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Darkwing Duck

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The adventures of superhero Darkwing Duck, aided by his sidekick Launchpad McQuack. In his secret identity of Drake Mallard, he lives in a suburban house with his adopted daughter Gosalyn, next door to the bafflingly dim-witted Muddlefoot family. A spin-off of DuckTales.

Cast:
Jim Cummings, Christine Cavanaugh, Terence McGovern
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
ABC, Disney Channel, Syndication

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Seasons

4 available

Season 1

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Episode 1

★ 8.0

Darkly Dawns the Duck (1)

1991-09-06 · 22m

Darkwing Duck meets Launchpad McQuack! Together they try to save Gosalyn from being kidnapped and used by Taurus Bulba as a pawn in his evil plan.

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Episode 2

★ 6.0

Darkly Dawns the Duck (2)

1991-09-06 · 22m

Taurus nabs Gosalyn, despite the best efforts of DW and Launchpad. Can Darkwing Duck and Launchpad McQuack save the day?

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Episode 3

★ 5.9

Beauty and the Beet

1991-09-09 · 22m

Darkwing Duck must battle through a greenhouse of hostile plants to save Rhonda from being changed into a plant.

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Episode 4

★ 6.0

Getting Antsy

1991-09-10 · 22m

Darkwing and Gosalyn take a trip to the new miniature golf course that turns out to be the hideout of Dr. Lulliput, a scientist who's shrinking the banks of St. Canard!

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Episode 5

★ 6.0

Night of the Living Spud

1991-09-11 · 22m

Bushroot, the half plant/half duck villain, tries growing a bride to keep him company.

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Episode 6

★ 6.2

Apes of Wrath

1991-09-12 · 22m

Shush asks Darkwing Duck to investigate the disappearance of a gorilla researcher.

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Episode 7

★ 6.5

Dirty Money

1991-09-13 · 22m

Someone is scrubbing the print off the cash in bank vaults across the country and Darkwing Duck is on the case!

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Episode 8

★ 6.0

Duck Blind

1991-09-16 · 22m

In a battle with the electrified villain, Megavolt, Darkwing Duck is blinded by a giant flashbulb.

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Episode 9

★ 6.2

Comic Book Capers

1991-09-17 · 22m

A comic book company wants to produce a Darkwing Duck comic book! Darkwing decides to write about his latest adventure with Megavolt.

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Episode 10

★ 5.8

Water Way to Go

1991-09-18 · 22m

Darkwing Duck finds Steelbeak using a rain-making device to flood the Sahara Desert!

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Episode 11

★ 6.0

Paraducks

1991-09-19 · 22m

Darkwing Duck is the brave volunteer to try out a Shush scientist's time travel machine!

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Episode 12

★ 6.4

Easy Come, Easy Grows

1991-09-20 · 22m

Darkwing Duck is baffled by the mysterious disappearance of bank safes which seem to be literally walking away on their own.

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Episode 13

★ 6.2

A Revolution in Home Appliances

1991-09-23 · 22m

Megavolt accidentally gives life to a group of home appliances who go on a crime spree through St. Canard.

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Episode 14

★ 5.8

Trading Faces

1991-09-24 · 22m

Darkwing Duck and Gosalyn are forced into action when Steelbeak and F.O.W.L. Egg Men steal a huge booster rocket from an intergalactic spacecraft!

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Episode 15

★ 5.8

Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan

1991-09-25 · 22m

Tuskerninni plans to take over a studio by causing 'accidents' to occur to the leading actors. Darkwing decides to investigate by becoming the lead in Tuskerninni's latest film!

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Episode 16

★ 5.8

Can't Bayou Love

1991-09-26 · 22m

A Cajun crook, Jambalaya Jake, moves to the city when his pork-bellied pet gator, Gumbo, develops an allergy to swampwater. But, his crooked style is cramped by Darkwing Duck!

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Episode 17

★ 5.5

Bearskin Thug

1991-09-27 · 22m

Gosalyn would rather be anywhere than camping, but Drake has decided it's time to hit the trail for a little father/daughter togetherness.

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Episode 18

★ 6.0

You Sweat Your Life

1991-09-30 · 22m

Drake is off to the health spa when he finds two of it's employees, Flex and Slim, stealing rare items from the St. Canard Museum!

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Episode 19

★ 6.5

Days of Blunder

1991-10-01 · 22m

Quackerjack masquerades as a psychiatrist and convinces Darkwing Duck that he's become ineffective at his job. Darkwing then switches careers as Quackerjack goes on a crime spree.

