Darkwing Duck (1991–1992): Season 1, Episode 10 - Water Way to Go - full transcript

When Launchpad wants to be the hero for a change, Darkwing won't hear of it. However, he finds that he has no choice in the matter, as Launchpad is the only one who can fly the plane and won't if he doesn't get his wish. Their mission: to determine why F.O.W.L. is rubbing out S.H.U.S.H. agents in the deserts of Oilrabia. The answer: Oilrabia's vast oil supply, guarded atop a plateau palace, led by a beautiful princess with whom both Launchpad and DW are smitten, but who only has eyes for the "hero", LP. Darkwing has trouble adjusting to the new arrangement, but he and Launchpad will have to work things out before F.O.W.L. agent Steelbeak uses his weather machine to wash out everyone.

♪ DARING DUCK OF MYSTERY ♪

♪ CHAMPION OF RIGHT ♪

♪ SWOOPS OUT
OF THE SHADOWS ♪

♪ DARKWING OF THE NIGHT ♪

♪ SOMEWHERE
SOME VILLAIN SCHEMES ♪

♪ BUT HIS NUMBER'S UP ♪

3, 2, 1!

♪ DARKWING DUCK ♪

♪ WHEN THERE'S TROUBLE
YOU CALL D.W. ♪

♪ DARKWING DUCK ♪

LET'S GET DANGEROUS.



♪ DARKWING DUCK ♪

DARKWING, DARKWING DUCK!

♪ CLOUD OF SMOKE
AND HE APPEARS ♪

♪ THE MASTER OF SURPRISE ♪

♪ WHO'S THAT CUNNING
MIND BEHIND ♪

♪ THE SHADOWY DISGUISE ♪

♪ NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE ♪

♪ THE BAD GUYS
ARE OUT OF LUCK ♪

♪ HERE COMES ♪

♪ DARKWING DUCK ♪

LOOK OUT!

♪ WHEN THERE'S TROUBLE
YOU CALL D.W. ♪

♪ DARKWING DUCK ♪

LET'S GET DANGEROUS!



♪ DARKWING DUCK ♪

♪ YOU BETTER WATCH OUT,
YOU BAD BOYS ♪

♪ DARKWING DUCK ♪♪

I AM AFRAID
OUR OPERATIVE
IN OILRABIA

HAS MET WITH SOME,
UH, DIFFICULTY.

DIFFICULTY?

IN WHAT WAY,
GRYZLIKOFF?

UH...HE'S DEAD.

WHAT?
THAT'S TWO DOZEN
IN TWO WEEKS!

DO YOU KNOW WHAT
A MORALE PROBLEM
THAT CREATES?

HOW DID HE DIE?

HE WAS BURNED.

WAS IT POSSIBLY
AN ACCIDENT?

IN THE DESERT?

I SUPPOSE
THAT SUGGESTS
FOUL PLAY.

F-O-W-L.

A FIENDISH
ORGANIZATION FOR
WORLD LARCENY.

OUR SHUSH AGENTS
CAN HANDLE
ALMOST ANYTHING,

EXCEPT THIS.

I'M GOING
TO CALL--

PLEASE,
DO NOT CALL--

DARKWING DUCK!

I HOPED HIS NAME
WOULDN'T COME UP.

I ONLY HOPE HE GETS
THIS MESSAGE.

HMM, I AM HATING IT
WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

COME ON, LAUNCHPAD.

DON'T BLOW IT.

MESS UP,
AND YOU'RE DOOMED.

EVERYTHING DEPENDS
ON YOUR NEXT MOVE.

I AM THE TERROR
WHO FLAPS IN THE NIGHT.

NOW I'LL NEVER KNOW
WHO WON.

HEY, D.W.,
WHERE YOU HIDING?

I AM THE SPIDER
WHO NIPS AT YOUR NECK.

YOOHAY!

I AM DARKWING DUCK!

WHOA!

NICE TRICK, D.W.

ANOTHER
FIENDISHLY CLEVER DEVICE

CALCULATED TO POUND FEAR

INTO SUPERSTITIOUS
AND COWARDLY CRIMINAL MINDS.

