An animated series is a set of animated television works with a common title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main heroes, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have either a finite number of episodes like a miniseries , a definite end, or be open-ended, without a predetermined number of episodes. They can be broadcast on television, shown in movie theatres, released on the internet or direct-to-video . Like other creative works, animated series can be of a wide variety of genres and can also have different target audiences : both males and females, both children and adults .
76-534: Goof Troop is an American animated television series and sitcom produced by Walt Disney Television Animation . The series focuses on the relationship between single father Goofy and his son, Max , as well as their neighbor Pete and his family. Created by Robert Taylor and Michael Peraza Jr. , the main series of 65 episodes aired in first-run syndication from 1992 to 1993 on The Disney Afternoon programming block , while an additional thirteen episodes aired on Saturday mornings on ABC . A Christmas special
152-521: A Christmas , An Extremely Goofy Movie , House of Mouse and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas , all of which feature Goofy and Pete's respective families as major characters. Goofy and Pete also appeared on Bonkers and Raw Toonage in their Goof Troop designs. In the DuckTales reboot series' premiere episode, Spoonerville is mentioned amongst a number of locations that Scrooge McDuck's company, McDuck Enterprises, conducts business in. In
228-518: A child-friendly show, shifted its target group to ages 12 and up, resulting in a darker and more mature storyline. Animated film theatrical series include all early animated series: Animated Weekly (1913), The Newlyweds (1913 — 1915), Travelaughs (1913, 1915 — 1918, 1921 — 1923), Doc Yak (1913 — 1915), Colonel Heeza Liar (1913 — 1917, 1922 — 1924), Kapten Grogg [ sv ] (1916 — 1922), Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917 — 1918),
304-474: A compendium of several of the BOOM! Studios Darkwing Duck stories, including "The Duck Knight Returns", "Crisis On Infinite Darkwings", and "F.O.W.L. Disposition". Aaron Sparrow's story credits were not only restored, but he and Silvani created an all-new 3-page introduction, and Brill's dialogue was replaced with original dialogue by Sparrow. On October 22, 2014, comic news website Bleeding Cool announced that
380-456: A good father to Gosalyn and help do good in St. Canard. Most episodes put these two aspects of Darkwing's character in direct conflict, though Darkwing's better nature usually prevails. The show was the first Disney Afternoon series to emphasize action rather than adventure, with Darkwing routinely engaging in slapstick battles with both supervillains and street criminals. While conflict with villains
456-598: A local station of a television network broadcasts an animated series as a part of its own programming, the time-slot will vary by region. All early animated television series, the first being Crusader Rabbit (1950 — 1959), are comic cartoon series. However, later series include sports ( Speed Racer , Captain Tsubasa , Slam Dunk ), action ( Hajime no Ippo , G.I. Joe ), science fiction ( Mobile Suit Gundam , Tenchi Muyo ), drama ( Neon Genesis Evangelion ), adventure ( Dragon Ball ), martial arts ( Baki
532-525: A lot of homages to other Disney shows: Magica's powered up form in #7 has emblems that reference film villains like Hades and Jafar, someone holds a sign saying "Bring Back Bonkers " in the background of #6, and #3 shows Launchpad tried to get a job with Gadget Hackwrench of the Rescue Rangers from Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers . The eighteenth issue, which shipped in October 2011, was the end of
608-440: A much younger age preceding Goof Troop , while the latter continues Max's age progression to a young adult age. The "Goof History" episodes saw Goofy relating stories to Max from the family photo album about their various ancestors and family members, and also featured historical counterparts to several of the show's present-day main characters and supporting characters. On February 26, 1993, Disney released three VHS cassettes of
684-585: A multi-part serial during its regular run. The series aired on The Disney Afternoon block of syndicated animated series during the 1992/1993 broadcast season; concurrent with the Disney Afternoon shows, another 13 episodes aired on Saturday mornings on ABC in 1992. Reruns of the series later aired on The Disney Channel starting on September 3, 1996, and later on sister cable channel Toon Disney , with reruns airing on it until January 2005. The program returned from September 2006 until August 2008, with
760-555: A picture of Pete with his family, and a picture of Max with P.J. and Pistol. There is also now a height chart for Goofy and Max on a doorway frame in the house. Also, Max makes an appearance as a chibi character in a promotional video honoring Disney Channel's birthday. A video game very loosely based on the series was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System on July 11, 1993. Two films loosely based on Goof Troop were made years after
