Captaiiiinnnn... CAAAAAAAVEMAAAAAANNNNN!!!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
Super Hero 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; those powers were 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:
The Captain Caveman segments on
The Flintstone Comedy Show provide examples of:
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
- Charlie Adler: Voiced Cavey Jr.
- Chaste Toons: Subverted.
- Forgot About His Powers : Usually not on Captain Caveman's side but on the villains', who at times forgot about his abilities. In one episode, a villain makes both Cavey and Junior to fall in trap doors, and a second later they fly out of, with Captain Caveman even saying 'You forgot we fly'; Averted Trope in a later episode when the heroes fly to escape a villainous army and they get ambushed by two Genre Savvy criminals in Bamboo Technology helicopters.
- Genius Ditz : Something he showed on earlier incarnations but became more noticeable in this show. Despite his usual dumbness, Captain Caveman was actually a competent superhero and many times found simple yet smart ways to defeat his enemies; other times, of course, he is more like an Accidental Hero.
- Legion of Doom: A team-up of the segments' various villains (spearheaded by Mr. Bad) is seen in one episode.
- Missing Mom: Captain Caveman must have married someone in order to produce Junior, but his wife is never seen.
- Narrator: Kenneth Mars.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: The duo once disguised themselves as villains by donning domino masks. Since this was in an Amnesia Episode, the amnesiac Captain Caveman decides that since he's wearing such a mask, he must be a villain, and then proceeds to steal so much stuff that there's nothing left for all the other criminals to rob.
- 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).
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