The Super Globetrotters was an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. It premiered on September 22, 1979 and ran for 13 episodes. It was a spin-off series from Hanna-Barbera's Harlem Globetrotters; this show featured the basketball team Harlem Globetrotters as undercover superheroes, who would transform from their regular forms by entering magic portable lockers carried in Globetrotter. Each member of the group had individual super powers and overall, all members of the group could fly. The Globetrotters received their missions from a basketball-styled talking satellite called the Crimeglobe (Frank Welker). Most episodes culminated in the Super Globetrotters challenging the villain and his henchmen to a basketball game for whatever treasure or device they sought; the civilian Globetrotters were always trounced by the villains' super-powers in the first half, then used their own super-powers (often at the admonition of the Crimeglobe) to save the day in the second half. [edit] Characters [edit] Super Globetrotters Listed by player name, superhero name, then voice actor and superpowers. [edit] Villains - Museum Man – A disgruntled history museum janitor who could bring fossils and statues to life through a special remote control.
- Bwana Bob – A hunter who captured and hunted the Globetrotters.
- The Facelift
- Whaleman
- Robo and the Globots – A mad scientist who created evil robot copies of the Globetrotters.
- Tattoo Man – An alien who could animate the tattoos on his body (similar to an enemy of Green Lantern).
- Movie Man
- The Phantom Cowboy
- The Time Lord – Had a special crystal that could alter time, including to summon anyone out of history to do his bidding.
- Count Bragula and his Transylvania Terrors
- Bullmoose – A villain who wore fake antlers and was assisted by a gang of livestock-themed henchmen (Ham, Wool Woman, Ponytail, etc.). Had a ray-gun that turned things to gold.
- Merlo the Magician – Not so much a villain as a wizard who would not help just anyone. He made the Globetrotters play a game against his knights on horseback to earn his trust. After the Globetrotters won, Merlo placed a spell on the Globetrotters to enable them to return home.
- Attila the Hun
[edit] Episodes | # | Airdate | Title | Production # | | 1 | September 22, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. Museum Man" | 7902 | | 2 | September 29, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. Bwana Bob" | 7905 | | 3 | October 6, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. The Facelift" | 7907 | | 4 | October 13, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. Whaleman" | 7901 | | 5 | October 20, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. Robo and the Globots" | 7908 | | 6 | October 27, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. Tattoo Man" | 7903 | | 7 | November 3, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. Movie Man" | 7910 | | 8 | November 10, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. The Phantom Cowboy" | 7904 | | 9 | November 17, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. The Time Lord" | 7909 | | 10 | November 24, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. Transylvania Terrors" | 7906 | | 11 | December 1, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. Bullmoose" | 7912 | | 12 | December 8, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. Merlo the Magician" | 7911 | | 13 | December 15, 1979 | "The Super Globetrotters vs. Attila the Hun" | 7913 | [edit] Production Credits - Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
- Producers: Art Scott and Alex Lovy
- Directors: Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon
- Story Supervisor: Jim Ryan
- Story Editor: Andy Heyward
- Story: Tom Dagenais, Rowby Goren, Andy Heyward, Robert M. London, Larry Parr
- Story Direction: Howard Swift
- Recording Director: Art Scott
- Voices: Marlene Aragon, Joe Baker, Michael Bell, Scatman Crothers, Chris Elie, Stu Gilliam, Buster Jones, Jackie Joseph, Margaret McIntyre, Don Messick, Michael Rye, John Stephenson, Herb Vigran, Adam Wade, Janet Waldo, Lennie Weinrib, Frank Welker, Nancy Wible, John Williams, Helen Wilson, Paul Winchell
- Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
- Title Design: Don Sheppard
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
- Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
- Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
- Design Supervisor: Bob Singer
- Character Design: Curtis Cim, Jim Franzen, Ron Maidenberg, Fred Lucky
- Layout Supervision: Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Maurice Pooley
- Layout: Robert Alvarez, Tom Bailey, David Elvin, Les Gibbard, Manuel Gonzalez, Rafael Hernandez, Francisca Moreno, Enrique Perez, David Thwaytes
- Animation Supervision: Bill Hutten, Tony Love
- Animation: Robert Alvarez, Alberto Conejo, Julio Diez, Manuel G. Galiano, Angel Izquierdo, Roberto Marcano, Ezequiel Martin, Pedro Mohedano, Mariano Rueda
- Animation Coordination: Carlos Alfonso, Juan Pina
- Background Supervisor: Al Gmuer
- Backgrounds: Lorraine Andrina, Fernando Arce, Greg Battes, Dario Campanile, Gil DiCicco, Dennis Durrell, Martin Forte, Fla Ferreira, Bob Gentle, Bonnie Goodknight, Al Gmuer, Ann Guenther, Tom Hames, James Hegedus, Eric Heschong, Jim Hickey, Michael Humphries, Bill Proctor, Jeff Richards, Jeff Riche, Andy Phillipson, Cal Titus, Dennis Venizelos
- Checking and Scene Planning: Cindy Smith
- Xerography: Star Wirth
- Ink and Paint Supervision: Alison Victory
- Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Camera: Jerry Mills, Ross Avery, Bob Berry, Allen Childs, Marc Debbaudt, Candy Edwards, Curt Hall, Mike Kane, Neil Viker, Roy Wade, Brandy Whittington, Jerry Whittington
- Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan
- Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
- Music Editor: Mark Green
- Effects Editor: Joe Reitano
- Show Editor: Gil Iverson
- Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
- Production Manager: Jayne Barbera
- Post-Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
- A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
- Copr. (c) 1979 HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS, INC.
- Three of the team's super-heroic identities and powers were taken from the characters of the 1966 Hanna-Barbera cartoon The Impossibles. The transformation sequences and many of the Super Globetrotters' moves were also the same as their Impossibles counterparts.
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- Liquid Man was based on Fluid Man, even retaining the "F" insignia of Fluid Man's costume instead of an "L".
- Spaghetti Man was based on Coil Man.
- Multi Man's name was the same in both series.
- It was never explained why the villains would (rather unwisely) wager the fruit of their ill-gotten gains on a basketball game – against a professional basketball team.
- No explanation was given, either, as to why the Globetrotters never began the game as their superhero selves rather than wait until halftime (where they were always behind by a large margin). Further, no explanation was given as to why the audience always cheered when the villains were winning.
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