Duckvember - Flying Duck (Ducks)

I'm a little late, but here I have drawn two drawings related to Duckvember under the name Flying Duck (Ducks).

The first drawing is a redraw of the scene from the OG Ducktales episode Top Duck (the title is a little reminiscent of the title from the Tom Cruise movie Top Gun) where Launchpad finds himself with his family. His whole family is involved in piloting and flying airplanes. Here is Launchpad McQuack, his father Ripcord McQuack, his mother Birdie McQuack and his sister Loopey McQuack. The Top Duck episode featured an airplane flying competition pitting the McQuack family against the Beagle Boys. Of course, everyone hangs out and loves each other. Behind them is a background I drew with three planes flying in the sky.

The second drawing is of Magica de Spell flying on a broom across the night sky, along with two of her students. No, those are not her nieces, her nieces are Minima and Streghella. These are her students named Hocus and Pocus and they mostly appear in the Danish Egmont comics. They were invented by one of the writers for the Donald Duck comics, Daniel Branca, and are mostly drawn by Carlos Mota. Actually, for this drawing I took inspiration from one of the artworks by Carlos Mota. Hocus and Pocus are looking at a cell phone and Magica is struggling with them as they fly.

I hope you like these drawings.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Darkwing Duck (Cartoon 1991), DuckTales (Cartoon 2017), DuckTales (Cartoon 1987) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Drake Mallard/Launchpad McQuack Characters: Drake Mallard (Disney), Launchpad McQuack, Gosalyn Mallard, Birdie McQuack, Ripcord McQuack, Loopey McQuack Additional Tags: Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship, Happy Hanukkah, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Backstory, Where Drake's parents are the worst and referenced, mostly not beta'd Summary:

Drake can't deny Launchpad the trip to see his folks again for the holidays, but Drake has some reservations about getting to know them.

How do you think Drake and Gos would get along LP’s family (Ripcord, Birdie, and Loopy)?

I think so.

I don’t know much about LP’s family, but I’m pretty sure that they don’t act anything like the Muddlefoots so Drake would be absolutely fine with them.

If LP told his family about him being Darkwing Duck’s sidekick then there would be a awkward conversation of LP saying how awesome DW is while Drake tries to take all of the credit without giving away his identity.

Gosalyn would love having adopted grandparents and an aunt around. Especially since Drake’s parents aren’t around.

And I’m sure the Mcquacks would absolutely spoil Gosalyn. Taking her on trips in their planes.

For Charity: Have you and your parents met Launchpad's family? Are you and Loopey like best friends?

(Also will the Mcquack family make an appearance in the fanfic soon?)

This answer had a long wait, but I'm finally getting to it. Here's Launchpad's family as is my headcannon/in my fanfic arc TSoF:

Top left: Ripcord McQuack, Age 61. He owns a stunt plane entertainment show (which he started with his buddies) and also a flight school. However, due to his age and some vision problems due to cataracts, he is being forced to retire from both. This has made him extremely grumpy lately, especially since all his kids are out of the nest and his wife works regularly, so he is stuck at home.

Top right: Birdie McQuack, Age 58. She met Ripcord when she was nineteen (he was 22) when she was flying pond-skippers in Alaska with her father. She had some unique skills as a flyer, and joined Ripcord's budding stunt plane show. Soon after, they got married and she became pregnant. After having four boys, she started studying up to be a commercial pilot. Launchpad came six years later as a surprise, but she was determined not to let that stop her. She flew short commercial flights with small planes (night shift only) out of Duckburg until Launchpad was old enough to go to school before she signed up with a larger commercial airline.

Middle left: Contrail McQuack, age 37. As the oldest, he took on the family business happily, and loves being a stunt pilot and a teacher at the McQuack flight school. He is married with two daughters of his own. He is ten years older than Launchpad and had the least amount of interaction with his youngest brother. Contrail is the impatient sort and has struggled in his role as a teacher in the flight school. His first student was Launchpad, and he often yelled a lot during their lessons. And while Launchpad tried his hardest to learn and not crash, eventually Contrail refused to teach his little brother any more. However, since then and becoming a father himself, he has learned more patience and how to be a good teacher. He has reconciled with Launchpad although he still refuses to give him another lesson or to fly with him.

