History WesternAnimation / DarkwingDuck

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The Capcom game presumes all of DW's RoguesGallery belong to FOWL.
** Also in the episode "Whiffle While You Work", Darkwing encounters enemies dressed like ninjas who are called "The Kung-Fu Gibbons". The problem with this is that Ninjutsu is '''Japanese''', while Kung-Fu is '''Chinese''', and Gibbons are not from either country.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Jumbalaya Jake's alligator sidekick Gumbo easily qualifies for this.

This would normally be the end of the article, since the show and the license had sat dormant since the show ended... but then Disney revived the franchise with the announcement of a brand-new [[strike:four-issue comic miniseries]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced ongoing monthly comic series]], starting with an arc entitled "[[TheDarkKnightReturns The Duck Knight Returns]]", which began in June 2010. The comic ended in November 2011, with a [[BatFamilyCrossover Bat Family]] CrisisCrossover with the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' comic where Scrooge [=McDuck=] and Darkwing join forces against the combined might of their rogues gallery as well as search for the long-missing Gizmoduck.

** TheSmartGirl: Neptunia

* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: They have been called into to save the day at various points.

* ActorAllusion: While maybe a coincidence, [=NegaDuck=] has [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog a fondness of pollution]]

* AlmightyJanitor: Ammonia Pine, an evil cleaning lady who works for FOWL, and is surprisingly effective.

-->'''News announcer:''' And coming waaaaay down the chart is St-Canard's own Dark... worm... duck.

* AxCrazy: [=NegaDuck=]

** Quackerjack flips out anytime anyone mentions wanting to play videogames around him.

* BigDamnVillains: They have been called into to save the day at various points.

!!''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' provides examples of:

This would normally be the end of the article, since the show and the license had sat dormant since the show ended... but then Disney revived the franchise with the announcement of a brand-new [[strike:four-issue comic miniseries]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced ongoing monthly comic series]], starting with an arc entitled "[[TheDarkKnightReturns The Duck Knight Returns]]", which began in June 2010. The comic is now set to end in November 2011, with a [[BatFamilyCrossover Bat Family]] CrisisCrossover with the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' comic where Scrooge [=McDuck=] and Darkwing join forces against the combined might of their rogues gallery as well as search for the long-missing Gizmoduck.

DW was assisted by his sidekick Launchpad [=McQuack=] (formerly of ''DuckTales''), his adopted daughter Gosalyn, and the youngest son of his next door neighbors, Honker Muddlefoot.

He also ran into a number of other heroes, usually not starting off on the best foot. These included Gizmoduck from ''DuckTales'' (who Darkwing did not work well with), Stegmutt (a large, dim dinosaur), and Morgana [=MacCawber=] (a sorceress and former crook who reformed and became Darkwing's girlfriend).

** Darkwing also had the power to survive things that would normally kill someone in the show's spiritual predecessor Ducktales, but it's not too noticable, since most people in this series seem to have that power.

* CaptainCrash: Launchpad, from ''DuckTales''. Darkwing even muses how Launchpad would've been proud of a helicopter wreck he caused. Darkwing himself is NOT this, as he never even claims to be able to operate aircraft.
** Launchpad is a notably better pilot here than he ever was in Ducktales though. He only crashes if he's shot down and can otherwise land fine.

** The episode ''In Like Blunt'' featured cameos from several Duck Tales villains, including [=Magica DeSpell=].

** Also in the episode "Aduckyphobia", the spider's name is [[PunnyName Webby]], just like another famous little girl named [[DuckTales Webby]].

* ShowWithinAShow: "[[GilligansIsland Pelican's Island]]", among others.

* [[strike:SpiritualSuccessor]] SpinOff: To ''DuckTales''.
** One of ''DuckTales'' secondary characters (Launchpad) is promoted to Main Character, and another (Fenton "Gizmoduck" Crackshell) becomes a recurring character.

* {{Transplant}}: Launchpad and Gizmoduck, from ''DuckTales''.

DW was assisted by his sidekick Launchpad [=McQuack=] (formerly of ''DuckTales''), his adopted daughter Goslyn, and the youngest son of his next door neighbors, Honker Muddlefoot.

This would normally be the end of the article, since the show and the license had sat dormant since the show ended... but then Disney revived the franchise with the announcement of a brand-new [[strike:four-issue comic miniseries]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced ongoing monthly comic series]], starting with an arc entitled "[[TheDarkKnightReturns The Duck Knight Returns]]", which began in June 2010. The comic is now set to end in November 2011, with a [[BatFamilyCrossover Bat Family]] CrisisCrossover with the ''DuckTales'' comic where Scrooge [=McDuck=] and Darkwing join forces against the combined might of their rogues gallery as well as search for the long-missing Gizmoduck.

* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: Darkwing sometimes wonders if whatever-cereal-Goslyn-eats is what fuels her occasional bouts of hyperactivity.

* {{Crossover}}: In the mid-1990s, the [[TheLegendOfTheChaosGod Chaos God]] story arc within the comics pages of ''DisneyAdventures'' linked Darkwing Duck to the continuities of ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', and (unsurprisingly) ''DuckTales'', all via a [[SealedEvilInACan possessed medallion]].

* FoeYay: In spades.
** Yes, and mixing this trope with a LovePotion is a ''disturbing'' combination...
** On a less 'mortal enemies' note, Darkwing and Grizlicoff have some of this.
** Darkwing and Neptunia had some of this in her debut episode when [[spoiler: she kisses him on the cheek at the end.]]
** Also Darkwing and Isis "Icy" Vanderchill.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: ''Paint Misbehavin''. An anthropomorphic ferret befriends a man whose got a gloved hand for a head.

** Also, in the episode "Ghoul Of My Dreams", [[spoiler: the bad guy Nodoff wanted to [[FridgeBrilliance put the entire city of St. Canard to sleep permanently, which is also a description of death.]] Luckily, he was foiled by Darkwing and Morgana in the end.]]

** Darkwing's real origin was revealed along side Megavolt in the final season's "Clash Reunion", likewise we see he trained in China in one episode, and has an effect on his own past via time travel in "Paraducks". Episodes such as "The Secret Origins of Darkwing Duck" are DW making crap up, and are parodies of "What If" style comics.

* ExtremeDoormat: Honker Muddlefoot.

* ForTheEvulz: Most villains don't have any real motives, but Bushroot is a strange example. The only reason he became a villain was to get revenge on those that mocked him, which he did. Most of the time he's doing solo missions it's an attempt to gain friendship/romance/comraderie through mad science. When he's with the FearsomeFive (and sometimes when he's on his own) he's just plain evil.

* PaleSkinnedBrunette: Morgana, Dr. Sara Bellum, Dr. Rhoda Dendron and Bianca Beakley [[spoiler: a.k.a. The Bugmaster.]]

* MindControlEyes: [[spoiler: All the Alternate-Dimension Darkwings have this under Magica and Negaduck's influence, including Darkwarrior Duck.]]
** Actually, [[spoiler: Darkwarrior]] was the only one, ''not'' under their control, since he already has the whole KnightTemplar thing going.

** Also in the episode "Ghoul Of My Dreams", when Darkwing is investigating Morgana and enamored by her beauty, he says "But your the prime '''seduction'''....I mean suspect!"

---> '''Darkwing:''' Put out the Darkwing! Put out the Darkwing!

* CommissionerGordon: J Gander Hooter of SHUSH. The actual cops have decidedly mixed opinions.

* EmotionEater: Paddywhack from "The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain", who feeds on humiliation and misery.

** On the other hand, the TurboGrafx-16 version (yes, there was one) completely embodies TheProblemWithLicensedGames.