| Darkwing Duck | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Tad Stones |
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| Opening theme | "Darkwing Duck Theme" by Jeff Pescetto Steve Tyrell Kasey Cisyk |
| Ending theme | "Darkwing Duck Theme" (Instrumental) |
| Composer | Philip Giffin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 91 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Walt Disney Television Animation[a] Walt Disney Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication (The Disney Afternoon) |
| Release | September 6 – December 7, 1991 |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 14, 1991 – December 5, 1992 |
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Darkwing Duck is an American animated superhero comedy television series produced by Disney Television Animation (formerly Walt Disney Television Animation) that first ran from 1991 to 1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. A total of ninety-one episodes were aired.[1] It features the adventures of Darkwing Duck, who is the superheroic alter-ego of ordinary suburban duck Drake Mallard.[2]
Though it was originally thought by some fans to be a spin-off of the 1987 DuckTales series, creator Tad Stones stated in a 2016 report that the two shows exist in different universes.[3] Despite this, supporting characters Launchpad McQuack and Gizmoduck appear in both series in similar roles, and Scrooge McDuck is mentioned in the Darkwing Duck episode "Tiff of the Titans", and thus established a relation to both shows. Additionally, the 2011 comic book series DuckTales makes reference to Darkwing Duck and features various villains from the series. A crossover between the Darkwing Duck and DuckTales comics occurs in issues 17–18 and issues 5–6, respectively, of each. A reboot of the series is in development for Disney+.[4]
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- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 147. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 233–234. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ BLAIR MARNELL (September 11, 2016). "DARKWING DUCK Is an Alternate Reality, Not a DUCKTALES Spinoff". Nerdist. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- ^ Petski, Denise (November 13, 2020). "'Darkwing Duck' Reboot In Works At Disney+". Deadline. Retrieved November 14, 2020.