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Post by Ganon83 on Oct 21, 2020 7:15:28 GMT -5
I still it is possible that Jim Sterling aka Negaduck is Drake's father. And if we meet Honker, his mom is totally Gabby Stabbershen. Jim Starling, is the name for the character who originally played Darkwing in the Ducktales universe. Jim Sterling is the Video Game/Game Industry Youtuber. I mean maybe there’s going to be an episode where DW faces off against the Romine Brothers, you never know.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Oct 21, 2020 11:37:22 GMT -5
Holy deep dive with the Fluppy Dogs reference. Now I'm convinced there will be a Schnookums and Meat reference eventually (maybe a Pith Possum reference in a future Darkwing episode?) Or of they really want get obscure and impress the six people that remember it: Marsupliami
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Oct 21, 2020 11:39:34 GMT -5
Holy deep dive with the Fluppy Dogs reference. Now I'm convinced there will be a Schnookums and Meat reference eventually (maybe a Pith Possum reference in a future Darkwing episode?) Or of they really want get obscure and impress the six people that remember it: Marsupliami That might be tricky as I believe Disney no longer has the rights to the Marsupilami license (just him, not the other characters from their cartoons)
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Oct 21, 2020 11:52:59 GMT -5
Or of they really want get obscure and impress the six people that remember it: Marsupliami That might be tricky as I believe Disney no longer has the rights to the Marsupilami license (just him, not the other characters from their cartoons) Well, then we can still do Maurice and Norman and Steward the elephant as well as whatever the leopard in Disney's Marsupilami is called.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Oct 21, 2020 16:00:02 GMT -5
I had to go back and rewatch it, because I didn't remember seeing the Fluppy Dogs reference.
That's a crazy, out of left-field reference. I'm sure unless you watched the TV movie pilot, you're not gonna remember the Fluppy Dogs.
I'm probably the only person on this forum that had that movie recorded on VHS, because my parents recorded it so I could watch it when I was older, as I was just past 1 when it was on TV.
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Post by eJm on Oct 21, 2020 16:16:55 GMT -5
I had to go back and rewatch it, because I didn't remember seeing the Fluppy Dogs reference. That's a crazy, out of left-field reference. I'm sure unless you watched the TV movie pilot, you're not gonna remember the Fluppy Dogs. I'm probably the only person on this forum that had that movie recorded on VHS, because my parents recorded it so I could watch it when I was older, as I was just past 1 when it was on TV. It’s like in the first Batman ‘66 animated movie where Batman makes reference to Robin only focusing on his arm strength because in some of the season two episodes, Burt Ward got seriously jacked. If you’re going to make a reference to something like that, you really do love the source material a lot.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Oct 21, 2020 23:04:40 GMT -5
I have to give props to the writers for coming up with a great M.O for this universe's version of F.O.W.L, they're not trying to stop Scrooge and his kin from finding treasures, legendary creatures, lost lands and alternate dimensions just so they can take their powers for themselves they're trying to "protect" the world from said powers being unleashed.
Gives more emotional depth to the scenes from the earlier episodes where Scrooge is being browbeaten by Bradford and the Board into giving up the adventuring lifestyle (Especially that one small scene where they basically forbid him from funding a new space craft to go after Della)
Now we can add nuanced antagonists to the list of good things about this series.
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Oct 22, 2020 8:51:06 GMT -5
Since the last episode was Darkwing Duck related, it made me reminisce about the original show a bit and I thought about one thing: Did Liquidator ever have another single episode besides his origin story? All I remember from him was in connection with the Fearsome Five and I cannot recall any other single appearance by him.
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Post by CMWaters on Oct 22, 2020 9:09:48 GMT -5
Since the last episode was Darkwing Duck related, it made me reminisce about the original show a bit and I thought about one thing: Did Liquidator ever have another single episode besides his origin story? All I remember from him was in connection with the Fearsome Five and I cannot recall any other single appearance by him. Yeah, he only ever had the one single episode (conflicting reports whether it was his dialogue or his powers that made it too tough to write him solo). He did have a comic story called "Liquid Diet" though.
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Oct 22, 2020 9:13:45 GMT -5
I see. Thanks Chris. Well, it might be a consolation for him that his counterpart in the Justice Ducks also only had a single appearance before the Justice Ducks episode.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Oct 22, 2020 9:41:48 GMT -5
I see. Thanks Chris. Well, it might be a consolation for him that his counterpart in the Justice Ducks also only had a single appearance before the Justice Ducks episode. Actually, if I remember correctly, didn't his first solo appearance/origin episode actually air after the Justice Ducks episode?
