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46-529: Official premise by DC Comics: When the adventurous and inquisitive Jonny Quest and his adoptive brother Hadji make a startling discovery in the swamplands of Florida, they are pulled into an epic struggle between the Space Rangers and a dangerous villain who threatens the galaxy. Now it’s up to the combined forces of Team Quest, Inter-Nation Security, Space Ghost, and a host of Hanna-Barbera’s greatest action heroes to stop him and save their universe! On

92-549: A body, but lacks the protocols to be considered artificial intelligence. Omnikron appears at the Hollywood Bowl , where the Impossibles are stationed by Inter-Nation. Deva, convinced the Impossibles are not prepared to face such a threat, takes off to California with Race Bannon and Doctor Conroy, instructing the kids to stay in the lab. The Impossibles prepare to face Omnikron, but just before it appears, it spits out

138-473: A crossover appearance in an episode of Space Ghost , "The Molten Monsters of Moltar" (sources are unclear and/or inconsistent as to exact airdates). In the "Council of Doom" story arc, Space Ghost , while battling the combined might of all of his enemies, meets a number of Hanna-Barbera heroes just as they were debuting in their own respective series. Along with the Herculoids were Shazzan , Moby Dick and

184-499: A crossover with Adam Strange in Adam Strange/Future Quest Annual #1 on March 29, 2017. Future Quest has had generally positive reviews. Space Ghost Space Ghost is a superhero created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in the 1960s for TV network CBS . He was designed by Alex Toth . In his original incarnation, he was a superhero who, with his teen sidekicks, Jan and Jace, and Blip

230-717: A distant planet, an intergalactic police force known as the Space Force give their lives to stop a creature called Omnikron. There is one survivor, later revealed to be Space Ghost . In the swamplands of Palm Key , Florida, Doctor Quest is tracking mysterious phenomena such as unnatural storms, and glimpses into other areas of the galaxy known as vortexes. He is met by Inter-Nation Security representatives Ray Randall, and Deva Sumadi. Space Ghost's Phantom Cruiser unexpectedly crash lands, and Jonny Quest, Hadji, and Race Bannon are sent to investigate. A terrorist organization known as F.E.A.R., led by frequent Quest enemy Doctor Zin, appear in

276-527: A fourth-season episode of Family Guy . In the scene, Gloop fails to get a babysitting job from Lois. In protest, Tundro shows up and fires his energy rocks at Lois. Gloop and Gleep appeared in a cameo as captured prisoners of a hostile alien race in the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Mis-Placed in Space". Fred Jones , Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley disguise themselves as Zandor, Tara and Igoo at one point in

322-536: A light plastic yellow cape. A transparent variant "invisible" figure and a variant with electric "light up" powerband were also released. A repaint of this figure was used to create a Space Spectre figure. In 2012, a new Space Ghost figure was released in the Jazwares Hanna-Barbera series and came with a pack-in of Blip. In 2016, Funko released 4 Pop! Vinyl Figures: Space Ghost, Brak, Space Ghost Invisible and Zorak. The last two were exclusive to

368-407: A nearly-dead Space Ghost. Before falling unconscious, he instructs the Impossibles not to let Omnikron touch anyone. Meanwhile, at the lab, Jan recovers her memory, and tells Jonny, Hadji, and Buzz that Omnikron is a massive intergalactic parasite that feeds off of life, and destroys entire ecosystems. She also tells them about the fallen Space Force, and that she is being trained by Space Ghost to be

414-481: A vortex to any location he is familiar with. Mightor uses his newfound power, and joins all the other heroes at the base. Tarra of the Herculoids expresses remorse and shame for ordering the Herculoids to attack Frankenstein Jr., but Doctor Conroy, impressed by the Herculoids' tactics, expresses gratitude in being able to improve on flaws the Herculoids exploited. Space Ghost, fully healed, reveals himself to have been spying on

