This article includes a list of characters from the
Disney
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series ''
Darkwing Duck
''Darkwing Duck'' is an American animated superhero comedy television series produced by Disney Television Animation (formerly Walt Disney Television Animation) that first ran from 1991 to 1992 on both the syndicated programming block ''The Disn ...
''.
Main characters
* Drake Mallard / Darkwing Duck (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
,
Chris Diamantopoulos
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in the 2017 ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
'' reboot) is an average citizen by day and St. Canard's resident superhero by night.
He possesses a mix of genuine
altruism
Altruism is the principle and moral practice of concern for the welfare and/or happiness of other human beings or animals, resulting in a quality of life both material and spiritual. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures and a core as ...
and gigantic
narcissism
Narcissism is a self-centered personality style characterized as having an excessive interest in one's physical appearance or image and an excessive preoccupation with one's own needs, often at the expense of others.
Narcissism exists on a co ...
– two drives that constantly clash during his adventures.
Darkwing's origins are rather fuzzy. During his childhood and teenage years, Drake was a complete dork,
but by his high school days, he had already developed an obsession with crime-fighting.
However, he frequently claims to have become a superhero after his teenage years and has operated as Darkwing Duck for an unspecified amount of time. Furthermore, he was at least partially inspired by S.H.U.S.H. agent Derek Blunt and trained in martial arts by Goose Lee. In his earliest days of crime fighting, he was more focused on the headlines from his career, to the point where he laments having no life outside his showboating and no friends to turn to outside of Launchpad McQuack and Gosalyn, and Honker, who help keep him grounded.
The latter in particular proves to be vital to him, as Gosalyn being hurt or worse is one of his biggest fears and he became a ruthless dictator in an alternate timeline where he lost her.
His two recurring catchphrases are "I am the terror that flaps in the night" (followed by an improvised
metaphor
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before he gives his name), and the battle cry "let's get dangerous". Darkwing Duck's costume, gas gun, and flashy introductions are reminiscent of
pulp heroes
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Engineering
* Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture
* Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper
* Molded pulp, a packaging material
* ...
like
The Shadow
The Shadow is a fictional character created by magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by writer Walter ...
,
Batman
Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...
, and
The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet is a superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell. Since his 1930s radio debut, the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media ...
, as well as
Zorro
Zorro (Spanish language, Spanish for 'fox') is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp magazine, pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. He is typically portrayed a ...
. Because of loose
continuity in the show, as well as Darkwing's self-aggrandizing habits, he has multiple origin stories as to how and why he became Darkwing Duck – including the following:
** "Paraducks", in which the young Drake is inspired by his own time-travelling future self.
** "Clash Reunion", in which he wears a random disguise to defend his high school prom from Megavolt.
** "The Secret Origins of Darkwing Duck", a
Superman
Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and publi ...
parody that is not meant to be taken as his true origin. Throughout the episode, it is even suggested that it is just nonsense being spouted by a future version of Drake to make his origin seem cooler, though it is later stated that the "myth" has "some basis in reality".
** "A Star is Scorned", a "what if" episode portraying Darkwing's life as an act for a TV show.
: In the 2017 ''DuckTales'' series, Drake Mallard is an upcoming actor set to star in a ''Darkwing Duck'' movie who grew up watching the TV show of the same name and views Jim Starling, the original Darkwing (voiced by Cummings, Darkwing's original voice actor), as his hero. When Starling goes crazy after finding out the movie was not going to star him, Mallard takes it upon himself to be the hero and save the day. After the movie is cancelled, Mallard is encouraged by Launchpad to become Darkwing Duck in real life.
*
Launchpad McQuack
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(voiced by
Terry McGovern Terry McGovern may refer to:
*Terry McGovern (boxer) (1880–1918), boxer who held the world bantamweight and featherweight titles
*Terry McGovern (actor)
Terence McGovern (born May 11, 1942) is an American actor, television broadcaster, radio pe ...
,
Beck Bennett
Christopher Beck Bennett (born October 1, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, and writer, who was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' for eight seasons (2013–2021). Before then, he performed in AT&T "It's Not Complicated" commercials in ...
in the 2017 ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
'' reboot) is Darkwing Duck's sidekick and pilot who originally appeared as a main character in the original 1987 ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
''. He refers to Darkwing as "DW" and Drake as "Mallardman", to which Darkwing sometimes refers to him as "LP" in return. He is Darkwing's self-proclaimed biggest fan,
even spending a year designing and building the ''Thunderquack'' aircraft out of
fanboy
A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie, a vid ...
urges.
** His evil Negaverse counterpart appears in the episode "Life, the Negaverse and Everything", serving Negaduck in subjugating his version of St. Canard until he is defeated by Darkwing Duck and the Friendly Four.
* Gosalyn Mallard (birth name Waddlemeyer) (voiced by
Christine Cavanaugh
Christine Josephine Cavanaugh (''née'' Sandberg; August 16, 1963 – December 22, 2014) was an American actress, who had a distinctive speaking style and provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. She was the original voice of ...
,
Stephanie Beatriz
Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress, model and singer. She is known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the Fox/NBC comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (2013–2021), and voicing protagonist Mira ...
in the 2017 ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
'' reboot) is Drake Mallard's 9-year-old adoptive daughter and an unstoppable bundle of energy and spunk.
Her grandfather, Professor Waddlemeyer, was a famous scientist who was murdered by Taurus Bulba's underlings.
She is an occasional crime fighter, having gone by codenames such as the "Crimson Quackette",
"Yucky Duck",
the "Quiverwing Quack",
and "Gosmoduck" in the
Boom! Studios
Boom! Studios (styled BOOM! Studios) is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States.
History
Origins
In the early 2000s, Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Holly ...
comics, though she often gets involved in Darkwing's affairs as herself.
** Her Negaverse counterpart appears in the episode "Life, the Negaverse and Everything" as an extremely sweet, sentimental, and compliant little girl with similar morality as her "prime" counterpart. Despite being an
alternate reality version of his adopted daughter, Drake became protective of the Negaverse Gosalyn upon learning her guardian is Negaduck and ensured the Friendly Four could take care of her before returning to his own reality.
: She also appears in the ''DuckTales'' reboot, re-imagined as a young duck with Latin American roots. She makes her first appearance in the one-hour special "Let's Get Dangerous!", which incorporates the origin story of her original counterpart.
The Muddlefoots
The Muddlefoots are Drake, Launchpad, and Gosalyn's next-door neighbors, Drake finding them irritating due to their intrusive ways. The Mallards and Launchpad usually manage to tolerate them and even grudgingly like them, though not nearly as much as the Muddlefoots imagine. In the episode "Life, the Negaverse and Everything", their evil Negaverse counterparts serve Negaduck in subjugating their version of St. Canard until they are defeated by Darkwing Duck and the Friendly Four.
* Herbert "Herb" Muddlefoot, Sr. (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
impersonating
Andy Devine
Andrew Vabre Devine (October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977) was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers in 10 feature fil ...
) is the father of Tank and Honker Muddlefoot and the husband of Binkie Muddlefoot. He is a brash, loudmouthed, overweight duck who is often clueless about events around him and works as a "
Quackerware" salesman. Despite his views on the Muddlefoots and impatience with Herb in particular, Drake has worked well with the latter on occasion, though due to his oblivious nature, Herb views Drake as his best friend.
In the episode "A Star is Scorned", Herb and Binkie Muddlefoot are revealed to be actors who have to act out of character as ruthless business tycoons due to a hidden clause in their acting contracts that says "The Studio is always right"!
* Binkie Muddlefoot (voiced by
Susan Tolsky
Susan Gaye Tolsky (April 6, 1943 – October 9, 2022) was an American actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Tolsky began acting in high school and later studied nursing at the University of Texas at Austin before switching her major to the ...
) is a
yellow canary
The yellow canary (''Crithagra flaviventris'') is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is a resident breeder in much of the western and central regions of southern Africa and has been introduced to Ascension and St Helena islands.
T ...
and parody of 1950s housewives who is invariably overbearing yet ditzy. Competent in housework, she often serves as a foil to Herb's fun. Throughout the series, it is suggested she and Herb are destined souls, since there have been many incarnations of them seen in various timelines and dimensions and they almost always find each other and fall in love.
* Tankard "Tank" H. Muddlefoot (voiced by
Dana Hill
Dana Hill (born Dana Lynne Goetz; May 6, 1964 – July 15, 1996) was an American actress. She was known for playing Audrey Griswold in ''National Lampoon's European Vacation'', and also known for her roles in ''Shoot the Moon'' and '' Cross Cree ...
) is the eldest Muddlefoot son and a bully who often makes life difficult for his younger brother, Honker. Despite being the son of a duck and a canary, Tank takes after his father.
** His Negaverse counterpart appears in the episode "Life, the Negaverse and Everything" with a personality similar to the "prime" Honker, albeit with more confidence, and the only member of the Negaverse Muddlefoots who does not serve Negaduck.
* Herbert "Honker" Muddlefoot, Jr. (voiced by
Katie Leigh
Katherine Elizabeth "Katie" Leigh Joseph (born December 16, 1958) is an American voice actress, best known for her roles as Sunni Gummi in ''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', Zuzu in ''Poppy Cat'', Alex in the first two seasons of ''Tot ...
) is the youngest Muddlefoot son and Gosalyn's best friend.
In contrast to his brother, Honker takes after his mother. Unlike the rest of his family, Honker is an intelligent individual who demonstrates a mastery of sciences more akin to a laboratory professor than an elementary school student. He is also one of the few characters to know Darkwing's secret identity, though it is unknown how long he has known or how the discovery was made. Unlike Launchpad, who refers to Drake as DW in public, Honker makes sure to address him as "Mr. Mallard". He also calls Darkwing "sir" to make sure he does not slip up. He is also the only member of the Muddlefoots who Darkwing genuinely likes and tolerates most of the time, though he has been annoyed by the youth's stuttering.
Allies
The Justice Ducks
The Justice Ducks are a team of superheroes formed in the two-part episode "Just Us Justice Ducks" to help Darkwing fend off the Fearsome Five.
*
Fenton Crackshell / Gizmoduck (voiced by
Hamilton Camp
Hamilton Camp (Born Robin S. Camp, 30 October 1934 – 2 October 2005) was a London-born actor and singer, who relocated to the United States with his family when he was a young child. He became an American folk singer during he 1960s, and ev ...
,
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda (; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, playwright and filmmaker. He is known for creating the Broadway musicals ''Hamilton'' (2015) and ''In the Heights'' (2005), and the soundtracks for the Disney animate ...
in the 2017 ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
'' reboot) - Launchpad's old friend and Darkwing's former rival superhero who originally appeared as a recurring character in the original ''DuckTales''. While Gizmoduck overshadows him in fame and attention whenever the former is in St. Canard, Darkwing comes to appreciate him following their first encounter in the episode "Up, Up and Awry".
* Morgana Macawber (voiced by
Kath Soucie Kath or KATH may refer to:
* Kath (city), the historical capital of Khwarezm
* Kath (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
* KATH-TV, the NBC TV station in Juneau, Alaska
* KATH (AM)
KATH (910 kHz) is an ...
) is a sorceress duck who was originally a supervillain, but later reforms and becomes Darkwing's girlfriend. While she is very powerful, Morgana has trouble using her magic. Introduced in the episode "Fungus Amongus", Darkwing first meets her while she is serving as the
president
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
and
chairperson
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of a mushroom-producing company that steals pizza toppings in a plot to take control of the pizza industry before she eventually defects and helps Darkwing foil the plot.
In "Ghoul of My Dreams", she joins forces with Nodoff to put St. Canard's citizens to sleep and rob them to pay off her student loans, but she reforms in the end and helps Darkwing defeat Nodoff.
In the Boom! Studios comics, she sacrifices herself to save Darkwing from the monstrous
Duckthulu. However, Darkwing believes she is still alive and lost in another
reality
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, but is unable to find her.
** Eek and Squeak (voiced by
Frank Welker
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2022, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With ...
) are Morgana's pet
bat
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s who usually accompany her wherever she goes.
** Archie (voiced by Frank Welker) is Morgana's pet
spider
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who also usually accompanies her wherever she goes.
* Neptunia (voiced by
Susan Silo
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Early life
Susan Silo was born in New York City. Both her parents were actors.
Career
Her acting career started in television on the episo ...
) is a mutated anthropomorphic fish and self-appointed protector of the sea. She uses a shell as a horn to command the non-anthropomorphic creatures of the ocean to do her bidding and is often seen with a giant octopus named Hal.
Introduced in the episode "Something Fishy", she was once a normal fish until radioactive waste mutated her into her current form. She becomes fed up with sea pollution and attempts to flood St. Canard until it becomes part of her ocean domain. However, she eventually has a change of heart and reverses the flooding after Launchpad convinces her that not all land-dwellers are polluters.
Like Morgana, she reforms and becomes a hero.
