Editing Darkwing Duck (section)

==Production==
''Darkwing Duck'' was developed as a last-minute replacement with concept artwork by [[Michael Peraza]] for a proposed reboot of ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]'', when the management team realized that Disney did not own the rights to the characters (Disney merely held [[home video]] rights to the series).<ref name="peraza">{{cite web|last1=Peraza|first1=Michael|title=Bullwinkled|url=http://michaelperaza.blogspot.com/2010/08/bullwinkled.html|publisher=Blogspot|access-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821215708/http://michaelperaza.blogspot.com/2010/08/bullwinkled.html|archive-date=August 21, 2011|date=August 14, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

The show was a spin-off of the very successful series ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]''.<ref name="peraza" /> ''Darkwing Duck'' entered production roughly one year after ''DuckTales'' ended. ''Darkwing Duck'' was inspired by two specific episodes of ''DuckTales'': "[[Double-O-Duck]]" starring [[Launchpad McQuack]] as a secret agent,<ref name="peraza" /> and "[[The Masked Mallard]]" in which Scrooge McDuck becomes a masked vigilante superhero wearing a purple uniform and cape. The name "The Masked Mallard" became an epithet often used in the new show to refer to Darkwing himself.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-12 |title=Let's Get Dangerous: 20 Crazy Things You Didn't Know About Darkwing Duck |url=https://www.thegamer.com/lets-get-dangerous-20-crazy-things-you-didnt-know-about-darkwing-duck/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=TheGamer |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Tad Stones]] was directed to come up with a series for [[The Disney Afternoon]] around the premise of ''Double-O-Duck'', as an executive liked the title ''Double-O Duck'' as a spoof of James Bond and felt Launchpad McQuack would take the starring role. It turned out that the title ''Double-O Duck'' could not be used as the [[Danjaq|Broccoli family]] owned the 'double-o' title.<ref name=jhm>{{cite news|last1=Hill|first1=Jim|title=Tube Thursday : The "Disney Afternoon" shows that you didn't get to see|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/08/16/tube-thursday-the-disney-afternoon-shows-that-you-didn-t-get-to-see.aspx|access-date=April 22, 2015|work=Jim Hill Media|date=August 15, 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426115947/http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/08/16/tube-thursday-the-disney-afternoon-shows-that-you-didn-t-get-to-see.aspx|archive-date=April 26, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

A new name was selected, "Darkwing Duck". Thus, Stones designed a new character for the lead, [[List of Darkwing Duck characters#Main characters|Drake Mallard]], while selecting McQuack as the sidekick.<ref name=jhm/> This name would result in a new look (Double-O Duck was to wear a white tuxedo and black domino mask). Other elements of the show, such as Darkwing's habit of coining new catchphrases every time he announced himself, would be invented during production.<ref>Stone, Tad (November 2010). "The Origin(s) of Darkwing Duck", ''Darkwing Duck: The Duck Knight Returns''. Boom! Comics.</ref> (As an in-joke, the episode "A Duck by Any Other Name" had Drake suggest "Double-O Duck" as his new secret identity and Launchpad remarked that it "seems kinda silly".<ref name="A Duck by Any Other Name">{{cite episode|title=A Duck by Any Other Name|series=Darkwing Duck|airdate=February 18, 1992|season=1 (Disney Afternoon)|number=48}}</ref>)

Where most prior ''Disney Afternoon'' series included at least some preexisting animated characters, ''Darkwing Duck'' featured a completely original cast. Even the ''DuckTales'' characters it reused had no counterpart in early Disney shorts or the comics. The only exception was the episode "In Like Blunt", which featured cameo appearances by the [[Beagle Boys]], [[Flintheart Glomgold]] and [[Magica De Spell]].<ref name="In Like Blunt">{{cite episode|title=In Like Blunt|series=Darkwing Duck|airdate=February 24, 1992|season=1 (Disney Afternoon)|number=50}}</ref>