460-491: Is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. On July 27, 2021, the complete series was released on Blu-ray. The Blu-ray includes the opening narration and the second-season alternate titles that were not released on the Complete Series DVD. The Herculoids have appeared in various comic books through the years. They appear in issues #1–2 and 4–7 of

506-465: Is an American Saturday-morning animated television series , created and designed by Alex Toth , that was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions . The show debuted on September 9, 1967, on CBS . Hanna-Barbera produced one season for the original airing of the show, although the original 18 episodes were rerun during the 1968–69 television season, with The Herculoids ending its run on September 6, 1969. Eleven new episodes were produced in 1981 as part of

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552-509: Is being held prisoner, but Doctor Zin admits he needs Doctor Quest to help him save the Earth from annihilation. Doctor Zin reveals he has been secretly controlling the F.E.A.R. leader, Number One, with mind control, and the boy he recovered from the crash site, was Jan's brother Jace. Jace warned Doctor Zin of the incoming threat, causing Zin to have a change of heart, wishing to have helped fight Omnikron, instead of using it. They are about to leave

598-783: Is best known as the announcer for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In . In the original series, Space Ghost was an intergalactic crime fighter from the Ghost Planet. He had the ability to become invisible (referred to as "Inviso Power") via his belt, fly, and survive in space. His principal weapons were his power bands which displayed beam-based attacks including heat, cold, magnetism, energy, and force among others. Space Ghost's sidekicks are Jan (voiced by Ginny Tyler ), Jace (voiced by Tim Matheson ), and their pet monkey Blip (vocal effects provided by Don Messick ). Space Ghost would fight such recurring supervillains as: The original series shared time with an unrelated segment called Dino Boy in

644-621: Is captured by Jade. Jonny, Hadji, Race, Deva, and the girl from the crash (who has remembered her name is Jan) leave the Lost Valley, and turn to old ally Doctor Linda Conroy, mother of Buzz Conroy, and builder of Frankenstein Jr. Meanwhile, Mightor begins training under Birdman. They are interrupted by the sudden appearance of Omnikron, and they become trapped in a vortex. Back at Doctor Conroy's lab, Doctor Conroy reveals her latest project, Gargantuan, her largest robot, built to handle cataclysmic situations without endangering human life. It has

690-676: Is mentioned by name in the Sealab 2021 episode " Hail, Squishface ". Gloop and Gleep make several guest appearances on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law as well. They make cameo appearances in the episodes "Mindless" and "Juror in Court". Zok makes an appearance in "Peanut Puberty" ( Phil Ken Sebben throws a graph chart at him). In the episode "Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs", Tundro fires his energy rocks at Phil Ken Sebben, who forgot to close

736-627: Is portrayed as a female in a TV show where she is seen being hugged by Zandor. As for Gloop, he appears in "Heroes and Capes" as an enormous creature from the sewers. The Herculoids appear in issue #50 of the comic book New Mutants when Professor X is searching for Magik on a planet in the Shi'ar galaxy. Each show featured two Herculoids episodes. On June 14, 2011, Warner Archive released The Herculoids: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection . This

782-525: Is voiced by George Lowe and his real name is Tad Ghostal. The show reused animation cels from the Hanna-Barbera archives. The show ran from 1994 to 1999, and returned with two new episodes in 2001, moving to the Adult Swim programming block later that year; the series ended its Adult Swim run in 2004. The characters of Jan, Jace, and Blip (Space Ghost's old sidekicks) appeared a few times on

828-779: The Space Stars show. The plotlines are rooted in science fiction and fantasy . On the planet Amzot (renamed Quasar in the revival), the space barbarian family Zandor, Tara, and son Dorno fight alongside their giant pets—laser dragon Zok, space rhinoceros Tundro, rock ape Igoo, and the shape-shifting duo Gloop and Gleep—to keep their planet safe from invaders. The Herculoids pets understood human speech and often displayed various emotions. The Herculoids team battled against an endless stream of villains: invading robots, mad scientists, and mutants, including "the Faceless People, Destroyer Ants, Raider Apes, Mutoids, Arnoids, Zorbots,

