Challenge of the Superfriends - Swamp of the Living Dead Pt1

[knickerboker3320]

If Superman wasn't back by midnight, wouldn't the rest of them be thinking how screwed they were? If Superman can't handle, what chance do they have?

[digitalceo95]

The LoD had to be some of the dumbest "villains" alive! Every episode they are either captured by the SF or conned and outsmarted by someone who was more "evil" than them,lol! They should get out of the game,it's not for them,lmao!

[teddyvlour75]

the scarecrow was a bad motha fucka wit the kangol on i just like seein him

[CapnE625]

8:30 - 8:36 Please no one parodize that Scarecrow phrase XD.

[brooklynmane]

This is the episode where the LOD had the Superfriends beat...then fucked up by getting greedy lol

[flexorlamonticus]

I love the voices for these early Hanna Barbara toons, especially Solomon Grundy.

[SquainbowSquaising]

Cheetah - "There's that old witch AGAIN prowling through the swamp."

Grundy - "Solomon Grundy not recognize her. Not see her in swamp BEFORE."

Was he asleep? Is Cheetah a retard? This show is a lot funnier 30 years on.

[cbaile]

God, the Legion of Doom are retarded. They think a witch is a spy from the Justice League? If the heroes knew where the Hall of Doom was, they'd be on them like stink on shit.

I did always want my own bottled head of Satan, though...

[markus18markus]

7:13 wheres hawk mans wings?

[kcsledge95]

I always felt this was the lamest ep. Flash, and Green Lantern would both have had easy outs on this. And leave it to the LOD to be stupid to not allow something to happen that would necessitate reviving the Super Friends.

[Wesleysigner]

8:53 gl is there instead of aquaman...again.

[Wesleysigner]

Check it. After the green lantern is captured he's in the hall of justice again.

[MCMLXIXTony]

epic!

[richpartist]

Knock out gas for everybody :) Even Kryptonite flavored for Superman.Sweet dreams Wonder Woman bwaaaahahahahahaha

[1generalhawk]

@richpartist yes wonder woman have a nice sleep rock a by wonder woman write back your friend generalhawk1

[richpartist]

Loved this show,especially the music....and yes Wonder Woman :)

[orgazmatron79]

Man, gettin tied up by the Cheetah, that's pretty hot ! Too bad Robin's gay and didn't really get to enjoy it.

[neneshubby]

Robin was a complete wuss in this series. He never did anything but talk.

[neneshubby]

SOLOMON GRUNDY STRONGER THAN SUPER FRIENDS!!!

[TheDylanJoyce]

My God!!!!!! THEY ACTUALLY CAUGHT THEM!

[theabiotictheory]

The Legion of Doom screwed up and gave away their hiding place. They'll have to find another swamp now.

[TheYugiohnut]

rest peacefuly forever wondar woman

[GrimmSamurai]

Is that the Old Witch from the old Tales from the Crypt comics at the beginning? It certainly looks like her, lol.

[Christina314]

lol what a silly power ring fight, >.<

[MrWINNSLAW]

"Hawkman has no wings at 7:15."

[bigjeff195]

@MrWINNSLAW soloman grungy squash your reply



[rocshow1234]

Scarecrow wins a tug-o-war with Batman and pulls him in the swamp, please...... a five year old girl with a book of matches could beat Scarecrow.

Aquaman is not captured either! Only 10 at the end, COUNT IT!!

[Horticultural1]

@rocshow1234 Why would you bother capturing Aquaman? That's like hunting down Gleek.

[DarPower1]

Wow um at 1:34 you just give them power like hey yeah retards i will give you powers....1:44 exactly what i thought

[maggmaxxx]

Solomon Grundy is a red neck?! LOL And how does this evil head guy know that the legion of doom is always bested by the Super friends? Is he keeping up with CNN or something? LOL Good laughs, good laughs.

[gusbaker4u]

Scarecrow is pretty amazing in this episode, not only does he get a realistic Hawkman mask over his regular mask, he's strong enough to effortlessly pull Batman into the swamp via that rope ;-)

[SoundsmithOne]

4:56 - What happened to their other rope whssh sound? Sounds like they have that guy from the Police Academy movies doing the sound fx for Batman's rope.

[cbaile]

This was the best episode of Superfriends ever!

[dannis73]

HOLY CATS!!! Robin is so lame he couldnt even beat Cheetah

[demoskunk]

"Release me."? They didn't even grab her! lol.

[taurusman26]

They blocked her path. Just dramatic dialogue.

[IsolatedLucifer]

if you didn't know the guy who drew the characters was alex toth he was satanist okay? anways great cartoon from the 70's.wish they mad more seasons of challenge of the superfriends.

[IsolatedLucifer]

god's people get the fuck out if you don't like satan this cartoon is great,so don't hate faggots.

