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** Ming originally would've teamed up with other Kings Features villains, while in the finalized series he and his son are the sole main villains.

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** Ming originally would've teamed up with other Kings Features villains, while in the finalized series he and his son are the sole main villains. He was also childless, while in the final version he had a son.

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** Jedda Walker was originally supposed to be Jedda ''Gordon'' while Rick's character was going to be the Phantom's son. Sometime before production they got switched, probably to deliberately mess with the Phantom's myth by having a daughter instead of a son take up the mantle.

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** Jedda Walker was originally [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NptyA25vHycFrePFIPpFccQFhNBppAWC/view originally]] supposed to be Jedda ''Gordon'' while Rick's character was going to be the Phantom's son.son Kit. Sometime before production they got switched, probably to deliberately mess with the Phantom's myth by having a daughter instead of a son take up the mantle.


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** Ming originally would've teamed up with other Kings Features villains, while in the finalized series he and his son are the sole main villains.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Loren Lester, who voiced Rick Gordon, met the daughter of Phantom voice-actor Peter Mark Richman during the production of the show, and they later married; so looked at one way Flash's son and the Phantom's daughter really did end up together.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Loren Lester, Creator/LorenLester, who voiced Rick Gordon, met the daughter of Phantom voice-actor Peter Mark Richman Creator/PeterMarkRichman during the production of the show, and they later married; so looked at one way Flash's son and the Phantom's daughter really did end up together.
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* ChildrenVoicingChildren: According to [=IMDb=], Adam Carl (who voiced the pre-adolescent Kshin) was a young teen when the series was made.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jedda Walker was originally supposed to be Jedda ''Gordon'' while Rick's character was going to be the Phantom's son. Sometime before production they got switched, probably to deliberately mess with the Phantom's myth by having a daughter instead of a son take up the mantle.

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Jedda Walker was originally supposed to be Jedda ''Gordon'' while Rick's character was going to be the Phantom's son. Sometime before production they got switched, probably to deliberately mess with the Phantom's myth by having a daughter instead of a son take up the mantle.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jedda Walker was originally supposed to be Jedda ''Gordon'' while Rick's character was going to be The Phantom's son. Sometime before production they got switched, probably to deliberately mess with the Phantom's myth by having a daughter instead of a son take up the mantle.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Loren Lester, who voiced Rick Gordon, met the daughter of Phantom voice-actor Peter Mark Richman during the production of the show, and they later married; so looked at one way Flash's son and the Phantom's daughter really did end up together.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jedda Walker was originally supposed to be Jedda ''Gordon'' while Rick's character was going to be The the Phantom's son. Sometime before production they got switched, probably to deliberately mess with the Phantom's myth by having a daughter instead of a son take up the mantle.



* This series was not the first animated teaming of the four adult heroes. In the early 1970's, the Saturday morning ABC Saturday Superstar Movie showed a CrisisCrossover between a large amount of newspaper strip protagonists in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. When the villain seeks to eliminate humor by kidnapping and imprisoning all the funny characters, the action characters are sent by the President to rescue them. These include Flash, Mandrake, Phantom and Lothar among others. Perhaps also foreshadowing this series, they are all saved by the funny characters showing their captor the error of his ways.
* Loren Lester, who voiced Rick Gordon, met the daughter of Phantom voice-actor Peter Mark Richman during the production of the show, and they later married; so looked at one way Flash's son and the Phantom's daughter really did end up together.
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* Loren Lester, who voiced Rick Gordon, met the daughter of Phantom voice-actor Peter Mark Richman during the production of the show, and they later married; so looked at one way Flash's son and the Phantom's daughter really did end up together.
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* This series was not the first animated teaming of the four adult heroes. In the early 1970's, the Saturday morning ABC Saturday Superstar Movie showed a CrisisCrossover between a large amount of newspaper strip protagonists in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. When the villain seeks to eliminate humor by kidnapping and imprisoning all the funny characters, the action characters are sent by the President to rescue them. These include Flash, Mandrake, Phantom and Lothar among others. Perhaps also foreshadowing this series, they are all saved by the funny characters showing their captor the error of his ways.
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* RoleReprise: Flash's wife, presumedly Dale Arden, who is killed in Episode 1 and made the sentience of the Dynak computer for the rest of the series, were both voiced by Creator/DianePershing, who voiced Arden in ''WesternAnimation/FlashGordon1979''.
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* ShoutOut: Mandrake and the Phantom each get brief cameos in ''[[Comicbook/FlashGordonZeitgeist Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist,]]'' helping defend the Earth from Ming's invading forces.
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* ShoutOut: Mandrake and the Phantom each get brief cameos in ''Comicbook/FlashGordonZeitgeist,'' helping defend the Earth from Ming's invading forces.

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* ShoutOut: Mandrake and the Phantom each get brief cameos in ''Comicbook/FlashGordonZeitgeist,'' ''[[Comicbook/FlashGordonZeitgeist Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist,]]'' helping defend the Earth from Ming's invading forces.
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* ShoutOut: Mandrake and the Phantom each get brief cameos in ''Comicbook/FlashGordonZeigeist,'' helping defend the Earth from Ming's invading forces.

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* ShoutOut: Mandrake and the Phantom each get brief cameos in ''Comicbook/FlashGordonZeigeist,'' ''Comicbook/FlashGordonZeitgeist,'' helping defend the Earth from Ming's invading forces.
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* ShoutOut: Mandrake and the Phantom each get brief cameos in ''Comicbook/FlashGordonZeigeist,'' helping defend the Earth from Ming's invading forces.



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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jedda Walker was originally supposed to be Jedda ''Gordon'' while Rick's character was going to be The Phantom's son. Sometime before production they got switched, probably to deliberately mess with the Phantom's myth by having a daughter instead of a son take up the mantle.
** Zuffy was going to be called Fuzzy and resembled a circular yellow ball with fur.

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