PLASTIC MAN TV SERIES(1976):
The complete animated tv series of Plastic Man!
This doesn't include some of the off-shoot cartoons
that wee part of the Plastic Man Adventure Hour!
The voice for Plastic Man tends to use the humor
of Don Adams(Get Smart: he uses the phrases "of
course, it's the old ------ trick", "missed it by that
much" "would you believe!"), and the one for Hula
Hula is like that of Lou Costello!! Each of the
half hour shows had two episodes, though if you
research the show, IMDb only lists the first one!!
DISC 1:
EPISODE 1: THE WEED:
What d'ya think it's about! lol The Weed stole
the atomic cellular-regeneration formula(a super
plant grow formula) and is holding it for ransom!! B
EPISODE 1a: DR. IRWIN AND MR. METEOR:
A huge meteor is destroyed, but fragments fall to
Earth, and Dr. Irwin finds a piece and it gives him
super strength!! Oh, and it drives him a little nuts! B
EPISODE 2: WHAM BAM, BEWARE OF THE CLAM:
A clam, yep, a clam, is pirating ships on the high
seas!! LOL! This series is not known for its seriousness!! B
EPISODE 2a: THE DAY THE OCEAN DISAPPEARED:
A madman(Dr. Honctoff) is draining the oceans and
dehydrating them!! B
EPISODE 3: THE HORRIBLE HALF-APE:
A doctor Darwin tries an experiment on himself and
becomes, of course, a half-human/half-ape!!
Not only that, but a flying saucer has arrived
on Earth and the good doctor has tricked the
aliens into helping him! B
EPISODE 3a: HUGEFOOT:
Hugefoot is determined to steal the "greatest
invention"!! It predicts the future! B
EPISODE 4: THE MINISCULE 7:
A diminutive group of thugs are causing havoc
for the basketball championships, but that's
not their final goal!! B
EPISODE 4a: MOONRAIDER:
Moonraider hijacked the first manned space shuttle
(not to mention other various satellites!) in an effort
to control outer space, thereby controlling the
world!!! B
EPISODE 5: SUPERSTEIN:
Superstein is trying to activate his super monster army
by getting some crystals, then transferring the brains
of highly intelligent people into them!!! B
EPISODE 5a: DOG MASTER:
Dog Master is after a chimp that has the world's
greatest formula in his mind!! B
This disc also has a "History of Plastic Man"
special feature that is pretty interesting!!
DISC 2:
EPISODE 6: DIABOLICAL DR. DOME:
The good Dr. is out to capture Plastic Man so he
can use him to power his own version of a matter
changer!! B
EPISODE 6a: HONEY BEE:
This is pretty annoying!!!! Honey Bee talks
with every word being extended out like a
bee buzzing!! She's out to rule the world
(what else!)!! C+
EPISODE 7: THE DANGEROUS DR. DINOSAUR:
I know this is a surprise, but "Dr. Dinosaur" is using,
what else, dinosaurs to pull off heists!!! B
EPISODE 7a: THE SPIDER TAKES A BRIDE:
The Spider plans to marry the Queen of Rococco!
Only thing is, she is unaware of the impending
marriage!! B
EPISODE 8: EMPIRE OF EVIL:
Two young people, the son and daughter of
R.Q. Conrad, an important official, crash on
Stone Island, where one of them is taken over
by the evil being She-Na-Na!!!! B
EPISODE 8a: THE CORRUPTIBLE CARROTMAN:
After losing at a game show, the dude dressed as
a carrot decides on a life of crime, still dressed as
a carrot!!! B
EPISODE 9: THE MANIACAL COMPUTERHEAD:
The main baddie here is out to make it so that
the machines of the world rule it!!! B
EPISODE 9a: THE HIPPOTIST:
A Hippo working as a hypnotist is determined to
get the Nairobi Ruby!! He plans to use it to be
able to hypnotize thousands at once and thereby
RULE THE WORLD!! B
EPISODE 10: BADLADDIN:
So, Badladdin, who is a genie, has a master plot
of granting a wish to young, unexpecting but
aspiring brilliant teens, then turning them into
gold statues!!! B
EPISODE 10a: TOYMAN:
This dude is out to collect all the famous people
of the world, including Plastic Man! He then plans
to sell them all at a doll sale! B
This disc also has Puddle Trouble, a pilot for
a new series in 2006!!
PUDDLE TROUBLE
The Human Puddle, a wet kinda guy, breaks out
of his cell and starts his life of crime all over
again! This has no Penny, Hula-Hula or Chief!
instead, just Plastic Man and his parole officer,
Archie! It also plays on the fact that Plastic
Man used to be a criminal- now turned Super
Hero after an accident turns him to Plastic!
