| “ | I am the terror that flaps in the night... I am the scourge that pecks at your nightmares! I am Darkwing Duck! | „ |
| ~ Darkwing Duck |
Drake Mallard, also known as Darkwing Duck, is a supporting protagonists of the 2017 DuckTales reboot series and the titular protagonist of the upcoming Disney+ reboot spin-off series Darkwing Duck.
He was voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos; who also voices Storkules in the same show, Mickey Mouse in the 2013 new animated shorts and Mr. Snake in The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday and The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist.
Personality[]
Drake and Launchpad develop a strong friendship due to their shared love of the Darkwing Duck series. Compared to his original counterpart from the old Darkwing Duck series, Drake is nicer, more modest and less egotistical, self-absorbed, rude and arrogant than in the old Darkwing Duck series (which all went to Jim Starling/Negaduck). However, he does still hate Gizmoduck for being more famous than him, and is often both antagonistic and hostile towards him.
History[]
Season 2[]
Drake Mallard is an up-and-coming actor who replaces Jim Starling as Darkwing Duck in McDuck Studios' reboot film.
In "The Duck Knight Returns!", Jim Starling was not happy with Drake taking his role as Darkwing and tried to steal it from him. He tricked Launchpad into trapping Drake inside his trailer and hold him hostage. However the bonded over their love for Darkwing Duck. Launchpad releases Drake after he proves he's true fan and they both head out to find Jim.
Drake finds Jim and apologizes to him for taking his role, as well as expresses how much of an inspiration he has been to him. He suggest maybe they can work together on the movie, but the egotistical Jim disagrees and he throws him in with the guards.
When Starling unsuccessfully attempts to kill him and the production fails, Launchpad convinces him to become a real-life hero.
Mallard, now embracing his heroic role, assists Scrooge McDuck against the invading Moonlanders by switching outfits, allowing Scrooge to slip into the Money Bin while Mallard keeps the Moonlanders busy (mostly by taking their beatings until they knock themselves out).
Season 3[]
TBA
Trivia[]
- His lair has an Easter egg from Batman the Animated Series.
- One of the costumes on display looks like the Gray Ghost's outfit. The Gray Ghost was Batman's hero and inspiration growing up; just like how Jim Starling's Darkwing Duck was for Drake.
- Unlike the original Darkwing, his St Canard had little crime; until the Fearsome Four arrived from the TV dimension.
- Also unlike the the original series where his nemesis Bulba was a nigh-unstoppable juggernaut who physically dominated every encounter with Darkwing, who only managed to get in one good kick during their first battle. And that was before he was upgraded into a powerful cyborg. But in this reboot series, Darkwing is actually able to fight him on a more even level, delivering several effective blows and using his speed to easily counter Bulba's size and strength advantage.
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External Links[]
- Darkwing Duck on the Near Pure Good Hero Wiki
- Darkwing Duck on the DuckTales Wiki
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