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* BreakoutCharacters: Originally started to be replacements for Wendy,Marvin and Wonders but unlike them try grew in popularity and are an integral part of Superfriends and even showed up in the comics and other media. Plus those who never watched the series or did would not have known their debut was here.

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* BreakoutCharacters: BreakoutCharacter: Originally started to be replacements for Wendy,Marvin and Wonders but unlike them try grew in popularity and are an integral part of Superfriends and even showed up in the comics and other media. Plus those who never watched the series or did would not have known their debut was here.
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* Breakout Characters: Originally started to be replacements for Wendy,Marvin and Wonders but unlike them try grew in popularity and are an integral part of Superfriends and even showed up in the comics and other media. Plus those who never watched the series or did would not have known their debut was here.

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* Breakout Characters: BreakoutCharacters: Originally started to be replacements for Wendy,Marvin and Wonders but unlike them try grew in popularity and are an integral part of Superfriends and even showed up in the comics and other media. Plus those who never watched the series or did would not have known their debut was here.

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* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Like Wonder Dog before him, Gleek is incapable of real speech and has to rely on gestures for the others to understand his chittering.

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* Breakout Characters: Originally started to be replacements for Wendy,Marvin and Wonders but unlike them try grew in popularity and are an integral part of Superfriends and even showed up in the comics and other media. Plus those who never watched the series or did would not have known their debut was here.
* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Like Wonder Dog before him, Gleek is incapable of real speech speech
and has to rely on gestures for the others to understand his chittering.
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* Skelebot9000: By the final series, he upgrades to the skeletal android body he had in the comics at the time.

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* Skelebot9000: By the final two series, he upgrades to the skeletal android body he had in the comics at the time.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While his comic counterpart wasn't deliberately malevolent and only causing trouble because of his warped interpretation of doing the right thing, this Bizarro was initially a straight-up villain. By the final series, he is closer to his comic incarnation as well-meaning but inept.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: While his comic counterpart wasn't deliberately malevolent and was only causing trouble because of his warped interpretation of doing the right thing, this Bizarro was initially a straight-up villain. By the final series, he is closer to his comic incarnation as well-meaning but inept.
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* OriginsEpisode: His backstory of being a test pilot named Hal Jordan who was given his power ring on the deathbed of his predecessor Abin Sur is revealed in the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' episode "Secret Origins of the Superfriends".
* RetGone: He is one of the three Super Friends the Legion of Doom attempt to erase from history by going back in time and interfering with their origins. In the Green Lantern's case, Lex Luthor tricked Hal Jordan into leaving the cockpit that was grabbed by Abin Sur's ring and then took Abin Sur's ring for himself after taking Hal's place in the cockpit.

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* OriginsEpisode: His backstory of being a test pilot named Hal Jordan who was given his power ring on the deathbed of his predecessor Abin Sur is revealed in the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' episode "Secret Origins of the Superfriends".
Super Friends".
* RetGone: He is one of the three Super Friends the Legion of Doom attempt to erase from history by going back in time and interfering with their origins.origins in "Secret Origins of the Super Friends". In the Green Lantern's case, Lex Luthor tricked Hal Jordan into leaving the cockpit that was grabbed by Abin Sur's ring and then took Abin Sur's ring for himself after taking Hal's place in the cockpit.

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!Villains

!!Legion of Doom

[[folder:Lex Luthor]]
!!Lex Luthor
->'''Voiced by:''' Stan Jones, Creator/MichaelBell (teenage self in "History of Doom")

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!Villains

!!Legion of Doom

[[folder:Lex Luthor]]
!!Lex Luthor
[[folder:Green Lantern]]
!!Green Lantern
->'''Voiced by:''' Stan Jones, Creator/MichaelBell (teenage self in "History of Doom")Michael Rye



* BaldOfEvil: Like most incarnations, Lex Luthor here is a bald supervillain.
* BigBad: He is the central villain of ''Challenge of the Superfriends'', given that he is the leader of the Legion of Doom and comes up with all the schemes they attempt against the Super Friends.
* DisproportionateRetribution: As revealed in the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' episode "History of Doom", the reason behind his vendetta towards Superman is that he's angry at the Man of Steel for accidentally causing him to go bald when they were adolescents.