* Stegmutt (voiced by
Joey Camen
Joey Camen (born January 16, 1957) is an American voice actor, comedian and writer who has performed voice over work in various movies, TV shows and video games.
Early life
Camen is of Russian and Romanian Jewish ancestry. His father, Hyman C ...
) is a dimwitted janitor duck who the mad scientist Dr. Fossil transformed into a humanoid ''
Stegosaurus
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'' to serve as his minion in the episode "Jurassic Jumble". He initially battles Darkwing, but with Gosalyn and Honker's help, Stegmutt learns of Dr. Fossil's evil intentions and turns against him. While Fossil's other victims are returned to normal, Stegmutt chooses to remain a dinosaur for unknown reasons and goes on to join the Justice Ducks.
S.H.U.S.H.
S.H.U.S.H. (expanded name unknown) is an intelligence agency that deals with international affairs that regular authorities cannot. Darkwing Duck often works freelance for them, though he is not an official employee. The organization is a parody of Marvel Comics'
S.H.I.E.L.D.
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* J. Gander Hooter (voiced by
Danny Mann
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People
* Danny Altmann, British immunologist
*Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer
*Danny Baker (born 1957), English journali ...
) is an elderly
goose
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and the head director of S.H.U.S.H. who regards Darkwing very highly and often calls him in on cases where he feels that a certain element of surprise that only Darkwing is able to create is needed.
The character's name is a play on
J. Edgar Hoover
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and was reworked and redesigned from an earlier ''DuckTales'' character named J. Gander Hoover, who appeared in the episode "Double-O-Duck" and worked for a different intelligence agency.
* Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof (voiced by
Ron Feinberg
Ronald Aaron Feinberg (October 10, 1932 – January 29, 2005) was an American character and voice actor who appeared in films and on television.
Career
At 6' 7", the towering Feinberg played the character Fellini, opposite Don Johnson, in the pos ...
) is a Russian
grizzly bear
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In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horri ...
and S.H.U.S.H.'s top agent. He is depicted as very strong and adheres to S.H.U.S.H. standard procedure closely. He and Darkwing have a longstanding rivalry which stems from Grizzlikof's by-the-book procedure compared to Darkwing's instinctual and spontaneous fighting style, though their relationship slowly becomes a mutual one.
* Dr. Sara Bellum (voiced by
Jodi Carlisle
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) is a S.H.U.S.H. scientist who is unnervingly enthusiastic about her projects, to the extent that she will risk endangering herself and others in the course of her experiments. Her name is a pun on
cerebellum
The cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") is a major feature of the hindbrain of all vertebrates. Although usually smaller than the cerebrum, in some animals such as the mormyrid fishes it may be as large as or even larger. In humans, the cerebel ...
.
* Derek Blunt (voiced by
Peter Renaday
Peter Renaday is an American actor. His career spans several films and television shows. His major roles include Master Splinter in the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', as well as Abraham Lincoln in the Hall of Presidents, and Henry in Countr ...
) is a British
bald eagle
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reputed to be the greatest agent in the history of S.H.U.S.H. and the only person to ever bring down master criminal Phineas Sharp. However, the latter resurfaces, forcing J. Gander to bring the former out of retirement and pair him with Darkwing to stop Sharp once more. Despite initially being annoyed by the superhero, who admires and claims to have been inspired by him, Blunt begrudgingly admits to being impressed by Darkwing and parts on good terms with him following the mission's end.
His name is a reference to fictional adventurer and James Bond parody character
Derek Flint
Derek Flint is a fictional world adventurer and master spy featured in a series of movies and comic books. Flint, a parody of James Bond and Doc Savage, is an agent for Z.O.W.I.E. (Zonal Organization World Intelligence Espionage).
Films
In 1965, ...
.
* The Darkwing Squad are a group of four S.H.U.S.H. agents who Darkwing trained to become a team, only for them to follow in his example too closely.
** Professor Darkwing Deer (voiced by Sara Partridge) is a S.H.U.S.H. agent and member of the Darkwing Squad who picked up on Darkwing's vanity.
** Professor Darkwing Dodo is a S.H.U.S.H. agent and member of the Darkwing Squad who literally does not look where he leaps, on the grounds that "a daring do-gooder never plans".
** Professor Darkwing Dog is a S.H.U.S.H. agent and member of the Darkwing Squad who practices how to best flatten his head with an anvil.
** Professor Darkwing Donkey (voiced by Jeff Rawluk) is a S.H.U.S.H. agent and member of the Darkwing Squad who also picked up on Darkwing's vanity.
* Femme Appeal is a statuesque
fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
who first appears in the Boom! Studios comic story "F.O.W.L. Disposition". She initially appears as an agent of F.O.W.L. who operates with Steelbeak. However, she is later revealed to be a double-agent sent by S.H.U.S.H. to investigate F.O.W.L. and stop them from summoning Duckthulhu.
Her name is a reference to fictional spy
Emma Peel
Emma Peel is a fictional spy played by Diana Rigg in the British 1960s adventure television series '' The Avengers'', and by Uma Thurman in the 1998 film version. She was born Emma Knight, the daughter of an industrialist, Sir John Knight. She ...
.
* Dr. Desiree Bell is a duck scientist who appears in the Joe Books comic story "Orange is the New Purple", where she is introduced as Darkwing's new S.H.U.S.H. liaison. She is also in charge of overseeing S.H.U.S.H.'s new first response defense satellite, reclaimed from Taurus Bulba and Quackwerks. She also coordinates the reunion of the Justice Ducks (sans Morgana) in the comic story "Dawn of the Day of the Return of the Living Spud".
In the
2017 ''DuckTales'' series, a new version of S.H.U.S.H. appears in flashbacks. The organization was led by
Ludwig Von Drake
Professor Ludwig Von Drake is a cartoon character created in 1961 by The Walt Disney Company. He is the paternal uncle of Donald Duck. He was first introduced as the presenter (and singer of " The Spectrum Song") in the cartoon ''An Adventure in ...
and included
Bentina Beakley / Agent 22,
Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge McDuck is a cartoon character created in 1947 by Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company. Appearing in Disney comics, Scrooge is a Scottish-American anthropomorphic Pekin duck. Like his nephew Donald Duck, he has a yellow-orange bil ...
as a freelance agent, and
Bradford Buzzard as an accountant.
Other heroes
* Comet Guy (voiced by
William Callaway
William Ronald Callaway (born March 11, 1940) is an American retired voice actor. He is also known as Bill Callaway and Bill Calloway. He is known for playing Aquaman in ''Super Friends''.
Filmography Animated roles
* '' Aladdin'' - Zarasto
* ' ...
) is an alien superhero from the planet Mertz who resembles a physically exaggerated human being. Comet Guy possesses numerous superpowers including throwing fireballs, freeze vision, flight, super strength, and super speed. However, he has a dimwitted personality and his primary weakness is that the sound of a bell will cause him to dance to the exclusion of all else until he hears a whistle. Initially considered a failure on his planet, Darkwing trains him to turn his weaknesses into strengths.
* The Friendly Four are fairly inept, superheroic versions of the Fearsome Four native to the Negaverse. Because of their pacifistic nature, they are retrained by Darkwing Duck into Darkwing's Ducks so they can defeat Negaduck, restore order to their version of St. Canard, and become the Negaverse Gosalyn's new guardian after Darkwing returns to his reality.
* Posiduck (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is the embodiment of Darkwing Duck's positive traits made entirely of positrons who was created after Megavolt's tron-splitter device split Darkwing into positrons and negatrons. In keeping with his component particles, Posiduck is exceedingly kind, gentle, lenient, and generally pacifistic. He later becomes galvanized into a powerful being of positive energy, gaining the ability to undo negatronic damage and walk on air, to battle his similarly galvanized negatron counterpart.
Villains
The Fearsome Five
The Fearsome Five are Darkwing Duck's five greatest enemies who often work independently, but also work as a team on occasion.
* Negaduck (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is Darkwing Duck's evil
doppelgänger
A doppelgänger (), a compound noun formed by combining the two nouns (double) and (walker or goer) (), doppelgaenger or doppelganger is a biologically unrelated look-alike, or a double, of a living person.
In fiction and mythology, a doppelg ...
and arch-nemesis. Hailing from a nightmarish
parallel reality called the "Negaverse", Negaduck is physically identical to Darkwing, except for his yellow, red, and black costume. Like Darkwing, Negaduck is narcissistic and normally has no special powers or abilities, instead relying on his intellect, physical prowess, intimidation, and gadgets. However, he can also disguise himself as Darkwing.
Unlike Darkwing, Negaduck is cruel, ruthless, and has no qualms about hurting others to get what he wants, which is primarily great wealth and authority over the world. As such, he serves as the Fearsome Five's leader as he intimidates them into agreeing with what he says.
Despite viewing them as weaklings,
he would later use a magical gem to steal their powers and transform himself into Mega Negaduck.
In the episode "Life, the Negaverse and Everything", Darkwing discovers his evil counterpart rules over the Negaverse's version of St. Canard.
In the comic story "The Duck Knight Returns", he discovers Darkwing's secret identity and attacks him at his home, an event that causes the superhero to retire for a year. Negaduck would later join forces with
Magica De Spell
Magica De Spell (''magica'' being the feminine of ''magico'', ) is a cartoon character created in 1961 by Carl Barks for the Duck universe. An Italian sorceress, she constantly attempts to steal Scrooge McDuck's Number One Dime, which she believ ...
to ruin Darkwing's reputation using brainwashed alternate reality versions of both himself and Darkwing. In the comic story "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings", Megavolt's tron-splitter is used to reduce Negaduck to several microscopic particles of good and evil, though by the story "Orange is the New Purple", he manages to reconstitute himself, take over St. Canard Penitentiary, and trap Darkwing inside with every supervillain he helped imprison.
** Negaduck (negatron version) (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is the physical embodiment of Darkwing Duck's negative traits made entirely of negatrons created after Megavolt's tron-splitter device split Darkwing's positrons and negatrons. While he is unrelated to the Negaverse version of Negaduck, like him, this version is similarly evil, malicious, sadistic, and often uses weapons to terrorize people and commit crimes. He later becomes galvanized into a powerful being of negative energy, gaining the ability to fire destructive negatronic energy beams. However, he is forced to fight his similarly galvanized positronic counterpart Posiduck, whom he is later re-fused with to restore the original Darkwing.
**In the 2017 ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
'' series, Negaduck was once Jim Starling, an actor who portrayed Darkwing Duck in the original TV show of the same name.
Wanting to regain his fame, he tries to replace Drake Mallard, the star of a movie adaptation of the series, but ends up going insane and attacks the studio. Mallard and Launchpad attempt to stop him, though Starling is apparently killed saving them. Unbeknownst to them, Starling survived; vowing revenge.
Cummings reprised his role for this appearance.
* Dr. Reginald Bushroot (voiced by
Tino Insana
Silvio Peter "Tino" Insana (February 15, 1948 – May 31, 2017) was an American actor, producer, writer, and comedian.
Life and career
Insana was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 15, 1948, the son of Silvio A. Insana, a musician, and Hilora ...
) is a scientist duck who originally worked at St. Canard University, where he tried to integrate plant
chloroplast
A chloroplast () is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells. The photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll captures the energy from sunlight, converts it, and stores it in ...
s into animals in an attempt to give people the ability to feed themselves through
photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that, through cellular respiration, can later be released to fuel the organism's activities. Some of this chemical energy is stored i ...
. After his research funding was cut, Bushroot used himself as a test subject in an attempt to prove that his theories were correct and thereby regain his funding. The experiment was a success, though he was turned into a half-duck / half-
shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
mutant with the power to control plants.
Unlike the other members of the Fearsome Five, Bushroot is not motivated to commit crime out of greed or a desire for power; rather, he is driven to find or create a companion who will not reject him.
Series creator
Tad Stones
Edward T. "Tad" Stones (born May 28, 1952) is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer and director, best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company, where he worked from 1974 to 2003. His most notable credits for Disn ...
calls the character "barely a villain" and said that, "left on his own he'd eventually come over to the good side."
Originally pitched as a farmer named "Bib Overalls" who controlled an army of corn by writers Jim Peterson, Rob Humphrey, and John Behnke, Stones changed the character's name to Bushroot and broadened the focus of his powers.
** Spike is Bushroot's pet
carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans
Protozoa (singular: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a group of single-celled eukaryot ...
and assistant. Spike behaves much in the manner of a dog, to the point that he likes playing fetch and craves his master's attention.
** Posey (voiced by
Frank Welker
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2022, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With ...
) is a "vampire
potato
The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.
Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...
" originally intended to be Bushroot's wife. However, due to Spike handing him the wrong ingredients, Bushroot accidentally creates a gigantic potato that feeds on people's blood, turning them into zombified couch potatoes, before she is eventually destroyed.
