Quackerjack

DisneyChar
name =Quackerjack


first appearance ="Whiffle While You Work" (October 1991)
created by = Tad Stones
voice actor = Michael Bell
birthday =
relatives =His parents citatation needed
pets =
friends =NegaDuck, Bushroot, Megavolt, Liquidator, Mr. Banana Brain, Weasel Kid
rivals =Darkwing Duck, Gosalyn Mallard, Whiffle Boy
powers =creation of destructive toys, acrobatic skills, wackiness (revealed in Jail Bird)

Quackerjack (spelled "Quacker Jack" in the NES gameLaunchpad: Quacker Jack and his henchmen are blocking the construction of the new bridge! cite video game | title =Darkwing Duck | developer =Capcom | publisher =Capcom | date=1992-08 | platform =Nintendo Entertainment System | language=English] and often misspelled "Quakerjack" on the DVD subtitles) is a fictional character from the Disney television series Darkwing Duck, and a major rival of a popular video game star, Whiffle Boy. Quackerjack is voiced by Michael Bell.

Background

He was once a toymaker who was run out of business after the video game market expanded, but likely more because his toys were so lethal no one in their right mind would buy them, although it was never specified if they were that way before he went out of business. He became a supervillain who robbed banks to get money to fund his toymaking ventures, in lieu of bringing joy to the little children of St. Canard.

Quackerjack seems to be influenced by the classic DC Comics clownish archetype of supervillain that includes the Joker, the Riddler, the Trickster, Punch and Jewelee, the Harlequin, the Prankster, and the the Clown. Like most of them and Superman's long time enemy Toyman, Quackerjack has a toy gimmick.

He also has a little doll named Mr. Banana Brain (a parody of the popular children's toy Mr. Potato Head) who he carries around everywhere and talks to. Most of the time he then adapts a high pitched voice to have the puppet talk back, generally in rhyming form.

He's a twisted genius, and has built many successful, if a little creepy, toys.

Most times he works alone, but has been known to team up with Megavolt, and he was a member of the "Fearsome Five" (led by NegaDuck and including Bushroot, Liquidator, and Megavolt). His superpower is his "wackiness", which greatly annoys NegaDuck.

His catchphrase is "It's PLAYTIME!"

In the series

His debut was in "Whiffle While You Work", in which he first met Darkwing (though he seemed to know him from somewhere, Darkwing didn't know him) and their rivalry was established.

In "The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain", he stole a haunted Jack-in-the-box that contained a demonic entity named Paddywhack (voiced by the late Phil Hartman), who possessed his doll for a little while, and feeds on the emotion of suffering that he causes others. Quackerjack noticed a change in the voice of his doll (Paddywhack's voice was far deeper than the high pitch Quackerjack used for the doll himself), but seemed unsurprised that the doll was moving and talking under its own power. This means Quackerjack likely is not aware of the doll lacking life of its own, suggesting insanity and draws a parallel to Batman's almost contemporary villain The Ventriloquist (created in 1988, only three years before Darkwing Duck). In the episode, he was forced to team up with Darkwing Duck to get rid of Paddywhack, or submit to eternal torment specifically designed by Paddywhack with Quackerjack in mind: Paddywhack would fiendishly (from Quackerjack's point-of-view) force Quackerjack to adopt "normal" modes of behavior. This was raucously characterized by the depiction of Quackerjack dressed in a business suit.

In "Toys Czar Us", he forced the manager of a toy store to stock shelves with his personal brand of fun, despite protest.

In "Quack of Ages", he went back in time using his Time Top to eliminate the very first yo-yo. This ended in his accidental aiding of the invention of the yo-yo, thanks to Darkwing.

In "Time and Punishment", he used the top to travel into the future with Megavolt to discover more advanced toys. Thanks to an accidental kidnapping of Gosalyn, he turned Darkwing into the revenge-crazed DarkWarrior Duck.

As a member of the Fearsome Five, Quackerjack appeared in the episode "Just Us Justice Ducks". In a fight with Gizmoduck, it is revealed Quackerjack has false teeth.

In "Stressed To Kill", Quackerjack teamed up with Megavolt again, and, using a toy called Mr. Relaxatron, the two had the city in an apathetic daze as they robbed it blind and caused mass mayhem. Throughout the episode, he constantly annoys Megavolt by calling him "Sparky".

He briefly appeared as a Fearsome Five member again in the episode "Jail Bird". When NegaDuck stole the powers of the other four members, it was revealed that Quackerjack's superpower was "wackiness" (similar to Batman's Joker "superpower" often being referred to as his "super insanity"), without which he became depressed and whiny. Negaduck disliked this power, as it caused him to do silly things for the sake of comedy and laugh hysterically for seemingly no reason.

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