Aluminum Christmas Trees: The Anaheim Mighty Frogs. Not quite 100%, but the Anaheim Bullfrogs were a local inline roller hockey team that were founded shortly before the cartoon began to air and also played their games in the Arrowhead Pond.
Here come the Mighty Ducks, burnin' up the ice Just try and stop the Mighty Ducks, and you're gonna pay the price! Here come the Mighty Ducks, fightin' for the gold! Let's hear it for the Mighty Ducks: Time to rock n' roll!
Complete Monster: Lord Dragaunus, Arch-Enemy of the Ducks, is a reptilian foe with only one desire in life—putting every civilization he sees under his iron rule. Invading Puckworld, Dragaunus has his drones ravage cities and has its inhabitants enslaved. Making his way to Earth after losing his base on Puckworld, Dragaunus repeatedly orchestrates schemes which would allow him to conquer the planet—with him wanting the destruction of entire cities to cow humanity into submission. Dragaunus is also the benefactor of some villains, providing more trouble for the Ducks—with one instance almost ending with the Ducks suffering a conscious dissection. Dragaunus is also an abusive master to his allies—with him subjecting one to eternal imprisonment in dimensional limbo. In the series finale, Dragaunus attempts to open a dimensional rift to free his species from their interdimensional prison to grant him the opportunity to subject the entire universe to his despotic delusions.
Harsher in Hindsight: In "The Final Face Off" (the intended Season 1 finale), the Saurians' ship is crippled and crashes into the ocean. The protagonists wonder if they'll still see their foes again some day, and Nosedive says it depends on whether or not the show gets renewed for another season. It did not.
Narm Charm: Let's be completely honest here, the premise is astoundingly stupid and makes no sense whatsoever: But the fact that they played the underlying plot 100% seriously (including a rather shocking aversion of Disney Death) turned it from forgettably stupid into kind of amazing. Plus, the bad guys are awesome.
Canard Thunderbeak, the original leader of the Mighty Ducks who performed a Heroic Sacrifice in the pilot and passed the leadership mantle to Wildwing, has a significant fanbase who hopes for his eventual return.
Lucretia Decoy, the attractive duck who is also The Mole for the Saurians, also has her fans.
Quirky Work: Adapting a Underdogs Never Lose sports movie about a peewee hockey team called "the Mighty Ducks" into a cartoon about a race of actual, anthropomorphic alien ducks who fight evil through hockey-themed superpowers and weapons? What?
Show Accuracy/Toy Accuracy: The Aerowing toy is a lot smaller, and can only hold one Duck (as opposed to the entire crew in the show); it also has puck launchers as opposed to the show's lasers.
were a local inline roller hockey team that were founded shortly before the cartoon began to air and also played their games in the Arrowhead Pond.