836-460: A set time period in "segments", including several such shorts. When advertising is taken into account, the cartoon itself may be only 15 — 20 minutes of the half hour, although Netflix and many other streaming companies do not show commercials. There are also series with a very short episodes lasting approximately five minutes; they have recently become more common in Japanese animation . If
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#1732779609303912-840: A special release called Boo-Busters . The episode "FrankenGoof" was released with the DuckTales episode "Ducky Horror Picture Show" on another special VHS release titled Monster Bash . On November 26, 1993, three VHS cassettes containing 6 episodes of the series were released in Australia and New Zealand. On February 14, 2006, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Goof Troop : Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1. This one-disc release features three episodes, including "Slightly Dinghy", "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape", and "Shake, Rattle & Goof", with no bonus material. Many fans did not buy Goof Troop Volume 1 because it has only three episodes and additional episodes were only available on VHS. At
988-482: A special release called Witcheroo! Seven VHS cassettes containing 12 episodes of the series were released in Australia and New Zealand. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released a three-disc DVD box set entitled " Darkwing Duck - Volume 1" on August 29, 2006. It included 25 episodes, plus the two-part pilot "Darkly Dawns the Duck", as opposed to the uncut version's release on VHS. The second volume, containing
1064-455: A spin-off of the very successful series DuckTales . Darkwing Duck entered production roughly one year after DuckTales ended. Darkwing Duck was inspired by two specific episodes of DuckTales : " Double-O-Duck " starring Launchpad McQuack as a secret agent, and " The Masked Mallard " in which Scrooge McDuck becomes a masked vigilante superhero wearing a purple uniform and cape. The name "The Masked Mallard" became an epithet often used in
1140-523: A spoof of his voice actor, Jim Cummings; who reprises his role as the character alongside Michael Bell as Quackerjack. Other references include St. Canard's name being stated in the premiere episode and the name of the evil organization F.O.W.L. appearing as Easter eggs. Additionally, both F.O.W.L. and S.H.U.S.H. appeared in "From the Confidential Case Files of Agent 22!" The end-credits theme of Darkwing Duck appears in "The Last Crash of
1216-466: Is " Hot Spells ", which was never re-aired after its initial broadcast on ABC because of its religiously sensitive subject matter. Darkwing Duck was one of the first American animated TV series to be officially broadcast in syndication in the former Soviet Union . The show formerly aired on Disney XD in international territories such as the Netherlands and Germany. The show is available on
1292-453: Is a direct parody of Gotham City . ("Canard" is the French word for "duck".) Darkwing Duck was developed as a last-minute replacement with concept artwork by Michael Peraza for a proposed reboot of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show , when the management team realized that Disney did not own the rights to the characters (Disney merely held home video rights to the series). The show was
1368-429: Is an accepted version of this page 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 Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC . A total of ninety-one episodes were aired. It features the adventures of Darkwing Duck, who
1444-433: Is available in one volume. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , the first season holds an approval of 83% based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 7.00/10. Nigel Mitchell of CBR.com stated, "He was the terror that flapped in the night. He was the fingernail that scraped the blackboard of your soul. He was Darkwing Duck, and he made a generation laugh and thrill with his crazy adventures. Following
1520-530: Is currently available in HD for purchase on Amazon Prime Video , Google TV and the iTunes Store with the episodes being split into five volumes/seasons. The series has been available to stream on Disney+ since its launch on November 12, 2019, with the exception of the stand-alone holiday special "Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas". It was also previously available on the DisneyLife streaming service in
1596-499: Is laden with references to superhero, pulp adventure, or super-spy fiction. Darkwing Duck himself is a satirical character. His costume, gas gun and flashy introductions are all reminiscent of pulp heroes and Golden Age superheroes such as The Shadow , The Sandman , Doc Savage , Batman , The Green Hornet and the Julius Schwartz Flash , as well as The Lone Ranger and Zorro . The fictional city of St. Canard
