Rebecca was stood with Dewey and Launchpad in the parking lot of the newly opened Siesta Rick's Sofa Fiesta, which was being opened by Jim Starling, the actor who played the original Darkwing Duck. As such, on a small portable tv, Jim was playing what can be assumed to be the last episode of Darkwing Duck before the show was cancelled, leaving it on a permanent cliffhanger as the episode ends with a 'To be concluded' at the bottom.

"Whoa, what a twist!" Jim says, talking into a microphone after pausing the episode.

"What?! I never saw that coming!" Launchpad says as he claps, being the only one of the 10 people there to even do so, though one person does seem excited.

"Wait, haven't you seen this episode?" Dewey asks.

"Seventy-five times! But never in a parking lot."

Again that, Rebecca sighs and pinches the bridge of her beak. Launchpad was something else.

"Sadly, beloved TV show Darkwing Duck, starring me, Jim Starling, was canceled before we could end this story. But there's no end to the savings at Siesta Rick's Sofa Fiesta." Jim explains, as he realizes no one is realize all that interested, and sighs. "Let's! Get! Comfortable!" He cuts the ribbon. "Ha-ha! I'll be signing autographs for one and all! If one and all want one!"

At this, much of the crowd leave, uninterested.

Jim mumbles. "Buncha ingrates."

"You good?" Dewey asks Launchpad, who is holding his Darkwing Duck poster.

"Yep. Totally cool. Thanks for being here." Launchpad responds.

"How are you even a fan?" Dewey asks Rebecca, who has her own poster.

"Launchpad had me watch it a lot. It's a good show." Rebecca shrugs. "Also there was an anime version I really got into."

"Ah, makes sense."

Then, Drake Mallard, the excited fan from before, stands beside Launchpad as a fan hands a poster to Jim to be signed. "Okay, keep it together! 'I am your biggest fan!' No. 'I have modelled my entire life after yours.' 'I wanna keep you in a big jar in my closet!'" He says to himself, most visibly excited than Launchpad.

"Calm down, buddy. Jim Starling's just a regular guy. I've been to plenty of these signings, and one day, I'm actually gonna meet him." Launchpad assures.

"Wait. If you've seen him so many times, how come you've never talked to him?" Drake points out.

"Next!" Jim calls, to which Launchpad faints onto Drake.

"This is why." Dewey says.

Rebecca blinks. "Wow, and I thought my anxiety was bad."

As Jim in on the phone, likely talking to his manager, the guest board revealing that it was originally meant to be Johnny from Ottoman Empire who opened the store, which was more fitting and shows how washed up Starling is, Drake steps up and clears his throat.

"Mr. Starling, you have meant so much to me. I... I actually have a very important question for you." Drake says.

Jim takes Drake's poster. "Great. Who do I make this out to?"

"Oh! Um, uh, I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the president of your fan club. I am..."

Jim then interrupts him and signs the poster. "Yeah, yeah. That'll be 15 bucks. Stay dangerous." He passes it back to Drake, who leaves a tad dejected after paying.

"Waaaiiit!"

"Uh, yes?" Drake turns around happily.

Jim then goes up to Dewey and Rebecca, happily. "Fresh-faced new fans!" He leads them over to the table, taking off his sunglasses. "I knew the kids still loved me." He places his sunglasses on the table. "Who do I make this out to?"

Then, Dewey pulls up the still unconscious Launchpad onto the table, much to Jim's disappointment."

"Oh, the fainter's back." He says, revealing this happens to Launchpad regularly.

"He'd really appreciate it if you could sign his..." Dewey is cut off by Jim signing Launchpad's beak. "...poster?"

Jim then holds up Launchpad and forces a smile as Dewey takes a picture, unpleased until Rebecca steps up.

"Uh, Mr Starling? I actually AM a new generation fan." Rebecca says, pushing through her social anxiety and handing him her poster.

"Splendid! Who do I make it out to?" Jim asks.

"Rebecca Duck, please."

Starling signs the poster and hands it back as she pays him the $15. Then...

"'#DarkwingDuck'... Whoa! That's weird. Darkwing Duck is trending number one worldwide."

"What?!" Jim and Rebecca gasp in disbelief.

"Gimme!" Jim demands, wanting to see for himself as Rebecca checks on her phone.

"It says here they're making a movie of Darkwing Duck." Dewey reads.

"They are? We am?!" Jim says before standing on Launchpad's back in joy. "Darkwing Duck is back, baby!"

