Darkwing Duck · S1 · E33
The Secret Origins of Darkwing Duck
200 years in the future, an archaeologist tries to put the pieces of history together with the aid of a supercomputer and ends up with multiple origins of Darkwing Duck.
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200 years in the future, an archaeologist tries to put the pieces of history together with the aid of a supercomputer and ends up with multiple origins of Darkwing Duck.
Season 1

1Darkly Dawns the Duck (1)
22 minSep 6, 1991
Darkwing Duck meets Launchpad McQuack! Together they try to save Gosalyn from being kidnapped and used by Taurus Bulba as a pawn in his evil plan.

2Darkly Dawns the Duck (2)
22 minSep 6, 1991
Taurus nabs Gosalyn, despite the best efforts of DW and Launchpad. Can Darkwing Duck and Launchpad McQuack save the day?

3Beauty and the Beet
22 minSep 9, 1991★ 5.9
Darkwing Duck must battle through a greenhouse of hostile plants to save Rhonda from being changed into a plant.

4Getting Antsy
22 minSep 10, 1991★ 6.0
Darkwing and Gosalyn take a trip to the new miniature golf course that turns out to be the hideout of Dr. Lulliput, a scientist who's shrinking the banks of St. Canard!

5Night of the Living Spud
22 minSep 11, 1991★ 6.0
Bushroot, the half plant/half duck villain, tries growing a bride to keep him company.

6Apes of Wrath
22 minSep 12, 1991
Shush asks Darkwing Duck to investigate the disappearance of a gorilla researcher.

7Dirty Money
22 minSep 13, 1991
Someone is scrubbing the print off the cash in bank vaults across the country and Darkwing Duck is on the case!

8Duck Blind
22 minSep 16, 1991
In a battle with the electrified villain, Megavolt, Darkwing Duck is blinded by a giant flashbulb.

9Comic Book Capers
22 minSep 17, 1991
A comic book company wants to produce a Darkwing Duck comic book! Darkwing decides to write about his latest adventure with Megavolt.

10Water Way to Go
22 minSep 18, 1991
Darkwing Duck finds Steelbeak using a rain-making device to flood the Sahara Desert!

11Paraducks
22 minSep 19, 1991
Darkwing Duck is the brave volunteer to try out a Shush scientist's time travel machine!

12Easy Come, Easy Grows
22 minSep 20, 1991
Darkwing Duck is baffled by the mysterious disappearance of bank safes which seem to be literally walking away on their own.

13A Revolution in Home Appliances
22 minSep 23, 1991
Megavolt accidentally gives life to a group of home appliances who go on a crime spree through St. Canard.

14Trading Faces
22 minSep 24, 1991
Darkwing Duck and Gosalyn are forced into action when Steelbeak and F.O.W.L. Egg Men steal a huge booster rocket from an intergalactic spacecraft!

15Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan
22 minSep 25, 1991
Tuskerninni plans to take over a studio by causing 'accidents' to occur to the leading actors. Darkwing decides to investigate by becoming the lead in Tuskerninni's latest film!

16Can't Bayou Love
22 minSep 26, 1991
A Cajun crook, Jambalaya Jake, moves to the city when his pork-bellied pet gator, Gumbo, develops an allergy to swampwater. But, his crooked style is cramped by Darkwing Duck!

17Bearskin Thug
22 minSep 27, 1991
Gosalyn would rather be anywhere than camping, but Drake has decided it's time to hit the trail for a little father/daughter togetherness.

18You Sweat Your Life
22 minSep 30, 1991
Drake is off to the health spa when he finds two of it's employees, Flex and Slim, stealing rare items from the St. Canard Museum!

19Days of Blunder
22 minOct 1, 1991
Quackerjack masquerades as a psychiatrist and convinces Darkwing Duck that he's become ineffective at his job. Darkwing then switches careers as Quackerjack goes on a crime spree.

