History WesternAnimation / Superfriends

* AnAesop: 1973-74 season episodes always had several, usually including: (1) Even in a good cause, don't break the law (2) Solve problems by thinking, not brute force (3) Protect the environment.

Recently, there's a new "Super Friends" toy line and associated comic book, this one featuring Superman, Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and the John Stewart ComicBook/GreenLantern. While the current comic uses an extremely cartoony art-style, it has been praised for its imaginative plots and affection for the more bizarre corners of DCU mythos.

* TransformationConventions: In an issue of the modern comic, the JLA turned into various non-human primates. Superman became a gorilla (which is the strongest primate), Batman became a gibbon (one of the more agile primates), Green Lantern became a chimp (which uses tools), Flash became a patas monkey (which is the fastest primate), Aquaman became a proboscis monkey (which swims), and Wonder Woman became a bonobo (which is sexy...I mean peaceful).[[note]]You mean both.[[/note]]

* KidHeroAllGrownUp: Staying true to what was established of the character in the Pre-Crisis canon, it is shown in some episodes that Superman went by Superboy during his teenagehood before eventually become Superman after he grew up.

** On the villain's side, Scarecrow, Riddler, and Black Manta are the most oft-criticized. Black Manta's only claim to fame is his Sea-Saucer, a spaceship-submarine in a series where both sides have much more impressive gear at their disposal; in most episodes, he seems to have no role except to menace Aquaman. Scarecrow can conjure crows, which does little more than mildly annoy his enemies, and his fear gas is heavily weakened from "make people afraid of everything" to "make people afraid of one specific thing, which I need to have on me to make it do anything." — and even ''those'' abilities only showed up on ''The Super Powers Team'' season; during ''Challenge'' he had no abilities or theme whatsoever. And Riddler is supposedly an EvilGenius playing CriminalMindGames, but he's on a team with a good half-dozen other genius-types who ''don't'' feel the compulsion to send their enemies clues, making him come across as TheMillstone.

''Super Friends''[[note]]alternate spellings can include ''Superfriends'' (one word) and ''[=SuperFriends=]'' (two words in [=CamelCase=]), the way it was displayed on-screen varied[[/note]] is a long-running Creator/HannaBarbera series, which ran on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1973 to 1986 (with breaks), featuring superheroes from Creator/DCComics. The core heroes were Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}, Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} and ComicBook/{{Robin}}. Originally, they were joined by "Junior Super Friends" Wendy, Marvin and [[GratuitousAnimalSidekick Wonder Dog]]. The series' first season, in 1973-4, consisted of hour long stories, most of which concerned current issues such as energy conservation; the "criminal" was usually a WellIntentionedExtremist with benign motives, who is usually [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath easily persuaded]] to a more reasonable stand at the end.

** As indicated by the title, "History of Doom" tells the origins of the Legion of Doom’s members.

''Super Friends''[[note]]alternate spellings can include ''Superfriends'' (one word) and ''[=SuperFriends=]'' (two words in [=CamelCase=]), the way it was displayed on-screen varied[[/note]] is a long-running Creator/HannaBarbera series, which ran on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1973 to 1986 (with breaks), featuring superheroes from Creator/DCComics. The core heroes were Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}, Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} and ComicBook/{{Robin}}. Originally, they were joined by "Junior Super Friends" Wendy, Marvin and [[GratuitousAnimalSidekick Wonder Dog]]. The series' first season, in 1973-4, consisted of hour long stories, most of which concerned current issues such as energy conservation; the "criminal" was usually a WellIntentionedExtremist with benign motives, who is usually [[EasyEvangelism easily persuaded]] to a more reasonable stand at the end.