Performer(s) Appeared in Launchpad McQuack is a character originally created for the Disney animated television series DuckTales. He was Scrooge McDuck's pilot who had a tendency to crash any planes that he took control of. He eventually was later featured on Darkwing Duck as the title character's sidekick. Although DuckTales never had a Christmas episode (aside from the storybook Christmas at the North Pole), Launchpad did appear prominently in the Darkwing Duck Christmas episode "It's a Wonderful Leaf".