History SelfDemonstrating / DarkwingDuck

(''This page is best read in the voice of Creator/JimCummings or Creator/ChrisDiamantopoulos .'')

* AwesomeEgo: Alright, alright, maybe I have a ''small'' ego problem. But considering my exploits once I say the CatchPhrase, I live up to the billing.

* CatchPhrase: Oh, I have several ones; in no particular order...

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Let's. Get. Dangerous. The way I say the epic CatchPhrase is just as important as the actual words.

* AesopAmnesia: So what if I constantly forget that I need to let others help me out on tough cases? Clearly they can stick to their own little corners of the world, while I and I alone defend St. Canard from the dastardly deviants who deprive the denizens of their...wait, THEY WHAT?!?! They took over the city?! Oh, why didn't I learn?! Oh well. [[TemptingFate Maybe it will stick with me this time around]]

** Gos calls me "Dad"

* MultipleChoicePast: My life prior to becoming a superhero is hard to understand. We have my Senior Prom where I became Darkwing Duck to stop Megavolt and the time [[StableTimeLoop my future self inspired me as a child to become a hero]], plus the time I spent learning martial arts from Goose Lee. The story of me being a {{Superman}} {{Expy}} is completely fictional, however. What? All brilliant artists have to take some liberties with their creations.

* RedOniBlueOni: Launchpad's laidback look contrasts quite sharply with [[HotBlooded my more passionate personality]]. Oddly though, he wears red and I wear purple (it's a bluish shade -- close enough).

* FedoraOfAsskicking: I wear a sharp-looking purple fedora when I kick ass and take names. It complements the rest of my dashing superhero outfit quite nicely.

(''This page is best read in the voice of Creator/JimCummings.'')

* SecondaryColorNemesis: [[InvertedTrope Oh you have it quite backwards]]. As you can see my suit is quite purple, a color favored by felonious fiends from [[Creator/DC standard]] [[Creator/Marvel superhero stories]], but I'm on the side of justice. Funnily enough, a couple of my own foes--such as that malicious malefactor, Megavolt, and the notorious ne'er-do-well, Negaduck--are the ones whose fashion sense favors primary colors.

At the start, Darkwing Duck struggled solo against the sinister scoundrels who stalked the city of St. Canard. However, {{little did I know}} that that was all to change. While investigating the theft of the Waddlemeyer Ramrod, I encountered for the first time a featherbrained flyboy, Launchpad [=McQuack=] (he eventually told me he was fresh from Scrooge [=McDuck=]'s mansion in {{WesternAnimation/Duck|Tales1987}}burg... ya might have told me that earlier, L.P.) and a spirited little girl called Gosalyn Waddlemeyer. Originally, I didn't plan to keep either of them around for longer than it took to complete the mission -- Darkwing Duck dares the denizens of darkness alone! However, the mission proved more problematic I presumed, and I was forced to interact with both for longer than I had intended... Okay, so they both grew on me, so sue me! After the defeat of the terrifying taurine, Taurus Bulba, I reunited with both of them and now we live together.

* CantLiveWithEmCantLiveWithoutEm: Boy do L.P. and Gosalyn get on my nerves! Between his [[CaptainCrash constant crashing]] and her [[BrattyHalfPint refusing to even clean one inch of her room]]...but, what's a duck to do? They're the two most important people in my life. I don't know what I'd do with myself if anything were to happen to them...

* MultipleChoicePast: My life prior to becoming a superhero is hard to understand. We have my Senior Prom where I became Darkwing Duck to stop Megavolt and the time [[StableTimeLoop my future self inspired me as a child to become a hero]], plus the time I spent learning martial arts from Goose Lee. The story of me being a {{Superman}} {{Expy}} is completely fictional, however.

* MustHaveCaffeine: You really don't want to see me in the mornings before I take a very good cup of coffee; and don't give me that look. If you were doing heroics all night, and then wake up very early in the morning to be a parent, you'd be the same.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite my smaller size, I can vanquish vile villains much larger than myself.

** Many are of the opinion that Dr. Slug is my greatest archenemy. I suppose it's only natural to assume that; he ''is'' Public Enemy #1 after all, and I have had to engage in many feats of heroic daring-do to defeat him! But you already know that. What's that? You don't? What do you ''mean'' [[TheGhost you haven't even seen Dr. Slug in action?!]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: I admit L.P. gets on my nerves sometimes. [[VitriolicBestBuds All right, a lot of the time.]] But after facing malevolent malefactors like Taurus Bulba, Paddywhack, and the Fearsome Five -- not to mention the far trickier task of raising Gosalyn while keeping the neighborhood in one piece -- together, it looks like we're in it for the long run.