"A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity" is the 85th episode of DuckTales.
Synopsis[]
Huey, Dewey and Louie suspect Launchpad McQuack to be Gizmoduck, which offends Fenton. During a party in honor to Gizmoduck, most attendants dress as him, so the real one cannot prove his identity to show he isn't Launchpad. An accident happens with the fireworks and Gizmoduck takes them away, except for one that hits Launchpad. Seeing him as damaged as Gizmoduck should be by taking the fireworks away, everybody in Duckburg is convinced he is Gizmoduck (except, of course, for those who already know Fenton's secret).
During the following days, Launchpad enjoys the fame of "being" Gizmoduck, until the Beagle Boys capture him. Gizmoduck rescues Launchpad and convinces hum that making people believe he's Gizmoduck may be dangerous. However, as the Beagle Boys didn't see Gizmoduck and Launchpad at the same time, they are convinced he somehow freed himself and donned the Gizmosuit. This has the Duckburgians even more convinced that Launchpad is Gizmoduck.
Launchpad decides to confess on national TV that he isn't Gizmoduck, but when he says the idea is "as my friend Fenton says, blabberin' blatherskite". As M'Ma Crackshell is watching the declaration on TV, the TV speaker transmits the password to the Gizmosuit which goes where Launchpad is and turns him into Gizmoduck. However, as he is unaccustomed to the Gizmosuit, Launchpad makes some mistakes that end causing a flood, so he must be saved by an unarmored Fenton.
Days later, Huey, Dewey and Louie have noticed that, after Launchpad's clumsiness with the suit, he cannot be Gizmoduck. Fenton is happy to know he's suspect number 2, right behind... Mrs. Beakley?
Memorable quotes[]
"I wonder if Cluck Kent ever had days like this..." |
Louie: Hey Launchpad, what's the big announcement about? Gizmoduck? Launchpad: I'm afraid so, fellas. I'm going to bear my soul. Dewey: Jeepers! Can ya do that on television? |
"Rumors that I am Gizmoduck are, as my friend Fenton Crackshell would say, nothin' but a lot of blabberin' blatherskite!" |
Trivia[]
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie shouldn't think that Launchpad is Gizmoduck because they saw both of them together at the end of "Super DuckTales".
- When aired on Toon Disney, the shot of the worker's cigar falling into the crate of fireworks was cut; as a result, the fireworks now seem to ignite entirely on their own, which makes no sense.
- Toon Disney also cut the shot of Big Time hitting Burger on the head (even though Chip did the same thing to Dale multiple times on Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers).
- Launchpad would be mistaken as the secret identity for a superhero again in the Darkwing Duck episode "A Duck By Any Other Name".
- He would also wear the Gizmosuit again in the comic "A Switch in Time" in Disney Adventures Volume 3, Number 1.
Voice cast[]
- Russi Taylor - Huey Duck, Dewey Duck, Louie Duck
- Alan Young - Scrooge McDuck
- Hamilton Camp - Fenton Crackshell/Gizmoduck
- Terry McGovern - Launchpad McQuack
- Joan Gerber - Bentina Beakley, Webra Walters
- Tress MacNeille - Oprah Webfeet
- Kathleen Freeman - Mrs. Crackshell
- Frank Welker - Big Time Beagle, Baggy Beagle, Geralduck Rivera
- Chuck McCann - Burger Beagle
External links[]
- Disney Wiki: A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity
- DuckTales Wiki: A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity
- "A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity" at the Internet Movie Database
- "A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity" recap at TV Tropes