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Lovelorn Launchpad is a comic story written by Paul Halas, scripted by Jack Sutter and drawn by José Maria Millet Lopez. It features Scrooge McDuckWebby VanderquackLaunchpad McQuack, and, in her debut, Bedelia Airheart.

Plot[]

Launchpad McQuack has been behaving strangely as of late, mostly because of a crush on star air pilot Bedelia Airheart. Learning that his supposed soulmate's plane apparently crashed in the Himalayas, Launchpad goes off to rescue her and faces off a yeti… only to find that Bedelia does not return his affection, and could have gotten out of her predicament by herself!

Behind the scenes[]

This story was first published in 1996 in the Swedish Kalla Ankka & Co #1996-08. It was first printed in English in the British Mickey and Friends #1996-07 that same year. It was finally printed in the U.S.A. in 2010 in Uncle Scrooge #396; in this version, according to American habits, the script had been "localized" by David Gerstein.

Though nominally a DuckTales episode, the story may not take place within the DuckTales timeframe but actually later, since it was presumably written to take place in the present day of its writing (1996), several years after the in-universe end of DuckTales. As Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are not featured in the story, it is entirely possible that the former had already returned from the navy during this story's events.

List of episodes of DuckTales
Cartoons
Season 1
The Treasure of the Golden Suns • Send in the ClonesSphinx for the MemoriesWhere No Duck Has Gone BeforeArmstrong • Robot Robbers • Magica's Shadow WarMaster of the DjinniHotel Strangeduck • Lost Crown of Genghis KhanDuckman of AquatrazThe Money VanishesSir Gyro de Gearloose • Dinosaur DucksHero for HireSuperdoo!Maid of the MythDown and Out in DuckburgMuch Ado About ScroogeTop DuckPearl of Wisdom • The Curse of Castle McDuck • Launchpad's Civil WarSweet Duck of YouthEarth QuackHome Sweet HomerBermuda Triangle Tangle • Micro Ducks from Outer Space • Back to the KlondikeHorse Scents • Scrooge's PetCatch as Cash CanMerit-Time AdventureThe Golden FleecingDucks of the WestTime Teasers • Back Out in the OutbackRaiders of the Lost Harp • The Right DuckScroogerelloDouble-O-DuckLuck o'the DucksDuckworth's Revolt • Magica's Magic MirrorTake Me Out of the Ballgame • Duck to the FutureJungle DuckLaunchpad's First CrashDime Enough for LuckDuck in the Iron MaskThe Uncrashable HindentanicThe Status SeekersNothing to FearDr Jekyll and Mr McDuckOnce Upon a DimeSpies in their Eyes • All Ducks on Deck • Ducky Horror Pictures ShowTill Nephews Do Us Part
Season 2
Time is Money • Super DuckTales
Season 3
The Land of Trala La • Allowance DayBubbeo and JulietThe Good MuddahsMy Mother the Psychic • Metal AttractionDough Ray MeBubba's Big BrainstormThe Big FlubA Case of Mistaken Secret IdentityBlue Collar Scrooge • BeaglemaniaYuppy DucksThe Bride Wore StripesThe Unbreakable BinAttack of the Fifty-Foot WebbyThe Masked MallardA DuckTales Valentine
Season 4
Ducky Mountain HighAttack of the Metal MitesThe Duck Who Knew Too Much • New Gizmo-Kids on the BlockScrooge's Last AdventureThe Golden GooseTreasure of the Lost Lamp
Others
DuckTales Plush Toys CommercialWilde About DuckTalesDuckTales Theme Song With Real Ducks
Books & Other Prose
• … • Silver Dollars for Uncle ScroogeThe Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Sedqaduck • … •
Comics
