Darkwing Duck: Season 1
1991 · 65 episodes · ★ 6.1
What Season 1 of Darkwing Duck
In the fictional city of St. Canard, crime never takes a break. Drake Mallard, an ordinary duck who lives in a suburban house, decides to fight it as Darkwing, a superhero who protects the city without anyone knowing who he is. He is joined by Joe McQuack, his partner and pilot, who came from Duckburg. At home, he is raising Gosalyn, his adopted daughter, whom he tries to keep out of his missions with little success. Next door lives the Muddlefoot family, as scatterbrained as they are baffling. The villains keep coming, from Taurus Bulba, who wants to use Gosalyn as a pawn, to Megavolt and Bushroot. Darkwing must balance his hunger for fame with his desire to be a good father.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 Darkly Dawns the Duck (1)
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.
Writers: Tad Stones, Jymn Magon · Starring: Marcia Wallace, Tim Curry, Eddie Deezen, Laurie Faso
1x02 Darkly Dawns the Duck (2)
Taurus nabs Gosalyn, despite the best efforts of DW and Launchpad. Can Darkwing Duck and Launchpad McQuack save the day?
Writers: Tad Stones, Jymn Magon · Starring: Marcia Wallace, Tim Curry, Eddie Deezen, Hal Rayle
1x03 Beauty and the Beet
Darkwing Duck must battle through a greenhouse of hostile plants to save Rhonda from being changed into a plant.
Writers: Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson, John Behnke · Cast: Tino Insana, Jennifer Darling, Frank Welker
1x04 Getting Antsy
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!
Writing: Doug Langdale · Starring: Katie Leigh, Frank Welker
1x05 Night of the Living Spud
Bushroot, the half plant/half duck villain, tries growing a bride to keep him company.
Writer: Steve Roberts · Starring: Dana Hill, Susan Tolsky, Tino Insana, S. Scott Bullock
1x06 Apes of Wrath
Shush asks Darkwing Duck to investigate the disappearance of a gorilla researcher.
Writer: Dev Ross · Cast: Charlie Adler, Victoria Carroll, Frank Welker, Pat Fraley
1x07 Dirty Money
Someone is scrubbing the print off the cash in bank vaults across the country and Darkwing Duck is on the case!
Writers: Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson, John Behnke · Starring: Mitzi McCall, Ron Feinberg, Danny Mann
1x08 Duck Blind
In a battle with the electrified villain, Megavolt, Darkwing Duck is blinded by a giant flashbulb.
Writer: Len Uhley · Cast: Katie Leigh, Dan Castellaneta
1x09 Comic Book Capers
A comic book company wants to produce a Darkwing Duck comic book! Darkwing decides to write about his latest adventure with Megavolt.
Writers: Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson, John Behnke · Starring: Susan Tolsky, Dan Castellaneta, Andre Stojka, Frank Welker
1x10 Water Way to Go
Darkwing Duck finds Steelbeak using a rain-making device to flood the Sahara Desert!
Writer: Dev Ross · Cast: Danny Mann, Rob Paulsen, Kath Soucie, Ron Feinberg
1x11 Paraducks
Darkwing Duck is the brave volunteer to try out a Shush scientist's time travel machine!
Writer: Doug Langdale · Starring: Jodi Carlisle, Danny Mann, Candi Milo, Patrick Pinney
1x12 Easy Come, Easy Grows
Darkwing Duck is baffled by the mysterious disappearance of bank safes which seem to be literally walking away on their own.
Writer: Marion Rose Wells · Starring: Katie Leigh, Susan Tolsky, Tino Insana, Jack Burns
1x13 A Revolution in Home Appliances
Megavolt accidentally gives life to a group of home appliances who go on a crime spree through St. Canard.
Directing: Tom Minton · Writing: Gary Sperling · Starring: Dana Hill, Katie Leigh, Dan Castellaneta, Brian George
1x14 Trading Faces
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!
Writers: Julia Lewald, Dev Ross · Cast: Katie Leigh, Danny Mann, Rob Paulsen, Edie McClurg
1x15 Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan
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!
Writer: Carter Crocker · Starring: Kenneth Mars, Richard Karron, Katie Leigh, Hal Rayle
1x16 Can't Bayou Love
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!
Writing: Dean Stefan · Starring: Michael Gough, Jodi Carlisle
1x17 Bearskin Thug
Gosalyn would rather be anywhere than camping, but Drake has decided it's time to hit the trail for a little father/daughter togetherness.
Writers: Tad Stones, Patrick Corcoran · Cast: Dana Hill, Katie Leigh, Susan Tolsky, Rob Paulsen
1x18 You Sweat Your Life
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!
Writers: Marion Rose Wells, Julia Lewald · Starring: Susan Tolsky, Hamilton Camp, Rob Paulsen, Brenda Vaccaro
1x19 Days of Blunder
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.
