Sorry '90s kids, but news of a "gritty" Darkwing Duck reboot has been greatly exaggerated.
Io9 and several other websites were bamboozled earlier today when an old April Fools joke circulated around the net, promising a new Darkwing Duck series that would have both the “same energy and bumbling crime-fighting spirit” while also presumably being a dark, TDKR-style re-imagining of the character.
The show was a spin-off of Duck Tales that aired from 1991-1992. It began on the Disney Channel before moving over to ABC. It featured the adventures of mild-mannered Drake Mallard who fought crime by night as caped vigilante Darkwing Duck along with his sidekicks Gosalyn and Launchpad McQuack.
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Io9 and several other websites were bamboozled earlier today when an old April Fools joke circulated around the net, promising a new Darkwing Duck series that would have both the “same energy and bumbling crime-fighting spirit” while also presumably being a dark, TDKR-style re-imagining of the character.
The show was a spin-off of Duck Tales that aired from 1991-1992. It began on the Disney Channel before moving over to ABC. It featured the adventures of mild-mannered Drake Mallard who fought crime by night as caped vigilante Darkwing Duck along with his sidekicks Gosalyn and Launchpad McQuack.
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