Middle right: Mach McQuack, age 36. Mach is a natural flier, which made his parents very proud. However, instead of going into the stunt plane business, he joined the air force right out of high school and fought over seas for several tours. He was a bright and energetic child, but after coming back from serving, he became serious and contemplative. And while he has been released from duty serving, he is still employed by the airforce to test experimental jets. Out of all his brothers, Launchpad has the best relationship with Mach. Mach looked out for LP, spent time with him, went camping with him, etc. They were both Jr. Woodchucks, and did a lot of things together despite the age difference. He is also married and has three children, two boys and a girl.

Bottom Left: Turbulence "Lance" McQuack age 33. Lance is the black sheep of the family in the fact that he gets airsick. Ripcord tried to "fly it out of the boy" by constantly taking him up in a two-seater, but it never worked. In fact, it caused a rift between Lance and his father. They constantly butt heads and argue. Because of the tension, Lance graduated early from high school and went to medical school. At the moment, he is a general surgine on the other side of the country and rarely visits since it involves flying. He and Launchpad are very different, but that didn't stop Lance from being a good brother. He was the one who helped Launchpad with his homework and encouraged him to be something other than what his parents wanted. And while Launchpad understood he didn't have to be a pilot because his parents were one, that didn't stop him from wanting to be one. But he does understand what Lance was trying to do for him. Even though Lance doesn't have a good relationship with the rest of his family via phone and social media. He is currently engaged.

Bottom Right: Crosswind McQuack, age 33. Crosswind was the McQuack wildchild, the one that Ripcord and Birdie worried about the most. He was into everything and constantly coming back with bruises and scrapes. He had gotten used to be the youngest until Launchpad came around when he had turned six. And for a lot of his life, Crosswind resented Launchpad, especially when Birdie went back to work and he was expected to be the baby-sitter. He was constantly getting Launchpad in trouble, telling him scary stories, teasing him and getting his youngest brother to perform dangerous stunts. Around the age of 14, he started running with a bad crowd, got into trouble with the law, drank and used some drugs and did a lot of dangerous stuff. He crashed several cars and planes without permission, got some peircings and tattoos and was doing poorly in school. Not knowing what else to do about him, Ripcord and Birdie sent him to reform school hoping that it would shape him up. Surprisingly, it did, one of the school's success stories. He graduated from High School a year late, but he had something to work for. He wanted to fly, but not airplanes. He became obsessed with becoming an astronaught and wanting to fly spaceships. He worked hard, went to a decent college and eventually got himself in the space program. Although he has yet to fly a spaceship, he is scheduled to do so soon. He still has a rough appearance with his long air, a pierced beak and tattooes, but he's cleaned up his act a lot. It's because of him that Launchpad knows how to crash with limited damage. He also taught Launchpad how to drive...at the age of twelve.

That's the McQuack family. I'm sure many of you are asking, "Where is Loopy?" I understand that she is cannon McQuack family from the old show, but I had this idea of Launchpad growing up in a boys only household and being the youngest. It's why he treats Charity like a younger sister because he always wanted to be a big brother.

But for you Loopy fans, don't worry, she's going to show up eventually. I have plans to bring Loopy in.

As for Charity's relationship with the McQuack family, since she and Launchpad were best friends since 6th grad (7th for Launchpad) to present day (Charity is 25 and Launchpad is 27), she has been to his house frequently and knows all his family. Launchpad's parents were rarely home, busy with their jobs, so hanging out at Launchpad's house was their usual during their teen years.

