SuperFriends Ruined People's Perspective of DC...

I have a theory.

Anya: It may be bunnies!

Xander: Or maybe witches!

......Yeah. Okay. Anyway, I have a theory that the reason so many people have such a warped perception of DC characters and DC is general is that goddamned Hanna-Barbara cartoon in the 70s called Superfriends.

Because of Superfriends, everyone thinks Aquaman is a weakling who could get his ass kicked by Dr. Stephan Hawking....

Because of Superfriends, everyone thinks that Superman is a wooden, unemotional puppet who's too powerful for his own good.

Because of Superfriends, everyone thinks that the only thing Wonder Woman is good for is swinging her magic lasso and saying "GREAT HERA!"

Does anyone else agree that SuperFriends had somewhat a negative effect on forum members' judgement and perspecitive of DC characters?

Good lord yes, at the time it was great for DC but it is outdated and was full of racial sterotypes.

DAMN STRAIGHT.

Seriously, I have said this before in AM thread. Only reason why he is so ridiculed is this cartoon. People think that all he can do is talk to the fish.

Similar to the way the old FF comics had ruined Namor...

Originally posted by King_Mungi
Good lord yes, at the time it was great for DC but it is outdated and was full of racial sterotypes.

El Dorado was made up for the show during the affirmative action year, so they were more worried about making him really really Mexican than they ever were about making his powers clear. Sometimes he could read minds or shoot eye lasers, and other times he could make illusions which may or may not be able to do anything other than look ridiculous. The one power he always loved using was teleportation. By wrapping his cape around himself, he could cover himself in twinkles, disappear, and reappear somewhere else in about the same amount of time it would take to push a piano there and take a short nap. He didn't care if it was slower than walking as long as it destroyed every last bit of his self respect.

And like all the other foreign superheroes who made up their powers as they went along, his name didn't mean anything. El Dorado was a city made out of gold, and I agree that it sounds all Mexican... in the same way naming your kid Kansas City makes him sound all American. Do you know any one who named their kid Kansas City? Neither do I. That means that out of all the people we know, the guy who wrote the Super Friends is stupider than each and every one of them.

To make up for his gay powers, El Dorado didn't speak English very well. But not in the same way normal people do. He did fine with complex words and phrases, but every time he got to a word that a moron might have learned in their first week of Spanish class, he slipped into his native tongue. It could be that in his extensive lignuistic studies El Dorado forgot to learn our word for "yes," or it could be that his dialogue was written by morons in their first week of Spanish class. Either way, it helped teach children about new cultures and immediately associate those new cultures with the magnificently idiotic. So if two white kids were trying to decide how racist to be, they could watch the Super Friends and say, "less than this."

You know how sometimes you get upset that the people policing your neighborhood are a bunch of fat donut critics who spend most of their time trying to trick you into speeding tickets? It could be worse. They could be Aquaman. Imagine being in a burning building, and the person sent to rescue you shows up in his underwear on a giant seahorse. Or worse, standing on two flying fish with leashes (above right). But don't worry, while you're burning alive, your rescuer has the fantastic ability to TALK with those fish he's using as shoes. You might as well cover yourself in gasoline and try to get it over with quick.

The Super Friends always forgot they had powers, but with Superman it was different. It wasn't like when Hawkman forgot he could fly, or when Wonder Dog forgot to pee on the mailman. Those guys could do one thing each. Superman had at least 150 powers, and the writers were making up two or three more every episode. If a script called for it, Superman would leak paste out of his ears that can control the weather. His fingernails might cure cancer and create food, he may never remember.

For example, Superman had heat-ray eyes and freeze breath. He could kill you by looking at you or breathing on you. From across the room with no hands. But he didn't. If a villain tied him up in a crappy rope, Superman would just sit there and watch the guy launch a nuclear missile at a kindergarten. The super power he used most often was getting a 10 year old boy to scream at his TV, "Your eyes shoot lasers, you stupid ****er! LASERS! Blow a hole in his head! Do you want the kids to die, super donglicker?! ASS!"

This show rules.
http://melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/mp3/challenge-superfriends.mp3 😆

Originally posted by Draco69
Because of Superfriends, everyone thinks that the only thing Wonder Woman is good for is swinging her magic lasso, saying "GREAT HERA!" and making Superman a very happy man in tights.

Originally posted by Draco69
Because of Superfriends, everyone thinks Aquaman is a weakling who could get his ass kicked by Dr. Stephan Hawking....

Bah! First off, it's Stephen. Second, his crazy skillz of extrapolating the nuances of theoretical physics would have Aquaman on his knees.

Atleast none of the male characters had the homosexual stigma that Batman had.

I think that was more on Robin though....

The Wonder Twins were definitely incestous. God, in one episode they full on kissed each other.

😘

How many people on this board were even alive when that show was on the air? Or read comics now?
It was silly, but so were DC comics at the time. Which is why they used the start of the 1980's as a point to get much better ( ie. like Marvel Comics 😉 ) and have their universe make more sense ( ie. The Original Crisis)
Early cartoons of The Hulk and Avengers are wooden as hell; only early Spider Man has charm still.

Originally posted by Draco69
I have a theory.

Anya: It may be bunnies!

Xander: Or maybe witches!

......Yeah. Okay. Anyway, I have a theory that the reason so many people have such a warped perception of DC characters and DC is general is that goddamned Hanna-Barbara cartoon in the 70s called Superfriends.

Because of Superfriends, everyone thinks Aquaman is a weakling who could get his ass kicked by Dr. Stephan Hawking....

Because of Superfriends, everyone thinks that Superman is a wooden, unemotional puppet who's too powerful for his own good.

Because of Superfriends, everyone thinks that the only thing Wonder Woman is good for is swinging her magic lasso and saying "GREAT HERA!"

Does anyone else agree that SuperFriends had somewhat a negative effect on forum members' judgement and perspecitive of DC characters?

Originally posted by roughrider
How many people on this board were even alive when that show was on the air? Or read comics now?
It was silly, but so were DC comics at the time. Which is why they used the start of the 1980's as a point to get much better ( ie. like Marvel Comics 😉 ) and have their universe make more sense ( ie. The Original Crisis)
Early cartoons of The Hulk and Avengers are wooden as hell; only early Spider Man has charm still.

Stronger than a whale
He can swim anywhere
He can breathe under water
and go flying through the air
The Noble Sub Mariner
Prince of the deep
So, beware you deadly demons
Lord Namor of Atlantis,
is the Prince of the Deep.

I grew up with the DCAU and the early marvel cartoons of the 90's.

I could never pay attention to superfriends because even at four years old I thought it sucked.

I didn't even SEE the show and it warped my perceptions.

I mean it.

Originally posted by Black Adam
I grew up with the DCAU and the early marvel cartoons of the 90's.

I could never pay attention to superfriends because even at four years old I thought it sucked.

Perceptive....

Originally posted by grey fox
Perceptive....

🤨

That even at that age you could perceive the suck. Perhaps your sucachlorains are unusually high ?

Maybe he is the chosen one. The one of ultimate suckitude detection.

Quick! What did you think of the last three Star Wars movies?

On topic:HUMOR.

Bleh , from a non-fans viewpoint they were ok . But even a non-fan has to admit AOTC sucked balls.

From a fans view point.....Lucas has raped the series.

Originally posted by DarkCrawler
For funniest overview of this cartoon ever:
http://www.seanbaby.com/super.htm

lol, I Love that site its in my sig
Everything said there is true BTW 😉