Gosalyn Mallard
First appearance	Darkly Dawns the Duck
Created by	Tad Stones
Voiced by	Christine Cavanaugh Jim Cummings (In episode: Trading Faces) Image File history File links Gosalynwh. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Darkly Dawns the Duck is an animated Disney television special that aired in two parts in 1991, and was the pilot film for the television series Darkwing Duck. ... Tad Stones (born c. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Christine Cavanaugh (born 1963 in Utah) is an American voice actress who has a distinctive speaking style and has provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. ... James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952[1] in Youngstown, Ohio) is a prolific American voice actor and has often been considered to be a successor to the voice acting legend Mel Blanc. ...
Characteristics
Notable aliases	Quiverwing Quack, Crimson Quackette

Gosalyn Mallard is a fictional character created for the Disney animated series Darkwing Duck. She is the adopted daughter of Drake "Darkwing Duck" Mallard. She first appeared in the pilot episode Darkly Dawns the Duck. Gosalyn is voiced by Christine Cavanaugh. Alice, a fictional character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Darkwing Duck is an Emmy-nominated American animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991 to 1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. It featured an eponymous superhero anthropomorphic duck with the alter ego of Drake Mallard... This article is about the main character. ... Darkly Dawns the Duck is an animated Disney television special that aired in two parts in 1991, and was the pilot film for the television series Darkwing Duck. ... Christine Cavanaugh (born 1963 in Utah) is an American voice actress who has a distinctive speaking style and has provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. ...

Background

Born Gosalyn Waddlemeyer, Gosalyn was an orphan who lost of all of her biological relatives after her grandfather, Professor Waddlemeyer, died. She met Darkwing after Taurus Bulba almost kidnapped her. During their time together, Darkwing and Gosalyn got to know each other and they forged a close bond. After Darkwing defeated Taurus, Gosalyn was eventually adopted by Darkwing's normal alter ego Drake Mallard and the two of them, along with Launchpad McQuack, moved in together. Gosalyn is best friends with Honker Muddlefoot, the boy next door. Orphans, by Thomas Kennington An orphan (from the Greek ορφανός) is a person (or animal), who has lost one or both parents, often through death. ... Taurus Bulba is a fictional character created for the animated television series Darkwing Duck. ... Alter Ego has multiple meanings: Alter Ego is a game for the Commodore 64 computer. ... // Media:Example. ... Honker Muddlefoot is a fictional character in the television series Darkwing Duck. ...

Most of the show is based on Drake and Gosalyn's father-daughter relationship. Gosalyn sometimes gets on her dad's nerves, but he loves her anyway, like any father loves his daughter.

Gosalyn and her father Drake as Darkwing

The episode Time and Punishment shows how important Gosalyn is in Darkwing's life. She is accidentally transported into the future, and results in Darkwing Duck becoming DarkWarrior Duck, a merciless vigilante and alternate future version of Darkwing himself. In the episode, it is revealed that Darkwing went mad after a time of depression, believing that Gosalyn had run away because he would not allow her to help him in his work. Image File history File links 3dlullby. ... Image File history File links 3dlullby. ... DarkWarrior Duck is an alternate future version of Darkwing Duck that appeared in the episode Time and Punishment. ...

Crime fighting

Quiverwing Quack

Knowing her adopted father's secret identity, she too has occasionally donned a crime fighting alter ego known as Quiverwing Quack. Quiverwing's weapon of choice is a set of arrows that Launchpad took her out to get. Gosalyn discovered a hidden talent with them and was even able to take out Negaduck in combat (season one episode The Quiverwing Quack). Even though Darkwing was bothered by Gosalyn's Quiverwing Quack identity, he eventually recognizes she had potential to fight crime. While Quiverwing seemed to have retired at the end of the episode, Gosalyn's alter ego retuned in the season three episode Paint Misbehavin. In contrast to her father's unpopularity in St. Canard, Quiverwing enjoys a large fan following despite her rare appearances. NegaDuck (sometimes spelled as Negaduck) is a fictional character created for the Disney animated series Darkwing Duck. ...

Crimson Quackette

She also briefly adopted a costume similar in design to Darkwing's that she called the Crimson Quackette (season one episode Dances with Bigfoot), and may have been the prototype for the Quiverwing Quack identity.

Gosalyn also had a short stint as a crime-fighting slime creature after being mutated by Dr. Bushroot's GI-CU2 plant formula and rechristening herself "Yucky Duck." ("Slime Okay, You're Okay,") However, her slime-body was unstable and forced her to eat constantly, which resulted in her growing larger and less intelligent. She was eventually returned to normal.

Trivia

• Although it is made quite clear that Gosalyn is Darkwing's adoptive daughter, most recent Disney trivia resources incorrectly claim her to be his biological niece.

• According to an interview with the show's creator, Tad Stones, Gosalyn was partly based on what he believed his then two-year-old daughter would be like when she grew older.

• In the series pilot Darkly Dawns the Duck, the stolen Ram Rod cannon's arm/disarm code is revealed in the lyrics of Little Girl Blue, the lullaby that Gossalyn's grandfather sang to her. The sequence is: yellow, blue, red, blue, purple, purple, blue, purple, green, yellow.[1]

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