List of Super Friends episodes
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Super Friends is an American animated series about a team of superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1985 on ABC. In the 1990s, the show was being shown on Cartoon Network and more recently its sister channel, Boomerang. It is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics.
Each episode was 44 minutes long. After the third season, it was reduced to 22 minutes and ever so often expanded cast of characters by featuring other JLA heroes joining the main five Super Friends (Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman, and Robin) on a semi-regular basis. The series episodes varied from single episode stand-alone stories to episodes with two, three, or even four segments.
The varied incarnations of the group, from Super Friends (1973–1974) through The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985–1986), were considered by their creators to be one continuous canon.[citation needed] There were a total of 93 episodes, along with two episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, with Batman and Robin appearing in "The Dynamic Scooby Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper."
Series overview[]
Season | On-screen title | Episodes | Premiered: | Ended: | |
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1 | Super Friends | 16 | September 8, 1973 | December 22, 1973 | |
2 | The All-New Super Friends Hour | 15 | September 10, 1977 | December 10, 1977 | |
3 | Super Friends (first segment) Challenge of the Super Friends (second segment) |
16 | September 9, 1978 | December 23, 1978 | |
4 | The World's Greatest SuperFriends | 8 | September 22, 1979 | November 10, 1979 | |
5 | SuperFriends | 8 | September 13, 1980 | November 1, 1980 | |
6 | 6 | September 26, 1981 | October 31, 1981 | ||
7 | 8 | September 10, 1983 | October 29, 1983 | ||
8 | SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show | 8 | September 8, 1984 | October 27, 1984 | |
9 | The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | 8 | September 7, 1985 | November 16, 1985 |
Super Friends episodes[]
Season 1: 1973[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "The Power Pirate" | September 8, 1973 | |
While on their weekly meeting, the Super Friends receive a TroubAlert message about an out of power giant freight train in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Superman goes to California to stop the out of control train that is about to collide with another train. Shortly after, the Super Friends receive another TroubAlert that a cargo ship named the Queen Victoria is in the middle of a big storm and is about to be driven against some rocks. Wonder Woman takes Aquaman right to the ship in her thought-powered invisible jet, where he must find a way to anchor the powerless ship. While on their way to pick up Aquaman from the coast, Batman and Robin have to save two construction workers when an out of control crane puts their lives in danger. Meanwhile, Aquaman successfully anchors the ship with the help of some ocean creatures and regroups with Batman, Robin, Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog. There they meet a Special Inspector with Scotland Yard named Sir Cedric Cedric, who says the British ships have been targeted and he was looking for sabotage. Wonder Woman was patrolling the skies and noticed a leak in a dam that is about to cause a flood. To hold off the water, Wonder Woman makes an earth dam, but it springs a leak also, causing her to slam a boulder into it. The rest of the Super Friends join her and help stop the flood by closing the floodgates. On a stormy night, Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog check out an electrical generator plant and find a mysterious shadowy figure. The young heroes chase the mysterious figure, only to bump into Sir Cedric Cedric, who says the suspect had gotten away. The Super Friends must stop the power outage disasters with the help of Wendy providing details about the electrical generator plant, the shadowy figure out who calls himself the Power Pirate and how Sir Cedric fits into the picture. | ||||
2 | 2 | "The Baffles Puzzle" | September 15, 1973 | |
Colonel Wilcox from the Secret Department of Investigation S.D.I. calls upon the Justice League to help prevent Professor Baffles from carrying his threat of stealing French lithographs. The Super Friends stake out the American Museum. Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog along with Superman, disguised as Clark Kent, keep an eye on things from inside the museum. At the museum, Wonder Dog starts sneezing because he smelled almonds in the air, and while all the commotion was going on, the paintings went missing. Professor Baffles now threatens to steal a hefty shipment of $5 million in cash. The Justice League must now make sure the money shipment makes it to Hawaii. The Super Friends thwarted an attempted heist by a gang of crooks and safely got the shipment onto a ship. On the ship, the junior members run into Mr. Mergen, a man they met earlier at the library. Wendy starts having suspicions about Mr. Mergen and she, Marvin and Wonder Dog follow him. Meanwhile, the Super Friends decide to check on the money and find almond residue. They come to the conclusion that Professor Baffles made the money disappear with a chemical solution. The junior members catch up to Mr. Mergen to find out he is actually Professor Baffles. Professor Baffles reveals he is going to make humans non-corrupt again by making books, paintings, music, and other bad influences go away. Mr. Dabney and Mr. Darvey, the two brutes Professor Baffles works for, hold Professor Baffles captive as well after he refuses to have anything more to do with them. Wonder Dog escapes and warns the Super Friends that Wendy and Marvin need to be rescued. | ||||
