History NightmareFuel / DarkwingDuck

* Sometimes when SHUSH asked Darkwing to take over a case for them they showed him what happened to the guys they had who were looking into it before. The show outright confirms murders are being conducting in droves and deaths are ongoing. Like once Darkwing asked what happened to their last agent and J. Gander replied by ''taking a can of cat food out of his desk drawer containing the agent's remains.''

* Sometimes when SHUSH asked Darkwing to take over a case for them they showed him what happened to the guys they had who were looking into it before. Like once Darkwing asked what happened to their last agent and J. Gander replied by ''taking a can of cat food out of his desk drawer.''

* [[KnightTemplar Darkwarrior]] [[UpToEleven Duck]].

* The whole episode "Twin Beaks". This episode has Bushroot's "corpse", superficially innocent looking videos with puzzling details in the background, mysterious arc words, a DisneyAcidSequence, and an eerie atmosphere in general.

** Behind the cartoonish slapstick comedy and the hammy over-the-top performance, and you'll see a man who's become so consumed by his madness that an entire metropolis has to suffer. If the big and scary-looking war machines he uses don't scare you than his new and terrifying appearance, his red eyes and angry-looking face will do it, and if not even that than the fact that he sends people to jail for years for such petty things like jaywalking will do it. And if his entrance wasn't enough to make it clear that something is wrong with his head, then Launchpad will make it clear when he tells his story on how he got fired from the sidekick job because he thought they "should arrest the crooks before giving them the electric chair". [[FridgeHorror And then you'll ask]] where [[ArchEnemy Negaduck]] went, or where the other heroes of St. Canard, including [[LoveInterest Morgana]], went, or why the democratic government would allow one man having totalitarian control of a city inside their borders, UsefulNotes/JosephStalin style, without trying to take him out. And it ain't stopping there; when Darkwarrior Duck gets his hands on Quackerjack's time machine, he's planning to use it to go back in time so that he can rewrite the Code of Hammurabi so that even "being cranky in the morning" [[DisproportionateRetribution will be punishable by death]]. Or go back right at the time when the evolution of landwalking animals is being started, and then delaying it until he'd get "few rules straight". [[KickTheMoralityPet But the moment when his insanity hits the high point is when he aims a missile launcher right at his daughter's face]], with a closeness enough to get himself blown up as well if he pulls the trigger, while angrily ranting on her past "criminal tendencies". Sure he doesn't pull the trigger but Darkwarrior Duck's KnightTemplar personality was so great that it made the [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice Lords]] look like your friendly neighbourhood patrol police officers. They at least had the mercy enough to just lobotomize the supervillains, and not even [[AbusiveParents Negaduck]] was this extreme when he found out his own daughter had turned against him.

* Taurus Bulba. Amongst the RoguesGallery of wacky, comical, over-the-top Saturday morning cartoon villains, we've this ruthless, cunning, murderous, and downright psychopathic crime lord played by Creator/TimCurry. He's one of the few villains besides Bushroot, Phineas Sharp, F.O.W.L. and Darkwarrior Duck who's confirmed to have committed murder, and his victim was no other than Gosalyn's grandfather. Later on, he attempts to do the same with Gosalyn, both to blackmail Darkwing Duck and ForTheEvulz, showing that [[WouldHurtAChild not even children are safe from him]]. When he's rebuilt by F.O.W.L., he thanks them by [[UngratefulBastard destroying their base]], [[EvilerThanThou declaring himself above them]] and threatening to kill them after he kills Darkwing Duck. When he seeks out Gosalyn for revenge, she gets a [[HeroicBSOD complete mental shutdown]] when meeting him. And while he has some hammy and comical moments, they're way outnumbered by his atrocities, making him the show's local KnightOfCerebus.

** Darkwing dies, visits the afterlife, comes back as a ghost, has to deal with Death hunting him. He wakes up and is overjoyed, thinking it was just a nightmare, and then... it implies it's not just a dream.
** In a more AdultFear way, the citizens of his city not giving a hoot about him after saving their tails a million times. Only 3 people in the world care about DW.
* Bushroot is able to regenerate which leads to (or rather allows for) some nasty deaths, including once going through a woodchipper.
* F.O.W.L has plans that could literally destroy the world if they don't submit, including stopping the earth rotation and doom the earth to one half eternal winter and one half burn to the ground.

** Almost immediately afterwards, he decides that petty crimes are beneath him and that he's going to lay waste to St. Canard [[ForTheEvulz for the sheer fun of it]], starting by [[KickTheDog throwing Megavolt through a wall]] with his powers. He then shows himself to be ''very capable'' of carrying that threat out, as the ground cracks wherever he walks, his lightning destroys whatever he passes and he has enough destructive power to lay waste to entire buildings. This leaves no doubt that the Negatron Negaduck is [[EldritchAbomination destruction incarnate]] - were it not for the galvanised Posiduck's ability to [[FertileFeet restore things]], he could very well have [[ApocalypseHow destroyed a lot more than a single city]].

