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Challenge of the Superfriends

  • TV Series
  • 19781978
  • TV-Y7TV-Y7
  • 30m
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Challenge of the Superfriends (1978)
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The Justice League of America battles the plots of the supervillian team, the Legion of Doom.The Justice League of America battles the plots of the supervillian team, the Legion of Doom.The Justice League of America battles the plots of the supervillian team, the Legion of Doom.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1.7K
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13,512
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    • Stars
      • Frank Welker
      • Ted Cassidy
      • Casey Kasem
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      • Frank Welker
      • Ted Cassidy
      • Casey Kasem
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    • 14User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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  • Episodes16

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    Norman Alden, Michael Bell, Danny Dark, Shannon Farnon, Casey Kasem, Olan Soule, and Louise Williams in The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977)
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    Frank Welker
    Frank Welker
    • Toyman…
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    Ted Cassidy
    Ted Cassidy
    • Black Manta…
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    Casey Kasem
    Casey Kasem
    • Robin…
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    Michael Bell
    Michael Bell
    • The Riddler…
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    Vic Perrin
    Vic Perrin
    • Sinestro
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    Melanie Chartoff
    Melanie Chartoff16 episodes16 eps • 1978
    Olan Soule
    Olan Soule
    • Batman…
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    Henry Corden
    Henry Corden16 episodes16 eps • 1978
    Bob Hastings
    Bob Hastings16 episodes16 eps • 1978
    Jack Angel
    Jack Angel
    • Hawkman…
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    Don Messick
    • Scarecrow…
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    Shannon Farnon
    Shannon Farnon
    • Wonder Woman…
    16 episodes16 eps • 1978
    Al Fann
    Al Fann16 episodes16 eps • 1978
    Louise Williams
    Louise Williams
    • Young Giganta
    16 episodes16 eps • 1978
    Bob Holt
    Bob Holt16 episodes16 eps • 1978
    William Callaway
    William Callaway
    • Aquaman…
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    Michael Rye
    • Green Lantern…
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    Stanley Ralph Ross
    Stanley Ralph Ross
    • Gorilla Grodd…
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    • Trivia
      Alex Toth had submitted a different roster for the Legion of Doom that included villains from the rogues galleries of both Batman and Captain Marvel, assuming the latter would be in the show. In the original proposal the Legion Of Doom consisted of: Dr. Sivanna, Abra-Kadabra, Captain Cold, Cheetah, Gorilla Grodd, Heatwave, The Joker, Mr. Atom, Oggar, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Sinestro, and Beautia Sivanna (the Dr's daughter). Filmation Associates held the rights to Captain Marvel and related characters (featured in "Shazam!" (1974)) and most of the Batman villains were being used on The New Adventures of Batman (1977) (although HB and Filmation shared rights to Batman and Robin), so the group had to be retooled. The Captain Marvel villains were dropped and the Batman villains replaced, as were most of the Flash villains.
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      Apache Chief and Giganta can both grow to 50 feet in height. However, in the opening credits, they are seen to be taller than skyscrapers that are much larger than 50 feet tall.
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      [title sequence]

      Series Narrator: Banded together from remote galaxies are thirteen of the most sinister villains of all time, The Legion of Doom, dedicated to a single objective: the conquest of the universe. Only one group dares to challenge this intergalactic threat: The SuperFriends! The Justice League of America versus The Legion of Doom! This is the Challenge of the SuperFriends!

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      Edited into Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)

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    The justice league vs. their arch enemies
    I remember watching this cartoon at 8:30 in the morning if I had a day out of school. At the age of 10 I realize that this is the best superfriends cartoon. The cartoon pit their arch enemies against the superfriends which derives from the DC comics. I enjoy watching Lex Luther always trying to make a way to destroy the superfriends. Especially superman,wonder woman,and the green lantern because they all the most powerful ones of them all. Superman serves as the superfriends leader and at the end they prove that evil never prevails. If you noticed The Challenge of the Superfriends and The Scooby Doo Show(1978) has the same danger background music.
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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1978 (United States)
    • Also known as
      • Challenge of the Super Friends: Attack of the Legion of Doom
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hanna-Barbera Productions
      • Taft Broadcasting
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      30 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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