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* BaldOfEvil: Like most incarnations, Lex Luthor here is a bald supervillain.
ImaginationBasedSuperpower: His power ring can create anything he can think of.
* BigBad: He is the central villain OriginsEpisode: His backstory of ''Challenge of the Superfriends'', being a test pilot named Hal Jordan who was given that he is his power ring on the leader deathbed of the Legion of Doom and comes up with all the schemes they attempt against the Super Friends.
* DisproportionateRetribution: As
his predecessor Abin Sur is revealed in the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' episode "History "Secret Origins of Doom", the reason behind his vendetta towards Superman Superfriends".
* RetGone: He
is one of the three Super Friends the Legion of Doom attempt to erase from history by going back in time and interfering with their origins. In the Green Lantern's case, Lex Luthor tricked Hal Jordan into leaving the cockpit that he's angry was grabbed by Abin Sur's ring and then took Abin Sur's ring for himself after taking Hal's place in the cockpit.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Like his comics counterpart
at the Man of Steel for accidentally causing him to go bald when they were adolescents.time, Green Lantern's power ring is powerless against anything colored yellow.



[[folder:Giganta]]
!!Giganta
->'''Voiced by:''' Ruth Foreman

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[[folder:Giganta]]
!!Giganta
[[folder:Cyborg]]
!!Cyborg
->'''Voiced by:''' Ruth ForemanCreator/ErnieHudson



* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Her comics counterpart at the time was an ape who was transformed into a human, while this incarnation shows her to have always been a human woman.
* EvilCounterpart: Because both have the power to grow to gigantic size, she is a villainous equivalent to Apache Chief. Heck, "History of Doom" reveals that they got their powers from the same source.
* EvilRedhead: She's a red-haired villainess.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Her power is becoming gigantic.

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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Her comics counterpart at {{Cyborg}}: He's half-human and half-machine. It's right in his codename.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: While affiliated with
the time was an ape who was transformed into a human, while Teen Titans in the comics, this incarnation shows her to have always been a human woman.
* EvilCounterpart: Because both have
of Cyborg becomes affiliated with the power to grow to gigantic size, she is a villainous equivalent to Apache Chief. Heck, "History of Doom" reveals that they got their powers from Justice League, years before ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' and the same source.
* EvilRedhead: She's a red-haired villainess.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Her power is becoming gigantic.
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[[folder:Gorilla Grodd]]
!!Gorilla Grodd
->'''Voiced by:''' Stanley Ralph Ross

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[[folder:Gorilla Grodd]]
!!Gorilla Grodd
!Villains

!!Legion of Doom

[[folder:Lex Luthor]]
!!Lex Luthor
->'''Voiced by:''' Stanley Ralph RossStan Jones, Creator/MichaelBell (teenage self in "History of Doom")



* KillerGorilla: He's a sapient gorilla who happens to be evil.

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* KillerGorilla: He's BaldOfEvil: Like most incarnations, Lex Luthor here is a sapient gorilla who happens bald supervillain.
* BigBad: He is the central villain of ''Challenge of the Superfriends'', given that he is the leader of the Legion of Doom and comes up with all the schemes they attempt against the Super Friends.
* DisproportionateRetribution: As revealed in the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' episode "History of Doom", the reason behind his vendetta towards Superman is that he's angry at the Man of Steel for accidentally causing him
to be evil.go bald when they were adolescents.



[[folder:Sinestro]]
!!Sinestro
->'''Voiced by:''' Vic Perrin ("Invasion of the Fearians" and "The Time Trap"), Creator/DonMessick (later episodes of ''Challenge of the Super Friends''), Jeff Winkless (1980 series)

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[[folder:Sinestro]]
!!Sinestro
[[folder:Giganta]]
!!Giganta
->'''Voiced by:''' Vic Perrin ("Invasion of the Fearians" and "The Time Trap"), Creator/DonMessick (later episodes of ''Challenge of the Super Friends''), Jeff Winkless (1980 series)Ruth Foreman



* EvilCounterpart: Is the Legion of Doom's answer to Green Lantern, given his yellow power ring.

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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Her comics counterpart at the time was an ape who was transformed into a human, while this incarnation shows her to have always been a human woman.
* EvilCounterpart: Is Because both have the Legion of Doom's answer to Green Lantern, given his yellow power ring.to grow to gigantic size, she is a villainous equivalent to Apache Chief. Heck, "History of Doom" reveals that they got their powers from the same source.
* EvilRedhead: She's a red-haired villainess.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Her power is becoming gigantic.



