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The Fiendish Organization for World Larceny (F.O.W.L.) is a fictional group of villains that attempts to take over the world in the animated series Darkwing Duck. The group is led by High Command, three high ranking F.O.W.L. operatives hidden in the shadows. The organization originated in the DuckTales episode "Double-O-Duck", only there the F in their acronym stood for Foreign, and they were led by Dr. Nogood. They constantly scheme to take over the world, only to be stopped by Darkwing, his allies, and sometimes S.H.U.S.H. operative Agent Grizzlikof. Other members of F.O.W.L. include: FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... This article is about the animated series. ... This article is on the animated series. ... Peacekeeping super-secret organization headed by J. Gander Hooter, trusted with handling international affairs - usually involving their primary foe, F.O.W.L. - that the regular authorities cannot. ... Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof is a fictional character featured in Disneys animated television series Darkwing Duck. ...

  • Steelbeak - F.O.W.L.'s chief agent, he literally has a beak of steel which he can break strong materials with (how exactly he got it goes unexplained). Suave and debonair, this tux-wearing villain is calm and collected most of the time, but can be angered when his plans start to fail. His name and "power" is a nod to the James Bond villain, Jaws, and his attitude and dress are patterned after Emilio Largo. His name could also be referencing Goldfinger. Once when Steelbeak wondered if he should disobey F.O.W.L. his reflection in a mirror reminded him that when his predecessor tried the same thing, F.O.W.L put the predecessor through six trash compactors. Whenever he comes up against Darkwing Duck, his plans always backfire into disaster like Wile E. Coyote.
  • Ammonia Pine - A former cleaning lady who had accidental contact with an untested cleaning detergent. Inhaling the fumes changed her into a cleaning-obsessed villain. She later was recruited by F.O.W.L. for their dastardly plans. She hates (and is even afraid of) dirt.
  • Ample Grime - Ample is Ammonia's messy, dirt-loving sister. No origin story is given for why she loves messes so much. She hates and fears cleanliness as much as Ammonia hates dirt, which proves to be a problem when the two are required to team up.
  • Major Synapse - The typical R. Lee Ermey type military man-he once sent a Eggmen military unit into an active volcano so it could be "captured"-, he steals S.H.U.S.H.'s Norma Ray, using it to turn his useless hippie underlings into superpowered malcontents. He later used it on himself, turning into a giant head with a giant brain that had major telepathic abilities-until his own stupidity caused his underlings "Hotshot" & "Flygirl" to be flattened by a cartoon anvil-which they are last seen crawling away under-and his own superbrain explodes.
  • Hotshot - One of Major Synapse's hippie underlings changed by the Norma Ray. He controls both fire and ice.
  • Flygirl - One of Major Synapse's hippie underlings changed by the Norma Ray. She can move things with her mind and can also fly.
  • Eggmen - F.O.W.L.'s henchmen and soldiers, dress in all-yellow jumpsuits with white helmets. Possibly a reference to the Beatles song "I am the Walrus".
  • Dr. Nogood - The former head of F.O.W.L. (an obvious parody of Ernst Stavro Blofeld as well as Dr. No), who plotted to render all the world's paper money worthless by making it blank using a special "vanishing spray." He was presumably killed falling into a vat of the chemicals used to make the spray. {Note-another Darkwing Duck villain, Liquidator, also fell into a chemical compound and was presumed dead - until he came back in "liquid" form.} His plan to make money worthless would later be attempted by High Command, with Ammonia Pine using cleaning agents to wash the ink off paper money.
  • Feathers Galore - A parody of Pussy Galore, Feathers was an agent of F.O.W.L.'s as well as the girlfriend of Bruno Von Beak. She turned good after she fell in love with Launchpad McQuack.
  • Oddduck - Dr. Nogood's silent bodyguard, a large goon with a black bowler - an obvious parody of Oddjob.

Despite the James Bond feel of the group, the more humorous overtones as well as the acronym may be a closer reference to KAOS from Get Smart. The beak—otherwise known as the bill or rostrum—is an external anatomical structure which serves as the mouth in some animals. ... Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and U.S. President Ronald Reagan wearing black tie with wives in Quebec, Canada, March 18, 1985. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond 007 is a fictional British agent [1] created in 1952 by writer Ian Fleming, featured in several novels and short stories. ... Jaws is a fictional assassin in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker (plus some later videogames). ... Emilio Largo is a fictional character from the 1961 novel and the 1965 James Bond movie Thunderball. ... Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Goldfinger. ... This article is about the animated series. ... Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote The Road Runner cartoons are a series of Looney Tunes cartoons created by Chuck Jones for Warner Brothers. ... Ronald Lee Ermey (born March 24, 1944) is a former U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor and later Golden Globe-nominated actor, often playing the roles of authority figures, such as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning and Sheriff Hoyt... Device created for S.H.U.S.H. by Dr. Sarah Bellum that bombards the brain with norma particles, giving whatever individual is touched by its beam a variety of psychic powers. ... Singer at contemporary Russian Rainbow gathering Hippie, usually spelled hippy in the United Kingdom, refers to a subgroup of the 1960s and early 1970s counterculture that began in the United States, becoming an established social group by 1965 before declining during the mid-1970s. ... (this article is about the parapsychological phenomenon. ... A woman in a ski jumpsuit (what could also be called a one-piece skisuit). ... Blofeld redirects here. ... Dr. No can refer to a number of things Dr. No (novel), the 1958 novel by Ian Fleming on his inspirational character James Bond Dr. No (film), the first James Bond film, starring Sean Connery. ... The Liquidator with fellow villain NegaDuck The Liquidator is a fictional character, a supervillain in the animated Disney television series Darkwing Duck, was a dog-like creature made entirely of water, who had the ability to control and alter liquids. ... Pussy Galore is a fictional character from the James Bond film and novel Goldfinger. ... Launchpad McQuack is a character created by the Walt Disney Company who first appeared as Scrooge McDucks pilot on DuckTales, and later in the series Darkwing Duck as Darkwings sidekick. ... Bowler - a type of hat Bowler - ten-pin bowler Bowler - cricket player This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Oddjob is a henchman to the villain Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film and novel, Goldfinger. ... // In the 1960s television show Get Smart, KAOS was the International Organization of Evil. ... Get Smart was an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre, which was quite popular in the mid-1960s. ...




Darkwing Duck
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Characters
Main Characters Darkwing Duck/Drake Mallard | Gosalyn Mallard | Launchpad McQuack | Honker Muddlefoot
Villains NegaDuck | Megavolt | Bushroot | Quackerjack | The Liquidator | F.O.W.L. | Splatter Phoenix |
Taurus Bulba | Hammerhead, Hoof and Mouth | Dr. Fossil | Phineas Sharp
Minor Characters Herb, Binkie and Tank Muddlefoot | J. Gander Hooter | Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof |
Gizmoduck | Morgana Macawber | Stegmutt | Dr. Sarah Bellum | DarkWarrior Duck
Other
Misc St. Canard | Calisota | Darkly Dawns the Duck | Characters
Media Episodes | DVDs | Darkwing Duck video game
See also Tad Stones | DuckTales | Double-O-Duck | The Disney Afternoon

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