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The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show

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The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show is an animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears 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, Fangface and Fangpuss, and Rickety Rocket. The show was repackaged by Arlington Television into 130 half-hour episodes, and released into national, first-run-off-network daily syndication in 1984. The Plastic Man Comedy Show was produced and directed by Steve Whiting and featured a live-action "Plastic Man", played by Taylor Marks.

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27th September 1980 - 26th January 1980
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Alan OppenheimerAlan YoungJack Baker
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The Miniscule Seven
22nd September 1979

Episode 1

Seven miniature gangsters known as The Miniscule Seven enter a basket ball tournament with an ulterior motive for winning. Plastic Man is called in to investigate them.

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Superstein
29th September 1979

Episode 2

Plastic Man is vacationing in Europe when he discovers that the evil Dr. Superstein is causing problems for local villagers. Dr. Superstein is using a statue that he built to give life to his latest crew of monsters he has created. Once alive the monsters begin searching the villages for exceptionally smart brains for his next project. It is now up to Plastic Man to stop them.

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Plastic Mummy Meets Disco Mummy
6th October 1979

Episode 3

An ancient Aztec Queen 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.

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Ghostfinger
13th October 1979

Episode 4

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. Plastic Man is their only help for a rescue.

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The Diabolical Dr. Dome
20th October 1979

Episode 5

Dr. Dome discovers a way to extract the super powers from Plastic Man. He then uses his new powers to steal valuable objects from all over the world. It looks to everyone that Plastic Man is responsible for the thefts so he must find a way to capture Dr. Dome to clear his name.

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The Weed
27th October 1979

Episode 6

Plastic Man: ""THE WEED"" Plastic Man: ""MOONRAIDER"" Rickety Rocket: ""THE ALIEN EGG CAPER"" Plastic Family: ""MIGHTY MUESEUM MESS"" Mighty Man & Yukk: ""THE ROOSTER"" Mighty Man & Yukk: ""ROB AROUND THE CLOCK"" Fangface: ""A SCARY AFFAIR IN THE SKULLMAN'S LAIR"" Baby Plas: ""CLUBHOUSE CALAMITY""

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Badladdin
3rd November 1979

Episode 7

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

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Wham-Bam! Beware of the Clam!
10th November 1979

Episode 8

A pirate uses his submarine to steal a water-controlling machine from the Chinese government. He uses the machine to flood the streets of New York City so that he can rob all of the banks. Plastic Man is called in to try and stop the evil pirate.

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The Horrible Half-Ape
17th November 1979

Episode 9

While working on a secret government project, a scientist's experiment goes very wrong. The mistake is costly as it leaves the scientist half ape and half human. He then steals a visiting flying saucer, which threatens to start an interplanetary war. Plastic Man gets the call to try and save the day.

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The Maniacal Computerhead
24th November 1979

Episode 10

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. Plastic Man is the only person that can save to world.

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Doctor Duplicator Strikes Again
1st December 1979

Episode 11

Doctor Duplicate is kidnapping politicians and replacing them with evil duplicate clones in order to steal government secrets. Plastic Man is on the scene and sets out to foil his wicked deeds

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The Kitty Katt Caper
8th December 1979

Episode 12

The evil Kitty Katt discovers an ancient Egyptian serum that can turn people into cats. She uses the serum on several important people including Plastic Man. Plastic Man must find the antidote to save himself and the rest of the world

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The Dangerous Dr. Dinosaur
15th December 1979

Episode 13

After the Industry Bank is robbed by a giant dinosaur, Plastic Man is called in to help solve the case.

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Count Grafitti
22nd December 1979

Episode 14

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.

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Empire of Evil
29th December 1979

Episode 15

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.

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The Terrible Five Plus One
5th January 1980

Episode 16

The Evil Solex breaks five of Plastic Man's worst enemies out from prison. But when Half-ape, The Weed, Computer Head, The Clam, and Disco Mummy refuse to work for Solex they soon realise they have more to worry about than Plastic Man.

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Plastic Man Meets Plastic Ape
12th January 1980

Episode 17

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

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The Crime Costume Caper
19th January 1980

Episode 18

Greta Grim has designed the ultimate hi-tech villain suit. In order to sell it she films a commercial starring none other than Plastic Man.

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The Royal Gargoyle Foil
26th January 1980

Episode 19

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.

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Sale of the Century
6th October 1979

Episode 20

Desperate for a sale, a used car salesman sells Earth to passing aliens. Plastic Man must save Earth from being pulled from its orbit by the aliens.

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Dr. Irwin and Mr. Meteor
13th October 1979

Episode 21

The puny Dr. Irwin finds a meteor that transforms him into the powerful Mr. Meteor

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City of Ice
20th October 1979

Episode 22

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.

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The Day the Ocean Disappeared
29th September 1979

Episode 23

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.

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Moonraider
27th October 1979

Episode 24

The sinister Moonraider is stealing NASA's spaceships in outer space. Plastic Man must now travel to the Moon to put a stop to his dastardly deeds and return the missing spaceships.

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Thunderman
24th November 1979

Episode 25

It's up to Plastic Man to stop the evil Thunderman who has stolen the City of New York and plans on selling it to the highest bidder.

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Hugefoot
22nd September 1979

Episode 26

A brilliant scientist demonstrates his greatest invention to Plastic Man which is a machine that has the ability to see into the future. When the machine is stolen by the villain known as Hugefoot, Plastic Man must do all in his power to get it back.

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The Corruptible Carrot Man
10th November 1979

Episode 27

Carrot Man steals a map that leads to the cosmic sceptre, Plastic Man must stop the villain from reaching the hidden treasure before it is too late.

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Dogmaster
17th November 1979

Episode 28

Dog Master plans to steal the formula for a power ray that has been hidden in a chimpanzees brain. Plastic Man and friends are given the job of tracking down the chimp and stopping the Dog Master.

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Toyman
1st December 1979

Episode 29

The Toyman is kidnapping famous people and planning to turn them into toys to sell. Unfortunately for Plastic Man he is the last of Toyman's victims

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Honey Bee
3rd November 1979

Episode 30

A villainess known as Honey Bee plans to use a heat missile to turn the world into a 'hot house' so that only she and insects will survive. Plastic Man is on the case to prevent this injustice from happening.

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The Hippotist
22nd December 1979

Episode 31

The Hippotist is hypnotizing bank managers to rob their own banks and return the stolen loot to him. Plastic Man is assigned to stop the evil villain.

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Highbrow
15th December 1979

Episode 32

The diabolical Highbrow steals the worlds most famous trains so that people will have to pay him to travel on them. Plastic Man is given the job of tracking him down and returning the stolen trains.

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Joggernaught
5th January 1980

Episode 33

Joggernaught plans to steal an energy machine in order to use it to find the treasure of the Amazon City of Gold. Plastic Man is put on alert as he protects the energy machine and its inventor.

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The Colossal Crime Of Commodore Peril
29th December 1979

Episode 34

Commodore Peril holds three billionaires prized possessions to ransom, each time Plastic Man is assigned to the case but the villain always seems to have the upper hand.

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Spider Takes A Bride
8th December 1979

Episode 35

One by one the Spider starts to turn Queen Katherine's follower's into flies until she decides to marry him. Plastic Man is given the job of protecting the Queen until the Spider can be brought to justice.