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Shouldn't it feel awkward for Megavolt to work for a guy who acts and sounds like the first Negaduck? You would think he would be traumatized.

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Shouldn't it feel awkward for Megavolt to work for a guy who acts and sounds like the first Negaduck? You would think he would be traumatized.traumatized.
* Maybe his memory shorted out there and got fuzzy enough to allow it? Maybe part of the reason he listens to Negaduck II ''is'' his earlier experience?
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* As for why they don't straight up hire them, the Five are probably kind of difficult to control, especially Negaduck. Their goals don't necessarily align with F.O.W.L.'s, not to mention, a lot of episodes mention the organization running low on funds, so they might just simply not have the money to hire four to five villains, most of which are criminally insane and/or superpowered enough to do some damage if unsatisfied. Besides, F.O.W.L. already has plenty of agents who frequently lose to Darkwing, so why spend money (that they're apparently short on) on potential threats who have a history of also being foiled by him?

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* As for why they don't straight up hire them, the Five are probably kind of difficult to control, especially Negaduck. Their goals don't necessarily align with F.O.W.L.'s, not to mention, a lot of episodes mention the organization running low on funds, so they might just simply not have the money to hire four to five villains, most of which are criminally insane and/or superpowered enough to do some damage if unsatisfied. Besides, F.O.W.L. already has plenty of agents who frequently lose to Darkwing, so why spend money (that they're apparently short on) on potential threats who have a history of also being foiled by him?him?

[[WMG: Megavolt working for Negaduck II]]
Shouldn't it feel awkward for Megavolt to work for a guy who acts and sounds like the first Negaduck? You would think he would be traumatized.
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As for why they don't straight up hire them, the Five are probably kind of difficult to control, especially Negaduck. Their goals don't necessarily align with F.O.W.L.'s, not to mention, a lot of episodes mention the organization running low on funds, so they might just simply not have the money to hire four to five villains, most of which are criminally insane and/or superpowered enough to do some damage if unsatisfied. Besides, F.O.W.L. already has plenty of agents who frequently lose to Darkwing, so why spend money (that they're apparently short on) on potential threats who have a history of also being foiled by him?

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As *As for why they don't straight up hire them, the Five are probably kind of difficult to control, especially Negaduck. Their goals don't necessarily align with F.O.W.L.'s, not to mention, a lot of episodes mention the organization running low on funds, so they might just simply not have the money to hire four to five villains, most of which are criminally insane and/or superpowered enough to do some damage if unsatisfied. Besides, F.O.W.L. already has plenty of agents who frequently lose to Darkwing, so why spend money (that they're apparently short on) on potential threats who have a history of also being foiled by him?
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There are 2 Evil groups in the Darkwing Duck Universe; The Fearsome Five, composed of the 4 most reoccurring goofy villains and Negaduck, and [=F.O.W.L.=], which is essentially an evil Terrorist Organization that hires a few lesser villains to do more covert work (mostly stealing things and assassinations). There have been multiple times Negaduck and the Fearsome Five have proven to be real threats and have even taken over the entire city once, but there was no mention of [=F.O.W.L.=] during these 2-parter, nor do any episodes that have [=F.O.W.L.=] have the Fearsome Five or reverse. So why haven't [=F.O.W.L.=] either a) tried to hire the Fearsome Five to successfully do work for them (if even temporary), or b) tried to get rid of them as they're the biggest threat to their criminal enterprise?

