- “What do ya have him lick you like that for? Gross.”
- ―Howard to Taneleer Tivan
Howard the Duck is an anthropomorphic talking duck who originated from Marvel Comics.
Howard the Duck was created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik.
Appearances
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Guardians of the Galaxy
Howard the Duck appears as a living exhibit in the Collector's museum. In the post-credits, Howard makes a cameo in the Collector's museum remarking upon the destruction of the museum to the Collector.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Howard made a cameo at the Iron Lotus, where he talked with someone. He was seen again in the credits later on.
Avengers: Endgame
After the snap is undone by Hulk/Bruce Banner, Howard joins the other heroes into fighting Thanos and his army of Chitauri, Outriders, and the Black Order.
What If...?
Season 1
Howard the Duck first appears in the episode What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?, where he is part of the Tivan Collection, like in the Sacred Timeline. While T'Challa tries to search for the Embers of Genesis in the collection, he runs into Howard who seems to have an in-depth knowledge about the collection's layout, leading to T'Challa freeing him and asking Howard to give him the tour. Howard, however, gets distracted by a bar and is more content to spend his time drinking, as T'Challa continues searching.
In the episode What If... Thor Were an Only Child?, Howard comes to Earth to join Thor's party. Jane expresses her intent on making first contact with Thor, to which Darcy Lewis replies how half the Vegas strip has already done so, and suggests making first contact with Howard, calling him a "loser". Howard retorts how Darcy's comment is big talk coming from a brunette. As Thor & Jane bond, Howard and Darcy decide to get some nachos together, before having a Vegas wedding that evening. Later, when S.H.I.E.L.D. drop Jane & Darcy back in Vegas, after Thor's confrontation with Captain Marvel, Howard quips how Darcy (or as he calls her, "Mrs. The Duck") has come waddling back to him. Darcy is not in the mood to argue with him at that time, though.
Season 2
Another variant of Howard appears "What if... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?" where he runs the casino in Xandar.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Howard makes a cameo just before the climax where he is shown having moved back to Knowhere and is in the middle of a poker game with Kraglin Obfonteri, Cosmo the Spacedog, the Broker, and a couple of others. He is shown to also be disturbed by the fact that Kraglin has not apologized for calling Cosmo a "bad dog".
Television
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
Perry the Platypus is mistaken for Howard by Spider-Man due to Perry's possession of a duckbill.
Marvel Animated Universe
Ultimate Spider-Man
In the episode "Awesome", Howard the Duck was captive in a sphere-globe in Connors' lab. He warned Spider-Man to back off and that he would use his Quack Fu, which Spidey deemed him "too weird".
In the episode "Carnage", Howard has a cameo appearance in When Peter Parker's imagination when Norman Osborn is about to turn Spider-Man into Carnage, Peter imagines other possible transformations, including Howard.
In the episode "Guardians of the Galaxy", Howard is mentioned among Star Lord's list of heroes on Earth before Spider-Man.
The episode "Return to the Spider-Verse" Pt. 2 featured a pirate version of Howard the Duck (voiced by Seth Green) who resided in a cartoonish pirate reality, Howard was Web Beard the Sea Lord's first mate on a pirate ship version of Groot until he started to have a disagreement with Web Beard enough to lead the pirate versions of Rocket Raccoon and Cosmo the Spacedog into a mutiny after Web Beard hoarded the treasure for himself. When Howard was trying to get Web Beard, Spider-Man, and Kid Arachnid to walk the plank, the Kraken ended up attacking. Spider-Man and Kid Arachnid persuaded Web Beard and Howard to put aside their differences in order for everyone to help repel the Kraken. After that was done, Howard agreed to serve Web Beard again.
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
Howard is among the heroes captured by the Collector, who admires the "ultra rare hero", stating he's in mint condition.
Guardians of the Galaxy
He appeared in the episode "Lyin' Eyes" where Drax the Destroyer and Rocket Raccoon find him in a display case at an auction house on Knowhere. When he sees Rocket Raccoon and Drax the Destroyer, Howard the Duck turns away and continues reading his newspaper In the episode "Happy Together," he encounters his old acquaintances Rocket Raccoon with the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy at Starlin's where he will give them some units if they obtain a specific item for him that is in Kallusian space. That item turned out to belong to the Kree. During the exchange on a planet that has an acid volcano, Howard the Duck gets away while the Guardians of the Galaxy deal with Phyla-Vell. Howard then hands the Kree item to Collector as Howard asks why he wanted the Guardians of the Galaxy set up. Collector tells him that they broke his things.
In the episode "Long Distance Runaround," the Guardians of the Galaxy catch up to Howard the Duck on Knowhere and apprehend him where he admitted setting them up in exchange that Collector lets him see the outside of his ship. After Cosmo the Spacedog helps the Guardians of the Galaxy get away from Phyla-Vell. However, Collector sabotaged the Milano to head to Hala to attack it. After Collector shrinks Hala, Howard the Duck leaves in a small spacecraft having left a tracker for Collector's ship that the Guardians of the Galaxy used to find it. In the episode "With a Little Help From My Friends," Howard the Duck is on Conjunction when Star-Lord shows up looking for wrestlers to help fight the Serpent. Though Howard the Duck proved himself to Star-Lord when he used a bubble device to trap the Champion of the Universe.
In the series, he is dressed as he is in the movies.
Disney Parks
Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!
Howard the Duck can be seen in the background as part of The Collector's collection during the pre-show, before entering the Collector's office. Howard is fairly well represented in merchandise for the attraction despite only having briefly appeared.
Trivia
- In early comics, Howard was initially depicted as not wearing pants. Due to this, he greatly resembled Donald Duck. Ironically, when Howard was launched, his resemblance to Donald caused Disney to file a lawsuit against Marvel for copyright infringement until Howard was given a redesign depicting him wearing pants in the comics as part of the settlement, although this was before Disney purchased Marvel.
- Howard the Duck is notable as being one of the few characters to be used by both Marvel and Lucasfilm prior to both companies being bought by Disney.
- In the film Planes: Fire & Rescue, Howard is parodied as Howard the Truck.
- In August 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn said, "It's possible Howard could reappear as more of a character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But if people think that’s going to lead to a Howard the Duck movie, that’s probably not going to happen in the next four years. Who knows after that?".
- The episode What If... Thor Were an Only Child? is the first time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that Howard is referred to by name.
Gallery
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