The Puzzle of the Lost PyramidThe Hounds of Smothering HeightsThe Hidden Treasure of QuackistanThe Lost ValleyThe Phantom Barnstormer • The City Under the IceThe Lost-and-Found MedalThe Crown Jewels AffairA Trip to ScotlandThe Oil PiratesThe Fountain of LaughsThe Abominable SnowduckStar Island Treasure • The Desert PlotThe Inter-Galactic Visitors • Flights of FancyAn Elephant Never ForgetsRoad RallyThe Mind-Reading MachineTerror on the High Seas • Marooned on the Moon! • The Actors • The Great Bubble Gum DisasterSeeing the BlightFinders WeepersCoin of the RealmSomebody Else Finds It… For Us! • The Eek MachineThe Cave Caper • The Grope DiamondUncle WhiskersWindfall on Mount G'ZootightGyro's Berry CopterThe Bedeviled DimeDon't Rub Me the Wrong WayKingdom of the AntsOnce Upon a DimeThe Fish SitterThe Dirt ChopperThe Skywriting CrimesThe Nature NewsBehind Prison WallsWilderness Survival DayScottish Scares!The Secret of Eagle MountainThe Emerald AuctionGyro's Marvelous Picnic MachineThe Big RaceAn Antsy PlanThe Circus Comes to TownThe Treasure HuntersThe Whistling GhostRoberta the RobotThe Magic ShowDogs in Disguise • Revamped CampingGlitter! Glitter! Little Diamonds!On Easter IslandThe Treasure TrekUnk-UnkUncle Scrooge - Head MogulParrot IslandDigging for Treasure, AgainSky-High Hi-Jinks • The Smart NephewComputer ChaosBuddy, Can You Spare a Dime?The IdolHow Not To Be a MillionaireLardina, Princess of the NileThe Witch SwitchScrooge's Nose Knows GoldA'Haunting We Will GoBack in Time for a DimeThe Old Number One DimeAt the Top of the WorldThe Petras PennyThe Great ChaseThe Cave Ducks • Go West, Young Duck • The Billion-Bean StampedeThe Big Bird Bath Battle • The Gold Rush • Great Minds Think Alike • The Gold Crop • The Voodoo Treasure • Scrooge's QuestThe Purloined CoinThe Pyramid of Toh-BakhoThe HexThe Wheel of FortuneThe Gold Nugget Mine • The CyclopsBuck TalesThe Curious CaninePirate's CoveThe Beagle Boys' Scientific CrimewaveCall of the WitchThe Fountain of YouthThe WagrandiMake It With FlowersThe Waddington MasterpieceHideout in the PastWitch Way Did She Go?The Dream SchemeDeep Sea SewageChristmas as UsualEx-PilotThe Black PyramidThe Sacred Hair RestorerThe Littlest GizmoduckThe Chaos Coin Catastrophe!The Relic RacketThe Wonder CarSouthern HospitalityThe Stealing of Old WestburgRomaliensRemote RescueThe Samurail CircleThe Riddle of BigfootThe Thieving JackdawsThe Family's ShrewdThe Gold OdysseyQuest for a MarmandaUp the Amazon without a PaddleIt's Lucky to be SmartDime After DimeGrief at the ReefThe Everlasting CoalHoney, I Shrunk the DucksA Giant CropAn Octopus's GardenThe Spirit of Chief FirebirdThe Gold HoundSlugga Bubba!Flight of the Bumbling WebbyDr. Duck and Scrooge McHydeSleepy ValleyThe Secret of Uncle ScroogeA Dime in TimeWebby's Diary - My Biggest VacationThe Great Gutenbergh GrabBig Top Big ShotThe Vintage AeroplaneRosebudThe Fortified MansionThe Curse of FlabbergéFun Zone FiascoThe Missing EmperorThe Backwoods ButlerCriminal ConventionBeagleology 101Dime CrimeReturn to the MoonMrs Beakley's Secret LoveThe Enchanted CauldronThe Dough That Devoured Duckburg • The Two MusketeersA Switch in TimeFor the Love of PeteAdventure in ScotlandThe Vanishing CuckooThe New ChiefHe Who Laughs LastImperial ElixirThicker Than WaterWebby's Field TripThe First WheelThe Time BeltShake!The Power of the PyramidsThe Disappearin' Bullion BluesThe Boy Ploy • The Farmer and the Fly BoyThe Ace ChaseThe Soothing BalmThe ClairvoyantThe Wild Goose ChaseThe Arcadian UrnQuacko-Quacko IslandA Beagle Badtime Story • The Lucky PupBetter Late Than NeverDinoEvergreenHigh AnxietyWaste of TalentRainbow FishYes, No Bananas TodayThe Legend of the Chaos God • Never Say Never • A Cold ChristmasThe InheritanceThe Stunted PilotStarstruckGriswolkMission CinemaUnderwater TreasureOn Duckburg PondBalloon SwoonProductive PlayBirds of a FeatherTrue BelieversKayak CreditAviation AnxietiesLovelorn LaunchpadUn-Easy RiderA Dolt from the BlueJust Another Hang-UpThe KiteThe RainfakerAll Quacked UpTwinkletoesThe Emperor's New PictureA Smashing SuccessLook Who's SquawkingThe Gum CrusadersLaunchpad's Day OffSomething Fishy"I" of the StormOne of a KindThe Publicity StuntA Good SwimTempest on McDuck BeachFool for FuelThe Fall GuyThe RescuersThe Last Auction HeroRightful Owners
Dangerous Currency
Video Games
DuckTalesThe Quest for GoldDuckTales 2 • DuckTales Remastered
Others
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