This article includes a list of characters from the Disney series Darkwing Duck.

Main characters

The Muddlefoots

The Muddlefoots are Drake, Launchpad, and Gosalyn's next-door neighbors, Drake finding them irritating due to their intrusive ways. The Mallards and Launchpad usually manage to tolerate them and even grudgingly like them, though not nearly as much as the Muddlefoots imagine. In the episode "Life, the Negaverse and Everything", their evil Negaverse counterparts serve Negaduck in subjugating their version of St. Canard until they are defeated by Darkwing Duck and the Friendly Four.

Allies

The Justice Ducks

The Justice Ducks are a team of superheroes formed in the two-part episode "Just Us Justice Ducks" to help Darkwing fend off the Fearsome Five.

S.H.U.S.H.

S.H.U.S.H. (expanded name unknown) is an intelligence agency that deals with international affairs that regular authorities cannot. Darkwing Duck often works freelance for them, though he is not an official employee. The organization is a parody of Marvel Comics' S.H.I.E.L.D. In the 2017 DuckTales series, a new version of S.H.U.S.H. appears in flashbacks. The organization was led by Ludwig Von Drake and included Bentina Beakley / Agent 22, Scrooge McDuck as a freelance agent, and Bradford Buzzard as an accountant.

Other heroes

Villains

The Fearsome Five

The Fearsome Five are Darkwing Duck's five greatest enemies who often work independently, but also work as a team on occasion.

Negaduck

Negaduck (voiced by Jim Cummings) is Darkwing Duck's evil doppelgänger and arch-nemesis. Hailing from a nightmarish parallel reality called the "Negaverse", Negaduck is physically identical to Darkwing, except for his yellow, red, and black costume. Like Darkwing, Negaduck is narcissistic and normally has no special powers or abilities, instead relying on his intellect, physical prowess, intimidation, and gadgets. However, he can also disguise himself as Darkwing. Unlike Darkwing, Negaduck is cruel, ruthless, and has no qualms about hurting others to get what he wants, which is primarily great wealth and authority over the world. As such, he serves as the Fearsome Five's leader as he intimidates them into agreeing with what he says. Despite viewing them as weaklings, he would later use a magical gem to steal their powers and transform himself into Mega Negaduck. In the episode "Life, the Negaverse and Everything", Darkwing discovers his evil counterpart rules over the Negaverse's version of St. Canard. In the comic story "The Duck Knight Returns", he discovers Darkwing's secret identity and attacks him at his home, an event that causes the superhero to retire for a year. Negaduck would later join forces with Magica De Spell to ruin Darkwing's reputation using brainwashed alternate reality versions of both himself and Darkwing. In the comic story "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings", Megavolt's tron-splitter is used to reduce Negaduck to several microscopic particles of good and evil, though by the story "Orange is the New Purple", he manages to reconstitute himself, take over St. Canard Penitentiary, and trap Darkwing inside with every supervillain he helped imprison. One source of rage for Negaduck is that on a Public Enemies list he is Public Enemy No 2 {behind Dr Slug; Megavolt is Public Enemy No 3

Dr. Reginald Bushroot

Dr. Reginald Bushroot (voiced by Tino Insana) is a scientist duck who originally worked at St. Canard University, where he tried to integrate plant chloroplasts into animals in an attempt to give people the ability to feed themselves through photosynthesis. After his research funding was cut, Bushroot used himself as a test subject in an attempt to prove that his theories were correct and thereby regain his funding. The experiment was a success, though he was turned into a half-duck / half-shrub mutant with the power to control plants. Unlike the other members of the Fearsome Five, Bushroot is not motivated to commit crime out of greed or a desire for power; rather, he is driven to find or create a companion who will not reject him. Series creator Tad Stones calls the character "barely a villain" and said that, "left on his own he'd eventually come over to the good side." Originally pitched as a farmer named "Bib Overalls" who controlled an army of corn by writers Jim Peterson, Rob Humphrey, and John Behnke, Stones changed the character's name to Bushroot and broadened the focus of his powers.

The Liquidator

Bud E. Flud / The Liquidator (voiced by Jack Angel) is a mutant dog-like creature with the power to assume a viscous form and control water who constantly talks in advertising-style lingo. Flud was formerly a crooked bottled water salesman who began poisoning his competitors' supply to try to achieve a monopoly on St. Canard's bottled water business. When Darkwing catches him in the act, Flud panics and falls into a reservoir he had contaminated, mutating into the Liquidator. Following this, he forgets that he fell in and comes to believe that Darkwing pushed him in. Due to his water-based powers, he and Megavolt do not interact well, though he and Bushroot become good friends. Of the Fearsome Five members, the Liquidator is the only one to have a single standalone episode, as creator Tad Stones found the character too "one note"; preferring to write episodes for Bushroot or Megavolt.

Megavolt

Megavolt (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is an insane rat with the ability to control electricity and a former classmate of Darkwing Duck's in high school, where he gained his powers after bullies sabotaged his science experiment. Known in his civilian life as Elmo Sputterspark, Megavolt debuted as his supervillain persona at the senior prom to get revenge on his classmates, spurring Drake Mallard to create his Darkwing Duck persona and defend the guests. Most of Megavolt's crimes are motivated by the delusional belief that he is helping to "free" electrical devices, which he believes are sentient beings who have been enslaved. He is the only member of the Fearsome Five to team up with another member independent of the organization, twice partnering with Quackerjack. In the comic story "The Duck Knight Returns", he is forced to retire from super-villainy and get an office job, though he eventually returns to being Megavolt at Negaduck's behest. Megavolt is creator Tad Stones' favorite villain, and as a result, is the most frequently appearing antagonist in the series.

