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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#26: Feb 24th 2013 at 11:46:37 PM

I am the terror that flaps in the night!
I am the trope that you can't quite find examples for!
I... am DARKWING DUCK!!!

Sorry, just felt like making one of those.

edited 24th Feb '13 11:47:38 PM by KnownUnknown

Pokemon39 Since: Mar, 2013
#28: Apr 10th 2013 at 1:58:05 PM

When I was about 5, I always confused Taurus Bulba (the villain from the pilot episode) with Darkwing Yak (from the "Just Us Justice Ducks" episode).

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#29: Apr 10th 2013 at 2:01:36 PM

How did this cartoon completely escape my grasp? I didn't watch Disney toons that often for some reason, but somehow stumbled across most of them at least once. But not this one.

BagofMagicFood Since: Jan, 2001
#30: Apr 10th 2013 at 5:21:54 PM

Huh. Darkwing Duck was the Disney Afternoon show I watched the most of.

I still remember that live show based on The Disney Afternoon they once had at Walt Disney World. I wonder if we still have the videotape of it. I know it started with Darkwing Duck setting up Mickey Mouse's appearing act, so my family would always re-watch at least that segment of the tape before getting bored and skipping to something else we did at the parks. smile

KlarkKentThe3rd Since: May, 2010
#31: Apr 11th 2013 at 9:56:17 AM

Darkwing Duck may have been the best thing Di$ney ever put on TV.

Aside from Tale Spin.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#32: Oct 29th 2014 at 11:32:51 AM

I've been starting to watch this again. Perhaps i've been spoiled by SWAT Kats, my favorite from that era and which stands up as a legitimately good action cartoon even in the modern day, while this show is definitely further on the cartoony scale.

What sells it for me watching it as a 20-something (instead of the preschooler who practically worshipped this show back in the day) is Darkwing's Deadpan Snarker tendencies. Despite being a bit of a goofball himself, the guy almost has Medium Awareness for the utter lunacy going on around him.

DS9guy Since: Jan, 2001
#33: Apr 1st 2017 at 2:29:07 PM

Before Darkwing Duck, Disney TV Cartoons were pretty safe. Sure they had memorable characters and fun adventures but it was DW that brought in some more wit and edge and I think we can thank Tad Stone for that. After all, can you imagine Duck Tales or Rescue Rangers doing a parody of Twin Peaks?

Etheru Since: Jul, 2009
#34: Apr 1st 2017 at 2:42:46 PM

I can see Ducktales maybe doing that.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#35: Apr 1st 2017 at 10:07:42 PM

While Darkwing is definitely the Darker and Edgier corner of the Disney Afternoon and it was definitely all the better for it given the kind of series it was a send-up to, I wouldn't say that level of wit started there.

There was Talespin with all it's brilliant classic pulp Whole Plot References, screwball comedy send-ups, and on the edginess side those episodes that pitted the heroes vs what was essentially the Soviet Union. And even Chip and Dale (which is arguably the least ambitious of the Disney Afternoon adventure/action series with the most standard kind of humor) had that whole episode Church of Happyology jab.

After all, wit generally isn't in what you do, but in how you do it. The best thing about Disney Afternoon was in how well each series knew that, and how to write the kind of stories they wanted.

edited 1st Apr '17 10:14:30 PM by KnownUnknown

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#36: Mar 12th 2019 at 9:34:11 AM

Linkara reviews the first four IDW comics.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#37: Mar 13th 2019 at 5:49:48 PM

Nearly gave me a heart attack thinking they were going to remake this masterpiece.

I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#38: Oct 10th 2020 at 3:11:36 AM

Watching random clips of Darkwing Duck on youtube and I came across a clip of Dark Warrior Duck,I realised Darkwing was effectively using drones to fight crime

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#39: Oct 10th 2020 at 3:32:36 AM

The idea of drones is much older than its actual real world counterpart. At it's core, a drone is little more than a mini-helicopter.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#40: Oct 10th 2020 at 10:44:22 AM

Just watched the episode with Paddywack, awesome episode

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#41: Oct 10th 2020 at 10:55:04 AM

Paddywack is one of my favourite episodes.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#42: Oct 10th 2020 at 10:57:52 AM

Quackerjack and Darkwing beating the shit out of Paddywhack while making fun of Defeat Equals Friendship was one of my favorite gags on the show.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Oct 10th 2020 at 10:58:14 AM

Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#43: Oct 11th 2020 at 12:29:21 AM

I'm going to bring it up here: those who watch DuckTales (2017), what do you think so far about how Darkwing was integrated into the show?

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#44: Oct 11th 2020 at 1:45:20 PM

I have no complaints, thought the best time to ask that will probably be in a week when the remake version of Darkly Dawns the Duck airs.

Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#45: Oct 11th 2020 at 10:56:33 PM

Yes, I am looking forward to that episode. I really enjoyed "The Duck Knight Returns", not only because of, well, Darkwing Duck returning, but also how it satirized the film industry.

AmazingSpiderHam Since: Sep, 2020
#46: Oct 12th 2020 at 5:47:08 AM

Not gonna lie, Taurus Bullba as a scientist rather than a mob boss is going to take some time getting used to.

It's weird that this show goes to change pre existing characters into scientists, like Gandra and Bullba, and create new evil scientist characters when they won't even use Emil Eagle.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#47: Oct 12th 2020 at 6:03:00 AM

Mad scientists are cooler then mobsters apparently

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Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#48: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:06:39 AM

Mad Scientists are a good excuse to include futuristic technology in the show that can be applied for plot convenience. They at least kept Ma Beagle as a mobster, though.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#49: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:42:36 AM

Original Taurus had his own super weapon, though. You don't need to have a mad scientist around for those.

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#50: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:43:54 AM

You just need one close enough to steal it from or force them to make it.

Wake me up at your own risk.

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