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[edit] Catchphrase: other languages

I know that "let's get dangerous" is "laten we lekker link gaan doen" in the Dutch dub. It kind of rolls of the tongue and makes me wonder what DW's catchphrase is in other languages. Shinobu 21:13, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

In German it's "Zwo, eins, Risiko!" what means "Two, one, risk!".

I think it is "Nu blir vi farliga" in Swedish, curiously in plural (Now, we're getting dangerous))...

In Danish it's "Lad os så vove fjerene!" Directly translated it means something akin to "Let's risk our feathers". It's a play on the Danish saying "at vove pelsen" (directly "to risk one's fur" = to risk one's skin). Probably picked since "let's get dangerous" translates very poorly into Danish.

In Russian it's "Ну-ка, от винта!". AFAIK, it would be something like "OK, get off the propeller!" (word-by-word translation) or "Off we go!" (closest analogue) in english. That's what the pilots of an old airplanes are saying, when they are ready to take-off. The thing is, propeller of an old airplane needs to be pushed by hand to start spinning. When pilot is absolutely sure, that engines are working / propeller is spinning, he screams "От винта!" to mechanics. They now should step away from the airplane. The same (Russian) dub was airing in Ukraine. (Please, excuse my poor english. This language is not my native.) 82.207.28.136 00:03, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

It says the French translation "Ca va craindre un mask" means, "It's action time, guys." But shouldn't it be something like "They will fear a mask?"

Tohobbes (talk) 19:08, 5 March 2008 (UTC) The Japanese translation written is "危険が俺を呼んでいるぜ！" -- which this article has translated literally as "Danger causes me!" -- I think this would be better translated as "Danger Beckons Me!" or "Danger is Calling!" If no one minds, I'm going to go ahead and change that.

[edit] The debate on word-for-word copying in the Professor Waddlemeyer article (and possibly others).

Just to clarify, I'm the one everyone is talking about when they mention word-for-word copying of stuff from Multiversal Omnipedia-Atlas. I did this because I wrote those articles on the MOA to begin with, and therefore believe I have a right to do with what I've written as I see fit, and if that involves copying-and-pasting it verbatim somewhere else, that's my business. (And, incidentally, I posted this here rather than under the discussions of the article(s) in question because I figured my message would get more attention here than there.) -- Kooshmeister

This makes sense. But I added references/source citations for those articles, not knowing if the same person had written it in both places or if it had been copied over. The licensing for that site would seem to allow copying as I read it, however, though I don't know if it would strictly allow using the text verbatim on a GFDL-licensed site such as Wikipedia. In fact, if I recall correctly, the licensing for all content put on that site isn't very clear either, last time I checked. Bloodshedder 03:54, 26 August 2005 (UTC)


[edit] S.H.U.S.H.

(S.H.U.S.H. is a parody of the Marvel comics S.H.I.E.L.D., a top-secret government organization)

I think S.H.U.S.H. is more a parody of C.O.N.T.R.O.L. from "Get Smart." I think a lot of the spy, comically hush-hush nature of the agency is more in tune with Get Smart than is does with Nick Fury's organization.

I think S.H.U.S.H. is pretty much a parody of every acronymmed super spy agency in popular culture, including CONTROL, U.N.C.L.E. and so on. 24.178.126.182 03:54, 23 June 2006 (UTC) (sorry, thought I was signed in when I wrote this.) McGehee 03:56, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality

I have added the NPOV tag, purely because this article is biased. --Longboy69 08:47, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

  • I removed the NPOV tag, because I think the article is not biased. If you think it is biased, please explain why you think so. Merely making such blanket claims won't help. — JIP | Talk 09:05, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm a newbie. This wiki thing is quite good though. --Longboy69 09:06, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

JIP - when someone puts a seemingly idiotic NPOV (or similar) tag, please check their contribs. Longboy69 is today's incarnation of a recurring vandal who's been doing this for several days - see WP:VIP#Manchester_.2F_obesity_.2F_Girls_Aloud_vandal. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 09:21, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