"He is?!" Launchpad gets up, causing Jim to fall onto Drake, before Launchpad, again, faints onto the two, Rebecca and Dewey each taking a picture.

...

On the way to the studio that is making the movie, Launchpad keeps looking in the rear-view mirror at Jim, making his driving worse somehow as every time he sees Jim, he faints, is woken up by Dewey, looks at Jim again, faints again, and so on, making the limo stop and go.

"Launchpad! Stop looking in the rear-view mirror." Dewey demands.

"Yup! Totally profesh. No problem." Launchpad looks again, and of course faints.

"Hey! Fragile cargo, huh!" Jim says angrily, before reverting to his cheerful tone. "Back on top. Arriving on set for a big-shot movie in style. Thanks for the ride, fans."

"Wow. I am going to a real movie studio! Where larger-than-life big-screen legends are born!" Dewey says, excited.

"And you get to ride there with a real-life movie star!" Launchpad says as Jim sniffs his armpits, to Rebecca's slight disgust.

"I have a bad feeling about this guy, Dewey. Like he shouldn't be left alone with kids." Rebecca whispers, ensuring Jim nor Launchpad can hear.

"Yeah, are we sure about this guy? Why wouldn't the studio send a car for him? Or, you know, tell him the movie exists?" Dewey asks.

"They couldn't make a movie without him. Jim Starling is Darkwing Duck!" Launchpad says.

"Ya dang right he is, buddy! Heh." Jim says as he goes up to the front seat.

Launchpad gasps. "I'm his buddy!" He faints and crashes his car into the studio... which is owned by Scrooge.

"Wait... What the?!" Dewey is confused as he looks at it, as Rebecca also looks.

"Wow. Uncle Scrooge never mentioned this before." Rebecca says.


As they walk to talk to Scrooge, Rebecca notices someone familiar. "Huh? Mr Boone what are you doing here?"

"I'm helping with effects and such. And maintenance. And other behind-the-scenes stuff... Mr. McDuck has me do whatever I can really. I mean, he pays well, so, can't say no. Plus, keeps me from being bored." He shrugs as he continues to make sure things are good.

"Well if they called Mr. Boone in this must be a big deal."

"I'd hope so! Darkwing Duck is a huge deal!" Launchpad says as the group continues on.

...

In the meeting room, after Dewey confronts Scrooge, Launchpad enters, and Jim meets Alistair Borswain, Rebecca enters.

"Owning a movie studio to keep production of work safety films down? Yep, that's Uncle Scrooge." She remarks as she smirks at her uncle, knowing that was the entire reason just by deduction.

Scrooge just nods to her. "Lass."

Eventually Launchpad and Jim start pestering Borswain, who offers to show them the trailer, which they are excited to see.

As the trailer plays, everyone watches.

"Within every man, there is a war." The narrator says. "Not of action, but of ideas."

"Ugh!" Dewey complains.

"Oh boy, I know where this is going." Rebecca says, realizing what kind of film this is going to be.

Indeed, the film is a piece of 'deep' media about 'internal struggle' and other ideas that the director is, very clearly, dumping on a franchise he THINKS it will fit, but in reality misses the original meaning of the original material entirely as the trailer ends, and Alistair waits for opinions.

"I kinda hated it." Dewey remarks.

"What?!" Alistair gasps.

"I didn't understand what was happening or what the bad guy was doing or even who the bad guy was."

"Ae knew he needed a moustache!" Scrooge remarks.

Rebecca's palm once again becomes acquainted with her forehead at what her uncle said. "It's not the 1930s anymore!"

Dewey then tirades about what he likes, which is a hot mess of ideas that show his knowledge of film is non-existent, and leads to Scrooge putting him in charge.

"What?! Uncle Scrooge, I heavily encourage you to reconsider!" Rebecca says.

"Now lass, ae've given yew plenty of opportunities, but yer brothers deserve some don't yew think?" Scrooge says, thinking she just wants to do everything herself.

"Wha- this isn't about that! Borswain and Dewey will ruin this film. Believe me. Things are not going to go as well as you think, and Dewey is the last kid you should be putting in charge."

"Bah, what could hap-"

Then Jim attacks Drake who has entered, the former realizing his 'role' has been given to someone else.

...

As expected, Jim Starling is thrown out for attacking Drake, Launchpad and Rebecca following.

"That is not the Darkwing Duck I know and love!" Launchpad says after helping Jim up.

"Yeah! It's not me!" Jim says.

