What is the broadcast order for the Darkwing Duck episodes on Disney+?
It appears that Darkwing Duck on Disney+ (at least in Belgium) is not in the same order as it was originally broadcast. What's the order to watch the Disney+ episodes in if I want to watch them in broadcast order?
Update from 2022-03-25: I have been talking to Tad Stones on Twitter, the creator of the Darkwing Duck animated series in relation to this question (discussion can be found at https://twitter.com/realnzall/status/1507101691187015691), and it appears neither the original broadcast order nor the Disney+ order are the optimal watch order as envisioned by the animation team. Because of this, I have rewritten the question to focus on how to transpose the Disney+ order to the original broadcast order.
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I wanted to answer this question myself as a sort of personal note that might help others as well. Note that it doesn't really matter what order these episodes are viewed in, because Darkwing Duck is like Silver Age comics, where there is a general setting and a loose cast of heroes and villains, but there is not really any transferrable knowledge from earlier episodes that the viewer should be aware of.
- You don't start with episode 1 on Disney+. You actually start with episodes 29 and 30, which are the two-part pilot numbered 1 and 2 officially.
- episodes 1 through 28 are episodes 3 through 30 on the official numbering.
- Disney+ episodes 31 through 65 are numbered the same officially.
- Disney+ includes the official season 2 as the last 13 episodes of season 1. These are completely out of order:
- Episode 1 of season 2 is episode 70 on D+;
- Episode 2 is episode 72;
- Episode 3 is episode 66;
- Episode 4 is episode 67;
- Episode 5 is episode 75;
- Episode 6 is episode 69;
- Episode 7 is episode 71;
- Episode 8 is episode 73;
- Episode 9 is episode 68;
- Episode 10 is episode 76;
- Episode 11 is episode 77;
- Episode 12 is episode 78;
- Episode 13 is episode 74.
- Season 2 on Disney+ matches season 3 of the official count, in the following similarly disjointed order:
- Episode 1 of season 3 is episode 4 of season 2 on D+;
- Episode 2 is episode 5;
- Episode 3 is episode 3;
- Episode 4 is episode 2;
- Episode 5 is episode 1;
- Episode 6 is episode 10;
- Episode 7 is episode 8;
- Episode 8 is episode 9 (Absent on Disney+ because it is banned);
- Episode 9 is episode 11;
- Episode 10 is episode 6;
- Episode 11 is episode 7;
- Episode 12 is episode 13;
- Episode 13 is episode 12.
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Are the Darkwing Duck episodes out of order?
The cartoon at the root of the Darkwing Duck franchise consists of 91 episodes that originally aired in the years 1991 and 1992. Unlike most other television series, Darkwing Duck does not have a clearcut order or conventional seasons.Why are Disney+ episodes out of order?
That's because episodes for several shows are listed out-of-order. In some cases, episodes aired out-of-order to begin with so only show creators and sharp-eyed fans can catch where the issues are.What episode does Darkwing Duck appear in DuckTales?
Darkwing Duck appears in the reboot series of DuckTales, debuting in the episode "Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!", when Launchpad shows the Darkwing Duck show to Dewey. In this continuity, Darkwing Duck is the fictional star of a superhero television show, instead of someone who exists in the show's universe.Darkwing Duck - Sigla Italiana HQ
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