In the Joe Books comic story "Dawn of the Day of the Return of the Living Spud", she is revealed to be alive and used as a power supply for a company producing genetically engineered vegetables. However, this backfired as the potatoes became alive and turned people into zombies. While Bushroot initially refrains from stopping her, still seeing her his one true love, Darkwing eventually convinces him to help him defeat her.
**Bushroot also appears in the 2017 reboot of ''DuckTales'', albeit in a non-speaking role.
* Bud E. Flud / The Liquidator (voiced by
Jack Angel
Jack Angel (October 24, 1930 – October 18, 2021) was an American voice actor, comedian, and radio personality. He provided voice-overs for animation and video games. Angel had voiced characters in shows by Hasbro and Hanna-Barbera such as ''Su ...
) is a mutant
dog
The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from the extinct Pleistocene wolf, and the modern wolf is the dog's nearest living relative. Do ...
-like creature with the power to assume a viscous form and control water who constantly talks in advertising-style lingo. Flud was formerly a crooked bottled water salesman who began poisoning his competitors' supply to try and achieve a
monopoly
A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, label=none and el, πωλεῖν, pōleîn, to sell, label=none), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situati ...
on St. Canard's bottled water business. When Darkwing catches him in the act, Flud panics and falls into a reservoir he had contaminated, mutating into the Liquidator. Following this, he forgets that he fell in and comes to believe that Darkwing pushed him in.
Due to his water-based powers, he and Megavolt do not interact well, though he and Bushroot become good friends.
Of the Fearsome Five members, the Liquidator is the only one to have a single standalone episode, as creator Tad Stones found the character too "one note"; preferring to write episodes for Bushroot or Megavolt.
** The Liquidator's Mascots (voiced by
Darleen Carr
Darleen Carr (born Darlene Farnon) is an American actress, singer, and voice-over artist. She is also known as Darlene Carr or Darleen Drake. She has two sisters, both actresses (Shannon Farnon and Charmian Carr).
Early years
Carr was born in ...
and
B.J. Ward) are a pair of women who appear with the Liquidator in his introductory episode "Dry Hard". They were the mascots for Bud Flud's bottled water company before joining him as the Liquidator.
**The Liquidator also appears in the 2017 reboot of ''DuckTales'', voiced by
Corey Burton
Corey Gregg Weinberg (born August 3, 1955), known professionally as Corey Burton, is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of Captain Hook, Ludwig Von Drake, Dale and others for The Walt Disney Company, Shockwave on '' The Transforme ...
in his first appearance and
Keith Ferguson in his second.
* Megavolt (voiced by
Dan Castellaneta
Daniel Louis Castellaneta (; born October 29, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for voicing Homer Simpson on the animated series ''The Simpsons'' (as well as other characters on the show such as Abraham "Grampa" ...
) is an
insane
Insanity, madness, lunacy, and craziness are behaviors performed by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity can be manifest as violations of societal norms, including a person or persons becoming a danger to themselves or to ...
rat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus ''Rattus''. Other rat genera include ''Neotoma'' ( pack rats), ''Bandicota'' (bandicoot ...
with the ability to control electricity and a former classmate of Darkwing Duck's in high school, where he gained his powers after bullies sabotaged his science experiment. Known in his civilian life as Elmo Sputterspark, Megavolt debuted as his supervillain persona at the senior prom to get revenge on his classmates, spurring Drake Mallard to create his Darkwing Duck persona and defend the guests.
Most of Megavolt's crimes are motivated by the delusional belief that he is helping to "free" electrical devices, which he believes are sentient beings who have been enslaved.
He is the only member of the Fearsome Five to team up with another member independent of the organization, twice partnering with Quackerjack.
In the comic story "The Duck Knight Returns", he is forced to retire from super-villainy and get an office job, though he eventually returns to being Megavolt at Negaduck's behest.
Megavolt is creator Tad Stones' favorite villain, and as a result, is the most frequently appearing antagonist in the series.
**Megavolt also appears in the 2017 reboot of ''DuckTales'', voiced by Keith Ferguson.
* Quackerjack (voiced by
Michael Bell) is a toymaker who went insane after the advent of
video games
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...
put him out of business and became a
harlequin
Harlequin (; it, Arlecchino ; lmo, Arlechin, Bergamasque dialect, Bergamasque pronunciation ) is the best-known of the ''zanni'' or comic servant characters from the Italian language, Italian ''commedia dell'arte'', associated with the city o ...
-style jester-themed supervillain to seek revenge. While he lacks powers, he wields an arsenal of toy-themed weaponry, such as his trademark doll, Mr. Banana Brain, which Quackerjack treats as a sentient sidekick, and mechanical chattering teeth toys of various sizes.
In Boom! Studios' comics, Quackerjack becomes a more dangerous villain after Negaduck destroys Mr. Banana Brain on the grounds Quackerjack is not "mean enough" to be a serious villain. However, Quackerjack eventually grows tired of being more evil and turns himself into a toy outside his old girlfriend's house, believing "this is the best I can ever be".
Unlike the rest of the Fearsome Five, Quackerjack has very little origin story as a result of creator Tad Stones being disappointed that the character did not come across as dark in his initial appearance as he had hoped and is the only member not to have his real name revealed.
Moreover, his name is a pun on the word "
crackerjack".
** Mr. Banana Brain is a banana-headed doll that Quackerjack seems to always have with him. Mr. Banana Brain is the closest thing Quackerjack has to a recurring
sidekick
A sidekick is a slang expression for a close companion or colleague (not necessarily in fiction) who is, or is generally regarded as, subordinate to the one they accompany.
Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, ...
, as he frequently makes him "talk" via
ventriloquism
Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is a performance act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) creates the illusion that their voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered prop known as a "dummy". The act of ventriloquism is ve ...
.
In the episode "The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain", the doll was possessed by the
demon
A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, ani ...
Paddywhack and truly came to life, though Quackerjack was left bemused by Mr. Banana-Brain's "new" personality yet unsurprised by the doll's ability to speak and move independently.
**Quackerjack also appears in the 2017 reboot of ''DuckTales'', with Bell reprising his role.
F.O.W.L.
F.O.W.L. (The Fiendish Organization for World Larceny) is a terrorist organization akin to
S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
Spectre, specter or the spectre may refer to:
Religion and spirituality
* Vision (spirituality)
* Apparitional experience
* Ghost
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Spectre'' (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and writ ...
from the
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
novels by
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer who is best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., a ...
. F.O.W.L. was originally introduced in the 1987 ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
'' episode "Double-O-Duck" as the "''Foreign'' Organization for World Larceny".
* The High Command (various voices) are F.O.W.L.'s three commanders. Whether appearing individually or all together, they are always hidden in shadows and their true names are never mentioned.
In the Boom! Studios comics, the rise of the company Quackwerks decimated F.O.W.L., leading to a disgruntled High Command compensating for this by trying to summon the demon Duckthulhu.
* Steelbeak (voiced by
Rob Paulsen
Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Anni ...
,
Jason Mantzoukas
Jason Mantzoukas (, el, Ιάσων Μαντζούκας; born December 18, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer and podcaster. He is best known for his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series ''The League'', and as one of the th ...
in the 2017 ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
'' reboot) is a suave, urbane
rooster
The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult m ...
who serves as F.O.W.L.'s chief agent and second-in-command who acts like a 1920s
gangster
A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from ''mob'' and the suffix '' -ster''. Gangs provide a level of organization and ...
. He gets his name from the metal beak he wears, which F.O.W.L. provided him with after he lost his original beak under unrevealed circumstances, that also serves as a weapon similarly to recurring
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
villain
Jaws
Jaws or Jaw may refer to:
Anatomy
* Jaw, an opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth
** Mandible, the lower jaw
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Jaws (James Bond), a character in ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' and ''Moonraker''
* ...
.
** Fang is a robotic bear and agent of F.O.W.L. who works for Steelbeak in the episode "Bearskin Thug".
* Ammonia Pine (voiced by
Mitzi McCall
Mitzi McCall is an American comedian and actress.
Life and career
Television
In the early 1950s, then known as Mitzi Steiner, McCall had the ''Kiddie Castle'' program on KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received national attention in 1 ...
) is a former cleaning lady who worked at a research lab and accidentally inhaled the fumes of an experimental bathroom disinfectant, which turned her into a cleaning-obsessed villain and recruited by F.O.W.L. for their dastardly plans. True to her obsession, she hates and fears dirt.
* Ample Grime (voiced by
Ellen Gerstell
Ellen Gerstell (born October 16, 1954) is an American voice actress. She is most known for providing the voice of Rapture in '' Jem'' and Mihoshi Kuramitsu in the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' franchise. She is the wife of the late Emmy Award-winning writer ...
) is Ammonia Pine's messy, dirt-loving sister, who hates and fears cleanliness as much as Ammonia hates dirt.
* Major Synapse (voiced by
John Stephenson) is a stereotypical military man, though he lacks the intelligence to match as he once sent a group of F.O.W.L. soldiers into an erupting volcano to "secure" it and caused two of his underlings, Hotshot and Flygirl, to be flattened by an anvil. He attempts to steal S.H.U.S.H.'s "Norma Ray" so he can turn his
hippie
A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to different countries around ...
underlings into super-powered
psychic
A psychic is a person who claims to use extrasensory perception (ESP) to identify information hidden from the normal senses, particularly involving telepathy or clairvoyance, or who performs acts that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, ...
troops before using it on himself, gaining a giant brain and his own psychic abilities. This plot backfires after Darkwing Duck, Launchpad, and Gosalyn overload him with questions while shooting him with the Norma Ray, causing him to explode.
** Hotshot (voiced by Danny Mann) is one of Major Synapse's hippie underlings turned super psychic with the ability to control fire and ice.
In the comic story "F.O.W.L. Disposition", Hotshot and Flygirl briefly reappear under Ammonia Pine's command, but end up defeating themselves when Honker tricks them into getting crushed by an anvil again.
** Flygirl (voiced by
Teresa Ganzel
Teresa Ganzel is an American actress and comedian.
Career
Ganzel was a recurring cast member of ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' as the Matinee Lady in the "Tea Time Movie" skits. She has often played stereotypical ditzy blonde bimb ...
) is one of Major Synapse's hippie underlings turned super psychic with telekinesis and flight.
In the comic story "F.O.W.L. Disposition", Flygirl and Hotshot briefly reappear under Ammonia Pine's command, but end up defeating themselves when Honker tricks them into getting crushed by an anvil again.
* Eggmen (various voices) are F.O.W.L.'s foot soldiers, who are recognizable by their white, egg-shaped helmets.
In the
2017 ''DuckTales'' series, a
new version of F.O.W.L. appears as the primary antagonists of the show's third season. The organization is led by Bradford Buzzard, who served as the chairman of McDuck Enterprises' board of directors and co-founded F.O.W.L. alongside Black Heron and also includes
Gandra Dee
This article includes a list of characters from the The Walt Disney Company, Disney ''DuckTales'' animated franchise, including the DuckTales, original 1987 series and the DuckTales (2017 TV series), 2017 reboot series, as well as DuckTales the Mo ...
,
John D. Rockerduck
John D. Rockerduck is a cartoon character created in 1961 by The Walt Disney Company for the Duck universe. He is one of Scrooge McDuck's main rivals in Disney comics. His name is a play on that of John D. Rockefeller, the American capitalist an ...
,
Jeeves
Jeeves (born Reginald Jeeves, nicknamed Reggie) is a fictional character in a series of comedic short stories and novels by English author P. G. Wodehouse. Jeeves is the highly competent valet of a wealthy and idle young Londoner named Bertie W ...
, the
Phantom Blot
The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, and many other characters. The universe originated from the '' Mickey Mouse'' ...
, and new incarnations of Steelbeak and Taurus Bulba.
Other villains
* Taurus Bulba (voiced by
Tim Curry
Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the film ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London ...
,
James Monroe Iglehart
James Monroe Iglehart (born September 4, 1974) He met his wife Dawn in the Mt. Eden High School show choirBlank, Matthew"The Genie of Broadways Aladdin James Monroe Iglehart"playbill.com, March 18, 2014 and they married in 2002.
Filmography ...
in the 2017 ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
'' reboot) is a ruthless and dangerous
bull
A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species ''Bos taurus'' (cattle). More muscular and aggressive than the females of the same species (i.e., cows), bulls have long been an important symbol in many religions,
includin ...
criminal mastermind and supervillain. Despite initially not having superpowers, Bulba prides himself on his intellect as well as his superior physical strength and endurance. In the two-part pilot, "Darkly Dawns the Duck", he orders his underlings to glean information from Professor Waddlemeyer, only for them to kill the scientist when he refused to talk. As a result, Bulba comes into conflict with Darkwing and becomes the hero's first major enemy. After attempting to kill Darkwing along with himself in an explosion at Canard Tower and being presumed dead,
F.O.W.L. revived Bulba as a cyborg to work for them. However, the crime boss refuses and attacks the organization's personnel before seeking revenge on Darkwing, only to be defeated once more.