By the time Charity came into the picture, Contrail was a grown-up and working for Ripcord, but he still lived at home since he worked for Ripcord. For the most part, he ignored both Charity and Launchpad but as all of them grew older and matured, he talked more to them. Mach was already in the airforce when Charity met Launchpad, but the times he came home, Launchpad was excited for Charity to meet his favorite brother, and the two got along well enough. Lance tutored Launchpad a lot, but was leaving for college when Charity came into the scene, and Charity stepped in to fill that role in helping Launchpad. She rarely got to see Lance, but she liked him right away despite him being a bit stand-offish. As for Crosswind, he was around the longest with Charity, and often was a jerk when she hung out with Launchpad. Later on, whenCharity was more grown up and getting out of her awkward years, he hit on her frequently. It was the first time Launchpad stood up to his big brother and even gave him a black eye. Soon after that, he cleaned up his act.

For the most part, Charity didn't have much interaction with the McQuack family, but she heard a lot about them from Launchpad.

Thanks for the request. That was a fun one.

ducktales episodes/dynamics I wish we got

louie and webby are able to do perfect imitations of huey and dewey respectively, which would've made for a fantastic episode of doppelgänger nonsense

a goldie and della episode where they fight over who gets to spend the day with louie, ending with the three of them on a scheme together. this is pretty self indulgent but I think it'd be fun

donald and drake mallard being paragons of horrendous luck?!! come on that'd be such a cool duo to explore!!!

in general I want more st canard shenanigans but I MISS MY BOY HONKER‼️episode where he and gosalyn meet and become friends

in tandem with this ^ I need drake mallard's rivalry with the muddlefoots like I need air

louie and mark beaks - tbh I don't actually know why they didn't interact as much in the show? I think the first beaks episode coulda replaced dewey with louie since they both are money oriented and easy-way-out fellas

lena, gosalyn, violet, and webby having a girl's night. cannot believe this didn't happen in the show can you imagine?! they get into some crazy adventure at a sleepover at gos's place, it'd be so cool

I wanted to see launchpad's family in dt17 so bad y'all have no idea, I NEED to see ripcord, birdie, and loopey mcquack meeting the mcduck fam

similarly I want a drake mallard "meet the parents" type episode where he goes to a family dinner w the mcquack family and it's incredibly awkward and sweet and silly

role model swap for the triplets due to like mismatched schedules. huey ends up with goldie, louie with launchpad, and dewey with gyro. picture the chaos

donald, fethry, gladstone, and della adventure. I wanna see em in action all together

webby and gosalyn. I don't really need to elaborate, if you don't see my vision that's on you

della and daisy girlboss duo, maybe donald got captured or trapped somewhere and they have to work together to get him back

Hey everyone I would like to share my headcanons about our favorite Mallard Mcquack family 91.

First Gosalyn

Full name

Gosalyn Anastasia Waddlemeyer Mallard.

Nickname: Gos

Birthday: Dec 15 1983

Ages: 8 in season 1 , 9 in season 2, 10 in season 3.

Zodiac sign: Sagittarius ♐

Sexuality: Demisexual

Likes: Sports, Crime Fighting, her Dads, Honker, Being a Tomboy , The color Blue and Science.

Hates: Clowns, Girly stuff, bullies, her dad being overprotective, Taurus bulba.

Now for Launchpad

Full Name: Launchpad Ripcord Mcquack

Nickname: Lp

Birthday: May 4 1962.

Ages: 29 in season 1, 30 in season 2, 31 in season 3.

Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉

Sexuality: Gay

Likes: Drake Mallard and Gosalyn, Baking, Hamburger hippo, Being a sidekick, flying the color Green, Pelicans Island, the muddlefoots.

Hates: Whenever gos and DW are fighting, Morgana dating DW, anyone who hurts DW and gos, heights.

Now for Drake Mallard

Full name: Drake William Mallard ( dead name is Diana Wendy Mallard)

Nickname: DW.

Birthday: Nov 8, 1964

Ages: 27, In season 1, 28 in season 2, 29 in season 3.

