History ComicBook / PaperinikNewAdventures

* AnAesop:
** The comic drops one in the one episode of the regular series where Trip appears: you are what you ''choose'' to be. Shown when [[FutureMeScaresMe Trip's evil future counterpart]] and the whole BadFuture are undone by Trip simply declaring to his future self that he would never be like him
** The same episode drops another: [[FailureToSaveMurder if you can stop a bad thing from happening but you don't, you're an accomplice]] and [[NeverMyFault blaming others for it will end to ruin you]]. After all,it's Paperinik pointing out that the Gryphon, Trip's future self, could have used his TimeMachine to prevent his father's death instead of blaming it on Paperinik that prompts Trip to see the Gryphon as the monster he is, especially when someone completely different prevents the Raider's (Trip's father) death.

* BadFuture:
** PKNA #34. [[spoiler:PK has been accused of terrorism, his secret identity revealed by Angus (who now is a [[PresidentEvil governor]]), his layout was ''bombed down'' and his family has left the town out of shame. Plus, Lyla has been deactivated, and the Organization is stronger than ever.]] And why all of this? [[spoiler:Because of the Raider's death, his son Trip was raised by the Organization, named himself the Gryphon, and ''singlehandedly caused the BadFuture'']].
** A different type of BadFuture is featured in ''Pikappa'' #27, as revealed by a PK from the future who looks apparently identical to the present one. [[spoiler:He comes from ''a thousand years'' in the future, where the Evronians are [[ImplacableMan still attacking Earth regularly]], his mind transferred to artificial bodies long since - when one is destroyed, another one replaces it immediately. His friends and relatives long gone, all the future PK has left is the certainty he can fight with [[GoodThingYouCanHeal no worries about]] [[WeHaveReserves his own safety.]]]]
** PKNE ''Might and Power'' features another BadFuture: TimeTravel is possible again but, upon returning to the [=23rd=] century, PK finds Duckburg in ruins after the Evronians have conquered Earth long before. And as he soon discovers, [[spoiler:their conquest had started after first removing the biggest obstacle: ''they killed him'']].
** Happens ''once again'' in the storyline started by ''A New Hero'', even though technically it'a a Bad Present. [[spoiler:After changing some events in the distant past to prevent the origin of the Evronians, Paperinik goes back to his time only to find things even worse, as Duckburg is in ruins under an Evronain attack.]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: Xadhoom is fond of saying "Let's dance" or a variant of this, especially before wiping out some Evrons.

* CerebusSyndrome: The series was already darker than your average Disney comic, then the sequel series, ''[=PK2=]'' came along.

* ContinuityLockout:
** A very rare example from Disney, connected only to a specific sub-continuity of the Junior Woodchucks (itself locked out from the rest) that is alluded to in "Xadhoom" and, later, ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'' and a sub-series of spy stories (mentioned in passing by Paperinik during the crossover).
** The ''New Era'' stories can be hard to follow for who has come in contact with the franchise starting with ''Might and Power'' and the ''PK Giant'' reprints, on top of giving them massive spoilers for the original series. For example, whoever read ''The Mark of Moldrock'' at the time of first publication in May 2017 would be familiar with the returning [[spoiler:Trauma]], but completely baffled at the mentions of [[spoiler:Juniper and Corona]], especially with no confirmation that a reprint of ''[=PK2=]'' will follow the original series' reprint.

* CryoPrison: The TimePolice incarcerates this way some criminals, and keep them in a jail ''out of time''. {{Justified}} because the Time Police apply this only to those criminals that are so dangerous they're not concerned with punishment or rehabilitation but ''protect the world from them'', and that's the only way to do it besides death penalty (that in the future they apparently don't have anymore)... And ''even that'' could fail: the Raider has the nasty habit to break out before they can place him in the cryo cell (he did it at least twice, and in one occasion even stole a prototype device to move between dimensions), and the one time they ''did'' get him in the Time Police found out they only placed his ''frozen image'' in the cryo cell.

* DidntThinkThisThrough:
** 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 UltimateUniverse ContinuityReboot, when Zondag fumbles with Kronin's time machine to [[spoiler:prevent the formation of the Guardians of the Galaxy]] and ends up accidentally [[spoiler:destroying the Evronian Empire in the process, with his race becoming peaceful instead]]. At which point Kronin proceeds to gloat and [[InvokedTrope invoke this trope]], even [[LampshadeHanging pointing out there's a good reason if he, in spite of being a supervillain with a time machine, merely used it to steal]].
* DomesticAbuser: Two pop out in ''[=PK2=]''.

