he's going to become their [[ButtMonkey punching bag.]]]]

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* In the second arc of the Boom Studios comic book, an unknown presence [[spoiler:that that later turns out to be Paddywhack]] Paddywhack eats people that are near the ocean alive. [[spoiler:Paddywhack]] Paddywhack gets defeated, but it is never explained what happened to his victims. This is made worse because nobody expresses concern for their whereabouts at the end of the arc.
* Ordinary Guy's ''life''. Is it any wonder he [[spoiler: snapped and became villainous?]] villainous? He is the only one without superpowers living on a planet where ''everyone'' has superpowers, and they constantly save him from ''everything'', not allowing him to do his life freely. [[spoiler: Now that Darkwing Duck taught them about villainy and that Ordinary Guy was defeated, there's a possibility he's going to become their [[ButtMonkey punching bag.]]]]]]



* Launchpad lives with Drake, and is seen with him constantly in public. Then as Darkwing, he's still there as his sidekick (and Launchpad doesn't wear a mask or disguise). Yet no one seems to have put two and two together. [[spoiler: As of Comic #3, [=NegaDuck=] FINALLY put two and two together after noticing Launchpad coming out of a laundromat with two different pairs of Darkwing's clothes...]]
-->[[spoiler:'''[=NegaDuck=]''': And that got me thinking... That was the loose end I needed to untangle '''everything.''' [[OhCrap Now I can ENJOY ripping your life to SHREDS]].]]
** [[spoiler:But as a Evil counterpart from a MirrorUniverse, shouldn't he already know this?]]
*** [[spoiler:Not necessarily. There may have been Nega versions of Launchpad, Gosalyn, and Honker that [=NegaDuck=] tried to make as his own "family" that didn't work out so well from that old episode, but they never knew who [=NegaDuck=] really was. And besides, he DID say that he was watching the Mallard household for ''months'' after he saw Launchpad, presumably to make sure he was on to something.]]
*** But that still doesn't make sense. [[spoiler: [=NegaDuck=] apparently lived in the same house as Drake in the Negaverse, which either means "Drake Mallard" isn't just an identity but truly who they are outside of the mask, or...it's just an amazing coincidence of epic proportions. And he even used Canard Tower as a base of operations, didn't he? Seriously, the fact he didn't know just doesn't make sense at all.]]
*** [[spoiler: Negaduck didn't use his real identity at all, so he didn't think Darkwing bothered with it either. When he realizes this isn't the case, he zeroes in on the Mallard house almost immediately and watches for months.]]

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* Launchpad lives with Drake, and is seen with him constantly in public. Then as Darkwing, he's still there as his sidekick (and Launchpad doesn't wear a mask or disguise). Yet no one seems to have put two and two together. [[spoiler: As of Comic #3, [=NegaDuck=] FINALLY put two and two together after noticing Launchpad coming out of a laundromat with two different pairs of Darkwing's clothes...]]
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And that got me thinking... That was the loose end I needed to untangle '''everything.''' [[OhCrap Now I can ENJOY ripping your life to SHREDS]].]]
SHREDS]].
** [[spoiler:But But as a Evil counterpart from a MirrorUniverse, shouldn't he already know this?]]
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*** [[spoiler:Not Not necessarily. There may have been Nega versions of Launchpad, Gosalyn, and Honker that [=NegaDuck=] tried to make as his own "family" that didn't work out so well from that old episode, but they never knew who [=NegaDuck=] really was. And besides, he DID say that he was watching the Mallard household for ''months'' after he saw Launchpad, presumably to make sure he was on to something.]]
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*** But that still doesn't make sense. [[spoiler: [=NegaDuck=] apparently lived in the same house as Drake in the Negaverse, which either means "Drake Mallard" isn't just an identity but truly who they are outside of the mask, or...it's just an amazing coincidence of epic proportions. And he even used Canard Tower as a base of operations, didn't he? Seriously, the fact he didn't know just doesn't make sense at all.]]
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*** [[spoiler: Negaduck didn't use his real identity at all, so he didn't think Darkwing bothered with it either. When he realizes this isn't the case, he zeroes in on the Mallard house almost immediately and watches for months.]]
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* When "Star Crossed Circuits" has a JobStealingRobot being preferred over Launchpad, it [[MiseryTrigger throws him into a deep funk]]. Of course it does; it's [[Recap/DuckTalesS1E2Armstrong Armstrong]] all over again!
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* Another running theme of the show is that RealityEnsues at crucial times. By no means has Darkwing ever been painted as a perfectly LawfulGood crimefighter; in fact, he's had to address sensory deprivation (which isn't fun at the start) and juggling his crimefighting with being a single adopted parent. Oh, and Gosalyn's motivations for [[FollowInMyFootsteps following in his webbed footsteps]] aren't entirely a case of HeroWorship.

