Super Friends
Super Friends (1973 TV series)
Super Friends first aired on ABC on September 8, 1973, featuring well-known DC characters Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman. Superman, Batman and Robin, and Aquaman had each previously appeared in their own animated series produced by Filmation, and voice talent from these prior programs was brought in to work on the new show (with the exception of Marvin Miller who was replaced by Norman Alden as the voice of Aquaman). Shortly before the Super Friends series was developed, Superman and Wonder Woman also guest-starred in two episodes of The Brady Kids (voiced by Bud Collyer and Jane Webb under Filmation), while Batman and Robin appeared in two episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies.
This first run of Super Friends, consisting of 16 one-hour episodes which were rerun several times, concluded on August 24, 1974.
This first run of Super Friends, consisting of 16 one-hour episodes which were rerun several times, concluded on August 24, 1974.
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16 Episodes
- The Power Pirate
E1Episode 1The Power PirateAnthro, an alien from the planet Traum, is stealing Earth's energy resources to power his planet- until the Super Friends stop him. Disguising himself as an inspector from Scotland Yard, he enlists the help of the Super Friends to help him steal the Earth's energy to take back to Traum. - Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.
E3Episode 3Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.Professor Goodfellow invents the G.E.E.C. (Goodfellow's Effort-Eliminating Computer) to free mankind of all physical labor, brainwork and responsibility. However, when this miracle-of-the-ages computer goes out of control, it takes the combined efforts of all the Superfriends to repair the computer and return the world to its normal state. - The Weather Maker
E4Episode 4The Weather MakerGlaciers are melting, gigantic whirlpools are forming, and there are icebergs in the South Pacific. When the Super Friends chart these drastic changes in the weather, a pattern soon begins to emerge. They discover that scientist Dr. Thinkwik hopes to shift the Gulf Stream from its regular position to warm his Arctic country, Glacia, but the Super Friends stop him and help him find another way. - Dr. Pelagian's War
E5Episode 5Dr. Pelagian's WarThe nation's three leading industrialists receive a warning from a computerized albatross, "Listen to the voice of Dr. Pelagian, you have one hour to stop pollution of the seas, before the sea strikes back!" The Superfriends must get the three stubborn industrialists to meet with Dr. Pelagian before his tactics endanger the country. - The Shamon 'U'
E6Episode 6The Shamon 'U'Dr. Shamon uses a gigantic magnetic "U" to draw a solid gold meteorite to the Earth. However, he is unaware of the fact that his "sky-mining" technique has released some exotic gases from the space cloud, which, when united with the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, form a green mist and a red mist which can enlarge or shrink animals and plants except for humans. - The Androids
E8Episode 8The AndroidsA misguided scientist uses androids to try to sabotage the space program, but the Super Friends stop him. As the Super Friends watch the launch of Apollo 20, neither they nor the government know that the astronauts aboard have been replaced by androids. Apollo 20 crashes to Earth. Dr. Rebos threatens to sabotage the manned launch to Mars unless the government calls a complete halt to its space program. - The Balloon People
E9Episode 9The Balloon PeopleA family of balloon people, from the planet Balunia, are befriended by the Superfriends after their flying saucer lands on Earth. However, the news reports of these unusual guests prompt the ambitious scholar, Noah Tall, to devise a plan to capture the balloon people. - The Fantastic FRERPs
E10Episode 10The Fantastic FRERPsKing Plasto steals raw plastic powder to create Frerp, a special plastic which he uses to confound the Super Friends. The king has been intercepting every shipment of the powder on its way to the government space research station because he intends to use the raw powder for his own means. The Super Friends set out to end his reign of terror. - The Ultra Beam
E11Episode 11The Ultra BeamA pair of scientists, believing that gold is the root of all evil, set out to destroy it with a blue beam until the Super Friends stop them. A blue ray emitting an ultra-beam has been extracting tiny electrical particles called quarks, turning all the gold remaining in the earth into a useless residual metal. The Super Friends tour various mining regions hoping to find an answer to this phenomenon when they see the mysterious blue jet and the ultra-beam. - The Menace of the White Dwarf
E12Episode 12The Menace of the White DwarfA strange UFO penetrates earth's airspace. Along its flight path, it has managed to "pull up" and carry along a number of objects. Col. Wilcox explains to the Superfriends that the UFO snatched up a total of fourteen thousand tons. - The Mysterious Moles
E13Episode 13The Mysterious MolesThe Super Friends search for "The Secret Four". Then, the Wonder Twins help when a "Tiger on the Loose." Next, the Super Friends intervene in "Voyage of the Mysterious Time Creatures". Finally, Wonder Woman and Apache Chief must find "The Antidote". - The Planet-Splitter
E15Episode 15The Planet-SplitterAn ingenious scientist, Dr. Laban, has stolen the largest diamonds in the world to power his "planet splitter." While the Superfriends guard the remaining diamonds in the world, Wendy and Marvin follow Dr. Laban to his secret laboratory, where Laban tells them of his plan. - The Watermen
E16Episode 16The WatermenA strange spacecraft has been forced to land on Earth after a meteor hit the fuel tank of the craft. The craft, in an attempt to return to the planet Sagittarius, begins gathering silicon from sea water to fuel their ship. However, extracting the silicon causes a red tide and famine among ocean creatures.