Zodiac sign: Scorpio ♏ ( Just like me no wonder he's so relatable 😂)

Sexuality: Trans Bisexual.

Likes: Launchpad and Gosalyn, fighting crime, being the certain of attention, Morgana, Honker, Working for Shush, Operas, Theatre, Pop music , The colors Purple and Pink

Hates: The Muddlefoots, Pelicans Island, Whenever Morgana and LP fight, Gosalyn getting hurt, Launchpad being overprotective of him, LP reminding him he is the same with Gosalyn, Taurus bulba, The dark, and the fact that his most feared villain is another version of himself.

( seriously 😳 could you sleep at night knowing there's another version of you that murders people)

Did I finally sketch a scene for my "Della, LP and Kit are kids and friends in flight school" thing?

Yes, yes I did.

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Kit was sitting under a tree at the school's courtyard, distractively working on his sketch for an airplane model, when he heard steps and two familiar voices whispering and approaching him.

The bear lifted his eyes, causing Launchpad to hault in place and therefore also stopping Della who he was bringing with him, by a hand on her arm.

Launchpad locked eyes with his friend for a moment, before frowning and facing the ground. Kit frowned too at that. Della, by other hand, simply looked between the two boys, looking frustrated and like she wanted to be anywhere else but here.

"Please," Launchpad muttered to Della.

The girl opened her beak, looking ready to argue, but she ended up huffing instead, resigned.

"What you want me to say again?"

LP's eyes went from Della to Kit and back to Della, "What I told you."

Della huffed again, but decided to go with what Launchpad wanted and walked the few steps remaining to reach Kit on her own.

The bear standed up, "What?"

"LP wants you to know something. He says..." Della paused for a moment, as if collecting her thoughts to remember the message. "He says that Lenus told him that Billy said that Tommy said that Instructor Ripcord is looking for you."

Kit's face twisted in confusion, "What??"

"I'm not repeating all that," Della pointed, sounding tired and at the limit of her patience. "The point is, instructor Ripcord wants to see you."

Kit moved his eyes from his white-haired friend to his redhead one - if he could say he nad LP were still friends. Seeing that the young McQuack was still not looking at him, Kit frowned again, spite growing inside him.

When Della started walking away, he called, "Well, you can tell Launchpad-"

"I'M NOT A PIDGEON!" Della snapped her head at him.

Kit backed away, simply letting her go now, and Della looked from him to Launchpad again before scoffing and stomping away.

In the two years they knew each other, Kit and Launchpad had never had a fight before, but Della was quickly learning she hated it when they did.

Background Launchpad McQuack is the son of stunt pilots, Ripcord McQuack and Birdie, with a blonde sister named Loopy. All of them wear scarves and pilot caps and goggles, and the four of them used to perform in an airshow with dangerous stunts as “The Flying McQuacks,” as shown in DuckTales episode “Top Duck.” Launchpad told Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck he left home after embarrassing himself with a crash during the Flying McQuack’s air show. Launchpad mentioned he left home to get a job when he was fifteen, in Ducktales “Launchpad’s First Crash.” Launchpad’s first plane was a small bi wing called the Sun Chaser, which Scrooge McDuck hired him to fly for as cheaply as possible. It is uncertain how they returned home from that pastiche of Jules Verne’s “Journey To The Center of the Earth” but Launchpad’s next plane was a red bi wing he named the Joy Rider. At some point in his history, Launchpad joined the Junior Woodchucks, earning every merit badge except for swimming, as he revealed in “Merit Time Adventure.” He earned enough merit to become a Scout Leader, and he led Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck and Doofus Drake on a camping trip in “Super Doof”. In “Double O Duck,” Launchpad was mistaken for a spy who looks just like him named Bruno. Launchpad was enlisted by the Duckburg Intelligence Agency to meet with double agent Feathers Galore and intercept enemy agency FOWL’s plan. Feathers attempted to murder Launchpad but Launchpad’s luck and clumsiness (and general awkwardness with unwonted flirtation) spared him from several mishaps until they were both caught by FOWL and thrown into a pit of lions. Launchpad used one of the devices Agent G (Gyro Gearloose) gave him to help him and Feathers escape the lions. In gratitude for him saving her life, Feathers helped Launchpad corner Dr. No Good until the villain ended up falling, presumably to his demise.

