Darkwing Duck (animation)/Characters: Difference between revisions

=== Launchpad McQuack ===

 

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Tropes associated with Launchpad:

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]

* [[Big Eater]]: See any episode where he goes to Hamburger Hippo.

* [[Civvie Spandex]]: He wears his pilot's outfit just about everywhere, even when he's fighting crime with Darkwing.

* {{spoiler|[[Honest Corporate Executive]]: When he's appointed as the new CEO of Quackwerks, he actually does a lot of good with the company and former Crimebots/now Herobots.}}

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]

* [[Secret Public Identity]]

* [[Sidekick]]

* [[Universal Driver's License]]: If it has wings, he can crash it.

 

 

{{quote|Drake's adopted daughter, she's a spunky, thrill-seeking trouble maker. She often goes on Darkwing's missions even though he normally wants her stay home, where she's safe. [[Running Gag|She never cleans her room]].}}

* [[Tomboy]]

* [[Write Who You Know]]: Based on the daughter of one of the writers.

* [[You Got Spunk]]

 

 

{{quote|The youngest son of Drake's neighbors and Gosalyn's best friend. Honker has a high IQ and has helped Darkwing, Launchpad and Gosalyn many times using it. He is also shy and tries to get Gosalyn to listen to her dad, normally to no avail.}}

When the Fearsome Five formed to take over St. Canard, Darkwing had to put his ego aside (but not before throwing a tantrum about wanting to be the only superhero in the city and being beaten by the Fearsome Five three times) and form a [[Five-Man Band]] of unique individuals to face them. The team itself only appears in the two parter "Just Us Justice Ducks" but the members make other appearances in the show.

 

 

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Tropes associated with Gizmo Duck:

* [[Something Person]]

* [[Superhero]]

 

 

{{quote|A sorceress and former CEO of "McCawber's Mushrooms" who shared a mutual attraction with Darkwing. Initially, she was a criminal, but eventually reforms, becomes Darkwing's girlfriend and earns his trust learning his secret identity.}}

* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]

* [[Tsundere]]: While she's normally quite sweet-natured, she is ''extremely'' dangerous when angered.

* [[The Vamp]]

 

 

{{quote|A former duck janitor transformed into a stegosaurs by the [[Mad Scientist]] Dr. Fossil. Well meaning and friendly, Stegmutt is also powerful, destructive, gullible and pretty clumsy.}}

* [[Minion with an F In Evil]]: Partially, because he wasn't evil, and until Gosalyn and Honker told him otherwise, he didn't think Dr. Fossil was either.

 

 

{{quote|Originally a regular fish who was transformed by toxic chemicals, she was angered at St. Canard for polluting the ocean. She initially sought her [[Revenge]], but came to terms with Darkwing, who is helping to keep trash out of the ocean. She controls sea creatures buy [[Magic Music|playing a song through a conch shell]] and also wields a trident.}}

A peacekeeping super-secret organization headed by J. Gander Hooter, trusted with handling international affairs - usually involving their primary foe, F.O.W.L. - that the regular authorities cannot. When S.H.U.S.H. is in need of a more unorthodox solution, they bring in Darkwing Duck. The organization is ''so'' secret that not even its leader knows what "S.H.U.S.H." stands for.

 

 

{{quote|The head of S.H.U.S.H. who brings Darkwing Duck in on several F.O.W.L. missions.}}

* [[The Spymaster]]

 

 

{{quote|The head agent of S.H.U.S.H. who clashes with Darkwing on how to handle F.O.W.L.. He is the antithesis to Darkwing, operating strictly and uncompromisingly by the S.H.U.S.H. handbook.}}

* [[Russian Guy Suffers Most]]

 

 

{{quote|A scientist and inventor who is the head of S.H.U.S.H.'s research division. Somewhat absent-minded and slightly sadistic, her ultimate goal is to win the Nobel Prize for her inventions. }}

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]

 

 

{{quote|S.H.U.S.H.'s greatest secret agent, who didn't believe in using gimmick and gadgets in the line of duty. }}

Other characters that Darkwing has worked with.

 

 

{{quote|A humanoid [[Superhero]] who lives on Mertz, [[Everyone Is a Super|a planet of superheroes]] with only one "ordinary guy" to save. Initially, he was a failure due to his lack of intelligence and his weakness, when hearing a bell ring, he dances uncontrollably until he hears a whistle. Darkwing trains him to turn his weaknesses into strengths and save the day.}}

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]] (the bell thing)

 

 

{{quote|Darkwing's master in Quack Fu, who is at first disappointed at him for not learning the "belly bounce" technique and for using gadgets and weapons to fight with. He was corrupted by money and fame and tried to use a dragon in his plans to take over Kung Pow city. Darkwing stops the dragon in the end using the "belly bounce" and earns his master's respect.}}

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: To Darkwing.

