History YMMV / DarkwingDuck

** In "Time And Punishment", we see Darkwarrior Duck, an alternate version of Darkwing who lost Gosalyn and became a darker version of himself, with the implication that he killed off his RoguesGallery and enforces the law in a ruthless way. Nowadays, seeing superheroes turn darker and become more ruthless, totalitarian versions of themselves due to losing someone close to them in alternate worlds has become a more [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E11and12ABetterWorld common]] [[Franchise/{{Injustice}} staple]] in superhero fiction.

** In "Crime And Punishment", we see Darkwarrior Duck, an alternate version of Darkwing who lost Gosalyn and became a darker version of himself, with the implication that he killed off his RoguesGallery and enforces the law in a ruthless way. Nowadays, seeing superheroes turn darker and become more ruthless, totalitarian versions of themselves due to losing someone close to them in alternate worlds has become a more [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E11and12ABetterWorld common]] [[Franchise/{{Injustice}} staple]] in superhero fiction.

** It's also popular to ship [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Stegmutt with Neptunia]].

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: [[VideoGame/DarkwingDuckCapcom The Darkwing Duck game for the NES]] was basically a short ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' clone (not surprising, considering they're made by [[Creator/{{Capcom}} the same people]]) with a couple new mechanics added. It was actually quite popular - the player review average score on Gamefaqs is about 7.8 out of 10. On the other hand, the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 version (yes, there was one) completely embodies TheProblemWithLicensedGames.

* EvilIsCool: Tarus Bulba and Negaduck.

* EvilIsSexy:
** Morgana and Neptunia [[spoiler: before their HeelFaceTurn]], and the Bugmaster [[spoiler: a.k.a. news reporter Bianca Beakley.]]
** Splatter Phoenix if some of the fanart is anything to go by.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song. Not just an awesome theme song, but probably one of the best pieces of NewJackSwing ever written. And which includes a friggin' ''{{Theremin}}'' in the second verse! It really does have ''everything''.

** A comic has a [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Mr. Fantastic]] CaptainErsatz attempt to enforce a SuperRegistrationAct. The Darkwing Duck comic [[ComicBook/CivilWar came first]].

** DW and Launchpad. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

** In ''The Secret Origin of Darkwing Duck'', the museum tour guide states that there was a TV series based on DW's mythic exploits, with an actor playing him. Come ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', we learn that the actor in question was Jim Starling.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: "Paint Misbehavin'". An anthropomorphic ferret befriends a man who's got a gloved hand for a head.

* AcceptableTargets: Jambalaya Jake is basically a ginormous hillbilly stereotype.

** It's also fairly common to explain the absence of Negaduck, as well as that of Morgana and the Justice Ducks, in the BadFuture shown in "Time and Punishment" by revealing that [[KillEmAll Darkwarrior killed the entire rogues gallery and, when they started to object, all his former allies (except Launchpad) as well.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In the "Campaign Carnage" story arc of the comic book series, Mortimer L. Marquand, also known as Cat-Tankerous, came off as a very creepy StalkerWithACrush due to obsessing over Gosalyn even when she wasn't interested in interacting with him in any way whatsoever. Aaron Sparrow changed it in the revision for the Joe Books omnibus by making it so that Mortimer was instead a bullied student that Gosalyn befriended and he became Cat-Tankerous because of a misguided attempt to follow her example and defend the defenseless.

** In the "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings" arc of the comic, one of the alternate Darkwings is a caveman who rides on a ''T. rex''. 9 years later, [[WesternAnimation/Primal2019 there is now a cartoon that features a duo between a Neanderthal and a]] ''[[WesternAnimation/Primal2019 T. rex]]''.

** In "Jurassic Jumble", Darkwing turns into a dinosaur covered in feathers, which Dr. Fossil calls ridiculous. Nowadays, it's scientific consensus that many dinosaurs had feathers, as the fossil record demonstrates. Also, Darkwing shouts "I'm a dinosaur!" upon seeing his transformed state; as far as modern paleontologists are concerned, he had always been a dinosaur.

** In "Jurassic Jumble", Darkwing turns into a dinosaur covered in feathers, which Dr. Fossil calls ridiculous. Nowadays, it's scientific consensus that many dinosaurs had feathers, as the fossil record demonstrates.