“Where No Duck Has Gone Before,” Launchpad was jealous of the attention the triplets were giving to an actor, Major Courage, poignantly saying “real heroes don’t need cameras and makeup. Real heroes just do their job.” Major Courage was the first to call Launchpad “LP”, a nickname Darkwing would use in his show. Launchpad steered the spaceship through an asteroid shower. (He also said there’s no such thing as aliens.)

Launchpad briefly worked for the Beagle Boys in “Hero For Hire”, Flintheart Glomgold in “Robot Robbers”, and the DIA (Duckburg Intelligence Agency) in “Double O’Duck.”

Launchpad has worn the Gizmoduck suit at least twice (in DuckTales “A Case Of Mistaken Identity” and a 1992 DuckTales comic, “A Switch In Time” https://inducks.org/story.php?c=KJZ+025 ). In the episode, he was encouraged to help keep Fenton’s identity a secret by neither denying or acknowledging that he was Gizmoduck. When he was seen disappearing at the same time Gizmoduck removed a box of lit fireworks from a stadium, and reappearing dazed from a stray firework blowing up on him, the whole town took that as evidence that he was the costumed hero. He was mobbed with throngs of fans for days and although he enjoyed the attention of female groupies, he asked Scrooge to help him prove that he was not Gizmoduck. Scrooge arranged a press conference for Launchpad to make his statement, but Launchpad quoted Fenton’s favorite saying on camera during the conference. Since M’Ma Crackshell was watching the conference on tv, the Gizmosuit responded and zoomed to Launchpad, attaching to him on camera. Launchpad tried to remove the suit by pressing random buttons, ending up accidentally flooding the city when one of the suit!s missiles damaged a dam. Trapped in the current and unable to swim in the heavy suit, Launchpad had to be rescued by Fenton via a construction crane. The second time Launchpad wore the Gizmosuit, in the comic “A Switch In Time”, the wheel and leg attachments were missing from the suit and he seemed more in control of the suit’s functions. He and Fenton Crackshell were both tired of their low paying, high risk jobs and they simultaneously told Scrooge they wanted to quit. Scrooge encouraged them to try each others’ job for a day to see if they would change their minds. Unfortunately for Launchpad, some thieves attempted to break into the money bin while he was in patrol and when he attempted to stop them by ejecting a puddle of oil, he slipped and knocked himself out. Fenton again saved him and they both resumed their original jobs. Launchpad was tricked by the Beagle Boys into acting as a live action superhero, the Web-bed Wonder, in “Hero For Hire”, accidentally creating real crimes. Ironically Launchpad said “nobody needs a hero nowadays.”

