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Captain Caveman And The Teen Angels

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels was introduced as part of Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics on ABC in 1977. When not competing on Scooby Doo's team, Cavey and his trio of beauties solved mysteries in yet another variation of the Scooby format. Cavey, a caveman frozen in a block of ice until thawed in the 20th century by the Teen Angels, kept many gadgets and live dinosaurs inside his fur. He also possessed superhuman strength, and (thanks to his club) could even fly — both powers prone to giving out at unwelcome occasions. Voice talent included Mel Blanc, Laurel Page, Marilyn Schreffler and Vernée Watson-Johnson.

In later series, Captain Caveman was shown living alongside The Flintstones. The early 1980s The Flintstone Comedy Show starred Cavey in his own segment, as Bedrock's resident superhero, often accompanied on adventures by newspaper reporters Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble. On The Flintstone Kids, Captain Caveman and his son were the stars of a Show Within A Show.

This series provides examples of:

Animated Series
Bamboo Technology: Cavey's various Stone Age gadgets in his club, plus the spinoffs set in the Flintstones' time-era.
Beach Episode ("The Old Caveman and the Sea")
The Drag Along (Brenda Chance)
The Good Captain
Hairy Hammerspace
Hulk Speak
Human Popsicle
I Am Hero Hear Me Roar (Captain... CAAAAAVEMAAAAAAAN!!)
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Taffy Dare's design obviously was based on Farrah Fawcett.
The Pig Pen
Rummage Fail
Scooby Doo Hoax
Scooby Stack
Hammerspace
Time Travel ("Prehistoric Panic")
Weather Control Machine ("Stormfront and Weathergirl" on The Flintstone Comedy Show, and a different villain constructs such in an episode on The Flintstone Kids)

The Captain Caveman segments on The Flintstone Comedy Show provide examples of:

Circus Of Fear ("Clownfoot")
Clark Kenting
Damsel In Distress
Da Editor: Lou Granite, editor-in-chief of "The Daily Granite".
Going For The Big Scoop
Intrepid Reporter
Monster Clown ("Clownfoot")
Secret Identity

The Captain Caveman segments on The Flintstone Kids provide examples of:

An Aesop: Seen in the wraparound segments featuring the Flintstone Kids.
Arch Enemy: Mr. Bad
Chaste Toons
Legion Of Doom: A team-up of the segments' various villains (spearheaded by Mr. Bad) is seen in one episode.
Super Hero Origin: For both Captain Caveman (in a flashback episode) and his son, Cavey Jr. (the pilot showing that he was allowed to join his father in crimefighting once he became old enough).