History Trivia / TheMightyDucks

** In ''D3'' the Varsity team are played by the same actors who played the Hawks in the first film.

* StarDerailingRole: Subverted with Creator/JussieSmollett, even though he followed ''The Mighty Ducks'' with ''Film/{{North}}'', which got the "[[RogerEbertMostHatedFilmList hated]]" review from Creator/RogerEbert and tanked heavily. He would rebound in 2015 when he was cast as Jamal Lyon in the TV show ''Series/{{Empire}}''.

* AdaptationSequence: [[Film/TheMightyDucks Movie]] -> [[{{Defictionalization}} Actual hockey team]] -> [[WesternAnimation/TheMightyDucks Cartoon]] -> SequelSeries

!![[WesternAnimation/TheMightyDucks The Animated Series]]

* FollowTheLeader: A combined effort on Disney's part to both strike gold [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 a]] [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck third]] [[WesternAnimation/QuackPack time]] with an update of their "Disney's Ducks" characters ''and'' capitalize on the then-popular trend of TotallyRadical [[TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats anthropmorphic crimefighters]], going to far as to hire the story editor from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987''.
* FranchiseKiller: Though not the final show produced for WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon, it was the latest in a string of poorly-received programs which resulted in it being last original one (the final three being an {{interquel}} series to ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', a SequelSeries to the live-action ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'' remake and the {{retool}} of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}},'' all but the first of which were the blocks only shows to be produced in collaboration with an outside studios [Jumbo Pictures] and, as a result, were considerably off-brand in both appearance and tone). This, combined with a perfect storm of company politics (Disney was branching out further into telvision, starting with the purchase of Creator/{{ABC}} and Creator/DisneyChannel switching from premium to basic cable), changing television standards (the FCC began requiring a certain amount of educational content on children's television, resulting in the SpiritualSuccessor of ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'') and impracticality (Disney Channel had enough original programming to make up a 2 hour block without having to regularly bump one show from the block at the end of each season) dealt the block a fatal blow, and it ended unceremoniously two years later, with the other three shows being absorbed into ''OSM.''
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: One VHS tape containing three episodes was released, and that was about it as far as official home media. A DVD set has popped up on shop sites but it's a bootleg. As of now, it's on [[Creator/DisneyPlus Disney Plus]], but only in some territories.
* RealitySubtext: Much of the Ducks was derived from real [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaheim_Ducks Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague NHL]] franchise at the time. The team plays in Anaheim, in an arena nicknamed "The Pond" (the official name at the time was " Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim;" now it's Honda Center), [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/PaulKariyaDucks.jpg with white and green uniforms with a duck goalie mask emblem]], and Wildwing takes its name from the team mascot (which even has a statue outside the arena).
* RecycledScript: The plot of the episode "Zap Attack" had previously been used in various forms by writer David Wise for both ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''.
* ShrugOfGod: Fans have been in contact with the writer, David Wise, and while he did give out the last names of the team, most of his other answers are this.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen
** Originally, Mallory was going to be the blonde member of the group.
** Presumably, if Creator/OneSaturdayMorning hadn't been brought in to help fulfill E/I requirements for Creator/{{ABC}} stations, we could've gotten a second season.
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* FollowTheLeader: Not unlike ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'', the show was a last attempt by Disney to create another successful [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 duck]] [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck based]] series by trying to imitate the TotallyRadical shows that aired in the late 1990s.
** A cartoon about anthropmorphic crimefighters also follows [[TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats the mold]] of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', to the point of hiring that series' story editor.

* FranchiseKiller: Though not the final show produced for WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon, it was the latest in a string of poorly-received programs which resulted in it being last original one (the final three being an {{interquel}} series to ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', a SequelSeries to the live-action ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'' remake and the {{retool}} of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}},'' all but the first of which were the blocks only shows to be produced in collaboration with an outside studios [Jumbo Pictures] and, as a result, were considerably off-brand in both appearance and tone). This, combined with a perfect storm of company politics (Disney was branching out further into telvision, starting with the purchase of Creator/{{ABC}} and Creator/DisneyChannel switching from premium to basic cable), changing television standards (the FCC began requiring a certain amount of educational content on children's television, resulting in the SpiritualSuccessor of Creator/OneSaturdayMorning) and impracticality (Disney Channel had enough original programming to make up a 2 hour block without having to regularly bump one show from the block at the end of each season) dealt the block a fatal blow, and it ended unceremoniously two years later, with the other three shows being absorbed into ''One Saturday Morning.''