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#17327796093031672-411: Is the superheroic alter-ego of ordinary suburban duck Drake Mallard. Though it was originally thought by some fans to be a spin-off of the 1987 DuckTales series, creator Tad Stones stated in a 2016 report that the two shows exist in different universes. Despite this, supporting characters Launchpad McQuack and Gizmoduck appear in both series in similar roles, and Scrooge McDuck is mentioned in
1748-521: The DuckTales reboot, Darkwing Duck plays a major recurring role. At first, it appeared as an old television show which Launchpad McQuack is a fan of. The show itself first appears in the episode "Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!", which depicts Darkwing fighting Quackerjack, the Liquidator, and Megavolt. While watching the episode, Launchpad states that the actor portraying Darkwing is "an old school actor who did all his own stunts" named Jim Starling –
1824-698: The Tom and Jerry cartoon short films released in movie theatres from 1940 to 1967, and many others. Direct-to-video animated series include most Japanese original video animations (OVAs). The first OVA series (and also the first overall OVA) was Dallos (1983 — 1985). Almost all hentai (pornographic) anime series are released as OVAs. Animated web series are designed and produced for streaming services . Examples include Happy Tree Friends (1999 — 2023) and Eddsworld (2003 — present). They can also be released on YouTube , such as Asdfmovie , which debuted in 2008. Darkwing Duck This
1900-600: The Darkwing Duck episode "It's a Wonderful Leaf" was released together with the Goof Troop episode "Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas" on one VHS cassette as a special release called Happy Holidays with Darkwing Duck and Goofy! On September 3, 1996, the Darkwing Duck episode "Ghoul of My Dreams" was released together with the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Good Times, Bat Times" on one VHS cassette as
1976-494: The Darkwing Duck episode "Tiff of the Titans", and thus established a relation to both shows. Additionally, the 2011 comic book series DuckTales makes reference to Darkwing Duck and features various villains from the series. A crossover between the Darkwing Duck and DuckTales comics occurs in issues 17–18 and issues 5–6, respectively, of each. A reboot of the series is in development for Disney+ . Darkwing Duck tells
2052-507: The Disney+ streaming service, which has been on the streaming service since its launch on November 12, 2019. The entire series (including the episode "Hot Spells") is currently available for purchase on Amazon Prime Video and on Disney+ in Germany. The first season (comprising the show's first two seasons) is available in six volumes while the second season (comprising the third season)
2128-503: The Disney+ streaming service, with the exception of the episode "Hot Spells". Four VHS cassettes, each containing one or two episodes (a total of 6 episodes) of Darkwing Duck , were released under the title Darkwing Duck: His Favorite Adventures in the United States on March 23, 1993, individually titled "Darkly Dawns the Duck", "Justice Ducks Unite!", "Comic Book Capers" and "Birth of Negaduck!". However, most countries around
2204-536: The Goof Troop episode "Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas" was released together with the Darkwing Duck episode "It's a Wonderful Leaf" on one VHS cassette as a special release called Happy Holidays with Darkwing Duck and Goofy! On October 5, 1993, the Goof Troop episode "Hallow-Weenies" was released together with the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Ghost of a Chance" on one VHS cassette as
2280-478: The 1990s, more mature content than those of traditional cartoon series began to appear more widely, extending beyond a primary audience of children. These cartoon series included The Simpsons , South Park , Family Guy , Futurama , The Ren & Stimpy Show , Rocko's Modern Life , Beavis and Butt-Head , King of the Hill , and Duckman . Canadian computer-animated series ReBoot , which began as
2356-549: The Christmas special airing on Christmas in the United States. Goof Troop was adapted into the feature film A Goofy Movie (1995), which received mixed reviews but was a box office success. The film was followed by a direct-to-video sequel, An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) and served as the finale to Goof Troop . The two films featured Bill Farmer, Rob Paulsen and Jim Cummings reprising their character roles from Goof Troop in these two films, with Jason Marsden providing
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2432-598: The Disney Movie Club includes 27 episodes of the show for a total of 54 episodes released, leaving 25 unreleased episodes to go. Goof Troop Volumes 1 and 2, in addition to "Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas", had a wider retail DVD release in January 2015 and were Wal-Mart Exclusives in Canada ahead of that wider release date. The entire series (barring the curious absence of the episode "Counterfeit Goof")
