Fenpad

Fenpad is the slash ship between Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera and Launchpad McQuack from the DuckTales fandom.

Season 1
BEWARE THE B.U.D.D.Y. SYSTEM!

As Launchpad badly explains to Gearloose that he needs his help to defeat the self driving robot, Gearloose calls for Fenton. Fenton agrees to help Launchpad with his problem, and starts to show an invention that Gearloose is working on, before Gearloose tells them that it's not ready yet. Fenton takes Launchpad and Dewey to his "office" and tells them that Gearloose is more strung than usual due to Beaks beating him to the self-driving car. Launchpad says that won't be a problem till he's through with it, and Fenton starts suggesting ideas that would make the Launchpad's car go faster. Launchpad isn't sure about them, and just wants to know if Fenton could give him pointers on how to beat the robot. Fenton thinks reprogramming the mind to go against an AI would get Gearloose's attention, and might just work.

The next day at the challenge, Fenton is in the limo, leaving a bunch of notepads and explaining how they'll help Launchpad drive better. He asks if he got all that, but Launchpad just unconvincingly says yes. Beaks arrives and Fenton steps out of the car. When Beaks is done explaining the rules, Fenton ducks his head in and tells Launchpad that following the tips gives him a 51% chance of winning. He reminds him not to crash, much to Launchpad's surprise, as Beaks calls for the race to start.

After Launchpad looses the race, and Fenton gets fired, Launchpad lies sadly on top of the limo. Fenton asks if there's room for one more and joins him. They both sigh, and Fenton starts to explain how he seems incapable of committing to an idea that will actually help people, to make people better. Launchpad asks why when there's always someone better, and that it's probably better to stop trying since you'll just be ignored anyway. He thinks it's better to stop trying and asks if there's anyone having a worse day than them.

The self driving car beeps at them, and Launchpad just assumes it's a way to brag about the car, but Fenton realizes that the car has turned evil. Launchpad then jumps into the front of the Limo, and says that he'll distract it while Fenton finds a way to get them out of the car. Fenton has an invention that could help, and suggests corralling the car into a ravine, but Launchpad says that he'll probably just crash into it. Fenton points out that that's unsafe, but Launchpad says that playing it safe didn't work and that it was time to get dangerous.

Fenton is trying to stop the car and control the Gizmosuit, when he suddenly falls. Launchpad sees this and speeds up the limo, so that it stops in front of Fenton and catches him. Launchpad assumes that Fenton was a robot the whole time, but before Fenton can correct him, the suit detects the car coming. He yells for Launchpad to move and Launchpad backs away from the car. They're able to get away and the car falls into a river below. Launchpad yells for the bucket of bolts to take that and says sorry because he's not sure if that's offensive to Fenton. Fenton is about to correct him again when the cliff gives way and they start to plumit. The gizmosuit activates flight and Fenton is able to get them up excitedly. Launchpad says it looks like Fenton's first crash and he returns them to the ground.

Moments
Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!
 * Fenton reminds Launchpad not to crash.
 * Fenton cheers Launchpad on.
 * Fenton watches Launchpad try to crash into the car.
 * Launchpad gives a thumbs up to Fenton after he puts Dewey in the car.
 * Launchpad yells "bye Gizmoduck" to Fenton as he leaves.

Fanon
The ship is a rarer pair in the DuckTales fandom. The ship is more popular among tumblr and fan artists than it does for fic writers. Many fans of the pair enjoy the mutual support between the two, as well as Launchpad being one of the reasons that Fenton became Gizmoduck. The ship is not as popular due to their limited interactions and both being shipped with other characters more. Fenton is often shipped more with Gandra and Dr. Gearloose, while Launchpad is more often shipped with Della and Drake.

On AO3, it is the ninth most written ship for Fenton and the eighth most written for Launchpad. There are 14 fics for the pair on the site.

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Variations

 * Gizmopadwing refers to the ship between Fenton, Launchpad and Drake Mallard