  • I did check his contribs, but did not find any particular instances of vandalism. The contributions did look odd, though, usually someone doesn't put NPOV tags on articles on his first day. — JIP | Talk 09:24, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
    • That's his modus operandi. He leaves NPOV tags (occasionally others, but that's his favourite, as it gets the biggest response from the unwitting). Now he leaves nonspecific talk page comments like "this article is totally biased". If you see him again, he's likely to create the hoax article Jocker City too. I'm inclined to believe that anyone who shows up and immediately knows how to issue NPOV tags, vprotects, etc. (without asking or being told how) is at best a mischievous reincarnation, at worst a troll. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 09:32, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

I think this is the start of a new Willy on Wheels type vandal. --Express 16:14, 28 September 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Removed the first Negaduck link

I removed the link to Negaduck 1 because it links to the character that is actually Negaduck 2. Please don't restore it unless a page for the other Negaduck is created.67.68.153.169 21:08, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Banned Episodes

According to the IMDB Hot Spells was not the only episode banned from TV. It says that a number of episodes were, and that one of them was Aduckyphobia, simply because it parodied Spider Man. Is there any truth to this?205.251.53.132 14:34, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "could come in handy some day"\"may come in handy some day"

In The Secret Origin of Darkwing Duck, I'm almost positive they said may come in handy some day as opposed to should come in handy some day. I realize it's only one word, but it is quoted. --Jake Wilhite 21:29, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I just checked the episode. It is "could come in handy some day". Bloodshedder 22:49, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. --Jake Wilhite 14:13, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please stop using exclamation marks

To the person who keeps editing all the DWD related articles saying "One episode...!!!!", exclamation marks are not suitable. Thanks. -- Nat91 19:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notable Powers

Other "Superheroes" on Wikipedia have their notable powers listed, so why not DW? Okay, this is only semi-serious on my part, but come on, as a cartoon character he was two notable powers that makes him far superior to anyone in real life:

1) Immortality

2) Ability to pull large darkwing gadgets from his back-pocket

You can't say he doesn't have these powers, or that they don't count as superpowers. All you can say is that maybe it doesn't have any place in this article. 83.108.101.119


In his world that is not notable powers. That is the same abilities that Launchpad, Gosalyn and even Honker has. You can crush every single person in their universe with a 16 tons weight, and they would all be alright, and Hammerspace is freely available to anyone animated. As far as notable powers go, Darkwing is, relativly speaking, no more powerful than Batman. No stronger than than the average duck/man, no more powers than the average guy on the street, but with access to hightech equipment. I define superpowers as being powers that are actually super, as opposed to ordinary powers. Powers of flight compared to the power of breathing--Lordz 22:42, 10 November 2006 (UTC).


I recall one episode mentioning that his one superpower is his ability to make mysterious entrances, describing this as an actual superpower. Anyone know of this? 85.24.6.29 (talk) 22:15, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editing

There is very little information on this article about the actual show and too much about Darkwing himself. I think the "origins", "catchphrases" and most of the "premise" sections could be moved to the actual Drake Mallard page and more information regarding the TV show should be added. (Animedude 07:37, 22 September 2006 (UTC))

  • I was thinking about that too. I already moved a couple of days ago a paragraph about Darkwing from the "premise" section to the Drake Mallard page that I created, but I also think the "origins" and "catchphrases" are more about Darkwing than the actual show. I wanted to hear more opinions about this before moving the sections. Nat91 03:30, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] intro -- different versions

There are five different versions of the Darkwing Duck introduction. The first one was aired on the Disney Channel when Darkwing Duck first premiered and featured alternate animation and a different version of the familiar theme song.

Is this the one at the beginning of the uncut version of "Darkly Dawns the Duck", with the song playing as Darkwing, on the Ratcatcher, chases down and captures a gang of criminals?'

