The WORST episodes of Super Friends
Every episode of Super Friends ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Super Friends!
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 - The Shamon 'U'
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1973
Dr. Shamon is using a giant magnetic "U," a laser gun, to draw a solid gold meteorite to the Earth. However, he's unaware of the fact that his "sky-mining" technique has reelased some exotic gases from the space cloud, which, when united with the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, form a green mist and a red mist. The green mist causes animals and plants to grow many times their normal size, while the red mists causes animals and plants to shrink.
#2 - Journey Through Inner Space
Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 12/16/1978
Aquaman is exposed to a radioactive substance that turns him into a prehistoric sea creature from which he evolved. In order to cure him, Superman and Wonder Woman, inside the Super Mobile, are shrunk down to microscopic size and sent within the creature's veins to attempt to give it another dose of radiation in the hopes that it will reverse the effects of the radiation and return Aquaman to normal. In the meantime the rest of the Super Friends have to do whatever they can to limit the creature's destructive nature all over the city.
#3 - Forbidden Power; Pressure Point; The Lionmen; The Day of the Rats
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/19/1977
Batman, Robin, and Wonder Woman have their hands full when they rescue Professor Zarkov from the mysterious mutants from outer space. Batman, Robin, and Black Vulcan have their hands full while they try to stop a massive rat infestation.
#4 - The Fifty Foot Woman; Cheating; Exploration: Earth; Attack of the Killer Bees
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/12/1977
A professor develops a potion which she believes will give her increased physical strength but it transforms her into a 50 foot woman. A cheating cross country runner struggles with the decision of helping the Wonder Twins with the location of lost Boy Scouts and by doing so, revealing that he cheated in the 10 mile race. The Super Friends defend against an alien space probe that collects mechanical and human specimens. Aquaman and Samurai come to the aid of African villagers trapped by a swarm of killer bees. Aquaman teaches how to treat a drowning victim. Batman & Robin teach how to make a two-way phone. Aquaman teaches the importance of cleaning a wound.
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#5 - The Village of Lost Souls; The Curator
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/1984
The Super Friends discover an isolated rural village with residents acting strangely. A malevolent alien is stealing monuments, and the people inside them, for his space museum.
#6 - Rub Three Times for Disaster
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1979
Kareem Azaar is a ruthless thief on the Planet Zaghdad who has stolen the Magic Lamp of Olam, which contains the power of an evil genie. Kareem uses the Genie's power to take over the planet and banish the Sultan into the world of the Genie's lamp. When the Super Friends arrive to do battle, Superman and the Wonder Twins wind up in the lamp leaving the other heroes to take on Kareem's forces.
#7 - Dr. Pelagian's War
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1973
A marine scientist fights pollution by creating natural disasters to force three industrialists to stop polluting. The nation's three leading industrialists receive a warning from a computerized albatross: "Listen to the voice of Dr. Pelagian, you have one hour to stop pollution of the seas before the sea strikes back!" The Super Friends must get the stubborn industrialists to meet with Dr. Pelagian before his tactics endanger the country.
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#8 - Battle at the Earth's Core
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/23/1978
While sailing with Captain Pierre Marcel, the Wonder Twins and Gleek get sucked in a whirlpool. After receiving a distress call from the Wonder Twins, the rest of the Super Friends search for the twins only to get pulled in the whirlpool themselves. They emerge in a Wonder Land that is below the Earth’s crust. The Super Friends must now search for the Wonder Twins and rescue them
#9 - Outlaws of Orion; Three Wishes; Scorpio
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1981
First, the "Outlaws of Orion" imprison the Super Friends on a bogus charge. Then, the Wonder Twins are in danger when an evil genie offers them "Three Wishes." Lastly, the Super Friends battle a horde of giant insect led by "Scorpio."
#10 - The Demons of Exxor
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1978
The Wonder Twins agree to help Exxor defeat Darkon, a conqueror who has taken over Exxor and made its inhabitants his slaves. With the Wonder Twins captured by Darkon, Batman & Robin must free the twin heroes as the other Super Friends tackle Darkon and his troopers.
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#11 - The Incredible Space Circus
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/25/1978
A crooked space circus proprietor, Zarnum, uses a device to turn protected animals that have been illegally captured into beasts to boost attendance at his space circus. Sensing that the Super Friends are onto his scheme he uses the device to change Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and the Wonder Twins into space creatures. It's up to the rest of the Super Friends to track down the elusive space circus, rescue the captive Super Friends, and bring an end to the poaching that's been taking place.