20Just Us Justice Ducks (1)
22 minOct 2, 1991
Darkwing Duck's ego gets the better of him when Negaduck teams up Darkwing's greatest foes: Megavolt, Quackerjack, Bushroot and Liquidator!

21Just Us Justice Ducks (2)
22 minOct 3, 1991
The Justice Ducks are each defeated and captured by the Fearsome Five. Darkwing rushes to the rescue, and the five heroes join in battle against the five villains, with the ultimate victors deciding the fate of the whole city.

22Double Darkwings
22 minOct 4, 1991
Jambalaya Jake and Gumbo obtain a bayou zombie potion to control Darkwing Duck. But Launchpad gets hit with the potion when in his Darkwing decoy outfit!

23Aduckyphobia
22 minOct 7, 1991
A mutated spider bite causes Darkwing to grow four extra arms! When this causes hims trouble while trying to catch Moliarty, Darkwing adopts a new super-hero identity... Arachno-duck!

24When Aliens Collide
22 minOct 8, 1991
Gosalyn comes upon a space ship that has crashed in the park. A cute alien emerges, wearing a rather restrictive collar which he doesn’t seem to be fond of.

25Jurassic Jumble
22 minOct 10, 1991
Honker and Gosalyn track down a set of dinosaur footprints, and are led to the nefarious Dr. Fossil, duck turned dinosaur. With his de-evolution ray and the aid of a passing comet, Fossil plans to end the current life on the planet to give dinosaurs a second chance.

26Cleanliness is Next to Badliness
22 minOct 15, 1991
Steelbeak teams up with agent Amonia Pine to clean out banks for F.O.W.L. Gosalyn starts a Darkwing fan club.

27Smarter Than a Speeding Bullet
22 minOct 17, 1991
Comet Guy, failure superhero has come from another planet to retrieve superhero training. Steelbeak directs the theft of masses of rubber to construct a destructive F.O.W.L. device - the F.O.W.L. ball.

28All's Fahrenheit in Love and War
22 minOct 21, 1991
Launchpad and Darkwing are after a strange band of firebugs that have melted down the gold of the city banks. Icy Vanderchill, frozen duck, develops a crush on DW, and dates him, all the while hiding a plot to paint the city in a layer of gold.

29Whiffle While You Work
22 minOct 23, 1991
Gosalyn and Darkwing are hyped over a video game competition involving the popular ""Whiffle Boy"". However, a toymaker gone insane, Quackerjack, is out to get revenge on the gaming industry that put him out of business.

30Ghoul of My Dreams
22 minOct 31, 1991
Morgana is using sleep sand to rob the citizens of St. Canard while they sleepwalk. When Darkwing steps in to set things right, he ends up in dreamland. Nodoff, controller of dreamland and supplier of Morgana's sleep sand wants the entire city to snooze, and will see to it that no one gets in his way.

31Adopt-a-Con
22 minNov 7, 1991
In this case, Adopt-a-con means the Adopt A Convict Program. The program has sent Tuskernini to Drake's house. DW is sure that Tusker won't reform, even though he acts as if he has. Posing as Bushroot, he takes Launchpad, Gosalyn, And Drake hostages in order to fish out Darkwing. But Drake's already a hostage. How can DW pull out of this one?

32Toys Czar Us
22 minNov 11, 1991
When Quackerjack learns that parents won't buy his dangerous toys, he decides to create a toy utopia for children, with him as the ruler. Gosalyn gets into trouble at school, causing the principal to suggest Drake take a better look at his parenting. Drake gives up Darkwing to become the perfect parent just as Quackerjack executes his insane plot.

33The Secret Origins of Darkwing Duck
22 minNov 13, 1991Now viewing
200 years in the future, an archaeologist tries to put the pieces of history together with the aid of a supercomputer and ends up with multiple origins of Darkwing Duck.

34Up, Up, and Awry
22 minNov 14, 1991
Darkwing becomes self-conscious about not having powers, so Gizmoduck and Launchpad create a Gizmosuit for him!

