Line #19 Recap/DarkwingDuckS2E8CalmAChameleon


1	The shape-changing villainess known as the Chameleon plots to take control of the Howl publishing empire so she can print her own money. Honker undergoes a personality transformation when he is bullied at school.
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4	!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
5	* ChainedToARailway: Camille does this to Darkwing and Launchpad.
6	-->'''Darkwing:''' Tying us down to a railroad track, excuse me? Not very original! ''[Sound of incoming train]'' Effective, yes, but not original.
7	* CounterfeitCash: Camille's EvilPlan was to use stolen $100 plates to become rich by making all the money she wanted. Unfortunately, due to working out of a cave, she had inferior ink and a makeshift printing press. She solved this problem by impersonating a millionairess who owned a newspaper.
8	* ADayInTheLimelight: For Honker.
9	* ExtendedDisarming: Parodied. Darkwing is forced by Camille (disguised as Launchpad) to surrender his gas gun, then, under coaxing, a bow and arrow... then, to further insistence, he rapidly produces [[HyperspaceArsenal a pile of weapons half as tall as himself]]. After tossing down things like a cutlass, a rocket launcher and a chainsaw, he ends by carefully placing a rubber chicken on top of the pile.
10	-->'''Camille:''' I understand everything else... but why the rubber chicken?
11	-->'''Darkwing:''' Eh, gets a laugh at parties.
12	* FreudianExcuse: {{Lampshaded}}.
13	-->'''Camille Chameleon:''' I didn't always look like this. In high school I was a beautiful girl, but... I wasn't popular...
14	-->'''Darkwing:''' Oh boy, this is it, the "How I became a villain" story.
15	* FurryConfusion: At the end of her ShapeshifterSwanSong, Camille transforms into a non-anthropomorphic chameleon.
16	-->'''Darkwing:''' ''(Grabbing her up)'' You're going to spend the next ten years in a maximum security terrarium.
17	* GoneHorriblyRight: To help Honker be more assertive, Darkwing gave him a copy of his assertiveness training course. It helped Honker become more assertive alright...by turning him into a bad boy biker.
18	* MorphicResonance: No matter which form Camille takes, she always has her yellow eyes and hissing speech impediment.
19	* MotiveMisidentification: Deliberately invoked by Camille who, while impersonating a print company millionairess as part of her actual scheme to counterfeit, had a news story broadcast that made Darkwing believe she was going to steal a valuable jewel in order to [[LuredIntoATrap lure him into a trap]] with a TimeBomb.
20	* NotHimself: After standing up for himself, Honker starts acting like a BadassBiker, complete with [[HellBentForLeather leather jacket]].
21	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title alludes Music/CultureClub's song "Karma Chameleon".
22	* ShapeshifterSwanSong: Camille Chameleon gets a spectacular one when Honker realizes that chameleons are very sensitive to temperature changes.
23	* ShoutOut: In addition to the song quotes under WaxingLyrical, Honker quotes ''Film/TheWildOne'':
24	-->'''Gosalyn:''' Honker, what are you rebelling against?
25	-->'''Honker:''' Whaddaya got?
26	* WaxingLyrical: In a single scene, Honker says that he's "b-b-b-bad to the b-b-b-bone", (George Thorogood's "Bad To The Bone"), that he's "a rebel and he'll never be any good", ("He's A Rebel" by The Crystals), and that he's "born to be wild" ("Born to Be Wild" by Music/{{Steppenwolf}}).

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