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"Compared to me and my mental powers, you are all super-weaklings!"
Doctor Cranum
"The Brain Machine"
All-New Super Friends Hour 1x01 001
The All-New Super Friends Hour
Title: "The Brain Machine"
Season: 1
Airdate: September 10th, 1977
Credits
Writers: Jeffrey Scott; Dick Conway; Willie Gilbert; Owen Harris; Elana Lesser; Duane Poole; Dick Robbins; Cliff Ruby; John Strong
Producers: William Hanna; Joseph Barbera; Iwao Takamoto; Art Scott
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"The Brain Machine" is the title to the first vignette from the first episode of the All-New Super Friends Hour animated television series by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series is based on characters featured in comic books published by DC Comics. The episode was directed by Charles A. Nichols with a story crafted by an ensemble team consisting of Dick Conway, Willie Gilbert, Owen Harris, Elana Lesser, Duane Poole, Dick Robbins, Cliff Ruby and John Strong. This episode was written by Jeffrey Scott. The episode first aired on ABC on Saturday morning, September 10th 1977 at 8:00 am.

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Notes & Trivia[]

  • This episode is included on the All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume One DVD collection. The collection was produced by Warner Bros. and released in Region 1 format on January 8th 2008.
  • This is the first episode of the series. It is the first of four vignettes in the entire episode.

Story notes[]

All-New Super Friends Hour 1x01 009

Super-smarty Wonder Woman. This is just wrong in so many ways.

  • This is the first, and to date, the only known appearance of Doctor Cranum. With a name like that, you know that he was destined to become a super-villain with an over-sized head.
  • This is the first, and to date, the only known appearance of the brain machine.
  • What Doctor Cranum refers to as mental telepathy is actually a form of remote viewing.
  • Where the hell did Robin get a dozen inflatable dummies of himself? Is this really the sort of crap that Batman packs away in the trunk of the Batmobile?

See also[]

The Super Friends

Super Friends (1973)

The All-New Super Friends Hour

The Challenge of the Super Friends

The World's Greatest Super Friends

Super Friends (1980)

Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show

Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians

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