3 | 3 | "Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C." | September 22, 1973 | |
When machines start operating by themselves, the Government asks the Justice League of America to investigate. The heroes arrive at G.E.E.C., where Professor Goodfellow shows the Super Friends his G.E.E.C. (Goodfellow's Effort-Eliminating Computer) invention, which would free everyone of work and responsibility. When Mr. Huggins, the special assistant to the President, tells Professor Goodfellow the government will not involve itself with G.E.E.C., the Professor then starts to offer free G.E.E.C. service to anyone who wants it. After a few weeks, the Super Friends decide to ask Professor Goodfellow to let them check the security of G.E.E.C., but after their visit the G.E.E.C. computer goes berserk after a mouse gets into it and the Justice League of America get the one member of their group who could assist them in this situation....Plastic Man. | ||||
4 | 4 | "The Weather Maker" | September 29, 1973 | |
On their summer vacation in Florida with Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog discover their pool that has been frozen solid. Batman and the Junior Super Friends head to the World Weather Center after Colonel Wilcox informs Batman to find out what is causing the wild weather changes and stop it. They find out a tall, bald, thin man with glasses named Dr. Thinkquick, who is from a continent called Glacia up near the North Pole, is shifting the Gulf Stream with a jet nozzle from his tugboat at sea, as well as a remote control device to warm the climate at his dreadfully cold country, without taking into consideration to what will happen to Florida and the rest of the world. | ||||
5 | 5 | "Dr. Pelagian's War" | October 6, 1973 | |
After many reports of a talking albatross, Colonel Wilcox asks the Super Friends to round up three industrialists who refuse to attend a meeting about pollution. They consist of J. Mortimer Hutchinson of Hutchinson Oil, businesswoman Agatha Prentiss Caraway who owns an energy-generating plant, and Luther Fenwick of the Fenwick Corporation. An eco-terrorist named Dr. Pelagian has terrorized these three industrialists in an attempt to frighten them into stopping their polluting. Aquaman decides to investigate the identity of Dr. Pelagian based on a hunch he has about Dr. Ansil Hillbrandt, a brilliant marine biologist and a leading authority on albatrosses. Aquaman also decides to search Point Gander, the place where Hillbrandt was last seen, and finds Hillgrant's diving suit. Later, the Junior Super Friends end up meeting with Dr. Ansil Hillbrandt on his submarine The Sprite only to find out he faked his death and took to the sea where he has developed the ability to communicate with sea creatures and the technology that enables him to tap into the energies of underwater volcanoes in order to control hurricanes and tidal waves from within The Sprite. When the Super Friends thwart the plot and Superman brings The Sprite to the surface, Hillbrandt is persuaded to end his campaign when Hutchinson, Caraway, and Fenwick agree to cooperate. | ||||
6 | 6 | "The Shamon ‘U’" | October 13, 1973 | |
On a mountain hiking trip at Mystery Mountain, Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog discover a giant metallic "U". After reporting their findings to the Super Friends, the junior members show Batman and Robin the exact location where they saw the "U". The caped Crusaders find Dr. Simian Shamon magnetically pulling down a meteorite of solid gold using his "Shamon U". The junior Super Friends stumble upon Dr. Simian Shamon's lab and discover his plans to use his "Shamon U" to mine the skies for gold meteorites. Dr. Shamon refuses to let the Junior Super Friends go or listen to his assistant Madam Lila LaBeau, causing Madam LaBeau to get the young heroes to safety. However, the aftereffects of Dr. Shamon's sky mining caused a green and red mist called Shamonite which caused animals, plants, and non-organic objects to either grow or shrink respectively, including Wonder Dog. The Super Friends and Madam LaBeau must find a way to cancel out the Shamonite in Earth's atmosphere. | ||||
7 | 7 | "Too Hot to Handle" | October 20, 1973 | |
