Darkwing, tired of all his bad press, decides to remake himself as a more respectable hero. Unfortunately, NegaDuck, watching from the shadows, takes this moment to hatch a scheme that the kinder, gentler Darkwing may not be able to handle.
This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Exploited; Darkwing's new outfit is white, as opposed to the darker colors he generally wears.
- The Ditz: The thugs that Negaduck employs would certainly count. He has no problem convincing the thugs that he's going to throw them a party in the jail cells, which they run into, only for Negaduck to lock them in.
- Don't Tell Mama: The villain-vanquishing vigilante is trying to improve his public image, and as a result is not allowed to use his gas gun or karate skills to take down some criminal thugs. What does he do? He resorts to threatening to tell their mothers. Amazingly, it's more effective than one would think.
- Goo Goo Getup: Negaduck disguises himself as a baby in a carriage at one point. Nobody questions it.
- He's Back!: After he finds he can't stop Negaduck in his new persona, Darkwing returns to his old self and takes Negaduck down.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: A plot point; Darkwing attempts to give himself a better image so he'll get better publicity, and almost succeeds until his Arch-Enemy Negaduck ruins it. Ironically, both the audience and Darkwing ended up grateful to Negaduck, as Darkwing realizes his obsession with good image prevented him from focusing on his cases, and the fans found Darkwing's new look ridiculous.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: After getting defeated by Darkwing, Negaduck tumbles down and into a jail cell, which is filled with some of the thugs he had duped earlier.
- Many Questions Fallacy: When Darkwing Duck was trying to clean up his image, Negaduck sabotaged him at a press conference by asking him a series of these, such as if he's stopped digging pot holes and scaring children. Helped by the fact that someone (most likely Negaduck himself) has been doing these things.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Negaduck ruined Darkwing's nice guy image, which made him realize that he can't fight crime while taking care of his new publicity image, bringing the old Darkwing back.
- Police Are Useless: Negaduck and his thugs are free to pillage the town because all the police are gone. Justified in that Darkwing had convinced the entire police force and the mayor to take a holiday.
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: One criminal says, "It's party time!" before he and the criminals begin beating up Negaduck for betraying them.
- Slave to PR: Darkwing Duck, tired of his Anti-Hero persona, became a nice, public hero. Negaduck, sick of Darkwing's newfound fame, realized Darkwing couldn't effectively fight crime like this and went on a rampage. Darkwing finally gives it up and reverts to his unpopular, but badass self.
- Staircase Tumble: Negaduck has this happen to him when he attempts a flying kick on Darkwing. Darkwing ducks, causing him to bump into the wall and go tumbling down a spiraling staircase and into a cell full of criminals waiting to beat him up.
- Tropes Are Tools: Or as Gosalyn puts it, "clichés are clichés for a reason," when suggesting Darkwing use Helping Granny Cross the Street to help boost his public image.