* Darkwarrior Duck's reappearance in ''Crisis on Infinite Darkwings'' is disturbing in a subtle way. In the episode where he appeared, it was implied that Darkwarrior was nothing more than a BadFuture version of Darkwing himself and that he would cease to exist in favor of the real Darkwing once Gosalyn got home. But he's present here again, which means that that ''wasn't'' exactly the way it was, and which further means that the horrific alternate St. Canard Gosalyn encountered still exists.

!!The cartoon:

---> ''"I... am [[UpToEleven the most fiendish terror that flaps in the darkest night!]]''

---> ''"I... am [[WalkingWasteland the smog that pollutes your air!]]''

* Taurus Bulba. Amongst the RoguesGallery of wacky, comical, over-the-top Saturday morning cartoon villains, we've this ruthless, cunning, murderous, and downright psychopathic crime lord played by Creator/TimCurry. He's the only villain besides Bushroot and Darkwarrior Duck who's confirmed to have committed murder, and his victim was no other than Gosalyn's grandfather. Later on, he attempts to do the same with Gosalyn, both to blackmail Darkwing Duck and ForTheEvulz, showing that [[WouldHurtAChild not even children are safe from him]]. When he's rebuilt by F.O.W.L., he thanks them by [[UngratefulBastard destroying their base]], [[EvilerThanThou declaring himself above them]] and threatening to kill them after he kills Darkwing Duck. When he seeks out Gosalyn for revenge, she gets a [[HeroicBSOD complete mental shutdown]] when meeting him. And while he has some hammy and comical moments, they're way outnumbered by his atrocities, making him the show's local KnightOfCerebus.

-->'''Darkwarrior Duck''': [[SubvertedCatchPhrase I am the terror that hunts in the night]]! [[DarkerAndEdgier I am the jackal that gnaws at your bones]]! (''Fires a warning'' missile ''at the suspect'') I wasn't finished~! I am Darkwarrior Duck! Maybe [[DisproportionateRetribution a year in the pen]] will teach you to ''[[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife use a crosswalk]]''!

** Taurus Bulba's closeup on his face when he shouts "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS IS NO GAME!]]" and how he immediately goes back to his calm demeanor.
** Taurus seems to consider his own resurrection this, telling FOWL exactly what he thinks of doing so without his permission.

*** There was also the last vampire test that involve setting the accuse vampire on fire.

-->'''Darkwarrior Duck''': [[SubvertedCatchPhrase I am the terror that hunts in the night]]! [[DarkerAndEdgier I am the jackal that gnaws at your bones]]! (''Fires a warning'' missile ''at the suspect'') I wasn't finished~! I am Darkwarrior Duck! Maybe a year in the pen will teach you to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution use a crosswalk]]''!

** This is followed up quickly with him getting "galvanised", when he tries destroy Megavolt's device so he won't be merged back with his good half. During the struggle, he gets zapped with the machine again, transforming him into a supercharged, [[DarkIsEvil photonegative]] version of Darkwing with [[ShockAndAwe electricity shooting off of his body]] and a constant [[HellIsThatNoise static screeching noise]] whenever he's on screen. It's no wonder that Megavolt's first reaction is to [[OhCrap cower in terror]] as the new Negaduck delivers a [[DarkReprise terrifying variation]] of Darkwing's usual BadassBoast:

* Darkwing and Negaduck are polar opposites, but they also have similarities. DW can be as ruthless and vicious as Negaduck II if you push him off the deep end. Him losing his mind after Gosalyn "disappeared" is pretty scary. It's almost like he was becoming a third Negaduck. He was even shown using lethal guns and tanks. And to think, all it takes is for Gosalyn to run away for Darkwing to turn into a psychotic murderous maniac like his evil twin.

* In his [[DarkwingDuckS1E2BeautyAndTheBeet debut episode]], Bushroot casually decides to make it look like the scientists [[AssholeVictim who bullied him constantly]] had [[DrivenToMurder "an accident."]] When Darkwing and Launchpad show up to investigate, Bushroot decides to do the same thing to them. Considering that he's usually pretty meek, seeing Bushroot so calmly [[BewareTheNiceOnes resort to murder]] is jarring; it makes you wonder if his experiment didn't just [[SanitySlippage affect his body...]]

* [[DarkwingDuckS1E4NightOfTheLivingSpud Posey]], the vampire potato and [[InterspeciesRomance Bushroot's "bride".]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/TheDarkKnight "You either die a hero,]] [[FallenHero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.]]]]