With temperatures rising all over the Earth, Colonel Wilcox informs the Super Friends that the rise in temperature is more than a mere heat wave. The top scientist have been working around the clock and found out the Earth is drifting from its own orbit to the Sun. Superman goes to India and seeks the help of fellow Justice League of America member the Flash, who was saving the Taj Mahal from an earthquake. The Flash uses his super speed to put the Earth back into its own orbit by reversing the magnetic poles of the Earth. The Junior Super Friends notice a strange man who is dressed in heavy winter clothes. They chase after the strangely dressed man and follow him to his hideout inside an active volcano on a Pacific island called Malibah. They learn that the man's name is Kolbar and he comes from the planet Solar Terrarium, where he and his people needed a constant temperature of 140 degrees to live comfortably. Kolbar was trying to find another planet for his people to live on when their planet cooled off to a bone-chilling 85 degrees because of pollution. Superman, Aquaman, the Flash, and the junior members journey to Solar Terrarium to clean up the planet. Afterwards, the planet's leader apologizes for their mistake and promises to use their resources more wisely. | ||||
8 | 8 | "The Androids" | October 27, 1973 | |
After a rocket came plunging back to Earth and crashed, Colonel Wilcox informs the Super Friends that the astronauts are missing. When Colonel Wilcox and the Super Friends investigated the scene, they found a tape recording from a man named Dr. Rebos that said all further space exploration must cease, including the top secret Venus probe mission. Conveniently, Clark Kent has been given a television assignment on the Venus space probe in which he attends with Wendy and Marvin. Wonder Dog forgets his pass and stays outside, where he is confronted by a man who wants to take his picture. The man is actually Dr. Rebos, who is taking the picture so he can make an android double of Wonder Dog to infiltrate the space station and destroy the mission. Colonel Wilcox calls Wonder Dog a traitor for his "sabotage", causing Wendy and Marvin to walk out in disgust. The teens figure it could not have been Wonder Dog after recalling the events of the day and decide to do same investigating. Meanwhile, the Super Friends guard the space center. Unbeknownst to them, that Dr. Rebos is watching them to make an android Superman. The Super Friends encounter more confusion when Dr. Rebos makes a robot of Superman, and orders him to destroy the Mars space station. While the real Superman fights his android double, it is up to the rest of the Super Friends to pull the plug on Dr. Rebos and his androids. | ||||
9 | 9 | "The Balloon People" | November 3, 1973 | |
A family of aliens from the planet Balunia leave their polluted planet for a home on Earth. After their flying saucer lands, the balloon people are befriended by the Super Friends. However, the news reports of these unusual guests prompt ambitious scholar Noah Tall to devise a plan to capture the balloon people so that he can learn their secret of telepathy - the one thing he does not know. When they are kidnapped, the Super Friends must rescue them. | ||||
10 | 10 | "The Fantastic Frerps" | November 10, 1973 | |
King 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 ends. The Super Friends set out to end his reign of terror. | ||||
11 | 11 | "The Ultra Beam" | November 17, 1973 | |
The Super Friends search for a mysterious blue jet that is emitting a blue beam that is destroying gold and creating other disasters, like damaging steel girders at a construction site, cement blocks at the dam, phone cables, and the blackboard in Marvin's school classroom. The pilots of the blue jet are Hank and Ben, two scientists who are destroying gold with the belief that gold is the root of all evil. They feel they are doing the world a favor by destroying the gold and trying to turn it into other useful minerals. The Super Friends track the blue jet with the GETTI graph at the Seismological Bureau, and Wendy and Marvin wind up aboard the blue jet trying to convince Hank and Ben that what they are doing is wrong. | ||||
12 | 12 | "The Menace of the White Dwarf" | November 24, 1973 | |
The Super Friends investigate when certain objects disappear and are placed elsewhere. Our heroes are dismayed to discover that a white dwarf star is responsible for the disappearances. The culprit behind the white dwarf is the Raven, a dangerous scientist from another planet who values science over human life. Raven has escaped the prison specially designed to hold a genius like himself, and he has a personal vendetta against Superman for putting him there. Raven operates from an artificial island in the sky, and he has been trying to purchase a green stone from the sky from the Martingales, a hillbilly family that refuses to sell it. The stone is none other than kryptonite, Superman's most deadly weakness. The Raven vows to steal a monumental building. Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog wind up in that building - the Washington Monument - while they are on their way to warn the Super Friends. They meet the Raven, who makes a deal with Superman to exchange the building for the kryptonite he wants. Raven then proceeds to put Superman on trial. | ||||
13 | 13 | "The Mysterious Moles" | December 1, 1973 | |
Important research projects have been closed down, and the Super Friends are called in to find and restore disappearing air conditioning units. The Super Friends' mission leads then into a strange new subterranean world discovered by a pair of spelunkers known as the Moles. They are forced to fight the creatures of that world, animated trees and rocks. The Junior Super Friends investigates and discovers that, although Mr. Mole wanted to do the right thing and report their findings to the authorities, his wife deliberately refused. She feared if anyone comes to the world, they could not only steal the diamonds, but also ruin the subterranean world like people are doing to the surface world. With Superman's intervention in preventing the escape, Mrs. Mole decides to do the right thing. | ||||