* FranchiseKiller: Though not the final show produced for WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon, it was the latest in a string of poorly-received programs which resulted in it being last original one (the final three being an {{interquel}} series to ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', a SequelSeries to the live-action ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'' remake and the {{retool}} of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}},'' all but the first of which were the blocks only shows to be produced in collaboration with an outside studios [Jumbo Pictures] and, as a result, were considerably off-brand in bot appearance and tone). This, combined with a perfect storm of company politics (Disney was branching out further into telvision, starting with the purchase of Creator/{{ABC}} and Creator/DisneyChannel switching from premium to basic cable), changing television standards (the FCC began requiring a certain amount of educational content on children's television, resulting in the SpiritualSuccessor of Creator/OneSaturdayMorning) and impracticality (Disney Channel had enough original programming to make up a 2 hour block without having to regularly bump one show from the block at the end of each season) dealt the block a fatal blow, and it ended unceremoniously two years later, with the other three shows being absorbed into ''One Saturday Morning.''

* FranchiseKiller: Though not the final show produced for WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon, it was the latest in a string of poorly-received programs which resulted in it being last original one (two of the other three were spinoffs of Disney movies while the third was a {{retool}} of [[ChannelHop a show from another channel]]). This, combined with a perfect storm of company politics (Disney was branching out further into telvision, starting with the purchase of Creator/{{ABC}} and Creator/DisneyChannel switching from premium to basic cable), changing television standards (the FCC began requiring a certain amount of educational content on children's television, resulting in the SpiritualSuccessor of Creator/OneSaturdayMorning) and impracticality (Disney Channel had enough original programming to make up a 2 hour block without having to regularly bump one show from the block at the end of each season) dealt the block a fatal blow, and it ended unceremoniously two years later, with the other three shows being absorbed into ''One Saturday Morning.''

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: One VHS tape containing three episodes was released, and that was about it as far as official home media. A DVD set has popped up on shop sites but it's a bootleg. As of now, it's not on [[Creator/DisneyPlus Disney Plus]], but only in some territories.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: One VHS tape containing three episodes was released, and that was about it as far as official home media. A DVD set has popped up on shop sites but it's a bootleg. As of now, it's not on [[Creator/DisneyPlus Disney Plus]].
** It’s on Disney Plus in some territories.

* FranchiseKiller: Though not the final show produced for WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon, it was the latest in a string of poorly-received programs which resulted in it being last original one (two of the other three were spinoffs of Disney movies while the third was a {{retool}} of [[ChannelHop a show from another channel]]). This, combined with a perfect storm of company politics (Disney was branching out further into telvision, starting with the purchase of Creator/{{ABC}} and Creator/DisneyChannel switching from premium to basic cable), changing television standards (the FCC began requiring a certain amount of educational content on children's television, resulting in the SpiritualSuccessor of Creator/OneSaturdayMorning) and impracticality (Disney Channel had enough original programming to make up a 2 hour block without having to regularly bump one show from the block at the end of each season) resulted in the block finally coming to an end.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, Mallory was going to be the blonde member of the group.

** A cartoon about anthropmorphic crimefighters also follows[[TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats the mold]] of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', to the point of hiring that series' story editor.

** A cartoon about anthropmorphic crimefighters also follows the mold of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987''.

* FollowTheLeader: Not unlike ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'', the show was a last attempt by Disney to create another successful [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales duck]] [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck based]] series by trying to imitate the TotallyRadical shows that aired in the late 1990s.

* AdaptationSequence: [[Film/TheMightyDucks Movie]] -> [[{{Defictionalization}} Actual hockey team]] -> [[WesternAnimation/TheMightyDucks Cartoon]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: One VHS tape containing three episodes was released, and that was about it as far as official home media. A DVD set has popped up on shop sites but it's a bootleg. As of now, it's not on [[Creator/{{DisneyPlus}}]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: One VHS tape containing three episodes was released, and that was about it as far as official home media. A DVD set has popped up on shop sites but it's a bootleg.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch is enough to solidly anchor the first film to the '90s.

** Creator/CharlieSheen was offered for the role of Gordon Bombay, but turned it down and later on his brother, Emilio Estevez, took the role. Creator/BillMurray was deemed too old for the role, while Creator/ChevyChase and Creator/MichaelJFox were candidates. Steven Brill, who wrote all three films, wanted to play Bombay and was turned down, he was given the role of prosecutor Frank Huddy as a consolation.

** A cartoon about anthropmorphic crimefighters also follows the mold of WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987.

* AuthorAppeal: The films are about hockey because scriptwriter Steven Brill is a hockey fan.
* CreatorCameo: Scriptwriter Steven Brill plays prosecutor Frank Huddy in D1. See WhatCouldHaveBeen below for details. He has cameos in D2 and D3 as well. [[note]]In D2 he's the nameless guy seen speaking to Gordon twice during the "Mr.Big Shot" montage. In D3 he's the arcade attendant that notices Charlie and Fulton playing hooky.[[/note]]