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As the name suggests ‘Captain Caveman and The Teen Angels’ was in fact originally conceived to parody the ‘Charlie’s Angels’ series. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977)Īnimation is known for parodying live-action predecessors. With Flash and his friends trying to overthrow the tyrannical ruler Ming from the planet Mongo, the series was bundled with imagery of celestial worlds and surreal characters. Flash Gordon is layered with beautiful specks of imagination as the stories from the series inspired later trendsetters like Star Wars. Flash Gordon probably was the first fearless attempt from a comic strip to portray ‘space’ as its premise and intergalactic wars as its thriving field. The space adventure comic turned animated series, unfolded the story of an adventurous space wanderer. The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979) ‘Super Friends’ in fact laid the foundation and cemented the chemistry between millions of kids and their favorite superheroes, which, helped in building the genre of Super Hero movies to where it has reached today. The animated series brought all the DC superheroes together and told their stories by hailing them as the apostles of good deeds and self-righteousness.īefore ‘Deadpool’ who upped the cool quotient in ‘crime’ there was the Aquaman, Batman, Superman and a strong cluster of other super heroes who fought the villains who wanted to take over the world. Hanna-Barbera’s ‘Super Friends’ premiered in 1973 and went on to have more than a hundred heroic episodes.
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Before all these live action renditions, these characters found their audience by appearing on TV every Saturday. You may only be familiar with the dark and melancholic batman from Nolan’s pen, or an overly rigid, ever powerful Superman from Zack Snyder’s universe. The animation installment of Lassie was a later addition in Lassie’s journey as the world’s favorite show dog. The canine became famous soon after, shooting her to fame when major studios decided to make films and TV shows on Lassie the Colie. Lassie was originally penned by Eric Knight who introduced her in a short story he wrote for his daughter. With the TV’s favorite dog leading the animated version of the show, ‘Lassie’s Rescue Rangers’ told the story of a group of loving animals protecting the forest from forces of destruction. The show is remembered for Jabberjaw’s iconic pet phrase out of lack of recognition, ‘I don’t get no respect !’. The story revolved around the team going to various underwater cities for performing and their confrontations with super villains while on the tour.
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Yes that is where it becomes bizarre! Jabberjaw is a 15 foot, great white shark who plays drums in a band and lives in a futuristic sea-world. Having a Shark who suffers from social acceptance issues playing the lead in the show, it brought fourth a world where an actual fish could be the lead drummer for a band. Jabberjaw was not completely outlandish yet it was bizarre in its own way.
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Here is a funny one from Hanna-Barbera’s ever imaginative quiver.