[[folder:Cheetah]]
!!Cheetah
->'''Voiced by:''' Marlene Aragon

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[[folder:Cheetah]]
!!Cheetah
[[folder:Gorilla Grodd]]
!!Gorilla Grodd
->'''Voiced by:''' Marlene AragonStanley Ralph Ross



* {{Expy}}: This version of Cheetah is influenced by Creator/EarthaKitt's portrayal as Catwoman in ''Series/Batman1966''.

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* {{Expy}}: This version of Cheetah is influenced by Creator/EarthaKitt's portrayal as Catwoman in ''Series/Batman1966''.KillerGorilla: He's a sapient gorilla who happens to be evil.



[[folder:Solomon Grundy]]
!!Solomon Grundy
->'''Voiced by:''' Jimmy Weldon

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[[folder:Solomon Grundy]]
!!Solomon Grundy
[[folder:Sinestro]]
!!Sinestro
->'''Voiced by:''' Jimmy WeldonVic Perrin ("Invasion of the Fearians" and "The Time Trap"), Creator/DonMessick (later episodes of ''Challenge of the Super Friends''), Jeff Winkless (1980 series)



* TheBrute: The main source of grunt work for the Legion of Doom
* HulkSpeak: Always talks in third person and in incomplete sentences.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: He's an undead brute who came to life from an enchanted monolith.

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* TheBrute: The main source of grunt work for EvilCounterpart: Is the Legion of Doom
* HulkSpeak: Always talks in third person and in incomplete sentences.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: He's an undead brute who came
Doom's answer to life from an enchanted monolith.Green Lantern, given his yellow power ring.



[[folder:Brainiac]]
!!Brainiac
->'''Voiced by:''' Ted Cassidy (1978), Stanley Ralph Ross (1980-1985)

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!!Brainiac
[[folder:Cheetah]]
!!Cheetah
->'''Voiced by:''' Ted Cassidy (1978), Stanley Ralph Ross (1980-1985)Marlene Aragon



* BaldOfEvil: He's a hairless villain like Luthor.

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* BaldOfEvil: He's a hairless villain like Luthor.{{Expy}}: This version of Cheetah is influenced by Creator/EarthaKitt's portrayal as Catwoman in ''Series/Batman1966''.



[[folder:The Riddler]]
!!The Riddler
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelBell

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[[folder:The Riddler]]
!!The Riddler
[[folder:Solomon Grundy]]
!!Solomon Grundy
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelBellJimmy Weldon



* TheBrute: The main source of grunt work for the Legion of Doom
* HulkSpeak: Always talks in third person and in incomplete sentences.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: He's an undead brute who came to life from an enchanted monolith.



[[folder:Scarecrow]]
!!Scarecrow
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DonMessick (''Challenge of the Superfriends''), Andre Stojka (''Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')

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[[folder:Scarecrow]]
!!Scarecrow
[[folder:Brainiac]]
!!Brainiac
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DonMessick (''Challenge of the Superfriends''), Andre Stojka (''Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')Ted Cassidy (1978), Stanley Ralph Ross (1980-1985)



* CreepyCrows: He uses crows to ambush Batman and Robin occasionally and has a crow as a pet during his final appearance.
* ScaryScarecrows: He's a supervillain with the gimmick of dressing as a scarecrow.

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* CreepyCrows: He uses crows to ambush Batman and Robin occasionally and has a crow as a pet during his final appearance.
* ScaryScarecrows:
BaldOfEvil: He's a supervillain with hairless villain like Luthor.
* Skelebot9000: By
the gimmick of dressing as a scarecrow.final series, he upgrades to the skeletal android body he had in the comics at the time.



[[folder:Toyman]]
!!Toyman
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker

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[[folder:Toyman]]
!!Toyman
[[folder:The Riddler]]
!!The Riddler
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelkerCreator/MichaelBell



* VillainousHarlequin: Wears the jester-like costume that was used by the Jack Nimball Toyman from the comics.
* WickedToymaker: Wouldn't be Toyman if he wasn't creating dangerous toys to use in his sinister plans.