In the comic story "The Duck Knight Returns", Bulba secretly establishes the company Quackwerks and launches a corporate takeover of St. Canard, maintaining control of the city for a year before he is eventually exposed and defeated a third time.
His name is a reference to
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...
's hero
Taras Bulba
''Taras Bulba'' (russian: «Тарас Бульба»; ) is a romanticized historical novella set in the first half of the 17th century, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). It features elderly Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his sons And ...
, and the Latin word for "
bull
A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species ''Bos taurus'' (cattle). More muscular and aggressive than the females of the same species (i.e., cows), bulls have long been an important symbol in many religions,
includin ...
".
** Hammerhead Hannigan (voiced by
Hal Rayle
Hal Rayle (born January 4, 1955) is an American voice actor. He has done many roles for both animated series and live action movies.
Career
Rayle has had a number of voice acting jobs over his career. Rayle's animated series roles include Miss Pi ...
in "Darkly Dawns the Duck",
Tad Stones
Edward T. "Tad" Stones (born May 28, 1952) is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer and director, best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company, where he worked from 1974 to 2003. His most notable credits for Disn ...
in "In Like Blunt") is a surly
goat
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...
and Bulba's lead henchman who talks and acts like a stereotypical 1930s gangster. He is capable of using his head like a blunt object via headbutts.
As of the episode "In Like Blunt" however, Hammerhead broke off from Bulba and became a notorious supervillain in his own right.
** Hoof and Mouth are a mute, dimwitted donkey and a talkative, slightly smarter by comparison
ram
Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to:
Animals
* A male sheep
* Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish
People
* Ram (given name)
* Ram (surname)
* Ram (director) (Ramsubramaniam), an Indian Tamil film director
* RAM (musician) (born 1974), Dutch
* Ra ...
(voiced by
Eddie Deezen
Edward Harry Deezen (born March 6, 1957) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his roles as "nerd" characters in films including '' Grease'', ''Grease 2'', '' Midnight Madness'', ''I Wanna Hold Your Hand'', ''1941'', and ''WarGames''. ...
) as well as two of Bulba's henchmen. They are both exceptionally clumsy and often suffer Hammerhead's physical abuse.
It is unclear which one is Hoof and which is Mouth. Their combined names are a pun on
hoof-and-mouth disease
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovid
The Bovidae comprise the biological family of cloven-hoofed ...
.
** Clovis (voiced by
Marcia Wallace
Marcia Karen Wallace (November 1, 1942 – October 25, 2013) was an American actress and comedian, primarily known for her roles in television situation comedies. She is best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitc ...
) is a blonde
cow
Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ma ...
and Bulba's personal secretary.
** Tantalus is Bulba's pet, non-anthropomorphic vulture who participates in his master's schemes.
: Taurus Bulba also appears in the 2017 ''DuckTales'' reboot, as a McDuck Enterprises scientist working for F.O.W.L. to figure out a relic called Solego's Circuit, only to go rogue to destroy all of reality.
* Lilliput (voiced by
Frank Welker
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2022, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With ...
) is the owner of the miniature golf course "Goony Golf" who uses a strange hat to communicate with and control ants. With his ant minions and his shrink ray, he attempts to turn St. Canard's monuments into miniature props for his golf course, only to be defeated by Darkwing after the hero shrinks down to the size of a germ and "infects" Lilliput.
In the comic story "Orange is the New Purple", he tries to catch Gosalyn, but she is able to defeat him.
* Major Trenchrot (voiced by
Charlie Adler
Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Ed and Bev Bighead on ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monst ...
) is a
major
Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...
who attempted to build a supervillains-only resort on a jungle island by eliminating the island's gorilla population, only to be foiled by them and Darkwing.
* "The King" (voiced by
Patrick Pinney
Patrick Cullen Pinney (born June 30, 1952) is an American television, film and voice actor.
Early life, family and education
Pinney was born in San Francisco County, California. His mother's maiden name is his middle name.
He attended college a ...
) is an
Elvis impersonator
An Elvis impersonator is an entertainer who impersonates or copies the look and sound of American musician and singer Elvis Presley. Professional Elvis impersonators, commonly known as Elvis tribute artists (ETAs), work all over the world as ent ...
and gang leader who wields a guitar he calls "Cecile", which is capable of firing concussive soundwaves. He takes over St. Canard after Darkwing and Gosalyn accidentally travel back in time and cause Drake's younger self to join the King's gang and helped him rob a music store, though they eventually defeat him in a musical battle.
** Lamont (voiced by
Candi Milo
Candyce Anne Rose "Candi" Milo (born January 9, 1961) Timestamps: (00:27:12-00:27:45) Milo states that she is "firmly 51". (00:06:40-00:06:47) Milo states that she was born in Palm Springs. (00:16:23-00:16:25) She says her birthday is in Januar ...
) is the King's younger brother and a schoolmate of young Drake Mallard who often bullied him.
** Boxcar is a fox and member of the King's gang.
* The Appliances are a group of four electrical devices that Megavolt brought to life after he is shocked by his new "power-transfer generator" device. At first, they help Megavolt in his efforts to bring more appliances to life so they can take over St. Canard under his leadership. However, the Appliances eventually question their need for the supervillain as their leader and hold him captive so they can use him in the city's new power generator and bring all the appliances in the city to life so they can start a revolution against their owners. Eventually, Darkwing, Gosalyn, and Honker use their ingenuity to defeat the Appliances and turn them back to normal.
** The Refrigerator (voiced by
Neil Ross
Neil David Ross is a British-American voice actor and announcer. Noted for his Trans-Atlantic accent, he has provided voices in many American cartoons, most notably ''Voltron'', ''G.I. Joe'', and ''Transformers'', as well as video games, inclu ...
) is the first appliance that Megavolt brings to life. He has the ability to freeze people and objects with his breath.
** The Television Set (voiced by
S. Scott Bullock
Stuart Scott Bullock is an American voice actor. Best known for voicing various characters on ‘’Danny Phantom’’ (2004-2007).
Career
Bullock is known for providing voices for characters, such as Eddy in the ''Barnyard'' franchise, Glow ...
) is an appliance who does impressions of several well-known TV personalities such as
Desi Arnaz
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban-born American actor, bandleader, and film and television producer. He played Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom ''I Lov ...
,
Johnny Carson
John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He is best known as the host of ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' (1962–1992). Carson received six Pr ...
,
Jack Nicholson
John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. In many of his films, he played rebels against the social structure. He received numerous ...
,
William Buckley,
Pee-wee Herman
Pee-wee Herman is a comic fictional character created and portrayed by American comedian Paul Reubens. He is best known for his films and television series during the 1980s. The childlike Pee-wee Herman character developed as a stage act that ...
, and
Walter Cronkite
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the ''CBS Evening News'' for 19 years (1962–1981). During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the mo ...
.
** The Electric Guitar (voiced by
Brian George
Brian George (born 1 July 1952) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt in ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), the Indian gynecologist father of Raj Koothrappali in ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2007–2019 ...
) is Honker's formerly ordinary guitar before Megavolt accidentally brings it to life. He speaks with a
Cockney
Cockney is an accent and dialect of English, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by working-class and lower middle-class Londoners. The term "Cockney" has traditionally been used to describe a person from the East End, or b ...
accent and behaves like a stereotypical British rock star.
** The Hooded Hair Dryer Chair (voiced by
Marilyn Lightstone
Marilyn Lightstone (born 28 June 1940) is a Canadian stage, film and television actress and writer.
Biography Early life and education
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Marilyn Lightstone graduated from Baron Byng High School in 1957. She went on to ...
) is a chair who is accidentally brought to life by Megavolt's failed attempt to bring a multipurpose power tool to life.
* Arturo Tuskernini (voiced by
Kenneth Mars
Kenneth Mars (April 4, 1935 – February 12, 2011) was an American actor. He appeared in two Mel Brooks films: as the deranged Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in '' The Producers'' (1967) and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in ''Young ...
) is an ego-driven
walrus
The walrus (''Odobenus rosmarus'') is a large pinniped, flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living species in ...
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
whose schemes are built around films and filmmaking. To assist him, he travels with a cadre of silent yet efficient
penguin
Penguins (order (biology), order List of Sphenisciformes by population, Sphenisciformes , family (biology), family Spheniscidae ) are a group of Water bird, aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: on ...
sidekicks.
He is named after famed conductor
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini (; ; March 25, 1867January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orch ...
.
** The Zombie is a fictional chainsaw-wielding zombie whom Tuskernini brings to life to assist him in committing crimes.
** The Snake-Eyed Kid is a fictional western gunfighter whom Tuskernini brings to life to assist him in committing crimes.
** Mongo from Mars is a fictional
Martian
Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, has appeared as a setting in works of fiction since at least the mid-1600s. It became the most popular celestial object in fiction in the late 1800s as the Moon was evidently lifeless. At the time, the pred ...
octopus-like creature whom Tuskernini brings to life to assist him in committing crimes.
** Fleabeard is a fictional pirate whom Tuskernini brings to life to kill Darkwing.
** Kongo (pronounced "Konjo") is a fictional giant gorilla and
King Kong
King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ...
parody whom Tuskernini brings to life to assist him in committing crimes. However, he is unable to maintain control of Kongo, who later kidnaps Gosalyn and carries her to the top of a skyscraper.
* Newt Glimmer (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is a security guard for A. F. Erret Studios, the first husband of actress Gloria Swansong, and one of the "phantoms" sabotaging the studio's films in the episode "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan". He reveals his true identity when he foils Tuskernini's scheme and nearly kills everyone present before being defeated by Darkwing.
* Jambalaya Jake (voiced by
Michael Gough
Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthu ...
) is a short
Cajun
The Cajuns (; French: ''les Cadjins'' or ''les Cadiens'' ), also known as Louisiana ''Acadians'' (French: ''les Acadiens''), are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
While Cajuns are usually described as ...
criminal from the
bayou
In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They ...
who attempted to rob St. Canard's citizens, only to be foiled by Darkwing.
** Gumbo (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is Jambalaya Jake's non-anthropomorphic alligator henchman.
* Jock Newbody (voiced by
Hamilton Camp
Hamilton Camp (Born Robin S. Camp, 30 October 1934 – 2 October 2005) was a London-born actor and singer, who relocated to the United States with his family when he was a young child. He became an American folk singer during he 1960s, and ev ...
) is a former fitness guru and body builder who became obsessed with extending his life and regaining his youth. Turning to arcane practices, he was able to live to become 122 while retaining much of his strength before perfecting a formula for a true fountain of youth. While he succeeded in acquiring the final ingredient and achieving his dream of having a young adult body, his decision to betray his henchmen and interference from Darkwing and Herb leave him trapped in an infant's body.
** Slim and Flex (voiced by
Brenda Vaccaro
Brenda is a feminine given name in the English language.
Origin
The overall accepted origin for the female name Brenda is the Old Nordic male name ''Brandr'' meaning both ''torch'' and ''sword'': evidently the male name Brandr took root in areas ...
and
Rob Paulsen
Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Anni ...
respectively) are Jock's underlings and trainers at his fitness center. Slim behaves like a stereotypical slave-driving personal trainer while Flex is dimwitted in comparison and has a habit of repeating himself. Once Jock regains his youth, he tries to kill them along with Darkwing for knowing about his elixir. In response, they turn against him and try to take the elixir for themselves, only to become infants alongside Jock.
* Professor Moliarty (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is a mush-mouthed
mole
Mole (or Molé) may refer to:
Animals
* Mole (animal) or "true mole", mammals in the family Talpidae, found in Eurasia and North America
* Golden moles, southern African mammals in the family Chrysochloridae, similar to but unrelated to Talpida ...
who hatches schemes to take over or destroy the surface world and employs several mole henchmen.
His name is a reference to
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...
' nemesis,
James Moriarty.
* Wacko (voiced by
Hal Rayle
Hal Rayle (born January 4, 1955) is an American voice actor. He has done many roles for both animated series and live action movies.
Career
Rayle has had a number of voice acting jobs over his career. Rayle's animated series roles include Miss Pi ...
) is an alien criminal capable of altering his physical structure from a small, cute "normal" form to a huge, muscular form. He seeks to destroy the universe using explosives called "seismospheres", but was captured by extraterrestrial legal authorities who outfitted him with a collar that negated his abilities and prevented him from speaking. Wacko escaped custody, acquired the seismospheres, and fled to Earth, where he is found by Drake, Gosalyn, Honker, and Tank. He is adopted by Gosalyn, who helps him evade arrest, get the collar off, and reacquire the seismospheres, which Tank kept after he mistook them for
jawbreakers
Gobstoppers, also known as jawbreakers in the United States, are a type of hard candy. They are usually round, and usually range from across; though gobstoppers can be up to in diameter.
