- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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".