874-717: The Gold Key Comics series Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes (1968–69). They appear in issue #3 of the Marvel Comics series TV Stars (1978). Between 1997 and 1999, they appear in issues #5, 9, 13 and 17 of the DC Comics series Cartoon Network Presents . In 2016, the Herculoids play a major role in the DC Comics series Future Quest . This series features characters from various Hanna-Barbera animated series such as Jonny Quest , Space Ghost , Birdman and

920-577: The hot tub time portal to prehistoric times. In "Evolutionary War", Tara appears on the evolution chart—in between Fred Flintstone and Race Bannon . The Herculoids is mentioned in an episode of The Venture Bros. , where an old "fan letter" of Dr. Venture to the show is discovered. Upon reading, the letter is revealed to be more akin to hate mail ; young Rusty Venture called the Herculoids hippies for not fighting in Vietnam. Tundro and Gloop appear in " 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter ",

966-505: The Cartoon Network and Boomerang incarnations of Super Adventures . The series has also influenced other artists across various media. In common with a number of other action-adventure cartoons from the 1960s, The Herculoids was pulled from reruns in the 1970s due to increased complaints by parents's groups over percieved violence in children's cartoons. Award-winning video game designer David Crane has stated that he enjoyed

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1012-590: The F.E.A.R. base to join the fray in California, but Number One has overcome Zin's control and intends to use Zin and Quest to come up with a solution, and to auction it off when the world becomes desperate enough. Jezebel Jade betrays Number 1, and help Doctor Quest and Doctor Zin escape with the Phantom Cruiser. Jace regains consciousness, and tells them he needs to find his sister Jan. The Impossibles struggle to keep civilians away from Omnikron, and soon

1058-472: The Grand Canyon to bait Omnikron into returning to Earth. Mightor opens a vortex to Omnikron's location, and Birdman traces a path from that location to Multi-Man's illusion, and this causes Omnikron to take the bait and return to Earth in the Grand Canyon. The Impossibles and the Herculoids (both immune to Omnikron's absorption due to their bodies being more of an alloy) enter Omnikron, attempting to reach

1104-484: The Lost Valley . During its original run, there were a total of 42 Space Ghost episodes and 18 Dino Boy episodes. The series ended in 1968, but remained in syndication during the 1970s. The final episodes had Metallus, Creature King, Zorak, Moltar, Brak, and Black Widow coming together as the Council of Doom to destroy Space Ghost. They were defeated by Space Ghost and were assumed to have escaped when their headquarters

1150-663: The Mekkano mechanical men and the Ogs, a strange form of vegetable life." There are eight regular characters who make up the Herculoids: The three humans were the only ones who could communicate in English. The five creature characters of The Herculoids are: After the success of Space Ghost , CBS ' head of daytime programming, Fred Silverman , commissioned Hanna-Barbera to develop three new action-adventure series in

1196-463: The Mighty Mightor, the last two sharing one series . Several episodes of Space Ghost Coast to Coast mention or show the Herculoids. In "Lawsuit", Space Ghost mentions the Herculoids' planet. In the episode "Sequel", he goes to their planet and refers to it as a "rotten hippie monster commune" after they demand he leaves while pelting him with stones. Gloop is featured prominently and

1242-738: The New York-based Toy Tokyo store. The same year, a new release of Space Ghost was presented by the toy company Mezco Toyz. This figure is a high quality toy and was pending confirmation of an official release date. Now recently released in June 2017 with one being the regular release while the second being a variant glow-in-the-dark figure sold exclusively from Entertainment Earth but is still being sold through other online retailers. In 2017, Figures Toy Company released two 8 inch Mego-like sets: Space Ghost in one set and Jan, Jace, and Blip in another set. Herculoids The Herculoids

