Quack Pack (1998 film)

Quack Pack is a 1998 American animated action comedy film written and directed by Jacob S. Lee. A loose adaptation of the 1996 Disney television series of the same name, the film features the regular television cast: Tony Anselmo, Jeannie Elias, Pamela Adlon, E.G. Daily and Kath Soucie. The film also reintroduces the cast of DuckTales, including Alan Young and Terence McGovern, reprising their roles as Scrooge McDuck and Launchpad McQuack, while Tress MacNeille voices a teenage Webby Vanderquack. It also features characters from Disney’s Mighty Ducks television series and Hanna-Barbera’s SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, with Jennifer Hale reprising her role as Mallory McMallard and MacNeille reprising her role as Callie Briggs, respectively. In the film, the Duck family is being recruited to a Secret-Service-like organization known as the Federal Organization for World Loyalty (shortly known as the F.O.W.L.) to track down the Claw, a ruthless madman, and his henchmen, the Bandits of Duckburg, who is stealing a top secret microchip from the President in order to use it as part of a brainwashing device that will allow him to take control of the world.

Unlike the TV series, which had a familiar lighthearted sitcom structure, the film has a much darker tone and includes many references and homages to the James Bond films, such as the Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger and the Claw's razor-sharp metal teeth, a reference to Jaws from The Spy who Loved Me. However, it serves as a parody of the series, as it features references and homages to its lighthearted counterpart, including a retooled and remixed version of the theme song "Duck Daze" performed by Apollo 440 and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

The film is a co-production between Disney and distributor 20th Century Fox, making it the first Disney film to be released by another studio. It was theatrically released on June 18th, 1998. Quack Pack was met with positive reviews from critics, although some might criticize its darker tone compared to the series. It was commercially successful, grossing over $225 million worldwide over its production budget of $30 million, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 1998.