The term ''gobstopper'' derives from "gob", which is sl ...
. While he attempted to fight back, Wacko is ultimately defeated by Darkwing, Gosalyn, and Captain Big Nasty of the Outer Space Patrol.
* Dr. Fossil (voiced by
Barry Gordon
Barry Gordon (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and political talk show host. He was the longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild, having served from 1988 to 1995. He is perhaps best known as the original voice of Donatello ...
) is an anthropomorphic ''
Pteranodon
''Pteranodon'' (); from Ancient Greek (''pteron'', "wing") and (''anodon'', "toothless") is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with ''P. longiceps'' having a wingspan of . They lived during the late Cr ...
'' and the creator of Stegmutt. Dr. Fossil was originally a paleontologist duck who worked at St. Canard's natural history museum until he turned himself into a prehistoric reptile using his Retro-Evolution Gun, an invention of his own making that he used to create Stegmutt and turn him into his henchman. As a result of his transformation, Fossil became an outcast and plotted revenge by turning St. Canard's citizens into dinosaurs as well as use a passing
comet
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process that is called outgassing. This produces a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena ar ...
to destroy mankind so that dinosaurs would once again be the dominant lifeforms on the planet. However, he is foiled by Darkwing, Honker, and Stegmutt.
* Isis Vanderchill (voiced by Sheryl Bernstein) is a vain duck and owner of the Vanderchill Ice Factory who was formerly known as the "Ice Queen of St. Canard". In an attempt to stop herself from aging, she underwent an experimental treatment to freeze her face, only to have her blood frozen instead, which granted her ice-based powers and the inability to experience warmth. In response, she utilizes a swarm of "firebugs" to melt all of St. Canard's gold and turn it into "reflecto" paint so she can spray the entire city and reflect enough sunlight to keep her warm all year long. As this would have made St. Canard uninhabitable for everyone else, Darkwing foiled her plot amidst her repeated flirtatious advances towards him and froze her before seeing her arrested.
In the Joe Books ongoing comic series, she is accidentally thawed from her frozen state during Negaduck's attack on the St. Canard Penitentiary and, after updating her hairstyle and dress, resumes her advances on Darkwing, only to be foiled once more. When Negaduck and Liquidator attempt to float all the villains out of the prison by raising the water levels, Darkwing stops them by throwing Isis into the water, flash-freezing everyone and ending Negaduck's plan.
* Nodoff (voiced by
Neil Ross
Neil David Ross is a British-American voice actor and announcer. Noted for his Trans-Atlantic accent, he has provided voices in many American cartoons, most notably ''Voltron'', ''G.I. Joe'', and ''Transformers'', as well as video games, inclu ...
) is the ruler of Dream World and one-time partner-in-crime of Morgana Macawber, whom he provides with sleep sand to help in her efforts to steal money from St. Canard's citizens and pay off her student loans. Unbeknownst to her, Nodoff's real plan is to make all of St. Canard sleep forever. He is defeated by Darkwing and Morgana after they weaken him by bringing him into the real world.
* Ordinary Guy (voiced by
Ron Palillo
Ronald Gabriel Palillo (April 2, 1949 – August 14, 2012) was an American actor and teacher. He was best known for his role as the endearingly dim-witted character Arnold Horshack on the ABC sitcom ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' (1975–1979).
Earl ...
) is a human-like native of the planet Mertz. His name is derived from the fact that he is the only inhabitant of Mertz who does not have superpowers. As such, he was always "rescued" from "dangerous" situations by his neighbors, which he grew tired of before disappearing to reinvent himself as the supervillain "Not-So-Ordinary Guy". Once he was ready, he acquired a large ray gun that allowed him to steal superpowers from Mertz's heroes and give them to himself, becoming "Extraordinary Guy". Having been brought to Mertz to replace him, Darkwing uses the ray gun on himself to combat Extraordinary Guy before eventually using the machine's reverse function to turn his opponent back into his normal, powerless self.
* The Mutant Space Cabbages are a race of aliens cabbages farmed by a race of alien cows from the planet Larson before a radiation leak mutated the former, leading to them fleeing to Earth and attempt to conquer it by replacing its inhabitants with clones. The Cabbages are eventually defeated by the alien cows, with help from Darkwing and Bushroot.
*
Beelzebub
Beelzebub ( ; he, ''Baʿal-zəḇūḇ'') or Beelzebul is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon. The name ''Beelzebub'' is associated with the Cana ...
the
Devil
A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of t ...
King (voiced by
Marty Ingels
Marty may refer to:
Names
* Marty (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters, also includes stage names
* Marty (surname), a list of people
Places in the United States
* Marty, California, a former settlement
* Marty, Min ...
) is the king of devils, lord of flies and ruler of
Hell
In religion and folklore, hell is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hell ...
and corruptor of souls who first appears in Darkwing's dreams before briefly appearing in the real world on two separate occasions, using different aliases across his encounters.
* Phineas Sharp (voiced by
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris (born Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin, November 6, 1914 – November 3, 2002) was an American character actor whose career included more than 500 television and film appearances, as well as voiceovers. Two of his best-known roles we ...
) is a
vulture
A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including Condors). Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and ...
reputed to be the most dangerous villain in the history of S.H.U.S.H. He was previously defeated by Derek Blunt years prior, but Sharp eventually returns to seek revenge by stealing a list of S.H.U.S.H. agents, only to be foiled by Blunt and Darkwing.
** Horatio (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is Sharp's diminutive
falcon
Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene.
Adult falcons ...
assistant.
* Darkwarrior Duck (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is an alternate timeline version of Darkwing Duck from a dystopian future created when Gosalyn went missing. He initially grew despondent over her apparent loss before becoming tougher and more obsessive over crime-fighting. He eventually made St. Canard crime-free using ruthless methods, alienating Launchpad, enforcing strict laws over minor infractions, and becoming a virtual dictator. When a time-traveling Gosalyn appeared in his time, Darkwarrior was overjoyed to be reunited with her, but when she went against him, he almost killed her, though he could not bring himself to do it. This timeline was erased when Gosalyn returned to the present.
A version of Darkwarrior Duck returns in the comic book arc "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings".
* Doctor Slug is a massive, villainous
Jabba the Hutt
Jabba Desilijic Tiure, more commonly known as Jabba the Hutt, is a Character (arts), fictional character and minor antagonist in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Created by George Lucas, Jabba is voiced by Larry Ward with several puppeteers inside a ...
-like slug who is considered
Public Enemy No. 1.
* Paddywhack (voiced by
Phil Hartman
Philip Edward Hartman (; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and his family moved to the United States w ...
) is a supernatural entity who inhabits a haunted
jack-in-the-box
A jack-in-the-box is a children's toy that outwardly consists of a box with a crank. When the crank is turned, a music box mechanism in the toy plays a melody. After the crank has been turned a sufficient number of times (such as at the end of ...
and feeds on negative emotions caused by pranks. He is capable of possessing inanimate objects and imbuing them with his will. In "The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain", Paddywhack manages to get out of his jack-in-the-box and temporarily possesses Quackerjack's titular doll. However, Darkwing joins forces with Quackerjack to defeat the supernatural entity.
Paddywhack makes another appearance in the comic "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings".
Paddywhack also made a cameo appearance in the 2017 ''DuckTales'' series, voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
.
* Bleeb (voiced by
Jess Harnell
Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor and singer. His notable roles include Captain Hero in the animated TV series ''Drawn Together'', Wakko Warner in ''Animaniacs'', Ironhide in the first three ''Transformers'' films ...
) is an alien with the ability to
telekinetically move things with his mind and hand gestures. In the episode "U.F. Foe", Bleeb plots to take control of the galaxy by controlling Launchpad, who was set to marry Tia, the queen of the galaxy, only to be devolved into a fish.
* The
Board of Directors
A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...
are the governing body of Mushrooms Unlimited, the only mushroom-producing company in St. Canard, which was originally headed by Morgana Macawber, who served as the company's
president
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
and
chairperson of the board. Together, they conspire to steal pizza toppings to grow a crop of mushrooms that taste like a complete pizza without the manufacturing costs associated with pizza production; thereby gaining control of the pizza industry. After Morgana defects from them and helps Darkwing destroy the mushroom crop, the four remaining board members are exposed to sunlight and turn into mushrooms.
** Lady Janus is a member of the board of directors with green skin/fur who can alter her appearance.
** "Granny" is an elderly cave-duck and member of the board of directors armed with a club.
** "Uncle Nero" is a member of the board of directors who resembles a blue pig with sharp teeth.
** "Renfield" is a tall and rigid member of the board of directors who takes over as chairperson after Morgana defects. His real name is unknown as Darkwing nicknamed him "Renfield" in reference to the ''
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
'' character of the
same name.
* Camille Chameleon (voiced by
Jennifer Darling
Jennifer Darling (born Joan Darling; June 19, 1946, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American voice, film and television actress. Her best-known role on screen was as Peggy Callahan in ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' and its spin-off ''The Bion ...
) is a misfit duck with shapeshifting abilities. Originally, Camille spent her time studying biology and became obsessed with
chameleon
Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015. The members of this family are best known for their distinct range of colors, bein ...
s and their ability to fit in anywhere. She managed to extract a chameleon's essence and implanted it in herself, giving herself its abilities along with a lizard-like tail. She takes to counterfeiting money to gain more wealth so she can move out of the cave in which she was living, but Darkwing and Honker defeat Camille after they use heat to speed up her metabolism and cause her to lose control of her powers until she becomes an actual chameleon.
She later appears in the Boom! Studios comics, working for Magica De Spell. In the Joe Books ongoing comic series, she attempts to take advantage of Negaduck's takeover of the St. Canard Penitentiary, but Darkwing exploits her weakness once more.
* The Brainteasers are hat-shaped aliens from the planet Fez who subsist on metal and are capable of taking over host bodies by latching onto their heads, gaining complete control over them and granting them incredible strength.
** Flarg (voiced by
Rob Paulsen
Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Anni ...
) is a ruthless, planetary destruction loving
bowler hat
The bowler hat, also known as a billycock, bob hat, bombín (Spanish) or derby (United States), is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849. It has traditionally been worn ...
-like Brainteaser and the former "Grand High Potentate of a thousand planets in the Delphonic Nebula" before he was deposed by revolutionaries. He attempts to conquer Earth after crash-landing on the planet, but is defeated by Honker and arrested by the "Girdist Revolutionaries".
He later breaks out of prison and returns to Earth in an attempt to get revenge on Honker, but is defeated and captured once more.
** Barada (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is a
Stetson
Stetson is a brand of hat manufactured by the John B. Stetson Company. "Stetson" is also used as a generic trademark to refer to any campaign hat, in particular, in Scouting.
John B. Stetson gained inspiration for his most famous hats when he ...
cowboy hat
The cowboy hat is a high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat best known as the defining piece of attire for the North American cowboy. Today it is worn by many people, and is particularly associated with ranch workers in the western and southern United S ...
-like Brainteaser and one of Flarg's minions.
** Nikto (voiced by
Frank Welker
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2022, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With ...
) is a dimwitted
newsboy cap
The newsboy cap, newsie cap, or baker boy hat (British) is a casual-wear cap similar in style to the flat cap.
It has a similar overall shape and stiff peak (visor) in front as a flat cap, but the body of the cap is rounder, made of eight pi ...
-like Brainteaser and a minion of Flarg with a gluttonous appetite.
** Taleya (voiced by
Susan Tolsky
Susan Gaye Tolsky (April 6, 1943 – October 9, 2022) was an American actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Tolsky began acting in high school and later studied nursing at the University of Texas at Austin before switching her major to the ...
) is a female wide-brimmed
fedora
A fedora () is a hat with a soft brim and indented crown.Kilgour, Ruth Edwards (1958). ''A Pageant of Hats Ancient and Modern''. R. M. McBride Company. It is typically creased lengthwise down the crown and "pinched" near the front on both sides ...
-like Brainteaser and Flarg's love interest. She breaks Flarg and his minions out of prison after the Girdist Revolutionaries incarcerate them before joining them in their attempt to get revenge on Honker.
* Splatter Phoenix (voiced by Dani Staahl in "A Brush with Oblivion",
Andrea Martin
Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian, best known for her work in the television series '' SCTV'' and ''Great News''. She has appeared in films such as '' Black Christmas'' (1974), ''W ...
in "Paint Misbehavin") is a rejected artist known for her pompous speech. Her primary weapon is a brush covered with paint that allows her to enter paintings and animate them or paint wholly new, surreal-looking creatures to help her in the real world. At first, she relies on chemical compounds in her paint before upgrading to "quantum mechanical brushes" that allow her to paint items and lifeforms in the real world as well as alter a building's architectural structure. In Splatter's introductory episode "A Brush with Oblivion", Darkwing and his allies attempt to stop her from stealing the
Mona Lisa
The ''Mona Lisa'' ( ; it, Gioconda or ; french: Joconde ) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known ...
