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{{quote|''"Darkness suits you, Mr. Paperinik."''|Leonard Vertighel, PKNA #22 ''(Fragments of Autumn)''}}
'''''Paperinik New Adventures''''' is perhaps one of the strangest (to outsiders), but also one of the most interesting things, the Italian Disney comics have ever produced.
The main character? Paperinik (sometimes known in the English-speaking parts of the world as Superduck, The Duck Avenger, or a whole slew of other names that never really seemed to stick), a small-time superhero who has been defending the city of Duckburg against its criminals for years.
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You probably know him better as his civilian personality, [[Donald Duck]].
In an obvious case of [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|Italians Love Donald Duck]], the character of Paperinik was created way back in the sixties as a [[Gentleman Thief]] [[Secret Identity]] to make Donald Duck less of a loser and capitalize upon the success these kinds of stories were having in the country at the time (see ''[[Diabolik]]'', which also inspired Paperinik's name — "Paperino" is Donald Duck's italian name), but he quickly switched from avenging the wrongs he suffered in his Donald Duck persona to generally [[Costumed Nonsuper Hero|fighting crime]], thanks to the various super-gadgets [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?|built for him by Gyro Gearloose]]. For forty years, many stories about him were written, most of them totally out of continuity, and some even contradicting previously established facts, with the popularity of the character waxing and waning in cycles, though it was always well-received.
In the late [[The Nineties|1990s]], during a phase of lack of inspiration for the classical Paperinik stories, PKNA comes in as an attempt to write single-issue adventures that would fit into an over-arching continuity; a "disruptive" project commissioned to a group of mostly young talents, who had no problem admitting that they were "trying to play Marvel". (This was the only comic book that Disney Italy published in the American comic book form factor, further emphasizing the attempt to compete with them on their own ground.)
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A video game was made, and even released in English, but it wasn't very successful. [[In Name Only|Nor related with the original comic books in any substantial way]].
A second video game, this time for mobile phones was also released. It features a mix of the classic Paperinik with the [[
Compare ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', another Disney series about a superheroic waterfowl.
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Angus, of [[Spider
** To clarify: Angus usually tries to ruin Paperinik's reputation for no apparent reason, but he's also a surprisingly capable journalist, who apparently became famous for exposing a traffic of NUCLEAR WEAPONS, exposing a member of the Congress in the process and is hellbent on exposing the crimes of a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]].
* [[A God Am I]]: when one of the Evrons ( {{spoiler|the scientist Zoster}}) manages to acquire Xadhoom's powers, and to a degree Leonard Vertighel, the greatest android designer of the 23rd century ( {{spoiler|who goes crazy trying to create the perfect woman}}).
* [[
* [[Aliens Speaking English|Aliens Speaking Italian]]: [[Hand Wave|handwaved]] once, when an alien explains his training includes cosmic languages. Played straight most of the times, though. When asked about it, the authors hypothesized aliens may have learned it by watching subbed sci-fi movies.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: All the adventures in issue {{spoiler|#26 ("Time is Fleeting")}} turn out to be the demo of a futuristic TV show. And also the close of issue {{spoiler|#43 ("All in Good Time")}} leaves some doubts...
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* [[Art Shift]]: The flashback/nightmare PK is forced to relive in ''Trauma''.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: True for Evrons with military power: with the exception of the occasion [[Giant Mook]], low-ranking troopers are as strong as the average human being; officers haven't been shown in physical combat, but are more muscolar than the troopers; all known generals but two (an unknown high ranking political general and pre-[[Super Soldier]] Trauma) are tall, muscolar and one even survived a direct hit from [[Physical Goddess|Xadhoom]]; members of the Imperial Senate are like the generals, only ''bigger''; finally the Imperial caste have the ability to fire lethal beams from the non-talking head, with the Emperor having serious muscles too and proving he can handily defend himself.
