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The Best Episodes of Darkwing Duck Season 1

Every episode of Darkwing Duck Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Darkwing Duck Season 1!

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...
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationComedyFamilyKids
Episodes
65
Avg. Rating
7.0
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.8
7.9
7.4

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Darkly Dawns the Duck (1)" is the best rated episode of "Darkwing Duck" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 319 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Tad Stones, Jymn Magon, it aired on 9/6/1991. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Darkly Dawns the Duck (2)".

  • Darkly Dawns the Duck (1)
    7.8/10(319)

    #1 - 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

  • Darkly Dawns the Duck (2)
    7.9/10(285)

    #2 - 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

  • Beauty and the Beet
    7.4/10(158)

    #3 - 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(543)

    #4 - 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

  • Night of the Living Spud
    6.7/10(239)

    #5 - Night of the Living Spud

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 9/11/1991

    Bushroot, the half plant/half duck villain, tries growing a bride to keep him company.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steve Roberts

  • Apes of Wrath
    7.7/10(268)

    #6 - 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

  • Dirty Money
    6.6/10(218)

    #7 - Dirty Money

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 9/13/1991

    Someone is scrubbing the print off the cash in bank vaults across the country and Darkwing Duck is on the case!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Behnke, Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson

  • Duck Blind
    7.1/10(211)

    #8 - Duck Blind

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 9/16/1991

    In a battle with the electrified villain, Megavolt, Darkwing Duck is blinded by a giant flashbulb.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Len Uhley

  • Comic Book Capers
    7.3/10(149)

    #9 - Comic Book Capers

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 9/17/1991

    A comic book company wants to produce a Darkwing Duck comic book! Darkwing decides to write about his latest adventure with Megavolt.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Behnke, Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson

  • Water Way to Go
    7.6/10(213)

    #10 - 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

  • Paraducks
    7.3/10(204)

    #11 - Paraducks

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 9/19/1991

    Darkwing Duck is the brave volunteer to try out a Shush scientist's time travel machine!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Doug Langdale

  • Easy Come, Easy Grows
    7.1/10(187)

    #12 - Easy Come, Easy Grows

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 9/20/1991

    Darkwing Duck is baffled by the mysterious disappearance of bank safes which seem to be literally walking away on their own.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Marion Wells

  • A Revolution in Home Appliances
    6.9/10(194)

    #13 - A Revolution in Home Appliances

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 9/23/1991

    Megavolt accidentally gives life to a group of home appliances who go on a crime spree through St. Canard.

    Director: Tom Minton

    Writer: Gary Sperling

  • Trading Faces
    7.4/10(196)

    #14 - 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

  • Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan
    7.5/10(162)

    #15 - 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

  • Can't Bayou Love
    7.3/10(180)

    #16 - Can't Bayou Love

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 9/26/1991

    A Cajun crook, Jambalaya Jake, moves to the city when his pork-bellied pet gator, Gumbo, develops an allergy to swampwater. But, his crooked style is cramped by Darkwing Duck!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dean Stefan

  • Bearskin Thug
    7.3/10(191)

    #17 - Bearskin Thug

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 9/27/1991

    Gosalyn would rather be anywhere than camping, but Drake has decided it's time to hit the trail for a little father/daughter togetherness.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Tad Stones, Patrick Corcoran

  • You Sweat Your Life
    6.9/10(178)

    #18 - You Sweat Your Life

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 9/30/1991

    Drake is off to the health spa when he finds two of it's employees, Flex and Slim, stealing rare items from the St. Canard Museum!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Marion Wells, Julia Jane Lewald

  • Days of Blunder
    6.2/10(184)

    #19 - Days of Blunder

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 10/1/1991

    Quackerjack masquerades as a psychiatrist and convinces Darkwing Duck that he's become ineffective at his job. Darkwing then switches careers as Quackerjack goes on a crime spree.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jan Strnad

  • Just Us Justice Ducks (1)
    7.2/10(172)

    #20 - Just Us Justice Ducks (1)

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 10/2/1991

    Darkwing Duck's ego gets the better of him when Negaduck teams up Darkwing's greatest foes: Megavolt, Quackerjack, Bushroot and Liquidator!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell

  • Just Us Justice Ducks (2)
    7.5/10(147)

    #21 - 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

  • Double Darkwings
    6.8/10(174)

    #22 - Double Darkwings

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 10/4/1991

    Jambalaya Jake and Gumbo obtain a bayou zombie potion to control Darkwing Duck. But Launchpad gets hit with the potion when in his Darkwing decoy outfit!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dean Stefan

  • Aduckyphobia
    7.4/10(174)

    #23 - 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

  • When Aliens Collide
    8.4/10(263)

    #24 - 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

  • Jurassic Jumble
    8.6/10(254)

    #25 - 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