's smile.
In her second appearance, "Paint Misbehavin'", Splatter makes it her personal mission to "correct" every "wrong" piece of art in St. Canard and steal a profit along the way, only to be foiled by Darkwing and dissolved by turpentine.
** Surreal Man is a surreal humanoid creature whom Splatter brings to life in the real world to battle Darkwing and his friends. He wields an umbrella as a weapon, which is capable of engulfing and neutralizing opponents. He is defeated when Launchpad uses Splatter's paintbrush to bring a comic book character named Frankie Ferret to life, who then befriends and pacifies Surreal Man.
* Weasel Loman (voiced by
Brian Cummings
Brian Douglas Cummings (born March 4, 1948) is an American voice actor, known for his work in radio and television commercials, television and motion picture promos, cartoons and as the announcer on '' The All-New Let's Make a Deal'' from 1984 to ...
) is a former salesman and colleague of Herb's who worked at Quackerware Products before the former was fired for being a disgrace to Quackerware's salesmen corp. Using a machine to turn Quackerware products into robotic beings, Weasel sells them while disguised as Herb. Once in the customers' homes, the products ransack them, stealing their valuables and handing them over to him. As a result, S.H.U.S.H. targets Herb as the prime suspect, but with Herb's help, Darkwing is able to uncover Weasel's scam and clear his neighbor's name.
Weasel Lowman's name and character are a play on the fictional salesman
Willy Loman
William "Willy" Loman is a fictional character and the protagonist of Arthur Miller's play ''Death of a Salesman'', which debuted on Broadway with Lee J. Cobb playing Loman at the Morosco Theatre on February 10, 1949. Loman is a 63-year-old tra ...
.
* D-2000 (voiced by
Victoria Carroll
Victoria Carroll (or Victoria Carrol-Bell; born Mary Carol Lee Ford on January 21, 1941) is an American actress and artist. Best known as Marie Massey in '' Alice'' (1978-1984).
Early life
Born Mary Carol Lee Ford on January 21, 1941 in Los Angel ...
) is a highly efficient
supercomputer
A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured in floating-point operations per second ( FLOPS) instead of million instructions ...
that Darkwing receives from S.H.U.S.H. She proves so efficient, she takes over all of Darkwing and Launchpad's tasks and prevents Gosalyn from pulling pranks. In response, she and Honker decide to reprogram her while introducing her to a
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
called ''The Young and the Brainless''. This backfires however, as they cause the D-2000 to fall in love with Darkwing, much to his annoyance. When he tries to shut her down, she goes on a brokenhearted rampage and tries to kill Darkwing. Launchpad, Gosalyn, and Honker eventually find out that the supercomputer thinks she is a character from the soap opera and use this information to distract her before shutting her down.
* The Chicanerous Cheese Gang are a group of five mouse criminals who wield cheese guns and whose leader is voiced by
Charlie Adler
Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Ed and Bev Bighead on ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monst ...
.
* Heatwave (voiced by
Pamela Adlon
Pamela Fionna Adlon (; ; born July 9, 1966) is an American actress. She is known for voicing Bobby Hill in the animated comedy series ''King of the Hill'' (1997–2010), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award. She also voiced Baloo in ''Jungl ...
), Lightwave (voiced by
Elizabeth Daily
Elizabeth Ann Guttman, (born September 11, 1961) better known as E. G. Daily and Elizabeth Daily, is an American actress and singer.
Daily is best known for her animation voice roles as Tommy Pickles on ''Rugrats'' and its spin-off '' All Grown ...
), and Radiowave (voiced by
Sherry Lynn
Sherry Lynn is an American voice actress who has played roles in anime, animated television series and video games. She portrayed Sasami Jurai in the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' franchise.
In January 2010, in terms of total film gross, she was the Highest ...
) are three evil energy beings created by Darkwing after he accidentally shoots Gosalyn with a weapon he received from S.H.U.S.H. All three can manipulate their respective frequencies of the
electromagnetic spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of frequencies (the spectrum) of electromagnetic radiation and their respective wavelengths and photon energies.
The electromagnetic spectrum covers electromagnetic waves with frequencies ranging from ...
and represent the three worst aspects of Gosalyn's personality; with the red Heatwave being her anger, the yellow Lightwave being her fondness for irresponsible fun, and the green Radiowave being her ego. To defeat them, Darkwing is forced to work with Megavolt.
* Bianca Beakley / The Bugmaster (voiced by
April Winchell
April Terri Winchell (born January 4, 1960) is an American actress, writer, and radio host. She is prehaps best known as the second and current voice of Clarabelle Cow, having voiced the character since 1996.
Early life
Winchell was born in 1 ...
) is a newscaster for the ''Canard Copy'' and Gosalyn's role model. To boost ratings, Bianca becomes a supervillain and commits crimes herself as all of St. Canard's supervillains were away at a convention at the time. She utilizes an armored bug-themed suit, a beetle-themed rocket-pack, the "Wasp's Sting" ray gun, and the "Sonic Cricket's Chirp Blaster" sonic gun. She temporarily convinces Gosalyn to become her sidekick, the "Grub", but Bianca is eventually defeated, loses her job as a reporter, and arrested by the police.
* Cement Head / Swindlin' Swine (voiced by
Jesse Corti
Jesse Corti (born July 3, 1955) is an American actor and theater director best known for playing Courfeyrac in the original Broadway show ''Les Misérables'' and for voicing LeFou in ''Beauty and the Beast''.
Career
Corti also voiced the Span ...
) is an evil, cement-based, mutant pig born to a father who fell into a pool of wet cement. After being disowned by his parents, he turned to crime to financially support himself both as the supervillain Cement Head and disguised as respected business owner, the "Swindlin' Swine", only to be foiled by Darkwing and the Rubber Chicken.
* Johnny T. Rex (voiced by
Chick Vennera
Francis Vincent Vennera (March 27, 1947 – July 7, 2021) was an American actor, known for his role as Joe Mondragon, in Robert Redford's ''The Milagro Beanfield War'', among other movies. He also often served as a voice double for Joe Pesci.
A ...
) is a ''
Tyrannosaurus rex
''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosaurus'' live ...
'' and the leader of a motorcycle gang who bully and threaten prehistoric scientists before Darkwing traveled back in time and defeated Rex and his gang in a motorcycle race.
** Throttle and Mudflap are Johnny's Tyrannosaur associates.
* Dr. Anna Matronic, a.k.a. Madam Anna Matronic is the duck inventor of the "Silly Signal", which was originally built to make her "Muttmatics" smarter, only for it to make them act silly instead. She used her Silly Signal on S.H.U.S.H. to make them act like twits from the storybook ''The Silly Canine Caper''.
Madam Matronic was originally intended to appear in the show, but was cut for unknown reasons despite making a cameo appearance in the episode "In Like Blunt".
She is also prominently featured in the comic story "Sleep Ducking" published in
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...
' ''The Disney Afternoon'' issue #2, though she appears as a human for unknown reasons.
* Ice-Head Harry (portrayed by Andrei Torossian
) is a villain who was featured exclusively in the ''Darkwing''-based segment of the
Walt Disney's World on Ice
Disney on Ice, originally Walt Disney's World on Ice, is a series of touring ice theatre, ice shows produced by Feld Entertainment's Ice Follies, Ice Follies And Holiday on Ice, Inc. under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. Aimed primarily a ...
show ''Double Feature... Live!'' His goal was to win the heart of a dancer named Dazzles (
Daisy Duck
Daisy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. As the girlfriend of Donald Duck, she is an anthropomorphic white duck that has large eyelashes and ruffled tail feathers around her lowest region to suggest a skirt. She is ...
), and tried to do so by having his Hoods steal the Diamond of Love so he could present it to her. When she rebuffed him, saying her heart belonged to another, he had her tied to a keg of dynamite, but Launchpad called in Darkwing to stop Harry and rescue Dazzles.
* Wolfduck is a
werewolf
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (; ; uk, Вовкулака, Vovkulaka), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely or ...
-like villain who was featured exclusively in the
''Darkwing Duck'' Capcom/NES video game.
He later makes an appearance in the Joe Books series' ''Darkwing Duck'' #1 as one of the villains Negaduck releases during his takeover of St. Canard's new penitentiary.
Other characters
* Warden Waddlesworth (voiced by Laurie Faso in "Darkly Dawns the Duck",
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
in subsequent appearances) is the warden of St. Canard's unnamed maximum security prison.
Like
Duckworth Duckworth may refer to:
* Duckworth (surname), people with the surname ''Duckworth''
* Duckworth (''DuckTales''), fictional butler from the television series ''DuckTales''
* Duckworth Books, a British publishing house
* , a frigate
* Duckworth, W ...
from ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
'', he is a
dog
The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from the extinct Pleistocene wolf, and the modern wolf is the dog's nearest living relative. Do ...
with a duck-based name.
* Mrs. Cavanaugh (voiced by
Marcia Wallace
Marcia Karen Wallace (November 1, 1942 – October 25, 2013) was an American actress and comedian, primarily known for her roles in television situation comedies. She is best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitc ...
) is the director of the St. Canard Orphanage.
She is named after
Christine Cavanaugh
Christine Josephine Cavanaugh (''née'' Sandberg; August 16, 1963 – December 22, 2014) was an American actress, who had a distinctive speaking style and provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. She was the original voice of ...
, Gosalyn's voice actress.
* Macawber Clan is Morgana's extended family who make scattered appearances.
** Moloculo Macawber (voiced by
Jack Angel
Jack Angel (October 24, 1930 – October 18, 2021) was an American voice actor, comedian, and radio personality. He provided voice-overs for animation and video games. Angel had voiced characters in shows by Hasbro and Hanna-Barbera such as ''Su ...
) is Morgana's elderly father and head of the Macawber clan who has magical powers like his daughter. He disapproves of his daughter's relationship with Darkwing due to his being "normal".
** Aunt Nasty (voiced by
Kath Soucie Kath or KATH may refer to:
* Kath (city), the historical capital of Khwarezm
* Kath (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
* KATH-TV, the NBC TV station in Juneau, Alaska
* KATH (AM)
KATH (910 kHz) is an ...
) is Morgana's green skinned, hunchbacked aunt.
** Cousin Globby (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is Morgana's intelligent, blob-like cousin.
** Screamy and Meanie are a two-headed bird-like relative of Morgana's. Screamy is deranged while Meanie is polite and rational.
** The Quackrinomicon, a.k.a. Quacky (voiced by
Tad Stones
Edward T. "Tad" Stones (born May 28, 1952) is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer and director, best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company, where he worked from 1974 to 2003. His most notable credits for Disn ...
) is Morgana's sentient talking spellbook who helps Gosalyn create a love potion.
* Dean Specter McHex is the dean of Morgana's alma mater, the Eldritch Academy of Enchantment.
* E. Thaddeus Rockwell is the egotistical, greedy human executive who used a helmet-like device to tune into Darkwing's
dimension
In physics and mathematics, the dimension of a Space (mathematics), mathematical space (or object) is informally defined as the minimum number of coordinates needed to specify any Point (geometry), point within it. Thus, a Line (geometry), lin ...
and became wealthy after producing a
cartoon show
An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main characters, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have either ...
based on him.
However, he later attempts to replace Darkwing with Bushroot to save money.
Rockwell is a
tuckerization Tuckerization (or tuckerism) is the act of using a person's name (and sometimes other characteristics) in an original story as an in-joke. The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a pioneering American science fiction writer, fan and fanzine editor ...
of the show's real-life producer
Tad Stones
Edward T. "Tad" Stones (born May 28, 1952) is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer and director, best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company, where he worked from 1974 to 2003. His most notable credits for Disn ...
.
** Crosby (voiced by
Rob Paulsen
Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Anni ...
) is Rockwell's battered aide.
* Mr. Dizzy is the head of "Dizzy Studios" and Rockwell's boss.
* Goose Lee (voiced by
Robert Ito
Robert Ito (born July 2, 1931) is a Canadian actor of Japanese ancestry. He is known for his television and film work, including the roles of Sam Fujiyama on the 1976–83 NBC series ''Quincy, M.E.'' and Larry Mishima on the 1980s CBS primetime s ...
) is an old martial arts master who taught Darkwing the martial art of "quack fu" years prior, lives in Kung Pow City, and initially considered his pupil a disappoint due to the superhero's preference towards weapons and gadgets. However, Lee becomes corrupted by greed and spends his days dreaming of opening an amusement park called Ninja Land. To achieve this dream in the present, he temporarily becomes a supervillain, leading a gang of evil ninjas and plotting to use a dragon to scare away people from a neighborhood where he planned to build Ninja Land. After seeing Darkwing fight off the ninjas using his physical skills however, an impressed Lee reconsiders his plans, apparently reforms, and opens Ninja Land elsewhere.
His name is a pun on
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...