 

 

{{quote|When Darkwing was accidentally zapped by Megavolt's tron splitter, he was separated into purely good and purely evil halves. The good half was nice to a fault. However, after being galvanized via another zap from the tron splitter, he ends up becoming supercharged and able to save the day even with his pacifistic tendencies. Was remerged with NegaDuck I back into the regular Darkwing. Voiced by [[Jim Cummings]].}}

* [[Reality Warper]]

* [[Super Mode]]

 

 

The neighbors in Drake/Darkwing's [[Moebius Neighborhood]] and Honker's family. Unlike Honker, they're really aren't that bright; otherwise they would have discovered that their neighbor was Darkwing Duck a long time ago. With the exception of Honker, Drake cannot stand them, while Gosalyn and Launchpad don't seem to mind them.

 

 

{{quote|A loving but oblivious couple that lives next door to the Mallards. Herb is a Quackerware (their version of Tupperware salesman) and Binkie's a homemaker. Herb also loves to barbecue and watch his favorite show "[[Gilligan's Island|Pelican's Island]]". They are very friendly but also unintentionally intrusive and unaware how much of a brat their oldest son, Tank is.}}

{{quote|'''Weasel''': "Quackerware's a tenth rate product! It took me to realize its true potential!"

'''Herb''': "You can disgrace yourself, and you can disgrace ''me'', Weasel. But when you start messin' with Quackerware, that's it for old Herb Muddlefoot! Come on!" }}

* [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist]]: Herb.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Herb in one episode where he shows heretofore unknown sumo skills.

* [[Wiki Walk]]: Herb

 

 

{{quote|He is a really mean little boy, which is something his parents fail to realize. Honker is his usual target, but he has also been known to make fun of Gosalyn and attack Drake.}}

* [[Fiery Redhead]]

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Kids Are Cruel]]

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: He gets what comes to him usually.

A [[Five-Bad Band]] formed by NegaDuck with four of Darkwing's most recurring/dangerous villains to takeover St. Canard. Despite getting beaten by the Justice Ducks, they still work together at times, but become more of a [[Big Bad]] with his bumbling [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]].

 

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* [[To the Pain]]: "When I throw...THE SWITCH!"

 

 

{{quote|Unintentionally obtaining electrical powers (and maybe frying some brain-cells in the process) from his experiment caused by some high school bullies, he now is a crook who wants to "liberate" the appliances and electrical items of St. Canard. Voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]].}}

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: So what if appliances aren't actually sentient, ''he'' thinks he's saving them from slavery.

 

 

{{quote|After having his funding pulled from his experiments with plants he experimented on himself and unintentionally turned himself into a plantduck capable of controlling plant life. His crimes usually involve him trying to fund his research (i.e. stealing), protecting plants or cure his loneliness.}}

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: He was actually a really nice guy before his mutation.

* {{spoiler|[[The Bad Guy Wins]]: He actually succeeded in murdering his tormentors in his debut appearance.}}

* [[Evil Genius]]

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Teams up with Darkwing more than once.

* [[Mad Scientist]]

* [[Man-Eating Plant]]: His assistant, Spike, a Venus Fly Trap.

* [[Metamorphosis]]

* [[Professor Guinea Pig]]

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]

 

 

{{quote|A deranged toymaker who turned to crime after the video game industry, mainly the game "Whiffle Boy" put him out of business. He creates lethal toys that look like normal ones, but he's infamous for his gigantic sized joke teeth. Voiced by [[Michael Bell]].}}

* [[My Little Panzer]]

* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Megavolt who he's teamed up with twice outside of the group.

* [[Toothy Bird]]: Most bird characters has teeth in the show, but he shows them almost all the time. Plus, they're fake teeth to boot.

* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: His "wackiness".