* {{Doppelganger}}: One of the Raider, coming from an AlternateUniverse, has appeared in the ''PK Universe'' continuity. He can be distinguished from the original because his left eye is bionic instead of the right one, and has a perfectly functioning Othership he stole in his original universe. [[spoiler:The device is damaged by Paperinik causing this Raider to disappear, but the action seems to have caused strange consequences...]]

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What the Evronians want to do to Earth, and have already done to many other worlds.
** ''Might and Power'' shows a BadFuture where this actually happened and [[spoiler:Earth isn't even in the Solar System anymore, having been turned into a Worldship]].

** When it's PK, Lyla and One, However, it's PK who's Id, and Lyla the Ego.

* FourStarBadass: General Wisecube.
** Also his successor, General Westcock.

* GiantSpider / BigCreepyCrawlies: The Last Haga from "In The Shadow" that is completely undetectable by any kind of tracking device (One himself couldn't localize it despite being the GeniusLoci of the Ducklair Tower), can reproduce extremely quickly asexually and it's stated to be able to consume entire planets.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Xadhoom and the Raider, although the latter gets undone by way of TimeTravel ResetButton.]]

* TheFaceless:
** Camera 9, throughout the entire series, has his face (save the beak) hidden either by the Channel 00 head-mounted camera set, or by [[SceneryCensor conveniently placed parts of the scene]] during his DayInTheLimelight subplots in PKNA #3 and #16.
** Stevros in ''[=PK2=]'' #14.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Donald and Lyla. She clearly trusts Donald more than anybody else (after all, he is one of the few that know her secret to not think [[JustAMachine she is just a machine]], while the hero is worried that Daisy might become jealous of all the time they spend together.

* ReTool: Beside the ContinuityReboot, ''Pikappa'' also brought changes in the structure of the monthly publication: main stories became shorter while back-up stories were longer.

* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVsSeriousness: It can be sad, awesome or heartwarming... but '''is''' a comic starring Donald Duck, you have to accept some goofiness.

There's Trauma, with SuperStrength and psychic powers enabling him to amplify fear into utter terror and subsequently feed from it.

* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: Parodied mercilessy in one summer special, where [[TheObiWannabe a master from another dimension]] tries to make Paperinik his protege.
-->'''The Master:''' "See? You won."
-->'''Paperinik:''': "Yeah, a three months hospitalization!"
-->'''The Master:''' "Young apprentice, The Good Guys Always Win, But There Is No Guarantee They Won't Get Hurt."
** And what the bad guy and ''his'' master have to say about it?
-->'''Bad Guy:''' "Maybe I should try cinema!"
-->'''Master:''' "Are you kidding? Good guys always [[GenreSavvy win in there, too]]. But I know a place called RealLife..."

* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The tibetan monks with whom Everett Ducklair trains.

* VillainsWantMercy: 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.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Gorthan shows a growing interest for human emotions and culture, to the point he develops an autonomous personality (and studies Shakespeare). This gets him in trouble with his hive-minded, militaristic kin.

** JustifiedTrope: Paperinik collected quite a criminal record in the past (see WhosLaughingNow entry for details), but by now everyone in Duckburg knows that if he was ''really'' a criminal he'd start [[ImpossibleThief stealing things that are supposed to be impossible to steal]] while [[TheDreaded terrifying everyone]].

* YouDontLookLikeYou: When she reappears in PKNA #15, actress Paperilla Starry looks [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/8/89/Paperilla_Starry.jpg like this]], completely different from [[http://it.itpikappa.wikia.com/wiki/File:Paperilla_Starry.JPG her first appearance]] in PKNA #0.

* CosmicHorrorStory: Surprisingly has shades of this. To elaborate: Across the galaxy, the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Evronian]] race are pursued by a godlike and implacable alien being. Already, thousands upon thousands have died in battle with this alien, and many ships have been lost because of this creature. Its name? [[TheDreaded Xadhoom]].

* CoolCar: The Pi-Kar, the hero's flying car, equipped with any kind of gadgets and weapons, just like the [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batmobile]]. It comes with a CoolGarage with a lot of secret exits (and full of other Cool Cars, but One does not allow Donald Duck to use them instead of his 313). In ''[=PK2=]'' the hero is given a new model as a [[spoiler:parting gift from One, before Everett deactivated him]]: it can shapeshift to be HiddenInPlainSight (a necessity since [[spoiler:PK was booted out from Ducklair Tower]].