In Darkwing Duck “Water Way To Go”, Launchpad told Darkwing he wanted to try being the hero for a case, turning some of Darkwing’s words and mannerisms against him, while still being open to following Darkwing’s leadership and evaluations of the case. He helped Darkwing escape a flood by surfing. His hero worship for Darkwing was still present, though, as he was clearly delighted Darkwing praised him. He did not mind reverting back to doing menial chores after Darkwing called him an equal. In Darkwing Duck, Launchpad posed as Darkwing in “A Duck By Any Other Name” with Tuskernini as the main villain (http://darkwingduck.wikia.com/wiki/A_Duck_by_Any_Other_Name) and “Double Darkwings” (http://darkwingduck.wikia.com/wiki/Double_Darkwings )with Jambalaya Jake as the main antagonist). He also donned a Darkwing suit in one comic, “Hero For A Day,” (http://darkwingduck.wikia.com/wiki/Hero_for_a_Day). where he went up against the one shot villain, the Back Alley Bushwhacker, defeating him by apologizing (making the villain laugh) and pretending he lost a contact lens. In Darkwing Duck “U.F. Foe”, Launchpad revealed that he used to be afraid of heights. His father, Ripcord McQuack (who seems more stern and oblivious to Launchpad’s feelings in Darkwing Duck versus the version we saw in Ducktales “Top Duck”), took Launchpad for a flight in an open air biwing to help him overcome his fear, neglecting to make sure his seatbelt was fastened. Launchpad fell out of the plane during a trick, and was rescued by a visiting young purple alien princess named Tia. Tia flew Launchpad around, a la Peter Pan style, to a fairground. According to Launchpad, he had so much fun, he forgot to be afraid of heights any more. Later, adult Tia had him abducted to ask him to marry her to help her lead her people. After Darkwing and Gosalyn helped expose the evil plan Bleeb had for Launchpad, Launchpad turned Tia down and all three Earthlings had their memories of the adventure erased. In Darkwing Duck “The Quiverwing Quack”, Launchpad said his father kicked him out and told him to get a job. It is also interesting to note that Launchpad was perfectly capable of cooking breakfast for the kids over an open campfire, yet in Darkwing Duck, Darkwing was surprised that Launchpad was able to make a decent looking (and unfortunately for him, spicy) batch of brownies.

In Darkwing Duck “Trading Faces” Launchpad said school was difficult for him, and in the Darkwing Duck read along book, “High Wave Robbery”, Launchpad jokingly said he “played a stringed instrument as a kid. A yoyo!”

Could you please provide a list of pairings in “The Mighty Adventures of Duckburg’s Heroes” including the heroes and villains?

*stretches fingers*

Here we go... (Will denote OCs in this, no particular order, and focusing on main cast)

Drake Mallard/Launchpad McQuack

Donald Duck/Daisy Duck/Storkules

Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera/Gandra Dee

Zan Owlson/Dr. Elise Schwanz (OC)

Dr. Kevin Sabrewing (OC)/Captain Raymond Sabrewing (OC)

Abner Duck/Dr. Maria Gearloose (OC)

Natasha Gearloose (OC)/Loopy McQuack

Ripcord McQuack/Birdie McQuack

Jim "Negaduck" Starling/Morgana "Sorceress" MacCawber

Campbell Mallard (OC)/Duclair Mallard (OC)

Andy (OC)/Melissa (OC)

Scrooge McDuck/Goldie O'Gilt

Mickey Mouse/Minnie Mouse

Fethry Duck/Steelbeak

Webby Vanderquack/Clara Gearloose (OC)

Huey Duck/Violet Sabrewing

Louie Duck/Boyd Gearloose

And I've got three more that are spoilers for current fic, "Back to the Present!" so I'm not going to add them just yet!

Have you met the McQuacks: Ripcord, Birdie, and Loopy? What do you think of them?

I sure did!! I really love all of them!! They are very supportive of Launchpad for who he is, and they always want to help out in any way they can!! I think that's super wholesome!!

For Both Drakes and both Gosalyn’s: have you met the rest of the McQuacks? Are you going to visit them for the holidays?

"Of course I've met the rest of the McQuacks. Holiday dinners have been a tradition for a while now."

"They're practically my grandparents!"

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"Yeah! Launchpad invited us over after I adopted Gos. We might go for holidays. Depends on when my parents want us over."

"I thought LP was big. Have you seen Ripcord???"

Ducktales: The Flying McQuacks!

