Darkwing Duck

Disney's Darkwing Duck is a Disney cartoon show that ran from 1991 to 1994 (often inside The Disney Afternoon), featuring an eponymous superhero anthropomorphic duck with the alter ego Drake Mallard. Owing much to the tradition of The Shadow and Batman, the only people who know the hero's secret identity are his adopted daughter Gosalyn Waddlemeyer Mallard (mistakenly referred to as his niece in recent Disney information sources), his sidekick Launchpad McQuack (originally from Duck Tales), Gosalyn's best friend Honker Muddlefoot, and in later episodes, Darkwing's girlfriend Morgana Macawber. The show is set in the fictional city of St. Canard.

Catchphrases

Darkwing is a big fan of dramatic entrances; they usually involve mysteriously appearing in a cloud of smoke, and almost always include some version of the following speech:

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:I am the terror that flaps in the night,

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:I am the that s your ,

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:I am DARKWING DUCK!

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The metaphor in the middle line often consists of Darkwing comparing himself to something annoying, such as "I am the bubblegum that sticks in your hair", or "I am the termite that devours your floorboards." Others tend to make very little sense, such as "I am the cat that lays kittens in your bed."

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As for Darkwing's crimefighting abilities, they tend to be somewhat lame before the "Let's get dangerous" catchphrase and devastatingly effective afterward (in an example of the latter, the image conjured by the middle line of his intro is so disgusting it stuns two henchmen long enough for Darkwing to reach them and knock them out).

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Darkwing Duck's catchphrase originates from the second episode of the series, "Darkly Dawns the Duck Part 2". While chasing Taurus Bullba ship, Darkwing Duck asks Launchpad to blow a hole in it.

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LP: "This sounds dangerous"

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DW: "Well then, let's get dangerous!"

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