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* VillainousHarlequin: Wears RiddleMeThis: He doesn't do much for the jester-like costume Legion of Doom except try and distract the Super Friends with riddles that was used by the Jack Nimball Toyman from heroes inevitably solve so they know where to go in order to stop the comics.
* WickedToymaker: Wouldn't be Toyman if he wasn't creating dangerous toys to use in his sinister plans.
Legion of Doom.



[[folder:Black Manta]]
!!Black Manta
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TedKnight (''The All-New Super Friends Hour''), Ted Cassidy (''Challenge of the Superfiends'')

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[[folder:Black Manta]]
!!Black Manta
[[folder:Scarecrow]]
!!Scarecrow
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TedKnight (''The All-New Super Friends Hour''), Ted Cassidy Creator/DonMessick (''Challenge of the Superfiends'')Superfriends''), Andre Stojka (''Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')



* AdaptationNameChange: He was called simply "The Manta" in ''The All-New Super Friends Hour''. When he resurfaced in ''Challenge of the Superfriends'', he was again named "Black Manta".

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* AdaptationNameChange: CreepyCrows: He was called simply "The Manta" in ''The All-New Super Friends Hour''. When he resurfaced in ''Challenge of uses crows to ambush Batman and Robin occasionally and has a crow as a pet during his final appearance.
* ScaryScarecrows: He's a supervillain with
the Superfriends'', he was again named "Black Manta".gimmick of dressing as a scarecrow.



[[folder:Bizarro]]
!!Bizarro
->'''Voiced by:''' William Callaway (1978-1983), Danny Dark (''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')

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[[folder:Bizarro]]
!!Bizarro
[[folder:Toyman]]
!!Toyman
->'''Voiced by:''' William Callaway (1978-1983), Danny Dark (''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')Creator/FrankWelker



* AdaptationalVillainy: While his comic counterpart wasn't deliberately malevolent and only causing trouble because of his warped interpretation of doing the right thing, this Bizarro was initially a straight-up villain. By the final series, he is closer to his comic incarnation as well-meaning but inept.
* EvilCounterpart: He's the villainous equivalent to Superman, being the Man of Steel's morally backwards doppelganger.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: In addition to being TruerToTheText by not being an intentional menace, ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' also made Bizarro slightly more attractive and amiable in appearance.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: While his comic counterpart VillainousHarlequin: Wears the jester-like costume that was used by the Jack Nimball Toyman from the comics.
* WickedToymaker: Wouldn't be Toyman if he
wasn't deliberately malevolent and only causing trouble because of creating dangerous toys to use in his warped interpretation of doing the right thing, this Bizarro was initially a straight-up villain. By the final series, he is closer to his comic incarnation as well-meaning but inept.
* EvilCounterpart: He's the villainous equivalent to Superman, being the Man of Steel's morally backwards doppelganger.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: In addition to being TruerToTheText by not being an intentional menace, ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' also made Bizarro slightly more attractive and amiable in appearance.
sinister plans.



[[folder:Captain Cold]]
!! Captain Cold
->'''Voiced by:''' Dick Ryal

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[[folder:Captain Cold]]
!! Captain Cold
[[folder:Black Manta]]
!!Black Manta
->'''Voiced by:''' Dick RyalCreator/TedKnight (''The All-New Super Friends Hour''), Ted Cassidy (''Challenge of the Superfiends'')



* FreezeRay: His main weapon is a freeze ray.

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* FreezeRay: His main weapon is a freeze ray.AdaptationNameChange: He was called simply "The Manta" in ''The All-New Super Friends Hour''. When he resurfaced in ''Challenge of the Superfriends'', he was again named "Black Manta".



!!Apokolips

[[folder:Darkseid]]
!!Darkseid
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker

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!!Apokolips

[[folder:Darkseid]]
!!Darkseid
[[folder:Bizarro]]
!!Bizarro
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelkerWilliam Callaway (1978-1983), Danny Dark (''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')



* AbhorrentAdmirer: He had a strange fixation on making Wonder Woman his bride.
* BigBad: He is the most prominent antagonist and the mastermind behind the majority of the threats the Super Friends face in the final two shows ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'' and ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has the same deep, sinister voice Frank Welker used for [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Soundwave]].

