Gosalyn Mallard
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| Gosalyn Mallard | |
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| First appearance | Darkly Dawns the Duck |
| Created by | Tad Stones |
| Voiced by | Christine Cavanaugh
Jim Cummings (In episode: Trading Faces) |
| Background Information | |
| Aliases | Quiverwing Quack, Crimson Quackette |
| Relatives | Drake Mallard (father) |
| Friends | Launchpad McQuack, Honker Muddlefoot, Morgana Macawber |
| Rivals | The Fearsome Five, F.O.W.L. |
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.
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[edit] 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.
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.
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.
[edit] Crime fighting
[edit] 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. Quiverwing seemed to have retired at the end of the episode, Gosalyn's alter ego retuned in the season three episode Paint Misbehavin.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Trivia
- Although it is quite clear that Gosalyn is Darkwing's (adopted) daughter, most recent Disney trivia resources incorrectly claim her to be his 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.
| 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 |
| 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 | List of Darkwing Duck characters | Tad Stones |
| Media | List of Darkwing Duck episodes | Darkwing Duck DVD releases | Darkwing Duck video game |