PRETTY COOL, HUH?

I'LL SAY.
CAN I TRY?

IS THIS
HOW YOU CONTROL IT?

NO!

[CRASH]

HEH-HEH.

GUESS I, UH,
WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO TOUCH THAT.

NO, YOU WEREN'T.

I'M SORRY, D.W.,

BUT I NEVER
GET A CHANCE

TO USE YOUR
DARKWING DOOHICKEYS.

MY GADGETS
ARE STRICTLY F.H.O.,

FOR HEROES ONLY.

NOT FOR
THEIR SIDEKICKS.

HEY, NO PROBLEMO.
I CAN BE A HERO.

YOU, A HERO?

DON'T BE
RIDICULOUS!

A HERO
DOES THE UNDOABLE,

RISKS
THE UNRISKABLE,

AND THINKS
THE UNTHINKABLE.

HUH, BIG DEAL!

I CAN GO FOR WEEKS
WITHOUT THINKING.

I KNOW.

[DING DONG]

AHA! A COMMUNIQUE
FROM SHUSH CENTRAL.

MUST NEED
AHERO'S EXPERTISE.

LET ME SEE.
WE GOT TO GET OFF AT--

SHUSH SUSPECTS F.O.W.L.
IS AFTER OILRABIA'S
PLUSH OIL RESERVES!

AND ONCE AGAIN,

DARKWING DUCK
IS SUMMONED TO FIGHT

THE NEFARIOUS
FORCES OF EVIL!

WE LEAVE IMMEDIATELY!

GET THE BAGS.

UH, LAUNCHPAD?

THE BAGS?

IS THERE
ANYTHING WRONG?

IF I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH
TO BE A HERO. GO ALONE.

UH-OH.

I NEED YOU
TO FLY THETHUNDERQUACK.

YOU'RE THE HERO.
YOU FLY IT.

I NEVER LEARNED.

TOO BAD.
I'M NOT FLYING

UNLESS I GET TO DO
HEROIC STUFF.

ALL RIGHT.
JUST THIS ONCE,

YOU CAN BE THE HERO.

LET'S GO, SIDEKICK.

WE GOT A CASE TO FACE.

UH, AHEM, THE BAGS?

DARKWING DUCK,
A MERE SIDEKICK.

WE'LL SEE
HOW HEROIC FLYBOY IS

WHEN REAL TROUBLE
STARTS.

THAT'S OILRABIA
ALL RIGHT.

THAT PLATEAU MAKES IT
IMPERVIOUS TO ATTACK.

SHIELDS HER, TOO.

SET HER DOWN EASY,
LAUNCHPAD.

AS ALWAYS.

[CRASH]

WHOA!

MAKE THAT
A DARKWING DITTO!

HOLD IT THERE,
BIG FELLA.

I'LL
HANDLE THIS.

NO CAN DO, D.W.

EVERYONE KNOWS
THE HERO ALWAYS
GETS THE GIRL...

AND I'M THE HERO.

A PROMISE
IS A PROMISE.

I GOTTA TAKE
FLYING LESSONS.

[TICKING]

WAIT. I DON'T
OWN A WATCH!

MUST BE A CLOCK
SOMEWHERE.

AAH!

[TICK TOCK]

IT'S A MEGABLASTER
FISSION BOMB,

WITH SWISS MOVEMENT
TIMING

AND OPTIONAL
RADIALS.

STEADY, DARKWING.

ONE WRONG MOVE,

AND WE'LL BE
COATING THE WALLS.

LET'S SEE...
THE RED WIRE
IS THE TRIGGERING--

STEP ASIDE,
AND LET A HERO
DO HIS JOB.

THERE.
THAT WASN'T
HARD AT ALL.

BUT, BUT...
YOU DIDN'T EVEN
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.

FINALLY,
SHUSH HAS
SENT US AN AGENT

CAPABLE
OF HELPING
MY COUNTRY.

A TRUE HERO.

HEY,
IT WAS NOTHING, REALLY.

