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2 | Produced by Creator/HannaBarbera for Creator/{{CBS}} in 1966, the same year as ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'', Frankenstein Jr. was a gigantic, sentient DoAnythingRobot built and commanded by boy scientist Buzz Conroy. Their base of operations was a mountaintop laboratory run by Buzz's father. |
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4 | While Frankenstein Jr. held the first part of the title, he shared his show with ''WesternAnimation/TheImpossibles'', who had two segments per show while he only had one. ''Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles'' was one of the last H-B series animated in the classic Ed Benedict style (which often contrasted with the episodes' plots, which were usually played more seriously). |
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6 | He and Buzz were also featured in Creator/DCComics's Hanna-Barbera crossover limited series, ''Comicbook/FutureQuest,'' as well as in ''ComicBook/ScoobyDooTeamUp'' alongside The Impossibles. |
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8 | JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith ''Frankenstein Junior'', a MarketBasedTitle[[note]] (in Italy and France among others)[[/note]] for ''Film/YoungFrankenstein.'' |
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10 | !!This series provides examples of: |
11 | * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Almost every sentence out of the Mad Inventor's mouth in his second appearance. His "menacing Monstermobile" is a "mechanical marvel" and "vicious vehicle" filled with "dozens of destructive devices". Buzz himself is no slouch. |
12 | * AdultsAreUseless: Some episodes showed Buzz's dad, but he usually did nothing to help, leaving it all up the KidHero and his RobotBuddy. |
13 | * AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OreKtQx0pUE this]]. |
14 | * AnimalThemedSuperbeing: The Bird Man, The Spyder Man. |
15 | * {{Animesque}}: Not in terms of art style, but still worth mentioning. This was one of the first Western animated series to deliberately imitate anime tropes--in particular, it was meant to resemble ''Anime/{{Gigantor}}''. |
16 | * ArabianNightsDays: Despite the series taking place in the near-future, the city of Baghdad is depicted like this in "The Gigantic Ghastly Genie." |
17 | * BoisterousBruiser: Frankenstein Jr. isn't a mindless robot, he is intelligent, talkative, cheerful, and seems to really enjoy taunting his opponents. |
18 | * BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: |
19 | ** Frankenstein Jr. sports a letter "F" on his chest. The same emblem is also on a few places in Professor Conroy and Buzz's home (and secret lab), and on the front of Buzz's sweater. |
20 | ** The Mad Inventor has a large M on the front of his Monstermobile. |
21 | * CaptainErsatz: Frankenstein Jr. is obviously an HB version of ''Anime/{{Gigantor}}'', incidentally making this possibly one of the first anime-influenced works of Western animation. |
22 | * CapedMecha: Frankestein Jr. wore a cape, and predates most instances of this visual trope by a good two decades. |
23 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Alakazoom!" for Buzz Conroy. |
24 | * ChildProdigy: Buzz is like, 11 years old tops? He's condescendingly called things like "Boy Genius" or "Boy Hero" by many of the villains. |
25 | * CliffHanger: "The Alien Brain From Outer Space" took up two episodes. Yes, really. |
26 | * DoAnythingRobot: Frankie is pretty versatile, always seeming to have the exact weapon or device required for the situation, from freeze rays and glue guns to dropping a steamroller onto his foes, on top of his FlyingBrick powers. |
27 | * EscapedAnimalRampage: In an episode, an alien turns several zoo animals into [[{{Kaiju}} giant beasts]], who then go on a rampage in the city. |
28 | * FantasyKitchenSink: Ostensibly a show about giant robots, the titular hero also fought telepathic aliens, Franchise/{{Godzilla}}-like [[RentAZilla monsters]], ghosts, and magic. |
29 | * GentleGiant: Frankenstein Jr., obviously. |
30 | * IfICanOnlyMove: In "The Menace from the Wax Museum", Buzz Conroy is immobilized with wax, so everything depends on moving his ring to an open candle flame to contact his robot. |
31 | * HumongousMecha: Again, Frankie obviously. Despite his size, he was often far smaller than the foes he fought (though the latter weren't always machines). |
32 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Frankie or Buzz conveniently turned out to always have exactly the gadget they needed in any situation they ran into. |
33 | * NonIndicativeName: Frankenstein Jr. was not created by Dr. Frankenstein, and he's much bigger than the original monster (so he doesn't appear "junior"). |
34 | * TheKidWithTheRemoteControl: Buzz, both in the literal and metaphorical sense. He uses a ring to activate Frankie, but then uses voice commands and suggestions. |
35 | * TheProfessor: Buzz's father, Professor Conroy. He rarely plays a major role. |
36 | * SuperHero: Frankie saves the day. |
37 | * SuperRobotGenre: a rare Western (and surprisingly early) example. |
38 | * ThreeShorts: Frankenstein Jr. was traditionally the middle short between two ''Impossibles'' segments. |
39 | * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: When the series was meant to be taking place. Relative to the 1960s, of course. |
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