When Launchpad finds out there’s trouble back home, he brings Drake, Gosalyn, Dewey, Della and Penumbra with him to McQuack Ranch and Airfield to meet his parents, Ripcord and Birdie, and his big sister Loopey. Drake and Gosalyn are initially nervous about meeting Launchpad’s family considering their own family issues, Della is even more embarrassed than before about her dismissal of LP’s unconventional flying skills, as well as the fact that she hadn’t made the connection between a pilot named McQuack and the world famous family of stunt pilots named McQuack, Dewey’s excited to meet his best friend’s family and some fellow pilots on an adventure, and Penny’s mostly just along for the ride. Thankfully for the Mallards and Della, LP’s parents are just as friendly, accepting and forgiving as their son, as is Loopey, who actually seems kind of like an older, more self-assured, less traumatized version of Lena.

The problem they came to help deal with are raids by Don Karnage and his crew, which is how they find out that Dewey killed the guy during The Last Adventure. He’s been attacking the McQuack homestead knowing that Dewey wouldn’t hesitate to help his best friend’s family. There’s a lot of fighting, both on the ground and in the air, with the final conflict being Don Karnage’s demon plane form in a dogfight with Dewey, Gos and Darkwing in a Flying McQuack stunt plane, ending in a rather spectacular(and completely safe) Crash, marking the three as honorary(and in Drake and Gosalyn’s case hopefully-not-honorary-in-the-future)McQuacks.

All in all, a very successful low-stakes adventure...at least until they find out it was a diversion to keep them from helping with another, much higher stakes deep sea adventure.

My favourite thing about the original Ducktales episode 'Top Duck' is just poor Ripcord trying to tell Launchpad he loves him and Launchpad motor mouthing his self-depreciation all over the place.

Ripcord seems kind of chill and quiet, at least compared to the rest of his family. And can't get a word in edgewise.

But eventually just can't deal with his son talking himself down and physically clamps his beak shut, like:

"Shut up and let me tell you how fucking proud I am of you."

The Flying McQuacks!

I guess it’s safe to talk about this Zazzle description now, right?

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The officially licensed DuckTales e-Store launched somewhere during the summer of 2018 when the latter half of Season 1 was still airing. I was so...surprised to see something talk about Launchpad's background like this. Every other description I had come across just mentioned the “dim-witted with a big heart” stuff and how he’s the only pilot crazy enough to do what Scrooge tells him. This might still be the only source that revealed anything about him being a latch-key kid.

I had started sharing this sudden information elsewhere (as well as the site’s mentioning of Mrs. B going off the grid to take care of Webby) but then stopped after being concerned about it being spoilers. Yet at the same time, I was like, “Why would they tell us about this before we see it on the show? Shouldn’t it be ok if Disney themselves thought it was ok to release this?”

The shop did go down for a while sometime afterwards. I assumed it was because they released too much information so early, but by the time it came back, all of the descriptions were kept intact.

Well, anyways, if this still stands, Reboot!LP’s insecurities come from his parents not being around much to encourage him. This is quite a contrast from the way they were portrayed in their DT87 debut episode, “Top Duck”. Ripcord and Birdie were very supportive of their son and expressed how they appreciated his efforts, but Launchpad was too busy thinking negatively of himself to realize this. He thought he was a failure to his family and was fixated on wanting to impress them.

Perhaps the situation in the reboot is another misunderstanding. I was hoping that whenever Launchpad’s parents were going to be elaborated on in the show, that they never meant to come off as neglectful; that it was just the fact that their stunt piloting career was so demanding and, in result, caused LP to feel like they didn’t care about him. 

Maybe they weren’t exactly ready to become parents and didn’t want to slow down yet. Or piloting provided such a great source of income for their family that they didn’t want to stop. Whatever caused them to be wrapped up in their jobs, they probably didn’t realize how their actions affected their son until much later. Launchpad self-evicted himself from his parents’ house in the original series after messing up during one of their stunt shows, so something similar could have happened here, like possibly running away from home.

Also, depending on where his younger sister, Loopy, fits in all of this, LP’s fear of being replaced and not being good enough might stem from her. Having his parents be so busy, but then suddenly take so much time out for her, definitely could have upset him.

Uh...so, there’s your Launchpad angst for the day. I’m going to work on clearing out some other posts stuck in my drafts.