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Darkwing Duck: Darkly Dawns the Duck [VHS]

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This is truly fun for the whole family. No, your kids are not going to get bored while watching this and you don't have to listen to the drone of childish dialouge while thinking "You know, this whole time I could have been doing something useful, like watch an apple brown"
So, Back to the movie. I LOVE this tape!. Darkwing Duck is the very egoccentric and arrogent action hero of St. Canard. He draws the fine line between being the "I'm an annoying prima donna" and the "I have quite an charming and humorous personality" brilently. And this video has plenty of wit to spare. And, wait, there's more! Darkwing Duck actually shows his vulnerability, which allows the audiance to connect to him as a person. Who ever does the voice work for Darkwing Duck's character does a wonderful job! So go and buy this tape already! The kids won't regret it and you won't ethier. P.S. It makes a great gift too! Hey, I would be THRILLED if I recieved this as a gift. BUY IT!

I can recall being a little girl and NEVER missing an episode of "Darkwing Duck". I went so far as to collect toys from the series, and I can honestly recall being a 6 year old with an over active imagination and calling myself his secratary.

In all truth, "Darkwing Duck" was perhaps one of the greatest Disney cartoon shows EVER created. It ranks higher than even my other childhood favorites of "Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers" and "Duck Tales".

The adventures of DW made me LOVE crimefighting and super heros, and now one can watch this timeless classic once again!

I'm 20 years old, and even I still enjoy watching "Darkwing Duck" every now and again, just to feel like a kid again.

I quite often look back at the older cartoons of my days growing up. Some of them I give a second glance at every once in awhile. Yet, I often forget how funny they truly are from the pencil and paint up. Darkwing Duck was one of those cartoons. Unlike most heroes and crimefighters, he puts his ego to the test, more than being a hero, which makes it all the more enjoyable. The character only lasted a few years in syndication, but was just one of entertaining cartoons of the mallard's days. Although he isn't on television anymore, he does quite put a good quack in the word anyway. The character lives in St. Canard, and is under wraps with a secret identity with S.H.U.S.H. Still, the cartoon was actually a spin-off, based on another popular series, DuckTales, which is very, very rare in the animation world these days. Still, this tape is how Darkwing Duck a.k.a.Drake Mallard got his world around him.

Darkly Dawns The Duck, showcases the entire debut of Darkwing, as he began as a lonely crimefighter, who seeked to really go beyond petty crimefighting, as he went to investigate a train robbery that was going on, noticing the arch villian Taurus Bulba's henchman. Yet, Darkwing is accused of commiting the crime that Bulba committed, and is sought on as a villian. Yet, he also meets his soon-to-be sidekick, Launchpad McQuack, who worked for Scrooge McDuck on DuckTales, who helps hime catch the villians and stop the problem, but it gets first. The henchmen, also try to kidnap Gosalyn, a orphan Drake later adopts as his own, who knows the secret code to a device so dangerous, it can tear through buildings and destroy their assets inside. Once Darkwing saves her, he takes her to his hideout, and strikes a bond with Gosalyn, who is often without structure at times.

Once Darkwing lets Gosalyn rest to safety, he is arrested from the train robbery that he is accused of being involved in. As for Gosalyn, Taurus Bulba and his henchman, Hoof and Mouth, capture Gosalyn and seek to code to the device they have stolen from the train robbery. Fortunately, Darkwing escapes, with a little breaking help from Launchpad, as they both go after Bulba. Then, he gets captured by Bulba, as Taurus shows Gosalyn in his possession. Then, they are both on the rooftop of a tall building, as they both try to stay calm, as Darkwing tells Taurus the arming code for the device he stole from the train robbery. Unfortunately, Taurus goes back on his word of letting Gosalyn go in the process, and lets her fall from the building to her doom. Luckily, Launchpad saves her, while Darkwing overloads the ramrod device that Bulba captured, letting off a dangerous explosion, that only Darkwing survives, with injury. Taurus Bulba doesn't survive, but is brought later back from the dead in another episode. As for Gosalyn, she was brought back to the orphan home, as Drake makes it legal for him to adopt Gosalyn as his own.

One of the most interesting things I've enjoyed about Darkwing Duck, is the humor it has created for all to see. I just don't know why Disney hasn't been able to make that in sometime for any animation series. Hopefully, they will, but they certainly won't bring the terror that flaps in the night back again. I truly suggest this video for any Darkwing Duck fan to enjoy.

Darkwing Duck is the hero of St. Canard. Or he would be in the media would actually tell his story. Of course, since he just catches run of the mill criminals, there is little for them to report on.

All that changes when he crosses paths with Taurus Bulba. He's a master criminal using the perfect hideout, a jail cell. But he's concocted a scheme to steal an invention. He just needs the inventor's granddaughter to tell him the secret code.

Naturally, Darkwing can't have that. Reluctantly teaming up with Launchpad McQuack, he tries to hide Gosalyn from the villain. Can Darkwing save the day?

This video is the pilot episode, and provides some cool moments for fans of the show. We get to see how our three heroes met, and we get our first look at DW's hideout.

Of course, the elements that made this show great are already in place. Darkwing Duck has so many character flaws, including an ego the size of the planet, and these constantly get him into trouble and lead him to funny situations.

And there's a great story. Watching it again, I was surprised at how simple it really was. I remembered a few more complications. Still, it was entertaining and well worth watching.

While this video is long out of print, it is available in the new DVD collection that includes 27 great episodes from this show.

The Video is directly from the cartoon of course. Seven years ago (In 1992) We were introduced to one of disney's funniest cartoon ever: Darkwing Duck, the duckfighting crimefighter (that will remind you of Batman everyone has told me) The Disney after noon was never the same, even when it went of the air of NBC. In this classic 2 parter episode, you get to see how the whole Darkwing Saga started--With some of the best "I am the Terror" jokes in the whole series! See how Goslen and Launchpad (From Ducktails) join up with this one-of-a-kind crime fighter and kick butt Darkwing style! Go Darkwing! This 17-year old gives you two feathers up!