1288-574: The Phantom Cruiser arrives, and Space Ghost is placed in a healing chamber within the Cruiser. Frankenstein Jr., carrying Jonny, Hadji, and Jan also arrives to help fight off Omnikron. The odds turn even more in the heroes' favor when Birdman and Mightor escape from the vortex, joining the fight. The surviving Herculoids (who went missing fighting Omnikron weeks ago) also emerge from the vortex, but distrustful of robots, attack Frankenstein Jr. Omnikron flees to space via vortex, and Mightor follows it through

1334-408: The area they landed in, known as the "Lost Valley". They walk to an archeological excavation site which tells the legend of Mightor . They discover F.E.A.R. arrived to the site first, led by mercenary Jezebel Jade. In the struggle, Mightor's club is discovered, and Ty grabs it, transforming him into Mightor. Ty's transformation gives the team the upper hand, leading F.E.A.R. to retreat, but Doctor Quest

1380-430: The boys were able to take control by not holding onto psychological demons adults hang onto. Space Ghost returns to his galaxy to spread the good news, and rebuild the Space Force, while the Herculoids reunite with the others that did not go missing. On Earth, the other heroes have a party, and Ty asks Jonny and Hadji if he dreamed all this, and Jonny expresses his gratitude that he made new friends. Future Quest also had

1426-413: The core. The F.E.A.R. Spider-bots, Space Ghost, Race Bannon, Deva, and Frankenstein Jr. are fighting Omnikron from the outside. The Impossibles and the Herculoids reach the core, and launch a neuro-control device into the core, with Doctor Quest, Doctor Zin, and Doctor Conroy synced to the device shot into Omnikron's core. They were to keep Omnikron from escaping. Omnikron is able to psychologically overpower

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1472-540: The cruiser, recover a second survivor from the crash, and leave Palm Key. Back at the Quest compound, Deva tells Ty it is safer he remain under Inter-Nation's protection, as he will now be a target of F.E.A.R. Soon, Team Quest, Birdman, Deva, Ty, the mysterious girl from the ship, and her pet monkey take off for Brazil, as Doctor Quest projects a large vortex will take place there. They arrive, and are met by Todd Messick, young adventurer whose parents mysteriously disappeared in

1518-779: The film Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon . Igoo, Gloop and Gleep make cameo appearances in Space Jam: A New Legacy . They are among the Warner Bros. 3000 Server-Verse inhabitants that watch the basketball game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad. Igoo appeared in the HBO Max series Jellystone! episode "Jelly Wrestle Rumble" as a wrestler. Zandor and Gleep appeared in the season 2 episode "Bleep!". Gleep

1564-481: The monkey, fought supervillains in outer space. In the 1990s, Space Ghost was brought back as a host for his own fictional late-night talk show , Space Ghost Coast to Coast , on Cartoon Network , Adult Swim and GameTap . In the 2000s, he was revamped as a serious superhero once again in a mini-series by DC Comics . The original series debuted in September 1966. Space Ghost was voiced by Gary Owens , who

1610-418: The next generation of the Space Force. They figure out that no one on Earth knows what they are up against, and that Omnikron would just feed off of any resistance. Jonny suggests activating Gargantuan, but it lacks protocols. Buzz comes to the solution of inputting Frankenstein Jr.'s brain into the body of Gargantuan. They merge the brain and body, and take off for California. At the F.E.A.R. base, Doctor Quest

1656-729: The original series, Space Ghost often came to the aid of The Herculoids and vice versa. The Phantom Cruiser was given a more modern redesign as well. They also frequently crossed paths with the Teen Force and it appeared that Jan and Teen Force member Kid Comet were dating as well. The character Space Ghost hosted a talk show , Space Ghost Coast to Coast , which began broadcasting in 1994 on Cartoon Network. The show spoofed late-night talk shows, with villains Zorak and Moltar serving as Space Ghost's sidekicks with occasional guest appearances from other Space Ghost villains Metallus, Lokar, Tansut, Brak, and Black Widow. In this version, Space Ghost

