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* This show's incarnation of Dijon ([[AdaptationNameChange now D'jinn]]) presents him as (TheComicallySerious) noble warrior of [[spoiler: genie ancestry]] who could had help the Ducks during their adventures in the Middle East or as an ally against F.O.W.L. He however only appears in two episodes of Season 2, and only gets a mention in one episode of Season 3.

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* This show's incarnation of Dijon ([[AdaptationNameChange now here D'jinn]]) presents him as (TheComicallySerious) TheComicallySerious noble warrior of [[spoiler: [[DivineAncestry genie ancestry]] ancestry]]]] who could had help the Ducks during their adventures in the Middle East or as an ally against F.O.W.L. He however only appears in two episodes of Season 2, and only gets a mention in one episode of Season 3.
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I hope I made myself clear when writing why D'jinn is a wasted character.


* Given all the [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' that were made in the show, and the reimaging of several of the characters from said shows, it's rather unfortunate that the cast from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' never got anything more than a cameo in one episode, with their MacGuffin having more story significance. Yes, they were established to have existed years ago, but it's not like time travel isn't canon in the series. And though the show usually [[TheOtherDarrin recasts the voices]] at least [[Creator/CoreyBurton two]] [[Creator/{{Jim Cummings|VoiceActor}} of]] the actors from the original series [[note]] While Paul Winchell did voice Zummi for most of the show's run, Cummings replaced him during the last two seasons after he had a stroke, as he did for Tigger on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh.'' [[/note]] worked on the show, so all in all, it seems like a wasted opportunity.

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* Given all the [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' that were made in the show, and the reimaging of several of the characters from said shows, it's rather unfortunate that the cast from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' never got anything more than a cameo in one episode, with their MacGuffin having more story significance. Yes, they were established to have existed years ago, but it's not like time travel isn't canon in the series. And though the show usually [[TheOtherDarrin recasts the voices]] at least [[Creator/CoreyBurton two]] [[Creator/{{Jim Cummings|VoiceActor}} of]] the actors from the original series [[note]] While Paul Winchell did voice Zummi for most of the show's run, Cummings replaced him during the last two seasons after he had a stroke, as he did for Tigger on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh.'' [[/note]] worked on the show, so all in all, it seems like a wasted opportunity.opportunity.
* This show's incarnation of Dijon ([[AdaptationNameChange now D'jinn]]) presents him as (TheComicallySerious) noble warrior of [[spoiler: genie ancestry]] who could had help the Ducks during their adventures in the Middle East or as an ally against F.O.W.L. He however only appears in two episodes of Season 2, and only gets a mention in one episode of Season 3.
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* Negaduck (aka Jim Starling) hasn't been seen since the {{Cliffhanger}} ending of "The Duck Knight Returns!", and Launchpad and Dewey still haven't learned the truth. He's still lurking around in the shadows somewhere, plotting revenge against Darkwing which has yet to be unleashed...[[labelnote:note]]WordOfGod has it that they couldn't fit him anywhere in Season 3 cause they felt he deserved better, and he was supposed to be in Let's Get Dangerous according to storyboards.[[/labelnote]] However, with the show confirmed to be ending after the third season, this means that, unless he is planned to be involved in a recently announced Darkwing Duck reboot by Creator/SethRogen, [[AbortedArc he'll likely never appear again.]]

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* Negaduck (aka Jim Starling) hasn't been seen since the {{Cliffhanger}} ending of "The Duck Knight Returns!", and Launchpad and Dewey still haven't learned the truth. He's still lurking around in the shadows somewhere, plotting revenge against Darkwing which has yet to be unleashed...[[labelnote:note]]WordOfGod has it that they couldn't fit him anywhere in Season 3 cause they felt he deserved better, and he was supposed to be in Let's "Let's Get Dangerous Dangerous" according to storyboards.[[/labelnote]] However, with the show confirmed to be ending after the third season, this means that, unless he is planned to be involved in a recently announced Darkwing Duck ''Darkwing Duck'' reboot by Creator/SethRogen, [[AbortedArc he'll likely never appear again.]]