14 | 14 | "Gulliver's Gigantic Goof" | December 8, 1973 | |
Using his microwave reducer, mad Dr. Hiram Gulliver shrinks all adults - including the Super Friends - to two inches tall to help the population problem (by saving resources)...and also to rule over them (he will remain full-sized to watch over the miniature population of the world) as part of his revenge for ridiculing his theories. The Green Arrow joins the Super Friends to stop him and to return things to normal. Only with Wendy and Marvin's intervention does Dr. Gulliver decides to use more reasonable means to stop overpopulation. | ||||
15 | 15 | "The Planet Splitter" | December 15, 1973 | |
The Super Friends are alerted when a mysterious red light shines on diamonds and then vanishes. Our heroes discover that in the process, the diamonds are stolen and are replaced by imitations. Dr. LaBond, a misguided scientist and his "trusted" assistant Wilbur, are stealing diamonds to power the Planet Splitter, an invention which LaBond has perfected for the purpose of splitting a planet and using half of it to serve as a second Moon with the hopes of providing Earth with more natural resources, but Wendy and Marvin point out that a second Moon would cause terrible weather conditions on Earth. Dr. LaBond is certain the project will work, and has targeted the planet Signus Uno. However, the Super Friends have placed a microdot homing signal on one of the stolen diamonds. The real thief turns out to be Wilbur, who wanted the diamonds so badly, that he made false reports to let Dr. LaBond think that his project would work, when it was really a doomed failure all along. The center portion of this episode tells the origin of Superman, as narrated by Marvin, in hopes of dissuading Dr. LaBond and Wilbur from proceeding with their plans. | ||||
16 | 16 | "The Watermen" | December 22, 1973 | |
The Super Friends close their first series by responding to ocean calamities when a mysterious red tide appears in the ocean that upsets the ecological balance of the sea. It is the work of Holo and Zara, a pair of water people from another planet who are trying to gather enough silicon to get their mother ship, inhabited by the rest of their people, home. The Super Friends are aided by Professor Matey and his submarine which is used as their base. The biggest highlight of the episode is watching the big swim chase in the ocean when Aquaman chases after Holo. |
The All-New Super Friends Hour episodes[]
Season 2: 1977[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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17 | 1 | "The Brain Machine / The Joy Ride / The Invasion of the Earthors / The Whirlpool" | September 10, 1977 | |
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18 | 2 | "The Secret Four / Tiger on the Loose / The Mysterious Time Creatures / The Antidote" | September 17, 1977 | |
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19 | 3 | "Invasion of the Hydronoids / Hitchhike / City in a Bottle / Space Emergency" | September 24, 1977 | |
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20 | 4 | "Doctor Fright / Drag Race / Plant Creatures / Fire" | October 1, 1977 | |
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21 | 5 | "The Monster of Dr. Droid / Vandals / Super Friends vs. Super Friends / Energy Mass" | October 8, 1977 | |
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22 | 6 | "The Enforcer / The Shark / Planet of the Neanderthals / Flood of Diamonds" | October 15, 1977 | |
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23 | 7 | "The Invisible Menace / Initiation / Coming of the Arthropods / River of Doom" | October 22, 1977 | |
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24 | 8 | "Attack of the Giant Squid / Game of Chicken / The Water Beast / Volcano" | October 29, 1977 | |
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25 | 9 | "The Collector / Handicap / The Mind Maidens / Alaska Peril" | November 5, 1977 | |
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26 | 10 | "The Fifty Foot Woman / Cheating / Exploration: Earth / Attack of the Killer Bees" | November 12, 1977 | |
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27 | 11 | "Forbidden Power / Pressure Point / The Lionmen / The Day of the Rats" | November 19, 1977 | |
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28 | 12 | "The Man Beasts of Xra / Prejudice / Tiny World of Terror / Tibetan Raiders" | November 24, 1977 | |
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29 | 13 | "Frozen Peril / Dangerous Prank / The Mummy of Nazca / Cable Car Rescue" | November 26, 1977 | |
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30 | 14 | "The Marsh Monster / The Runaways / Will the World Collide? / Time Rescue" | December 3, 1977 | |
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31 | 15 | "The Protector / Stowaways / The Ghost / Rampage" | December 10, 1977 | |
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The New Super Friends and Challenge of the Superfriends episodes[]
