Drakepad

Drakepad is the slash ship between Drake Mallard and Launchpad McQuack from the Darkwing Duck and DuckTales fandoms.

The Duck Knight Rises!
As Launchpad waits in line with Dewey to meet Jim Starling, Drake starts planning on what to say to Jim. Launchpad hears, and tells him to calm down. Jim's a regular guy. Launchpad's been to many of the signings, and one day hopes to meet him. Drake is confused as to why he's still waiting to talk to him if he's been to so many. Jim says that Launchpad is next, causing him to faint and land on top of Drake. Dewey says that that's why.

After being coerced by Jim Starling, Launchpad breaks into Drake's trailer. He tries to open the door, but can't, as starts yelling for help, and that he's trapped in a prison of guilt. Drake then busts the door open, and realizes that it's Launchpad. He becomes confused as to why Launchpad is in his trailer, and Launchpad unconvincingly tries to throw him off while locking the trailer door. The two then start to fight, Launchpad immediatly saying sorry after only one punch. Drake gets back up, and they continue, Launchpad saying that he's just trying to save the movie. Drake sarcastically says that holding him hostage is real heroic, and they continue their fight. Launchpad grabs on of the objects off of the make up counter, and Drake yells for him not to touch it. Launchpad see's that it's a vintage Darkwing shampoo and places it down gently, returning to the fight.

The Duck Knight Rises!

 * Launchpad accidentally launches Jim onto Drake, and then faints on top of both of them.
 * Launchpad watches Drake in the Darkwing Duck remake trailer.

Fanon
The pairing has a mix of fans from both the original '91 series and the DuckTales reboot.

On AO3, Drakepad is the most written ship for both Drake and Launchpad. It is also the most written ship in the Darkwing Duck (Cartoon 1991) and DuckTales (Cartoon 2017) tag.

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Trivia

 * In The Duck Knight Returns!, Jim Starling calls Launchpad "sidekick" a reference to Launchpad being Drake's sidekick in the original series.
 * Launchpad's favorite color is purple, which is Darwing Duck's signature color.

Variations

 * Mallard-McQuack Family refers to the ship between Drake, Launchpad and Gosalyn Mallard