#12 - The Pied Piper from Space
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/7/1978
A fleet from deep space heads to Earth, hypnotizing children and drawing them to Monument Valley, Arizona. After the Wonder Twins fall under control, the Super Friends respond to a Justice League alert. Batman and Robin guard the children while Superman and Wonder Woman stop a destructive UFO, but are carried into the Anti Matter Universe. The Twins escape, and the team races to Planet Nofan to free the children from an evil genius and bring them home.
#13 - The Monster of Dr. Droid; Vandals; Super Friends vs Super Friends; Energy Mass
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1977
Dr. Droid's creation of a robot with the brainwaves of a mouse runs amuck in Wheatville. The Wonder Twins try to save two vandals who trash a print shop at Midland High School and then get in trouble in a faulty elevator. The Super Friends are forced to fight each other in a coliseum after they search for the captured Aquaman in an underwater kingdom. An experimental energy mass takes over the controls of a runaway train. Wonder Woman teaches the need for an emergency list while Batman & Robin teach about the dangers of electric wires and sockets.
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#15 - The Fear
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1985
The Scarecrow is on a crime spree while Batman is traumatized by the supervillain's fear attack reviving his memories of his parents' murder.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Revenge on Gorilla City
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/4/1978
Gorilla Grodd, in an attempt to take over Gorilla City (a society of super-intelligent apes) with mind-altering vapors is banished as he was before for attempting to overthrow King Solovar. He uses Brainiac's brain-wave amplifier to control anyone in a 100-mile radius and takes over Gorilla City. Solovar, king of Gorilla City, escapes and asks the Super Friends for their aid in stopping Grodd.
#18 - World Beneath the Ice
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/11/1978
The Super Friends face Torhana, a conqueror freezing everything in his path to punish the surface world. Traveling by ship, he and his crew freeze oceans, continents, and people. Aquaman uses his telepathy to summon swordfish, freeing himself from the ice and returning to Atlantis. Although Torhana seems in control, the heroes regroup and devise a clever plan to melt the planet’s ice. This episode uniquely features Aquaman at his traditional comic book base, the undersea city of Atlantis.
#19 - Lex Luthor Strikes Back
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1979
Lex Luthor uses a reverse camera projector to disguise himself and his assistant Orville Gump as Super Friends in a plot to destroy them. He teams with fire demons from the sun, who help capture the heroes and place them in deadly traps. The demons turn the sun red, stripping Superman of his powers. When they betray Luthor, he frees the heroes. Superman drives them back with the Super Mobile, restoring the sun and his powers. Luthor and Gump return to prison.
#20 - Monolith of Evil
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/14/1978
Solomon Grundy convinces the Legion of Doom to find a "Monolith of Evil" which gave him his powers. But when four of the Legion's members can't retrieve it, The Riddler tricks the Super Friends into fetching it for them. However, Riddler is in for a surprise when the Super Friends learn the truth of the Monolith's powers and use it to put The Riddler and the rest of the Legion of Doom in their place - as the Monolith itself is not inherently evil, but acts upon the thoughts (evil or good) of whoever controls it.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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."
#23 - 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.
#24 - Return of the Phantoms; Bully for You; Superclones
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1983
"Return of the Phantoms": Three Phantom Zone villains travel back in time to destroy Superman as Superboy. "Bully for You": A young boy finds Batman's utility belt after he loses it and decides to use the belt to get even with a couple of bullies. Finally, "Superclones": Brainiac clones Aquaman and El Dorado creating two evil supervillains. The clones capture the real Aquaman and El Dorado and then commit crimes in an effort to ruin the good name of the Super Friends. The clones surrender to the authorities in order to be put on trial in efforts to get all the Super Friends out of the way. The real Aquaman and El Dorado must escape and reveal the truth of Brainiac's plan.
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Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/2/1978
Toyman develops a device that can project anyone into the pages of a storybook. He forces Hawkman to chase him into Jack and the Beanstalk, Cheetah forces Wonder Woman to chase her into Alice in Wonderland and Brainiac forces Superman to chase him into Gulliver's Travels and the three villains trap the three Super Friends in the three treacherous fairy tales.