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{{Infobox_episode
|title1 = Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!
|season = 1
|number = 11
|airdate = May 11, 2018 ([[Disney Channel]])<br>October 2, 2018 ([[Disney XD]])
|previous = "[[The Spear of Selene!]]"
|next = "[[The Missing Links of Moorshire!]]"
|writer     = [[Francisco Angones]]
|director   = [[John Aoshima]]
|production = 114
|series     = [[DuckTales 2017]]
|image = 1.11 Beware the BUDDY System Title.png
}}
'''Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!''' is the eleventh episode of [[Season 1 (DuckTales 2017)|Season 1]] and the 11th episode overall of ''[[DuckTales 2017]]''. It first aired on May 11, 2018, on [[Disney Channel]] and marks the series' introduction of [[Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera]] and his alter-ego [[Gizmoduck]], as well as that of the ''DuckTales'' 2017 version of [[Darkwing Duck (2017)|Darkwing Duck]] albeit in its TV show form.

==Plot==
Brilliant young scientist [[Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera]] is recruited by [[Launchpad McQuack (2017)|Launchpad McQuack]] who is feeling menaced by tech genius [[Mark Beaks]]' newest invention.

==Synopsis==
In the city of [[Saint Canard]], the villains [[Quackerjack (2017)|Quackerjack]], [[Megavolt (2017)|Megavolt]], and [[The Liquidator (2017)|The Liquidator]] set off a bomb in order to rob a bank. As they are fleeing, the nearby streetlights are inexplicably smashed, and purple smoke begins to roll in. The culprit of both unexpected effects is none other than [[Darkwing Duck (2017)|Darkwing Duck]], who pursues the fleeing villains and soon confronts them. This is taking place in an episode of the ''[[Darkwing Duck (TV show)|Darkwing Duck]]'' show, which [[Dewey Duck (2017)|Dewey]] is watching at [[Launchpad McQuack (2017)|Launchpad's]] garage.

With Dewey being unaware of the show, Launchpad explains the nature of the series and its star, Jim Starling, to Dewey as he is getting together an outfit trying to look his best. Once finished, he and Dewey get into [[Scrooge McDuck (2017)|Scrooge]]'s limo, and Launchpad reveals that he is celebrating finally receiving his driver's license. The two travel to the [[Money Bin (2017)|Money Bin]], where Launchpad is expecting a party after having mailed his license to Scrooge to share the good news. However, no such celebration is forthcoming, and the pair find Scrooge with [[Gyro Gearloose (2017)|Gyro Gearloose]] in the latter's lab.

Scrooge is witnessing a presentation of Gyro's latest concept when the demonstration is wrecked by Gyro's new intern, [[Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera]]. In the midst of dealing with the mess, Dewey reveals that [[Mark Beaks]] has introduced an uncrashable, self-driving car. Gyro and Scrooge immediately head off to investigate, but not before Scrooge tosses Launchpad the unopened envelope containing his driver's license, having not even checked inside. All four make their way to the exhibition of [[B.U.D.D.Y.]], Beaks' robotic driver. Scrooge is quickly impressed and expresses interest in obtaining a fleet of the automatons.

Feeling threatened, Launchpad challenges B.U.D.D.Y. to a race, and then sneaks into Gyro's lab with Dewey later than night looking for a way to ensure his victory. The pair are apprehended by [[Manny]], now working as another of Gyro's interns, and conference with Fenton who offers to help. At the race, Fenton implements a complicated method in hopes of aiding Launchpad, but it does more harm than good. Despite utilizing multiple different vehicles in an effort to defeat B.U.D.D.Y., Launchpad loses the race.

Gyro, who was spying on the race, emerges and reveals that he has learned where the technology for B.U.D.D.Y. came from: it's based on his own [[Lil Bulb (2017)|Bulb Tech]]. To his fury, he learns that Fenton posted Lil Bulb's blueprints online while looking for help preventing Lil Bulb from turning evil again, and Gyro promptly fires Fenton. The despondent ex-intern joins an equally depressed Launchpad while Gyro, Scrooge, Dewey, and Beaks climb into B.U.D.D.Y.'s car. However, he quickly discovers that Beaks' modifications to B.U.D.D.Y. were mostly cosmetic, and the robot turns evil and takes the four hostages.