** 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 [[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 Franchise/{{Batman}}, the 313-X can be similarly compared to a downgraded Batmobile.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Paperinik started out as an outright criminal and avenger of himself, one [[TheDreaded feared by the entire city]]. Thus the people of Duckburg are already predisposed to believe anyone claiming he's a villain and has semi-convincing evidence, he'd just be back to his old games.
*** This is also why many in the police don't like him and would arrest him if they could, they remember the humiliations they suffered while chasing the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Devilish Avenger]]. That, and [[VigilanteMan he has no authority to go after criminals]], he only gets away with it because in every instance he's technically executing a citizen arrest.
*** On the same reasoning the Time Police doesn't trust Paperinik much, as they expect him to screw up the timeline in order to do what he believe is right... And, as it turns out, they're entirely correct.
** The Time Police has to surveil the entire timeline... But the timeline is ''vast'', forcing them to place their agents at specific "nexus" points that are particularly sensible for alteration. Even then they don't have enough manpower, hence their reliance on droids.
*** Speaking of the Time Police, their job is to preserve the timeline. In order to do so they have to allow all sort of atrocities and catastrophes to happen in the past, and if an alteration prevents them they're willing to ''cause the event themselves''.
** Time criminals are wary of altering the timeline, as [[ButterflyOfDoom any change could have unforeseen effects]] and [[GenreSavvy they know that perfectly]]. When the Organization actually tries to do it there's always something that doesn't go as expected... Or they had sent the Raider to use a device that could change the timeline ''exactly'' as they wanted it, with the Raider's cyborg eye allowing him to recognize the desired timeline when it appeared.
** Lyla's trial in ''Fragments of Autumn'' shows some surprising subversions of ArtisticLicenseLaw.
*** When PK raises an objection in court (after being sent out, no less), he is dismissed from the trial and not allowed to witness, since he's not a lawyer and therefore can't raise objections.
*** PK later forces a confession out of the issue's villain that the event for which Lyla is on trial was orchestrated by the Organization. PK is promptly arrested, since he just broke into a respected politician's estate, and the Governor informs him that the confession won't be of use in court, since it was given under threat of force.
** The aging Evronian battlecruiser ''Centurian'' has the antimatter alternator that once in a while starts making an annoying noise, at least until the technician [[PercussiveMaintenance punches it]]. The alternator breaks down very quickly once the ship enters battle and it's called to actually supply a large amount of energy, crippling the ship and forcing the technician in the time-consuming process to dismantle it and replace every broken part... That is what he should have done from the start.
** When Everett Ducklair invented what would become the [[CoolCar PKar]] he made it run on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomethylhydrazine monomethylhydrazine]], the same fuel as the Space Shuttle. When Paperinik has to leave the Ducklair Tower and loses One's support, usage of the PKar diminishes because he can't make the fuel at home and doesn't have the kind of support network to buy it. Ultimately Paperinik switches back to the 313-X in the PKNE revival stories, as that one runs on gas.
*** Speaking of monomethylhydrazine, in "Trauma" his inner dialogue mentioned it as the [=PKar=]'s fuel, but by the second series he had forgot what the [=PKar=] runs on as One had always dealt with the refueling. He had at least the sense of keeping around the user's manual... But since he doesn't work with rockets he was stumped when he read what the fuel was and had to look monomethylhydrazine up on the web.
* TakeOverTheWorld: What Two tries to do.
** At one point [[ItMakesSenseInContext a toy factory decides to try it by manufacturing killer robots]]. Angus is given the evidence, and obviously doesn't believe it... Until he recognizes the killer robot that broke into his home and demands "Give-to-me" looks like one of the toys from that factory.
** Defied in PKNA #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:
--->'''[[YellowPeril Fang-Ho]]''': That nice gadget, placed on the back of your neck, will [[{{Brainwashed}} turn you into a faithful servant]], whose only will will be... mine! Each new servant will make new devices that, in turn, will make new servants, until I have an endless army at my command! Do you know what I'll do then?\\
'''Angus''': You'll TakeOverTheWorld?\\
''[[BeatPanel (Beat)]]''\\
'''Fang-Ho''': There must have been an information leak!

The main character? Paperinik (known in anglophone countries as Duck Avenger, Superduck, Phantom Duck, and a lot of other names), a small-time superhero who has been defending the city of Duckburg against its criminals for years in the ''[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Duck comics universe]]''. You probably know him better as his civilian personality, Franchise/DonaldDuck.

** The full plot, [[AllThereInTheManual explained in]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs issue #15's]] [[AllThereInTheManual data columns]], is a bit more complicated (to the point most readers failed to understand it after multiple re-reading of said column). And includes an ''AlienInvasion'' (inspired by Sam's second run-in with the Evronians). ''In a soap opera!'' Also, he apparently became a better writer after his first run-in with the Evronians resulted in him getting most of his emotions and intellectual capacity sucked away.