"But worst of all: Scrooge put DEWEY in charge. Dewey is the last person you should ever give control of a film to! We gotta stop him before he turns Darkwing Duck into a laughing stock! Even if the director is already doing that with his ridiculous 'deep meaning' idea. Pretentious I tell you..." Rebecca growls.

"I already like you kid! How'd you like to be my endearing child sidekick?" Jim asks.

Rebecca backs up a bit. "Eh, no thanks." She is a bit nervous, as she gets an idea. "Oh! I'll talk to Scrooge! He is my uncle and I'm sure he'll listen to my suggestions." She then quickly heads back into the studio, security letting her through because of who she is, merely flashing a card Scrooge gave her a while back that is an all-access pass to any and all McDuck property.

"Huh, what's up with her?" Jim asks, confused as Launchpad shrugs.

...

Back in the studio meeting room, which has Dewey preparing a presentation, Rebecca goes to Scrooge.

"Uncle Scrooge, we seriously need to talk." She pulls him aside, away from Dewey and Alistair.

"Lass, ae've made my decision. If this film is ta make any money we need someone who is part of the target audience to help it. Hence Dewey." Scrooge says.

"It is called surveys, and clearly none have been attempted. Not to mention, Dewey doesn't understand the source material. Also, the target audience should be as diverse as possible. It should target old fans AND new. Be safe for kids but also enjoyed by adults. Get across the same message the original put forward, not some new 'deep' message by some pretentious hack!"

"Pretentious?! I am an artiste!" Alistair protests.

"Which proves my point! Uncle Scrooge, please. I know Dewey from observation. He'll ruin you worse than going over budget."

"Bah! How bad could it be?" Scrooge asks as he takes a seat again and is immediately given a pair of 3D glasses by Dewey.

"With all that out of the way..." Dewey says as he makes Rebecca take a seat opposite Alistair, next to Scrooge. "Gentlemen, and lady, thank you for coming to today's presentation." He then puts a purple poncho on Alistair.

"What is this?" Alistair asks.

"Oh, you're in the 'splash zone'."

"Sir, you cannot expect me to hand over the finale of my grim, complex masterpiece to this child."

"Ugh..." Rebecca groans and bangs her head on the table, realizing this is going to be rough.


At Stage 4, much later, Rebecca is still banging her head in distress mode, forehead red with swelling and repeated hitting, as Alistair is in shock at everything Dewey is doing.

"What?! No, no, no, no, no, no!" Alistair says in distress.

"Easy, Ian." Dewey says as a piano is pulled up by Ian. "Don't want that baby out of tune for the big musical number."

"I do not get any of this." Ian complains.

"Same buddy. Same." Rebecca remarks.

"What did you do to my psychological masterpiece?" Alistair asks Dewey.

"Psychological masterpiece?! Oh you-" Rebecca slams her head against the wall, leaving a cracked dent due to the force, eye twitching afterwards.

"Ae don't know about this." Scrooge admits.

"Thank you!" Alistair and Rebecca shout in relief.

"The villain's moustache has to be at least twice as twirly."

"Oh my-" Rebecca slams a hole into the wall with her head, to which Ian forcibly makes her stop.

"Okay, you need some time to chill... and an ice pack." Ian says as he sits her on a chair and tells someone to get one, as Scrooge realizes that if letting Dewey do this would cause so much trouble, maybe he should have listened to his niece.

Then, Jim sits in the 'Darkwing Duck' seat next to Rebecca, who recognizes, but Alistair doesn't as the latter talks to him.

"Listen... Ignore all these distractions. Stick to our script. Darkwing confronts Megavolt, surrenders, then takes a knee." Alistair says before leaving, which enrages Rebecca.

"Darkwing Duck? Giving up?! Oh you-" Rebecca nearly goes rabid on Alistair, having to be held back by Ian to keep her from killing the man.

...

In the ensuing filming where Jim refuses the script and reveals he has gone psycho, which Rebecca takes as justification of her feelings towards him, things quickly get out of hand as people flee once Jim gets on the laser and the set catches fire, declaring he is ready to kill himself and everyone in the building.

Then, right as Alistair points the weapon at Alistair, who Launchpad moves in front of to protect...

"I am the terror that flaps in the night." A shadowy figure above the set says. "I am the overstuffed burrito that spills onto the lap of crime. A purple smoke bomb is thrown down, and as it dissipates, from it emerges... "I am... DARKWING DUCK!" Drake exclaims, in his new version of the outfit.