 

 

{{quote|Originally a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] named Bud Flood who sold his [[Cool, Clear Water|Bud Flood's Sparkling Crystal Pure Flood Water]] while [[Grimy Water|he was contaminating his competition]] during a massive heatwave. Darkwing accidentally startled him and he dropped into a vat of water he'd contaminated. He then turned into a being of pure water with the ability to shape it, heat it, chill it and turn it into hard water. Only appeared with the Fearsome Five afterwards. His salespitch-centric dialogue was difficult to write and the ways to defeat him were quite limited; pairing him with the others made this less of a problem for the writers.}}

== F.O.W.L. ==

 

 

 

{{quote|The three leaders of F.O.W.L. who gives the operatives their orders. Their faces are covered in shadows and only their eyes and mouths are seen.}}

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]

* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]

 

 

{{quote|F.O.W.L.'s top agent whose smooth exterior masks the true villain he is. He literally has a steel beak, which can cut material in half if close enough. Voiced by [[Rob Paulsen]].}}

* [[Wicked Cultured]]

 

 

{{quote|A former cleaning lady for a research lab who had accidental contact with an experimental bathroom disinfectant. Inhaling the fumes turned her into a cleaning-obsessed villain. She was later recruited by F.O.W.L. for their dastardly plans. She hates and fears dirt.}}

* [[Woman Scorned]]: By Steelbeak. The result wasn't pretty.

 

 

{{quote|Ample is Ammonia's messy, dirt-loving sister who hates and fears cleanliness.}}

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: With her clean sister Ammonia.

 

 

{{quote|A stereotypical [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] who steals S.H.U.S.H.'s Norma Ray and gives himself powerful psychic abilities. {{spoiler|He explodes after Darkwing, Launchpad and Gosalyn overload his mind with questions. May have been [[Killed Off for Real]].}}}}

* [[Psychic Powers]]

 

 

{{quote|Major Synapse's hippie underlings changed by the Norma Ray, Hotshot could burn or freeze and Flygirl could move things with her mind.}}

* [[Pstandard Psychic Pstance]]

* [[Spider Sense]]

 

 

{{quote|F.O.W.L. soldiers that usually serve under Steelbeak.}}

The primary antagonists of the two-part pilot movie, "Darkly Dawns the Duck". Most of them don't return afterwards.

 

 

{{quote|Probably Darkwing's most dangerous villain. A crime lord who had Gosalyn's paternal grandfather killed for his invention, the Ramrod, an anti-gravity gun he used to steal from the citizens of St. Canard. He was [[Killed Off for Real]] when he was caught in the explosion of the Ramrod caused by Darkwing Duck, but he returned when F.O.W.L. salvaged his body and turned him into a cyborg. Voiced by [[Tim Curry]].}}

* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: He's perfectly willing to have Gosalyn dropped down a hundred foot skyscraper to get what he wants out of Darkwing.

 

 

{{quote|Taurus Bulba's lead henchman, he's more brawn than brain and uses the horns on his head (he's a goat) as weapons. He also makes a short appearance in "In Like Blunt".}}

* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: Wears some stylin' gangster threads.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: He's constantly on the receiving end of various painful gags. Bulba himself also seems to love picking him up by the throat.

* [[The Dragon]]

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: More intelligent than Hoof & Mouth, but that really isn't saying much.

* [[Evil Minions]]

 

 

{{quote|Taurus Bulba's henchmen, they're all brawn, no brain and in Mouth's case, can't shut up.}}

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Tropes associated with Hoof & Mouth:

** [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: {{spoiler|They're strongly implied to have been the ones who killed Gosalyn's grandfather.}}

* [[Those Two Guys]]

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Mouth tends to repeat things, repeat things.

 

 

{{quote|Taurus Bulba's secretary and assistant. According to her parents, she should have been a dental hygienist.}}

* [[Evil Minions]]

* [[Full-Name Basis]]: She ''always'' calls Taurus Bulba by his full name.

* [[Sexy Secretary]]

* [[Yes-Man|Yes Woman]]

 

 

{{quote|Taurus Bulba's pet condor, who's as evil and ruthless as his master.}}

Hat-shaped aliens that can take over a lifeform's body when placed on top of their head. Lead by Flarg the Grand High Potentate of a thousand planets in the Delphonic Nebula. Flarg, Barada & Nikto appear twice in the series with Talaya appearing on their second appearance.

 

 

{{quote|See above.}}

Villains that have no allegiance to a group and appear at least twice in the show.

 

 

{{quote|A film director turned criminal uses his directing background as a gimmick for his crimes. He also has three penguin assistants to aid him.}}

* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]

 

{{quote|The trio of penguins who act as Tuskerninni's sidekicks. Usually act as gofers, cameramen, or other menial labor at their boss's request.}}

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Tropes associated with The Penguins:

* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]: Erm..no, totally averted this time.

* [[No Name Given|No Names Given]]

* [[The Voiceless]]-In certain episodes they can make sound effects or quacking noises, bu they stay silent most of the time.