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There are 2 Evil groups in the Darkwing Duck Universe; The Fearsome Five, composed of the 4 most reoccurring goofy villains and Negaduck, and [=F.O.W.L.=], which is essentially an evil Terrorist Organization that hires a few lesser villains to do more covert work (mostly stealing things and assassinations). There have been multiple times Negaduck and the Fearsome Five have proven to be real threats and have even taken over the entire city once, but there was no mention of [=F.O.W.L.=] during these 2-parter, nor do any episodes that have [=F.O.W.L.=] have the Fearsome Five or reverse. So why haven't [=F.O.W.L.=] either a) tried to hire the Fearsome Five to successfully do work for them (if even temporary), or b) tried to get rid of them as they're the biggest threat to their criminal enterprise?enterprise?
*F.O.W.L. is an international organization with many bases. The Fearsome Five are mostly limited to St. Canard, which is just one of their standpoints, so it probably doesn't matter that much to them down the line. Besides, they probably keep Darkwing occupied enough for F.O.W.L. to run some schemes in the background, which we just don't see much of, so they might just be considered inconsequential/useful enough to keep alive.
As for why they don't straight up hire them, the Five are probably kind of difficult to control, especially Negaduck. Their goals don't necessarily align with F.O.W.L.'s, not to mention, a lot of episodes mention the organization running low on funds, so they might just simply not have the money to hire four to five villains, most of which are criminally insane and/or superpowered enough to do some damage if unsatisfied. Besides, F.O.W.L. already has plenty of agents who frequently lose to Darkwing, so why spend money (that they're apparently short on) on potential threats who have a history of also being foiled by him?
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* The Negaverse is as the name says a negative version. Nothing in the show or comics says there are other negative Earths with negative Darkwings (Darkwarrior doesn't count since he's a corrupted but still well-meaning Darkwing).

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* The Negaverse is as the name says a negative version. Nothing in the show or comics says there are other negative Earths with negative Darkwings (Darkwarrior doesn't count since he's a corrupted but still well-meaning Darkwing).Darkwing).

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There are 2 Evil groups in the Darkwing Duck Universe; The Fearsome Five, composed of the 4 most reoccurring goofy villains and Negaduck, and [=F.O.W.L.=], which is essentially an evil Terrorist Organization that hires a few lesser villains to do more covert work (mostly stealing things and assassinations). There have been multiple times Negaduck and the Fearsome Five have proven to be real threats and have even taken over the entire city once, but there was no mention of [=F.O.W.L.=] during these 2-parter, nor do any episodes that have [=F.O.W.L.=] have the Fearsome Five or reverse. So why haven't [=F.O.W.L.=] either a) tried to hire the Fearsome Five to successfully do work for them (if even temporary), or b) tried to get rid of them as they're the biggest threat to their criminal enterprise?
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* They're hybrids. They have beaks like Binky but are Duck colored like Herb and most of the cast. While Binky is yellow.
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* It's been long established in Disney Duck canon that different species of birds (most notably waterfowl) can interbreed. Donald is 25% coot, and Gladstone is half goose, 25% duck and 25% coot. Launchpad appears to be half pelican, half duck, given that we meet his father (an apparent pelican) and mother (clearly a duck) in one episode of DT87. J. Gander Hooter is implied to be part goose, part owl. So it's entirely within the realm of canon for Honker and Tank to be half duck, half canary.

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* It's been long established in Disney Duck canon that different species of birds (most notably waterfowl) can interbreed. Donald is 25% coot, and Gladstone is half goose, 25% duck and 25% coot. Launchpad appears to be half pelican, half duck, given that we meet his father (an apparent pelican) and mother (clearly a duck) in one episode of DT87.WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987. J. Gander Hooter is implied to be part goose, part owl. So it's entirely within the realm of canon for Honker and Tank to be half duck, half canary.
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* It's been long established in Disney Duck canon that different species of birds (most notably waterfowl) can interbreed. Donald is 25% coot, and Gladstone is half goose, 25% duck and 25% coot. Launchpad appears to be half pelican, half duck, given that we meet his father (an apparent pelican) and mother (clearly a duck) in one episode of DT87. J. Gander Hooter is implied to be part goose, part owl. So it's entirely within the realm of canon for Honker and Tank to be half duck, half canary.
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* Every member of the Fearsome Five has been beaten by Darkwing on an individual and team level. Negaduck IS Darkwing Duck, but with moral restraints removed. That alone makes him the most dangerous member of the Fearsome Five, and gives him more than enough authority over the rest of them.
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If the yellow and red Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck II? If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's world, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have their own evil twins?

