Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Darkwing Duck Season 1: Just Us Justice Ducks Part 1


Just Us Justice Ducks Part 1

Criticisms and highlights of our daring crusader who dares a little too dangerously.


In the beginning, Drake uses his "d-ex appeal" (Duck+Sex) and shear wit on Morgana, a duck we've never met before, who also emulates Morticia Addams from the Addams Family.

[Note to self: Who is Morgana and why is she dating Darkwing of all ducks?]

While fixing Drake's hair with a spell, she turns Drake into a yak. This adds some flashy-child like humor to the mix for the youngster demographic but adults are not so easily amused by this ridiculous act of hocus pocus.

[Never trust an amateur at casting spells on messy hair. The comb is a more effective wand.]

Suddenly the power goes out for the entire city. Who could behind this scheme thinks the audience? We know! Megavolt must be because he's the mastermind behind manipulating electricity in every single episode with electricity as a focal point.

Darkwing starts to over analyze the situation with his "infra-pink ultra scan specs." The forever annoying Gosalyn, his adopted daughter and my least favorite character, asks him "How about the power company, Cosmo?" Next the viewers see that it is definitely Megavolt's doing. Could there be a trap because this is all too obvious?

As Darkwing enters the lighted room to face Megavolt with his quirky lines such as, "I am the career man all single ladies want to date," Quackerjack shows up to aid in the mischief by using his toy teeth to clamp our hero and lead him into an electric chair [the irony]. Morgana tries to get Darkwing out of the chair's grip but once again screws up her spell; this time he turns into Jell-O. Both villains claim an alliance, laugh in unison, and so our adventure into the MEGA-PLOT begins!

Next at the police station, we see Bushroot (a villain we've seen multiple times manipulate plant life similar to Poison Ivy) and the Liquidator, a new villain that appears for the first time in this episode, up to no good [Their intention is not all that clear]. The Liquidator is a dog-like being made out of pure water and has the ability to knock people down by becoming a wave. [I really like this villain because he acts more badass compared to the others with an exception of NegaDuck who is beyond the league of everyone's villainy.]

[This next scene doesn't contribute much at all except hilarious in every way, a Freakazoidian moment]

In this scene we meet Stegmutt, what Darkwing calls a "duck-turned" stegosaurus friend introduced for the first time in the entire series, selling hot dogs to people. Darkwing crashes his bike into him on his way to catch the villains. [Here comes the ridiculous part]. Stegmutt begs Darkwing to buy a hot dog but Darkwing says, "No, I haven't the time." Next Stegmutt follows Darkwing continuously asking him to purchase a hot dog. Darkwing finally decides that he needs to buy a hot dog so he can be on his way.

[The Freakazoidian part commences]. Stegmutt says, "First I pull out the hot dog. Then I put it in a bun." Darkwing at this point is getting upset and says, "Well!" Stegmutt then says, "That'll be seventy-five cents." Darkwing hands him a dollar and runs away because doesn't have time to deal with his slow friend. [This helps enforce Disney's policy of efficiency].

After consulting his professor friend, J. Gander Hooter [which sounds like J. Edgar Hoover, First Director of the FBI) at S.H.U.S.H. (a sneaky parody of marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D.), NegaDuck appears and looks exactly like Darkwing except is SUPER evil not to mention wearing a black mask. He takes S.H.U.S.H. newest gun, which has the ability to produce large amounts of pies, and causes the room to fill up with doe.

Darkwing gets excited after cleaning off the doe. He realizes that with S.H.U.S.H. and the police station out of commission he claims "this is my biggest battle yet." But then the national guard arrives with Gizmo Duck, a Robo Cop like duck from the series Duck Tales.

As the national guard comes to help the city NegaDuck commands Megavolt to use the device that was seen in the beginning during the power surge to create a electronic laser barrier that cuts the bridge in half sending the army into the water. Finally St. Canard gets taken over by the Fearsome Five (NegaDuck, Bushroot, Quackerjack, Megavolt, and the Liquidator).

To Darkwing's command is Gizmo Duck, Morgana, Stegmutt, and then Neptunia shows up. Neptunia is like a female version of aquaman. [Then again aquaman wasn't much of a man]. These five make the "Just Us Ducks" according to Gosalyn even though not all of them are ducks but majority. [Remember Stegmutt was a duck at one point]. Just when every thing was getting good Darkwing pulls one of his "I can take them all alone" and dismisses the entire group.

After using some quick detective skills via microscope, Darkwing heads to the base of the villains and gets pulverized. As he is dropped through a vent he is then shot outside the tall building continuously falling until the audience then sees the words:

To be continued.

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