* Given all the [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' that were made in the show, and the reimaging of several of the characters from said shows, it's rather unfortunate that the cast from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' never got anything more than a cameo in one episode, with their MacGuffin having more story significance. Yes, they were established to have existed years ago, but it's not like time travel isn't canon in the series. And though the show usually [[TheOtherDarrin recasts the voices]] at least [[Creator/CoreyBurton two]] [[Creator/JimCummings of]] the actors from the original series [[note]] While Paul Winchell did voice Zummi for most of the show's run, Cummings replaced him during the last two seasons after he had a stroke, as he did for Tigger on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh.'' [[/note]] worked on the show, so all in all, it seems like a wasted opportunity.

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* Given all the [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' that were made in the show, and the reimaging of several of the characters from said shows, it's rather unfortunate that the cast from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' never got anything more than a cameo in one episode, with their MacGuffin having more story significance. Yes, they were established to have existed years ago, but it's not like time travel isn't canon in the series. And though the show usually [[TheOtherDarrin recasts the voices]] at least [[Creator/CoreyBurton two]] [[Creator/JimCummings [[Creator/{{Jim Cummings|VoiceActor}} of]] the actors from the original series [[note]] While Paul Winchell did voice Zummi for most of the show's run, Cummings replaced him during the last two seasons after he had a stroke, as he did for Tigger on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh.'' [[/note]] worked on the show, so all in all, it seems like a wasted opportunity.
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* Given all the [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' that were made in the show, and the reimaging of several of the characters from said shows, it's rather unfortunate that the cast from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' never got anything more than a cameo in one episode, with their MacGuffin having more story significance. Yes, they were established to have existed years ago, but it's not like time travel isn't canon in the series. And though the show usually [[TheOtherDarrin recasts the voices]] at least [[Creator/CoreyBurton two]] [[Creator/JimCummings of]] the actors from the original series [[note]] While Paul Winchell did voice Zummi for most of the show's run, Cummings replaced him during the last two seasons after he had a stroke, as he did for Tigger on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh.'' [[/note]] worked on the show, so all in all, it seems like a wasted opportunity.
%%* Bubba and Tootsie in the original series after their [[Recap/DuckTalesS2E1TimeIsMoney debut episode]] were semi-regular characters, while their only appearance in reboot was one episode.
%%* After his last appearance in ''Moonvasion!'', D'jinn only gets mentioned in one episode of season three.

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* Given all the [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' that were made in the show, and the reimaging of several of the characters from said shows, it's rather unfortunate that the cast from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' never got anything more than a cameo in one episode, with their MacGuffin having more story significance. Yes, they were established to have existed years ago, but it's not like time travel isn't canon in the series. And though the show usually [[TheOtherDarrin recasts the voices]] at least [[Creator/CoreyBurton two]] [[Creator/JimCummings of]] the actors from the original series [[note]] While Paul Winchell did voice Zummi for most of the show's run, Cummings replaced him during the last two seasons after he had a stroke, as he did for Tigger on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh.'' [[/note]] worked on the show, so all in all, it seems like a wasted opportunity.
%%* Bubba and Tootsie in the original series after their [[Recap/DuckTalesS2E1TimeIsMoney debut episode]] were semi-regular characters, while their only appearance in reboot was one episode.
%%* After his last appearance in ''Moonvasion!'', D'jinn only gets mentioned in one episode of season three.
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Example does not sufficiently explain how it applies I hope someone will explain better than me why these three are wasted characters.


* Given all the [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' that were made in the show, and the reimaging of several of the characters from said shows, it's rather unfortunate that the cast from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' never got anything more than a cameo in one episode, with their MacGuffin having more story significance. Yes, they were established to have existed years ago, but it's not like time travel isn't canon in the series. And though the show usually [[TheOtherDarrin recasts the voices]] at least [[Creator/CoreyBurton two]] [[Creator/JimCummings of]] the actors from the original series [[note]] While Paul Winchell did voice Zummi for most of the show's run, Cummings replaced him during the last two seasons after he had a stroke, as he did for Tigger on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh.'' [[/note]] worked on the show, so all in all, it seems like a wasted opportunity.

