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The Best Episodes of Darkwing Duck

Every episode of Darkwing Duck ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Darkwing Duck!

The adventures of superhero Darkwing Duck, aided by his sidekick Launchpad McQuack. In his secret identity of Drake Mallard, he lives in a suburban house with his adopted daughter Gosalyn, next door to the bafflingly dim-witted Muddlefoot family. A spin-off of DuckTales.

Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationComedyFamilyKids

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Darkwing Duck" is "Jurassic Jumble", rated 8.5/10 from 251 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Marlowe Weisman. "Jurassic Jumble" aired on 10/10/1991 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "When Aliens Collide".

  • Jurassic Jumble
    8.5/10 251 votes

    #1 - Jurassic Jumble

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/10/1991

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Marlowe Weisman

  • When Aliens Collide
    8.4/10 260 votes

    #2 - When Aliens Collide

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/8/1991

    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.

    Director: Tom Minton

    Writer: Jeremy Cushner

  • Twitching Channels
    8.3/10 197 votes

    #3 - Twitching Channels

    Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 2/5/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Behnke, Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson

  • Slaves to Fashion
    8.1/10 155 votes

    #4 - Slaves to Fashion

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1991

    Under Binkie Muddlefoot's advice, Drake decides Gosalyn should act more like a ""lady"". Meanwhile, Tuskernini has developed a spray that makes people act the way they are dressed and targets the rich citizens attending the school masquerade party.

    Director: Tom Minton

    Writer: Gary Sperling

  • In Like Blunt
    8.0/10 217 votes

    #5 - In Like Blunt

    Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 2/24/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell

  • Darkly Dawns the Duck (2)
    7.9/10 282 votes

    #6 - Darkly Dawns the Duck (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/1991

    Taurus nabs Gosalyn, despite the best efforts of DW and Launchpad. Can Darkwing Duck and Launchpad McQuack save the day?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Tad Stones, Jymn Magon

  • Twin Beaks
    7.9/10 199 votes

    #7 - Twin Beaks

    Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 2/10/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Tad Stones, Jan Strnad

  • Darkly Dawns the Duck (1)
    7.8/10 313 votes

    #8 - Darkly Dawns the Duck (1)

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1991

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Tad Stones, Jymn Magon

  • Apes of Wrath
    7.7/10 267 votes

    #9 - Apes of Wrath

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/12/1991

    Shush asks Darkwing Duck to investigate the disappearance of a gorilla researcher.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dev Ross

  • Bad Tidings
    7.7/10 156 votes

    #10 - Bad Tidings

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1991

    F.O.W.L. is at it again! This time, the fiendish organzition is in control of the tides themselves. J. Gander Hooter teams up Darkwing and Grizlicoff to foil the plot, and they end up fighting amongst themselves rather than getting to the bottom of things.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dean Stefan, Gary Klein

  • Water Way to Go
    7.6/10 211 votes

    #11 - Water Way to Go

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/18/1991

    Darkwing Duck finds Steelbeak using a rain-making device to flood the Sahara Desert!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dev Ross

  • Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan
    7.5/10 161 votes

    #12 - Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/25/1991

    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!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Carter Crocker

  • Just Us Justice Ducks (2)
    7.5/10 146 votes

    #13 - Just Us Justice Ducks (2)

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/3/1991

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell

  • Dry Hard
    7.5/10 160 votes

    #14 - Dry Hard

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 11/20/1991

    Bud Flood, a crooked water salesman, becomes the Liquidator, seizing control of the water in St. Canard!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell

  • Heavy Mental
    7.5/10 156 votes

    #15 - Heavy Mental

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 11/21/1991

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell

  • Tiff of the Titans
    7.5/10 141 votes

    #16 - Tiff of the Titans

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1991

    Fenton/Gizmoduck heads to St. Canard after Steelbeak. The F.O.W.L. agents soon finds out and frames Darkwing so Gizmoduck will think he's evil. The two fight it out, while Steelbeak tries to steal a new, top-secret weapon.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Len Uhley

  • Beauty and the Beet
    7.4/10 157 votes

    #17 - Beauty and the Beet

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/9/1991

    Darkwing Duck must battle through a greenhouse of hostile plants to save Rhonda from being changed into a plant.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Behnke, Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson

  • Getting Antsy
    7.4/10 539 votes

    #18 - Getting Antsy

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/10/1991

    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!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Doug Langdale

  • Trading Faces
    7.4/10 195 votes

    #19 - Trading Faces

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/24/1991

    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!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dev Ross, Julia Jane Lewald

  • Aduckyphobia
    7.4/10 171 votes

    #20 - Aduckyphobia

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/7/1991

    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!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Doug Langdale

  • Life, the Negaverse, and Everything
    7.4/10 159 votes

    #21 - Life, the Negaverse, and Everything

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 11/18/1991

    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!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell

  • Let's Get Respectable
    7.4/10 145 votes

    #22 - Let's Get Respectable

    Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 2/20/1992

    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

  • That Sinking Feeling
    7.4/10 150 votes

    #23 - That Sinking Feeling

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1991

    Moleiarty, the fiendish genius marketer and mole from the deep unground, has rallied his fellow race for an attack to take over the surface city of St. Canard. Stealing buildings, he creates a beam to lock the moon in an eternal eclipse - to plunge everything in darkness.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Tad Stones

  • Film Flam
    7.4/10 150 votes

    #24 - Film Flam

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1991

    Tuskernini utilizes a special camera gun to pull characters directly out of the movies and into the real world. As director of a specially crafted criminal force, he takes them out on the town to do his bidding.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bruce Reid Schaefer

  • Fungus Amongus
    7.4/10 145 votes

    #25 - Fungus Amongus

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1991

    A series of supernatural pizza topping thefts leads DW to the place that is home to St. Canard's mushroom production - McCawber Mansion. However, instead of keeping his thoughts on the case, he ends up falling for Morgana McCawber, the chair of the company. Can he crack this mysterious case, or has the hero been bitten too hard by the lovebug?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dev Ross