Howard's DuckTales
is a fanfic written by Epiclot214 that crosses over DuckTales (2017) with Howard the Duck.
After escaping imprisonment by both the Nova Corps and The Collector, intergalactic fugitive Howard the Duck crash-lands on a moon where he meets the stranded Della Duck. Eventually, the two make it to Duckburg, where they meet up with her Uncle Scrooge McDuck and her three sons, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Now Howard's greatest adventure has literally just begun.
Tropes in this fanfic:
- Adaptational Origin Connection: Stan Lark (a Stan Lee expy) was the creator of the Darkwing Duck TV show and also the reason why it was ended before the final episode. He explains to Howard that it was due to
They Changed It, Now It Sucks! issues, forcing him to cancel the show, for which Jim Starling never forgave him. - Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Nova Prime goes over the list of Howard's charges, including not wearing shoes, which is apparently illegal on the planet Aphius, which Howard once visited.
- Big Entrance: Howard's introduction is this, which has him huddled around by several Nova Corps officers like he's an extremely dangerous criminal.
- Everyone Has Standards: Howard may be an intergalactic con man, but there are lines that he absolutely won't cross that other cons and villains surely would. He's also not too quiet about the other characters antics.
- From Bad to Worse: Nova Prime sentences Howard to a century in Kiln prison. On route, Howard discovers that the guard transporting him is actually an agent of the Collector, who wants to add him to his collection. Fortunately, Howard is able to outwit the agent, lock him inside his cage, and shoot him out the airlock before taking control of the ship.
- Department of Redundancy Department: When trying to explain to Webby about Fenton and Gandra's Meet Cute, Howard uses the word 'impressed' a lot, much to his awkwardness.
- Fusion Fic: Combines the world of DuckTales with their Earth being one of the planets in the Marvel Galaxy.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: In chapter 6, as part of Huey's plan to create the most romantic date setting for Fenton and Gandra, Howard knocks out Gyro and locks him in a closet.
- Only Sane Man: Howard is this regarding Della and the rest of the McDuck family's shenanigans.
- The Stool Pigeon: Averted and lampshaded. Nova Prime offers Howard leniency off his sentence if he reveals the identities of the criminals he's associated with, but Howard refuses.Howard: Sorry, Primy, but I'm a duck, not a canary.
- Threat Backfire: While locked in a closet, Gyro yells that he'll send the one did that to outer space. Howard, the culprit, just rolls his eyes and responds "Been there."
- Villain Takes an Interest: After receiving a report from Gandra Dee confirming their suspicions about the McDuck family's mystery houseguest and how it seems that he's hiding something from even them, FOWL decides to look futher into Howard.