"NO, I AM!" Jim says, firing at Drake who dodges many of the attacks, all while Alistair films.

"What is that idiot doing?" Alistair asks.

"Drawing fire." Scrooge says.

During the fight, all actors and staff leave, save for Scrooge, Alistair, Dewey, Launchpad, Rebecca, and Ian.

Eventually, Drake and Launchpad team up to stop the fire and Jim, Drake taking the old actor's attention, standing on a bunch of crates filled with fireworks.

"What?! I knocked you out cold. Like, a lot!" Jim says in disbelief.

"I don't want to brag, but I'm incredibly strong and resilient." Drake explains.

Jim then realizes the crates are full of explosives, smiling evilly. "Oh, really?" He shoots the crates, detonating them.

"Darkwing!" Launchpad cries out.

"No!" Dewey adds.

"Wow, never thought I'd see a LiveBeak video in real life." Ian comments.

However, as Jim laughs evilly, Drake emerges rather unharmed, only covered in smoke.

"How did he survive that?!" Rebecca calls out, shocked.

Drake falls to the floor, and tries to get up. "Get... back... up..."

Jim then shoots the piano and makes it fall onto Drake when the latter runs forward.

"Darkwing!" Launchpad cries out again.

"No!" Dewey cries out, again.

"Huh, I always wondered what i5 would look like to have an actual piano fall on someone." Ian comments, Rebecca nodding.

Drake then gets up again, emerging from the broken piano, once again mostly unharmed.

"WHY WON'T YOU STAY DOWN!?" Jim demands as he continues to zap the still approaching Drake, who resists as the electric gun starts to overheat.

"Hey you idiot! That electro-laser is only rated for ten shots per minute! It's gonna blow!" Ian warns, having designed and built it.

At this, Jim jumps away right before it explodes, getting face-to-face with Drake before they start to fight.

"Welp, there's a weekend of work gone." Ian laments at his creation being destroyed.

"Uncle Scrooge, stop the bad guy!" Dewey says.

"Which is the bad guy?! If only one had a blasted moustache!" Scrooge says.

"Are you kidding me?!" Rebecca smacks her forehead one last time, which seems to do it as she goes dizzy in her chair, regretting her life choices as she holds her head. "Okay, that one actually hurt..."

As the Darkwing Duck fight gets more and more intense, and Jim pulls a chainsaw, Launchpad steps up ands tries to stop the fight.

"STOP! You're not a villain. You're a hero. Our hero. No matter how hopeless things got, Darkwing Duck got back up and did what was right. For Darkwing Duck is bigger than one man. He is the hope that flaps in the night..." Launchpad says.

"This may be the most eloquent Launchpad has ever been." Scrooge comments.

"He knows a lot about this one thing." Dewey explains.

"...But he is light. Just. And the most tenacious part of all good men..." Launchpad continues, as the electric rod behind him start to malfunction.

"Uh oh, that things overloading." Ian says, backing up and pulling Rebecca and her chair back.

"Um, Launchpad?" Drake tries to get the pelican's attention.

"...Inspiring the citizenry to rise to a new Promethean..." Launchpad ignores Drake's warning, and later Jim's, still continuing. "...one who subjugates his will. To the will of the common good. A daring duck of mystery. A champion of right. Who is the cunning mind behind that shadowy disguise?"

Then, Drake and Jim run to Launchpad, Jim pushing the other two out of he way right before the pylon explodes, the old actor caught in the blast.

...

As firefighters are putting out the fire and move the rubble, Alistair exclaims at how it was 'perfect', before finding the USB drive and puts it in the computer to play it... only to find the footage was written over by a recording of Dewey dancing in front of a green screen.

"No! Over the entire fight?" Alistair says distraught.

"It's my masterpiece." Dewey says, pleased.

"Well, this was a disaster. I'm shutting this down. There will never be a Darkwing Duck movie." Scrooge says before walking away, passing Ian. "Sorry lad, guess this is one job you won't be needed for anymore."

"That's okay. I do find actors to be a bit much." Ian says.

"Agreed."

"Uncle Scrooge? I don't feel too good." Rebecca says, head throbbing in pain.

"Oh lass..." Scrooge picks her up to carry her home. "Ae guess ae should have listened to yew, huh?"

"I told ya so."

"Well, note taken. Never let Dewey direct a movie."

"What?!" Dewey says, distraught he won't get another chance as everyone left leaves.