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Super Friends - Wikipedia. Super Friends is an Americananimated television series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 1. ABC as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup. It was produced by Hanna- Barbera and was based on the Justice League of America (JLA) and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. The name of the program (and the JLA members featured with the Super Friends) have been variously represented (as Super Friends and Challenge of the Super Friends, for example) at different points in its broadcast history.

There were a total of 1. The New Scooby- Doo Movies, with Batman and Robin appearing in "The Dynamic Scooby- Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper". Series titles[edit]Over the years, the show existed under several titles: Writing[edit]Plot lines for the later series involved many of the familiar DC Comics super- villains that the first incarnation of the Super Friends did not. Instead, like the comic books, they focused on the far- fetched schemes of mad scientists and aliens, who were invariably revealed as being well- intentioned, and simply pursuing their goals through unlawful or disreputable means.[8] Typically, at the end of each story, a peaceful and reasonable discussion would be performed by the heroes to convince the antagonists to adopt more reasonable methods.[9]The All- New Super Friends Hour departed somewhat from the previous series' formula by featuring villains using more elaborate methods to further their goals; as a rule they could not be reasoned with, requiring the heroes to use direct force to stop them. Beginning with Challenge of the Super Friends, several of the heroes' arch- villains from the comic books (such as Lex Luthor and The Riddler) began to feature prominently in comic- style stories. Throughout the series, plots often wrapped themselves up neatly in the final minutes of an episode in the fashion of the typical comic books and deus ex machina.[8]Production history[edit]When animation company Hanna- Barbera acquired rights to the DC Comics characters and adapted the Justice League of America comic book for television it made several changes in the transition, including the change of name to Super Friends. Nevertheless, team members sometimes referred to themselves as the Justice League on the show.

The violence common in superherocomics was toned down for a younger audience and to adhere to broadcast standards governing violence in 1. As a DC Comics- based show, the Super Friends franchise was owned by DC's parent company Warner Bros., who later put the series into syndication. Thus, Cartoon Network, which had the rights to air most of the rest of the Hanna- Barbera library from its inception in 1. Super Friends until after the merger of Warner Bros. Time Warner and Cartoon Network parent company Turner Broadcasting System was completed in 1. This merger also led to Warner Bros.

Hanna- Barbera and all of its other assets as well. The series was owned by Hanna- Barbera Cartoons, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. 1. 97. Super Friends first aired on ABC on September 8, 1. 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 (actor) 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, while Batman and Robin appeared in two episodes of The New Scooby- Doo Movies. In addition to the superheroes, a trio of sidekicks was introduced, each of whom were new characters not drawn from the comic books: Wendy and Marvin (voiced by Sherri Alberoni and Frank Welker) and Wonder Dog (also voiced by Frank Welker), none of whom had any special abilities (save the dog's unexplained ability to reason and "talk").

When Atlantian troops assault Metropolis as revenge for the death of their king, the Queen seeks help from the Justice League to find her son who has gone missing.

The trio—or at least its human members—were depicted as detectives and/or superheroes- in- training; the "teen detectives and their talking animal" trope, originally popularized by the Scooby- Doo franchise, was ubiquitous in Hanna- Barbera cartoons of the 1. Each episode began with the heroes responding to an emergency detected by the massive Troub.

Alert computer in the Hall of Justice, which served as the headquarters of the team. Colonel Wilcox, a U. S. Army official, was a recurring character who would act as a government liaison with the Super Friends during emergencies. Colonel Wilcox was voiced by John Stephenson. Conflicts were usually resolved with the antagonists persuaded to adapt more reasonable methods to achieve their aims (with the assistance of the heroes). Natural disasters triggered by human (or alien) activity were often shown, and environmental themes featured strongly in the program.

1. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis Blu-ray (DC Universe Animated Original Movie #22) (2015): Starring Sean Astin, Rosario Dawson and Nathan Fillion. In the aftermath.
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