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Post by CMWaters on Oct 22, 2020 9:44:12 GMT -5
I see. Thanks Chris. Well, it might be a consolation for him that his counterpart in the Justice Ducks also only had a single appearance before the Justice Ducks episode. Actually, if I remember correctly, didn't his first solo appearance/origin episode actually air after the Justice Ducks episode? Yeah, the airing of Darkwing episodes was a bit all over the place. Not as messed up as "Bonkers" was apparently, but still you had a few situations like Liquidator's here.
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Post by trollrogue on Oct 22, 2020 20:03:19 GMT -5
Disney has posted last night's episode (probably just for US people only) so if it's any indication. @ 12:00 the song used for Gosalyn's flashback sounds an awful lot like the Colors Lullaby from Darkly Dawns The Duck: Along those lines of connection, while The Bugmaster was an in universe Darkwing show character, I could see another being inspired by the show like Drake. Especially since the original Bugmaster's real last name was Beakley. Black sheep of the family? Since Beakley in the Reboot has been confirmed to be a part of Darkwing Duck's S.H.U.S.H. organization (same episode where FOWL was introduced) it stands to reason that Beakley's daughter might figure somehow into the Darkwing lore. Not sure how they will write around the fact that Bugmaster is supposedly from an alternate dimension tho
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2020 21:25:50 GMT -5
Yep, that's definitely the lullaby. I squeed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2020 7:43:37 GMT -5
I've fallen down a Wikipedia/YT rabbit hole - thanks - due to the Fluppy Dogs talk above. (I may've seen that pilot, but with so much toon watching back then maybe not.) I'm now obsessed with finding out who else Michael Rye voiced that makes his voice (Wagstaff) so recognizable. He did voices on bunches of 'toons back in the '80s though I can't pinpoint one I knew well enough or watched often to get his voice stuck in my head. He voiced Apache Chief and Hal Jordan on a few of the Super Friends shows, maybe that was it? Doesn't help either that he's got a serious Hans Conreid (and thus, Corey Burton) vibe to him either. The TrickeningThat was a good Halloween episode. Donald, Della, and Scrooge acting more like children than the children was a nice touch. The devil and angel, I love that reference, and Della is so in to character, as his Donald, he is so kind compared to his counterparts in other media. Speaking of man child, Launchpad takes the cake. Seeing young Launchpad was a nice surprise, though disappointed we didn't see Loopy. As for the A plots, those monsters were cool, nice through back to the first series, the monsters aren't really villains. Though I wish Witch Hazel was involved. The costumes were cool, Webby as always is great, Huey are Gizmoduck that was fine though he knows his identity could have done some joke about Fenton, Dewey is Dewey with the pirate on vacation, and Louie is his lazy self just being Huey. Another thing I wish they had time for, was seeing what the villains are up to, love to see how Glomgold, the Beagles Boys, and Magica spent Halloween. But I do love this episode. I'm catching up on Wikipedia with things - I should probably do that by watching the actual episodes, which I hope are still available thru Comcast On Demand - but I'm seeing a mini-Hellboy reunion in this episode (what a thing to say in a DuckTales thread) and a Buffy/Angel alum. VERY nice.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Oct 26, 2020 15:34:25 GMT -5
Escape From The ImpossiBin!
Great episode, Scrooge has been dealing with the Beagle Boys, he is not used to dealing with villains that don't give a dam about his money bin.
Seeing Louie and Della play off each other after the arc they had last season is good to see. Gyro his weakness is his ego. That trap, love to see that in a video game. And Scrooge's employee, she is not in the episode, she is crazy with her trap, good thing she is on our side.
As for the other plot, I thought for sure, Webby was going to confront Beakley on whatever she is hiding. Beakley over protectiveness, something happened in her past, something, maybe something to do with Webby's parents.
And Donald (and Louie) being a suspect, I wonder if that is a hint of something I have always theorized on, in that Donald's evil twin Dapper Duck is a yet to appear F.O.W.L. agent, he might be introduced at the main villain of the "New Gods On The Block" episode, we will see.
So F.O.W.L. got all those treasures, looks like we are going to gather some allies, Goldie at the very least is going to one get back at them. The mer ducks might be too chill to care, and the genie is captured, so Goldie at least added to our team.
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Post by CMWaters on Oct 26, 2020 18:39:25 GMT -5
Nice to see them reference comic writers again with the Rosa Runes.
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Oct 30, 2020 7:17:22 GMT -5
It is now time to make our flight when we execute our "Escape From The ImpossiBin!"...