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* Given all the [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' that were made in the show, and the reimaging of several of the characters from said shows, it's rather unfortunate that the cast from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' never got anything more than a cameo in one episode, with their MacGuffin having more story significance. Yes, they were established to have existed years ago, but it's not like time travel isn't canon in the series. And though the show usually [[TheOtherDarrin recasts the voices]] at least [[Creator/CoreyBurton two]] [[Creator/JimCummings of]] the actors from the original series [[note]] While Paul Winchell did voice Zummi for most of the show's run, Cummings replaced him during the last two seasons after he had a stroke, as he did for Tigger on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh.'' [[/note]] worked on the show, so all in all, it seems like a wasted opportunity.opportunity.
%%* Bubba and Tootsie in the original series after their [[Recap/DuckTalesS2E1TimeIsMoney debut episode]] were semi-regular characters, while their only appearance in reboot was one episode.
%%* After his last appearance in ''Moonvasion!'', D'jinn only gets mentioned in one episode of season three.
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** Gladstone and Fethry barely appear in the show (they have exactly seven appearances total, one of which is a cameo) despite being major characters in the comics, as well as Donald and Della's cousins. It's debatable which one of them has it worse - Gladstone for having the potential for interesting CharacterDevelopment and never getting involved in the Della MythArc, even though no reason is ever given for why Dewey and Webby can't just ask him what happened to Della, or Fethry for never playing a major role in any episodes outside of his debut and his quest to become a scientist never being followed up on.
** Out of all the characters from the Disney Afternoon who appeared, it's widely agreed that the Rescue Rangers were the most underused. Unlike the other characters, who were the focal point of their episodes, the Rangers come off as being more of a ChekhovsGunman, appearing as Black Heron's experiments, who Launchpad helps escape, before they return at the end of the episode. While it was sadly understandable, as the Rangers had to be snuck into the show in the first place, many fans were hopeful that they could have had a larger role in the finale, much how Darkwing had a decent role in "Moonvasion!". Instead, they were reduced to two cameos, one of which could easily be missed.