 

 

{{quote|A [[Gadgeteer Genius]] mole who lives underground. With his mole army, he tries to usurp the surface world from the surface dwellers and make it inhabitable for moles (like permanently blocking out the sun).}}

* [[The Napoleon]]

 

 

{{quote|A [[Mad Artist|daringly innovative pseudo anti-neo post modern deconstructionist]] with [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|an eloquent and intelligent vocabulary]]. Using her paint and paintbrush applied with [[Applied Phlebotinum]] she can breathe life into her creations and can enter works of art with the master stroke of her brush. Her intentions are to receive recognition, fund her work (steal paintings to make money) and let no obstacle prohibit her.}}

* [[Wild Hair]]

 

 

{{quote|A thief and cajun hick who lives in St. Canard's sewers who has bested Darkwing more than once. He is aided by his gator, Gumbo and witch doctor grandmother, Granny Whammy (the latter offered her help for $10,000).}}

* [[Ragin Cajun]]

 

 

{{quote|Jambalaya Jake's near civilized, more intelligent alligator sidekick who doesn't like to be called Dumbo.}}

Villains who have only appeared once.

 

 

{{quote|When Darkwing was accidentally zapped by Megavolt's tron splitter, he was separated into purely good and purely evil halves. The evil half was unreasonably nasty and enjoyed violence. However, after being galvanized via another zap from the tron splitter, he ended up becoming supercharged into a nearly-unstoppable force. Was remerged with PosiDuck back into the regular Darkwing. Voiced by [[Jim Cummings]].}}

* [[What Could Have Been]]: There was at one point an episode planned where he would have made a return and force Darkwing Duck and [[Nega Duck]] II into an [[Enemy Mine]] situation to stop him.

 

 

{{quote|Drake's dictator-like persona if Gosalyn had disappeared when Quackerjack and Megavolt went into the future in "Time & Punishment". He rules St. Canard with an iron fist and give's the citizen's little liberties and arrests them on the spot. Voiced by [[Jim Cummings]].}}

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: While he has some moments of comedy, he's played seriously like 90% of the episode he's appearing in.

*** {{spoiler|It turned out he meant Morgana, not Gosalyn.}}

* [[Knight Templar]]

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]

 

 

{{quote|A evil clown-like aberration who feeds on misery. Likes Gosalyn and Quackerjack for their prank playing.}}

* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Returned in the ''War of the Darkwings'' arc, having been stuck in St. Canard's water and slowly making his way back to full power.}}

* [[Demonic Possession]]: First of Mr. Banana Brain, and then {{spoiler|Negaduck in the comics}}.

* [[Evil Laugh]]

* [[Fangs Are Evil]]

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]

 

 

{{quote|The King is a two bit thug, who would have taken over St. Canard in the present day if Darkwing Duck didn't intervene in the past. Lamont is his little brother who picked on Drake when they were kids.}}

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The King and Lamont are heavily inspired by [[Elvis Presley]]. It's implied in the show that the King is imitating Presley.

* [[Gang of Hats]]: Greasers.

* [[Instrument of Murder]]: The King's guitar that fires destructive energy beams. [[I Call It Vera|He calls it Cecille]].

* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: Lamont.

 

 

{{quote|A famous news reporter who wanted higher ratings, so she created her criminal persona "The Bugmaster" to create her own personal crime wave so she could reap the rewards of having the highest rated news show in St. Canard, covering her battles with Darkwing. She learned rather quickly that [[Evil Pays Better]] and decided to become a true criminal.}}

* [[The Vamp]]

 

 

{{quote|A vain woman who wanted to freeze her looks, but accidentally ended up freezing her blood instead. Now she is constantly freezing and wants to cover Saint Canard in stolen gold so that the sun's rays will overheat the city and keep her constantly warm.}}

* [[Vain Sorceress]]: This is what led to her [[Start of Darkness]].

 

 

{{quote|From Comet Guy's planet, Mertz. Has something of a grudge...not only is he the only guy on Mertz with no powers, but the heroes protected him and coddled him so much that he turned evil.}}

* [[Ridiculously Average Guy]]

 

 

{{quote|A mutant made entirely of cement, and also a crime lord. He took up an identity of Swindlin' Swine to avoid attention, and tried to frame Rubber Chicken for trying to stop his crimes.}}

* [[Super Strength]]: Comes with the territory of being cement.

 

 

{{quote|A former paleontologist, Dr. Fossil was responsible for turning him and Stegmutt into dinosaurs. Obsessed with dinosaurs and the lack of respect they received, he plotted to smash a comet into St. Canard ("BAM BOOM!") turning everyone into dinosaurs. }}

* [[Ptero-Soarer]]

 

 

* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Wolfduck, who only in the ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' video game. Unless you count that one time, that Morgana's family turned Darkwing into a wolfduck.

 

 

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