Review: DuckTales “The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker!”

Overview

Della, Dewey, and Huey recruit the showboating pilot Kit Cloudkicker (Voiced by Adam Pally) to take them to an island full of bizarre creatures in search of a missing mystery, unaware that Air-Pirates lead by Don Karnage (Jaime Camil) are actively pursuing them…


Our Take

This episode was a welcoming surprise as it further explores another side of the Disney afternoon block that supposedly takes place within this established DuckTales Universe. This time with the “Talespin” characters which was its own show that involved anthropomorphic renditions of animal characters from Disney’s animated classic “The Jungle Book” such as Baloo, Louie, and Shere Khan mixed with some original characters that got further into their own adventures in the sky. In a nutshell, F.O.W.L. plays an indirect role in hiring Don Karnage’s air-pirate crew to seek out a magic stone that Kit lost due to his reckless piloting. When they enter the island it’s supposedly at, their encounters even go as far as to also heavily reference another classic & obscure Disney cartoon called “The Wuzzles” but it’s mostly is handled in a very unique yet dangerous way as they’re giant hybrid monsters instead of the cutesy renditions they were in the ’80s.

Much of the humor comes from the interactions between Della and Kit as Kit has mostly grown up into a lazy semi-competent pilot whose unintentional negligence and chillaxing attitude in the face of danger understandably make Della less than thrilled to work with him as a concerned parent which you’d think would be something Della should be used to at this point after being around her own kids long enough. It also doesn’t help that Dewey is more focused on wanting to be a showboat rather than learning an actual skill such as Della legitimately teaching him how to steadily pilot a plane.

Overall, this felt like a proper adventure with a fun character cameo in the end that’s a decent shout-out to another Talespin character while also giving a proper conclusion to Dewey’s character arc with the meaningful message that it’s not about the flashy & grandiose things you do that make you stand out, it’s the things that you’re good at.