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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Darkwing Duck Season 3 Episode 4 - Star Crossed Circuits
    4.3/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Star Crossed Circuits

    S3:E4

    D.W. gets the D-2000 super-computer! While it seems to be perfect, Launchpad feels it's replacing him as sidekick, and Gosalyn is fed up with not getting away with anything, and introduces it to Launchpad's soap-operas. Soon, even darkwing wants the machine gone when it falls in love with him. Darkwing finally tells the computer system it's getting unplugged when he gets to the tower, at which point it goes berserk and decides that if it can have D.W. noone else will!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Roth, Bill Motz

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  2. Darkwing Duck Season 3 Episode 1 - Monsters R Us
    4.5/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Monsters R Us

    S3:E1

    Darkwing visits Morgana's parent's house and meets her family, who are upset to find out that she is dating a normal. Will Darkwing survive his visit with the McCawber family?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Maurer

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  3. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 34 - Up, Up, and Awry
    4.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Up, Up, and Awry

    S1:E34

    Darkwing becomes self-conscious about not having powers, so Gizmoduck and Launchpad create a Gizmosuit for him!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dev Ross

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  4. Darkwing Duck Season 3 Episode 5 - The Steerminator
    4.7/10(3 votes)

    #4 - The Steerminator

    S3:E5

    F.O.W.L. rebuilds Taurus Bulba into a death machine, hoping to create a new agent from him. Bulba refuses their offer and burns only with the desire to have revenge on Darkwing. To make matters worse, a recent accident has Darkwing in a wheelchair. Can he defeat a new and improved Terminator machine in his condition?

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tad Stones, Dev Ross

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  5. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 33 - The Secret Origins of Darkwing Duck
    5.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - The Secret Origins of Darkwing Duck

    S1:E33

    200 years in the future, an archaeologist tries to put the pieces of history together with the aid of a supercomputer and ends up with multiple origins of Darkwing Duck.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jan Strnad

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  6. Darkwing Duck Season 3 Episode 8 - Hot Spells
    5.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Hot Spells

    S3:E8

    Gosalyn wants magical powers just like Morgana. One thing leads to another, and soon Gos finds a way to get magical powers...by selling Darkwing's soul to the devil!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John Behnke, Jim Peterson, Rob Humphrey

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  7. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 52 - Time and Punishment
    5.2/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Time and Punishment

    S1:E52

    During a battle between Darkwing, Megavolt and Quackerjack, Gosalyn ends up aboard the villains Time Top, just before it starts up and takes them to the future. There, Gosalyn finds out that Darkwing has become Darkwarrior Duck, and enforces the law with an iron fist!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dev Ross

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  8. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 46 - My Valentine Ghoul
    5.3/10(6 votes)

    #8 - My Valentine Ghoul

    S1:E46

    Darkwing’s refusal of Morgana’s suggestion of help, makes her very angry, which Negaduck sees as an opportunity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Langdale

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  9. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 17 - Bearskin Thug
    5.5/10(4 votes)

    #9 - Bearskin Thug

    S1:E17

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Tad Stones, Patrick Corcoran

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  10. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 30 - Ghoul of My Dreams
    5.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Ghoul of My Dreams

    S1:E30

    Morgana is using sleep sand to rob the citizens of St. Canard while they sleepwalk. When Darkwing steps in to set things right, he ends up in dreamland. Nodoff, controller of dreamland and supplier of Morgana's sleep sand wants the entire city to snooze, and will see to it that no one gets in his way.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John Behnke, Jim Peterson, Rob Humphrey

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  11. Darkwing Duck Season 2 Episode 6 - Something Fishy
    5.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Something Fishy

    S2:E6

    A day at the beach gets turned upside down when the gang has to feal with attacks from sea creatures. In comes Neptunia, whom is sick of the pollution that is dumped in the sea and caused her to mutate. She plans revenge by flooding the city of St. Canard!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Stephen Sustarsic

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  12. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 28 - All's Fahrenheit in Love and War
    5.6/10(5 votes)

    #12 - All's Fahrenheit in Love and War

    S1:E28

    Launchpad and Darkwing are after a strange band of firebugs that have melted down the gold of the city banks. Icy Vanderchill, frozen duck, develops a crush on DW, and dates him, all the while hiding a plot to paint the city in a layer of gold.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Eric Lewald, Dev Ross

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  13. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 10 - Water Way to Go
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Water Way to Go

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dev Ross

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  14. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 14 - Trading Faces
    5.8/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Trading Faces

    S1:E14

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Julia Jane Lewald, Dev Ross

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  15. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 15 - Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan
    5.8/10(5 votes)

    #15 - Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan

    S1:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Carter Crocker

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  16. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 16 - Can't Bayou Love
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Can't Bayou Love

    S1:E16

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Dean Stefan

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  17. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 21 - Just Us Justice Ducks (2)
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Just Us Justice Ducks (2)

    S1:E21

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Brian Swenlin, Kevin D. Campbell

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  18. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 25 - Jurassic Jumble
    5.8/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Jurassic Jumble

    S1:E25

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Marlowe Weisman

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  19. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 31 - Adopt-a-Con
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Adopt-a-Con

    S1:E31

    In this case, Adopt-a-con means the Adopt A Convict Program. The program has sent Tuskernini to Drake's house. DW is sure that Tusker won't reform, even though he acts as if he has. Posing as Bushroot, he takes Launchpad, Gosalyn, And Drake hostages in order to fish out Darkwing. But Drake's already a hostage. How can DW pull out of this one?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Steve Roberts

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  20. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 43 - Dances with Bigfoot
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Dances with Bigfoot

    S1:E43

    Drake Mallard disappears and it’s up to the Crimson Quackette to find him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Ellen Svaco, Colleen Taber

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  21. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 62 - Jail Bird
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Jail Bird

    S1:E62

    Negaduck steals a dimond that can steal other peoples powers. And after he steals the powers from,bushroot, megavolt, the luiquidator, and qukerjack, they have to use there weakneses to stop mega negaduck ( as he calls him).

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Doug Langdale, Michael Maurer

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  22. Darkwing Duck Season 2 Episode 3 - Negaduck
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Negaduck

    S2:E3

    Darkwing Duck has been zapped with Megavolt's tronsplitter, seperating his good side from his bad. Another zap with the two sides will restore him to normal, but his negative side is certain not to let that happen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Steve Roberts

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  23. Darkwing Duck Season 3 Episode 9 - Fraudcast News
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Fraudcast News

    S3:E9

    A news reporter wants to film Darkwing Duck on his cases. But she is sick and tired of what darkwing his doing, she thinks it's too boring. So she becomes a vllain for DW to fight so her ratings will go up. But Goyslyn, who idolizes her, has joined her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Roth, Bill Motz

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  24. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 3 - Beauty and the Beet
    5.9/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Beauty and the Beet

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John Behnke, Jim Peterson, Rob Humphrey

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  25. Darkwing Duck Season 1 Episode 2 - Darkly Dawns the Duck (2)
    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Darkly Dawns the Duck (2)

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tad Stones, Jymn Magon

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Star Crossed Circuits" is the worst rated episode of "Darkwing Duck". It scored 4.3/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Bob Roth, Bill Motz, it aired on 10/3/1992. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Monsters R Us".