Season 3: 1978[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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32 | 1 | "Rokan: Enemy from Space / Wanted: The Super Friends" | September 9, 1978 | |
Starting in this episode, Black Vulcan's costume now leaves his legs bare. | ||||
33 | 2 | "The Demons of Exxor / Invasion of the Fearians" | September 16, 1978 | |
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34 | 3 | "Battle at the Earth's Core / The World's Deadliest Game" | September 23, 1978 | |
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35 | 4 | "Sinbad and the Space Pirates / The Time Trap" | September 30, 1978 | |
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36 | 5 | "The Pied Piper from Space / Trial of the Super Friends" | October 7, 1978 | |
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37 | 6 | "Attack of the Vampire / Monolith of Evil" | October 14, 1978 | |
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38 | 7 | "The Beasts Are Coming / The Giants of Doom" | October 21, 1978 | |
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39 | 8 | "Terror from the Phantom Zone / Secret Origins of the Super Friends" | October 28, 1978 | |
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40 | 9 | "The Anti-Matter Monster / Revenge on Gorilla City" | November 4, 1978 | |
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41 | 10 | "World Beneath the Ice / Swamp of the Living Dead" | November 11, 1978 | |
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42 | 11 | "Invasion of the Brain Creatures / Conquerors of the Future" | November 18, 1978 | |
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43 | 12 | "The Incredible Space Circus / The Final Challenge" | November 25, 1978 | |
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44 | 13 | "Batman: Dead or Alive / Fairy Tale of Doom" | December 2, 1978 | |
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45 | 14 | "Battle of the Gods / Doomsday" | December 9, 1978 | |
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46 | 15 | "Journey Through Inner Space / Super Friends: Rest in Peace" | December 16, 1978 | |
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47 | 16 | "The Rise and Fall of the Super Friends / History of Doom" | December 23, 1978 | |
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The World's Greatest SuperFriends episodes[]
Season 4: 1979[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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48 | 1 | "Rub Three Times for Disaster" | September 22, 1979 | |
Kareem Azaar is a ruthless thief on the planet Zaghdad who has stolen the Magic Lamp of Olam, which contains the power of an evil genie. Kareem uses the Genie's power to take over the planet and banish the Sultan into the world of the Genie's lamp. When the Super Friends arrive to do battle, Superman and the Wonder Twins wind up in the lamp as well, leaving the other heroes to take on Kareem's forces, only for Kareem to escape and is never seen again. Starting with this episode, the "Super Friends" logo has a metallic cosmic silver look to it. Also, the title card background changes to one with an orange background that has the four adult heroes floating at the top. | ||||
49 | 2 | "Lex Luthor Strikes Back" | September 29, 1979 | |
Lex Luthor uses a projector ray (reverse camera) to disguise himself as Lois Lane in order to escape prison. He, with his assistant Orville Gump, hatch an elaborate plot to destroy the Super Friends. Luthor aligns himself with evil fire demons who originate from the Sun. They aid Luthor in capturing the Super Friends and placing them in death traps. The demons then change the color of the Sun from yellow to red, which cause Superman's powers to vanish. However, the Sun demons double-cross Luthor and he is trapped in a fire, so he has no choice but to free the Super Friends in an effort to save himself and Earth. The Super Friends perform rescues and put out the fires. Superman uses the Super-Mobile to chase the fire demons back into the Sun...which causes the Sun to return to its natural color...which restores Superman's powers. Luthor and his assistant are sent back to prison. Orville Gump is based on Otis, the character played by Ned Beatty in the 1978 film Superman. The movie also provided the model for Luthor's subterranean lair in this episode. | ||||
50 | 3 | "Space Knights of Camelon" | October 6, 1979 | |
While protecting a prehistoric planet from a meteor, Superman ends up hit by the meteor's nuclear core, crash lands on the medieval planet of Camelon, and loses his memory. A bunch of rebels led by Logan take him in as their black knight in a plan to overthrow King Arthur 7. It is up to the Super Friends to help Superman remember who he is and defeat the rebels. NOTE: This episode, the 1st Season episode "The Power Pirate" and the Challenge of the Superfriends episode "Sinbad and the Space Pirates" are the only episodes in the Super Friends series where Wonder Woman's magic lasso involves truth-compelling power like in the live action Wonder Woman television series, which was canceled when CBS ended its third season a month earlier. | ||||
51 | 4 | "The Lord of Middle Earth" | October 13, 1979 | |
