Saturday Supercade

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Saturday Supercade
Genre Animation
Starring Soupy Sales as the voice of Donkey Kong
Voices of Dick Beals
Billy Bowles
Bart Braverman
Arthur Burghardt
Nancy Cartwright
Peter Cullen
Ted Field Sr.
Pat Fraley
Marvin Kaplan
Robbie Lee
Sparky Marcus
Kenneth Mars
Mea Martineau
Julie McWhirter
David Mendenhall
Noelle North
Jim Piper
Peter Renaday
Robert Ridgely
Bob Sarlatte
Judy Strangis
B.J. Ward
Frank Welker
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 97
Production
Executive producer(s) Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 17, 1983 (1983-09-17) – August 24, 1985 (1985-08-24)
Chronology
Followed by The Super Mario Bros. Super Show

Saturday Supercade is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Ruby-Spears Productions. It ran for two seasons on CBS beginning in 1983. Each episode is composed of several shorter segments featuring video game characters from the Golden age of video arcade games.

Warner Archive announced via their Facebook page that Saturday Supercade will be released through their MOD DVD program. However, due to rights issues, some segments may not be able to appear. Currently they are researching the project and have no set release date.[1] The Space Ace segments from the show occasionally appear as filler in between shows on Boomerang.

Contents

Featured characters [edit]

The debut characters included:

Pitfall and Q-Bert rotated weekly while the other three were weekly.

During the second season, Q-Bert (now weekly) and Donkey Kong remained while the Frogger, Donkey Kong Jr. and Pitfall Harry segments were replaced by shorts featuring:

  • Space Ace with Space Ace/Dexter (depending on his form), Kimberly, and Borf (from the Space Ace arcade game).
  • Kangaroo with friends and the "Monkey Business Gang". (from the Kangaroo arcade game).

Segments [edit]

Frogger [edit]

Frogger (voiced by Bob Sarlatte) is an ace reporter of the swamp who works at the Swamp Gazette. He and his friends Shellshock "Shelly" Turtle (voiced by Marvin Kaplan) and Fanny Frog (voiced by B.J. Ward) go out in search of crazy stories (sometimes about human behavior) to publish in the swamp's newspapers. Frogger also has to deal with his gruff boss and editor-in-chief Tex Toadwalker (voiced by Ted Field Sr.). As in the game, he often gets flattened or has an encounter with an alligator.

Episodes [edit]

  1. The Ms. Fortune Story / 1983.09.17
  2. Spaced Out Frogs / 1983.09.24
  3. The Who-Took-Toadwalker Story / 1983.10.01
  4. Hydrofoil & Seek / 1983.10.08
  5. The Great Scuba Scoop / 1983.10.15
  6. The Headline Hunters / 1983.10.22
  7. The Legs Croaker Story / 1983.10.29
  8. The Blackboard Bungle / 1983.11.05
  9. Good Knight, Frogger / 1983.11.12
  10. Fake Me Out to the Ball Game / 1983.11.19
  11. I Remember Mummy / 1983.11.26
  12. Here Today, Pawned Tomorrow / 1983.12.03
  13. Hop-Along Frogger / 1983.12.10

Donkey Kong [edit]

Donkey Kong (voiced by Soupy Sales) has escaped from the circus. He is on the lam, and Mario (voiced by Peter Cullen) and Pauline (voiced by Judy Strangis) are chasing the ape. As with the original game, Donkey Kong will often grab Pauline, and Mario has to save her.

