Super Friends (TV Series)

Super Friends (alternately spelled as "SuperFriends") is the collective name attributed to a series of animated programs produced by Hanna-Barbera between 1973 and 1985. Over the course of a decade, the series ran through several iterations including title changes such as, the All-New Super Friends Hour, Challenge of the Super Friends, the World's Greatest Super Friends, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, and Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians.
==Summary==
The Super Friends functioned as a child-friendly version of the Justice League of America. They headquartered themselves inside of the Hall of Justice, a centrally located fortress set within the confines of Metropolis. The heroes routinely monitored global catastrophes with the aid of an automated warning system called the Troubalert (or "trouble alert").
==Principal Cast==
* Danny Dark as the voice of Superman
* Olan Soule as the voice of Batman (seasons 1-4)
* Adam West as the voice of Batman (seasons 5-6)
* Norman Alden as the voice of Aquaman
* Shannon Farnan as the voice of Wonder Woman
* Casey Kasem as the voice of Robin
* Sherry Alberoni as the voice of Wendy Harris (season 1)
* Frank Welker as the voice of Marvin White (season 1)
* Michael Bell as the voice of Zan (seasons 2-4)
* Liberty Williams as the voice of Jayna (seasons 2-4)
* Mark L. Taylor and Olan Soule as the voice of Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond) and Martin Stein (seasons 5-6)
* Ernie Hudson as the voice of Cyborg (Victor Stone) (season 6)
===Original Characters===
* Wendy Harris
* Marvin White
* Wonder Dog
* Wonder Twins
* Gleek
* Apache Chief
* Black Vulcan
* El Dorado
* Samurai
===Guest Appearances===
* Atom (Ray Palmer)
* Flash (Barry Allen)
* Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
* Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
* Hawkman (Katar Hol)
* Hawkwoman (Shayera Hol)
* Plastic Man
* Rima, the Jungle Girl
===Recurring Villains===
* Darkseid
* DeSaad
* Mister Mxyzptlk
* Legion of Doom
**Bizarro
**Black Manta
**Brainiac
**Captain Cold
**Cheetah (Priscilla Rich)
**Giganta
**Gorilla Grodd
**Lex Luthor
**Riddler
**Scarecrow
**Sinestro
**Solomon Grundy
**Toyman (Jack Nimball)
===Other Characters===
* Colonel Wilcox
* Hippolyta
* Commissioner Gordon
* Jonathan Kent
* Lois Lane
* Martha Kent
* Perry White
* Abin Sur
* Jor-El
==Super Friends Episodes==
===Super Friends (1973)===
Episode 	Date
"The Power Pirate" 	September 8, 1973
"The Baffles Puzzle" 	September 15, 1973
"Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C."	September 22, 1973
"The Weather Maker" 	September 29, 1973
"Dr. Pelagian's War" 	October 6, 1973
"The Shamon U" 	October 13, 1973
"Too Hot to Handle" 	October 20, 1973
"The Androids" 	October 27, 1973
"The Balloon People" 	November 3, 1973
"The Fantastic Frerps" 	November 10, 1973
"The Ultra Beam" 	November 17, 1973
"The Menace of the White Dwarf" 	November 24, 1973
"The Mysterious Moles" 	December 1, 1973
"Gulliver's Gigantic Goof" 	December 8, 1973
"The Planet-Splitter" 	December 15, 1973
"The Watermen" 	December 22, 1973
===The All-New Super Friends Hour===
Episode 	Date
"The Brain Machine""The Joy Ride""The Invasion of the Earthors""The Whirlpool" 	September 10, 1977
"The Secret Four""Tiger on the Loose""Voyage of the Mysterious Time Creatures""The Antidote"	September 17, 1977
"Invasion of The Hydronoids""Hitchhike""City in a Bottle""Space Emergency" 	September 24, 1977