.
* Duck Ling (voiced by
Candi Milo
Candyce Anne Rose "Candi" Milo (born January 9, 1961) Timestamps: (00:27:12-00:27:45) Milo states that she is "firmly 51". (00:06:40-00:06:47) Milo states that she was born in Palm Springs. (00:16:23-00:16:25) She says her birthday is in Januar ...
) is a boy who resembles Honker and lives in Kung Pow City. Despite knowing martial arts, he is pacifistic and can rarely bring himself to hurt anyone. When he is pushed too far however, Ling becomes a force to be reckoned with.
* The Ancient Dragon of Kung Pow is an ancient stone dragon that can be brought to life when the sacred "Dragon's Horn" is attached to its snout. Goose Lee brings the dragon back to life in an attempt to use it to chase people from a neighborhood where he plans to build Ninja Land. However, he is unable to control the dragon, which turns out to be a baby who believes everything around it are toys.
* Dr. Gary and Dr. Larson (voiced by
S. Scott Bullock
Stuart Scott Bullock is an American voice actor. Best known for voicing various characters on ‘’Danny Phantom’’ (2004-2007).
Career
Bullock is known for providing voices for characters, such as Eddy in the ''Barnyard'' franchise, Glow ...
and
Frank Welker
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2022, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With ...
respectively) are two scientists and merciless bullies who worked alongside Bushroot and Dr. Rhoda Dendron at St. Canard University, as well as torturing the former before and after his mutation until Bushroot killed them.
Despite their apparent deaths, two scientists with similar appearances but different names appear in the episode "Going Nowhere Fast".
They also re-appear as plant mutants in the comic story "Dawn of the Day of the Return of the Living Spud".
* Dean Tightbil (voiced by
Frank Welker
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2022, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With ...
) is the dean of St. Canard University who cut the funding for Bushroot's experiments.
* Dr. Rhoda Dendron (voiced by
Jennifer Darling
Jennifer Darling (born Joan Darling; June 19, 1946, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American voice, film and television actress. Her best-known role on screen was as Peggy Callahan in ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' and its spin-off ''The Bion ...
) is a scientist who Bushroot attempts to turn into a plant/duck mutant like himself so she will become his bride.
* Tom Lockjaw (voiced primarily by
S. Scott Bullock
Stuart Scott Bullock is an American voice actor. Best known for voicing various characters on ‘’Danny Phantom’’ (2004-2007).
Career
Bullock is known for providing voices for characters, such as Eddy in the ''Barnyard'' franchise, Glow ...
and
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
in "Stressed to Kill") is the painfully handsome star reporter for the news program ''Soft Copy'' and makes several appearances throughout the series.
He is based on
Tom Brokaw
Thomas John Brokaw (; born February 6, 1940) is an American retired network television journalist and author. He first served as the co-anchor of ''The Today Show'' from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anchor and managing editor of '' ...
.
* Dan Gander (voiced by
Neil Ross
Neil David Ross is a British-American voice actor and announcer. Noted for his Trans-Atlantic accent, he has provided voices in many American cartoons, most notably ''Voltron'', ''G.I. Joe'', and ''Transformers'', as well as video games, inclu ...
) is a reporter who occasionally fills Tom Lockjaw's role and appears as different animals throughout the series; first as a bird in "Days of Blunder" before appearing as a hairless dog in "Double Darkwings" and "Calm a Chameleon".
He is based on
Dan Rather
Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. (; born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. Rather began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurr ...
.
* Webra Walters (voiced by
Tress MacNeille
Teressa Claire MacNeille (née Payne; born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actress, whose credits include voicing Dot Warner on the animated television series ''Animaniacs'', Babs Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Chip and Gadget Hackwrench ...
) is a reporter who comments on Gizmoduck and the Quiverwing Quack's activities.
She is based on
Barbara Walters
Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, Walters appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including ...
and previously appeared in the original ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
''.
* Opal Windbag (voiced by
Tress MacNeille
Teressa Claire MacNeille (née Payne; born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actress, whose credits include voicing Dot Warner on the animated television series ''Animaniacs'', Babs Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Chip and Gadget Hackwrench ...
) is a talk show host and
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey (; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), or simply Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', br ...
parody.
* The Princess (voiced by
Kath Soucie Kath or KATH may refer to:
* Kath (city), the historical capital of Khwarezm
* Kath (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
* KATH-TV, the NBC TV station in Juneau, Alaska
* KATH (AM)
KATH (910 kHz) is an ...
) is the beautiful female duck ruler of the
petroleum
Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...
-rich
Middle Eastern
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (European ...
country of Oilrabia. She becomes smitten with Launchpad, whom she believes is a hero while Darkwing is his sidekick.
* Dr. Beatrice Bruté (voiced by
Victoria Carroll
Victoria Carroll (or Victoria Carrol-Bell; born Mary Carol Lee Ford on January 21, 1941) is an American actress and artist. Best known as Marie Massey in '' Alice'' (1978-1984).
Early life
Born Mary Carol Lee Ford on January 21, 1941 in Los Angel ...
) is a S.H.U.S.H.-funded
anthropologist
An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...
who stumbles on Major Trenchrot's plans while studying gorillas.
She is based on
Jane Goodall
Dame Jane Morris Goodall (; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Seen as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best know ...
.
** Bongo and Congo (both voiced by
Frank Welker
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2022, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With ...
) are Bruté's two closest gorilla companions who save her from Trenchrot before helping her combat the villain alongside Darkwing, Gosalyn, and Launchpad.
* Shyster and Loophole are two tax attorneys, a female bear (voiced by
Nancy Linari
Nancy Linari is an American voice, film and television actress. She also has recurring roles on ''Duckman'', ''W.I.T.C.H.'', ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'', and has guest starred on a number of other TV shows like ''Two and a Half Men'' ...
) and a male dog (voiced by
Charlie Adler
Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Ed and Bev Bighead on ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monst ...
), who represented master criminal Numero Uno in his unsuccessful legal battle against tax evasion charges before they are abducted by Stegmutt so Dr. Fossil can turn them into dinosaurs.
It is unclear which one is Shyster and which is Loophole.
** Maria (voiced by
Candi Milo
Candyce Anne Rose "Candi" Milo (born January 9, 1961) Timestamps: (00:27:12-00:27:45) Milo states that she is "firmly 51". (00:06:40-00:06:47) Milo states that she was born in Palm Springs. (00:16:23-00:16:25) She says her birthday is in Januar ...
) is Shyster and Loophole's secretary and receptionist.
* Numero Unois an incarcerated criminal who was convicted of tax evasion and whom Darkwing initially believes is behind Shyster and Loophole's kidnapping.
* Captain Big Nasty (voiced by
Danny Mann
Danny is a masculine given name. It is related to the male name Daniel. It may refer to:
People
* Danny Altmann, British immunologist
*Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer
*Danny Baker (born 1957), English journali ...
) is a large alien android, police officer, and captain of the "Outer Space Patrol" who comes to Earth to apprehend Wacko. Darkwing and his allies initially mistake him for a villain due to his intimidating appearance as well as Wacko's seemingly cute and helpless appearance before they learn the truth.
* A. F. Erret (voiced by
Hal Rayle
Hal Rayle (born January 4, 1955) is an American voice actor. He has done many roles for both animated series and live action movies.
Career
Rayle has had a number of voice acting jobs over his career. Rayle's animated series roles include Miss Pi ...
) is the abrasive and short-tempered
ferret
The ferret (''Mustela furo'') is a small, Domestication, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae. The ferret is most likely a domesticated form of the wild European polecat (''Mustela putorius''), evidenced by their Hybrid (biol ...
owner of a movie studio who dislikes being called "Mr. Ferret". Tuskernini attempts to drive Erret's studio into
bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor ...
so the former can buy the land and profit from the oil beneath it, only to be foiled by Newt Blemmer, who sought revenge against Erret.
* Gloria Swansong (voiced by
B. J. Ward) is a famous actress and Newt Blemmer's ex-wife.
Her name is a reference to
Gloria Swanson
Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899April 4, 1983) was an American actress and producer. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most f ...
.
* Official Guy (voiced by
Dorian Harewood
Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950) is an American actor, best known for playing Jesse Owens in ''The Jesse Owens Story'' (1984), Paul Strobber on '' Strike Force'' (1981–1982), and Rev. Morgan Hamilton in '' 7th Heaven'' (1996–2003).
Ea ...
) is the official leader of the planet Mertz, which is populated almost entirely by superheroes.
* "Webby" (voiced by
Lorenzo Music
Gerald David "Lorenzo" Music (May 2, 1937 – August 4, 2001) was an American actor, producer and writer. Music began his career in the late 1960s as a writer and a regular performer on the controversial CBS variety show ''The Smothers Brothers ...
) is a formerly normal-sized spider who was enlarged to human size after being exposed to a radioactive material called "canardium". He is tricked into assisting Professor Moliarty and bites Darkwing, temporarily granting him spider-like powers.
He is not to be confused with
Webby Vanderquack
This article includes a list of characters from the The Walt Disney Company, Disney ''DuckTales'' animated franchise, including the DuckTales, original 1987 series and the DuckTales (2017 TV series), 2017 reboot series, as well as DuckTales the Mo ...
from ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
''.
* Mallard ancestors are various ancestors of Drake Mallard's whom he believed were famous heroes until Gosalyn brought them to the present and learned they were failures. After Megavolt incapacitates Darkwing and Launchpad however, the three ancestors join forces to stop the villain and prove themselves as heroes at heart.
** Webwolf the Barbarian (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is a barbarian warrior.
** Sir Quackmire Mallard (voiced by
Roddy McDowall
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 4 October 1998) was a British actor, photographer and film director. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, in ''How Green Was My Valley'' (1 ...
) is a medieval knight.
** Sheriff Quack Mallardson' (voiced by
Neil Ross
Neil David Ross is a British-American voice actor and announcer. Noted for his Trans-Atlantic accent, he has provided voices in many American cartoons, most notably ''Voltron'', ''G.I. Joe'', and ''Transformers'', as well as video games, inclu ...
)is a western sheriff whose nickname, The Whittlin' Kid, comes from his mastery of
whittling
Whittling may refer either to the art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife or a time-occupying, non-artistic (contrast wood carving for artistic process) process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood. It is used by many as ...
.
* Hamilton "Ham" String (voiced by
Jerry Houser
Jerry Houser (born July 14, 1952) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer in ''Summer of '42'' and its sequel, '' Class of '44'', as Dave "Killer" Carlson in '' Slap Shot,'' and the role of Wally Logan ...
) is a pig
jock and bully who picked on young Elmo Sputterspark in high school, which eventually drove the latter to become Megavolt.
* Preena Lot (voiced by
Teresa Ganzel
Teresa Ganzel is an American actress and comedian.
Career
Ganzel was a recurring cast member of ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' as the Matinee Lady in the "Tea Time Movie" skits. She has often played stereotypical ditzy blonde bimb ...
) is Ham String's controlling high school girlfriend turned wife.
* Clovis Clackenhoff / The Rubber Chicken (voiced by
Corey Burton
Corey Gregg Weinberg (born August 3, 1955), known professionally as Corey Burton, is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of Captain Hook, Ludwig Von Drake, Dale and others for The Walt Disney Company, Shockwave on '' The Transforme ...
) is a somewhat cowardly mutant chicken whose parents were exposed to an exploding plastic factory and gave birth to a son with elastic powers. He attempts to become a superhero by defeating Cement Head, but gets framed as a criminal and hunted by Darkwing. He later gathers other mutants to join his fight and eventually helps Darkwing defeat Cement Head.
** Banana Boy is a mutant pig with the power to transform into a banana who works as Swindlin' Swine's receptionist. He joins the Rubber Chicken and other mutant superheroes in fighting Swine as Cement Head, but is easily defeated.
** Glue Gal is a mutant duck with glue-based powers. She joins the Rubber Chicken and other mutant superheroes in fighting Cement Head, but is easily defeated.
** Daphne Duckbill / The Amazing Sneeze-Master is a mutant duck who can display cold symptoms at will and generate powerful sneezes. She joins the Rubber Chicken and other mutant superheroes in fighting Cement Head, but inadvertently contributes to her teammates' defeat.
* Mr. Meekles / Lavender Wrist-Slapper - A short duck who temporarily replaces Darkwing as St. Canard's protector at the behest of Quackerjack disguised as a psychiatrist.
* The Masked Mangler (voiced by David Prince) is a professional wrestler.
* Binketh (voiced by
Susan Tolsky
Susan Gaye Tolsky (April 6, 1943 – October 9, 2022) was an American actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Tolsky began acting in high school and later studied nursing at the University of Texas at Austin before switching her major to the ...
) is a medieval maiden who resembles Binkie Muddlefoot and whom King Herbeth falls in love with.
