Darkwing Duck, Season 1

Darkwing Duck (1991–1992) was an animated series produced by Disney Television Animation for ABC and for syndication as part of The Disney Afternoon. It follows Drake Mallard a.k.a. Darkwing Duck, a costumed vigilante in the city of St. Canard; his daughter Gosalyn, his sidekick and pilot Launchpad McQuack, and occasionally boy-next-door Honker Muddlefoot as they fight to protect the city and sometimes the world from supervillains.

[The episode begins during a blackout in St. Canard with police sirens heard in the background. We then find the one responsible for the blackout, a supervillain rat with electric powers, named Megavolt. He is seen taking out a light bulb.]

Megavolt:
[first line] Hmm, nice filament. [He puts the light bulb to his case of stolen light bulbs. He then takes out another one and talks to it in a squeaky voice.] We are glad to see you, Megavolt. [normal voice] Oh, thank you, little light. Would you like to come live with me? [squeaky voice as light bulb] Ooh, that would be very nice!

[Darkwing and Launchpad are seen observing the scene from behind.]

Launchpad:
Now, that is one four-star wacko.

Darkwing:
A wacko named Megavolt. I know him only too well.

[Megavolt steals another light bulb.]

Launchpad:
[off-screen, to Darkwing] What makes you think he's behind this blackout?

Darkwing:
[jumps off Launchpad] Because he's an electric-walking dynamo. He gets a charge out of short-circuiting cities. [takes out his gas gun] Now, stay here, in case he volts, uh, bolts. [He runs off, then hides again.] Slowly, the silent scourge stalks his unsuspecting adversary. [He slowly and quietly sneaks up to Megavolt, but suddenly trips and falls, dropping his gas gun in the process, startling the electric-powered villain.] Ow!

Megavolt:
[gasps] Darkwing Duck!

Darkwing:
[sarcastically] Aw, did I spoil your shopping spree, Sparky?

[This angers Megavolt as he really hates being called "Sparky".]

Megavolt:
[yelling angrily] BOY, I HATE WHEN YOU CALL ME THAT!

[He fires lightning bolts from his plug helmet, zapping Darkwing's gas gun to a crisp while also shocking his hand.]

Darkwing:
Ow. [More electric bolts are fired at him, causing him to dodge them by jumping out of harm's way.] Yipe! [He falls off the roof, but his capes catches onto a pole, breaking his fall.] And people wonder why I wear a cape.

Megavolt:
[laughing] At last! I get to pull the plug on Darkwing! [He laughs and prepares to finish off Darkwing with another lightning bolt, but his plug sparks, meaning his battery is low.] Oops. Looks like I've got a little power outage. [to Darkwing, tauntingly] Happy landings, Duck!

[He attempts to escape, but Launchpad blocks his way.]

Launchpad:
[points at Megavolt] Hand over those bulbs, buddy!

Megavolt:
What is with you people? Can't a guy have a hobby?!

[Launchpad tries to grab Megavolt from behind, only to get shocked and sent backwards to a metal square wall, screaming in pain. Darkwing climbs back up to the roof and pulls his sidekick out of the metal wall and the two chase after Megavolt in hot pursuit.]

Launchpad:
[panting] Boy, this guy's a real live wire!

[They rush inside the building.]

Darkwarrior Duck:
I am the terror that hunts in the night! I am the jackal that gnaws at your bones! [he fires near the 'perpetrator' and singsongs] I'm not finished. [normal again] I am... Darkwarrior Duck! Maybe a year in the pen will teach you to use a crosswalk, jaywalker!

Gosalyn:
[shocked] Dad?!

Quackerjack:
[nervously] He does that to jaywalkers? [as Mr. Banana Brain] And you thought your insurance premiums were high now.

Megavolt:
[nervously] What would he do to real criminals?

Quackerjack:
[as Mr. Banana Brain] Let's not stick around to find out, scout! [normal voice] Back to the Time Top!

[They rush back to the Time Top. Meanwhile, Gosalyn looks on nervously as Darkwarrior fires multiple missiles at the innocent citizen.]

Gosalyn:
Maybe Dad's just having a bad day. [winces at the explosions] A really bad day...

Darkwarrior Duck:
A stint a solitary oughta teach him some respect for traffic laws!

Citizen:
But-but-but, what about my right to a trial?

Darkwarrior Duck:
[grabs him by the collar, angrily] Are you saying a jury wouldn't TAKE MY WORD?!

Citizen:
[frightened] N-no, sir! Not at all, sir!

[Darkwarrior's robot minion takes him away to prison. Another one of his robots approaches him with a report.]

Darkwarrior Drone Robot:
Subject with bad haircut reported at corner of Lankershim and Magnolia.

Darkwarrior Duck:
So, another criminal coiffure endangering the sensibilities of decent citizens! And I bet he has dandruff, too.

[He jumps back inside his tank and drives off, with his robots escorting him. Gosalyn tries to get his attention.]

Gosalyn:
Wait, Dad! It's me!

[Neither Darkwarrior nor his robots hear her as they continue driving to the distance, much to her disappointment. Meanwhile, back with Megavolt and Quackerjack...]

Quackerjack:
[panting] That duck's even crazier than we are!

[Suddenly, to the shock of the two supervillains, they see Darkwarrior's robot minions surrounding the Time Top, then one of them turns around to confront Megavolt and Quackerjack.]

Darkwarrior Drone Robot:
Extreme parking violation. Darkwarrior civil code requires impounding vechicle and incarcerating guilty parties!

Megavolt:
[pointing at Quackerjack] He did it! He did it! I was only a passenger! He was driving!

Quackerjack:
Nonsense! [stuttering nervously] I-I couldn't possibly drive! [The drones surround both him and Megavolt.] I-I don't have a license!

[Mr. Banana Brain pops out.]

Mr. Banana Brain:
They're both guilty, but I was taken against my will!

[The robots grab the two supervillains and take them and the Time Top to prison.]

Quackerjack:
[to Megavolt] You blamed me! How could you possibly blame me?!

Megavolt:
Well, it's because it's your fault, fly boy!

[Next scene, Gosalyn is making her way to the Darkwing Tower.]

Gosalyn:
Boy, Dad needs a major attitude adjustment. He sounds more like a bad guy than a good guy. [Once she reaches the tower, she finds, to her surprise, that the tower is mostly abandoned. She gasps] What?! Where'd everything go?! [She then finds Launchpad working on a car.] Launchpad!

[She pulls him out from underneath the car. His beak moves for a bit as he rubs his head, then sees Gosalyn.]

Launchpad:
[happily] Gosalyn!

[They hug.]

Gosalyn:
Oh, it sure is good to see a friendly face.


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