“ | Liquidator: I was once a meager but brilliant water bottle salesman in the beautiful berg of St. Canard!
Darkwing Duck: Enough of this song and dance! You mean to tell me you're...? Liquidator: Correction: I was Bud Flood, before you mercilessly threw me into that contaminated vat of water! Darkwing Duck: Threw you!? You fell into the vat! I mean, I have nothing to do with that! We even tried to save you. Liquidator: Nevertheless, I became the new and improved master of all liquids... the Liquidator! |
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~ Liquidator and Darkwing talking |
“ | Let the cleansing power of prison life wipe away your cares... and your sanity! | „ |
~ Liquidator |
“ | A cup of water | „ |
~ Gosalyn after seeing Liquidator |
Background
The Liquidator is one of the most dangerous mutants in St. Canard. Not only does he possess the power of hydrokinesis, his body consists of nothing but water and the hydrokinesis applies to that too. He can change shape at will and whether objects go right through him or if he is effectively solid is up to him. Before the event that granted him this power, he was Bud Flood, the owner and spokesperson of a bottled water company. Already anything but a saint, he contaminated the water of the competition with various experimental concoctions. It's one of these concoctions mixed with water that transformed him into the Liquidator; a change he whole-heartedly embraced. His first course of action was to use his new abilities to make the whole of St. Canard dependent on his company and, though the businessman within him has never ceased to be, later he went for more direct forms of crime and even joined the Fearsome Five.
The Liquidator is voiced by Jack Angel. In the DuckTales reboot, the actor who played him was voiced by Corey Burton, and the real Liquidator was voiced by Keith Ferguson.
This dropdown contains the synopsis of Liquidator’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise! |
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Note: Credit to the Darkwing Duck wiki Bud Flood was a crooked businessman who owned the Sparkling Crystal Pure Flood Water, a bottled water company based in St. Canard. During a heatwave in St. Canard, Flood contaminated the water of competing drinks, leaving only his own brand, Sparkling Crystal Pure Flood Water, and Coo-Coo Fizzy Water. He was assisted by two women early on, as well. He acquired his powers trying to poison his competitors’ supply of water in an effort to monopolize the market during the heat wave. When Flood was caught in the act by Darkwing Duck he took a tumble into one of the tainted vats and seemed to melt away and die. The volatile chemicals Flood had used instead altered his molecular structure, transforming him into a being made entirely of living water. Now rather deranged, the Liquidator blamed Darkwing for throwing him into the vat. Darkwing told him that he tried to save him, but he thought he died. Since he could now control all liquids, he turned all the water in St. Canard into a rubbery substance, and now had an absolute stranglehold on the water business in the city. Darkwing was able to defeat the Liquidator by pouring powdered cement on him, restoring the city's water to normal. Because he was once a businessman, much of the Liquidator's dialogue is based on advertising slogans. He formed part of the Fearsome Five. Not only is his body completely made out of water, but he also possesses numerous water-related abilities including reforming when evaporated and when frozen, commanding constructs made of his watery body and to create water monsters of limited intelligence not connected to him. In he also shows the ability to rapidly heat or chill water. In he also shows the ability to engulf an opponent, Neptunia; who much to his chagrin, turns the tables on him by whipping him up with her trident from within. The Liquidator is one of the most efficient mutants in existence as his powers are plentiful and the drawbacks limited. What little negative consequences he receives from his new form start with his appearance. Liquidator is one of those mutants who has undergone a visual change that makes it impossible for him to blend in. Despite having full control of water, he is weak against sponges and can easily be caught with one. The Kitty Kat Kaper Carelessness with his own form's access to small places also has occasionally caused him to become locked up in simple containers. But the big one is his weakness against any substance that reacts with water to form a solid structure. Get cement or pudding powder on him and it's a matter of waiting. He'll eventually get out, presumably as vapor, but for a good while he'll be immobilized. |
Statistics
Tier: Varies from 9-A to Low 8-C, likely High 8-C, possibly 8-B at his peak, can reach 8-A via Cartoon Physics
Name:
Origin: Darkwing Duck
Sex: Male
Age: 20's - 30's
Classification: Anthropomorphic Dog, Water, Supervillain
Status: Alive
Alignment: Neutral Evil (He's far less insane than Megavolt and Quackerjack. But he is still immoral and actually tried to cut of St. Canard's entire water supply just so he could rule it[1])
Dimensionality: 3-D
Powers and Abilities
Standard Equipment
Other
Standard Tactics: Liquidator fights by spraying water and heating up the water
Weaknesses:
Note: The reason why both the Darkwing Duck and DuckTales versions of the Fearsome Four have the same profile is because they are directly shown to be from the Darkwing Duck TV Show with even the mayor addressing this. Also, in DuckTales, every piece of fiction is an alternative universe so this wouldn't downgrade the original characters as well. This is further supported by when Darkwing Duck went into the real world in which his "life story" is a cartoon[2]. However, it exists as a cartoon because the creator had a helmet that allowed him to hear what was going on in different "worlds"[3]
Note 2: The Darkwing Duck comics are canon. The writers wrote the comic to feel like an official episode of Darkwing Duck with even Tad Stones helping with the comic. They even wrote reasonings for why Splatter Phoenix came back from the dead in ways that made sense with the show. It is mentioned here the comics extended Darkwing's canon. Finally, some comics even reference actual episodes
Trivia
References
- His name is a play on "liquidation", which is what happens when a business goes under and all its assets get divested.
- Although a relatively popular Darkwing Duck villain, the Liquidator only made major appearances in six episodes, with five of them alongside the Fearsome Five. In fact, his origin episode, and the only episode where he appears solo ("Dry Hard", the 23rd episode in production order) only aired after the character appeared in the two "Just Us Justice Ducks" episodes and "Life, the Negaverse, and Everything", leaving many first-time viewers of "Justice Ducks" wondering where exactly he came from. He also made cameo appearances in "Ghoul of My Dreams" and "Time and Punishment".
- Of all the Fearsome Five members, Liquidator seems to be the most mentally stable. However, considering the characteristics of his teammates (a sadistic egomaniac, a dangerously irreverent toymaker, a cowardly plant/duck hybrid, and a super-charged delinquent who believes light bulbs are alive), that's not saying very much.
- A kinder, gentler version of the Liquidator was part of the Friendly Four in the Negaverse.
- In "Jail Bird", when Negaduck steals all of his powers, Liquidator kept his altered appearance, similarly to Bushroot. It is unknown why he didn't revert to his original form.
- His powers and origin are identical to those of Spider-Man's villain, Hydro-Man.
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