35Life, the Negaverse, and Everything
22 minNov 18, 1991
To set things 'right' in an alternate universe where morality is reversed, Darkwing Duck teams up with the superheroes of the world: Megavolt, Quackerjack, Bushroot and Liquidator!

36Dry Hard
22 minNov 20, 1991
Bud Flood, a crooked water salesman, becomes the Liquidator, seizing control of the water in St. Canard!

37Heavy Mental
22 minNov 21, 1991
Launchpad gains psychic powers, but has trouble controlling them. F.O.W.L. agent, Major Synapse, steals S.H.U.S.H.'s Nora Ray, and uses it on his underlings to give them super brain powers.

38Disguise the Limit
22 minNov 26, 1991
Negaduck, disguised, frames Darkwing for a series of crimes. To go into hiding, the hero uses an experimental S.H.U.S.H. design, which ends up causing him to spontaneously change into whomever he looks at.

39Planet of the Capes
22 minNov 27, 1991
Comet Guy returns, and he needs Darkwing to go to his planet to help him.

40Darkwing Doubloon
22 minDec 16, 1991
300 years ago, a pirate scourge sailed the seas, striking for truth and justice. That's right, believe it or not, that was a scourge of pirates! Darkwing Doubloon and his crew, Gosalyn, Stegmutt, Launchpad, and Gizmoduck have must battle the alleged pirate Negaduck and the Fearsome Four to keep them from making off with the king's jewels.

41It's a Wonderful Leaf
22 minDec 23, 1991
A crowd of pushy holiday shopppers rub Bushroot the wrong way. He decides to ruin Christmas by taking control of all of St. Canard's Christmas trees.

42Twitching Channels
22 minFeb 5, 1992
Megavolt creates a way of transmitting himself as an electrical signal. Darkwing confronts the rat, and both of them get transported to the human universe. Here, the Darkwing Duck cartoon is a big seller, and DW realizes he isn't getting any of the profits. And it seems that there is no way home.

43Dances with Bigfoot
22 minFeb 6, 1992
Drake Mallard disappears and it’s up to the Crimson Quackette to find him.

44Twin Beaks
22 minFeb 10, 1992
When Honker's parents go missing, all clues point to the mysterious Twin Beaks. A mutated alien race of cabbages have begun their conquest of Earth from this unseemly town.

45The Incredible Bulk
22 minFeb 12, 1992
Bushroot creates a new experimental fertilizer that causes plants to grow large and strong.

46My Valentine Ghoul
22 minFeb 14, 1992★ 5.3
Darkwing’s refusal of Morgana’s suggestion of help, makes her very angry, which Negaduck sees as an opportunity.

47Dead Duck
22 minFeb 17, 1992
Chasing Megavolt, Darkwing gets into an accident and is killed. Now, on the run from Death himself, he no only plans to apprehend the villain he's after, but also has to search for a way to return to the living before it's too late.

48A Duck by Any Other Name
22 minFeb 18, 1992
A news program reveals Darkwing Duck's identity as Launchpad.

49Let's Get Respectable
22 minFeb 20, 1992
After a television program shows that Darkwing as a poor reputation with the public, Gosalyn decides that Darkwing needs an image change.

50In Like Blunt
22 minFeb 24, 1992
A nefarious criminal from the past returns, to profit by auctioning of all a complete list of S.H.U.S.H.'s secret agents. J. Gander teams up Darkwing with the legendary Derek Blunt to intercept the documents before they fall into the wrong hands.

51Quack of Ages
22 minFeb 26, 1992
To prevent the invention of the yo-yo, Quackerjack travels back to the medevial land of Canardia. Posing as the king's advisor, the demented toymaker convicts Darkwing as a warlock.