Episodes [edit]

  1. Mississippi Madness / 1983.09.17
  2. Gorilla Gangster / 1983.09.24
  3. Banana Bikers / 1983.10.01
  4. The Incredible Shrinking Ape / 1983.10.08
  5. Movie Mania / 1983.10.15
  6. Gorilla My Dreams / 1983.10.22
  7. Little Orphan Apey / 1983.10.29
  8. Circus Daze / 1983.11.05
  9. The Great Ape Escape / 1983.11.12
  10. Apey and the Snowbeast / 1983.11.19
  11. How Much is That Gorilla in the Window? / 1983.11.26
  12. Private Donkey Kong / 1983.12.03
  13. Get Along Little Apey / 1983.12.10
  14. Sir Donkey Kong / 1984.09.08
  15. The Pale Whale / 1984.09.15
  16. El Donkey Kong / 1984.09.22
  17. New Wave Ape / 1984.09.29
  18. Greenhouse Gorilla / 1984.10.06
  19. Hairy Parent / 1984.10.13

Q*Bert [edit]

In a 1950s inspired world set in the town of Q*Berg, a teenage fur-covered creature named Q*Bert (voiced by Billy Bowles), his girlfriend Q*Tee (voiced by Robbie Lee), his brother Q*Bit (voiced by Dick Beals), and his friends Q*Ball (voiced by Frank Welker), Q*Val (voiced by Robbie Lee), and Q*Mongus (voiced by Frank Welker) must deal with the resident bullies Coily, Ugg, Wrong Way (all three voiced by Frank Welker), and Viper (voiced by Julie McWhirter). Features both "block-hopping" scenes, "swearing" bubbles and occasional flying disc, all from the original game. New to the cartoon was Q*Bert's use of "slippy-doos", a black ball projectile which he loaded and fired through his nose, producing an oil slick wherever the balls splattered. Slick and Sam (both voiced by Frank Welker) are also featured.

Episodes [edit]

  1. Disc Derby Fiasco / 1983.10.01
  2. The Great Q*Tee Contest / 1983.10.15
  3. Q*Ball Rigamarole / 1983.10.29
  4. Crazy Camp Creature / 1983.11.12
  5. Thanksgiving for the Memories / 1983.11.26
  6. Dog Day Dilemma / 1983.12.10
  7. Take Me Out to the Q*Game / 1984.09.08
  8. Noser P.I. / 1984.09.15
  9. Hook, Line, and Mermaid / 1984.09.22
  10. Q*Historic Days / 1984.09.29
  11. Q*Bert's Monster Mix-Up / 1984.10.06
  12. Game Shoe Woe / 1984.10.13
  13. The Wacky Q*Bot / 1984.10.20
  14. Q*Beat It / 1984.10.27
  15. Q*Urf's Up / 1984.11.03
  16. Little Green Noser / 1984.11.10
  17. Rebel Without a Q*Ause / 1984.11.17
  18. Looking For Miss Q*Right / 1984.11.24
  19. The Goofy Ghostgetters / 1984.12.01

Donkey Kong Jr. [edit]

Donkey Kong Jr. (voiced by Frank Welker) is sad to find that his father is running away from Mario and the circus. He befriends a greaser nicknamed "Bones" (voiced by Bart Braverman) who has a motorcycle and offers to help Junior by finding his dad together. Donkey Kong Jr's catchphrase is "Monkey muscle!", which he tells to himself and Bones to inspire self-confidence. Bones often serves as the voice of reason when Donkey Kong Jr. bites off more than he can chew.

Episodes [edit]

  1. Trucknapper Caper / 1983.09.17
  2. Sheep Rustle Hustle / 1983.09.24
  3. Rocky Mountain Monkey Business / 1983.10.01
  4. Magnificent 7-Year-Olds / 1983.10.08
  5. The Ventriloquist Caper / 1983.10.15
  6. The Great Seal Steal / 1983.10.22
  7. The Jungle Boy Ploy / 1983.10.29
  8. Junior Meets Kid Dynamo / 1983.11.05
  9. Amazing Rollerskate Race / 1983.11.12
  10. A Christmas Story / 1983.11.19
  11. Gorilla Ghost / 1983.11.26
  12. Teddy Bear Scare / 1983.12.03
  13. Double or Nothing / 1983.12.10

Pitfall! [edit]

Pitfall Harry (voiced by Robert Ridgely), his niece Rhonda (voiced by Noelle North), and their cowardly pet Quick Claw the Mountain Lion (voiced by Kenneth Mars) explore jungles for hidden treasures, having many different adventures along the way. Quick Claw and Rhonda later appeared in Pitfall II: Lost Caverns.