Quackerjack

Quackerjack (voiced by Michael Bell) is a toymaker who went insane after the advent of video games put him out of business and became a harlequin-style jester-themed supervillain to seek revenge. While he lacks powers, he wields an arsenal of toy-themed weaponry, such as his trademark doll, Mr. Banana Brain, which Quackerjack treats as a sentient sidekick, and mechanical chattering teeth toys of various sizes. In Boom! Studios' comics, Quackerjack becomes a more dangerous villain after Negaduck destroys Mr. Banana Brain on the grounds Quackerjack is not "mean enough" to be a serious villain. However, Quackerjack eventually grows tired of being more evil and turns himself into a toy outside his old girlfriend's house, believing "this is the best I can ever be". Unlike the rest of the Fearsome Five, Quackerjack has very little origin story as a result of creator Tad Stones being disappointed that the character did not come across as dark in his initial appearance as he had hoped and is the only member not to have his real name revealed. Moreover, his name is a pun on the word "crackerjack".

F.O.W.L.

F.O.W.L. (The Fiendish Organization for World Larceny) is a terrorist organization akin to S.P.E.C.T.R.E. from the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming. F.O.W.L. was originally introduced in the 1987 DuckTales episode "Double-O-Duck" as the "Foreign Organization for World Larceny". In the 2017 DuckTales series, a new version of F.O.W.L. appears as the primary antagonists of the show's third season. The organization is led by Bradford Buzzard, who served as the chairman of McDuck Enterprises' board of directors and co-founded F.O.W.L. alongside Black Heron and also includes Gandra Dee, John D. Rockerduck, Jeeves, the Phantom Blot, and new incarnations of Steelbeak and Taurus Bulba.

Other villains

Taurus Bulba

Taurus Bulba (voiced by Tim Curry, James Monroe Iglehart in the 2017 DuckTales reboot) is a ruthless and dangerous bull criminal mastermind and supervillain. He is arguably one of Darkwing's most dangerous enemies. Despite initially not having superpowers, Bulba prides himself on his intellect as well as his superior physical strength and endurance. In the two-part pilot, "Darkly Dawns the Duck", he orders his underlings to glean information from Professor Waddlemeyer, only for them to kill the scientist when he refused to talk. As a result, Bulba comes into conflict with Darkwing and becomes the hero's first major enemy. After attempting to kill Darkwing along with himself in an explosion at Canard Tower and being presumed dead, F.O.W.L. revived Bulba as a cyborg to work for them. However, the crime boss refuses and attacks the organization's personnel before seeking revenge on Darkwing, only to be defeated once more. In the comic story "The Duck Knight Returns", Bulba secretly establishes the company Quackwerks and launches a corporate takeover of St. Canard, maintaining control of the city for a year before he is eventually exposed and defeated a third time. His name is a reference to Nikolai Gogol's hero Taras Bulba, and the Latin word for "bull".

Lilliput

Lilliput (voiced by Frank Welker) is the owner of the miniature golf course "Goony Golf" who uses a strange hat to communicate with and control ants. With his ant minions and his shrink ray, he attempts to turn St. Canard's monuments into miniature props for his golf course, only to be defeated by Darkwing after the hero shrinks down to the size of a germ and "infects" Lilliput. In the comic story "Orange is the New Purple", he tries to catch Gosalyn, but she is able to defeat him.

Trenchrot

Major Trenchrot (voiced by Charlie Adler) is a major who attempted to build a supervillains-only resort on a jungle island by eliminating the island's gorilla population, only to be foiled by them and Darkwing.

The King

The King (voiced by Patrick Pinney) is an Elvis impersonator and gang leader who wields a guitar he calls "Cecile", which is capable of firing concussive soundwaves. He takes over St. Canard after Darkwing and Gosalyn accidentally travel back in time and cause Drake's younger self to join the King's gang and helped him rob a music store, though they eventually defeat him in a musical battle.

Dr. Anna Matronic

Dr. Anna Matronic, a.k.a. Madam Anna Matronic is the duck inventor of the "Silly Signal", which was originally built to make her "Muttmatics" smarter, only for it to make them act silly instead. She used her Silly Signal on S.H.U.S.H. to make them act like twits from the storybook The Silly Canine Caper. Madam Matronic was originally intended to appear in the show, but was cut for unknown reasons despite making a cameo appearance in the episode "In Like Blunt". She is also prominently featured in the comic story "Sleep Ducking" published in Marvel Comics' The Disney Afternoon issue #2, though she appears as a human for unknown reasons.

Ice-Head Harry

Ice-Head Harry (portrayed by Andrei Torossian ) is a villain who was featured exclusively in the Darkwing-based segment of the Walt Disney's World on Ice show Double Feature... Live! His goal was to win the heart of a dancer named Dazzles (Daisy Duck), and tried to do so by having his Hoods steal the Diamond of Love so he could present it to her. When she rebuffed him, saying her heart belonged to another, he had her tied to a keg of dynamite, but Launchpad called in Darkwing to stop Harry and rescue Dazzles.

Wolfduck

Wolfduck is a werewolf-like duck villain who was originally created exclusively for the Darkwing Duck Capcom/NES video game. In a similar manner to lycanthropy, he transforms from a small frail duck to a larger musclebound duck whenever there is a full moon. He later makes an appearance in the Joe Books series' Darkwing Duck #1 as one of the villains Negaduck releases during his takeover of St. Canard's new penitentiary.

Other characters