| Launchpad McQuack | |
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| First appearance | Treasure of the Golden Suns |
| Created by | |
| Voiced by | Terry McGovern |
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Launchpad McQuack is a character created by the Walt Disney Company who first appeared as Scrooge McDuck's pilot on DuckTales, and later in the series Darkwing Duck as Darkwing's sidekick. In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. The following is an episode list for the Disney animated television series DuckTales. Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and Terence "Terry" McGovern was born May 11, 1942, and is an American film Actor, television broadcaster radio personality voice-over Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 He was a brave, good-hearted, if somewhat naive pilot with a spectacular history of crashing. As one of his mottos went: "If it's got wings, I can crash it!" He was voiced by Terry McGovern. Terence "Terry" McGovern was born May 11, 1942, and is an American film Actor, television broadcaster radio personality voice-over He sometimes appears in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Disney's Animal Kingdom for meet-and-greets. Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels This article is about the Theme park at Walt Disney World Resort. Disney's Animal Kingdom is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Launchpad in DuckTales
Through the course of the DuckTales series, Launchpad's character was increasingly developed. DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. As revealed in the episode "Top Duck", he came from a family of barn-storming stunt pilots known as the Flying McQuacks, but he left home when he was a teenager because he felt his constant crashing was too much of an embarrassment to the family name.
Not long after setting out on his own, he met Scrooge McDuck (or, as Launchpad usually addresses him, "Mr. McDee"), when Scrooge came to the airfield looking for a cheap pilot. The plane from Scrooge and Launchpad's first adventure was a rickety bi-plane Launchpad built called 'The Sunchaser' which ultimately ended up in an aviation museum for being the first plane to fly through the Earth. The account of this adventure (since Launchpad was drawn as a skinny teenager) places his series age in the mid-20's.
In the episode Launchpad's Civil War, it is learned he is of direct lineage to the (in)famous American Civil War General Rhubarb McQuack (who bore a striking resemblance to Launchpad, although the General had a bushy handlebar moustache) who Launchpad, for much of his life, believed to have been the hero of the Battle of Duckridge. The following is an episode list for the Disney animated television series DuckTales. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South A handlebar moustache is a Moustache with particularly lengthy often graspable extremities This illusion was shattered during a recreation of the battle when he encountered surviving Civil War soldiers who informed him that "that lousy, rotten, bungling, polecat McQuack lost us the Battle of Duckridge. " He subsequently helped the Civil War survivors get even with the townspeople for making fun of them for so long.
Launchpad also tangled with the forces of F.O.W.L. (a criminal organization that would later carry over into the universe of Darkwing Duck, as would Launchpad himself). The Fiendish Organization for World Larceny ( FOWL) is a Fictional group of villains that attempts to take over the world in the animated series Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Launchpad thwarted a F.O.W.L. plot to destroy the world's money supply after the D. The Fiendish Organization for World Larceny ( FOWL) is a Fictional group of villains that attempts to take over the world in the animated series I. A. (Duckburg Intelligence Agency) and Scrooge McDuck persuaded him to impersonate an enemy agent who was his exact double. This is shown in the episode Double-O-Duck. The following is an episode list for the Disney animated television series DuckTales.
In the episode Armstrong, Launchpad is pitted against a robot in an air-race. The following is an episode list for the Disney animated television series DuckTales. The announcer refers to Launchpad as a famous adventurer. In some other episodes, the public seems to know him by this description, totally unaware that his achievements were only possible through his dimwittedness, such as getting his scarf tangled on a wing propeller, thus causing his plane to loop and swerve in what seemed like an incredible stunt. See Top Duck. The following is an episode list for the Disney animated television series DuckTales.
Launchpad has also served as a youth baseball coach and a scout master for the Junior Woodchucks. In Disney 's fictional universe The Junior Woodchucks are the Boy Scouts of America -like youth organization to which Donald Duck 's nephews Huey Dewey Launchpad holds this organization's record for earning merit badges.
When DuckTales spun off into its own comic book in 1988, Launchpad made the jump to comics along with it. DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) His first comic appearances lay in the form of stories produced by the Walt Disney Studios, featured in Gladstone Publishing's DuckTales comic book. Gladstone Publishing was an American company that published Disney comics from 1986 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998. DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. But Launchpad was written weakly in these stories, to the point that one reader wrote that in them, "the pilot resembles a weak carbon copy of Donald rather than a character in his own right. Donald Duck is a cartoon character from The Walt Disney Company. "
Launchpad in Darkwing Duck
Launchpad's character was altered somewhat for Darkwing Duck, falling out of the role of independent hero/jack-of-all-trades, to that of a more comical sidekick. Many of the heroic qualities he displayed in Ducktales became generally muted, whereas other features, such as his clumsiness or lack of intelligence, were made stronger. His physical appearance also changed, being re-drawn with a much larger beak and a more muscular torso. At times he is seen without his aviator's cap, and as in Ducktales, his appearance without it varies, from having short, red hair that matches his signature forelock, to being drawn with the forelock as his only hair and the rest of his head covered with feathers (in the fashion of other Disney ducks).
In the series premiere, "Darkly Dawns the Duck," Launchpad and Darkwing meet after Darkwing bodily crashes through the roof of an airplane hangar during his pursuit of Taurus Bulba and surprises Launchpad, who is there working on his bi-plane. Taurus Bulba is a fictional character and the Archenemy of Darkwing Duck created for the Animated Television series Darkwing Duck Upon learning Launchpad is a pilot, Darkwing demands he fly him up after Taurus Bulba's henchmen. Launchpad obliges, claiming to be Darkwing's biggest fan. Launchpad then volunteers his services as a sidekick, but Darkwing refuses, insisting that he works alone (and annoyed because he failed to catch Bulba's henchmen). Launchpad continues to offer his help, even bailing Darkwing out of jail to prove how handy he can be. Eventually, his persistence pays off and he wins the caped crimefighter over, perhaps sealing the deal by unveiling the Thunderquack, a high-tech airplane he built specifically for Darkwing.
Although Darkwing has a secret identity (Drake Mallard), Launchpad is always called Launchpad, and has no crimefighter disguise, except on rare occasions where he serves as a decoy for Darkwing. A secret identity is an element of fiction wherein a character develops a separate Persona (usually adopting a Pseudonym) while keeping their true identity Following their initial adventure, Launchpad appears to live with Drake. Throughout the series he was occasionally reunited with fellow DuckTales character (and rival to Darkwing), GizmoDuck. Fenton Crackshell, also known as GizmoDuck, is a Fictional character created by the Walt Disney company and voiced by Hamilton Camp.
Launchpad remained a regular player in Darkwing's life in the animated series as well as the comic stories based on the series, most of which were published in Disney Adventures. Disney Adventures was a children's entertainment and educational magazine published ten times per year by The Walt Disney Company. Although the DuckTales comic book had been cancelled around the time Darkwing Duck premiered, Launchpad still showed up in new DuckTales stories published in Disney Adventures, even occasionally mentioning Darkwing to his old co-stars.
Although no products bearing Launchpad's likeness can currently be found at Disney Stores, the character turned up again in new stories written for the Disney Comics published by Gemstone Publishing. Disney Store is an international chain of specialty stores selling only Disney related items many of them exclusive Gemstone Publishing is a US company that publishes Comic books and collectors' guides These new comic books have also occasionally reprinted Van Horn stories starring Launchpad.
External links
- Launchpad McQuack at the INDUCKS
- Launchpad's profile on the Disney HooZoo
- Virtual journey in Launchpad's house
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