Super Friends
The Baffles Puzzle
TV Flash files “The Baffles Puzzle” as hour 2 of 16 in the TV Flash guide — Super Friends (1973–1985) on ABC, season 1, episode 2, aired 1973-09-15, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 16 in the Super Friends guide, hour 2 of 16 in season 1. It aired 1973-09-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Power Pirate” (S01E01). Next is “Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.” (S01E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Colonel Wilcox from the Secret Department of Investigation S.D.I. calls upon the Justice League to help prevent Professor Baffles from carrying his threat of stealing French lithographs. The Super Friends stake out the American Museum. Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog along with Superman, disguised as Clark Kent, keep an eye on things from inside the museum. At the museum Wonder Dog starts sneezing because he smelled almonds in the air, and while all the commotion was going on the paintings became missing. Professor Baffles now threatens to steal a hefty shipment of $5 million in cash. The Justice League must now make sure the money shipment makes it to Hawaii. The Super Friends thwarted an attempted heist by a gang of crooks and safely got the shipment onto a ship. On the ship, the junior members run into Mr. Mergen, a man they met earlier at the library. Wendy starts having suspicions about Mr. Mergen and she, Marvin and Wonder Dog follow him. Meanwhile the Super Friends decide to check on the money and find almond residue. They come to the conclusion that Professor Baffles made the money disappear with a chemical solution. The junior members catch up to Mr. Mergen to find out he's actually Professor Baffles. Professor Baffles reveals he's going to make humans non-corrupt again by making books, paintings, music, and other bad influences go away. Mr. Dabney and Mr. Darvey, the two brutes Professor Baffles works for, hold Professor Baffles captive as well after refuses to have anything more to do with them. Wonder Dog escapes and warns the Super Friends that Wendy and Marvin need to be rescued.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Baffles Puzzle sit in the Super Friends guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 16 — hour 2 of 16 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did Super Friends S01E02 air?
The Baffles Puzzle aired 1973-09-15 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Which Super Friends format do I start with?
Any Hall of Justice roll call. Multiple 1970s–80s revamps change sidekicks and helpers; the cereal-hour Justice League is the constant.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Hall of Justice roll call: Hanna-Barbera's Justice League for the cereal crowd, complete with Wonder Twins, sidekick debates, and toyetic team-ups. DC's heroes as Saturday-morning committee. How a generation first met the capes, before the movies made the lore feel expensive and grim.
Open on a roll call. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and allies defend Earth from weekly villains in moral-clear Saturday animation: Super Friends (1973–1985 on ABC), from Hanna-Barbera's DC partnership with E. Nelson Bridwell and Carmine Infantino in the mix, multiple format revamps through the 1970s and 1980s. Danny Dark's Superman, Olan Soule's Batman, Casey Kasem's Robin, Shannon Farnon's Wonder Woman call the Hall of Justice to order. TroubAlert as design icon. Wonder Twins powers activate discourse; Marvin…
Filed against
- Danny Dark as Superman (voice)
Danny Dark voiced Superman on Super Friends — Hall of Justice roll call, Hanna-Barbera’s Justice League for the cereal crowd, Wonder Twins and toyetic team-ups. DC’s heroes as Saturday-morning committee. TV Flash files him as 1970s…
- Olan Soule as Batman (voice)
Olan Soule voiced Batman on Super Friends, Hanna-Barbera’s 1970s Justice League for the cereal crowd — Hall of Justice roll call, Wonder Twins debates, toyetic team-ups. DC’s capes as Saturday-morning committee. TV Flash files him as the…
- Casey Kasem as Robin (voice)
Casey Kasem’s Shaggy Rogers made Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! a coward’s poetry — 1960s catalog van, snacks, rubber masks, then Super Friends keeping the countdown voice in the Hall of Justice. TV Flash files him as the hunger that unmasked…
- Shannon Farnon as Wonder Woman (voice)
Shannon Farnon voiced Wonder Woman on Super Friends as Hall of Justice roll-call steel — Hanna-Barbera's Justice League for the cereal crowd, Wonder Twins, sidekick debates, toyetic team-ups. DC's heroes as Saturday-morning committee. TV…