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: He had a strange fixation on making Wonder Woman AdaptationalVillainy: While his bride.
* BigBad: He is
comic counterpart wasn't deliberately malevolent and only causing trouble because of his warped interpretation of doing the most prominent antagonist and the mastermind behind the majority of the threats the Super Friends face in right thing, this Bizarro was initially a straight-up villain. By the final two shows ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'' and series, he is closer to his comic incarnation as well-meaning but inept.
* EvilCounterpart: He's the villainous equivalent to Superman, being the Man of Steel's morally backwards doppelganger.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: In addition to being TruerToTheText by not being an intentional menace,
''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has the same deep, sinister voice Frank Welker used for [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]]
Guardians'' also made Bizarro slightly more attractive and [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Soundwave]].amiable in appearance.



[[folder:[=DeSaad=]]]
!![=DeSaad=]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReneAuberjonois

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!![=DeSaad=]
[[folder:Captain Cold]]
!! Captain Cold
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReneAuberjonoisDick Ryal



* TheDragon: He is Darkseid's main subordinate.

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* TheDragon: He is Darkseid's FreezeRay: His main subordinate.weapon is a freeze ray.



!!Other Villains

[[folder:Mr. Mxyzptlk]]
!!Mr. Mxyzptlk

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!!Other Villains

[[folder:Mr. Mxyzptlk]]
!!Mr. Mxyzptlk
!!Apokolips

[[folder:Darkseid]]
!!Darkseid



* NoPronunciationGuide: Rather than the comic's pronunciation of "Mix-yes-spit-lick", this series has his name pronounced as "Mix-ill-plick", with his reversed name Kltpzyxm pronounced as "Klip-ill-skim" instead of "Kill-tip-zee-zim".
* RealityWarper: He can alter reality to his whim.
* WeaksauceWeakness: The one way Mxyzptlk can be defeated is by tricking him into saying his name backwards, which will force him back to the 5th Dimension and leave him unable to come back to Earth for 90 days.

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* NoPronunciationGuide: Rather than AbhorrentAdmirer: He had a strange fixation on making Wonder Woman his bride.
* BigBad: He is
the comic's pronunciation most prominent antagonist and the mastermind behind the majority of "Mix-yes-spit-lick", this series the threats the Super Friends face in the final two shows ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'' and ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He
has his name pronounced as "Mix-ill-plick", with his reversed name Kltpzyxm pronounced as "Klip-ill-skim" instead of "Kill-tip-zee-zim".
* RealityWarper: He can alter reality to his whim.
* WeaksauceWeakness: The one way Mxyzptlk can be defeated is by tricking him into saying his name backwards, which will force him back to
the 5th Dimension same deep, sinister voice Frank Welker used for [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]] and leave him unable to come back to Earth for 90 days.[[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Soundwave]].



[[folder:The Joker]]
!!The Joker
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker

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[[folder:The Joker]]
!!The Joker
[[folder:[=DeSaad=]]]
!![=DeSaad=]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelkerCreator/ReneAuberjonois



* CompositeCharacter: The Royal Flush Gang's leader Ace is revealed to be him in disguise.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: The Joker of the comics occasionally worked with the Royal Flush Gang, but was never a full-fledged member.

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* CompositeCharacter: The Royal Flush Gang's leader Ace TheDragon: He is revealed to be him in disguise.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: The Joker of the comics occasionally worked with the Royal Flush Gang, but was never a full-fledged member.
Darkseid's main subordinate.


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!!Other Villains

[[folder:Mr. Mxyzptlk]]
!!Mr. Mxyzptlk
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Rather than the comic's pronunciation of "Mix-yes-spit-lick", this series has his name pronounced as "Mix-ill-plick", with his reversed name Kltpzyxm pronounced as "Klip-ill-skim" instead of "Kill-tip-zee-zim".
* RealityWarper: He can alter reality to his whim.
* WeaksauceWeakness: The one way Mxyzptlk can be defeated is by tricking him into saying his name backwards, which will force him back to the 5th Dimension and leave him unable to come back to Earth for 90 days.
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[[folder:The Joker]]
!!The Joker
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker
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* CompositeCharacter: The Royal Flush Gang's leader Ace is revealed to be him in disguise.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: The Joker of the comics occasionally worked with the Royal Flush Gang, but was never a full-fledged member.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Ted Knight (''The All-New Super Friends Hour''), Ted Cassidy (''Challenge of the Superfiends'')

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->'''Voiced by:''' Ted Knight Creator/TedKnight (''The All-New Super Friends Hour''), Ted Cassidy (''Challenge of the Superfiends'')
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* BrattyHalfPint: In the ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'', exposure to red kryptonite turns him into a little kid who is very ill-behaved, with his brattiness exploited by Mr. Mxyzptlk to cause havoc.

