New DuckTales Animated Series

Yes, Donald is doing better this season. I also expect less Launchpad since they pretty much set up a bus stop for him now.

True, given how Launchpad's been absent in every episode so far after Let's Get Dangerous to the point where's he's been absent for five episodes in a row for the first time. I do wonder if the season 3 finale will legit be Launchpad's only season 3 appearance post Let's Get Dangerous.

I find bradford interesting because in his mind of course he needs to steal the world the people in charge don't run it right, too much chaos and magic, he will run things with order and the trains will run on time. but the only people willing to go along with it are some of the most chaotic people around. I'm pretty sure he called it o.w.l. are first just to get heron in, and then she insisted he add an f.

although im expecting him to go full on maniacal laughter and gloating in the finale with heron being proud he finally embraced his inner super villain.

Still an improvement over the former 'ALL parents are absent ever' policy of the Duckverse.

It's funny that the only actual responsible father who's always been there for his son in this show is... Goofy, and we don't even get to see his son in person.

In his defense, he wouldn't have much to work with otherwise. I already mentioned Ma Beagle, but other than her and Bradford every other villain in the show either likes to flash a huge villainy card at all times or is an idiot. Or both.

What with Talespin being a thing in this universe, I wonder what became of this continuity's Shere Khan? As long as he were anything like the original he'd actually be just the kind of person Bradford would need.

Edited by AmazingSpiderHam on Nov 27th 2020 at 5:20:58 AM

I'd like another Darkwing episode this season, but I don't expect it to happen.

Bradford reminds me of the Brain in that regard. They plot to Take Over the World because they think the world will be a much better place under their rule. But whereas the Brain got only Pinky to work with, Bradford got a whole bunch of Card Carrying Villains.

Edited by Snicka on Nov 28th 2020 at 10:35:20 AM

That depends if Shere Khan believes F.O.W.L. is worth the investment... or more trouble than its worth.

I agree with TiamatRoar's plot twist prediction from two pages ago: By the end of the season, Pepper will be revealed as Beakley's daughter and Webby's mother.

Does he? I'm not entirely sure what Brain's goal is beyond taking over the world. His motivation seems to be "because I can".

My view on the Brain may be tinted by his entry on Characters.Pinky And The Brain, where he is listed as a Well-Intentioned Extremist who wants to change the world for the better, but I can't recall the episode where that's established. Granted, I only saw a handful of episodes of Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain.

The Brain's motivation is the typical "only I'm smart enough to be in charge" thing a lot of bad guys have. I can see where the Bradford thing comes in, but he just wants order and not chaos.

I don't see how he is a well intentioned extremist, since most of his schemes involve outright brainwashing the population.

I feel that entry is just trying to whitewash what is, effectively, a Bond villain protagonist.

Edited by Redmess on Nov 28th 2020 at 4:55:16 PM

IIRC, original Brain's motivation was that he believed everyone but him was a moron and he could legitimately lead the world better (this was the result of Characterization Marches On - at first he was not like that - and it helped that he had an Evil(er) Counterpart, who wanted to take over the world and do awful stuff instead). That said, much like Bradford he was a big fat hypocrite.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Nov 28th 2020 at 9:42:27 AM

The Brain has received something of an actual backstory in the Reboot. Essentially, after a cruel experiment was performed on him in his youth, Brain started seeking out control-of himself, of his surroundings, and eventually of the world. It's kind of tragic, really.

Sounds like another case of Cerebus Syndrome.

Brain had a semi-serious backstory in the original, as well.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Nov 28th 2020 at 3:01:23 AM

You can even combined the two, because the new one showcases how he was abused into self-helplessness.

The big shining eyes showing his innocence helps.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 28th 2020 at 5:30:03 AM

Eesh, that's a mental image I do NOT need.

Yeah, Brain's backstory in the original Pinky and the Brain was shown in the episode "Leggo My Ego" where Brain meets Sigmund Freud and it's revealed that Brain used to live in an empty can of peaches with his family, until he was taken away to be a lab mouse. The can had a picture of the Earth on it, so Freud concludes that Brain doesn't actually want to rule the world, he just wants to go home. I had thought that episode could be one where Brain have gave his justification that by his conquering the world he could make it a better place, but he doesn't say anything like that in that episode. I'm sure he says that at some point though, because I remember it happening, I just can't recall the episode, or episodes, where he said it.

I like that one better, it gives him a backstory and more of a motivation without diving into outright tragedy.

We're getting away from the Disney Ducks. To get back to Bradford and F.O.W.L., I would say Phantom Blot is the most loyal person to Bradford in comparison to the other villains because Blot isn't a showboat and Bradford wants to rein in chaos while Blot wants Magic gone from the world. It is easy to see that they have goals that align.

Rockerduck's just an evil rich guy, and Gandra just wants money for expiriments. The real outliers are Steelbeak and Heron, honestly.

Of course, Comics!Blot would be among the first to betray Bradford.

I wonder if Steelbeak and Heron may end up pulling a Starscream on Bradford and usrup him as the leader of FOWL? How crazy of a twist would that be? It'd be like Toffee usurping Ludo's army from Star Vs.

I don't think Heron or Steelbeak have shown anything that would make them good at running FOWL. Bradford was a guy who worked with money for a living. I know you compared it to SVTFOE, but it'd honestly be more like in Street Fighter when Balrog took control of Shadaloo and the company got ran into the ground. Some people just aren't leadership material.