The BEST episodes of Super Friends season 5
Every episode of Super Friends season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Super Friends season 5!
Super Friends first aired on ABC on September 8, 1973, featuring well-known DC characters Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and was based on the Justice League of America (JLA) and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. The name of the program (and the JLA members featured with the Super Friends) have been variously represented (as Super Friends and Challenge of the Super Friends, for example) at different points in its broadcast history.
#1 - Big Foot; The Ice Demon; The Make-Up Monster
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1980
Apache Chief meets a race of aliens who inspired the legend of "Bigfoot". Superman rescues the Wonder Twins from "The Ice Demon". A disgruntled makeup artist transforms himself into "The Makeup Monster" and Batman and Flash stop him.
#2 - Voodoo Vampire; Invasion of the Gleeks; Mxyzptlk Strikes Again
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1980
Batman and Robin fight voodoo vampires in darkest Africa. Black Vulcan assists./Gleek wakes up the Wonder Twins. They are being invaded by Gleek-like space monkeys./Mxyzptlk is back with a magical typewriter.
#3 - One Small Step for Mars; Haunted House; The Incredible Crude Oil Monster
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1980
In "One Small Step From Mars," the Super Friends outwit three criminals who've escaped from a prison on the red planet. Then, the Wonder Twins search for two boys trapped in a "Haunted House." Lastly, Aquaman, Hawkman and Hawkgirl battle "The Incredible Crude Oil Monster."
#4 - The Man in the Moon; Circus of Horrors; Around the World in 80 Riddles
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1980
The moon is like an egg. It cracks open and a moon-size creature emerges. Superman goes to battle it./In Metropolis, Wonder Twins and Gleek are attending the circus when the animals take over./The Riddler shows up in the Batcave.
#5 - Journey into Blackness; Cycle Gang; Dive to Disaster
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1980
Superman, Batman, and Samurai get pulled into a black hole. The Earth is next./The Wonder Twins come to the aid of a car run off the road by a motorcycle gang./An American submarine is in danger. Black Vulcan and Aquaman answer the call.
#6 - Yuna the Terrible; Rock & Roll Space Bandits; Elevator to Nowhere
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1980
While exploring Stonehenge, a group of archaeologists accidentally release "Yuna The Terrible" from her stone tomb. Next, "Rock 'N' Roll Space Bandits" render the Super Friends immobile with their strange, hypnotic music. Then, when Wonder Woman and Atom answer a distress call from a diabolical doctor's laboratory, they plunge into an "Elevator To Nowhere."
#7 - The Killer Machines; Garden of Doom; Revenge of Bizarro
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1980
When an evil computer takes control of Gotham City's electronic equipment, the Super Friends must find a way to stop "The Killer Machines." Next, a professor creates a "Garden of Doom" when he accidentally transforms ordinary tomatoes into huge, man-eating plants. Lastly, the Super Friends fight against the "Revenge of Bizarro" when Superman's old nemesis changes Batman and Robin into Bizarro versions of themselves.
#8 - Termites from Venus; Eruption; Return of Atlantis
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1980
First, the Super Friends must find a way to halt an unstoppable invasion of destructive "Termites From Venus." Then, Gleek and the Wonder Twins work quickly to save a pair of hang gliders, and an entire town, from a volcanic "Eruption." Finally, in "Return of the Atlantis," even the Super Friends need additional help when an underwater city rises to the surface and the inhabitants attack the nation's capitol.