Fridge Brilliance
- In the opening scene, as Darkwing breaks a lightbulb, Megavolt swears revenge as if the bulb was a person. This foreshadows that the main antagonist of the episode is a sentient lightbulb.
- It's also a Mythology Gag; younger fans won't know it, but in the original Darkwing cartoon, Megavolt's defining insanity was that he believed electrical appliances to be alive and sapient. So, vowing revenge for Darkwing breaking a lightbulb is exactly what Megavolt would have done; in his eyes, Darkwing just killed one of his friends!
- Scrooge reveals that he keeps Launchpad as his driver because of how "crazy and dangerous" he is. This makes sense when you take into account how miserable he was in "Woo-oo" at how empty his life was without adventure. Launchpad's insane driving would be fun for a Thrill Seeker like Scrooge and the lack of excitement in his life would ensure he keeps Launchpad because at that point it's all he's got.
- Launchpad claiming that Jim Starling did all of his stunts, even when he started to get old, and Dewey suggesting that he should have just used special effects, very much foreshadows the main plot point of the episode, whether humans (well, ducks) can be replaced by technology.Launchpad: Real heroes don't need high-tech special effects or basic safety precautions!
- Related to the above, Jim insisting on doing all his stunts even when he was no longer on his prime is a good reference to Darkwing's ego; just like his character, Jim wouldn't admit that he no longer was fit enough for the job.
- Also related: in the original show, before getting dangerous, Darkwing is pretty much The Klutz. In this universe, some of Darkwing's klutzy moments were probably unscripted - it was just Jim Starling botching some of his stunts.
- Considering Launchpad's personality, it makes total sense that his hero is someone like Darkwing Duck. Darkwing also tends to bumble around and mess up before eventually "getting dangerous" and saving the day - just like Launchpad.
- Launchpad crashing into B.U.D.D.Y. is the only way to take him out safely: Launchpad is driving a bigger, heavier, older car. Of course it's going to swat the lighter car away like a fly, either that or shred through it as though it were tinfoil.
- On a Meta level, it's appropriate Launchpad would be a fan of the Darkwing Duck show... he was one of the only characters who appeared in both that AND the original Duck Tales. And one of the only OTHER characters who similarly crossed over? Why, the Gizmoduck introduced in this very episode!
- Meta: Darkwing Duck has a GIANT Ego and DESPISES Gizmoduck. So of COURSE he has to one up Gizmoduck and appear in the same episode but before we meet Fenton! In addition, his cold opening also stole a lot of the buzz from Gizmoduck.
- The "Join SHUSH" poster in the Darkwing Duck Show Within a Show may be odd in the light of "From the Confidential Case Files of Agent 22!", which reveals SHUSH to be a very real organization. However, other Real Life spy media also often uses real organizations like MI6 or FBI, so there can easily be a real SHUSH in the Ducktales world and a fictionalized version of it in the Darkwing Duck television show.
- Similarly, the original Launchpad was a fan of Darkwing before becoming his sidekick. Given D.W.'s ego, a television show that actively embraces the glories he imagines he achieves just might suit him. Thus, when the creators say we'll see more of him later... hold out hope, Darkwing fans!
- Scrooge takes an immediate interest in hiring a fleet of automated drivers. We learn in a later episode that he nearly bankrupted himself sending countless pilots into space searching for Della. It's entirely possible that he was interested in getting the B.U.D.D.Y. system involved in the search, as sending robots would be more practical than sending people.
Fridge Horror
- Fenton asked for advice in improving Bulbtech by putting the design on a public forum, allowing Mark Beaks to steal it. He put technology that inevitably becomes both sentient and evil where anyone can copy it. Gizmoduck is gonna have to do a lot of good in the world to make up for that particular blunder.