2508-592: The Duck. By July 3rd with the kickstarter concluded, they had 344k pledged. One reward in the 150k stretch goal for backers was a limited edition cover drawn by Tad Stones for a upcoming Darkwing Duck series scheduled for the fall of 2024. Dynamite Entertainment announced November 22nd, a new run of the Darkwing Duck comic would start February 2025. The first issue would start with a Darkwing Duck cover drawn by Tad Stones , followed by being written by Daniel Kibblesmith and drawn by Ted Brandt and Ro Stein. In
2584-459: The Grappler ), and other genres. The first animated sitcom was The Flintstones (1960 — 1966), produced by Hanna-Barbera . It was followed by other sitcoms of this studio: Top Cat (1961 — 1962), Jonny Quest (1964 — 1965), The Jetsons (1962 — 1963, 1985, 1987) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972 — 1974), an adult-oriented animated series in
2660-657: The Justice Ducks would be released in December written by Roger Langridge and illustrated by Carlo Lauro. Dynamite Entertainment started a kickstarter in June 2024 with the goal of 25k, easily reaching the goal and surpassing it within minutes. Reaching 100k pledges before the night was over. Selling three omnibuses's featuring the classic Darkwing Duck Comics along with their 'The Justice Ducks' and Negaduck's comics under Heroes and Villains, Cowl and Fowl, and Darkly Dawns
2736-528: The Sunchaser!" as part of the show-within-a-show. In "Friendship Hates Magic", Launchpad and Mrs. Beakley watch a Darkwing Duck episode based on an actual episode, "The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain", featuring Paddywhack. Darkwing's first major role is in "The Duck Knight Returns", with Drake Mallard ( Chris Diamantopoulos ) replacing Jim Starling as Darkwing in a movie produced by Scrooge McDuck . After an insane Starling's attempt to kill Mallard results in
2812-486: The UK, including the episode "Counterfeit Goof" which is missing on other streaming platforms. DisneyLife has since been rebranded into Disney+, upon on the latter service's launch in that region on March 24, 2020. Goof Troop has had a lasting impact on Goofy and Pete’s careers, as their later appearances throughout the 90s to the mid-2000s were built on the show's status quo. These include A Goofy Movie , Mickey's Once Upon
2888-488: The adventures of the titular superhero, aided by his sidekick and pilot Launchpad McQuack (from DuckTales ). In his secret identity of Drake Mallard (a parody of Kent Allard, the alter ego of the Shadow ), he lives in an unassuming suburban house with his adopted daughter Gosalyn, next door to the dim-witted Muddlefoot family. Darkwing struggles to balance his egotistical craving for fame and attention against his desire to be
2964-535: The best animated series themes of all time. Disney Comics published a four-issue Darkwing Duck comic book mini-series in late 1991, right around the time of the show's syndicated premiere. This mini-series was an adaptation of a draft of the script for "Darkly Dawns the Duck". Like the TaleSpin comic before it, it was meant to spin off a regular comic series, but the Disney Comics implosion happening at
3040-400: The character back in a 2010 BOOM! Kids "Get A Sketch" panel at San Diego Comic-Con . Sparrow continues to make public appearances with Silvani and Stones, and Brill does not. In a 2011 livestream interview Tad Stones admitted he was unhappy with later issues of the series, and particularly criticized the election arc, which he "tried to talk them out of". When questioned on whether he had read
3116-660: The entire comic series he stated: "Not the later stuff. I applaud what James tried to do. I hear he saved them but I thought the central premises were wrong." Sparrow served as moderator at the 2013 Comic-Con panel "25 Years of the Disney Afternoon: The Continuing Legacy", which featured Tad Stones, voice actors Jim Cummings and Rob Paulsen, TaleSpin creator Jymn Magon, and Darkwing Duck comic artist James Silvani, associations which would seem to further corroborate his version of events. In 2013, Disney European publisher Egmont Group released
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3192-481: The episode "A Duck by Any Other Name" had Drake suggest "Double-O Duck" as his new secret identity and Launchpad remarked that it "seems kinda silly". ) Where most prior Disney Afternoon series included at least some preexisting animated characters, Darkwing Duck featured a completely original cast. Even the DuckTales characters it reused had no counterpart in early Disney shorts or the comics. The only exception
3268-539: The first 16 issues and the annual, omitting the final "Dangerous Currency" crossover with DuckTales , seeming to further call into question Brill's claims of sole authorship. On January 18, 2016, Joe Books Twitter feed reported that Darkwing Duck would be returning to monthly comics beginning in April 2016 with Sparrow and Silvani at the helm. According to Silvani's Twitter account, "Dangerous Currency" has been declared non-canon by Disney, and will not be referenced within
