St. Canard has a new superhero — the Quiverwing Quack, aka Gosalyn Mallard. Quiverwing quickly becomes the darling of the city — and the object of Negaduck's new plan to shoot himself to the Public Enemy #1 slot.
This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
- Alliterative Name: Gosalyn's new persona is called the Quiverwing Quack.
- Anti-Smother Love Talk: For certain definitions of "smothering." Gosalyn, as the titular superheroine, has been crime-fighting. However, Darkwing forbids her from doing so because he's afraid she'll get hurt. Launchpad gives Darkwing a talk he says his father gave him about how you have to let your children grow up and can't hold on too tightly.
- Banana Peel: Gosalyn actually trips on one of these while walking on a rope across buildings.
- Both Sides Have a Point: Gosalyn wants to get into the superhero business as "Quiverwing Quack," but Darkwing is absolutely forbidding of it, not wanting her to get hurt. Gosalyn accuses her father of treating her like a kid... and she's absolutely right. Darkwing goes a bit overboard when it comes to protecting her, when she is proving herself not only as a useful ally, but a pretty sharp shot to boot, to the point even Negaduck is taken aback at her skills. If anything, he should be using her more often to help out. However, Darkwing is absolutely right; fighting crime is no place for a child, especially against someone who's as dangerous and unstable as Negaduck. Considering what happened throughout the episode, Gosalyn is pretty lucky that she didn't get killed, especially seeing as she lacks her father's or Launchpad's surprising durability. Plus, that doesn't even get into the trouble of how other villains like Megavolt or Quackerjack would harm her (and they have tried to, plenty of times). In the end, Darkwing accepts he has to stop being too overprotective, while Gosalyn acknowledges that she isn't ready for the dangers of crimefighting... at least for now.
- Brick Joke: Early in the episode, Negaduck throws a gauntlet of bombs at Darkwing, mentioning there was a two-for-one sale at a discount store. Later, Darkwing gleefully thanks Negaduck for mentioning the sale, causing the villain to learn his bike had been rigged with a ton of bombs.
- Brought to You by the Letter "S": "Q" was (briefly) for Quiverwing Quack; Darkwing Duck's daughter really wants in on the family business.
- Damsel in Distress: Gosayln falls in and out of this trope while trying to help her father, sometimes because Negaduck uses her as a hostage, while other times he keeps her at bay for her own safety.
- Gelatinous Encasement: The inciting incident, Negaduck trapped the entire police force in cubes of lime-green Jello.
- Go to Your Room!: When Gosalyn is nearly killed trying to assist Darkwing against Negaduck, she is placed on the receiving end of this trope and forbidden from superhero activities from that point on. She doesn't listen for very long.
- Knife Outline: Negaduck ends up pinned to a wall in his costume with arrows, but somehow escapes when Darkwing isn't looking — because he did the obvious thing to do when only the costume is pinned.
- Laughing Gas: When Negaduck causes him, Launchpad, Gosalyn, and Honker to fall off the side of a building, Darkwing uses his gas gun to inflate his cape into a crash pad for them to land on. Unfortunately, Honker bounces on it and the point of his Arrow Kid mask pops a hole in it, exposing them all to the gas inside. No guess what it is.Launchpad: (Laughing) Great idea, DW-(still laughing)-but did you have to use-(still laughing)-laughing gas?
Darkwing: (Also laughing) Sorry, Launchpad! Better than teargas! - Paper-Thin Disguise: Gosalyn believes that dressing up as the Quiverwing Quack will fool her father into thinking that she's a new superhero, not his daughter. He sees through it instantly.
- Pseudo-Crisis: DW, Gosalyn, Honker, and Launchpad are all hanging by a rope suspended between buildings. Negaduck cuts one end of the rope with a knife, our heroes start swinging towards the side of a building. Cue closeup of Darkwing's panicked face, cut to commercial... and when we return, they almost immediately crash into the building, followed by Negaduck cutting the opposite end of the rope and letting the heroes fall.
- Series Continuity Error: After Launchpad gives him a talk his father gave him about letting children grow up, Darkwing asks if his father really told him all that. Launchpad says, yes, right before he threw him out and told him to find a job. This is a blatant contradiction of the DuckTales (1987) episode "Top Duck", which revealed that Launchpad left home by himself in (perceived) disgrace after messing up a flight performance when he was a teenager. Justified somewhat by the official statement that Darkwing!Launchpad and DuckTales (1987)!Launchpad aren't the same person.
- Trick Arrow: Gosalyn's hero identity Quiverwing Quack. Among her trick arrows were glue arrows, boxing glove arrows, and at least one pencil sharpener arrow.
- Would Hurt a Child: Negaduck falls under the category, as he marks Gosalyn (aka the Quivering Quack) as his target and tries to kill her, and even tries to feed her to a shark!