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** * Gladstone and Fethry barely appear in the show (they have exactly seven appearances total, one of which is a cameo) despite being major characters in the comics, as well as Donald and Della's cousins. It's debatable which one of them has it worse - Gladstone for having the potential for interesting CharacterDevelopment and never getting involved in the Della MythArc, even though no reason is ever given for why Dewey and Webby can't just ask him what happened to Della, or Fethry for never playing a major role in any episodes outside of his debut and his quest to become a scientist never being followed up on.
** * Out of all the characters from the Disney Afternoon who appeared, it's widely agreed that the Rescue Rangers were the most underused. Unlike the other characters, who were the focal point of their episodes, the Rangers come off as being more of a ChekhovsGunman, appearing as Black Heron's experiments, who Launchpad helps escape, before they return at the end of the episode. While it was sadly understandable, as the Rangers had to be snuck into the show in the first place, many fans were hopeful that they could have had a larger role in the finale, much how Darkwing had a decent role in "Moonvasion!". Instead, they were reduced to two cameos, one of which could easily be missed.
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* Many fans feel this way about Donald, since one of the big draws for the reboot was that he was supposedly going to play a bigger role this time around and he has only appeared a handful times so far since the pilot, with some of those appearances being brief cameos. It's since been explained by WordOfGod, and subsequently confirmed in ''The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!'', that he was spending most of his time working on repairing his houseboat so he and the boys can move back to the marina. Frank has said we will be seeing more of him in Season 2.
** While he did get more screentime in the first half of the second season, he was notably PutOnABus for most of the second half, leaving people split on how whether his somewhat bigger screentime in Season 2 made up for his lack of screentime in the first, or if it was just more of the same, especially when given his relatively small role in the finale. Season 3 made some effort to rectify this like giving him more focus and development (especially with the introduction of Daisy and Goofy) like Season 2 only this time he doesn't get PutOnABus, and he played a much bigger role in the GrandFinale.
* Fans loved the new take on Mrs. Beakley by giving her more of a bodyguard-type role, but aside from ADayInTheLimelight in "From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!," most of her appearances in the show have been minor, and she's had the same amount of screentime Donald has, namely not much. And unlike Donald, she doesn't even have [[WordOfGod an excuse]] for all her absences, and her screentime in Season 2 has remained limited.
** It gets even more evident in season 3 where despite F.O.W.L (who was a past enemy of hers from her time in SHUSH) being the main antagonists that season, she still barely got any focus that season only playing a major role in three episodes and appearing in the least amount of episodes that season among the main cast at only '''eight''' episodes total.
* Gabby [=McStabberson=] made a huge impact in the pilot as a badass DarkActionGirl with the mellifluous voice of Creator/JenniferHale, and promptly disappeared. She finally showed up again in the Season 2 finale, but without any lines, implying a major reason for her absence is they’ve been unable to get Hale back. She finally speaks again in "Louie's Eleven!", but it's to start talking about a backstory and motivations that get cut off by Webby and never elaborated on afterward.
* Negaduck (aka Jim Starling) hasn't been seen since the {{Cliffhanger}} ending of "The Duck Knight Returns!", and Launchpad and Dewey still haven't learned the truth. He's still lurking around in the shadows somewhere, plotting revenge against Darkwing which has yet to be unleashed...[[labelnote:note]]WordOfGod has it that they couldn't fit him anywhere in Season 3 cause they felt he deserved better, and he was supposed to be in Let's Get Dangerous according to storyboards.[[/labelnote]] However, with the show confirmed to be ending after the third season, this means that, unless he is planned to be involved in a recently announced Darkwing Duck reboot by Creator/SethRogen, [[AbortedArc he'll likely never appear again.]]
* Many of the recurring villains present throughout both of the first two seasons have become sidelined in season 3 to make way for F.O.W.L. While Magica de Spell and Flintheart Glomgold served as major arc villains in seasons 1 and 2 respectively, and both got two episode in season 3 where they played a significant role in the plot (with the former progressing the MythArc in one of her episodes due to her connection with one of F.O.W.L's operatives), Mark Beaks has only had one focus episode and two brief appearances in others, and the Beagle Boys had a minor appearance and with Ma Beagle only given one major role in an episode.
* ''Huey Duck.'' Compared to his brothers he's drastically underdeveloped and gets far fewer moments to take the spotlight. To make matters worse, while Season 1 was focused on Dewey's story arc of finding out about Della, and Season 2 on Louie learning not to be greedy, Season 3 did ''not'' focus on Huey so much as on the Missing Mysteries and the [=McDuck=] family's feud with F.O.W.L. and only a handful of episodes centered on Huey. Even the final two episodes before the mega finale were ''once more'' focused on Huey's brothers, with Dewey learning not to be reckless or put people up on pedestals (though Huey got Dewey to realize that lesson) and Louie learning to take responsibility for one's mistakes, and in the finale itself most of the attention and development goes to Webby.
** Gladstone and Fethry barely appear in the show (they have exactly seven appearances total, one of which is a cameo) despite being major characters in the comics, as well as Donald and Della's cousins. It's debatable which one of them has it worse - Gladstone for having the potential for interesting CharacterDevelopment and never getting involved in the Della MythArc, even though no reason is ever given for why Dewey and Webby can't just ask him what happened to Della, or Fethry for never playing a major role in any episodes outside of his debut and his quest to become a scientist never being followed up on.
** Out of all the characters from the Disney Afternoon who appeared, it's widely agreed that the Rescue Rangers were the most underused. Unlike the other characters, who were the focal point of their episodes, the Rangers come off as being more of a ChekhovsGunman, appearing as Black Heron's experiments, who Launchpad helps escape, before they return at the end of the episode. While it was sadly understandable, as the Rangers had to be snuck into the show in the first place, many fans were hopeful that they could have had a larger role in the finale, much how Darkwing had a decent role in "Moonvasion!". Instead, they were reduced to two cameos, one of which could easily be missed.
* The other Beagle Boys from "The Beagle Birthday Massacre!" and Black Arts Beagle from "[=McMystery=] at [=McDuck=] [=McManor=]!". With all their different cliques, they would make interesting antagonists and potential allies or enemies to their ordinary brothers.
* It would have been totally awesome if Daisy Duck got to participate in some of the Duck Family's adventures, and we could have seen a few more dates of her with Donald and maybe interactions with Della Duck and Gladstone Gander. Unfortunately they did not do any of this before the show ended.
* Given all the [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' that were made in the show, and the reimaging of several of the characters from said shows, it's rather unfortunate that the cast from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' never got anything more than a cameo in one episode, with their MacGuffin having more story significance. Yes, they were established to have existed years ago, but it's not like time travel isn't canon in the series. And though the show usually [[TheOtherDarrin recasts the voices]] at least [[Creator/CoreyBurton two]] [[Creator/JimCummings of]] the actors from the original series [[note]] While Paul Winchell did voice Zummi for most of the show's run, Cummings replaced him during the last two seasons after he had a stroke, as he did for Tigger on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh.'' [[/note]] worked on the show, so all in all, it seems like a wasted opportunity.

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