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* BrattyHalfPint: In the ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'', Show'' episode "Uncle Mxyzptlk", exposure to red kryptonite turns him into a little kid who is very ill-behaved, with his brattiness exploited by Mr. Mxyzptlk to cause havoc.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Much like Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog, the Wonder Twins and Gleek were eventually dropped from the series, making no appearances at all in ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''.
* DemotedToExtra:The last series they appeared in, ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'', only featured them in a handful of episodes.



* {{Expy}}: This version of Cheetah is influenced by Eartha Kitt's portrayal as Catwoman in ''Series/Batman1966''.

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* {{Expy}}: This version of Cheetah is influenced by Eartha Kitt's Creator/EarthaKitt's portrayal as Catwoman in ''Series/Batman1966''.


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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: He's an undead brute who came to life from an enchanted monolith.


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* CreepyCrows: He uses crows to ambush Batman and Robin occasionally and has a crow as a pet during his final appearance.


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* AbhorrentAdmirer: He had a strange fixation on making Wonder Woman his bride.


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* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: The Joker of the comics never had any affiliation with the Royal Flush Gang.

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* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: The Joker of the comics never had any affiliation occasionally worked with the Royal Flush Gang.Gang, but was never a full-fledged member.
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[[folder:The Joker]]
!!The Joker
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker
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* CompositeCharacter: The Royal Flush Gang's leader Ace is revealed to be him in disguise.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: The Joker of the comics never had any affiliation with the Royal Flush Gang.
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[[folder:Plastic Man]]
!!Plastic Man
->'''Voiced by:''' Norman Alden
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* OneShotCharacter: Only appears in the 1973 series episode "Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C."
* RubberMan: His power is stretching.
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* WonderTwinPowers: Zan and Jayna can only activate their powers when in contact with one another, with the twin respectively being able to turn into ice or water-based constructs and animals.

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* WonderTwinPowers: Zan and Jayna can only activate their powers when in contact with one another, with the twin twins respectively being able to turn into ice or water-based constructs and animals.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelBell (Zan and Gleek), Louise Williams (Jayna, 1977-1983), Creator/BJWard (''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'')

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelBell (Zan and Gleek), Louise Williams (Jayna, 1977-1983), Creator/BJWard (''Super (Jayna, ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'')
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* BigBad: He is the most prominent antagonist and the mastermind behind the majority of the threats the Super Friends face in the final two shows ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'' and ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'').

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* BigBad: He is the most prominent antagonist and the mastermind behind the majority of the threats the Super Friends face in the final two shows ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'' and ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'').Guardians''.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelBell (Jan and Gleek), Louise Williams (Jayna, 1977-1983), Creator/BJWard (''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'')

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelBell (Jan (Zan and Gleek), Louise Williams (Jayna, 1977-1983), Creator/BJWard (''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'')
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* BigBag: He is the most prominent antagonist and the mastermind behind the majority of the threats the Super Friends face in the final two shows ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'' and ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'').

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->'''Voiced by:''' Shannon Farnon (1974-1983), Connie Cawlfield (''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show''), Creator/BJWard (''Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')

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->'''Voiced by:''' Shannon Farnon (1974-1983), (1973-1983), Connie Cawlfield (''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show''), Creator/BJWard (''Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndroe: They vanished after the first series and were replaced for the remainder of the franchise with the Wonder Twins and Gleek.

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* EvilCounterpart: He's the villainous equivalent to Superman, being the Man of Steel's morally backwards doppelganger.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: In addition to being TruerToTheText by not being an intentional menace, ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' also made Bizarro slightly more attractive and amiable in appearance.