** The Xerbians have a variant, as the authority depends from the IQ: the higher it is, the greatest is your authority. That came to bite them back in the ass: pre-superpowered Xadhoom may have been the most intelligent Xerbian in history, but became the president when she was still too young and naive, and [[We Come in Peace, Shoot
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: PK and Xadhoom are often portrayed like this.
** The 2012 trade paperback [[Compilation Rerelease]] comes full-circle about this, as the back cover of the first volume features [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SwKlSVVEEiM/TzL__j7dOCI/AAAAAAAAAGo/NVOFbF-c7Cc/s1600/IMG_4665.JPG this artwork.]
* [[Badass Boast]]: [[Crowing Moment of Funny|Hilaryously]] subverted in the very first issue.
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** Played straight with the narration monologue in issue 10:
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* [[Badass Abnormal]]: {{spoiler|Paperinik himself}} in issue 40.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Several.
* BFG: The Evrons creates one able to absorb the power of a '''SUN'''.Granted,only for a fraction of second,but still...
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** Correction: Uno doesn't allow -Donald Duck- to use them, as they would draw too much attention and people would start making questions and pondering things if they suddenly see Donald Duck driving a superfancy car instead of his old 313.
** Speaking of Donald's old 313 car, it begins the series on all of it's old and awesome glory (among other things, it could fly) but it's destroyed by Xadhoom during a confusing first impression, hence why Donald is now driving a new car.
*** The 313 with the X plate is officially known as the "313-X". It's basically the same car as ever, plus some additions built by Gyro Gearloose in the more traditional - and milder - Paperinik stories. Said additions give Donald the possibility to switch between [https://web.archive.org/web/20150408180327/http://lnx.ginevra2000.it/Disney/banda1/313.jpg the 313] and [http://pkhack.altervista.org/paperinik_313x.png the 313-X] at will, whenever he needs to do so; and given Paperinik has no superpowers, like [[Batman]], the 313-X can be similarly compared to a downgraded Batmobile.
* [[Crack Pairing]]: [[In
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: unquestionably so, if compared to the not-quite-Marvel-like Paperinik stories from the more family-friendly ''Topolino'' (Italian for Mickey Mouse) comic book. To clarify, the first volume of the trade paperback [[Compilation Rerelease]] features a behind-the-scenes about how the series came to be: it includes such stuff as "Duckburg becoming a big metropolis like [[Batman (
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Uno and Paperinik.
* [[Deep-Immersion Gaming]] / [[Unusual User Interface]]: The Ducklair Tower has a room that basically amounts to a [[Star Trek|holodeck]], used to explore computer programs from the inside. Downside: the projections are very realistic and there are no security
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Scrooge McDuck is the only member of the regular [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe|Disney Ducks]] apart from Donald who gets any amount of screen-time in this series (even Huey, Dewey and Louie are [[Put
* [[Depending
* [[Disney Death]]: Averted. '''In a Disney comic'''. '''That is not from Marvel'''.
* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: Urk. In one issue, overjoyed because {{spoiler|he finally returned to his own dimension}}, he hugs Paperinik. Cue crunching sound.
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'''Paperinik''': "Just a couple of ribs. Don't worry, I have more." }}
* [[Didn't Think This Through]]: according to the Raider, the Organization planned to dispose of Paperinik after they saved time. But Paperinik still had to defeat the Evronian Empire and get rid of that Evronian invasion fleet sitting in the asteroid belt...
** A magnificent one happens in the final issue of the [[Ultimate Universe]] [[Continuity Reboot]], when Zondag fumbles with Kronin's time machine to prevent the formation of the Guardians of the Galaxy and {{spoiler|accidentally destroys the Evronian Empire in the process}}. At which point Kronin gloats that he once thought of changing the past but didn't try because ''he though it through before acting''.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: yes,you read that right: {{spoiler|Grrodon the last Evron,who remained on the Earth alone for three centuries after Paperinik destroyed the Evron Empire, tries to trasform the hero in a [[Slave Race|Coolflame]] in the future. However, thanks to a gun created by Odin Eidolon, he fails. Desperate, Grrodon stole a flying car and heads for the space, knowing that the car will explode.}} Could count as a [[Alas, Poor Villain]].