3344-472: The first 16 issues of Darkwing Duck would be packaged together and published in an omnibus by Joe Books. On his Tumblr account, Silvani stated that the omnibus would be a remastered edition, featuring revised art, a new epilogue, and that the script had been "painstakingly rewritten" by Sparrow. It was also announced that the omnibus would lead into a new monthly series written by Sparrow and drawn by Silvani, with no involvement by Brill. The omnibus only collects
3420-430: The lone exception of the banned episode " Hot Spells ". They are listed in 6 separate volumes (with Seasons 2 and 3 individually representing the last two volumes ), which on the iTunes Store can also be bought in a pack other than individual purchases or a complete series pack at the price of $ 40 for all 90 available episodes. In addition, the series (with the exception of the episode "Hot Spells" ) can also be viewed on
3496-631: The new series. A new comic book series based on the show, which is written by Amanda Deibert and illustrated by Carlo Cid Lauro instead of the team from the previous comic, began publication at Dynamite Entertainment in January 2023. In addition, Dynamite will re-release the original 1991 comic book run. Dynamite Entertainment revealed a new comic series in June 2023 featuring Negaduck would be released in September written by Jeff Parker and illustrated by Ciro Cangialosi. Dynamite Entertainment announced another comic series in September 2023 featuring
3572-477: The new show to refer to Darkwing himself. Tad Stones was directed to come up with a series for The Disney Afternoon around the premise of Double-O-Duck , as an executive liked the title Double-O Duck as a spoof of James Bond and felt Launchpad McQuack would take the starring role. It turned out that the title Double-O Duck could not be used as the Broccoli family owned the 'double-o' title. A new name
3648-399: The next 27 episodes, was released on August 7, 2007. The sets do not contain any special features. It is currently unknown if Disney has any intentions of releasing the remaining 37 episodes on DVD. No official releases have been made outside of the United States and Canada. As of September 2019, the majority of the series is available for purchase on the iTunes Store and Google TV , with
3724-407: The parent show DuckTales and began to use a number of Carl Barks characters like Magica De Spell (allied to Negaduck in the second story) and cameoing Scrooge McDuck and Gyro Gearloose. A 4-part crossover story with Disney's DuckTales , titled "Dangerous Currency", was released with parts 1 and 3 for DuckTales #5 and #6, and parts 2 and 4 for Darkwing Duck #17 and #18. The comic also made
3800-419: The property and has claimed to have plotted the first arc and come up with many of the concepts for following story arcs. This has been publicly disputed by Boom and credited series writer Ian Brill. However, artist James Silvani has publicly credited Sparrow not only with the idea of bringing the series back, but assisting him in ghost-writing much of the series and changing a lot of the concepts Brill brought to
3876-478: The season three episode "Quack Pack!", Goofy in his Goof Troop design appears as a guest character as part of a 1990s sitcom the Duck Family had become trapped in. Max and P.J. also make non-physical appearances via Goofy's family pictures. In 2023, new photos were added to the inside of Goofy's house in the refurbished Mickey's Toontown area of Disneyland . The photos now include pictures of Goofy and Max,
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#17327796093033952-455: The series due to BOOM! Studios prematurely losing the Disney Comics license. Darkwing Duck Vol. 5 "Dangerous Currency" crossover, released in November 2011, was the final printing. On January 20, 2016, it was reported that the series would be returning to the comic book format. Writers Aaron Sparrow and artist James Silvani, both of whom worked on the previous Darkwing Duck comic book that
4028-453: The series following Sparrow's departure from BOOM! Studios. This seems to be further corroborated by the fact that Sparrow and Silvani have both stated they did not write any of the final arc of the series, "Dangerous Currency", which was largely panned by fans for having many glaring character inconsistencies, particularly in the case of the character Gizmoduck . Darkwing Duck creator Tad Stones has also publicly credited Sparrow as bringing
4104-542: The series in the United States, titled "Banding Together", "Goin' Fishin ' ", and "The Race is on!". They included the episodes "Shake, Rattle & Goof", "Close Encounters of the Weird Mime", "Slightly Dinghy", "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape", "Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp", and "Tub Be or Not Tub Be". The videotapes included a Goof Troop music video which played at the end of each tape. Additionally, on September 28, 1993,
4180-560: The set's explosion and the former's presumed death, the movie is canceled. However, Launchpad convinces Drake to become a real superhero, while Starling, having secretly survived the explosion, becomes Negaduck. Drake later reappears in "Moonvasion!" to help thwart the Moonlanders, and at the end of the episode, F.O.W.L. plots to eliminate Scrooge and his family following the trouble they essentially caused; with Steelbeak ( Jason Mantzoukas ) among their ranks. Darkwing features prominently in