->'''Voiced by''': Dick Ryal

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[[folder:Darkseid]]
!!Darkseid
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker
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* BigBag: He is the most prominent antagonist and the mastermind behind the majority of the threats the Super Friends face in the final two shows ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'' and ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'').
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has the same deep, sinister voice Frank Welker used for [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Soundwave]].
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReneAuberjonois
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* TheDragon: He is Darkseid's main subordinate.
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!!Other VillainsVillains

[[folder:Mr. Mxyzptlk]]
!!Mr. Mxyzptlk
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Rather than the comic's pronunciation of "Mix-yes-spit-lick", this series has his name pronounced as "Mix-ill-plick", with his reversed name Kltpzyxm pronounced as "Klip-ill-skim" instead of "Kill-tip-zee-zim".
* RealityWarper: He can alter reality to his whim.
* WeaksauceWeakness: The one way Mxyzptlk can be defeated is by tricking him into saying his name backwards, which will force him back to the 5th Dimension and leave him unable to come back to Earth for 90 days.
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* VillainousHarlequin: Wears the jester-like costume that was used by the Jack Nimball Toyman from the comics.
* WickedToymaker: Wouldn't be Toyman if he wasn't creating dangerous toys to use in his sinister plans.


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!!Black Manta
->'''Voiced by:''' Ted Knight (''The All-New Super Friends Hour''), Ted Cassidy (''Challenge of the Superfiends'')
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* AdaptationNameChange: He was called simply "The Manta" in ''The All-New Super Friends Hour''. When he resurfaced in ''Challenge of the Superfriends'', he was again named "Black Manta".
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[[folder:Bizarro]]
!!Bizarro
->'''Voiced by:''' William Callaway (1978-1983), Danny Dark (''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While his comic counterpart wasn't deliberately malevolent and only causing trouble because of his warped interpretation of doing the right thing, this Bizarro was initially a straight-up villain. By the final series, he is closer to his comic incarnation as well-meaning but inept.
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[[folder:Captain Cold]]
!! Captain Cold
->'''Voiced by''': Dick Ryal
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* FreezeRay: His main weapon is a freeze ray.
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!!Solomon Grundy
->'''Voiced by:''' Jimmy Weldon
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* TheBrute: The main source of grunt work for the Legion of Doom
* HulkSpeak: Always talks in third person and in incomplete sentences.
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[[folder:Brainiac]]
!!Brainiac
->'''Voiced by:''' Ted Cassidy (1978), Stanley Ralph Ross (1980-1985)
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* BaldOfEvil: He's a hairless villain like Luthor.
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[[folder:The Riddler]]
!!The Riddler
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelBell
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[[folder:Scarecrow]]
!!Scarecrow
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DonMessick (''Challenge of the Superfriends''), Andre Stojka (''Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')
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* ScaryScarecrows: He's a supervillain with the gimmick of dressing as a scarecrow.
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[[folder:Toyman]]
!!Toyman
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker
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->'''Voiced by:''' Stan Jones

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!!Lex Luthor
->'''Voiced by:''' Stan JonesJones, Creator/MichaelBell (teenage self in "History of Doom")



* BigBag: He is the central villain of ''Challenge of the Superfriends'', given that he is the leader of the Legion of Doom and comes up with all the schemes they attempt against the Super Friends.

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!!Giganta
->'''Voiced by:''' Ruth Foreman
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Her comics counterpart at the time was an ape who was transformed into a human, while this incarnation shows her to have always been a human woman.
* EvilCounterpart: Because both have the power to grow to gigantic size, she is a villainous equivalent to Apache Chief. Heck, "History of Doom" reveals that they got their powers from the same source.
* EvilRedhead: She's a red-haired villainess.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Her power is becoming gigantic.
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[[folder:Gorilla Grodd]]
!!Gorilla Grodd
->'''Voiced by:''' Stanley Ralph Ross
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* KillerGorilla: He's a sapient gorilla who happens to be evil.
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[[folder:Sinestro]]
!!Sinestro
->'''Voiced by:''' Vic Perrin ("Invasion of the Fearians" and "The Time Trap"), Creator/DonMessick (later episodes of ''Challenge of the Super Friends''), Jeff Winkless (1980 series)
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* EvilCounterpart: Is the Legion of Doom's answer to Green Lantern, given his yellow power ring.
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[[folder:Cheetah]]
!!Cheetah
->'''Voiced by:''' Marlene Aragon
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* {{Expy}}: This version of Cheetah is influenced by Eartha Kitt's portrayal as Catwoman in ''Series/Batman1966''.
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* BrattyHalfPint: In the ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'', exposure to red kryptonite turns him into a little kid who is very ill-behaved, with his brattiness exploited by Mr. Mxyzptlk to cause havoc.
* FountainOfYouth: He is de-aged into a small child in "Uncle Mxyzptlk".