"Doctor Fright""Drag Race""The Day of the Plant Creatures""Fire" 	October 1, 1977
"The Monster of Dr. Droid""Vandals""Super Friends Vs. Super Friends""Energy Mass" 	October 8, 1977
"The Enforcer""The Shark""Planet of the Neanderthals""Flood of Diamonds" 	October 15, 1977
"Forbidden Power""Pressure Point""The Lionmen""The Day of the Rats" 	October 22, 1977
"The Invisible Menace""Initiation""Coming of the Arthropods""River of Doom" 	October 29, 1977
"Attack of the Giant Squid""Game of Chicken""The Water Beast""Volcano" 	November 5, 1977
"The Collector""Handicap""The Mind Maidens""Alaska Peril" 	November 12, 1977
"The Fifty Foot Woman""Cheating""Exploration: Earth""Attack of the Killer Bees" 	November 19, 1977
"The Man Beasts of Xra""Prejudice""The Tiny World of Terror""Tibetan Raiders" 	November 24, 1977
"Frozen Peril""Dangerous Prank""The Mummy of Nazca""Cable Car Rescue" 	December 3, 1977
"The Marsh Monster""The Runaways""Will the World Collide?""Time Rescue" 	December 10, 1977
===Challenge of the Super Friends===
Episode 	Date
"The Demons of Exxor""Wanted: The Super Friends" 	September 9, 1978
"Rokan: Enemy from Space""Invasion of the Fearians" 	September 16, 1978
"Battle at the Earth's Core""The World's Deadliest Game" 	September 23, 1978
"Sinbad and the Space Pirates""The Time Trap" 	September 30, 1978
"The Pied Piper from Space""Trial of the Super Friends" 	October 7, 1978
"Attack of the Vampire""Monolith of Evil" 	October 14, 1978
"The Beasts Are Coming""Secret Origins of the Super Friends"	October 21, 1978
"Terror from the Phantom Zone""The Giants of Doom" 	October 28, 1978
"The Anti-Matter Monster""Revenge on Gorilla City" 	November 4, 1978
"World Beneath the Ice""Swamp of the Living Dead" 	November 11, 1978
"Invasion of the Brain Creatures""Conquerors of the Future" 	November 18, 1978
"The Incredible Space Circus""The Final Challenge" 	November 25, 1978
"Batman: Dead or Alive""Fairy Tale of Doom" 	December 2, 1978
"Battle of the Gods""Doomsday" 	December 9, 1978
"Journey Through Inner Space""Super Friends: Rest in Peace" 	December 16, 1978
"The Rise and Fall of the Super Friends""History of Doom" 	December 23, 1978
===The World's Greatest Super Friends===
Episode 	Date
"Rub Three Times for Disaster" 	September 22, 1979
"Lex Luthor Strikes Back" 	September 29, 1979
"Space Knights of Camelon" 	October 6, 1979
"The Lord of Middle Earth" 	October 13, 1979
"Universe of Evil" 	October 20, 1979
"Terror at 20,000 Fathoms" 	October 27, 1979
"The Super Friends Meet Frankenstein"	November 3, 1979
"The Planet of Oz" 	November 10, 1979
===Super Friends (1980-83)===
Episode 	Date
"Bigfoot""Ice Demon""Makeup Monster" 	September 13, 1980
"Journey into Blackness""Cycle Gang""Dive to Disaster" 	September 20, 1980
"Yuna the Terrible""Rock and Roll Space Bandits""Elevator to Nowhere" 	September 27, 1980
"One Small Step for Mars""Haunted House""The Incredible Crude Oil Monster"	October 4, 1980
"The Voodoo Vampire""Invasion of the Gleeks""Mxyzptlk Strikes Again" 	October 11, 1980
"The Man in the Moon""Circus of Horrors""Around the World in 80 Riddles" 	October 18, 1980
"Termites from Venus""Eruption""Return of Atlantis" 	October 25, 1980
"The Killer Machines""Garden of Doom""Revenge of Bizarro" 	November 1, 1980
"Outlaws of Orion""Three Wishes""Scorpio" 	September 26, 1981
"Mxyzptlk's Flick""Sink Hole""Alien Mummy" 	October 3, 1981
"Evil from Krypton""The Creature from the Dump""Aircraft Terror" 	October 10, 1981