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If the yellow and red Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck II? If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's world, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have their own evil twins?twins?
* The Negaverse is as the name says a negative version. Nothing in the show or comics says there are other negative Earths with negative Darkwings (Darkwarrior doesn't count since he's a corrupted but still well-meaning Darkwing).

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** From the Fridge page: "As Darkwing's MirrorUniverse counterpart, [=NegaDuck=] truly is Darkwing's opposite in much the same way the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' mirror characters were the prime universe characters' opposites: in some, but not all aspects. In the aspects where they're not opposites, Darkwing and [=NegaDuck=] are in fact exactly the same; and one of those aspects is that Darkwing had an obsessive attention to detail that allowed him to track a small and needlessly complicated clue to [=NegaDuck=]'s lair... while [[FailedASpotCheck overlooking the big black Fearsome Five flag [=NegaDuck=] had hoisted over the same building]]. The reason [=NegaDuck=] failed to realize where Darkwing Duck lives as a civilian? Both ducks are bound by the same RuleOfFunny, and they both have the tendency to overlook the screamingly obvious while searching for an insanely complicated solution from an obscure clue."



[[WMG:How did Mr. and Mrs. Muddlefooh get Tank and Honker?]]

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[[WMG:How did Mr. and Mrs. Muddlefooh Muddlefoot get Tank and Honker?]]
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** Even if they did unmask him and realise who he was the real Drake Mallard would still be living normally, clearly visible while Negaduck was in custody. The cops would have just assumed they looked like by coincidence. It would only be a problem if his identity was revealed before he was caught.
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** Negaduck ''had'' to knowm he has his own evil Launchpad in the Negaverse.

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** Negaduck ''had'' to knowm know he has his own evil Launchpad in the Negaverse.
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** Negaduck ''had'' to knowm he has his own evil Launchpad in the Negaverse.
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** And RealWorldEpisode.
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* There's is no reason for Quackerjack to hate Christmas, the episode gives Bushroot a reason by having him been mistreated because he's a mutant, making him kind of a Grinch-like character (but without the redemption).
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* Also two more things: a) Darkwing may have learn to trust more on Lauchpad's potential parenting skills between the two episodes and b) He didn't have a choice anyway, he was dead and saying good bye, he wasn't going to spoil the moment by raising questions about Launchpad's abilities.
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* Well, don't forget that this is a spin-off of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' and, by extension, of the Disney duck comics universe. In the Donald Duck/Darkwing Duck/Scrooge [=McDuck=] universe, not only one but many different species evolved into sentient life forms. There ARE humans in this world (such as Witch Hazel, the Mad Scientist from "Donald Duck in Ancient Persia", and so on), but we just don't see any in ''Darkwing Duck'' by pure hazard. Oh, and there are also anthropomrophic dogs, owls, pigs, goats, cows, horses and I'm probably still forgetting some others.

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* Well, don't forget that this is a spin-off of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' and, by extension, of the Disney duck comics universe. In the Donald Duck/Darkwing Duck/Scrooge [=McDuck=] universe, not only one but many different species evolved into sentient life forms. There ARE humans in this world (such as Witch Hazel, the Mad Scientist from "Donald Duck in Ancient Persia", and so on), but we just don't see any in ''Darkwing Duck'' by pure hazard. Oh, and there are also anthropomrophic dogs, owls, pigs, goats, cows, horses and I'm probably still forgetting some others.



* For this and similar cartoons (WesternAnimation/DuckTales etc), the rule seems to be that birds can interbreed with each other, but not with other species. Generally the only difference we see is the beaks.

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* For this and similar cartoons (WesternAnimation/DuckTales (WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 etc), the rule seems to be that birds can interbreed with each other, but not with other species. Generally the only difference we see is the beaks.



