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 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.
#2 - The Lava Men; Bazarowurld; The Warlord's Amulet
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1981
Aquaman teams with the Super Friends to defeat "The Lava Men." Then, Bizarro lures Superman to "Bizarroworld" in an attempt to drive him insane. Finally, Samurai and the Super Friends intervene when a 13th-century warlord escapes his own time to wreak havoc on present-day Japan in "The Warlord's Amulet."
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Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1981
Superman is rendered helpless by "The Evil From Krypton." Next, "The Creature From The Dump" threatens Gotham City. Later, an eerie ray transforms airplanes into gigantic screeching birds in "The Aircraft Terror."
#4 - Mxyzptlk's Flick; Sink Hole; Alien Mummy
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1981
The mischievous imp Mxyzpltk returns to star the Super Friends in "Mxyzpltk's Flick." Next, villainous Diamond Jack threatens a small mining town with a gigantic electronic cobra in "Sink Hole." Finally, El Dorado summons the Super Friends to help him battle an "Alien Mummy."
#5 - 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."
#6 - Playground of Doom; Space Racers; The Recruiter
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1983
When three enormous alien children arrive on Earth, they begin to play with the world as if everything were merely their toys. Superman, Batman and Robin must find a way of stopping the children's rampant destruction.
#7 - Attack of the Cats; One Small Step for Superman; Video Victims
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/1983
When two scientists are accidentally transformed into cat people, Batman must thwart the "Attack of the Cats." Next, the Superfriends help a boy to walk again in "One Small Step for Superman." Finally, the Superfriends nearly become "Video Victims" when Bizarro traps them in a video game.
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#8 - Prisoners of Sleep; An Unexpected Treasure; The Malusian Blob
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1983
The Superfriends become "Prisoners Of Sleep" when Sleep, Demon of the Dream World, threatens to destroy them. Next, in "An Unexpected Treasure," two teenagers endanger their lives when they take an abandoned flying saucer for a ride. Later, "The Malusian Blob" threatens to destroy Gotham City.
#9 - 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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#10 - Revenge of Doom; A Pint of Life; Day of the Dinosaurs
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1983
The Legion of Doom reunites and capture Batman and Robin. After they restore the Hall of Doom, they then manage to immobilize Superman and Wonder Woman with Lex Luthor's crystalizing ray. The SuperFriends must free themselves and stop the Legion of Doom before they rob Fort Knox.
#11 - The Krypton Syndrome; Invasion of the Space Dolls; Terror on the Titanic
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1983
When Superman accidentally returns to Krypton's past, he wrestles with the idea of saving the doomed planet in "The Krypton Syndrome." Then, the Wonder Twins thwart the impending "Invasion of the Space Dolls." Lastly, "Terror on the Titanic" occurs when a huge slime monster raises the legendary ship from the bottom of the sea.
#12 - Warpland; Two Gleeks Are Deadlier Than One; Bulgor the Behemoth
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1983
Batman and Superman are accidentally trapped in a time warp and sent to the bizarre "Warpland." Next, the Super Friends discover that "Two Gleeks Are Deadlier Than One" when an android Gleek invades the Hall of Justice. Lastly, Apache Chief stops an author who transformed into the monster he's writing about, "Bulgor The Behemoth.
#13 - Mxyzptlk's Revenge; Roller Coaster; Once Upon a Poltergeist
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1983
Drawn into Mxyzptlk's dimension, Batman and Superman must find a way to escape in "Mxyzptlk's Revenge." Next, the Wonder Twins and Atom rescue a teen gang from a deadly ride on a condemned "Rollercoaster." Finally, Apache Chief helps the spirit of an Indian find his final resting place in "Once Upon A Poltergeist."
#14 - The Protector; Stowaways; The Ghost; Rampage
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/17/1977
Aquaman, Batman and Robin team to stop a pirate who fancies himself "The Protector" of the seas. Next, the Wonder Twins rescue two "Stowaways" when the yachtsman piloting the craft is knocked unconscious. Then, the remaining Super Friends must combat "The Ghost" who's turned Wonder Woman and Superman into spirits. Lastly, when a sacred white elephant goes on a "Rampage" in India, Superman and Green Lantern must learn the cause of the beast's destructive behavior.
#15 - The Case of the Dreadful Dolls; The Royal Ruse
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/1984
The Dollmaker uses a magic clay to mind-control the Super Friends into commit crimes for him. An alien princess requests the Super Friends' help to free her world from Darkseid, only to fall into her trap.
#16 - The Island of the Dinosoids; Uncle Mxyzptlk
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1984
The Super Friends find themselves trapped on an island of dinosaur-like creatures. When Superman is turned by red kryptonite into a bratty superpowered toddler, Mxyzptlk arrives to cause trouble with this opportunity.
#18 - The Case of the Shrinking Superfriends; The Mask of Mystery
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1984
The junior Super Friends find themselves under attack at the Hall of Justice by Lex Luthor and his shrink ray. A novice kid superhero proves a hindrance for the SuperFriends, but must take action when Lex Luthor steals his secrets.
#19 - No Honor Among Thieves; Mr. Mxyzptlk and the Magic Lamp
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1984
Armed with a new power-suit, Lex Luthor joins with Darkseid for a new scheme against the SuperFriends. Mxyzptlk returns and impersonates a lamp's genie for a dumb crook to torment the SuperFriends..
#20 - The Wrath of Brainiac; Reflections in Crime
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1984
A newly reconstructed Brainiac teams up with Darkseid in a scheme against the Super Friends. Mirror Master begins a crime wave with a new weapon that can trap anyone in the dimension behind mirrors.
#21 - The Bride of Darkseid
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1984
Firestorm joins the Super Friends just in time for the team's first clash with the New God, Darkseid.
#22 - Brainchild; The Case of the Stolen Powers
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1985
Brainiac schemes to make Cyborg his minion. Felix Faust and Penguin escape from prison, only to have the Penguin steal Superman's powers Faust intended for himself.
#23 - The Ghost Ship; The Bizarro Super Powers Team
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1985
Stranded in space after Darkseid's attack, the Super Powers team must board a seemingly derelict ship. Mxyzptlk returns to cause more mischief by manipulating Bizarro to cause havoc on Earth.
#24 - Escape from Space City
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1985
A brilliant Japanese industrialist is kidnapped and replaced with a robot by the forces of evil. A mysterious island appears. Aquaman is attacked by a robot.
#25 - The Darkseid Deception
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1985
Darkseid steals the identity of an astronaut so he can abduct Wonder Woman.