* Taurus Bulba. Amongst the RoguesGallery of wacky, comical, over-the-top Saturday morning cartoon villains, we've this ruthless, cunning, murderous, and downright psychopathic crime lord played by Creator/TimCurry. He's the only villain besides Bushroot and Darkwarrior Duck who's confirmed to have committed murder, and his victim was no other than Gosalyn's grandfather. Later on, he attempts to do the same with Gosalyn, both to blackmail Darkwing Duck and ForTheEvulz, showing that [[WouldHurtAChild not even children are safe from him]]. When he's rebuilt by F.O.W.L., he thanks them by [[UngratefulBastard destroying their base]], [[EvilerThanThou declaring himself above them]] and threatening to kill them after he kills Darkwing Duck. When he seeks out Gosalyn for revenge, she's a [[HeroicBSOD complete mental shutdown]] when meeting him. And while he has some hammy and comical moments, they're way outnumbered by his atrocities, making him the show's local KnightOfCerebus.

** Behind the cartoonish slapstick comedy and the hammy over-the-top performance, and you'll see a man who's become so consumed by his madness that an entire metropolis has to suffer. If the big and scary-looking war machines he uses don't scare you than his new and terrifying appearance, his red eyes and angry-looking face will do it, and if not even that than the fact that he sends people to jail for years for such petty things like jaywalking will do it. And if his entrance wasn't enough to make it clear that something is wrong with his head, then Launchpad will make it clear when he tells his story on how he got fired from the sidekick job because he thought they "should arrest the crooks before giving them the electric chair". [[FridgeHorror And then you'll ask]] where [[ArchEnemy Negaduck]] went, or where the other heroes of St. Canard, including [[LoveInterest Morgana]], went, or why the democratic government would allow one man having totalitarian control of a city inside their borders, UsefulNotes/JosephStalin style, without trying to take him out. And it ain't stopping there; when Darkwarrior Duck gets his hands on Quackerjack's time machine, he's planning to use it to go back in time so that he can rewrite the Code of Hammurabi so that even "being cranky in the morning" [[DisproportionateRetribution will be punishable by death]]. Or go back right at the time when the evolution of landwalking animals is being started, and then delaying it until he'd get "few rules straight". [[KickTheMoralityPet But the moment when his insanity hits the high point is when he aims a missile launcher right at his daughter's face]], with a closeness enough to get himself blown up as well if he pulls the trigger, while angrily ranting on her past "criminal tendencies". Sure he doesn't pull the trigger but Darkwarrior Duck's Knight Templar personality was so great that it made the [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice Lords]] look like your friendly neighbourhood patrol police officers. They at least had the mercy enough to just lobotomize the supervillains, and not even [[AbusiveParents Negaduck]] was this extreme when he found out his own daughter had turned against him.

** Behind the cartoonish slapstick comedy and the hammy over-the-top performance, and you'll see a man who's become so consumed by his madness that an entire metropolis has to suffer. If the big and scary-looking war machines he uses don't scare you than his new and terrifying appearance, his red eyes and angry-looking face will do it, and if not even that than the fact that he sends people to jail for years for such petty things like jaywalking will do it. And if his entrance wasn't enough to make it clear that something is wrong with his head, then Launchpad will make it clear when he tells his story on how he got fired from the sidekick job because he thought they "should arrest the crooks before giving them the electric chair". [[FridgeHorror And then you'll ask]] where [[ArchEnemy Negaduck]] went, or where the other heroes of St. Canard, including [[LoveInterest Morgana]], went, or why the democratic government would allow one man having totalitarian control of a city inside their borders, UsefulNotes/JosephStalin style, without trying to take him out. And it ain't stopping there; when Darkwarrior Duck gets his hands on Quackerjack's time machine, he's planning to use it to go back in time so that he can rewrite the Code of Hammurabi so that even "being cranky in the morning" [[DisproportionateRetribution will be punishable by death]]. Or go back right at the time when the evolution of landwalking animals is being started, and then delaying it until he'd get "few rules straight". [[KickTheMoralityPet But the moment when his insanity hits the high point is when he aims a missile launcher right at his daughter's face]], with a closeness enough to get himself blown up as well if he pulls the trigger, while angrily rants on her past "criminal tendencies". Sure he doesn't pull the trigger but Darkwarrior Duck's Knight Templar personality was so great that it made the [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice Lords]] look like your friendly neighbourhood patrol police officers. They at least had the mercy enough to just lobotomize the supervillains, and not even [[AbusiveParents Negaduck]] was this extreme when he found out his own daughter had turned against him.

