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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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** Played straight with the narration monologue in issue 10:
{{quote|By day, this is my city. By night, this city is mine.}}
* [[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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* [[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
{{quote|'''Uno''': Can you answer a question?
'''Paperinik''': Sure, ''shoot''. * Paperinik is surrounded by lots of guns* Halt! You AIs are a bit too literal minded, aren't you? }}
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* [[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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* [[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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''[[Beat Panel|(Beat)]]''<br />
'''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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** 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> Comparison: to put that in perspective, the only time it happened to [[Spider-Man]], it was in the "Back in Black" storyline, where a similar pressure of his [[Berserk Button]] made Spidey wonder, "was I actually going to kill him? The answer comes straight away. ''Yes, I was.''".</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 a Girl]]: The three leaders of The Organization.
** 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 to Kill]]: The Evrons did it with Xerba, as the Xerbian orbital defenses were too powerful for a frontal assault.
* [[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 the Mouse?]]: there was an Evronian invasion fleet hidden in the asteroid belt, yet by the time we last see the Evronians nobody speak of them anymore.
** 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.
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