I'LL SAY.
NOTHING BUT DUMB LUCK.

DON'T MIND ME.

JUST LOOKING
FOR THE NON-SMOKING SECTION.

[CREAK]

THE ATTACKS
ON OUR OIL FIELDS
GROW MORE AUDACIOUS,

AND OIL
IS ALL WE HAVE.

DON'T WORRY.
WE'LL LEAVE AFTER LUNCH.

THIS FEAST
SHOULD BE
INMY HONOR,

BUTI HAD
TO FIND A SIDEKICK
WITH AMBITIONS.

OH, PLEASE!

AHEM.

DEAR PRINCESS,
PUT ALL
YOUR FEARS ASIDE.

I SHALL LEAD
THE EXPEDITION

TO DETERMINE
ANY THREAT
TO YOUR KINGDOM.

YOU? BUT ARE YOU NOT
JUST THE PSYCHIC?

AN UNFORTUNATE
AND VERY TEMPORARY
MISUNDERSTANDING.

BUT LAUNCHPAD PROMISED
HE WOULD LEAD
THE EXPEDITION.

HE IS A HERO.

HE IS NOT,
NOT, NOT!

I'M THE BRAINS HERE.
I AM DARKWING--

DUCK!

HA HA HA!

WHAT
A WHIMSICAL FELLOW!

HE MUST KEEP
YOUR ADVENTURES
AMUSING.

OH, YEAH. D.W.'S A
BARREL OF LAUGHS.

[CRASH]

OH, BOY.
THE PRINCESS SURE KNOWS

HOW TO TRAVEL IN STYLE.

HOW'S IT GOING
BACK THERE?

JUST DUCKY, HERO.

THE BODY OF THE LAST
SHUSH AGENT IS JUST AHEAD.

HOW MANY AGENTS
MUST WE EXTERMINATE

BEFORE SHUSH
GETS THE MESSAGE?

WAY, HEY, HEY.
CAN IT BE?

IT LOOKS LIKE MY
FAVORITE PLAYMATE,

THE OLD
DARKWING DOFUS
HIMSELF.

WELL...

I'LL SEND HIM
A LITTLE GIFT

FROM
STEELBEAK'S
WELCOME WAGON.

A SANDSTORM,

BUT FROM WHERE?

GREAT DANGER!
WE MUST TAKE COVER!

LAUNCHPAD!

[HUMMING]

LAUNCHPAD,
COME BACK HERE!

WHOA!

WHOA! GOOD BRAKES!

OK, OK,
YOU CAN RIDE WITH ME.

I'M COMING, D.W.!

I'M COMING!

GOTCHA.

THERE WAS NOTHING
WE COULD DO, PRINCESS.

LAUNCHPAD HAS BEEN LOST
IN THE STORM.

HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE
HIS FUNNY LITTLE FRIEND.

DO NOT WORRY.

LAUNCHPAD WILL NOT FAIL
OUR PEOPLE.

TRUE HEROES CAN OVERCOME
ANY ADVERSITY,

AND LAUNCHPAD
IS A TRUE HERO.

WELL, HERO,
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

WHAT I ALWAYS DO
WHEN I'M LOST--

FIND THE NEAREST
GAS STATION.

THERE OUGHT TO BE
ONE AROUND HERE,
UH...SOMEWHERE.

THE PITILESS SUN

POUNDS OUR PARCHED,
PANTING PROTAGONIST,

BUT STILL DARKWING DUCK
PRESSES FORWARD,

HOPING TO PUT OFF
THE INESCAPABLE--

GREAT CHANCE TO CATCH
SOME RAYS, D.W.

HAVE YOU
LOST YOUR MIND?

WHY? I'M USING
A SUN SCREEN.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

WE'RE GOING TO DIE--

SHRIVELING IN
THE MERCILESS GLARE
OF THE SUN

UNTIL WE'RE
A PITIFUL PILE
OF DUCK JERKY.

[GASPING]

NOT TO WORRY.

THEY'VE SENT IN
THE NAVY.

SURE. LIKE THEY'LL
SAIL UP IN THE--

DESERT?

