Comet Guy is an alien humanoid superhero from the planet Mertz in Darkwing Duck.
Being a failure on his home planet, Comet Guy traveled to Earth for training in his debut episode, "Smarter Than a Speeding Bullet". On Earth, he met Darkwing Duck where he trained him to be a real super hero. He was tricked by Steelbeak into helping F.O.W.L. by getting rid of Darkwing Duck, whom Steelbeak claimed was really a villain. Eventually, however, Darkwing convinced Comet Guy that Steelbeak was tricking him, and, with Darkwing's help, Comet Guy turned his weaknesses into strengths, defeated F.O.W.L. single-handedly, and returned to Mertz as a worthy hero.
Later, in "Planet of the Capes", Comet Guy returned to Earth to seek Darkwing's help. He and the other heroes on Mertz had misplaced Mertz's only non-superpowered citizens, Ordinary Guy, whom the various superheroes took turns rescuing. Comet Guy told Official Guy that Darkwing, as a hero without powers, would be the new Ordinary Guy. During his time on Mertz, Darkwing, as the new Ordinary Guy, attempted to liven things up by convincing Comet Guy to pretend to be a villain and be the one to endanger him. But Comet Guy's heart was not in it, and he saved Darkwing from his own death trap.
Eventually it was revealed that Ordinary Guy had actually grown angry with constantly being bothered by his superpowered neighbors, and had turned evil and invented a machine which stole all of the heroes' powers and bestowed them upon himself, transforming him into Extraordinary Guy. But Darkwing defeated him and reversed the effect of the machine, returning Comet Guy's powers.
Super powers[]
Comet Guy has the ability to shoot fireballs, freeze things with eye beams, fly, super strength, and super speed. His strange hat is actually a tiny spaceship that he squeezes his massive body into in order to travel to other planets. However, he is dull-witted, and has a weakness: the sound of a bell makes him dance, and he cannot stop dancing until he hears a whistle. A failure on his planet, Darkwing trains him to turn his weaknesses into strengths.
Trivia[]
- Comet Guy was planned to show up again in the unmade third season.
- He is very similar to The Claw in the Quack Pack episode Long Arm of the Claw, as he has super strength and every time he hears a bell he does something peaceful, there's even a scene where he keeps hearing bells and going backwards and forwards into relapsing.