1702-488: The other heroes to formulate a plan. Space Ghost, Birdman, and some of the Herculoids then attack the F.E.A.R. base Doctor Quest was being held at to recruit help. In the Grand Canyon , one of the Herculoids, who has a telepathic connection to its cell twin that merged with Omnikron weeks ago, is able to pinpoint Omnikron's location. Multi-Man of the Impossibles creates the illusion of a massively clustered population in

1748-415: The same vein for the 1967–68 fall schedule consisting of The Herculoids , Shazzan , and Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor . After its initial run, The Herculoids was featured in several anthology wheel series produced by Hanna-Barbera including Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure , Space Stars (for which 11 additional episodes were created), Power Zone on Cartoon Network , and both

1794-504: The scientists, so Jonny Quest and Hadji take it upon themselves to keep Omnikron from escaping. They too go through psychological challenges, but are able to boost each other's confidence, and take control of Omnikron. The heroes take advantage of this, and Mightor opens a vortex just outside Earth's atmosphere, and Space Ghost, Jan, and Jace fly through, and blast Omnikron into the Sun with the Phantom Cruiser. The heroes celebrate, and Birdman says

1840-470: The series as a child and that the character of Blobert from the A Boy and His Blob franchise was directly inspired by Gloop and Gleep. Jamaican-American DJ DJ Kool Herc at one time employed a backing band which also drew its name from the show, fictionalized versions of which appear in the Netflix period series The Get Down . Roughly contemporaneous to their own series premiere, the Herculoids made

1886-535: The show. After eight seasons on television, the show went into hiatus. New episodes of Space Ghost Coast to Coast appeared on the "Animation" channel of the GameTap service, beginning on May 30, 2006. On May 31, 2008, the show ended when the TV section of GameTap shut down. Following the popularity of Coast to Coast , the show provided a spin-off series, Cartoon Planet ; the show ran from 1995 to 1998. Cartoon Planet

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1932-414: The swamplands, with the intention of recovering the cruiser and killing the Quest team. Race is shot down, and Jonny and Hadji are nearly captured, but escape with the help of a boy that introduces himself as Ty. Ray Randall reveals himself to be Birdman and rushes to the site. With the help of Race Bannon, they rescue Jonny, Hadji, Ty, an amnesiac girl from the ship, and a strange monkey. F.E.A.R. excavates

1978-431: The three "main" Space Ghost series: Space Ghost has appeared in the following comic books: Space Ghost's Coast to Coast version was released as an action figure by Toycom, complete with a desk and chair, a series of cue cards and a mug. Also included were several different sets of hands, allowing the figure to be used either as the talk show host or the super hero or both. The shoulders and neck were ball-jointed, with

2024-445: The vortex thinking he could finish off Omnikron. The heroes regroup at an Inter-Nation base, and formulate a plan to defeat Omnikron. Mightor, having relied on Birdman's power to guide the inside of a vortex, is unable to escape again. He is thrown 45 thousand years into the past, and meets the original Mightor. The original Mightor says he has happy the club did not fall into the hands of the "Sky-god" (Omnikron), and teaches him to open

2070-430: Was an hour-long cartoon block hosted by Space Ghost with his imprisoned sidekicks Zorak and Brak. The segments in-between the cartoons usually consisted of skits and original songs. Due to the popularity of the series' songs, two albums were released: Space Ghost's Surf & Turf and Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que . Lowe provided the voice for Space Ghost on both records. Three voice actors played Space Ghost in

2116-544: Was destroyed. Twenty-two new Space Ghost segments appeared on Space Stars on NBC in 1981. Gary Owens reprised his role as Space Ghost, while Steve J. Spears voiced Jace, Alexandra Stoddart voiced Jan, and Frank Welker provided the vocal effects of Blip. The episodes introduced a new assortment of villains including an evil version of Space Ghost named Space Spectre (voiced by John Stephenson ) who came from an alternate universe. The villains Toymaker and Wizard (voiced by Frank Welker) made more than one appearance. As in

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