The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show

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The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show is an animated television series produced by both Ruby-Spears Productions and Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1979 to 1981; it was shown right after Super Friends on the ABC Network. It featured various adventures of the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man. The show features many adventures in different segments: Plastic Man, Baby Plas, Plastic Family, Mighty Man and Yukk, and Fangface and Fangpuss.

1 Plot
2 Segments
3 Episodes
4 Overall Cast
5 Triva
6 Production Credits
- 6.1 The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
- 6.2 The Plastic Man/Baby Plas Super Show
7 DVD Release

Plot

Plastic Man, his girlfriend Penny, and his Polynesian sidekick Hula-Hula travel the world and are given their assignments from the Chief to stop any threat to the world. Plastic Man often retains his sense of humor even in dangerous situations, such as a giant octupus capturing Penny and Hula-Hula causing him to comment "What Scout troop did he belong to"? In early episodes Penny has a crush on Plastic Man, who chooses to ignore it as he himself has a crush on the dark-haired female Chief. However, in the second season Plastic Man reciprocates Penny's crush on him and the two marry. The marriage produces a son who has the same powers as Plastic Man and spawns a lighter series of episodes featuring "Baby Plas" doing things such as saving his friends from neighborhood bullies.

Segments

Plastic Man is about the stretchy superhero himself.
Baby Plas is about Plastic Man and Penny's baby son.
Plastic Family focuses on the adventures of all three of the Plastic Family.
Mighty Man & Yukk is about a tiny superhero, and his dog who can talk and wears a doghouse-helmet, because he is so ugly that he can destroy practically anything just by looking at it.
Fangface and Fangpuss (the second season of Fangface) is about a reluctant werewolf and his baby cousin, also a werewolf, and their adventures.
Rickety Rocket is about an artificially intelligent space ship that was created by a group of African-American kid geniuses who solve mysteries in the future, in the vein of Speed Buggy.

Episodes

Plastic Man

The Weed - Plastic Man takes on the Weed, a walking sentient plant who plans to steal a top-secret government plant-growing compound that he will use to feed his man-eating plant as part of his world domination.
Wham-Bam! Beware of the Clam! - A pirate-themed clam called Clam steals a water-controlling machine from the Chinese government so he can flood the streets and rob banks.
The Horrible Half-Ape - While working on a secret government project, Professor Darwin's experiment goes very wrong. The mistake is costly as it leaves Professor Darwin (quite literally) half ape and half human. As Half-Ape, he plans to steal a visiting flying saucer to start an interplanetary war.
The Minuscule Seven - A group of small gangsters called the Minuscule Seven plot to win basketball tournaments their way. It's up to Plastic Man to stop them.
Superstein - Dr. Superstein plots to steal the minds of people to power his monster army.
The Diabolical Dr. Dome - Dr. Dome discovers a way to extract Plastc Man's superpowers and uses them to commit crimes.
The Dangerous Dr. Dinosaur - Dr. Dinosaur uses his dinosaurs to help rob banks and national landmarks.
Empire of Evil - An airplane carrying the children of an important official crashes in the forbidden zone of Stone Island, which is run by a sinister group known as the empire of evil. Plastic Man and his friends are sent to rescue the children, and return them to safety.
The Maniacal Computerhead - Computerhead is an evil robot that has developed a device that can bring any machine to life. He then sets out to create an army of machine to take over the world.
Badladdin - Plastic Man must make a plan to stop an evil genie that is abducting teenagers at an alarming rate. The genie grants wishes to teenagers that want to become athletic superstars. He then turns them into a statue of gold and takes them for his collection.
Ghostfinger - Plastic Man learns that Ghost Finger has returned to get revenge on the people responsible for sending him to prison. He uses a time machine to bring other evil ghost from the past in to help him get his revenge.
The Kitty Katt Caper -
The Terrible 5 + 1 - Solex uses his solar weapon to spring Weed, Half-Ape, Clam, Computerhead, and Disco Mummy from prison in order to lead them. However, they don't agree with his terms. When Solex starts disrupting their crimes, the five villains turn to Plastic Man for help.
Doctor Duplicator Strikes Again - Doctor Duplicate is kidnapping politicians and replacing them with evil duplicate clones in order to steal government secrets.
Count Graffiti Meets Plastic Man - Count Graffiti wants revenge on the royal family of Ocentania after being exiled from the Country. He plans on stealing a royal crown in order to make himself the new king, but Plastic Man has other ideas and plans on stopping his scheme.
Plastic Mummy Meets Disco Mummy - An ancient Aztec Queen called Disco Mummy comes back to life and steals the ancient treasure of Cortez from the government of Mexico. She tricks Plastic Man into helping her and then turns him into a mummy. He must find a way out if he is to have a chance to stop her.
Hugefoot -
The Day the Ocean Disappeared - Dr. Honctoff is stealing all of the oceans and seas around the world by using a secret formula to turn them into vapour and then bottling them. Plastic Man is called into stop Honctoff's dastardly deeds.
Sale of the Century - Desperate for a sale, Gearshift Swift sells Earth to passing aliens. Now Plastic Man must save Earth from being pulled from its orbit by the aliens.
Dr. Irwin and Mr. Meteor - The puny Dr. Irwin finds a meteor that transforms him into the powerful Mr. Meteor.
City of Ice - Dr. Frost finds the city of ice and in it the power of eternal youth. After learning its secret she plans on reversing the gases effect and use it on the world. Plastic Man has to stop her evil scheme to turn the world's population into old people.
Moonraider -
Honey Bee -
The Corruptible Carrot Man -
Dogmaster -
Thunderman - Thunderman has stolen New York City and plans to sell it to the highest bidder.
Toyman - Toyman is kidnapping famous people everywhere and is turning them into toys. Unfortunately for Plastic Man, he is the last person on Toyman's list to abduct.
The Spider Takes A Bride -
Highbrow -
The Hippotist -
The Colossal Crime Of Commodore Peril -
Joggernaut -
Plastic Man Meets Plastic Ape - Dr. Astro has created a giant plastic ape and is using it to ransack New York. Plastic Man is called in to thwart his evil schemes.
The Crime Costume Caper - Greta Grim has designed the ultimate hi-tech villain suit. In order to sell it to every criminal in the world, she films a commercial starring none other than Plastic Man.
The Royal Gargoyle Foil - The evil Gargoyle is hell bent on stealing Doctor Ventor's invisible ray machine. Luckily, Plastic Man stumbles across the plan and decides to prevent the Gargoyles scheme.