What starts off as a camping trip for the Wonder Twins turns into a nightmarish adventure in Middle Earth when the Super Friends must battle a black magic sorcerer named Mal Havok who has taken over the troll kingdom. Mal Havoc uses his magic to turn the Super Friends into trolls. With their powers reduced, Batman and Wonder Woman accompany the troll king on a mission to free Middle Earth of the evil sorcerer. | ||||
52 | 5 | "Universe of Evil" | October 20, 1979 | |
In a parallel universe, the Super Friends are supervillains, the Super Enemies. Mount Vesuvius is a focal point that links the two universes — in one universe, Superman tries to stop the eruption, while his evil counterpart is causing the same disaster in his own reality. Vesuvius explodes, causing the two Supermen to exchange universes. While Superman has to fight his evil comrades and find a way back to his own world, his evil counterpart battles the real heroes and begins his plan to conquer Earth. | ||||
53 | 6 | "Terror at 20,000 Fathoms" | October 27, 1979 | |
The evil Captain Nimoy plots to use nuclear warhead missiles to sink continents below the sea where he plans to rule. Nimoy is aided by an android duplicate of Batman to help him out, but with Superman and Wonder Woman away on a space mission, the Super Friends are aided by Superman's tiny Kryptonian friends from the bottle city of Kandor. | ||||
54 | 7 | "The Super Friends Meet Frankenstein" | November 3, 1979 | |
When a descendant of the original Dr. Frankenstein abducts and steals the powers of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman and transfers them into his latest creation, it is up to Robin to stop the Super-Monster. He transfers the remaining powers into himself, then manages to restore the Super Friends' powers. | ||||
55 | 8 | "The Planet of Oz" | November 10, 1979 | |
After the Wonder Twins and the Dynamic Duo find out they are not able to get rid of a tornado, the storm transports the Hall of Justice to the Land of Oz, where Mister Mxyzptlk, who has once again escaped from the Fifth Dimension, informs the Super Friends that they must find the Wizard to get home. Along the way, they encounter the Wicked Witch of the Worst Kind in a gingerbread house, who turns Aquaman into the Scarecrow, Superman into the Tin Man, and Wonder Woman into the Lion. |
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Season 5: 1980[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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56 | 1 | "Big Foot / The Ice Demon / The Make-Up Monster" | September 13, 1980 | |
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57 | 2 | "Journey into Blackness / The Cycle Gang / Dive to Disaster" | September 20, 1980 | |
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58 | 3 | "Yuna the Terrible / Rock and Roll Space Bandits / Elevator to Nowhere" | September 27, 1980 | |
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59 | 4 | "One Small Step for Mars / Haunted House / The Incredible Crude Oil Monster" | October 4, 1980 | |
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60 | 5 | "Voodoo Vampire / Invasion of the Gleeks / Mxyzptlk Strikes Again" | October 11, 1980 | |
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61 | 6 | "The Man in the Moon / Circus of Horrors / Around the World in 80 Riddles" | October 18, 1980 | |
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62 | 7 | "Termites from Venus / Eruption / Return of Atlantis" | October 25, 1980 | |
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63 | 8 | "The Killer Machines / Garden of Doom / Revenge of Bizarro" | November 1, 1980 | |
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Season 6: 1981[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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64 | 1 | "The Outlaws of Orion / Three Wishes / Scorpio" | September 26, 1981 | |
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65 | 2 | "Mxyzptlk's Flick / The Sink Hole / The Alien Mummy" | October 3, 1981 | |
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66 | 3 | "The Evil from Krypton / The Creature from the Dump / The Aircraft Terror" | October 10, 1981 | |
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66 | 4 | "The Lava Men / Bazarowurld / The Warlord's Amulet" | October 17, 1981 | |
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68 | 5 | "The Iron Cyclops / Palette's Perils / Colossus" | October 24, 1981 | |
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69 | 6 | "The Stowaways from Space / The Scaraghosta Sea / The Witch's Arcade" | October 31, 1981 | |
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Season 7: 1983 (the "lost" season)[]
This season didn't air during a regularly scheduled Saturday morning time-slot, but did get aired when the series began to get aired in repeats/reruns on other networks. Interesting side note: In prior series, The Wonder Twins were only paired up with Superman, Batman & Robin or Wonder Woman. This series found them teaming up with other Justice Leaguers. In "Roller Coaster" they're paired with Atom. In "Two Gleeks" they're paired with Wonder Woman and Green Lantern. In "Unexpected Treasure" they're paired with Hawkman & Hawkgirl. In "Space Racers" they're paired with Wonder Woman & Flash. In "Pint of Life" they're paired with Aquaman. In “Invasion of The Space Dolls” and “Bully For You” they’re paired with Batman and Robin. In "One Small Step For Superman" they're paired with Superman and Batman. This is the final season that Olan Soule voices Batman.