Writing: Jan Strnad · Starring: Michael Bell, Patti Deutsch, David Prince, Neil Ross
1x20 Just Us Justice Ducks (1)
Darkwing Duck's ego gets the better of him when Negaduck teams up Darkwing's greatest foes: Megavolt, Quackerjack, Bushroot and Liquidator!
Writers: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell · Starring: Kath Soucie, S. Scott Bullock, Dan Castellaneta, Michael Bell
1x21 Just Us Justice Ducks (2)
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.
Writers: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell · Starring: Kath Soucie, Dan Castellaneta, Michael Bell, Tino Insana
1x22 Double Darkwings
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!
Writing: Dean Stefan · Starring: Michael Gough, Billie Hayes, Neil Ross
1x23 Aduckyphobia
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!
Writer: Doug Langdale · Cast: Katie Leigh, Mark Dodson, Lorenzo Music
1x24 When Aliens Collide
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.
Director: Tom Minton · Writer: Jeremy Cushner · Starring: Dana Hill, Katie Leigh, Danny Mann, Hal Rayle
1x25 Jurassic Jumble
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.
Writer: Marlowe Weisman · Starring: Katie Leigh, Joey Camen, Charlie Adler, Barry Gordon
1x26 Cleanliness is Next to Badliness
Steelbeak teams up with agent Amonia Pine to clean out banks for F.O.W.L. Gosalyn starts a Darkwing fan club.
Directing: Tom Minton · Writing: Gary Sperling, Stephen Hibbert · Starring: Mitzi McCall, Dan Castellaneta, Rob Paulsen, Pat Musick
1x27 Smarter Than a Speeding Bullet
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.
Writing: Doug Langdale · Starring: Rob Paulsen, William Callaway, Ellen Gerstell
1x28 All's Fahrenheit in Love and War
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.
Writers: Eric Lewald, Dev Ross · Starring: Sheryl Bernstein, Danny Mann
1x29 Whiffle While You Work
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.
Writers: Ellen Svaco, Colleen Taber · Starring: Michael Bell, Townsend Coleman, B.J. Ward
1x30 Ghoul of My Dreams
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.
Writers: Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson, John Behnke · Starring: Kath Soucie, Frank Welker, Neil Ross
1x31 Adopt-a-Con
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?
Writer: Steve Roberts · Starring: Susan Tolsky, Kenneth Mars, David Doyle
1x32 Toys Czar Us
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.
Writers: Ellen Svaco, Colleen Taber · Cast: Dana Hill, Katie Leigh, Michael Bell, Linda Gary
1x33 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.
Writing: Jan Strnad · Starring: René Auberjonois, Katie Leigh, Zelda Rubinstein
1x34 Up, Up, and Awry
Darkwing becomes self-conscious about not having powers, so Gizmoduck and Launchpad create a Gizmosuit for him!
Writing: Dev Ross · Starring: S. Scott Bullock, Hamilton Camp, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille
1x35 Life, the Negaverse, and Everything
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!
Writing: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell · Starring: Dana Hill, Katie Leigh, Susan Tolsky, Dan Castellaneta
1x36 Dry Hard
Bud Flood, a crooked water salesman, becomes the Liquidator, seizing control of the water in St. Canard!
Writers: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell · Cast: Jack Angel, S. Scott Bullock, Darleen Carr, B.J. Ward
1x37 Heavy Mental
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.
Writers: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell · Starring: Dana Hill, Susan Tolsky, Teresa Ganzel, Danny Mann
1x38 Disguise the Limit
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.
Writing: Doug Langdale · Starring: S. Scott Bullock, Danny Mann, Jodi Carlisle, Ron Feinberg
1x39 Planet of the Capes
Comet Guy returns, and he needs Darkwing to go to his planet to help him.
Writers: Ellen Svaco, Colleen Taber · Starring: William Callaway, Dorian Harewood, Ron Palillo, Maggie Roswell
1x40 Darkwing Doubloon
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.
Writing: Bruce Reid Schaefer · Starring: Dana Hill, Hamilton Camp, Susan Tolsky, Dan Castellaneta
1x41 It's a Wonderful Leaf
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.
Writers: Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson, John Behnke · Cast: Katie Leigh, Tino Insana, Dana Hill, Susan Tolsky
1x42 Twitching Channels
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.
Writers: Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson, John Behnke · Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Frank Welker, Tino Insana, Katie Leigh
1x43 Dances with Bigfoot
Drake Mallard disappears and it’s up to the Crimson Quackette to find him.
Writing: Ellen Svaco, Colleen Taber · Starring: Katie Leigh, Ruth Buzzi, Hal Rayle
1x44 Twin Beaks
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.
Writers: Tad Stones, Jan Strnad · Starring: Tino Insana, Ruth Buzzi, Susan Tolsky, Joan Gerber
1x45 The Incredible Bulk
Bushroot creates a new experimental fertilizer that causes plants to grow large and strong.