52Time and Punishment
22 minFeb 27, 1992
During a battle between Darkwing, Megavolt and Quackerjack, Gosalyn ends up aboard the villains Time Top, just before it starts up and takes them to the future. There, Gosalyn finds out that Darkwing has become Darkwarrior Duck, and enforces the law with an iron fist!

53Stressed to Kill
22 minMar 3, 1992
Darkwing Is getting a little bit stressted. So he goes to a stress free clinic (which is beeing runby Megavolt and QuackerJack) and they brain wash him. Now he is too calm (not even Goslyn deystroying the house can get him mad!). When Megavolt and QuackerJack start a fire that soons starts to spread, Launchpd and Goslyn have to try to get DW out of it. But when Megavolt puts out the fire, he also starts a flood. What will they do?

54The Darkwing Squad
22 minApr 1, 1992
J. Gander asks DW to train some of Shush's agents. That does not go over well with Agent Grizzlicoff, who joins F.O.W.L. as a double agent. Steelbeak sets a trap for the newly titled ""Darkwing Squad"" while Grizzli faces off against Darkwing.

55Inside Binkie's Brain
22 minApr 1, 1992
When Binkie Muddlefoot gets hit on the head by a bowling ball, her ""little hero"" escapes and causes her to become the Canardian Guardian. Her endless quest for safety endangers the life of Darkwing as he tries once again to capture Megavolt.

56The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain
22 minApr 29, 1992
A Sprit named Paddywhack is unleashed from a jack in the box when Gosalyn gets into mischief, and possesses Quackerjack's doll, Mr. Banana Brain. As he causes trouble alongside the demented toymaker, he grows, feeding from the negative emotions around himself.

57Slime OK, You're OK
22 minMay 1, 1992
Bushroot creates a formula intending to create an intelligent plant friend, and Gosalyn ends up sampling it. Now Darkwing has a limited amount of time to find a cure before Gosalyn, half-slime, half-duck, melts into a pile of goo.

58Whirled History
22 minMay 1, 1992
Forced to work on her boring history assignment, Gosalyn dozes off, and begins sleepwalking. She dreams herself with AstroDuck, a television show character, trying to find ""The Fountain Of Knowledge"". While she is learning about famous explorers in her dreams, Megavolt uses her as bait to trap and kill Darkwing in the real world.

59U.F. Foe
22 minMay 1, 1992
Aliens kidnap Launchpad to make him ruler of the universe.

60A Star Is Scorned
22 minMay 1, 1992
Darkwing's TV producer feels that Darkwing's TV show needs a new gimmick in the form of a spin-off character, which might really be Darkwing's replacement.

61The Quiverwing Quack
22 minMay 16, 1992
Gosalyn takes up archery, and bests Negaduck with it. Against Darkwing's wishes she creates her alter-ego, the Quiverwing Quack and causes a stir of publicity. She also becomes Negaduck's new target - so he can regain his position as Public Enemy # 1.

62Jail Bird
22 minMay 17, 1992
Negaduck steals a dimond that can steal other peoples powers. And after he steals the powers from,bushroot, megavolt, the luiquidator, and qukerjack, they have to use there weakneses to stop mega negaduck ( as he calls him).

63Dirtysomething
22 minMay 18, 1992
It's Ammonia Pine's worst nightmare! FOWL has teamed her with her polar opposite, her filth-loving sister, Ample Grime. It WOULD be easy for Darkwing Duck to stop them. But Gosalyn, not having enough allowance to buy a video game, has discovered that she can cash in whatever she recycles... incuding the Thunderquack's engine, the Ratcatcher, a few gas guns, etc.

64Kung Fooled
22 minMay 19, 1992
Darkwing chases Moleiarity to the city Kung Pow where he meets up with his old martial arts instructor, Master Lee.

65Bad Luck Duck
22 minMay 20, 1992
Darkwing Duck is accused of stealing a tribes jewel and the leader puts a curse on him. Now they have to get it back from Negabuck and sop him from using it. But where is the leader to get the curse off?
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