* In the episode "Up, Up, and Awry" he just zooms around as though he's literally Superman. It's been well established that he needs his helicopter rotor to fly. I'm sure at least ''some'' of the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' crew also worked on ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', so how come nobody noticed?

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* In the episode "Up, Up, and Awry" he just zooms around as though he's literally Superman. It's been well established that he needs his helicopter rotor to fly. I'm sure at least ''some'' of the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' crew also worked on ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', so how come nobody noticed?



** Probably the above since the original Gizmosuit was destroyed in the WesternAnimation/DuckTales episode "Attack of the Metal Mites" and later Fenton comments he's going to get Gyro to build him a new one.

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** Probably the above since the original Gizmosuit was destroyed in the WesternAnimation/DuckTales WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 episode "Attack of the Metal Mites" and later Fenton comments he's going to get Gyro to build him a new one.
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If the yellow and red Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's world, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have their own evil twins?

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If the yellow and red Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? Negaduck II? If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's world, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have their own evil twins?
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[[WMG: Are there other versions of Negaduck (yellow and red version) out there in the multiverse?]]
If Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's world, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have their own evil twins?

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[[WMG: Are there other versions of Negaduck (yellow and red version) II out there in the multiverse?]]
If the yellow and red Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's world, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have their own evil twins?
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[[WMG: Are there other versions of Negaduck out there in the multiverse?]]

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[[WMG: Are there other versions of Negaduck (yellow and red version) out there in the multiverse?]]
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If Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's dimension, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have their own evil twins?

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If Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's dimension, world, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have their own evil twins?
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If Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's dimension, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have evil twins?

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If Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's dimension, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have their own evil twins?
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If Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? What I'm asking is, do the other alternate Darkwings have evil twins?

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If Negaduck is just an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? What I'm asking is, do If the Negaverse is a dimension within our Darkwing's dimension, does that mean the other alternate Darkwings have evil twins?
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If Negaduck is just a Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? Negs is basically an evil DW with a different name, right?

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If Negaduck is just a an evil Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? Negs is basically an What I'm asking is, do the other alternate Darkwings have evil DW with a different name, right?twins?

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** I haven't read that issue, but wouldn't Negaduck's "good side" be another Darkwing Duck (in Neg's yellow suit)?

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** I haven't read that issue, but wouldn't Negaduck's "good side" be another Darkwing Duck (in Neg's yellow suit)?



* Firstly, he assumed that Gosalyn ran away since he didn't let her help him. He's depressed until he sees a child that he thinks is Gosalyn being mugged, which inspires him to get back in the game even when he knows it isn't her. He drives out St. Canard's criminal element, and then goes Knight Templar/Well Intentioned Extremist since he apparently wasn't satisfied with the state of society (or maybe he sought more challenges). Considering his actions like banning fast food, he might have just went {{Knight Templar Parent}} with St. Canard as a substitute for his daughter. I say a better question is what happened to the forces who should have been there to try and stop him (the military, Justice Ducks, SHUSH).

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* Firstly, he assumed that Gosalyn ran away since he didn't let her help him. He's depressed until he sees a child that he thinks is Gosalyn being mugged, which inspires him to get back in the game even when he knows it isn't her. He drives out St. Canard's criminal element, and then goes Knight Templar/Well Intentioned Extremist since he apparently wasn't satisfied with the state of society (or maybe he sought more challenges). Considering his actions like banning fast food, he might have just went {{Knight Templar Parent}} with St. Canard as a substitute for his daughter. I say a better question is what happened to the forces who should have been there to try and stop him (the military, Justice Ducks, SHUSH).SHUSH).