[dvohland33]

my god u church people need a LIFE.Its a bloddy CARTOON...

[dwilmer7]

Listen to her incantation.. She says "SotAn" as she holds up a snake.

[dwilmer7]

how did this crap make it on the air. Its satanism!

[DEATH2REDNECKS]

don't be hatin'.

[phantassm]

This is great crap.

[heisgreatly2bpraised]

Why in the heck is the Scarecrow in the water? Woouldn't his "power" not work in water? Come on no child is this stupid.

[SatanLuciferDeath]

hey uh can upload season 2 of this cartoon? if you guys haven't noticed the demonic being you see here is based of anton lavey the face anyway.the writers were satanist i mean look around with this cartoon dr natas spelled backwards in some other episode i forget the name.i tried watching the superfriends but those two twins and other non dc characters ruin this great cartoon.

[Aaramlias]

Wow i'm wondering how Green Lantern can be in the swamp captured and in the Hall of Justice they are talking about him and he's there being talked to too. Does he have a twin?

[SatanLuciferDeath]

I love this cartoon so satanic, i have season one of this on dvd.

[Girardifan]

At 10:33, it's too bad that branches ddin't wrap around Wonder Woman's wrists as well as her legs;she would had become helpless because her hands were bound by a man and would have had an excuse for being pulled into the swamp so easily. The dialogue would had been entertaining:"If anyone thinks these puny branches can hold me-merciful Minerva! My hands-have been bound-by a man! So weak! Can't-break free! Hera help me-I'm being pulled-into the swamp!"

[aeonflux67]

dont underestimate the speed the vines struck with. And the old witch has used some black magic too bring them to life. If you check each time a superfriend is added to their coffin they are all paralysed. No struggle. Just stiff. So the vines do most of their deadly work once underwater. Wonder Woman would be no exception. Once the vines had her below the surface she's done for. The embalming process once the Superfriend is entombed is a just a final process to ensure they preserved forever.

[Girardifan]

Since it is apparent that the vines do most of their deadly work underwater, that is another reason why Wonder Woman should had been able to use her Amazon strength to break the vines and escape when they first grabbed her around her legs. But Wonder Woman doesn't make any effort to escape;she just says "Great Hera!" and allows the vines to pull her into the swamp. Once underwater, Wonder Woman, like the other Superfriends, was doomed.

[Girardifan]

Based on this information, there was a more believable way for Wonder Woman to be captured. When the vines grab Wonder Woman around her legs, she easily breaks the vines and escapes. She realizes that the other Superfriends must be under the swamp and decides to try to rescue them. She dives underwater and finds the other Superfriends, but before she can rescue them, the vines attack her again. Because the vines are much stronger underwater, Wonder Woman is overpowered and placed in her coffin.

[aeonflux67]

That is a better way for Wonder Woman to bow out. The episode wouldnt have run much longer and it would have been befitted her leadership qualities as she is giving the orders to the remaining superfriends to deploy to the swamp. Having overcome the vines the first time, sussed onto the Legion of Dooms plot on how they captured the others, she dives back into the swamp to investigate further. Unfortunately she disregards the vines underwater power is > than their power above water,

[aeonflux67]

...she then is shown fiercely struggling before the vines take their toll and deposit her paralysed body into the coffin prepped and waiting for her. Cool ending to that scene. Lazy scripting of course chose the easy option. And careless scripting left out Aquaman who would of been at home in a swamp. Such is the way of 60's and 70's cartooning values.

[Girardifan]

I totally agree. The horrified look on Wonder Woman's face when she struggles to break the vines and realizes that she has underestimated their power would had been priceless and said it all:"Hera help me! The vines are-more powerful-underwater! I-cannot-break them!"

[Girardifan]

That is so true. Having broken the vines so easily when they originally grabbed her around her legs, Wonder Woman would underestimate their power when she dives underwater to rescue the other Superfriends. The horrified look on her face when she realizes her error in judgement would had been priceless and said it all:"More vines grabbing me! I'll just break them like I did before-Hera help me! The vines-are more-powerful-underwater! I-cannot-break them!"

[Girardifan]

This video shows how weak both Superman and Wonder Woman are in these "Challenge of the Superfriends" cartoons. When the branches reach out and grab Superman, he tries to break the branches and escape, but cannot do so. Superman says, "Getting weaker! must be-Kryptonite-under the swamp!" At least Superman tried to escape;as for Wonder Woman, when the branches grab her around her legs, instead of trying to escape, she just says, "Great Hera!" as she's being pulled into the swamp.

[Lfdjake91]

As previously stated, Superman was unable to break the branches because they were enpowered by black magic, one of his few weakness.

[Girardifan]

It's true that since magic is one of Superman's weaknesses the kryptonite wasn't necessary, but maybe the Legion of Doom planted Kryptonite under the swamp as insurance to make sure Superman couldn't break the branches.