* SurpriseCreepy:

* CuffsOffRubWrists: Done by [[spoiler:the true President of Belgravia]] after Paperinik frees him from chains.

* The proper return of PK, informally called ''Paperinik New Era'' (PKNE) started with the four-part storyline ''Might and Power'' in 2014. Published in the weekly Italian Mickey Mouse magazine (''Topolino'') and are set an unspecified amount of time after the end of ''[=PK2=]''. Further PKNE storylines were published in the same magazine aperiodically, just like ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck''; six more have been made between 2015 and 2018, with Collector's Editions published a few months after the magazine's. This also included a crossover with ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'', with Donald having to deal with both identities. The series left ''Topolino'' in 2019 and moved into a new series of hardcover books called ''Topolino Fuoriserie'' which it shares with an also relaunched ComicBook/WizardsOfMickey. With five further PKNE storylines having been published in this format so far.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Unquestionably so, if compared to the not-quite-Marvel-like Paperinik stories from the more family-friendly ''Topolino'' (Italian for Mickey Mouse) weekly comic book.[[note]]New Era stories, however, are published on it and''Might and Power'' is probably the darkest story on the magazine in years[[/note]] To clarify, the first volume of the trade paperback CompilationRerelease features a behind-the-scenes about how the series came to be: it includes such stuff as "Duckburg becoming a big metropolis like [[Film/Batman1989 the Gotham City seen in the movies]], although obviously not as dark", and some ideas go as far as having "dream fights in ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''-like situations (within Disney-level limits!)". The fact that ''characters are actually KilledOffForReal'' is only a natural consequence.

** The American IDW version changed a lot of names into English ones, including some {{Engrish}} examples from the original comic (e.g. giving the attractive/sexy Lyla the surname "Lay"; at IDW, she as named Lyla ''Lee''). Ironically, IDW missed the Engrish of Everett Ducklair (the breed of duck his surname refers to is actually spelled Duclair).

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: True for Evronians with military power. With the exception of the occasional GiantMook, low-ranking troopers are as strong as the average human being; officers haven't been shown in physical combat, but are more muscular than the troopers; all known generals but two (an unknown high ranking political general and pre-SuperSoldier Trauma) are tall, muscular and one even survived a direct hit from [[PhysicalGoddess 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.
** Averted with the scientific caste; Zoster is ''puny'', compared to Zondag, though they are considered equal. Played straight again with Gorthan, which went toe-to-toe with a giant robot.
** The Xerbians have a variant, as the authority depends on the IQ: the higher it is, the greater your authority. That came to bite them back in the ass, as 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 [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill was the main force behind Xerba signing a commercial treaty with Evron]].

* RunningGag: A minor one brought up surprisingly often is various people joking about PK becoming leader of Evron.
** In "Phase Two", an Evronian commander is interrupted by his superior while pondering if one of his subordinates is planning on usurping Zotnam. When the superior asks what he was talking about, the commander claims he was talking about PK, causing his superior to laugh at the prospect of PK making a career in the Evronian hierarchy.
** In "Under a new sun", Xari tells PK to stay in that room... Onboard an Evronian planetoid. PK assures him that he has no plans to have tea with the Evronian leadership.
** Eventually, in PKNE, Paperinik menages to convince a group of Evronians that lost their Emperor, generals and high scientists that he is an ally of Evron and that they must obey him.
* {{Ruritania}}: Belgravia, [[MeaningfulName Oberon]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast De Spair's]] home country.

* FiveManBand: The five bandits from issue #18:
** BigBad: [[NoNameGiven Boss]]
** TheDragon: Pollux
** EvilGenius: Blatt
** TheBrute: J. D.
** DarkChick: Castor

* OmniscientMoralityLicense: The Time Police, to an extent, since they already know what is ''supposed'' to happen.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: 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.

* InsaneTrollLogic: After Paperinik defeats Lord Walrus (who is now a lobster-themed supervillain) once again in the 2000 Summer Special, the villain objects that, since Paperinik is a superhero and the job of superheroes is to make people happy, he should let him win. [[WhatAnIdiot The people around him quickly agree]].

** In PKNE #7 "Droids" [[spoiler:''Paperinik himself'' is revealed to be one at the end, a copy of his personality put into a robotic body. Tyrell Duckard wanted to use it to lure out some other droids he was hunting (PK is well regarded among droids in the 23rd century) for a corrupt client; unfortunately for him, the copy is still an hero and ultimately unravels his plan.]]