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* Another running theme of the show is that RealityEnsues at crucial times. By no means has Darkwing ever been painted as a perfectly LawfulGood crimefighter; in fact, he's had to address sensory deprivation (which isn't fun at the start) and juggling his crimefighting with being a single adopted adoptive parent. Oh, and Gosalyn's motivations for [[FollowInMyFootsteps following in his webbed footsteps]] aren't entirely a case of HeroWorship.
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** The color schemes of the villains also enforce this, almost consistently averting PrimaryColorChampion. In addition to the aforementioned Negaduck, Megavolt's color scheme is red, yellow and blue, Quackerjack is half-red, Liquidator is blue, Ammonia Pine is red and blue, and Taurus Bulba predominantly red. Ironically, the straightest example of SecondaryColorNemisis, Bushroot, is also the least evil.

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** The color schemes of the villains also enforce this, almost consistently averting PrimaryColorChampion. In addition to the aforementioned Negaduck, Megavolt's color scheme is red, yellow and blue, Quackerjack is half-red, Liquidator is blue, Ammonia Pine is red and blue, and Taurus Bulba predominantly red. Ironically, the straightest example of SecondaryColorNemisis, a SecondaryColorNemesis, Bushroot, is also the least evil.
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** The color schemes of the villains also enforce this, almost consistently averting PrimaryColorChampion. In addition to the aforementioned Negaduck, Megavolt's color scheme is red, yellow and blue, Quackerjack is half-red, Liquidator is blue, Ammonia Pine is red and blue, and Taurus Bulba predominantly red. Ironically, the straightest example of SecondaryColorNemisis, Bushroot, is also the least evil.
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*** So what if they do? He's not Bruce Wayne (or Scrooge McDuck), he wouldn't be a famous figure in their world. Nothing says Drake Mallard is someone who'd stand out in a crowd. Accounting for the show's loose continuity, when Negaduck breaks out of jail and there's a manhunt for him, they wouldn't know to look for Drake Mallard unless Negaduck called himself that when in custody. And even if they noticed Drake Mallard and saw how he looked just like the infamous Negaduck, would they really assume they're the same rather than just coincidentally looking alike or at most being relatives?

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*** So what if they do? He's not Bruce Wayne (or Scrooge McDuck), [=McDuck=]), he wouldn't be a famous figure in their world. Nothing says Drake Mallard is someone who'd stand out in a crowd. Accounting for the show's loose continuity, when Negaduck breaks out of jail and there's a manhunt for him, they wouldn't know to look for Drake Mallard unless Negaduck called himself that when in custody. And even if they noticed Drake Mallard and saw how he looked just like the infamous Negaduck, would they really assume they're the same rather than just coincidentally looking alike or at most being relatives?
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** Quackerjack is a clown who makes lethal toys. Steelbeak wears a black and white suit while presenting himself as suave, charming. The Frequency Fiends were all manifestations of some part of Gosalyn's personality who were associated with some form of energy (heat, light, radio). The original Negaduck transformed into a monster of crackling electricity. Of the heroes or associated friends/family/allies, Neptunia and Stegmutt are both reformed mutants, Morgana's family are hostile but become friendly to "normals." The Dark Is Not Evil and Light/Bright Is Not Good motifs do recur across the series.


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*** So what if they do? He's not Bruce Wayne (or Scrooge McDuck), he wouldn't be a famous figure in their world. Nothing says Drake Mallard is someone who'd stand out in a crowd. Accounting for the show's loose continuity, when Negaduck breaks out of jail and there's a manhunt for him, they wouldn't know to look for Drake Mallard unless Negaduck called himself that when in custody. And even if they noticed Drake Mallard and saw how he looked just like the infamous Negaduck, would they really assume they're the same rather than just coincidentally looking alike or at most being relatives?
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*** They don't for the same reason that the villains are all wearing their costumes in prison in [[{{Series/Batman}} Batman '66]]

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*** They don't for the same reason that the villains are all wearing their costumes in prison in [[{{Series/Batman}} [[Series/Batman1966 Batman '66]]
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* DW's HeroWithBadPublicity status. In the pilot, he botches his attempt to stop Taurus Bulba's henchmen from stealing the Ramrod weapon and is blamed by the police for it. Bulba rolls with this to get DW arrested by said police and out of his hair. Most superheroes would try to [[ClearMyName clear their names]] after this. But Launchpad [[CarMeetsHouse inadvertently busts through the prison wall]] before he can bail DW out legally, and Bulba and the Ramrod explode before DW can turn them in and exonerate himself. So as far as the police and St. Canard populace know, DW masterminded the theft of a top-secret military weapon and is a fugitive at large.