4256-591: The show in September 1993, and it was replaced by Sonic the Hedgehog . All episodes remained in syndicated reruns on The Disney Afternoon until 1995 and then returned to the lineup from 1996 to 1997. Starting on October 2, 1995, Darkwing Duck was rerun on The Disney Channel as part of a two-hour programming block called "Block Party" which aired on weekdays in the late-afternoon/early-evening and which also included TaleSpin , DuckTales , and Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers . On September 3, 1996, Darkwing Duck
4332-402: The show's end. The first film, A Goofy Movie , was released on April 7, 1995, which heavily exploits adolescent angst and crude humor that are not present in the show. The second film, An Extremely Goofy Movie , was released on video on February 29, 2000, which serves as the series finale. Animated series Animated television series are presented daily or on certain days of
4408-437: The show's humor comes from Max's normal personality, which contrasts with his father's. Goof Troop was originally previewed on The Disney Channel from April 20 to July 12 of 1992. Like its predecessors DuckTales , Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers , TaleSpin , and Darkwing Duck and its successor Bonkers , Goof Troop was previewed in syndication on September 5, 1992 with a pilot television film, which later aired as
4484-1046: The style of All in the Family . The Alvin Show from Ross Bagdasarian Sr. and Beany and Cecil from Bob Clampett are also sitcoms. The 1980s and 1990s were a renaissance of the animated children and adult television series. Various broadcast networks and media companies began creating television channels and formats designed specifically for airing cartoon and anime series. Companies that already had these types of formats in place began to revamp their existing models during this time. Most of this animations were American-based or Japanese anime. Listed below are examples of television networks and channels that include animated programs. American British Japanese Canadian Australian Examples of animation-focused networks and channels are listed below; but some of them aired live-action programs occasionally. American South Korean Canadian Japanese During
4560-562: The success of "Ducktales," the 1992 TV show "Darkwing Duck" was one of the first action-oriented shows on Disney's block, and wasn't like any other show on TV." Amanda Dyer of Common Sense Media rated the series 4 out of 5 stars, writing, " Darkwing Duck is a 1990s Disney animated comedy that has slapstick cartoon violence (including weapon use) and mild name calling. It follows the heroic yet self-serving antics of cartoon duck superhero Darkwing Duck as he battles various wacky supervillains with his sidekick, Launchpad McQuack." Darkwing Duck
4636-621: The time prevented that plan. However, Darkwing Duck stories were regularly printed in Disney Adventures magazine between the November 1991 and January 1996 issues. Additionally, Darkwing Duck stories were also regularly featured in Marvel Comics ' short-lived Disney Afternoon comic book. On March 13, 2010, BOOM! Studios announced that they would be releasing a four-issue Darkwing Duck miniseries, titled "The Duck Knight Returns", starting in June of that year. The series
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#17327796093034712-453: The time, many fans were still waiting for Disney to put out Goof Troop Volume 1 again with more episodes. The DVD release of A Goofy Movie features one episode titled "Calling All Goofs", but the intro is removed. A Disney Movie Club exclusive DVD titled "Have Yourself A Goofy Little Christmas" contains the holiday special of the same name. In 2013, Disney Movie Club released two new volumes of Goof Troop on DVD. Each volume released from
4788-409: The voice of an older Max. Dana Hill , who voiced Max in the series, commercials, promos, miscellaneous and other Disney projects, died on July 15, 1996, at the age of 32, after suffering a massive stroke related to her diabetes . The series' premise was also incorporated into 1999's Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas and its 2004 sequel, Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas , the former depicting Max at
4864-430: The week during a prescribed time slot , including for example saturday-morning cartoons , prime time cartoons , late night anime , and weekday cartoons ; series broadcast only on weekends. The duration of an episode also varies. Traditionally, they are produced as complete half-hour or nearly half-hour programs; however, many are presented as animated shorts of 10 — 11 minutes, which can be combined for filling
4940-405: The world only received releases of "Darkly Dawns the Duck" and "Justice Ducks Unite!" Each video came with two "glow-in-the-Darkwing" trading cards . Featured on the cards were Darkwing Duck, Launchpad, Gosalyn, Honker, Negaduck, Bushroot, Megavolt, and Taurus Bulba. The videotapes also included a Darkwing Duck music video which played at the end of each tape. Additionally, on September 28, 1993,
