NegaDuck
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| First appearance | "Just Us Justice Ducks", part 1 |
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| Voiced by | Jim Cummings |
NegaDuck (sometimes spelled as Negaduck) is a fictional character created for the Disney animated series Darkwing Duck. He is the doppelgänger or "evil twin" version of the show's title character, and hates anything nice. He often carries a chainsaw or various other weapons of destruction around. His fighting skills and intellect are on par with his counterpart, making him one of Darkwing Duck's most dangerous enemies.
Like Darkwing, NegaDuck is voiced by Jim Cummings.
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[edit] Background
The recurring character NegaDuck, sometimes referred to as "NegaDuck II" (see 'NegaDuck I' below), first appeared in the two-part episode "Just Us Justice Ducks". NegaDuck wears the same outfit as Darkwing, but with an opposite color scheme and a black mask, and he also has a deeper voice. In "Just Us Justice Ducks", NegaDuck forms an alliance and leads a group known as "The Fearsome Five" with fellow villains Megavolt, Bushroot, Quackerjack, and the Liquidator acting as henchmen to his maniacal cause. NegaDuck is so fearsome that he can terrify the other four put together just by revving his chainsaw, even those (like the Liquidator) who have no real reason to be afraid of it.
NegaDuck's backstory was revealed in the episode immediately after "Just Us Justice Ducks" in terms of production order, "Life, the Negaverse, and Everything". According to that episode, NegaDuck comes from a parallel universe called "the Negaverse" where everyone is the opposite of who they are in the universe where the series is usually set. It is also stated in the episode that NegaDuck rules the negative St. Canard, if not the entire planet Earth of the Negaverse, completely and totally. The ineffectual heroes of this world are alternate versions of The Fearsome Five (minus NegaDuck), known here as "The Friendly Four". NegaDuck's Gosalyn is sweet and feminine, unlike the mischievous tomboy from the normal universe (although both versions are basically good, meaning that morality is not always reversed in the Negaverse), while the evil version of Launchpad McQuack is psychotic. Strangely, since NegaDuck lives with the Negaverse version of Gosalyn in a Negaverse version of the same home where Darkwing's alter ego Drake Mallard resides in the normal universe, in theory it should be very easy for NegaDuck to deduce who Darkwing really is and where he lives, but he has never used this information to hurt Darkwing or his family, either because the idea never occurred to him (or the writers), or because he chooses not to.
One source of rage for NegaDuck is the fact is that on a Public Enemies' list he is #2—after Dr. Slug. Naturally, NegaDuck wants to be Public Enemy #1.
[edit] "NegaDuck I"
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| First appearance | "NegaDuck" |
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In the episode "NegaDuck", which aired later than the episodes above and came earlier in production order, we see what seems to be Darkwing's first encounter with an evil version of himself, when Megavolt's tron-splitter splits Darkwing into two separate beings - one good, the other evil. The negative Darkwing is later galvanized by the tron-splitter, making him even more evil and powerful, and in his galvanized state he names himself NegaDuck. This NegaDuck, sometimes called NegaDuck I by fans to distinguish him from the NegaDuck II of other episodes, never had the yellow, black and red suit of NegaDuck II - before being galvanized his appearance only differed from the good Darkwing in his bushy eyebrows, and after being galvanized he resembled a black and white photographic negative of Darkwing. The two Darkwings were merged back together shortly afterwards, and this NegaDuck has not appeared since.
[edit] Reconciliation of the two NegaDuck characters
In an interview, Tad Stones explains the relationship between the two NegaDucks:
"After we did the Negaduck episode, I really liked this character and I wanted to bring him back. They said "how?" and I said, "What do you mean how? He's back." We just did it, and in the episode Life, the Negaverse and Everything we just created this whole alternate reality he supposedly came from."[1]
The home video release Darkwing Duck: His Favorite Adventures "Birth of Negaduck", contained the episode "NegaDuck" but featured the longer running Negaduck in yellow and red standing behind Darkwing Duck while the two appear to be electrified by a bolt of lightning. The glow-in-the-dark NegaDuck trading card that comes with the video features the recurring NegaDuck on the front but a bio of NegaDuck I on the back.
[edit] References
- ^ Strike, Joe. The Tad Stones Interview, page 7. Animation World Magazine, July 12, 2004.
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| Characters | |
| Main Characters | Darkwing Duck/Drake Mallard | Gosalyn Mallard | Launchpad McQuack | Honker Muddlefoot |
| Villains | NegaDuck | Megavolt | Bushroot | Quackerjack | The Liquidator | F.O.W.L. | Splatter Phoenix | Taurus Bulba | Hammerhead, Hoof and Mouth | Dr. Fossil | Phineas Sharp |
| Minor Characters | Herb, Binkie and Tank Muddlefoot | J. Gander Hooter | Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof | Gizmoduck | Morgana Macawber | Stegmutt | Dr. Sarah Bellum | DarkWarrior Duck |
| Other | |
| Misc | St. Canard | Calisota | Darkly Dawns the Duck | Characters |
| Media | Episodes | DVDs | Darkwing Duck video game |
| See also | Tad Stones | DuckTales | Double-O-Duck | The Disney Afternoon |