THE QUESTION IS--
WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?

F.O.W.L. EGG MEN.

THEY'RE BUILDING
A WHOLE FLEET.

FROM THE LOOKS OF THINGS,
I SURMISE--

DOESN'T THE HERO
DO THE SURMISING?

OK, OK.
SO WHAT DO YOU SURMISE?

BEATS ME.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?

I SURMISE...

WE TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK.

GLAD I CONSULTED YOU.

WE MUST BE
LIKE THE CAT--

TREADING SOUNDLESSLY,
WITH COMPLETE CONTROL.

YOU THINK
ANYONE HEARD THAT?

I'D SAY IT WAS A STRONG MAYBE.

IT'S NO USE.

YOU JUMP
WHILE I HOLD THEM OFF.

NO. I'M THE HERO.
YOU JUMP.

UHH! QUICKSAND?

UH-OH.

SOMETHING TELLS ME THIS
IS WHERE THE PLOT THICKENS.

SO I SAYS TO MYSELF,

"WHAT'S THE ADVENTURE

IF WE DON'T INVITE
THE COMEDY RELIEF?"

HOW YOU DOING, DUCKS?

GEE, STEELBEAK,
GOOD TO SEE YA.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT
BEHIND MY BACK.

STILL RACKING UP
THE POPULARITY POINTS?

YOU'RE THE GUY WHO'S
BUILDING THE SHIPS
IN THE DESERT.

OH, HE'S GOOD.
HE DESERVES
A PROMOTION.

I GOT ONE ALREADY.

I'M THE HERO.

LAUNCHPAD, NOT NOW!

WELL, I AM.

DON'T LISTEN TO HIM.
TOUCH OF SUNSTROKE.

GOOD HELP
IS HARD TO FIND.

SO, BEFORE WE GET
TO THE TORTURE THING,

I'LL EXPLAIN WHY I'M STUCK
IN THIS ARMPIT OF A DESERT.

YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY
AFTER OILRABIA'S
OIL RESERVES.

YOU ARE SHARP,

BUT YOU STEP
ON MY LINES.

HOWEVER,
YOU'RE RIGHT.

GAS MAKES
THE WORLD GO ROUND.

FROM NOW ON,
YOU WANT GAS,

PULL UP TO YOUR
FRIENDLY F.O.W.L. STATION.

SERVICE WITH A SMILE.

YOU'RE PUFFING UNLEADED,
BUT COMING UP EMPTY.

YOUR TROOPS
WOULDN'T MAKE IT

ACROSS THE DESERT,

MUCH LESS CLIMB
THE CLIFFS OF OILRABIA.

THAT'S WHY
I'LL ATTACK BY SEA.

HA HA HA HA.

YOU'RE RIGHT.
I CAN'T STAND IT.

IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DESERT?

GUESS YOU'LL WAIT
FOR RAIN? HA HA HA.

OH, NO. I'LL BRING MY OWN.

I'M GOING
TO TURN THE DESERT
INTO AN OCEAN.

YEAH, RIGHT!

THIS GUY'S
BAD NEWS
AT A PICNIC.

COME ON, D.W.
JUST GIVE ME A CHANCE.

AHA! I HAVE IT!

I'LL USE MY MENTAL POWERS

TAUGHT ME
BY TIBETAN YOGIS.

WHEN THE GUARD RETURNS,

I'LL MESMERIZE HIM,
MAKING HIM MY SLAVE.

THEN AGAIN,
I COULD USE LIGHTNING.

TIME TO TRUST
THE BASICS.

SHOULDN'T
THE HERO LEAD?

YOU MAY BE THE HERO
ON THIS MISSION,

BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE
DARKWING DUCK!

I'M THE TERROR
THAT FLAPS IN THE NIGHT.

I AM THE LITTLE MOUSE
THAT EATS YOUR CHEESE.

I AM DARKWING...

DUCK.

HA HA.
HA HA.

GANGWAY!

GOING SOMEWHERE?

