History Trivia / Duckman

* RecursiveAdaptation: The animated series was adapted from an underground comic and received its own short-lived ComicBookAdaptation consisting of a main series lasting five issues as well as a three-issue miniseries titled ''The Mob Frog Saga''.

** In ''Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick'', Jason Alexander is the only one who doesn't reprise his role. Instead, Duckman is voiced by Michael J. Gough, who is bether known for on the [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh]] franchise as Gopher and[[WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa]] as Zazu. This is because the game had so much more dialogue to record than a typical episode of the show, and Jason was concerned that he would blow out his vocal chords from all the extra work.

** In ''Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick'', Jason Alexander is the only one who doesn't reprise his role. Instead, Duckman is voiced by Michael J. Gough, who is bether known for on the [[Franchise/Winnie the Pooh franchise ]] as Gopher and[[WesternAnimation/Timon&Pumbaa]] as Zazu. This is because the game had so much more dialogue to record than a typical episode of the show, and Jason was concerned that he would blow out his vocal chords from all the extra work.

** In ''Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick'', Jason Alexander is the only one who doesn't reprise his role. Instead, Duckman is voiced by Michael J. Gough. This is because the game had so much more dialogue to record than a typical episode of the show, and Jason was concerned that he would blow out his vocal chords from all the extra work.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Not the show itself, but the LicensedGame ''Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick'' had very limited distribution and no rerelease.
* PlayingAgainstType: Not a specific actor, but ''studio''; so this cartoon, a raunchy, crudely-drawn ''Simpsons'' clone that aired on USA Network, was brought to you by... [[Creator/KlaskyCsupo the same people]] who created the Nicktoons ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'' and ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger''?!

** In ''Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick'', Jason Alexander is the only one who doesn't reprise his role. Instead, Duckman is voiced by Michael J. Gough.

* CreatorsApathy: Jason Alexander only took the part because he assumed his role would have been a one-off thing, so he did a voice that he thought would be fine for a one time role. However he subverted this trope when he grew to enjoy the show and his character, but nearly damaged his voice from trying to do the voice.

* {{Composers}}: Scott Wilk and Todd Yvega composed for all 70 episodes. Various music and songs from Frank Zappa were also used in the first two seasons.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Anyone familiar with the 1960's ''The Addams Family'' will instantly recognize the voice of John Astin playing the role of Terry Duke Tetzlov.

HeyItsThatVoice: Anyone familiar with the 1960's ''The Addams Family'' will instantly recognize the voice of John Astin playing the role of Terry Duke Tetzlov.

* ActorAllusion: Wilbur Nelson who appeared in the "American the Beautiful" episode was voiced by Creator/AlanYoung, who previously played two other characters sharing the first name: Main character Wilbur Post from ''Series/MisterEd'' and Wilbur Bowser in an episode of ''Encounter''.
** Duckman is said to have had a relationship with a Seinfeld-obsessed blind woman who thought he was Jason Alexander in a duck suit. As a BrickJoke, said woman has kidnapped Jason, who is wondering who this woman is, and why she's talking about him having a duck suit.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Duckman is George Costanza (Creator/JasonAlexander).
** Creator/GreggBerger (Cornfed) was Eeyore in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Grimlock and Skyfire]], [[VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage Hunter and Ripto]] and also a straight pig to a less balanced duck in ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' and ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' (Orson).
** King Chicken is Creator/TimCurry.
** Iggy Catalpa is [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Mandark]].
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]] and [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]] is Mambo and [[WesternAnimation/GoofTroop Max Goof]] was Charles (until Dana Hill died while in a diabetic coma).
** Creator/BrianDoyleMurray (Creator/BillMurray's brother and former ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast member and writer; better known as Captain K'nuckles on ''WesternANimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'') as Agnes Delrooney, an escaped convict who looks just like Grandma-ma and posed as her for a time.
*** Creator/GilbertGottfried (another ''SNL'' cast member who was a cast member during the show's absymal sixth season, which coincidentally, was when Creator/BrianDoyleMurray was a writer) as Art Desalvo.
** [[Series/TheNanny Mr. Sheffield]] as a few people, most notably the live-action version of Duckman in a TV-movie Duckman wrote himself.
** [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Gomez Addams]] as Terry Duke Tetsloff.
** A very young MaeWhitman plays the fake daughter of Tetsloff
** Dr. Fox, the psychiatrist who approaches and tries to help Duckman and the family in "Role with It", is [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Lois Lane]].

** In ''Duckman: Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick'', Jason Alexander is the only one who doesn't reprise his role. Instead, Duckman is voiced by Michael J. Gough.

** [[TheNanny Mr. Sheffield]] as a few people, most notably the live-action version of Duckman in a TV-movie Duckman wrote himself.

** Creator/GreggBerger (Cornfed) was Eeyore in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Grimlock and Skyfire]] and also a straight pig to a less balanced duck in ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' and ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' (Orson).

** Duckman is said to have had a relationship with a Seinfeld-obsessed blind woman who thought he was Jason Alexander in a duck suit.

** Creator/GreggBerger (Cornfed) was Eeyore in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Grimlock and Skyfire]] and also a straight pig to a less balanced duck in ''USAcres'' and ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' (Orson).

*** GilbertGottfried (another ''SNL'' cast member who was a cast member during the show's absymal sixth season, which coincidentally, was when Creator/BrianDoyleMurray was a writer) as Art Desalvo.

* PlayingAgainstType: Not a specific actor, but ''studio''; so this cartoon was brought to you by... [[Creator/KlaskyCsupo the creators]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'' and ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger''?!

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While USA treated the first three seasons fairly well (even though it did air on Saturday evenings), most of season 4 aired in the wee hours of the morning. Is it any surprise it was canceled after that?

** Creator/GreggBerger (Cornfed) was Eeyore in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', [[TransformersGeneration1 Grimlock and Skyfire]] and also a straight pig to a less balanced duck in ''USAcres'' and ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' (Orson).

** Duckman is said to have had a relationship with a Seinfeld-obsessed blind woman who thought he was Jason Alexander.