Episodes [edit]

  1. Pitfall's Panda Puzzle / 1983.09.17
  2. Amazon Jungle Bungle / 1983.09.24
  3. Raiders of the Lost Shark / 1983.10.08
  4. Tibetan Treasure Trouble / 1983.10.22
  5. Masked Menace Mess / 1983.11.05
  6. The Sabretooth Goof / 1983.11.19
  7. The Pyramid Panic / 1983.12.03

Space Ace [edit]

Space Ace (Jim Piper) is the always smiling self-confident champion of the "Space Command", whereas when always 'wimping out' to Dexter (Sparky Marcus) after being hit by the Infanto-Ray, he becomes clumsy and weak. With officer Kimberly (voiced by Nancy Cartwright), he works for Space Marshall Vaughn (voiced by Peter Renaday) to keep the peace in the universe. They fight the evil alien commander Borf (voiced by Arthur Burghardt) and keep him from invading Earth. Ace and Kim try to keep his 'wimping' situation secret and pretend that Dexter is Kim's little brother.

Again, as with Donkey Kong, Ruby Spears took artistic license; in the video game, Dexter had certain chances to revert to Ace, his full-grown self, whereas in the cartoon the Ace/Dexter phases seemed to happen on their own and at often inconvenient times for the hero.

It was aired late night on Cartoon Network in the late 1990s, and segments have been shown between programs on Boomerang.

Episodes [edit]

  1. Cute Groots / 1984.09.08
  2. Cosmic Camp Catastrophe / 1984.09.15
  3. Dangerous Decoy / 1984.09.22
  4. Moon Missile Madness / 1984.09.29
  5. Perilous Partners / 1984.10.06
  6. Frozen in Fear / 1984.10.13
  7. Age Ray Riot / 1984.10.20
  8. Wanted: Dexter! / 1984.10.27
  9. Phantom Shuttle / 1984.11.03
  10. Spoiled Sports / 1984.11.10
  11. Calamity Kimmie / 1984.11.17
  12. Three-Ring Rampage / 1984.11.24
  13. Infanto Fury / 1984.12.01

Kangaroo [edit]

Joey Kangaroo (voiced by David Mendenhall), his mother Katy Kangaroo (voiced by Mea Martineau) and Sidney Squirrel (voiced by Marvin Kaplan) must stop Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Fred (all four voiced by Pat Fraley and Frank Welker): four meddlesome monkeys called the Monkeybiz Gang from making trouble at the local zoo run by the zookeeper Mr. Friendly (voiced by Arthur Burghardt). The Monkeybiz Gang would cause trouble by trying to escape from the zoo and Katy would have to help keep them in line.

Episodes [edit]

  1. Trunkfull of Trouble / 1984.09.08
  2. Zoo for Hire / 1984.09.15
  3. Bat's Incredible / 1984.09.22
  4. The White Squirrel of Dover / 1984.09.29
  5. The Birthday Party / 1984.10.06
  6. Having a Ball / 1984.10.13
  7. The Tail of the Cowardly Lion / 1984.10.20
  8. It's Carnival Time / 1984.10.27
  9. Lost and Found / 1984.11.03
  10. Joey and the Beanstalk / 1984.11.10
  11. Zoo's Who / 1984.11.17
  12. The Egg and Us / 1984.11.24
  13. The Runaway Panda / 1984.12.01

Cast [edit]

Additional voices [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Saturday Supercade - Could the '80s Coin-Op-Based Cartoons be Coming Home? Warner Says...

External links [edit]
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