** Behind the cartoonish slapstick comedy and the hammy over-the-top performance, and you'll see a man who's become so consumed by his madness that an entire metropolis has to suffer. If the big and scary-looking war machines he uses don't scare you than his new and terrifying appearance, his red eyes and angry-looking face will do it, and if not even that than the fact that he sends people to jail for years for such petty things like jaywalking will do it. And if his entrance wasn't enough to make it clear what something is wrong with his head, then Launchpad will make it clear when he tells his story on how he got fired from the sidekick job because he thought they "should arrest the crooks before giving them the electric chair". [[FridgeHorror And then you'll ask]] where [[ArchEnemy Negaduck]] went, or where the other heroes of St. Canard, including [[LoveInterest Morgana]], went, or why the democratic government would allow one man having totalitarian control of a city inside their borders, UsefulNotes/JosephStalin style, without trying to take him out. And it ain't stopping there; when Darkwarrior Duck gets his hands on Quackerjack's time machine, he's planning to use it to go back in time so that he can rewrite the Code of Hammurabi so that even "being cranky in the morning" [[DisproportionateRetribution will be punishable by death]]. Or go back right at the time when the evolution of landwalking animals is being started, and then delaying it until he'd get "few rules straight". [[KickTheMoralityPet But the moment when his insanity hits the high point is when he aims a missile launcher right at his daughter's face]], with a closeness enough to get himself blown up as well if he pulls the trigger, while angrily rants on her past "criminal tendencies". Sure he doesn't pull the trigger but Darkwarrior Duck's Knight Templar personality was so great that it made the [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice Lords]] look like your friendly neighbourhood patrol police officers. They at least had the mercy enough to just lobotomize the supervillains, and not even [[AbusiveParents Negaduck]] was this extreme when he found out his own daughter had turned against him.

-->'''Darkwarrior Duck''': [[SubvertedCatchPhrase I am the terror that hunts in the night]]! [[DarkerAndEdgier I am the jackal that gnaws at your bones]]! (''Fires a warning'' missile ''at the suspect'') I wasn't finished~! I am Darkwarrior Duck!

* [[KnightTemplar Darkwarrior]] [[UpToEleven Duck]]. Behind the cartoonish slapstick comedy and the hammy over-the-top performance, and you'll see a man who's become so consumed by his madness that an entire metropolis has to suffer. If the big and scary-looking war machines he uses don't scare you than his new and terrifying appearance, his red eyes and angry-looking face will do it, and if not even that than the fact that he sends people to jail for years for such petty things like jaywalking will do it. And if his entrance wasn't enough to make it clear what something is wrong with his head, then Launchpad will make it clear when he tells his story on how he got fired from the sidekick job because he thought they "should arrest the crooks before giving them the electric chair". [[FridgeHorror And then you'll ask]] where [[ArchEnemy Negaduck]] went, or where the other heroes of St. Canard, including [[LoveInterest Morgana]], went, or why the democratic government would allow one man having totalitarian control of a city inside their borders, UsefulNotes/JosephStalin style, without trying to take him out. And it ain't stopping there; when Darkwarrior Duck gets his hands on Quackerjack's time machine, he's planning to use it to go back in time so that he can rewrite the Code of Hammurabi so that even "being cranky in the morning" [[DisproportionateRetribution will be punishable by death]]. Or go back right at the time when the evolution of landwalking animals is being started, and then delaying it until he'd get "few rules straight". [[KickTheMoralityPet But the moment when his insanity hits the high point is when he aims a missile launcher right at his daughter's face]], with a closeness enough to get himself blown up as well if he pulls the trigger, while angrily rants on her past "criminal tendencies". Sure he doesn't pull the trigger but Darkwarrior Duck's Knight Templar personality was so great that it made the [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice Lords]] look like your friendly neighbourhood patrol police officers. They at least had the mercy enough to just lobotomize the supervillains, and not even [[AbusiveParents Negaduck]] was this extreme when he found out his own daughter had turned against him.

---> ''"I... am [[WalkingWasteland the skunk that pollutes your air!]]''

* Posey, the vampire potato and [[InterspeciesRomance Bushroot's "bride".]]

* In his debut episode, Bushroot casually decides to make it look like the scientists [[AssholeVictim who bullied him constantly]] had [[DrivenToMurder "an accident."]] When Darkwing and Launchpad show up to investigate, Bushroot decides to do the same thing to them. Considering that he's usually pretty meek, seeing Bushroot so calmly [[BewareTheNiceOnes resort to murder]] is jarring; it makes you wonder if his experiment didn't just [[SanitySlippage affect his body...]]

** He initially starts off as an EvilKnockoff of Darkwing, created via an accident with Megavolt's device. Whilst the majority of his evil tendencies are PlayedForLaughs, it's a good reminder that without his heroic qualities, Drake Mallard would be [[HeWhoFightsMonsters as bad as the villains he fights.]]