Baby Plas

Introducing Baby Plas - Baby Plas ends up becoming the star of a circus performance.
The Abominable Snow Sport -
Baby Plas' Finny Friend -
The Big, Big Crush -
Ali Baba Baby -
Mighty Museum Mess -
Rustin' Rascals -
Calamity Cruise -
Who Undo The Zoo -
Ozark Family Feud -
Dr. Strangeleaf -
Kewpie Doll Capers -
Rodeo Ruckus -

Plastic Family

Bad Luck Stroll - Hula-Hula goes out to get some eggs and Baby Plas has to keep him from getting in trouble.
Baseball Bully -
Haircut Headache -
Witchin' Worries - A witch tries to get Baby Plas in her cauldron to complete a spell.
Tiger Trouble -
Clubhouse Calamity -
Babysitter Blues - When a babysitter watches over Baby Plas, things get bad when she won't let him watch his favorite show.
Sleepwalking Snafu -
Birthday Blowout - Baby Plas has to beat his enemy at some party games.
Movie Mischief - When the Plastic Family goes to the movies, Baby Plas has to get food for himself and his parents..and watch out for a hungry dog!
Tropical Trouble -
Frognapped -
Mummy Madness - Baby Plas accidentally awakens a mummy at the museum and it goes after him.

Overall Cast

For each of the shows, the cast list is the same. Taylor Marks (a pseudonym of stand-up comedian Mark Taylor) played Plastic Man in the program's live action segments in syndication. The syndicated show with live host was created, produced and directed by Steve Whiting.

John Anthony Bailey - Sunstroke
Joe Baker - Hula Hula
Michael Bell - Plastic Man
Susan Blu - Kim
Bart Braverman - Puggsy
Melendy Britt - Chief, Penny
Johnny Brown - Splashdown
Peter Cullen - Brandon Brewster/Mighty Man
Jerry Dexter - Biff
Bobby F. Ellerbee - Cosmo
Al Fann - Rickety Rocket
Clare Peck - Baby Plas
John Stephenson - Mayor
Dee Timberlake - Venus
Frank Welker - Sherman Fangsworth/Fangface, Baby Fangs/Fangpuss, Yukk

Additional Cast

Marlene Aragon - Kitty Katt
Keith Barbour -
Daws Butler - Count Graffiti
Ruth Buzzi -
Ted Cassidy -
Danny Dark -
Takayo Doran -
Walker Edmiston -
Sam Edwards -
Ron Feinberg -
Linda Gary -
Joan Gerber -
Johnny Haymer -
Jerry Houser -
Hettie Lynne Hurtes -
Ralph James -
Stan Jones -
Casey Kasem -
Andonia Katsaros -
Keye Luke -
Laurie Main -
Larry D. Mann -
Shepard Menken -
Chuck McCann -
Julie McWhirter -
Allan Melvin -
Don Messick - The Clam, Computerhead (1st Time), Solex
Howard Morris - Dr. Dome
Gene Moss -
Alan Oppenheimer -
Stanley Ralph Ross - Dr. Superstein
Michael Rye -
Hal Smith -
John Stephenson - The Weed, Computerhead (2nd Time)
Harold J. Stone -
Fred Travalena -
Ginny Tyler -
Herb Vigran -
Janet Waldo -
Lennie Weinrib -
Nancy Wible -
William Woodson - Moonraider
Alan Young - Dr. Irwin

NOTE: John Stephenson is listed twice in the credits.

Triva

Out of all the villains in the show, Dr. Dome, Toyman and Carrot Man are the only actual villains from the comics, and Carrot Man and Dr. Dome are the only villains from Plastic Man's rogues gallery to appear in the series.

Production Credits