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70 | 1 | "Mxyzptlk's Revenge / Roller Coaster / Once Upon a Poltergeist" | September 10, 1983 | (AU)|
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71 | 2 | "Warpland / Two Gleeks Are Deadlier Than One / Bulgor the Behemoth" | September 17, 1983 | (AU)|
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72 | 3 | "The Krypton Syndrome / Invasion of the Space Dolls / Terror on the Titanic" | September 24, 1983 | (AU)|
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73 | 4 | "Revenge of Doom / A Pint of Life / Day of the Dinosaurs" | October 1, 1983 | (AU)|
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74 | 5 | "Return of the Phantoms / Bully for You / Superclones" | October 8, 1983 | (AU)|
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75 | 6 | "Prisoners of Sleep / An Unexpected Treasure / The Malusian Blob" | October 15, 1983 | (AU)|
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76 | 7 | "Attack of the Cats / One Small Step for Superman / Video Victims" | October 22, 1983 | (AU)|
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77 | 8 | "Playground of Doom / Space Racers / The Recruiter" | October 29, 1983 | (AU)|
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Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show episodes[]
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show was the first Super Friends series in a new format since 1979's The World's Greatest SuperFriends. Continuing the previous three years' policy of producing short stories, this series' format was two stories per half-hour, so all the separate stories were ten minutes long each. Firestorm, a well established teenage superhero in the DC Comics Universe, was added to the lineup of characters. Continuing the trend from the "lost season" episodes, the Wonder Twins were paired with other Justice League members, as opposed to always teaming up with Wonder Woman or Batman & Robin. In "Case of the Shrinking Super Friends" they are teamed with Firestorm and Robin. In "Uncle Mxyzptlk" they work with Firestorm and Samurai. In "Village of The Lost Souls" they work with Wonder Woman and Apache Chief. Despite appearing in the opening credits, Aquaman and The Flash are not in this version. This is the only version of The Super Friends that doesn't include Aquaman. Adam West replaces Olan Soule who voiced Batman.
Season 8: 1984[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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78 | 1 | "The Bride of Darkseid: Parts I & II" | September 8, 1984 | |
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79 | 2 | "The Wrath of Brainiac / Reflections in Crime" | September 15, 1984 | |
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80 | 3 | "No Honor Among Thieves / Mr. Mxyzptlk and the Magic Lamp" | September 22, 1984 | |
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81 | 4 | "The Case of the Shrinking Super Friends / The Mask of Mystery" | September 29, 1984 | |
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82 | 5 | "Darkseid's Golden Trap: Parts I & II" | October 6, 1984 | |
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83 | 6 | "Island of the Dinosoids / Uncle Mxyzptlk" | October 13, 1984 | |
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84 | 7 | "The Case of the Dreadful Dolls / The Royal Ruse" | October 20, 1984 | |
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85 | 8 | "The Village of Lost Souls / The Curator" | October 27, 1984 | |
NOTE: This is the final episode to use the orange title card, and the final episode to use the original Hall of Justice and character designs. |
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians episodes[]
Season 9: 1985[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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86 | 1 | "The Seeds of Doom" | September 7, 1985 | |
After single-handedly capturing Superman's perennial nemesis Lex Luthor, the bionic Cyborg is invited to join the Justice League of America—but surprisingly turns down the offer. Anxious to have someone his own age as a fellow Team member, the nuclear-powered Firestorm seeks out Cyborg to learn the reason for his reticence. But it will take the intervention of Darkseid and his Parademons, to say nothing of some horrific-looking sea pods, to make Cyborg change his mind. NOTE: From this point onwards, the show was retooled with a darker tone, a significantly different art style, and many previous notable characters with reduced roles. NOTE: Sarah Simms, Cyborg's love interest in DC's normal continuity makes a cameo appearance. | ||||
87 | 2 | "The Ghost Ship / The Bizarro Super Powers Team" | September 14, 1985 | |
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88 | 3 | "The Darkseid Deception" | September 21, 1985 | |
