Let's get DANGEROUS

The year was 1991. The U.S.S.R. officially went back to being Russia, Comedy Central was released in its current format, and Magic Johnson had come out and announced that officially has HIV. In addition, Nickelodeon's Nicktoons were running wild, and Nintendo's new Super Nintendo and Sega's speedy blue hedgehog Sonic were both mega-hits in the video gaming world. At this time, Disney's two-hour long block of four half-hour long series called "The Disney Afternoon" was in full swing. Consisting mainly of a group of soft and safe series that was instantly successful (to the point of having the "Disney Afternoon Avenue" in Disneyland), the block had just finished it's first season. Now for Season 2, the block would start introducing at least one newer series, bumping the oldest show from the block for the new show (in this case, Adventures of the Gummi Bears was dropped and aired on Disney Channel). The fifth Disney Afternoon series was a superhero-spoof called...DARKWING DUCK

Initally conceived during production of the very successful Disney Afternoon series "DuckTales", the episode "Double-O Duck" was being done as a hopeful spin-off, remaining true to fans' claim that Disney may have Mickey Mouse as a mascot, but the studio loves ducks. The theme would center on the titular character acting as a send-up of the spy genre. However, in light of the success of the 1989 film "Batman", the spy theme was retooled into a superhero satire called "Darkwing Duck". 

The first Disney Afternoon series to emphasize action rather than adventure, I happened to love "Gummi Bears", "DuckTales" and Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers" very much (not really "TaleSpin", though...maybe I just never saw what "The Jungle Book" had to do with cargo piloting?), but one of my immediate favorites starred the self-proclaimed "Terror that Flaps in the Night".

The basis behind "Darkwing Duck" centers in the town of St. Canard, a Gotham City-like metropolis infested with crime. While criminals run rampant throughout the city, there is one duck, donned in a costume, together with his faithful sidekick, who would fight the various wrongdoings in the name of justice under the name of Darkwing Duck.

The series' main protagonist--and titular hero--is Darkwing Duck (voice of Jim Cummings). With his grenade launcher-like Gas Gun, he pledged to stop crime wherever it may rise. What drives his need to be a hero is likely due to an ego streak; he may not have a dark, tortured psyche that we know about, but he's something of a break from all the 'great power comes great responsibility' heroes that are seemingly made from a cookie cutter.

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