Directing: Tom Minton · Writing: Gary Sperling · Starring: Katie Leigh, Tino Insana, Danny Mann
1x46 My Valentine Ghoul
Darkwing’s refusal of Morgana’s suggestion of help, makes her very angry, which Negaduck sees as an opportunity.
Writer: Doug Langdale · Starring: Kath Soucie
1x47 Dead Duck
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.
Writer: Carter Crocker · Starring: Kath Soucie, Tony Jay, Dan Castellaneta, Marty Ingels
1x48 A Duck by Any Other Name
A news program reveals Darkwing Duck's identity as Launchpad.
Writing: Patrick Corcoran · Starring: Katie Leigh, David Lodge, Kenneth Mars, Susan Tolsky
1x49 Let's Get Respectable
After a television program shows that Darkwing as a poor reputation with the public, Gosalyn decides that Darkwing needs an image change.
Director: Tom Minton · Writer: Bruce Reid Schaefer · Starring: S. Scott Bullock, Katie Leigh, Billie Hayes, Michael Laskin
1x50 In Like Blunt
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.
Writers: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell · Cast: Peter Renaday, Jonathan Harris, Danny Mann
1x51 Quack of Ages
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.
Writer: Joe Olson · Cast: Susan Tolsky, Michael Bell, Paul Eiding
1x52 Time and Punishment
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!
Writer: Dev Ross · Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Michael Bell, Cathy Cavadini, Don Bovingloh
1x53 Stressed to Kill
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?
Writer: Doug Langdale · Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Michael Bell, Brian Cummings, Phyllis Katz
1x54 The Darkwing Squad
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.
Writer: Dev Ross · Cast: Ron Feinberg, Danny Mann, Sarah Partridge, Rob Paulsen
1x55 Inside Binkie's Brain
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.
Writing: Doug Langdale · Starring: Susan Tolsky, Dan Castellaneta
1x56 The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain
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.
Writing: Dev Ross · Starring: Michael Bell, Phil Hartman
1x57 Slime OK, You're OK
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.
Writer: Gordon Bressack · Starring: Tino Insana, Victoria Carroll, Frank Welker
1x58 Whirled History
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.
Writing: Doug Langdale · Starring: Katie Leigh, Dan Castellaneta
1x59 U.F. Foe
Aliens kidnap Launchpad to make him ruler of the universe.
Writing: Dev Ross · Starring: Allyce Beasley, Michael Gough, Jess Harnell
1x60 A Star Is Scorned
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.
Writing: Tad Stones, Haskell Barkin · Starring: Katie Leigh, Susan Tolsky, Mark L. Taylor, Tino Insana
1x61 The Quiverwing Quack
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.
Writer: Dev Ross · Cast: Katie Leigh, Linda Gary
1x62 Jail Bird
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).
Writing: Doug Langdale, Michael Maurer · Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Tino Insana, Jack Angel, Michael Bell
1x63 Dirtysomething
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.
Writing: Sheryl Scarborough, Kayte Kuch · Starring: Katie Leigh, Mitzi McCall, Ellen Gerstell, Patric Zimmerman
1x64 Kung Fooled
Darkwing chases Moleiarity to the city Kung Pow where he meets up with his old martial arts instructor, Master Lee.
Writing: Victor Cook, George Johnston · Starring: Robert Ito, Candi Milo, Hal Rayle
1x65 Bad Luck Duck Season Finale
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?
Writer: Michael Maurer
Season 1 Cast
Christine CavanaughGosalyn Waddlemeyer-Mallard (voice)65 episodes
Terence McGovernLaunchpad McQuack (voice)65 episodes
Katie LeighHonkulon (voice)23 episodes
Susan TolskyBinkie Muddlefoot / Angry Mother (voice)16 episodes
Tino InsanaDr. Reginald Bushroot / Age Customer (voice)14 episodes
Danny MannAdditional Voices (voice)13 episodes
Michael BellQuackerjack / Cop (voice)12 episodes
Hal RayleVillage Chief / Ranger (voice)7 episodes
S. Scott BullockTalking TV / Tom Lockjaw (voice)7 episodes
Kath SouciePrincess (voice)6 episodes
Jack AngelThe Liquidator / Robber / Cop (voice)6 episodes
Hamilton CampJock Newbody (voice)5 episodes
Jodi CarlisleDr. Sarah Bellum / Cat Lady / Mother (voice)5 episodes
Joey CamenStegmutt (voice)4 episodes
Ron FeinbergVladimir Goudenov Grizzlikoff / Angry Citizen / Sailor (voice)4 episodes
Kenneth MarsUno (voice)4 episodes
Neil RossDan Gander (voice)4 episodes
Mitzi McCallAmmonia Pine (voice)3 episodes
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does season 1 of Darkwing Duck have?
Season 1 of Darkwing Duck has 65 episodes.
When Did Darkwing Duck Season 1 Premiere?
Premiered on September 6, 1991.
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By subscription, on Disney Plus (availability may vary by country).