STAND BACK, BEAKY,

OR I'LL SIZZLELIZE YOU
WITH A LIGHTNING BOLT.

HOW DOES THIS WORK?

AAH!

YOU IDIOT!

YOU'LL JAM IT!

GET TO THE SHIPS!

THE CAVE'S GONNA FLOOD!

FLASH FLOOD!

SOMEBODY
FIX THIS THING!

AH.

OH, NO!

DARKWING DUCK
IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!

I'M GONNA--GONNA--

EGG MAN!

YES, SIR.

AH.

THANKS, PAL.
YOU'RE A LIFESAVER.

SET COURSE
FOR OILRABIA.

YETH, THIR.

I CAN
STILL TAKE OILRABIA.

BETWEEN THE FIREPOWER
OF MY BATTLE CRUISER
AND THIS BABY,

THE CITY
WILL THROW OUT
THE RED CARPET.

DARKWING DODO
IS SOMEWHERE OUT THERE,

HAVING DINNER
WITH DAVY JONES.
HA HA HA.

HEY, YOU,
SURF'S UP, D.W. DUDE.

LAUNCHPAD,
YOU SAVED MY LIFE!

HEY, HEROES ARE
ALWAYS SAVING LIVES.

YOU MIGHT WANT
TO SAVE THAT THANK YOU.

THERE'S NO PLACE TO LAND!

YEOW!
WHOA!

[EXPLOSION]

ONE SHOULD
ALWAYS BRING A PRESENT

WHEN ARRIVING
UNANNOUNCED,

AND I GOT A DOOZIE
FOR THE PRINCESS.

COME ON.
WE MUST SAVE THE PRINCESS.

HELP!

[COUGHING]

WE'RE COMING, PRINCESS!

HELP!

HANG ON!

YOU ARE BOTH MY HEROES.

EVEN YOU,
MY FUNNY ONE.

AAH!

OW!

WE'VE GOT TO FIND
A BETTER WAY TO STOP.

YO, PRINCESS,
HAND OVER YOUR OIL,

OR YOUR PEOPLE
ARE HISTORY.

YOU GOT 10 MINUTES.

WHATEVER
SHOULD I DO?

I NEED YOUR ADVICE.

IF IT'S OIL
STEELBEAK WANTS,

HE'LL GET IT.

WHAT? MY PEOPLES' OIL?
ARE YOU CRAZY?

A LITTLE MANIC-DEPRESSIVE
ON WEEKENDS,

BUT SANE ENOUGH TO KNOW

HEROES LIKE US CAN OVERCOME
THE LIKES OF F.O.W.L.

LET'S GET DANGEROUS!

HE CALLED ME A HERO!

BEING A SLAVE
TO A SCHEDULE CAUSES STRESS.

ALL RIGHT, PRINCESS,
TIME TO--

WHAT'S GOING ON?

HEY!

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

YOU WANTED OIL?

LET HER RIP, PRINCESS.

HEY,

I'M THE WEATHER WIZARD
AROUND HERE!

I'LL GIVE THAT TOWN

A ZAP THAT'LL FRY THEM
LIKE A SAUSAGE.

UH-OH.

GEE, AND ME
WITHOUT MARSHMALLOWS.

I REALLY
HATE THAT GUY.

I REALLY,
REALLY HATE HIM.

GEE, PRINCESS,

I'M NOT VERY GOOD
AT GOODBYES.

OR HELLOS, EITHER.

MY PEOPLE AND I THANK YOU.

WITH HEROES LIKE YOU,
THE WORLD IS A SAFER PLACE.

GOODBYE, MY CHAMPION.

D.W. HERE
IS THE REAL HER--

IS THE LUCKIEST
SIDEKICK IN THE WORLD.

ME AND THE BOSS
HAVE TO BE GOING.

LAUNCHPAD,
I UNDERESTIMATED YOU.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,

WE'RE COLLEAGUES,

BROTHERS IN ARMS.

YOU MEAN IT?

I SURE DO.

FROM NOW ON,
WE'RE 100% EQUALS.

NOW, GET THE BAGS.

YOU GOT IT, BOSS.