History Characters / SuperFriends

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He comes off as a stand-in for the show's interpretation of Toyman (who was apparently supposed to be the villain of the episode he appeared in before the creators were forced to create an original villain due to not having access to Toyman), especially due to being a toy-themed villain clad in a clown-like costume voiced by Frank Welker. Interestingly enough, his voice is similar to the one Frank Welker initially used for Mr. Mxyzptlk, in a reversal of how the show's version of Mxyzptlk [[VocalEvolution started to sound more like Toyman]] later on.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He comes off as a stand-in for the show's interpretation of Toyman, especially due to being a toy-themed villain voiced by Frank Welker. Interestingly enough, his voice is similar to the one Frank Welker initially used for Mr. Mxyzptlk, in a reversal of how the show's version of Mxyzptlk [[VocalEvolution started to sound more like Toyman]] later on.

* RealityWarper: Firestorm's power of transmuting elements here is portrayed as being able to turn anything into anything else he wants.

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

->'''Voiced by:''' Mark Taylor (Ronald Raymond), Olan Soale (Dr. Martin Stein)

* EvilSoundsRaspy: In contrast to his father's menacing baritone, Kalibak's voice is similar to the one Frank Welker used for [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Megatron]] due to how raspy it is.

* BeardofEvil: He's a villain with a goatee.

* PsychopathicManchild: He takes great joy out of using his reality-warping abilities to cause all sorts of havoc and throws a tantrum in response to Superman and Batman escaping the fifth dimension in the lost season short "Mxyzptlk's Revenge". When he takes advantage of a de-aged Superman in "Uncle Mxyzptlk", Jayna even addresses that Mxyzptlk is even more childish than Superbrat is.

* PsychopathicManchild: He takes great joy out of using his reality-warping abilities to cause all sorts of havoc and throws a tantrum in response to Superman and Batman escaping the fifth dimension in the lost season short "Mxyzptlk's Revenge".

[[folder:The Joker]]
!!The Joker
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* CompositeCharacter: The Royal Flush Gang's leader Ace is revealed to be him in disguise.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: His first and only appearance is in the ''Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' episode "Wild Cards".
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: The Joker of the comics occasionally worked with the Royal Flush Gang, but was never a full-fledged member.

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

* CompositeCharacter: The Royal Flush Gang's leader Ace is revealed to be him in disguise.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: His first and only appearance is in the ''Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' episode "Wild Cards".
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: The Joker of the comics occasionally worked with the Royal Flush Gang, but was never a full-fledged member.

[[folder:Cyborg]]
!!Cyborg
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ErnieHudson

* {{Cyborg}}: He's half-human and half-machine. It's right in his codename.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: While affiliated with the Teen Titans in the comics, this incarnation of Cyborg becomes affiliated with the Justice League, years before ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', James Robinson's run on the second ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', and the ComicBook/New52 would do the same.
* TokenMinority: His introduction has him take Black Vulcan's place as the Super Friends' token African-American superhero.

* TheVoiceless: She has no dialogue when the Legion of Doom returns in the 1980 series episode "Revenge of Doom".

* TheVoiceless: While returning with the other members of the Legion of Doom in the 1980 series episode "Revenge of Doom", he has no lines there.

->'''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)

* TheVoiceless: Does not speak when the Legion of Doom resurfaces in the 1980 series episode "Revenge of Doom".

* TheVoiceless: He has no dialogue when the Legion of Doom is re-formed in the 1980 series episode "Revenge of Doom".

* TheVoiceless: When the Legion of Doom is re-formed in the 1980 series episode "Revenge of Doom", he doesn't have any lines.

* TheVoiceless: Does not have dialogue when he and the other members of the Legion of Doom resurface in the 1980 series episode "Revenge of Doom".

* TheVoiceless: Doesn't speak in the 1980 series episode "Revenge of Doom".

* TheVoiceless: He doesn't talk in the 1980 series episode "Revenge of Doom".

* TheVoiceless: He has no lines when the Legion of Doom is re-formed in the 1980 series episode "Revenge of Doom".

* TheVoiceless: Like most of the Legion of Doom, his return in the 1980 series episode "Revenge of Doom" does not give him any dialogue.

* BirthdayEpisode: Gleek's sixth birthday is celebrated in the lost season episode "Invasion of the Space Dolls", where his present turns out to be one of the titular space dolls.

* PsychopathicManchild: He spends a lot of time cackling like a lunatic while gloating about getting to treat stuff like playthings.

* PsychopathicManchild: He takes great joy out of using his reality-warping abilities to cause all sorts of havoc and throws a tantrum in response to Superman and Batman escaping the fifth dimension in "Mxyzptlk's Revenge".

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TedCassidy (1978), Stanley Ralph Ross (1980-1985)

* AllThereInTheManual: The tie-in comics gave explanations to how the Wonder Twins came to replace Wendy and Marvin as well as their origins. The seventh issue explained that they arrived on Earth after hearing of a plan concocted by Superman's enemy Grax and felt it wise to help the Super Friends thwart this scheme, while issue fourteen revealed that Zan and Jayna had their powers due to Exorians having ancestors with shape-shifting abilities but having such power limited by years of interbreeding with non-powered inhabitants, they were orphaned by a plague and subsequently worked as freaks in a carnival before making a break for it and Gleek was a monkey at the carnival who chose to go with them when they escaped and found out about Grax's plan.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She makes no further appearances after her two guest roles in ''The All-New Super Friends Hour''.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After making her debut in ''The All-New Super Friends Hour'', she made one more appearance in the lost season of the 1980 series before disappearing forever.

* AdvertisedExtra: In spite of prominently being featured in the intro for the second and third seasons of the 1980 series (the latter known as the lost season due to airing exclusively outside the United States prior to the 1990's), he only appears in two shorts in each.