The second version was used in syndication, and is actually the currently one they use today. The third is the version used on The Disney Afternoon, and is the same as the second version only cut for time. The fourth and fifth introductions were used on the ABC Saturday Morning airings, and contained mostly scenes from those episodes, starting with Darkwing tiptoeing up the Audobon Bay Bridge.

I actually recall that the uncut syndication version (referred to as "the second version" in the text quoted above) was at first used for the 1991 ABC season, but several episodes along, the ABC run switched to its own version (what would be considered the "fourth" version in the text quoted above, the 1992 ABC season version considered the "fifth").

Rywn 06:30, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey Rwyn. No, the original version I refer to is this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2UFFzPsSsg ... Here is the current version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czCqMWRFVg4&mode=related&search= The original version was aired when That Sinking Feeling aired, which was the first episode to air if I recall correctly. The pilot may have aired prior, but I doubt it. Mostly because That Sinking Feeling was the first episode recorded and completed, and the pilot was somewhere in the 60s. Darkwing had a run on the Disney Channel prior to it running on syndicated tv as well. That's where it premiered.

The scene at the beginning of Darkly Dawns the Duck is actually from the movie version, not the two part version of Darkly Dawns the Duck.

The current version of this text might need to be updated, too. There is apprently 6 versions now. Apparently there's a variation on the first version with the alternate music which has Negaduck (the split-from-Darkwing version) in it.

Also, I believe that ABC always used their own cut of the intro. I vividly recall that ABC had a prime time preview of all the new shows coming on Saturdays, and they showed half of That Sinking Feeling in it, and what struck me most about it at the time was that the intro was different than what I had taped prior with Darkwing, most notably the intro being Darkwing tiptoeing up the bridge.

[edit] Darkwing Duck on Toon Disney

This entry and the Toon Disney entry contradicts itself as far as whether Darkwing Duck is being aired on Toon Disney. cmulgrew 18:19, 8 April 2007 (UTC)


I heard from some people that it will air on 1 of the weeks in November 2007 On Toon Disney WildCard Weekends.


Plus I Also heard some people I know say that Darkwing Duck Might be Airing Soon On The Retooled Cartoon Network - And TCM Channel,WGN,Discovery Channel,Animal Planet after Retoolings - as part of all Tv stations now Adding Animation to their lineups - do to the shortage of Cartoon Classics {1950-1980},1980's,1990's On Basic Cable an now starting on Cartoon Network,Disney Channel.


I Myself would Keep An Open Heart an Mind to this source of people I got this Information from, - Because they told me Before back in January 2005 that Jackie Chan Adventures and The Mummy would air on Toon Disney/Jetix In September 2006 and October 2006, an That Darkwing Duck would return To Toon Disney On January 19,2007 Friday for 1 day only. and it happen the way they said.

At 1st I Just Laughed at them,thinking they were joking about it, when they 1st told me 2 years ago in 2005 January. Till all happen the way they said.


After that I started Believing the source as fact,truth from those people. with in the year of 2007 these people were right on all it's Source Information,News from TCM Channel Airing Walt Disney Classic Movies -To the Axing of Disney Adventures. To Pixar's Ratatouille only making A little Over 200M. in The U.S.

To the most resent Warner Bros. Cartoons Superman,Batman,Pinky And The Brain, Airing On Toon Disney/Jetix. In September 2007 An October 2007. they told me today to look for A Return Of Freakazoid Real Soon in The U.S. in Reruns On Toon Disney/Jetix. An Cartoon Network Mornings. I report more from these Source People As Soon as I can.


Cartoon Aider - —Preceding unsigned comment added by CartoonAider (talk • contribs) 18:40, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] VHS releases

I found a list of Darkwing Duck VHS titles that came out in each of the following years. There are four in total. Take a look! If you have any question, ask above the titles.