[Girardifan]

Not to mention that when the vines grab Wonder Woman around her legs at 10:33 instead of using her Amazon strength to break the vines and escape, she just says "Great Hera!" and allows the vines to pull her into the swamp. When shown at 10:51, Wonder Woman is embalmed in her tomb and is just as helpless as the other Superfriends.

[3dartistguy]

If they were all super powerful, that would be the end of the story...they had to simplify the stories for ten year olds to undertand and of course, they only had 22 minutes to tell a story...not to mention they had standards and practices monitoring their content. Im surprised they got away with having a satan like character in there at all...they'ed never get away with that these days..

[3dartistguy]

Isn't the old Wtich based on one of those EC comics of the 1950s?

[Lfdjake91]

Yes, she appears to be.

[digitalceo95]

@3dartistguy Good catch just noticed that,lol

[Lfdjake91]

09:44 Actually there would be no need for their to be kryptonite under the swamp (which would make no sense anyways) as that demonic being was using black magic against Superman and magic is one of his weakness anways.

[Girardifan]

At least Superman had an excuse when he tried to escape but was too weak and was pulled into the swamp. What was Wonder Woman's excuse? When the branches grabbed Wonder Woman around her legs, she made no effort whatsoever to escape;she just said "Great Hera!" as she was pulled into the swamp. Maybe the story would had been better if the branches had wrapped around her wrists;Wonder Woman would had become helpless because her hands were bound by a man, making it easy to pull her into the swamp.

[blanchefful]

@Girardifan I loved Wonder Woman but hated how Super Friends portrayerd her as a weaker super friend. I preferred Lynda Carter's portrayal of her. I felt Super Friends was a bit sexist (?) and portrayed her as a helpless wuss. I guess they had to tone it down for the "younger audience", so I hear, but puh-leese! Some of it was cheesy and pathetic.

[r0bw00d]

7:15 Hawkman with now wings.

And where's Aquaman?

[latinguy67]

this isn't the only time that the SF have had to fight a devil-like enemy: there was the one where they were turned into trolls and they had to fight Malhavoc. THAT was a cool one.

[taurusman26]

Kingdom of Middle Earth - 1979

[Tareltonlives]

1:51-You're wearing a leopard suit. You're in no position to make fun of anyone.

Hahahah! The Devil's drunk!

Um, can't Hawkman just fly away? Or are Batman and Robin just used to him being stupid?

The sad thing is that I bet Robin isn't even enjoying being tied up by a hot chick in tights.

Sending Hawkman with Green Lantern is kind of redundant considering Green Lantern is actually useful.

BOULDER FIGHT!

[Astraldragon1]

well since it was not the Real Hawkman he can't just fly away. Scarecrow can't fly out of the swamp.

[Tareltonlives]

As I said, it's says something about SOMEONE's stupidity when the not a single member of the League actually considered that. Either they're stupid for not thinking about that or they're used to Hawkman forgetting his one super power

[pizzanpipes]

Check out 8:53 - isn't that Green Lantern standing in the group after he was already supposedly nabbed by the LOD?

[ReturnofLatinPupE]

No, it's Aquaman. He always liked to dress up in other Superfriends' outfits and got busted when he was supposed to be watching the trouble alert screen

[Tareltonlives]

"Hey look everybody! I'm Green lantern!" *Green Lantern kicks Aquamans' ass*

[Astraldragon1]

True his talking to fish is lame...BUT he at least doesn't get killed by sharks or other deadly creatures of the sea...every body else would...and true it is just a cartoon but you would get killed by sharks in real life...lol....since no one in real life can talk to sharks and tell them to get lost. lol

[blueskunk12]

Too bad that Aquaman's power never grew like everyone else's. Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, even Batman evolved.

But poor Aquaman remained stranded with talking to fish. It would have been nice if Aquaman had evolved to talking with all animal life.

[Rtkat3]

@ReturnofLatinPupE You sure that's what happened in the comics?

[Horticultural1]

@ReturnofLatinPupE Maybe he was just jealous because he doesn't have any useful superpowers like Green Lantern does.

[Lfdjake91]

Yes, it is. They must have been using stock footage of the SuperFriends standing together for that scene.

[zadrhion]

@pizzanpipes maybe it's ambush bug? lol

[TIPTON340]

@pizzanpipes -- Sloppy animation.

[ALunaB]

So the Legion of Doom has started to commune with demonic spirits...

...soon they'll start swearing. Or smoking. Or using that awesome computer they have to download porn...

[reluctantprophet7]

cuz Aqua Man is always left behind on phone watch! :)

[piscesrising2006]

they made a flaw at the end of this clip.. Aquaman wasn't captured! :D

[Tareltonlives]

He's Aquaman. Being captured is his superpower.