[[WMG: Are there other versions of Negaduck out there in the multiverse?]]
If Negaduck is just a Darkwing from a bad universe, does that mean there is only one Negaduck? Negs is basically an evil DW with a different name, right?
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* Firstly, he assumed that Gosalyn ran away since he didn't let her help him. He's depressed until he sees a child that he thinks is Gosalyn being mugged, which ispires him to get back in the game even when he knows it isn't her. He drives out St. Canard's criminal element, and then goes Knight Templar/Well Intentioned Extremist since he apparently wasn't satisfied with the state of society. Considering his actions like banning fast food, he might have just went {{Knight Templar Parent}} with St. Canard as a substitute for his daughter. I say a better question is what happened to the forces who should have been there to try and stop him (the military, Justice Ducks, SHUSH).

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* Firstly, he assumed that Gosalyn ran away since he didn't let her help him. He's depressed until he sees a child that he thinks is Gosalyn being mugged, which ispires inspires him to get back in the game even when he knows it isn't her. He drives out St. Canard's criminal element, and then goes Knight Templar/Well Intentioned Extremist since he apparently wasn't satisfied with the state of society.society (or maybe he sought more challenges). Considering his actions like banning fast food, he might have just went {{Knight Templar Parent}} with St. Canard as a substitute for his daughter. I say a better question is what happened to the forces who should have been there to try and stop him (the military, Justice Ducks, SHUSH).
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* Firstly he assumed that Gosalyn ran away since he didn't let her help him. He's depressed until he sees a child that he thinks is Gosalyn being mugged, which ispires him to get back in the game even when he knows it isn't her. He drives out St. Canard's criminal element, and then goes Knight Templar/Well Intentioned Extremist since he apparently wasn't satisfied with the state of society. Considering his actions like banning fast food, he might have just went {{Knight Templar Parent}} with St. Canard as a substitute for his daughter. I say a better question is what happened to the forces who should have been there to try and stop him (the military, Justice Ducks, SHUSH).

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* Firstly Firstly, he assumed that Gosalyn ran away since he didn't let her help him. He's depressed until he sees a child that he thinks is Gosalyn being mugged, which ispires him to get back in the game even when he knows it isn't her. He drives out St. Canard's criminal element, and then goes Knight Templar/Well Intentioned Extremist since he apparently wasn't satisfied with the state of society. Considering his actions like banning fast food, he might have just went {{Knight Templar Parent}} with St. Canard as a substitute for his daughter. I say a better question is what happened to the forces who should have been there to try and stop him (the military, Justice Ducks, SHUSH).
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In "Time and Punishment", Darkwing becomes a KnightTemplar because Gosalyn disappeared twenty years ago. But why would Darkwarrior target his efforts on criminals? He thought Gosalyn had run away, not been kidnapped.

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In "Time and Punishment", Darkwing becomes a KnightTemplar because Gosalyn disappeared twenty years ago. But why would Darkwarrior target his efforts on criminals? He thought Gosalyn had run away, not been kidnapped.kidnapped.
* Firstly he assumed that Gosalyn ran away since he didn't let her help him. He's depressed until he sees a child that he thinks is Gosalyn being mugged, which ispires him to get back in the game even when he knows it isn't her. He drives out St. Canard's criminal element, and then goes Knight Templar/Well Intentioned Extremist since he apparently wasn't satisfied with the state of society. Considering his actions like banning fast food, he might have just went {{Knight Templar Parent}} with St. Canard as a substitute for his daughter. I say a better question is what happened to the forces who should have been there to try and stop him (the military, Justice Ducks, SHUSH).
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* Mallard is not Bruce Wayne, he's a middle class single dad living in a generic suburban area. The cops are not going to know who he is just by unmasking Negaduck.

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* Mallard is not Bruce Wayne, he's a middle class single dad living in a generic suburban area. The cops are not going to know who he is just by unmasking Negaduck.Negaduck.

[[WMG: Misplaced Retribution]]
In "Time and Punishment", Darkwing becomes a KnightTemplar because Gosalyn disappeared twenty years ago. But why would Darkwarrior target his efforts on criminals? He thought Gosalyn had run away, not been kidnapped.

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