* WonderTwinPowers: Zan and Jayna can only activate their powers when in contact with one another.

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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Gleek is a ''blue'' monkey.
* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Like Wonder Dog before him, Gleek is incapable of real speech and has to rely on gestures for the others to understand his chittering.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Two teenage sidekicks and an animal like Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog were.
* WonderTwinPowers: Zan and Jayna can only activate their powers when in contact with one another.another, with the twin respectively being able to turn into ice or water-based constructs and animals.



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[[folder:Lex Luthor]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Stan Jones
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* BaldOfEvil: Like most incarnations, Lex Luthor here is a bald supervillain.
* BigBag: He is the central villain of ''Challenge of the Superfriends'', given that he is the leader of the Legion of Doom and comes up with all the schemes they attempt against the Super Friends.
* DisproportionateRetribution: As revealed in the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' episode "History of Doom", the reason behind his vendetta towards Superman is that he's angry at the Man of Steel for accidentally causing him to go bald when they were adolescents.
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!!Apokolips

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->'''Voiced by:''' Olan Soale (Batman, 1973-1983), Creator/AdamWest (1984-1985), Creator/CaseyKasem (Robin)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Olan Soale (Batman, 1973-1983), Creator/AdamWest (1984-1985), (Batman, 1984-1985), Creator/CaseyKasem (Robin)



->'''Voiced by:''' Norman Alden (1973-1977), William Callaway (1978-1985)
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* AdaptationalWimp: The series infamously made Aquaman look way more ineffectual than his comic book counterpart due to focusing on his abilities to breathe underwater and communicate to fish.



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by:''' Shannon Farnon (1974-1983), Connie Cawlfield (''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show''), Creator/BJWard (''Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'')
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* OriginsEpisode: Her youth and winning the tournament that allowed her to become Themyscira's ambassador were shown in the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' episode "Secret Origins of the Super Friends".
* RetGone: "Secret Origins of the Super Friends" had the Legion of Doom prevent her from winning the tournament, resulting in being erased from history.
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!!Allies and Other Recruits

[[folder: Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog]]
!!Wendy Harris, Marvin White and Wonder Dog
->'''Voiced by:''' Sherry Alberoni (Wendy Harris), Creator/FrankWelker (Marvin White and Wonder Dog)
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* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Wonder Dog doesn't talk, but still makes an effort to communicate to the others.
* TeamPet: Wonder Dog is obviously the pet of the Super Friends.
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[[folder:Wonder Twins and Gleek]]
!!Zan, Jayna and Gleek
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelBell (Jan and Gleek), Louise Williams (Jayna, 1977-1983), Creator/BJWard (''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'')
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* WonderTwinPowers: Zan and Jayna can only activate their powers when in contact with one another.
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!Villains

!!Legion of Doom
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* RapingAging: The ''New Super Friends'' episode "Terror from the Phantom Zone" has Superman become an old man after exposure to red kryptonite.

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[[folder:Superman]]
!!Superman
->'''Voiced by:''' Danny Dark
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* RapingAging: The ''New Super Friends'' episode "Terror from the Phantom Zone" has Superman become an old man after exposure to red kryptonite.
* OriginsEpisode: The circumstances of the destruction of his home planet and arrival to Earth are shown in the 1973 episode "The Planet-Splitter", the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' episode "Secret Origins of the Super Friends" and the lost season episode "The Krypton Syndrome".
* RetGone: The ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' episode "Secret Origins of the Super Friends" had the Legion of Doom alter history so that Kal-El never came to Earth, erasing the Man of Steel from history.
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[[folder:Batman and Robin]]
!!Batman and Robin
->'''Voiced by:''' Olan Soale (Batman, 1973-1983), Creator/AdamWest (1984-1985), Creator/CaseyKasem (Robin)
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* OriginsEpisode: The ''Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' episode "The Fear" revealed how Bruce Wayne was motivated to become Batman after his parents were shot dead in front of him. The episode was notably also the first time Batman's origin was shown on television.
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[[folder:Aquaman]]
!!Aquaman
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[[folder:Wonder Woman]]
!!Wonder Woman
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