-Gotta love the various traps set around the ImpossiBin like the ultraviolet chainsaw room and the gravity room (of the rooms we didn't see I would have liked to see the time loop room), though I would have to give the edge to the gravity room for reminding me of Gravity Man's stage in Mega Man 5 and due to the rather ingenious way in which Louie and Scrooge work together to disable the trap. Not to mention the super robot at the end using everything they overcame previously and leading to a nice Bradford and Gandra Dee appearance (though the highlight for me was Scrooge using his NES move at one point against the robot). This was definitely the highlight of the episode.
-The other plot at the mansion was also good but on a more emotional, psychological scale. How creepy Webby got in preparing her attack (especially how she managed to copy Dewey so perfectly) but also how she is the first one to realize that this is not the right way to prepare for F.O.W.L.. I thought that maybe Ms. Beakley was a robot sent by F.O.W.L. at that point but I was proven wrong. Neat Donald moment and as always, I have nothing against good guys being assholes for a bit as long as they are apologetic in the end (as was the case with Ms. Beakley here).
-Interesting callback to all the other treasures found so far in the third season and how F.O.W.L. snatched them all away. Definitely a good look forward to the rest of the season.
-To conclude, definitely a B-grade episode here.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Nov 2, 2020 16:53:57 GMT -5
The Split Sword of Swanstantine!
Well this was a good episode, gave me something I wanted to see more of the kids, especially those outside the family work together. If you could have added Gosalyn and Boyd, it would have been perfect.
Scrooge didn't do much but just fight Black Heron, and treat the kids at the end, which knowing how cheep he is, shows a lot of appreciation.
Dewey and Webby was probably the weakest of the 3 pairings, mainly because it is nothing new, we seen them work together many times going all the way back to the beginning of the series. I think the writers wanted to see the opposite in personalities and approach of the other teams, and they were left over, but that is okay. Interested to evaluate their confrontation with Gandra Dee, many has speculate she is a Shush double agent which will probably revealed when she confronts Gizmoduck and Darkwing, if that is the case, did she tip her hand? Hold back at any time? I would assume she would be instructed to never hold back while undercover, I guess we will see.
Louie and Violet, seeing what a rep Louie has in the under world was a sight to see. And to confront Rockerduck, giving he was a student of Goldie adds something to it. And to see Violet can hold her own and triumph in this environment, shows you can't under estimate her, and how much of an influence has Lena had on her.
Huey and Lena maybe my favorite of the pairings, most plot relevant with Huey's arc, and trying to get out that destructive side. Which I think is simply his temper, which what he inherited from his mother and his uncle. If Huey needs a teacher, look no further than them. And Lena being all cool calm collective, people who was worried after her last appearance, that we wouldn't see the old Lena, fears has been dis proving. Though I do want to see in the future, Lena interact with Boyd, those two are so different yet similar. I do feel Stealbeck was more generic and one note than any of the other villains we dealt in this episode, but Huey and Lena made up for that.
As for what is Fowl's true goal here, maybe kill Scrooge and replace him with a clone and run his company from the shadows perhaps, though that could backfire on them.
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Nov 5, 2020 12:46:42 GMT -5
I wonder if Link could have also been successful as a fighter with..."The Split Sword Of Swanstantine!"
-An episode can only be good when the terrific trio makes an appearance...oh, and the nephews being there was enjoyable, too....Just kidding, truth be told, I liked the different pairings that gave each other support through their different strengths. Especially loved the Violet/Louie pairing (shocking, I know) especially for how Louie's swagger made him fit right in with the criminal underworld. Also loved the child-friendly version of a drinking game, that the hoodlums were not easily fooled by Dewey's trick of getting rid of the spice and how Violet saved the day (also found it really adorable how she broke down and had to drink water in the end).
-The Lena/Huey pairing was not too bad either with me liking that Lena still has her "normal" mode on most of the time and her mindscape spell was an interesting spell as is Huey having Donald's temper hidden inside him apparently. Webby/Dewey was also good with them having to go up a building blind all the way with Dewey's optimism being helpful all the way.
-Loved the fight between Heron and Scrooge (especially the scene with the maitre d') and I liked how they had an underlying motive besides the treasure. Have to say that I am still kinda baffled that Gandra Dee is part of the villain team. In her debut episode, she appeared to have an ambiguous morality but appeared to leave Fenton on a positive note despite working for Mark Beaks at that time. Perhaps that could also hint that she would be most likely to turn face in F.O.W.L.?
-Overall, a definite A episode.
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