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Episode 20

★ 7.0

Just Us Justice Ducks (1)

1991-10-02 · 22m

Darkwing Duck's ego gets the better of him when Negaduck teams up Darkwing's greatest foes: Megavolt, Quackerjack, Bushroot and Liquidator!

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Episode 21

★ 5.8

Just Us Justice Ducks (2)

1991-10-03 · 22m

The Justice Ducks are each defeated and captured by the Fearsome Five. Darkwing rushes to the rescue, and the five heroes join in battle against the five villains, with the ultimate victors deciding the fate of the whole city.

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Episode 22

★ 6.5

Double Darkwings

1991-10-04 · 22m

Jambalaya Jake and Gumbo obtain a bayou zombie potion to control Darkwing Duck. But Launchpad gets hit with the potion when in his Darkwing decoy outfit!

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Episode 23

★ 6.0

Aduckyphobia

1991-10-07 · 22m

A mutated spider bite causes Darkwing to grow four extra arms! When this causes hims trouble while trying to catch Moliarty, Darkwing adopts a new super-hero identity... Arachno-duck!

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Episode 24

★ 6.2

When Aliens Collide

1991-10-08 · 22m

Gosalyn comes upon a space ship that has crashed in the park. A cute alien emerges, wearing a rather restrictive collar which he doesn’t seem to be fond of.

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Episode 25

★ 5.8

Jurassic Jumble

1991-10-10 · 22m

Honker and Gosalyn track down a set of dinosaur footprints, and are led to the nefarious Dr. Fossil, duck turned dinosaur. With his de-evolution ray and the aid of a passing comet, Fossil plans to end the current life on the planet to give dinosaurs a second chance.

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Episode 26

★ 6.2

Cleanliness is Next to Badliness

1991-10-15 · 22m

Steelbeak teams up with agent Amonia Pine to clean out banks for F.O.W.L. Gosalyn starts a Darkwing fan club.

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Episode 27

★ 6.2

Smarter Than a Speeding Bullet

1991-10-17 · 22m

Comet Guy, failure superhero has come from another planet to retrieve superhero training. Steelbeak directs the theft of masses of rubber to construct a destructive F.O.W.L. device - the F.O.W.L. ball.

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Episode 28

★ 5.6

All's Fahrenheit in Love and War

1991-10-21 · 22m

Launchpad and Darkwing are after a strange band of firebugs that have melted down the gold of the city banks. Icy Vanderchill, frozen duck, develops a crush on DW, and dates him, all the while hiding a plot to paint the city in a layer of gold.

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Episode 29

★ 6.2

Whiffle While You Work

1991-10-23 · 22m

Gosalyn and Darkwing are hyped over a video game competition involving the popular ""Whiffle Boy"". However, a toymaker gone insane, Quackerjack, is out to get revenge on the gaming industry that put him out of business.

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Episode 30

★ 5.5

Ghoul of My Dreams

1991-10-31 · 22m

Morgana is using sleep sand to rob the citizens of St. Canard while they sleepwalk. When Darkwing steps in to set things right, he ends up in dreamland. Nodoff, controller of dreamland and supplier of Morgana's sleep sand wants the entire city to snooze, and will see to it that no one gets in his way.

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Episode 31

★ 5.8

Adopt-a-Con

1991-11-07 · 22m

In this case, Adopt-a-con means the Adopt A Convict Program. The program has sent Tuskernini to Drake's house. DW is sure that Tusker won't reform, even though he acts as if he has. Posing as Bushroot, he takes Launchpad, Gosalyn, And Drake hostages in order to fish out Darkwing. But Drake's already a hostage. How can DW pull out of this one?

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Episode 32

★ 6.0

Toys Czar Us

1991-11-11 · 22m

When Quackerjack learns that parents won't buy his dangerous toys, he decides to create a toy utopia for children, with him as the ruler. Gosalyn gets into trouble at school, causing the principal to suggest Drake take a better look at his parenting. Drake gives up Darkwing to become the perfect parent just as Quackerjack executes his insane plot.

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Episode 33

★ 5.0

The Secret Origins of Darkwing Duck

1991-11-13 · 22m

200 years in the future, an archaeologist tries to put the pieces of history together with the aid of a supercomputer and ends up with multiple origins of Darkwing Duck.

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Episode 34

★ 4.7

Up, Up, and Awry

1991-11-14 · 22m

Darkwing becomes self-conscious about not having powers, so Gizmoduck and Launchpad create a Gizmosuit for him!