* [[The End of the World
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]: after a bad hit on the head,the usual prone to forgetting things [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Photomas]] is able to remember names and dates.It is explained that it wouldn't last,however.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Xadhoom's debut. PK is cornered, with his back literally leaning on the wall, [[Bolivian Army Ending|surrounded by Evrons...]] and [[media:
* [[Family-Friendly Firearms]]: Justified, in part, since the series is taking place, as we already said, [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]].
** This is actually [[Averted Trope|averted]] a '''lot'''.In the #4 at least two man try shooting Paperinik with regular guns,and in the #7 a whole Maori tribe use those to [[Moment of Awesome|fight off the Evrons]] .
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** [[Dark Chick|The Dark Chick]]: Castor
* [[Flatline Plotline]]: In a bonus story, Xadhoom pretends to flatline in order to get inside an Evronian ship equipped with a regenerating armor that made it impossible to destroy... From the outside.
* [[Fling a Light Into
* [[Four-Star Badass]]: General Wisecube.
** Also his successor, general Westcock.
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* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Paperinik has pills that erase the last few hours (or more) from a character's memory. They are actually one of his few special creations of Gyro Gearloose he keeps troughout all his appearances, and finally {{spoiler|Gyro uses the last one on himself in order to forget about Donald being Paperinik in PKNA, thus severing the last tie to his old life and allowing him to protect Earth as a full-time superhero}}
* [[Left Hanging]]: Another 50-issue series would be needed to give a follow-up to all the loose ends.
* [[Literal
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'''Paperinik''': Sure, ''shoot''. * Paperinik is surrounded by lots of guns* Halt! You AIs are a bit too literal minded, aren't you? }}
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
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** Angus Fangus, ''fango'' meaning ''mud'' in Italian, and his less-than-immaculate deontological ethics.
** [[Penal Colony|The Well]]. You get thrown in, you can't get out. But you can be dragged up if the Evrons think you are able to do a hard job.
* [[Meanwhile in
* [[Mobile Maze]]: the entire Ducklair Tower can became one, much to Uno's fun.
* [[My God, You Are Serious]]: Played straight by agent Mary Ann Flagstarr in issue #4, ''Earthquake''.
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(Later, to a completely different subordinate for a completely different failure): Start packing, boy, and leave your bermudas at home. You wont need them in Alaska. }}
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: [[Super Soldier|Trauma]] is this [[In
* [[No Export for You]]: Paperinik (Or the Duck Avenger as he was called in the few stories published) never really took off in the States.
** Although this may change as the new distributor for Disney Comics specifically wants to focus on more action-based stories.
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: Several, including professor Fairfax, Due and Paperinik himself.
* [[Oh Crap]]: '''''[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ogDxt2uFadk/S5AgVyazRCI/AAAAAAAAANo/RNw40NI9pL8/s1600-h/1-46+and+47.jpg this.]''''' Also Trauma and Morgoth. The last page of issue #6 ("Spores").
** Really Xhadoom is quite excited to see that evrons battlecruiser.
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* [[Old Hero, New Pals]]: The series only keeps Paperinik and Uncle Scrooge (albeit [[Demoted to Extra]]), while the rest of the characters are new ones.
* [[Omniscient Morality License]]: The Time Police, to an extent, since they already know what is ''supposed'' to happen.
* [[Our Elves Are Different]] / [[Our Orcs Are Different]] / [[Science Fantasy]]: in issue #18 ("Ancient Future"), Paperinik is transported to a [[The Lord of the Rings|LOTR-like]] [[
** The same issue also features other classic fantasy tropes, sometimes subverted: e.g. members of [[La Résistance]] are orcs, and the [[Evil Overlord]] {{spoiler|turns out to be not-so-evil after all}})
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: The Evrons.