Recognizing the plight of their employers and friends, Launchpad and Fenton launch into action, with Launchpad using Scrooge's limo to pursue them while Fenton activates an invention of Gyro's that he attempted to show off earlier. The device, a set of robotic armor, assembles around Fenton and transforms him into [[Gizmoduck]], who puts his suit to use in an effort to rescue B.U.D.D.Y.'s hostages. While he succeeds in doing so, his inexperience with the suit leaves him at B.U.D.D.Y.'s mercy, and Launchpad and Dewey come to his aid.

After a tense confrontation on the road-during which Launchpad and Dewey learn that Fenton is using the suit-B.U.D.D.Y. is knocked off a cliff into a river. Back at the Money Bin, Scrooge acknowledges Launchpad's receipt of his license and also his appreciation for his driver/pilot. Fenton attempts to claim that the Gizmoduck suit disappeared, but Gyro dismisses his fabrications and reverses his decision to fire Fenton. Unbeknownst to them, Mark Beaks is now determined to claim Gizmoduck for himself.

==Cast==
* [[David Tennant]] as [[Scrooge McDuck (2017)|Scrooge McDuck]]
* [[Ben Schwartz]] as [[Dewey Duck (2017)|Dewey Duck]]
* [[Beck Bennett]] as [[Launchpad McQuack (2017)|Launchpad McQuack]]
* [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] as [[Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera]]/[[Gizmoduck]]
* [[Josh Brener]] as [[Mark Beaks]]
* [[Jim Rash]] as [[Gyro Gearloose (2017)|Gyro Gearloose]], Gizmoduck Armor (uncredited)
* [[Corey Burton]] as [[B.U.D.D.Y.]], [[Liquidator (2017)|The Liquidator]]
* [[Jim Cummings]] as [[Jim Starling|Darkwing Duck]]
* [[Michael Bell]] as [[Quackerjack (2017)|Quackerjack]]
* [[Keith Ferguson]] as [[Megavolt (2017)|Megavolt]]

==Production Notes==

==Series Continuity==

==Trivia==
* '''Main Cast Absences''': [[Huey Duck (2017)|Huey]], [[Louie Duck (2017)|Louie]], [[Webby Vanderquack (2017)|Webby]], [[Donald Duck (2017)|Donald]] and [[Bentina Beakley (2017)|Mrs. Beakley]]
* This episode introduces several features from the 1990s [[The Disney Afternoon|Disney Afternoon]] series ''Darkwing Duck'', which, in the continuity of the ''DuckTales'' reboot, exists as live-action television series:
** The show's main setting, [[Saint Canard]], was previously confirmed to exist as a city not far from [[Duckburg (2017)|Duckburg]], as first mentioned in "[[Woo-oo!]]"
** However, the characters [[Darkwing Duck (2017)|Darkwing Duck]], [[Megavolt (2017)|Megavolt]], [[The Liquidator (2017)|the Liquidator]], and [[Quackerjack (2017)|Quackerjack]] are all fictitious in the ''DuckTales'' universe.
** The [[Ratcatcher]] briefly appears in the background as Darkwing Duck's vehicle.
* Launchpad gets his driver's license in this episode.
* According to Launchpad's driver's license, his birthday is September 18th, but in the original series episode "[[A DuckTales Valentine]]", he said he was an Aries, which would mean his birthday is between March 21st and April 19th. This is presumably a difference in canon between the two series, and reflects the airdate of the original ''[[DuckTales]]'' cartoon.
* A billboard advertising [[S.H.U.S.H.]]-with a picture of [[Vladimir Gryzlikoff]] appears during the ''Darkwing Duck'' footage from the episode's beginning.
* The sequence when Launchpad jumps Scrooge's limo on the way to the [[Money Bin (2017)|Money Bin]] is modeled after a scene from ''[[Wikipedia:Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''.
* Fenton's 'transformation' sequence into Gizmoduck resembles character/mecha transformations from various anime.
* The plot of this episode is similar to that of the ''TaleSpin'' episode ''[https://talespin.wikia.com/wiki/From_Here_to_Machinery From Here to Machinery]''.
* Fenton suggests modifying the car with an oscillation overthruster, which happens to be the name of the macguffin in the movie ''[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension|The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]''.

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