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* DW's Darkwing's HeroWithBadPublicity status. In the pilot, he botches his attempt to stop Taurus Bulba's henchmen from stealing the Ramrod weapon and is blamed by the police for it.theft. Bulba rolls with this to get DW arrested by said police and out of his hair. Most superheroes would try to [[ClearMyName clear their names]] after this. But Launchpad [[CarMeetsHouse inadvertently busts through the prison wall]] before he can bail DW out legally, and Bulba and the Ramrod explode before DW can turn them in and exonerate himself. So as far as the police and St. Canard populace know, DW Darkwing masterminded the theft of a top-secret military weapon and is a fugitive at large.
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* DW's HeroWithBadPublicity status. In the pilot, he botches his attempt to stop Taurus Bulba's henchmen from stealing the Ramrod weapon and is blamed by the police for it. Bulba rolls with this to get DW arrested by said police and out of his hair. Most superheroes would try to [[ClearMyName clear their names]] after this.Launchpad [[CarMeetsHouse inadvertently busts through the prison wall]] before he can bail DW out legally, and Bulba and the Ramrod explode before DW can turn them in and exonerate himself. As far as the police and St. Canard populace know, DW masterminded the theft of a top-secret military weapon and is a fugitive at large.

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* DW's HeroWithBadPublicity status. In the pilot, he botches his attempt to stop Taurus Bulba's henchmen from stealing the Ramrod weapon and is blamed by the police for it. Bulba rolls with this to get DW arrested by said police and out of his hair. Most superheroes would try to [[ClearMyName clear their names]] after this. But Launchpad [[CarMeetsHouse inadvertently busts through the prison wall]] before he can bail DW out legally, and Bulba and the Ramrod explode before DW can turn them in and exonerate himself. As So as far as the police and St. Canard populace know, DW masterminded the theft of a top-secret military weapon and is a fugitive at large.
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* DW's HeroWithBadPublicity status. In the pilot, he botches his attempt to stop Taurus Bulba's henchmen from stealing the Ramrod weapon and is blamed by the police for it. Bulba rolls with this to get DW arrested by said police and out of his hair. Launchpad [[CarMeetsHouse inadvertently busts through the prison wall]] before he can bail DW out legally, and Bulba and the Ramrod explode before DW can turn them in and exonerate himself. As far as the police and St. Canard populace know, DW masterminded the theft of a top-secret military weapon and is a fugitive at large.

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* DW's HeroWithBadPublicity status. In the pilot, he botches his attempt to stop Taurus Bulba's henchmen from stealing the Ramrod weapon and is blamed by the police for it. Bulba rolls with this to get DW arrested by said police and out of his hair. Most superheroes would try to [[ClearMyName clear their names]] after this.Launchpad [[CarMeetsHouse inadvertently busts through the prison wall]] before he can bail DW out legally, and Bulba and the Ramrod explode before DW can turn them in and exonerate himself. As far as the police and St. Canard populace know, DW masterminded the theft of a top-secret military weapon and is a fugitive at large.
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* DW's HeroWithBadPublicity status. In the pilot, he botches his attempt to stop Taurus Bulba's henchmen from stealing the Ramrod weapon and is blamed by the police for it. Bulba rolls with this to get DW arrested by said police and out of his hair. Launchpad [[CarMeetsHouse inadvertently busts through the prison wall]] before he can bail DW out legally, and Bulba and the Ramrod explode before DW can turn them in and exonerate himself. As far as the police and St. Canard populace know, DW masterminded the theft of a top-secret military weapon and is a fugitive at large.
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* Another running theme of the show is that RealityEnsues at crucial times. By no means has Darkwing ever been painted as a perfectly LawfulGood crimefighter; in fact, he's had to address sensory deprivation (which isn't fun at the start) and juggling his crimefighting with being a single adopted parent. Oh, and Gosalyn's motivations for [[FollowInMyFootsteps following in his webbed footsteps]] aren't entirely a case of HeroWorship.
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* The [[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} Objectivist]] themes surrounding [[Creator/CarlBarks Scrooge McDuck]] spilled over into [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales his show's]] SpiritualSuccessor - it's all about a protagonist with "an ego the size of a small planet" whose motive power is not altruism but personal {{pride}} and a pathological need for action.

