Gleek (Super Friends)

Gleek
Gleek and the Wonder Twins. Art by Alex Ross
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	The All New Superfriends Hour (September 10, 1977)
In-story information
Place of origin	Exxor
Team affiliations	Super Friends
Supporting character of	Wonder Twins
Abilities	Prehensile tail

Gleek is a fictional character appearing in the animated series Super Friends and its related spinoffs. He debuted in The All New Superfriends Hour, which first aired September 10, 1977. Gleek's vocalizations were provided by Michael Bell.

Fictional character biography

Gleek is a blue "space monkey" and the pet of Zan and Jayna, the Wonder Twins. Gleek is often used as comic relief for the series, as the character often gets into mischief. A joke involving Gleek often ends episodes of the Super Friends in which he appears. Gleek has a stretchable, prehensile tail which can be quite useful. Gleek is also highly intelligent, as he clearly understands spoken English. He communicates through the use of sign language, acting out scenes, and chattering in an unintelligible alien tongue. Gleek also helps the Twins when they need to travel: Jayna becomes an eagle, Zan becomes water, and Gleek produces a bucket to hold Zan while Jayna carries them both. A joke observation about this is that Gleek's other power is to materialize a bucket out of nowhere on demand (see hammerspace).

Other versions

• In the DC Comics comic book version of the Super Friends, Gleek is portrayed as being originally the property of a clown in the interplanetary carnival where the Wonder Twins were raised. He accompanied the twins when they ran away.

• Executive producer Brian Peterson confirmed that Gleek would appear "in one shape or another" in Smallville's eighth episode of season nine, "Idol." In fact, Gleek appeared as a decoration on Jayna's cellphone and Gleek's chuckling guffaw was the ringtone.

• Gleek appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Siege of Starro, Part Two". He is seen as a stuffed animal in the Faceless Hunter's trophy room.

• Gleek appears in the Robot Chicken episode "Major League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" in the sketch "Sidekick Elevator". This sketch he is shown alongside Orko from the He-Man series and Snarf from Thundercats. He then gets into an unemployment line only to be greeted by Andy Richter.

External links

• Gleek at the Comic Book DB