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* Darkwing Duck / Drake Mallard ( voiced by Jim Cummings ) – Average citizen by day and St. Canard's resident superhero by night.

He possesses a mix of courageous altruism and a gigantic arrogance and ego, two drives that constantly clash during his adventures-in " Just Us Justice Ducks ", he was initially mortified that he'd be getting help against the Fearsome Five.

Darkwing's origins are rather fuzzy.

On one hand, he frequently claims to be a superhero on the day he became Darkwing Duck after his teenage days.

On the other hand, during his childhood and teenage days, Drake was a complete dork ; by his high school days, however, he'd already developed an obsession with crime-fighting (" Crash Reunion ").

He's been an active superhero for an unknown number of years.

In his earliest days of crimefighting, he was more focused on the headlines from his career, to the extent that in " Darkly Dawns the Duck Part 2 " he laments that he has no life outside his showboating and no friends to turn to.

Launchpad McQuack and Gosalyn gave him a life and help keep him grounded.

In the dystopian future of " Time and Punishment ", losing Gosalyn causes him to become obsessive about crime-fighting and devolve into a supervillain.

His two recurring catchphrases are " I am the terror that flaps in the night ", followed by an improvised metaphor before he gives his name, and the battlecry of " let's get dangerous ".

Because of loose continuity, there's more than one origin story for why he became Darkwing Duck-starting with " Paraducks " ( inspired by his own time-travelling adult self ) and ending with " Crash Reunion " ( a random disguise so he could defend his high school prom from Megavolt ) and " A Star is Scorned ".