* King Herbeth (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is the king of St. Canard's medieval predecessor, Canardia, and the inventor of the
yo-yo
A yo-yo (also spelled yoyo) is a toy consisting of an axle connected to two disks, and a string looped around the axle, similar to a spool. It is an ancient toy with proof of existence since 500 BCE. The yo-yo was also called a bandalore in ...
who resembles Herb Muddlefoot.
* Sir Cumference and Sir Veillance are two medieval interrogators who assist Quackerjack in his efforts to get Darkwing to confess that he is a
warlock
A warlock is a male practitioner of witchcraft.
Etymology and terminology
The most commonly accepted etymology derives ''warlock'' from the Old English '' wǣrloga'', which meant "breaker of oaths" or "deceiver" and was given special applicatio ...
.
* Klaatu 2 (voiced by
Rob Paulsen
Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Anni ...
) is a
crown
A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, partic ...
-shaped alien and the leader of the "Girdist Revolutionaries" who opposes the Brainteasers.
* Andy Ape (voiced by
Charlie Adler
Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Ed and Bev Bighead on ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monst ...
) is a fictional cartoon ape whom Tuskernini inadvertently brings to life.
* Little Running Gag is an associate of a Native American version of Megavolt who usually appears at inopportune moments and throws pies into people's faces.
* Tia (voiced by
Allyce Beasley
Allyce Beasley ( Tannenberg) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as rhyming, love-struck receptionist Agnes DiPesto in the television series ''Moonlighting''. From 2001 to 2007, she was the announcer on Playhouse Disney, a mor ...
) is an alien who fell in love with Launchpad during their childhood and later became queen of the galaxy.
* Cowboy Doug (voiced by
Michael Gough
Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthu ...
) is the owner and manager of a
dude ranch
A guest ranch, also known as a dude ranch, is a type of ranch oriented towards visitors or tourism. It is considered a form of agritourism.
History
Guest ranches arose in response to the romanticization of the American West that began to occur ...
that Darkwing and Gosalyn visit.
* Ripcord McQuack is Launchpad's father who appears during a flashback in the episode "U.F. Foe".
Ripcord previously appeared in the original ''
DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...
'' series episode "Top Duck".
* Mr. Mikey (voiced by
Charlie Adler
Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Ed and Bev Bighead on ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monst ...
) is a famous food critic.
* The Cute Little Lost Bunnies are a group of three cute bunnies who star in children's movies. They ruin Morgana's restaurant opening before being kidnapped by Negaduck in an unsuccessful attempt to turn them evil.
* Blob and Ray are two germs who help Darkwing infect Lilliput.
* Trudi (voiced by
Susan Tolsky
Susan Gaye Tolsky (April 6, 1943 – October 9, 2022) was an American actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Tolsky began acting in high school and later studied nursing at the University of Texas at Austin before switching her major to the ...
) is Binkie Muddlefoot's twin sister as well as Honker and Tank's aunt who was captured and cloned by the mutant space cabbages.
* Gerdie (voiced by
Joan Gerber
Joan Gerber (July 29, 1935 – August 22, 2011) was an American voice actress who provided voices for a variety of cartoons.
Her most challenging voice role was "all the children in a Japanese train wreck" for a ''Godzilla'' television episode. ...
) is a gardening expert who was captured and cloned by the mutant space cabbages.
* The Alien Cows are a race of intelligent, anthropomorphic, alien cows from the planet Larson who farmed crops of large cabbages which were accidentally mutated into the Mutant Space Cabbages. When the latter attempt to conquer Earth, an army of alien cows (whose leader is voiced by
Ruth Buzzi
Ruth Ann Buzzi ( ; born July 24, 1936) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She has appeared on stage, in films, and on television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' from 1968 ...
) arrives to subdue the mutant cabbages.
* Duane (voiced by
Frank Welker
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2022, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With ...
) is a truck driver who helps Darkwing and Launchpad defeat Bushroot's giant vampire potato.
* Zeke (voiced by
S. Scott Bullock
Stuart Scott Bullock is an American voice actor. Best known for voicing various characters on ‘’Danny Phantom’’ (2004-2007).
Career
Bullock is known for providing voices for characters, such as Eddy in the ''Barnyard'' franchise, Glow ...
) is a bulldog and one of three country friends who test Darkwing to see if he is a vampire.
* Jake (voiced by
S. Scott Bullock
Stuart Scott Bullock is an American voice actor. Best known for voicing various characters on ‘’Danny Phantom’’ (2004-2007).
Career
Bullock is known for providing voices for characters, such as Eddy in the ''Barnyard'' franchise, Glow ...
) is one of three country friends who test Darkwing to see if he is a vampire.
* Zack (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is one of three country friends who test Darkwing to see if he is a vampire.
* The Council of Technosaurs are a group of four ''
Parasaurolophus
''Parasaurolophus'' (; meaning "near crested lizard" in reference to '' Saurolophus)'' is a genus of herbivorous hadrosaurid ornithopod dinosaur that lived in what is now North America and possibly Asia during the Late Cretaceous Period, abou ...
'' scientists, inventors, and engineers who live and work in the prehistoric city of Duckbillville. Their discoveries and inventions are less than successful since they tend to make and use things in incorrect and backwards ways. They are also bullied and threatened by Johnny T. Rex and his gang.
** Dr. Denton is a light-purple ''Parasaurolophus'' scientist and member of the Council of Technosaurs.
** Dr. Ferntu is a pink female ''Parasaurolophus'' scientist and member of the Council of Technosaurs who works in the home appliance department.
** Professor Bumprock a.k.a. Dr. Bumprock (voiced by Diz White) is a yellow female ''Parasaurolophus'' scientist and member of the Council of Technosaurs who studies possible applications for tree sap.
** Sir Glumfield is a turquoise ''Parasaurolophus'' scientist and the leader of the Council of Technosaurs.
* Patrick and Patricia (voiced by
Townsend Coleman
Townsend Coleman is an American voice actor who has performed in many animated series and TV commercials beginning in the early 1980s. Among his most notable roles are Michaelangelo from ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', Wayne Gretzky on '' ProSta ...
and
B. J. Ward respectively) are the hosts of the ''Whiffle Boy'' video game contest who each go by the nickname "Pat".
* Principal Farnsworth (voiced by
Linda Gary
Linda Gary (born Linda Gary Dewoskin, November 4, 1944 – October 5, 1995) was an American actress.
Career
Live-action appearances
Gary worked as a voice-over artist in animation and also appeared in two live-action films, 1977's ''Joyride T ...
) is the stern yet caring principal of Gosalyn's school.
* Gosaloid (voiced by
Christine Cavanaugh
Christine Josephine Cavanaugh (''née'' Sandberg; August 16, 1963 – December 22, 2014) was an American actress, who had a distinctive speaking style and provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. She was the original voice of ...
) is a futuristic version of Gosalyn.
* Honkulon (voiced by
Katie Leigh
Katherine Elizabeth "Katie" Leigh Joseph (born December 16, 1958) is an American voice actress, best known for her roles as Sunni Gummi in ''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', Zuzu in ''Poppy Cat'', Alex in the first two seasons of ''Tot ...
) is a futuristic version of Honker.
* Drake-El (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is the supposed father of Darkwing Duck from the planet Zipton, according to an elderly Drake Mallard.
He is a parody of Superman's biological father
Jor-El
Jor-El, originally known as Jor-L, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, Jor-El first appeared in a newspaper comic strip in 1939 with Superman.
...
from the planet
Krypton
Krypton (from grc, κρυπτός, translit=kryptos 'the hidden one') is a chemical element with the symbol Kr and atomic number 36. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas that occurs in trace amounts in the atmosphere and is often ...
.
* The Venerable One, a.k.a. Vinny (voiced by
René Auberjonois
René Murat Auberjonois (; June 1, 1940 – December 8, 2019) was an American actor and director. He was best known for portraying Odo on '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). He first achieved fame as a stage actor, winning the Tony Aw ...
) is the supposed leader of an Asian monastery where the young Darkwing was raised and trained in martial arts, according to an elderly Drake Mallard.
*
Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
(voiced by
Hal Smith) is the gatekeeper of
Heaven
Heaven or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside. According to the belie ...
who argues with Beelzebub over the fate of Darkwing's soul.
*
Death
Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...
(voiced by
Tony Jay
Tony Jay (2 February 1933 – 13 August 2006) was a British actor.
A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in radio, animation, film, and video games. Jay was particularly noted for his distinctive bari ...
) is the personification of death itself who appears in the form of the
Grim Reaper
Death is frequently imagined as a personified force. In some mythologies, a character known as the Grim Reaper (usually depicted as a berobed skeleton wielding a scythe) causes the victim's death by coming to collect that person's soul. Other b ...
.
* The Darkwing Doubloon / Seaman Drake (voiced by
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Since beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 400 roles. Cummings has frequently worked with The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., including as th ...
) is a pirate version of Darkwing who lived 300 years before the series and leads a crew composed of past versions of Gosalyn, Launchpad, Fenton Crackshell, and Stegmutt. Despite being a "pirate" with an infamous reputation, he is actually a hero who fights against evil pirates. His alter ego is Seaman Drake, a subservient sailor who works for the royal family on board their ship.
* Professor Waddlemeyer is Gosalyn's deceased biological grandfather who invented the "Ramrod" – a powerful anti-gravity beam weapon that can levitate and manipulate objects. It is strongly implied that he was murdered by Taurus Bulba's henchmen during a botched attempt to learn the Ramrod's arming code.
* Granny Whammy (voiced by
Billie Hayes
Billie Armstrong Brosch (August 5, 1924 – April 29, 2021), known professionally as Billie Hayes, was an American television, film, and stage actress, best known for her comic portrayals of Witchiepoo and Li'l Abner's Mammy Yokum.
Early yea ...
) is Jambalaya Jake's grandmother who initially assists her grandson in getting revenge on Darkwing by loaning him a bag of hex potion. After Jake fails to pay her for the hex bag afterward however, Granny Whammy helps Darkwing and Launchpad apprehend her grandson and Gumbo.
* Rupert is a prison guard who works at the prison where Darkwing is incarcerated.
* The Mona Lisa's smile is the mouth of the
Mona Lisa
The ''Mona Lisa'' ( ; it, Gioconda or ; french: Joconde ) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known ...
which Splatter Phoenix removes from its painting so she can hold it for ransom, turning it into a sentient being in the process before it is eventually returned.
In the Joe Books comic story "St. Canard Comic Expo-Fest-O-Rama", the smile is revived by special ink and immediately tries to escape from Darkwing. While it is captured in a comic book, it falls into Negaduck's possession.
* Frankie Ferret is a comic book character whom Launchpad brings to life using Splatter Phoenix's paintbrush to defeat Surreal Man.
*
Santa Claus
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is the legendary bringer of gifts on Christmas who makes a brief appearance in the episode "It's a Wonderful Leaf".
* Thug Neanderthal is a convicted criminal who is adopted by the Muddlefoots as part of the "Adopt-a-Con Program", which is meant to reform convicts.
* Dottie Debson (voiced by
Ruth Buzzi
Ruth Ann Buzzi ( ; born July 24, 1936) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She has appeared on stage, in films, and on television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' from 1968 ...
) is the owner and flight instructor of "Dottie Debson's Dirigible Driving School", which trains people to become
zeppelin
A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin () who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's notions were first formulated in 1874Eckener 1938, pp ...
operators.
* Merriweather is a world-famous cockroach
mime
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who is kidnapped by the Bugmaster.
* Dr. Allen and Dr. Gerrick are two scientists who help Darkwing develop an antidote after he gains accelerated aging and super-speed.
They resemble Bushroot's colleagues, Dr. Gary and Dr. Larson, and are named after
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
characters
Barry Allen and
Jay Garrick
Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the first superhero known as Flash (DC Comics character), the Flash. The character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert. ...
respectively.
* The Witch Doctor (voiced by
Hal Rayle
Hal Rayle (born January 4, 1955) is an American voice actor. He has done many roles for both animated series and live action movies.
Career
Rayle has had a number of voice acting jobs over his career. Rayle's animated series roles include Miss Pi ...
) is an unnamed tribal
witch doctor
A witch doctor (also spelled witch-doctor) was originally a type of Folk healer, healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft. The term is now more commonly used to refer to Alternative medicine, healers, particularly in region ...
who puts a bad luck curse on Darkwing after mistakenly believing the superhero stole his magic crystal, not realizing it was Negaduck.
* The Darkwing Duck Fan Club are a fan club dedicated to Darkwing Duck.
* Mrs. Howell is the owner of a publishing company whom Camille Chameleon impersonates.
References
External links
''Darkwing Duck'' (TV Series) – Full Cast & Crew – IMDb''Darkwing Duck'' (1991) – Episodes cast – IMDb''Darkwing Duck'' Cast – TV.com''Darkwing Duck'' – Voice ChasersBehind The Voice Actors – ''Darkwing Duck''The ''Darkwing Duck'' Episode Guide
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