Darkly Dawns the Duck (September 20, 1991)

Justice Ducks Unite! (February 28, 1992)

Comic Book Capers (March 26, 1993)

Birth of Negaduck (March 26, 1993)

Signed by:

Skymac207 19:16, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Skymac: Just as a note, these tapes contained a bridging animation with Darkwing and the wrecking ball - seen in the middle of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2UFFzPsSsg - in between the episodes. They also contained the Darkwing Duck rap at the end, seen here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc80jQrFES4. The version of Darkly Dawns the Duck on these tapes includes the scene at the beginning where Darkwing catches the robbers while his theme song plays in the background: Aka the movie version.

U've seem to make your to point. Which VHS was music vid. seen at end of? Also, does any1 own "Darkly Dawns the Duck"? Skymac207 15:43, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Skymac: I believe all (or at least most) of the tapes have both the bridging animation and the Darkwing Rap on them.

Danks! Who owns "Darkly Dawns the Duck"? If somebody owns it, tell me, if previews on here R right 'nor not:

Part 1:

1. 1984 FBI warnings

2. Full version of 1986 WDHV logo w/voiceover sayin' "Coming Soon From Walt Disney Home Video!"

3. Fantasia trailer

4. Same as #2 w/no voiceovers

5. Start of film

Part 2:

1. Endin' credits

2. Darkwing Duck promo

Signed by:

Skymac207 12:56, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] F.O.W.L. and Steelbeak links redirect to Darkwing Duck

What happened to the articles on F.O.W.L. and Steelbeak? They redirect to Darkwing Duck. Were they deleted? If they were I don't think they should have been. 205.251.54.235 01:39, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vulgarity?

I heard a rumor that NegaDuck calls Darkwing "Darkwing Dick" in an episode. Is there any truth to it? Short of watching every episode, I've been doing research on this. Any truth to the rumor? Vaughnstull (talk) 00:47, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Dip, dweeb, dork, and probably some others, but I've never heard of that (I have seen all the episodes). Something tells me it wouldn't fly in a Disney cartoon anyway. Bloodshedder (talk) 01:25, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Catchphrase

The article say it was based off Batman. It's not, it's based off The Green Lantern, specifically:

" In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil's might, Beware my power...Green Lantern's light" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmccoy0017 (talk • contribs) 22:05, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sweden

The article states:

"In Poland and Sweden the series was considered too brutal, and after a few episodes were aired (despite gaining many fans), the show was taken off."

This is wrong, in sweden it ran for quite some time, not just a few episodes. I used to watch it every week when I was a kid.


[edit] References to Death

I am not sure where on the page to put this, but I think there should be some mention of the show's references to death, which was and still is unusual for most American animated shows. One example would be in the episode "Water Way to Go" J. Gander Hooter mentions agents being killed and their corpes being found. I think this is rather significant since other shows use such terms as "were lost", "destroy" or "finish him/her". I think even in one of Darkwing's narattives he talks about hunting down a murderer. I would like to hear other's thoughts before I work on an entry for this. Vismaior (talk) 07:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Death has been mentioned numerous times throughout the show. In Duck Blind it was stated that Darkwing has sent Megavolt to the electric chair twice, indicating he has been charged for murder twice. And Bushroot killed his colleges Dr. Gary and Larson, and Gosalyn's grandfather was killed by an 'unfortunate accident' stated by Taurus Bulba, and a version of Gosalyn also died in the episode "Origin of Darkwing Duck," and I'm pretty sure Liquidator (Bud Flood) also claimed Darkwing killed him that resulted his transformation, Death (Grim Reaper) was seen in Dead Duck, and Bushroot 'died' in Twin Beaks, It was claim in at least two episodes that Negaduck is a mass murdere, and I believe Darkwarrior Duck (In Time and Punishment) believed Goslyan was killed (Or missing) that resulted him to this dark version. There are a few more examples of death but I think the series has a bit 'over-done' it [[User: Burning Avenger}} 09.40, 16 May 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Burning Avenger (talk • contribs) 13:49, 16 May 2008 (UTC)