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* The [[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} Objectivist]] themes surrounding [[Creator/CarlBarks Scrooge McDuck]] spilled over into [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 his show's]] SpiritualSuccessor - it's all about a protagonist with "an ego the size of a small planet" whose motive power is not altruism but personal {{pride}} and a pathological need for action.



* Launchpad is a much better pilot in this series and doesn't [[CaptainCrash crash-land]] nearly as often as he did in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''. However, if you recall the last episode of ''[=DuckTales=]'', "The Golden Goose," he managed to make a perfect landing while attempting to crash on purpose. It would appear that by the time ''Darkwing Duck'' began, Launchpad's finally learned how to land.

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* Launchpad is a much better pilot in this series and doesn't [[CaptainCrash crash-land]] nearly as often as he did in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''.''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. However, if you recall the last episode of ''[=DuckTales=]'', "The Golden Goose," he managed to make a perfect landing while attempting to crash on purpose. It would appear that by the time ''Darkwing Duck'' began, Launchpad's finally learned how to land.



* [[WholeEpisodeFlashback By narrating the plot of "Night of the Living Spud"]] to a group of Boy Scouts (or are they [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Junior Woodchucks]]?), Darkwing revealed his SecretIdentity as Drake Mallard, didn't he? Actually, no -- at no point in Darkwing's story do we see Drake Mallard changing into Darkwing Duck. In the story as told, Drake's merely the neighbor of the Muddlefoots, who sees them leave to go camping (establishing why they're there when the monster catches them), and then sees the strange news report that segues into Bushroot's latest crime spree and Darkwing Duck first getting involved. After that, he's never seen again, nor does Gosalyn ever address him as "Dad." In Darkwing's version, Drake is merely an innocent bystander used to provide exposition via what he observes, not an important character like Darkwing, and an in-universe listener who knew nothing about either of them would never make the connection.
* A seemingly minor plot point in "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E9WaterWayToGo Water Way to Go]]" actually plays into the episode's {{Aesop}}. Launchpad shows the ability to ride a surfboard, something never seen before. However, watchers who came to ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' will remember Launchpad occasionally showing that ability there.[[note]]Of course, this requires [[DeathOfTheAuthor ignoring Tad Stones' statement that they're alternate universes]].[[/note]] It's not that [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat Launchpad has spontaneously developed a new ability]]; it's that ''Darkwing'' has never thought that inventorying his abilities would be worthwhile. What was the episode's moral? That Darkwing needs to have faith in his sidekick and not disrespect him just because of his role.

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* [[WholeEpisodeFlashback By narrating the plot of "Night of the Living Spud"]] to a group of Boy Scouts (or are they [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Junior Woodchucks]]?), Darkwing revealed his SecretIdentity as Drake Mallard, didn't he? Actually, no -- at no point in Darkwing's story do we see Drake Mallard changing into Darkwing Duck. In the story as told, Drake's merely the neighbor of the Muddlefoots, who sees them leave to go camping (establishing why they're there when the monster catches them), and then sees the strange news report that segues into Bushroot's latest crime spree and Darkwing Duck first getting involved. After that, he's never seen again, nor does Gosalyn ever address him as "Dad." In Darkwing's version, Drake is merely an innocent bystander used to provide exposition via what he observes, not an important character like Darkwing, and an in-universe listener who knew nothing about either of them would never make the connection.
* A seemingly minor plot point in "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E9WaterWayToGo Water Way to Go]]" actually plays into the episode's {{Aesop}}. Launchpad shows the ability to ride a surfboard, something never seen before. However, watchers who came to ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' will remember Launchpad occasionally showing that ability there.[[note]]Of course, this requires [[DeathOfTheAuthor ignoring Tad Stones' statement that they're alternate universes]].[[/note]] It's not that [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat Launchpad has spontaneously developed a new ability]]; it's that ''Darkwing'' has never thought that inventorying his abilities would be worthwhile. What was the episode's moral? That Darkwing needs to have faith in his sidekick and not disrespect him just because of his role.
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* As if all this weren't horrific enough, the "Campaign Carnage" arc from the comics has Darkwing imagine creating a police force wearing Darkwarrior-style outfits to keep anyone from losing someone the way he lost [[spoiler: Morgana.]] Gosalyn isn't Darkwing's only trigger. There may be universes where Gosalyn had to watch her dad descend into HeWhoFightsMonsters territory after something happened to Morgana or Launchpad.

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