Super Friends

1973 • ABC
4.7
79 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (16)

1 The Power Pirate
1/1/73
Season-only
Anthro, from the planet Traum, disguising himself as a special inspector from Scotland Yard, enlists the help of the Superfriends to help him steal the Earth's energy to take back to Traum.
2 The Baffles Puzzle
1/1/73
Professor Baffles has embarked on a crusade to destroy all literature, art and music with a chemical he has developed. His two accomplices use Professor Baffles' crusade to extort money from the U.S. government.
3 Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.
1/1/73
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.
4 The Weathermaker
1/1/73
Glaciers are melting, gigantic whirlpools are forming and there are icebergs in the South Atlantic. Then the Superfriends chart these drastic changes in weather, a pattern soon begins to emerge. They discover Dr. Thinkwik, from the land of Glacia located in the Arctic, is responsible for the changes in weather.
5 Dr. Pelagian's War
1/1/73
The 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.
6 The Shamon 'U'
1/1/73
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. The green mist cause animals and plants to grow many times their normal size, while the red mist cause animals and plants to shrink.
7 Too Hot To Handle
1/1/73
The Earth is moving closer to the sun creating destructive heatwaves. The Superfriends are told by the government's leading scientist that a strange new wave of magnetism is drawing the Earth from its orbit toward the sun. They must discover what is causing the increased magnetic pull and stop it.
8 The Androids
1/1/73
As the Superfriends 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 their space program.
9 The Balloon People
1/1/73
A 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.
10 Fantastic Frerps
1/1/73
King Plasto has been intercepting every shipment of raw plastic powder on its way to the government space research station because he intends to use the raw powder for his own means. The Superfriends set out to end his reign of terror.
11 The Ultra Beam
1/1/73
A "blue ray" emitting an ultra-beam has been extracting tiny electrical particles called quarks, turning the gold remaining in the earth into a worthless residual metal. The Superfriends tour various mining regions hoping to find an answer to this phenomenon when they see the mysterious blue jet and the ultra-beam.
12 The Menace Of The White Dwarf
1/1/73
A 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. Superman soon learns that his old arch enemy, the Raven, is behind these strange occurrences.
13 The Mysterious Moles
1/1/73
Important research projects have been closed down and the Superfriends are called in to find and restore missing air conditioning units. The Superfriends' mission leads them to a strange new world.
14 Gulliver's Gigantic Goof
1/1/73
Dr. Gulliver uses his micro-wave reducer to shrink every adult human being in the world down to an economical, convenient size of 2" tall. He will remain full-sized to rule and watch over the mini population of the world.
15 The Planet Splitter
1/1/73
An 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.
16 The Watermen
1/1/73
A 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.

About this show

The most powerful heroes ever -- Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman and Robin -- join forces with teenagers Wendy and Marvin and their dog, Wonderdog, to defend justice and guard the innocent. Two teenagers, one dog and five heroes -- they're Super Friends to the rescue!

Ratings and reviews

4.7
79 reviews
Anthony Adams
August 26, 2017
I always will have a soft spot for this show. flaws and ridiculous storylines. The super LOUD way the characters spoke. Truth, justice and fairness for all, I really think certain values I was taught were reenforced by this show.
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Brother Peter Pio Picciolini
June 2, 2020
This was free for years. Now you have to.pay for this garbage
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Sundaram Mallick
April 12, 2020
Hopefully they will be able to add more seasons. Very happy to have the original season.
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