"The Lava Men""Bazarowurld""The Warlord's Amulet" 	October 17, 1981
"The Iron Cyclops""Palette's Perils""Colossus" 	October 24, 1981
"Stowaways from Space""The Scaraghosta Sea""The Witch's Arcade" 	October 31, 1981
"Mxyzptlk's Revenge""Roller Coaster""Once Upon a Poltergeist" 	September 10, 1983
"Warpland""Two Gleeks are Deadlier than One""Bulgor the Behemoth" 	September 17, 1983
"The Krypton Syndrome""Invasion of the Space Dolls""Terror on the Titanic"	September 24, 1983
"Revenge of Doom""A Pint of Life""Day of the Dinosaurs" 	October 1, 1983
"Return of the Phantoms""Bully for You""Superclones" 	October 8, 1983
"Prisoners of Sleep""An Unexpected Treasure""The Malusian Blob" 	October 15, 1983
"Attack of the Cats""One Small Step for Superman""Video Victims" 	October 22, 1983
"Playground of Doom""Space Racers""The Recruiter" 	October 29, 1983
===Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show===
Episode 	Date
"The Bride of Darkseid, Part I" 	September 8, 1984
"The Bride of Darkseid, Part II" 	September 15, 1984
"The Wrath of Brainiac" 	September 22, 1984
"Reflections in Crime" 	September 29, 1984
"No Honor Among Thieves" 	October 6, 1984
"Mr. Mxyzptlk and the Magic Lamp" 	October 13, 1984
"The Case of the Shrinking Super Friends"	October 20, 1984
"The Mask of Mystery" 	October 20, 1984
"Darkseid's Golden Trap, Part I" 	November 3, 1984
"Darkseid's Golden Trap, Part II" 	November 10, 1984
"The Case of the Dreadful Dolls" 	November 17, 1984
"The Royal Ruse" 	November 24, 1984
"The Village of Lost Souls" 	December 1, 1984
"Curator" 	December 8, 1984
"The Island of the Dinasoids" 	December 15, 1984
"Uncle Mxyzptlk" 	December 22, 1984
===Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians===
Episode 	Date
"The Seeds of Doom" 	September 14, 1985
"The Ghost Ship""The Bizarro Super Powers Team"	September 21, 1985
"The Darkseid Deception" 	September 28, 1985
"The Fear" 	October 5, 1985
"The Wild Cards" 	October 12, 1985
"Brainchild""The Case of the Stolen Powers" 	October 19, 1985
"The Death of Superman" 	November 2, 1985
"Escape from Space City" 	November 9, 1985
==Notes==
* In reruns 30 minute segments of one hour shows would be shown separately.
* The place of Super Friends within the Silver Age canon has been vague over the years.
** Initially, some stories such as , , and treated the events of the series (or at least, the tie-in comic) as if they happened on Earth-One.
** In the letters column of , Len Wein explained that "[A]ll the adventures of the Super Friends [...] are not considered part of our regular continuity [...]."
** Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium (2005) places the events of Super Powers, a tie-in series that expands on both Super Friends and mainstream comics as all happening on Earth-Thirty-Two, placing them explicitly outside Earth-One.
** The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia (2010), in its entry for Super Friends, lists the regular Super Friends as Earth-One (and the unrelated as Earth-508).
** A Super Friends-based reality also exists in the Arrowverse Multiverse.
** Following Dark Crisis, the series is stated to take place on Earth 1956.
** The Super Friends version of Lex Luthor was shown in the Arrowverse comic book Crisis on Infinite earths Giants as 'Council of Luthors' which would mean that the animated series is also a part of the Arrowverse Multiverse.
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