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** All the more that Donald keeps telling people that he is "good friends with Paperinik". Yeah right.
** To be fair, it's been [[Lampshading|lampshaded]] once, when a villain also discovers PK's secret identity. It only happens in an [[Alternate Timeline]], though.
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** Also, everyone knows that Paperinik has various [[Latex Perfection|perfect masks]], including some of Donald himself. People probably figured out he's wearing a Donald's mask over his true face. Plus, in a non-
* [[R-Rated Opening|PG Rated Opening:]] while probably not as merciless as an actual [[R-Rated Opening]], the cold opening to the first issue isn't exactly family friendly either. It starts with the Evrons raiding a planet, and with {{spoiler|what appears to be a young Xadhoom}} letting out a [[Big No]]. Another example of Disney [[Let's Get Dangerous|getting dangerous.]]
* [[Planet Looters]]: The Evrons.
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* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Geena}}
* [[Secret Identity Identity]], lampshaded when Donald is about to get into a fight with a man over a packet of potato chips ([[It Makes Sense in Context|long story]]):
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'''Donald''': "...alright, you can keep it."
'''Man''': "Wise decision." }}
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: {{spoiler|Paperinik teams up with the Raider to prevent his city from being blown to smithereens.}}
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* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[Watchmen]] in #4.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Several.
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Paperinik is really good at those:especially seen in his confrontations with [[Avenging the Villain|The]] [[Overlord, Jr.|Griffin]] and [[Evil Sorcerer|Ahrimadz]].
* [[Strange Bedfellows]]: Paperinik and the Evrons, on at least two occasions, and Paperinik and the Raider, on at least four occasions.
* [[Super Soldier]]: One-off Evron character Trauma willingly chose to become one.
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** Subverted in #22: Paperinik thinks that {{spoiler|Lyla's designer, Leonard Vertighel}} altered robots to take over the world, but he mocks him on hearing this (''"Be frank with me: you read a lot of comic books, do you?"''): in fact, he "just" wanted to create {{spoiler|the perfect woman}}.
** Also lampshaded in the [[Omake]] chapter in #10, starring Angus:
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'''Angus''': "You'll [[Take Over the World]]?"
''[[Beat Panel|(Beat)]]''
'''Fang-Ho''': "There must have been an information leak!" }}
* [[Theme Naming]]:
** Uno and Due ("one" and "two" in Italian).
** In #39 there are three siblings named Alpha, Bravo and Charlie. And their surname is ''Delta''. Charlie Delta's buddy is named... ''Gamma''.
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* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: The tibetan monks with whom Everett Ducklair trains.
* [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs]], in the fourth issue:
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'''Paperinik''': "That's right. My friends call me PK, but you may call me ''Mr.'' Paperinik."
'''Angus''': "I've never been so glad to see you, Paperinik! Save me!"
'''Paperinik''': "I was talking to you too, Angus." }}
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Two sets of
* [[Time Bomb]]: It doesn't need to be a bomb: in issue #4 ("Earthquake") it's an earthquake machine - of course, it's unarmed [[Just in Time]]. And when the bomb cannot be unarmed, it can be thrown towards an enemy (#7, "Invasion").
** Sometimes it's a [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]: e.g. in issue #12 (the countdown cannot be stopped, of course: someone will have to self-sacrifice and take the damage) and #15.
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* [[Time Travel]]
* [[Token Minority]]: Angus
* [[Took a Level
** And in the [[Ultimate Universe|third PK series]], PK is ''[[This Is Unforgivable!|pissed.]]'' Saying why would be a spoiler, but let's just say that what happened is enough to ''make him actually consider killing someone.''<ref>
** In all continuities Paperinik had little issues at killing people... If it's absolutely necessary and/or the enemy is actively trying to kill him. Murder of a defenseless enemy, however, it's something else... And in the above part of the entry, he was charging a small laser cannon aimed at the head of a now defenseless [[Mad Scientist]].
* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]:while he is nowhere near as smart as [[Genius Bruiser|Xadhoom]] or Uno(he even jokingly said he gets out of elementary school only because of seniority),in this series Paperinik/Donald Duck is very intuitive,clever and able to make plans on the spot.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: this comic series has the weirdest example of all in XADHOOM of all people. It's not apparent due the fact she's always killing Evronians in the most painful way she knows while thinking how to make their deaths more humiliating, but then a short story showed her allowing a tiny bit of hatred and rage flow free for a single istant, and kill by indigestion an Evronian cyborg capable to harness the energy of the emotions of everyone in the area. That's how we know she's in [[Tranquil Fury]], that and the fact she ever went in [[Unstoppable Rage]] for a single instant she'd become a nova and destroy a solar system.
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]], at least judging by the tech level of the series: the US military, for instance, has both projectile and beam weapons and both tanks and combat robots.
* [[Two Aliases, One Character]]: {{spoiler|Uno and Odin Eidolon}}.
* [[Two Guys and
** Also,every time Pikappa team-ups with [[Robot Girl|Lyla]] and [[The Big Guy|Urk]].
* [[Villains Want Mercy]]: Trauma in Issue #10 actually [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xpbpaf7e9xo/TXBlQcJdGzI/AAAAAAAACaQ/TTpJimPRdZA/s1600/10-62.jpg begs Paperinik for mercy] after the duck valiantly fights off the villain's fear inducing abilities (see trope icon above) and Paperinik spares his life...AFTER noting how pathetic Trauma's acting.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Paperinik and Xadhoom are a type 1,with Xadhoom as the offender.However,this is already a good thing,considering she seems always angry at the rest of the universe.
* [[We Come in Peace, Shoot
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Fairfax, kinda. Fighting overpopulation with the creation of a new continent...and the destruction of the West Coast in the process.
** Geena is a Deconstruction :she wants to ({{spoiler|change history to made droids equals to humans,even going as far as destroying the only safe way to keep an eye on history}}) .However,after seeing the actual results ({{spoiler|in the future she created,machines think of themselves as superior,and a war is about to explode}}) ,she ({{spoiler|sacrifice herself to stop it}}) .
* [[What Happened to
** At the end of issue #9 ''The Springs Of The Moon'', it is revealed that evronian general Zargon is [[Not Quite Dead]]. Unfortunately, we'll never hear about him again.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Pikappa saves the whole temporal continuum using ({{spoiler|a tie}})). Only in this comic could that [[It Makes Sense in Context|make sense]].
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: Gorthan shows a growing interest for human emotions and culture, to the point he develops an autonomous personality (and studying Shakespeare). This gets him in trouble with his hive-minded, militaristic kin.
* [[What If]]: the last issue of the first series.
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: The character of Paperinik was originally created as Donald's way to get back at everyone who laughed at him, and committed various acts over the boundaries of legality (starting with stealing Scrooge's mattress while he was sleeping on it) to humiliate Donald's foes. While toned down in this series, remnants of that characterization are still present, especially in his dealings with Angus (like justifying his temporary disappearance with a video that shows him and PK celebrating Angus' birthday as two good friends).
* [[Worst News Judgment Ever]]: Angus, because of the above mentioned parodying. The big difference is that basically no one believes his farfetched theories about Paperinik being the bad guy.
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'''Newscopter pilot''': "Yeah! YOU were the first to say that." }}
** [[Justified Trope]]: PK collected quite a crime record (see [[Who's Laughing Now?]] entry for details), but by now everyone in Duckburg knows that if he was ''really'' a criminal he'd start [[Impossible Thief|stealing things that are supposed to be impossible to steal]] while [[The Dreaded|terrifying everyone]].
* [[Writers Suck]]: Issue #15, ''Camera/Action''.
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: PK is good at this when it comes to quipping during combat.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Frequently employed by the Evron emperor or Evron generals.
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