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Episode 35

★ 6.0

Life, the Negaverse, and Everything

1991-11-18 · 22m

To set things 'right' in an alternate universe where morality is reversed, Darkwing Duck teams up with the superheroes of the world: Megavolt, Quackerjack, Bushroot and Liquidator!

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Episode 36

★ 6.5

Dry Hard

1991-11-20 · 22m

Bud Flood, a crooked water salesman, becomes the Liquidator, seizing control of the water in St. Canard!

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Episode 37

★ 6.0

Heavy Mental

1991-11-21 · 22m

Launchpad gains psychic powers, but has trouble controlling them. F.O.W.L. agent, Major Synapse, steals S.H.U.S.H.'s Nora Ray, and uses it on his underlings to give them super brain powers.

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Episode 38

★ 6.0

Disguise the Limit

1991-11-26 · 22m

Negaduck, disguised, frames Darkwing for a series of crimes. To go into hiding, the hero uses an experimental S.H.U.S.H. design, which ends up causing him to spontaneously change into whomever he looks at.

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Episode 39

★ 6.5

Planet of the Capes

1991-11-27 · 22m

Comet Guy returns, and he needs Darkwing to go to his planet to help him.

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Episode 40

★ 6.0

Darkwing Doubloon

1991-12-16 · 22m

300 years ago, a pirate scourge sailed the seas, striking for truth and justice. That's right, believe it or not, that was a scourge of pirates! Darkwing Doubloon and his crew, Gosalyn, Stegmutt, Launchpad, and Gizmoduck have must battle the alleged pirate Negaduck and the Fearsome Four to keep them from making off with the king's jewels.

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Episode 41

★ 6.0

It's a Wonderful Leaf

1991-12-23 · 22m

A crowd of pushy holiday shopppers rub Bushroot the wrong way. He decides to ruin Christmas by taking control of all of St. Canard's Christmas trees.

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Episode 42

★ 6.2

Twitching Channels

1992-02-05 · 22m

Megavolt creates a way of transmitting himself as an electrical signal. Darkwing confronts the rat, and both of them get transported to the human universe. Here, the Darkwing Duck cartoon is a big seller, and DW realizes he isn't getting any of the profits. And it seems that there is no way home.

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Episode 43

★ 5.8

Dances with Bigfoot

1992-02-06 · 22m

Drake Mallard disappears and it’s up to the Crimson Quackette to find him.

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Episode 44

★ 6.0

Twin Beaks

1992-02-10 · 22m

When Honker's parents go missing, all clues point to the mysterious Twin Beaks. A mutated alien race of cabbages have begun their conquest of Earth from this unseemly town.

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Episode 45

★ 6.0

The Incredible Bulk

1992-02-12 · 22m

Bushroot creates a new experimental fertilizer that causes plants to grow large and strong.

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Episode 46

★ 5.3

My Valentine Ghoul

1992-02-14 · 22m

Darkwing’s refusal of Morgana’s suggestion of help, makes her very angry, which Negaduck sees as an opportunity.

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Episode 47

★ 7.2

Dead Duck

1992-02-17 · 22m

Chasing Megavolt, Darkwing gets into an accident and is killed. Now, on the run from Death himself, he no only plans to apprehend the villain he's after, but also has to search for a way to return to the living before it's too late.

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Episode 48

★ 6.5

A Duck by Any Other Name

1992-02-18 · 22m

A news program reveals Darkwing Duck's identity as Launchpad.

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Episode 49

★ 6.2

Let's Get Respectable

1992-02-20 · 22m

After a television program shows that Darkwing as a poor reputation with the public, Gosalyn decides that Darkwing needs an image change.

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Episode 50

★ 6.2

In Like Blunt

1992-02-24 · 22m

A nefarious criminal from the past returns, to profit by auctioning of all a complete list of S.H.U.S.H.'s secret agents. J. Gander teams up Darkwing with the legendary Derek Blunt to intercept the documents before they fall into the wrong hands.

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Episode 51

★ 6.2

Quack of Ages

1992-02-26 · 22m

To prevent the invention of the yo-yo, Quackerjack travels back to the medevial land of Canardia. Posing as the king's advisor, the demented toymaker convicts Darkwing as a warlock.

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Episode 52

★ 5.2

Time and Punishment

1992-02-27 · 22m

During a battle between Darkwing, Megavolt and Quackerjack, Gosalyn ends up aboard the villains Time Top, just before it starts up and takes them to the future. There, Gosalyn finds out that Darkwing has become Darkwarrior Duck, and enforces the law with an iron fist!

