
Someone brought up the idea that maybe it was Gadget.

We needed a lab animal for Heron to test her Intelli-Ray on. "Until S3 when we started breaking the story for "Double 0". So we got away with turning a small Easter Egg featuring a character we were NEVER allowed to use into an extended cameo featuring everybody AND the theme song. Bigger projects were in play that would restrict our ability to use them."Īt some point, I think everybody just got on board with it, and we had proven ourselves a bit. "For the past couple years, various departments at Disney have been kicking around a big RR project, most recently that feature idea from Lonely Island announced in development a while ago. Lesser known is the OTHER property we were told was off limits: the Rescue Rangers," Angones explained. He's a big icon and mascot that requires all kinds of approvals. "It's pretty well known at this point that at the start of the show, we were told Mickey was pretty much off limits. Well, they made their grand debut this week, and Angones told the entire story on Twitter. Careful viewers might have peeped the bread crumbs leading to the acknowledgment of Chip Dale, Gadget, Monterey Jack and Zipper.

Well, there were certain lines that they couldn't cross and Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers was one of them.

They've been steadily adding more elements of the old Disney Afternoon universe to their new DuckTales show. It's been quite a road for Frank Angones and his crew. DuckTales' producer detailed the long process for them to get the Rescue Rangers into the latest episode.
