While tracking Negaduck, Darkwing runs afoul of a witch doctor after his Evil Twin steals an amulet that can bring inanimate objects to life. The resulting bad luck curse makes defeating Negaduck even more difficult.
This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
- 10-Minute Retirement: Thanks to the bad luck curse stymieing his attempts to stop Negaduck, Darkwing momentarily considered giving up. It took Gosalyn bringing in his fan club (and their Inelegant Blubbering) to snap him out of it.
- Abhorrent Admirer: One of Darkwing's fan club, a stout lady, apparently has a Celeb Crush on him. Darkwing doesn't enjoy her attempts to show her affection.
- Anything but That!: The witch doctor's two assistants say he should punish Darkwing any other way (including boiling oil) but with the curse of eternal bad luck.
- Arbitrary Skepticism: Darkwing Duck, a caped crimefighter who battles superpowered villains of all stripes on a regular basis, refuses to believe in a bad luck curse. Even as the universe repeatedly proves him wrong.
- Banana Peel: At one point, Darkwing slips on one while trying to make his dramatic entrance.Darkwing: Okay! Who left the banana peel there?!
- Be Careful What You Wish For: While at the meeting of his fan club, Darkwing halfheartedly wishes there was a crisis to save everyone from so he could demonstrate the heroics his fans idolize. A second later, Negaduck's animated lion comes in.Darkwing: Aah! I've got to watch what I wish for!
- Cape Snag: Darkwing gets his cape caught in the hood of a car just when the animated Hamburger Hippo is bearing down on him. He pointedly tells Launchpad to remind him not buy anymore rip-proof capes. As a Brick Joke during the climax, when Darkwing is holding onto Negaduck's cape to keep from falling off his boat, it rips, with Negaduck saying he doesn't buy rip-proof capes.
- Fire-Breathing Diner: Invoked by Gosalyn to get her, Darkwing, and Launchpad out of Hamburger Hippo. Gosalyn tricks Darkwing into eating a burger containing extremely hot chili peppers, causing him to fly through the roof like a rocket.
- Fun with Homophones: After receiving one too many injuries, Darkwing declares "Someone get me a doctor!", just as the witch doctor shows up behind him, causing Launchpad to shout out "Witch Doctor!"Darkwing: I don't know! Any doctor! (Turns around to see the witch doctor) Except that one!
- Hydrant Geyser: Weaponized by Negaduck when he uses the amulet to animate a bunch of hydrants to flood out Darkwing's fan club parade.
- I Always Wanted to Say That: Said by Negaduck when he declares "Today St. Canard, tomorrow the world!".
- Jaw Drop: Upon seeing the power of the Witch Doctor's amulet when he uses it to stop an erupting volcano, Negaduck's beak falls open in awe...and realizes the havoc he could cause with it.
- The Jinx: Darkwing becomes one when the witch doctor casts a bad luck curse on him.
- Mistaken Identity: Due to looking like Negaduck, Darkwing ends up being the target of the witch doctor's wrath for the theft of his amulet.
- Not Helping Your Case: When the Witch Doctor and his assistants corner Darkwing thinking he's Negaduck and demand the amulet back, Darkwing makes things worse by firing a net over them. This is what prompts the Witch Doctor to curse Darkwing.
- Panthera Awesome: Negaduck brings a lion statue to life to chase his nemesis.
- Shout-Out:
- When explaining something, Darkwing says, "Elementary, my dear Launchpad."
- One of the magic words the witch doctor uses is "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo."
- Strange Minds Think Alike: Both Gosalyn and Negaduck independently express the opinion that Darkwing's fan club looks more like a fundraiser for the "Save the Geeks" foundation.
- Television Portal: A variation as the Witch Doctor is able to undo the bad luck curse through Darkwing's monitor.
- Tempting Fate: Taken to a hilarious extreme. A disbelieving Darkwing is struck with a bad luck curse, and constantly dares the universe to prove it. It does, of course.Darkwing: (falling off the hideout) You see? My luck isn't bad! I could have fallen a thousand feet to my demise! (falls)Darkwing: You see? My luck isn't bad! I could have been hit by a car! (gets hit by a car)Darkwing: You see? My luck isn't bad... (etc)
- Ungrateful Bastard: Subverted. When the Witch Doctor leaves after regaining his amulet, Darkwing thought he was double-crossing him. Gosalyn explains that he had to go home for his spare magic rattle needed to remove his bad luck curse.
- Unplanned Crossdressing: As Darkwing falls through a clothesline, he ends up with a very feminine dress over his costume, just in time for his fan club to show up.
- Voodoo Doll: A variation. The amulet Negaduck steals from the Witch Doctor allows him to create Animate Inanimate Objects using kooky clay figurines.
- Wrong Parachute Gag: When Negaduck uses the amulet to make the Thunderquack crash, Darkwing and the others are forced to eject. While Gosalyn and Launchpad manage to parachute safely, a bunch of books come out of Darkwing's pack when he pulls the cord. Fortunately, he lands on Negaduck's boat.
