
Fire
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
Synopsis
Batman, Robin and Rima the Jungle Girl contend with a spreading forest fire and have to search for a pair of escaped prisoners who have stolen a forestry truck filled with dynamite. The escapees end up saving a trapped family who were threatened by oncoming flames.
Characters
Batman, Robin, Rima the Jungle Girl
Credits
Directing
- Director
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Animation Director
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols)
Producing
- Producer
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera (Executive Producers)
- Creative Producer
- Iwao Takamoto
- Associate Producer
- Art Scott
Writing
- Writer
- Jeffrey Scott
- Story Editor
- Jeff Maurer (Jeffrey Scott)
- Story
- Haskell Birkin, