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.
Darkwing Duck (Season 1)
Darkly Dawns the Duck (1) (Episode 1) 8.0
Writer: Tad Stones
Air date: 1991-09-06
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Darkly Dawns the Duck (2) (Episode 2) 6.0
Writer: Tad Stones
Air date: 1991-09-06
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Taurus nabs Gosalyn, despite the best efforts of DW and Launchpad. Can Darkwing Duck and Launchpad McQuack save the day?
Beauty and the Beet (Episode 3) 5.9
Writer: John Behnke
Air date: 1991-09-09
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Darkwing Duck must battle through a greenhouse of hostile plants to save Rhonda from being changed into a plant.
Getting Antsy (Episode 4) 6.0
Writer: Doug Langdale
Air date: 1991-09-10
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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!
Night of the Living Spud (Episode 5) 6.0
Writer: Steve Roberts
Air date: 1991-09-11
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Bushroot, the half plant/half duck villain, tries growing a bride to keep him company.
Apes of Wrath (Episode 6) 6.2
Writer: Dev Ross
Air date: 1991-09-12
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Shush asks Darkwing Duck to investigate the disappearance of a gorilla researcher.
Dirty Money (Episode 7) 6.5
Writer: John Behnke
Air date: 1991-09-13
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Someone is scrubbing the print off the cash in bank vaults across the country and Darkwing Duck is on the case!
Duck Blind (Episode 8) 6.0
Writer: Len Uhley
Air date: 1991-09-16
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: In a battle with the electrified villain, Megavolt, Darkwing Duck is blinded by a giant flashbulb.
Comic Book Capers (Episode 9) 6.2
Writer: John Behnke
Air date: 1991-09-17
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: A comic book company wants to produce a Darkwing Duck comic book! Darkwing decides to write about his latest adventure with Megavolt.
Water Way to Go (Episode 10) 5.8
Writer: Dev Ross
Air date: 1991-09-18
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Darkwing Duck finds Steelbeak using a rain-making device to flood the Sahara Desert!
Paraducks (Episode 11) 6.0
Writer: Doug Langdale
Air date: 1991-09-19
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Darkwing Duck is the brave volunteer to try out a Shush scientist's time travel machine!
Easy Come, Easy Grows (Episode 12) 6.4
Writer: Marion Wells
Air date: 1991-09-20
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Darkwing Duck is baffled by the mysterious disappearance of bank safes which seem to be literally walking away on their own.
A Revolution in Home Appliances (Episode 13) 6.2
Writer: Gary Sperling
Air date: 1991-09-23
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Megavolt accidentally gives life to a group of home appliances who go on a crime spree through St. Canard.
Trading Faces (Episode 14) 5.8
Writer: Julia Jane Lewald
Air date: 1991-09-24
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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!
Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan (Episode 15) 5.8
Writer: Carter Crocker
Air date: 1991-09-25
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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!
Can't Bayou Love (Episode 16) 5.8
Writer: Dean Stefan
Air date: 1991-09-26
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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!
Bearskin Thug (Episode 17) 5.5
Writer: Tad Stones
Air date: 1991-09-27
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Gosalyn would rather be anywhere than camping, but Drake has decided it's time to hit the trail for a little father/daughter togetherness.
You Sweat Your Life (Episode 18) 6.0
Writer: Julia Jane Lewald
Air date: 1991-09-30
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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!
Days of Blunder (Episode 19) 6.5
Writer: Jan Strnad
Air date: 1991-10-01
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Just Us Justice Ducks (1) (Episode 20) 6.0
Writer: Brian Swenlin
Air date: 1991-10-02
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Darkwing Duck's ego gets the better of him when Negaduck teams up Darkwing's greatest foes: Megavolt, Quackerjack, Bushroot and Liquidator!
Just Us Justice Ducks (2) (Episode 21) 4.3
Writer: Brian Swenlin
Air date: 1991-10-03
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Double Darkwings (Episode 22) 6.5
Writer: Dean Stefan
Air date: 1991-10-04
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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!
Aduckyphobia (Episode 23) 6.0
Writer: Doug Langdale
Air date: 1991-10-07
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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!
When Aliens Collide (Episode 24) 5.2
Writer: Jeremy Cushner
Air date: 1991-10-08
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Jurassic Jumble (Episode 25) 4.8
Writer: Marlowe Weisman
Air date: 1991-10-10
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Cleanliness is Next to Badliness (Episode 26) 5.0
Writer: Gary Sperling
Air date: 1991-10-15
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Steelbeak teams up with agent Amonia Pine to clean out banks for F.O.W.L. Gosalyn starts a Darkwing fan club.
Smarter Than a Speeding Bullet (Episode 27) 5.0
Writer: Doug Langdale
Air date: 1991-10-17
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
All's Fahrenheit in Love and War (Episode 28) 4.5
Writer: Eric Lewald
Air date: 1991-10-21
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Whiffle While You Work (Episode 29) 5.0
Writer: Ellen Svaco
Air date: 1991-10-23
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Ghoul of My Dreams (Episode 30) 5.5
Writer: John Behnke
Air date: 1991-10-31
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Adopt-a-Con (Episode 31) 4.3
Writer: Steve Roberts
Air date: 1991-11-07
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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?
Toys Czar Us (Episode 32) 4.7
Writer: Ellen Svaco
Air date: 1991-11-11
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
The Secret Origins of Darkwing Duck (Episode 33) 5.0
Writer: Jan Strnad
Air date: 1991-11-13
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Up, Up, and Awry (Episode 34) 4.7
Writer: Dev Ross
Air date: 1991-11-14
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Darkwing becomes self-conscious about not having powers, so Gizmoduck and Launchpad create a Gizmosuit for him!
Life, the Negaverse, and Everything (Episode 35) 4.7
Writer: Brian Swenlin
Air date: 1991-11-18
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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!
Dry Hard (Episode 36) 5.3
Writer: Brian Swenlin
Air date: 1991-11-20
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Bud Flood, a crooked water salesman, becomes the Liquidator, seizing control of the water in St. Canard!
Heavy Mental (Episode 37) 4.7
Writer: Brian Swenlin
Air date: 1991-11-21
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Disguise the Limit (Episode 38) 4.7
Writer: Doug Langdale
Air date: 1991-11-26
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Planet of the Capes (Episode 39) 5.3
Writer: Ellen Svaco
Air date: 1991-11-27
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Comet Guy returns, and he needs Darkwing to go to his planet to help him.
Darkwing Doubloon (Episode 40) 4.7
Writer: Bruce Reid Schaefer
Air date: 1991-12-16
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
It's a Wonderful Leaf (Episode 41) 5.0
Writer: John Behnke
Air date: 1991-12-23
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Twitching Channels (Episode 42) 5.0
Writer: John Behnke
Air date: 1992-02-05
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Dances with Bigfoot (Episode 43) 4.3
Writer: Ellen Svaco
Air date: 1992-02-06
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Drake Mallard disappears and it’s up to the Crimson Quackette to find him.
Twin Beaks (Episode 44) 4.7
Writer: Tad Stones
Air date: 1992-02-10
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
The Incredible Bulk (Episode 45) 4.7
Writer: Gary Sperling
Air date: 1992-02-12
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Bushroot creates a new experimental fertilizer that causes plants to grow large and strong.
My Valentine Ghoul (Episode 46) 5.0
Writer: Doug Langdale
Air date: 1992-02-14
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Darkwing’s refusal of Morgana’s suggestion of help, makes her very angry, which Negaduck sees as an opportunity.
Dead Duck (Episode 47) 6.3
Writer: Carter Crocker
Air date: 1992-02-17
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
A Duck by Any Other Name (Episode 48) 5.3
Writer: Patrick Corcoran
Air date: 1992-02-18
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: A news program reveals Darkwing Duck's identity as Launchpad.
Let's Get Respectable (Episode 49) 5.0
Writer: Bruce Reid Schaefer
Air date: 1992-02-20
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: After a television program shows that Darkwing as a poor reputation with the public, Gosalyn decides that Darkwing needs an image change.
In Like Blunt (Episode 50) 5.0
Writer: Brian Swenlin
Air date: 1992-02-24
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Quack of Ages (Episode 51) 5.0
Writer: Joe Olson
Air date: 1992-02-26
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Time and Punishment (Episode 52) 5.2
Writer: Dev Ross
Air date: 1992-02-27
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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!
Stressed to Kill (Episode 53) 4.7
Writer: Doug Langdale
Air date: 1992-03-03
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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?
The Darkwing Squad (Episode 54) 6.2
Writer: Dev Ross
Air date: 1992-04-01
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Inside Binkie's Brain (Episode 55) 6.8
Writer: Doug Langdale
Air date: 1992-04-01
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain (Episode 56) 6.5
Writer: Dev Ross
Air date: 1992-04-29
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Slime OK, You're OK (Episode 57) 6.2
Writer: Gordon Bressack
Air date: 1992-05-01
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Whirled History (Episode 58) 6.5
Writer: Doug Langdale
Air date: 1992-05-01
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
U.F. Foe (Episode 59) 6.2
Writer: Dev Ross
Air date: 1992-05-01
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Aliens kidnap Launchpad to make him ruler of the universe.
A Star Is Scorned (Episode 60) 6.0
Writer: Tad Stones
Air date: 1992-05-01
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
The Quiverwing Quack (Episode 61) 6.5
Writer: Dev Ross
Air date: 1992-05-16
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Jail Bird (Episode 62) 5.8
Writer: Doug Langdale
Air date: 1992-05-17
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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).
Dirtysomething (Episode 63) 6.5
Writer: Kayte Kuch
Air date: 1992-05-18
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Kung Fooled (Episode 64) 6.4
Writer: George Johnston
Air date: 1992-05-19
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Darkwing chases Moleiarity to the city Kung Pow where he meets up with his old martial arts instructor, Master Lee.
Bad Luck Duck (Episode 65) 6.2
Writer: Michael Maurer
Air date: 1992-05-20
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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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