5016-689: Was a preview-run of the series before it aired on The Disney Afternoon . The two-part episode " Darkly Dawns the Duck " originally aired as an hour-length TV special on September 6, 1991, as part of a larger syndicated TV special, The Darkwing Duck Premiere / Back to School with the Mickey Mouse Club . The film served as the show's pilot. Seasons 1 and 2 were aired simultaneously in the autumn of 1991. Season 1 aired in syndication as part of The Disney Afternoon block of shows. Seasons 2 and 3 aired on Saturday mornings on ABC . The final episode aired on December 12, 1992. ABC stopped airing reruns of
5092-430: Was also produced and aired in syndication in late 1992. Walt Disney Pictures produced two spin-off films from the television series: the theatrical A Goofy Movie , released on April 7, 1995, and direct-to-video sequel An Extremely Goofy Movie , released on February 29, 2000. Goof Troop is similar to several early-1950s Goofy cartoon shorts that depicted Goofy as the father of a mischievous red-haired son. It
5168-517: Was cancelled after eight issues due to poor sales. On July 25, 2018, it was announced that the Boom! Studios would be reprinted in Disney's Afternoon Giant . The first issue will be released in October 2018. Throughout the run of BOOM! Studios ' Darkwing Duck comic series, there was controversy as to who was responsible for the series. Editor Aaron Sparrow is largely credited with the idea to relaunch
5244-497: Was dropped from the beginning of the block when Goof Troop was added to the end. The series was last seen in the U.S. on Toon Disney on January 19, 2007, as part of the Toon Disney Wild Card Stack. Certain episodes from the show's original run rarely re-aired while the show was on Toon Disney. These episodes appear to have been removed for content reasons. The most prominent of the rarely seen episodes
5320-420: Was named the 93rd Best Animated Series by IGN , calling it "one of the many reasons why after-school cartoons rule." "Torgo's Pizzeria Podcast" gave a favorable retrospective review to Darkwing Duck in April 2012; the podcast did however note some weaknesses with the series. Nick Caruso of TVLine lists the theme song from the series, performed by longtime Disney Afternoon veteran Jeff Pescetto , among
5396-482: Was published by Boom! returned to this comic. Additionally Andrew Dalhouse, Deron Bennett and Jesse Post assumed their roles on the creative team, with R. Janice Orlando, who worked on The Definitively Dangerous Edition, returning as Assistant Editor. Darkwing Duck is now wearing a purple necktie instead of his usual turtleneck. The first issue debuted on April 27, 2016. Titled "Orange is the New Purple". The comic
5472-485: Was routine in earlier Disney Afternoon shows, actual fight scenes were relatively rare. Darkwing Duck was also the first Disney Afternoon property that was produced completely as a genre parody. Prior shows would contain elements of parody in certain episodes, but would otherwise be straight-faced adventure concepts, this in the tradition of Carl Barks' work in the Disney comics. By contrast, every episode of Darkwing Duck
5548-412: Was selected, "Darkwing Duck". Thus, Stones designed a new character for the lead, Drake Mallard , while selecting McQuack as the sidekick. This name would result in a new look (Double-O Duck was to wear a white tuxedo and black domino mask). Other elements of the show, such as Darkwing's habit of coining new catchphrases every time he announced himself, would be invented during production. (As an in-joke,
5624-528: Was the creation of Michael Peraza Jr. , and pitched to Disney management as a last-minute idea to fit the title. Goofy, a single father , moves back to his hometown of Spoonerville with his son, Max, and they end up moving in next door to his high school friend Pete, a used car salesman and owner of Honest Pete's Used Cars; Pete's wife Peg, a real estate agent; and their two children; their son P.J. (Pete Jr.) and daughter Pistol. Max and P.J. quickly become best friends and do practically everything together. Much of
5700-501: Was the episode "In Like Blunt", which featured cameo appearances by the Beagle Boys , Flintheart Glomgold and Magica De Spell . Darkwing Duck first aired on The Disney Channel on March 31, 1991, as a "sneak preview", and then from April 6 into July 14 of that year as a regularly scheduled run on weekend mornings, as it was advertised to be "The newest animated TV series exclusively to The Disney Channel". In reality, this
5776-445: Was written by Aaron Sparrow (uncredited), Ian Brill and drawn by James Silvani, and was set one year after the end of the show. BOOM! later announced that due to positive fan reaction, the comic series would be extended indefinitely as an ongoing title. This first trade paperback collection of the initial four issues of the comic was released in the fall of 2010 Unlike the original show, the comic strengthened Darkwing Duck' s ties to
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