Little does Wonder Woman suspect that the man she assumes to be her mortal boyfriend Steve Trevor is actually the evil Darkseid, who has rearranged his molecular structure in order to impersonate Steve. It's all part of a master plan to steal the deadly TC7 satellite and transform everyone on earth into hideous mutants. The Galactic Guardians set out to rescue the real Steve and thwart Darkseid—a task made doubly difficult when Wonder Woman herself is kidnapped! | ||||
89 | 4 | "The Fear" | September 28, 1985 | |
Gotham City is literally held in the grip of terror by The Scarecrow's arsenal of Fear Transmitters. Scouring Gotham in search of Scarecrow, Batman is himself paralyzed with fright when he finds himself in the middle of Crime Alley, where years earlier the parents of Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne had been murdered in cold blood. Taking advantage of the situation, Scarecrow intends to keep Batman trapped in Crime Alley forever by using a captured Robin and Wonder Woman as bait—forcing the Caped Crusader to purge himself of his lifelong fears once and for all! NOTE: This is the first time that the origin of Batman is told in any other media outside the comics. | ||||
90 | 5 | "The Wild Cards" | October 5, 1985 | |
There's a new supervillain in town, and his name is The Ace. Gathering together a gang of four hardened delinquents, the Ace decks them out in sinister playing-card costumes, and thus the Royal Flush Gang is born. In their efforts to defeat this scurrilous quintet of no-goods, Robin and Cyborg discover that the Ace is taking his orders directly from their perennial enemy Darkseid—while Batman learns to his astonishment that the Ace is not a "new" nemesis at all, but instead a very old one... The Joker! NOTE: The Joker makes his first and only appearance in the Super Friends franchise in this episode. | ||||
91 | 6 | "The Brainchild / The Case of the Stolen Powers" | October 12, 1985 | |
NOTE: First appearance of Felix Faust and The Penguin. Curiously, Batman and Robin were not present to face The Penguin. Aquaman, Hawkman, and Samurai cameo appearances. | ||||
92 | 7 | "The Death of Superman" | October 19, 1985 | |
The unthinkable has happened: Superman is dead, the victim of Kryptonite poisoning. Injured in the mishap which felled Superman, a weakened Firestorm is captured by Darkseid, who wants the Galactic Guardian to reveal the details of the Man of Steel's demise. Meanwhile, several members of the Super Powers Team gather at the Fortress of Solitude, where they come across evidence indicating that Superman is still alive—but if this is true, why has he allowed the other Team members to fall into Darkseid's clutches? NOTE: The Flash and El Dorado appeared in this episode. Cameos by Robin, Aquaman, Flash, Hawkman, Samurai, El Dorado. | ||||
93 | 8 | "Escape from Space City" | October 26, 1985 | |
The evil Darkseid's latest project involves the capture and takeover of Star City, a gigantic orbiting earth colony. To this end, he replaces the satellite's kidnapped inventor Mr. Moko with a robot lookalike that even fools Moko's daughter, Kiri. Meanwhile, Batman, Firestorm and Samurai must steer clear of Darkseid's minions Kalibak and DeSaad and their robot army, long enough to allow Superman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman to seek out and destroy the control equipment hidden in Darkseid's headquarters! NOTE: Robin does not appear. |
DVD releases[]
DVD set | Release date | |||
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Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||
Super Friends: Season One, Volume One | January 5, 2010 | |||
Super Friends: Season One, Volume Two | July 20, 2010 | |||
The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season 1, Volume 1 | January 8, 2008 | |||
The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season 1, Volume 2 | January 27, 2009 | |||
Challenge of the Superfriends: The First Season | July 6, 2004 | |||
Super Friends: Volume Two | May 24, 2005 | |||
The World's Greatest Super Friends: And Justice for All—The Complete Season Four | April 23, 2013 | |||
Super Friends: A Dangerous Fate—The Complete Season Five | July 23, 2013 | |||
Super Friends: Legacy of Super Powers—Complete Season Six | October 8, 2013 | |||
Super Friends: The Lost Episodes | August 11, 2009 | |||
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show—The Complete Series | August 7, 2007 | |||
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians—The Complete Series | October 23, 2007 |
References[]
- ^ https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/S/Super_Friends_II_/
- ^ https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/S/Super_Friends_II_/
- ^ Commentary for "The Case of the Dreadful Dolls" on the DVD Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show.
External links[]
- Super Friends lists
- Lists of DC Comics animated television series episodes
- Lists of American children's animated television series episodes