| The Further Adventures of SuperTed | |
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| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Mike Young |
| Developed by | Dave Edwards |
| Directed by | Bob Alvarez Paul Sommers |
| Creative director(s) | Ray Patterson |
| Voices of | Derek Griffiths Jon Pertwee Melvyn Hayes Victor Spinetti Danny Cooksey Tress MacNeille Hamilton Camp Pat Fraley B.J. Ward Frank Welker Pat Musick |
| Narrated by | Derek Griffiths (UK version) Brian Mitchell (US version) |
| Theme music composer | John Debney |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom Wales |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Charles Grosvenor |
| Running time | 22 mins |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions S4C Siriol Animation |
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| Original channel | BBC |
| Original run | 31 January 1989 – 1 December 1990 |
The Further Adventures of SuperTed is an American/Welsh animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and Siriol Animation in association with S4C, and continues the adventures of SuperTed. There was only one series consenting of thirteen episodes and originally broadcast on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera in the United States on 31 January 1989.
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The original SuperTed, created by Mike Young became the first British cartoon series to be aired on The Disney Channel in the United States in 1984. Mike Young moved to the United States to work on more animated series. In 1988 he made a Superted-sequel-type cartoon called Fantastic Max produced by Hanna-Barbera, who decided to create a new series of SuperTed.
This new series takes on a more epic Americanized format, with Texas Pete, Bulk and Skeleton also joined by new villains, the theme song was replaced with a more American overture, and the show poked fun at all aspects of American culture, from the Grand Ol' Opry to Star Wars.
Only two of the original cast were used for this new series: Victor Spinetti and Melvyn Hayes returning to voice Texas Pete and Skeleton. In the UK, Mike Young and the BBC decided rerecorded the series to use the original voices of Derek Griffiths for SuperTed and Jon Pertwee for Spotty, which also resulted in some minor script changes. The episodes was also spilt into 2 parts, thus created 26 10min stories, which resulted in the series not being broadcast until January 1990 on the BBC. It was repeated again twice in 1992 and 1993.
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| 1 | Phantom of the Grand Ol' Opry | 31 January 1989 | SuperTed loses his memory in a rocket crash and Texas Pete calls him "Terrible Ted" and joins him up in his gang with Skeleton and Bulk. in the jewelery store he ties up Spottyman (who follows tracks to the location). Then Tex starts to create music havoc with his 'I'm a big deal song' for his night at the Grand Ol' Opry (where Spotty brings Terrible Ted's memory back to 'SuperTed' again with his cosmic dust). |
| 2 | Dot's Entertainment | 7 February 1989 | Billy's father goes missing after a cave painting exhibition of 'Polka Dot Trible' in a Brazilian Rainforest cave, he comes to get SuperTed and Spotty (who have been watching a carnival in the Rio Street) to come to the rescue of his missing father. then Spotty gets to focus of some 'legendary' attraction when they get to the Polka Dots Village (to whom its leader Polka face sells his tribal land to Theme park developers, then turns into a nice guy at the end) |
| 3 | Knox Knox, Who's There? | 14 February 1989 | Blotch (Spotty's sister) is in aid of Spotty and SuperTed's help to find Speckle the Hoparoo, our two heroes fly to a copule of planets (a desert one and an arctic one) where Texas Pete and his henchman Skeleton and Bulk (who kidnapped Speckle) find cosmic dust for a 'springing-to-life' goldrush at Fort Knox in Northern Kentucky. Whilst it is happening SuperTed, Speckle and Spotty find a recipe to capture the villains (by tipping chocolate over Bulk etc.) with a banjo. |
| 4 | The Mysticetae Mystery | 21 February 1989 | When SuperTed and Spotty enjoy a tropical holiday, Texas Pete and his cronies Bulk and Skeleton salvage sunken treasure that a whale eats up, then capture a child named Kiki and her pet whale (who calls on the short-waves for SuperTed's help). Meanwhile after Tex and his crew go scuba diving, SuperTed (who saw the big Whale collor that Tex put the whale in) and Spotty (who saw her lost charm bracelet on the boat) get a couple of dolphins to go under the ocean to stop the kidnap of Kiki and stop Texas Pete stealing treasure and set the Whales free. |
| 5 | Texas Is Mine | 28 February 1989 | |
| 6 | Sleepless Nights | 7 March 1989 | SuperTed and Spotty travel to Lethargia where the children are all having the same scary nightmares. Ted enters their dreams to help. There he confronts the dreaded Sleepless Knight, whose goal is to give children everywhere nightmares. |
| 7 | We Got Nutninkhamun | 14 March 1989 | Texas Pete gets his hands on Cosmic Dust and uses it to bring an ancient mummy to life. Then the whole gang is off to Egypt to make the mummy lead them to the secret treasure. Can SuperTed stop them before they steal priceless artefacts? |
| 8 | Leave it to Space Beavers | 21 March 1989 | Aa villain called Dr Frost and his henchman Pengy (a penguin-type character) with a band of Space Beavers plans to destroy the world, |
| 9 | Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere | 28 March 1989 | After SuperTed declares Texas Pete Public Enemy No. 1, a clown villain called Bubbles steals Texas Pete's Public Enemy No. 1 title after a casino robbery and becomes companion to Bulk and Skeleton in a scheme to rob a diamond museum. Texas Pete has a chat with SuperTed and Spotty to help him get rid of Bubbles and his dog in two big bubbles. Superted rewards Texas Pete by being declaring him Public Enemy No. 33. |
| 10 | Farewell My Lovely Spots | 4 April 1989 | Spotty's spots have been stolen, and it looks like Texas Pete is the culprit. Only a ransom of cosmic dust will get them back. In a brilliant bit of sleuthing, SuperTed discovers that it was the work of a Texas Pete look-alike all along! |
| 11 | Ben-Fur | 11 April 1989 | SuperTed and Spotty journey to the “Kids Town Satellite”. SuperTed recounts his adventures on the planet “Fluffalot” where he defeated the Hairmongers and their leaders, Julius Scissors and Marcilia in a series of “Ben Hur” like contests. |
| 12 | Spotty Earns His Stripes | 18 April 1989 | Spotty gets drafted into the Spotted Army. He becomes the unsuspecting dupe of the two spies from the enemy Striped Army, who plan to invade the planet. Can SuperTed help his friend in time to fend off the invasion? |
| 13 | Ruse of the Raja | 25 April 1989 | A young Indian prince asks Superted to help him be a better ruler. But the prince's evil uncle, Prince Pyjamarama, wants to snatch the kingdom with his helper, Mufti. Only Superted can foil his nasty plans. |
Three VHS video were released by the BBC, during 1990 and 1991. To-date No DVD releases have been done.
Episodes feature: 'Phantom Of The Grand Ol' Opry' and 'Dots Entertainment'
Episodes feature: 'Knox Knox, Who's There?' and 'Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere!'
Episodes feature: 'The Mysticetae Mystery' and 'Texas Is Mine'
Episodes feature: Knox Knox! who's There?, Phantom of the Grand Ole Opry, Leave it to Space Beavers and Ruse of the Raja.
UK Main Cast
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USA Main Cast
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