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Episode 53

★ 6.0

Stressed to Kill

1992-03-03 · 22m

Darkwing Is getting a little bit stressted. So he goes to a stress free clinic (which is beeing runby Megavolt and QuackerJack) and they brain wash him. Now he is too calm (not even Goslyn deystroying the house can get him mad!). When Megavolt and QuackerJack start a fire that soons starts to spread, Launchpd and Goslyn have to try to get DW out of it. But when Megavolt puts out the fire, he also starts a flood. What will they do?

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Episode 54

★ 6.2

The Darkwing Squad

1992-04-01 · 22m

J. Gander asks DW to train some of Shush's agents. That does not go over well with Agent Grizzlicoff, who joins F.O.W.L. as a double agent. Steelbeak sets a trap for the newly titled ""Darkwing Squad"" while Grizzli faces off against Darkwing.

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Episode 55

★ 6.8

Inside Binkie's Brain

1992-04-01 · 22m

When Binkie Muddlefoot gets hit on the head by a bowling ball, her ""little hero"" escapes and causes her to become the Canardian Guardian. Her endless quest for safety endangers the life of Darkwing as he tries once again to capture Megavolt.

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Episode 56

★ 6.5

The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain

1992-04-29 · 22m

A Sprit named Paddywhack is unleashed from a jack in the box when Gosalyn gets into mischief, and possesses Quackerjack's doll, Mr. Banana Brain. As he causes trouble alongside the demented toymaker, he grows, feeding from the negative emotions around himself.

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Episode 57

★ 6.2

Slime OK, You're OK

1992-05-01 · 22m

Bushroot creates a formula intending to create an intelligent plant friend, and Gosalyn ends up sampling it. Now Darkwing has a limited amount of time to find a cure before Gosalyn, half-slime, half-duck, melts into a pile of goo.

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Episode 58

★ 6.5

Whirled History

1992-05-01 · 22m

Forced to work on her boring history assignment, Gosalyn dozes off, and begins sleepwalking. She dreams herself with AstroDuck, a television show character, trying to find ""The Fountain Of Knowledge"". While she is learning about famous explorers in her dreams, Megavolt uses her as bait to trap and kill Darkwing in the real world.

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Episode 59

★ 6.2

U.F. Foe

1992-05-01 · 22m

Aliens kidnap Launchpad to make him ruler of the universe.

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Episode 60

★ 6.0

A Star Is Scorned

1992-05-01 · 22m

Darkwing's TV producer feels that Darkwing's TV show needs a new gimmick in the form of a spin-off character, which might really be Darkwing's replacement.

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Episode 61

★ 6.5

The Quiverwing Quack

1992-05-16 · 22m

Gosalyn takes up archery, and bests Negaduck with it. Against Darkwing's wishes she creates her alter-ego, the Quiverwing Quack and causes a stir of publicity. She also becomes Negaduck's new target - so he can regain his position as Public Enemy # 1.

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Episode 62

★ 5.8

Jail Bird

1992-05-17 · 22m

Negaduck steals a dimond that can steal other peoples powers. And after he steals the powers from,bushroot, megavolt, the luiquidator, and qukerjack, they have to use there weakneses to stop mega negaduck ( as he calls him).

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Episode 63

★ 6.5

Dirtysomething

1992-05-18 · 22m

It's Ammonia Pine's worst nightmare! FOWL has teamed her with her polar opposite, her filth-loving sister, Ample Grime. It WOULD be easy for Darkwing Duck to stop them. But Gosalyn, not having enough allowance to buy a video game, has discovered that she can cash in whatever she recycles... incuding the Thunderquack's engine, the Ratcatcher, a few gas guns, etc.

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Episode 64

★ 6.4

Kung Fooled

1992-05-19 · 22m

Darkwing chases Moleiarity to the city Kung Pow where he meets up with his old martial arts instructor, Master Lee.

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Episode 65

★ 6.2

Bad Luck Duck

1992-05-20 · 22m

Darkwing Duck is accused of stealing a tribes jewel and the leader puts a curse on him. Now they have to get it back from Negabuck and sop him from using it. But where is the leader to get the curse off?

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Cast

Jim Cummings

Jim Cummings

Darkwing Duck (voice)

Christine Cavanaugh

Christine Cavanaugh

Gosalyn Waddlemeyer-Mallard (voice)

Terence McGovern

Terence McGovern

Launchpad McQuack (voice)

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