This is not as snappy and witty as the earlier
Plastic Man series!! C+
Tom Kenny ... Plastic Man / Eel O'Brian (voice)
Dave Coulier ... Archie (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker ... The Human Puddle (voice)
Jill Talley ... Lady Granite (voice)
DISC 3:
EPISODE 11: GHOSTFINGER:
Ghostfinger is out to steal a time machine, along
with its inventor, Dr. Fenwick!! Ghostfinger plans to
use the machine to dredge up the ghosts of monsters
from the past to help him get revenge on the ancestors
of those who put him behind bars for life! Along for the
ride with the trio is Plastic Man's old girlfriend who is
a private eye! B
EPISODE 11a: HIGHBROW:
Highbrow is stealing all the trains, and plans on
making it so anyone who to ride the train has to
come to him!! This finds our heroes on the Disorient
Express!! B
EPISODE 12: THE KITTY KAT KAPER:
Kitty Kat(a real knock off of Catwoman) is turning
famous people into various types of cats!! Her
ultimate goal: TO RULE THE WORLD!! B
EPISODE 12a: THE COLOSSAL CRIME OF COMMODORE PERIL:
The good commodore plans to destroy the most
prized possession of rich dudes because they
refuse to pay him a million dollars in cash!! B
EPISODE 13: THE TERRIBLE 5 + 1:
So a dude called Solex has broken Cumputerhead,
Weed, Half-Ape, The Clam and Disco Mummy out
of prisons, for who knows what kind of evil plans!! B
EPISODE 13a: JOGGERNAUT:
Joggernaut is out after the energy machine that
Professor Friday so he can steal the energy that
the machine makes out of a special Amazon mud!
He plans to use the energy to steal the treasure
from the Amazon City of Gold!! B
EPISODE 14: DR. DUPLICATOR STRIKES AGAIN:
Dr. Duplicator kidnaps the Governor of Guadalope
by substituting a duplicate of him!! Plans: to
steal some secret plans and sell them to the
highest bidder!! B
EPISODE 14a: THUNDERMAN:
His plan: to steal the entire city of New York,
and then sell it to the highest bidder!!! B
EPISODE 15: COUNT GRAFFITTI MEETS PLASTIC MAN:
The good Count decides to get even with the people
of Oceatania by stealing the crown jewels from the
princess using his ability to use graffiti to do his dirty
work!! B
EPISODE 15a: SALE OF THE CENTURY:
So, this used car salesman(stop me if you've heard
this before! lol) gets a visit by an alien who wants
to buy the world so he can drain all its power to
power his fleet of spaceships!!! B
DISC 4:
EPISODE 16: PLASTIC MUMMY MEETS DISCO MUMMY:
Disco Mummy not only wants to steal the El Cortez
treasure, but she also wants Plastic Man as her
Disco Plastic Man Mummy!! B
EPISODE 16a: CITY OF ICE:
A old gal, Dr. Frost, finds the famed gas of youth
which makes her young again, and she's trying to
discover how to reverse the effects so she can
make people grow old instead of young, and thereby
RULE THE WORLD!! B
THIS STARTS THE PLASTIC MAN -
BABY PLAS SUPER COMEDY SHOW!
There is no indication in any of these episodes
about Plas and Penny being married, nor is there
hide nor hair of the Baby Plas!
EPISODE 17: PLASTIC MAN MEETS PLASTIC APE:
And if we're going to have a plastic baby, why not
a plastic ape?! Dr. Astro has come up with a formula
to change an ape to an ape with plastic abilities with
the help of rocks from Mars!! This doesn't actually
have Baby Plas in it! B
EPISODE 18: THE CRIME COSTUME CAPER:
A criminal inventor, Greta Grimm, has invented
a costume with super-powers and plans to sell
one to every criminal in the world!!! And again,
no mention of Plas and Penny being married,
nor of Baby Plas! B
EPISODE 19: THE GARGOYLE FOIL:
The groups picnic is a bust, so the trio head
to a nearby house, where a gargoyle is trying
to steal an invisibility potion from its inventor!! B
From an IMDb.com customer
Dang! Why are some of these reviews so damned
bitter? We are talking about a cartoon, right? A
cartoon that entertained millions of viewers every
week on ABC? We're not talking about someone
that just bombed an abortion clinic are we?
First, to correct some of the information, this
series was produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises,
not Hanna-Barbera. If the back of the box states
Hanna-Barbera, it's simply because the Ruby-Spears
library of programming was absorbed into TimeWarner
and for legalities, it's under the Hanna-Barbera
umbrella.
I remember watching this cartoon, and while I
never thought it was up to the superior standards
of an HB product, it did have its moments and
is worth purchasing if for no other reason, than
to relive your childhood memories. People just
love to trash Hanna-Barbera, and Ruby-Spears
but I dare any of you to compare their product
with anything that Filmation or DIC put out.
My only complaint about this set, is that it
isolates the "Plasticman" segments and does
not include the other cartoons that were a
part of "The Plasticman Comedy Adventure
Hour": "Rickety Rockey," "Mightyman and
Yukk" and "Fangface." I would have loved
to see the entire block included. As it stands
now, it probably won't happen. Oh well,
that's why God invented Boomerang. - Hanna-Barberian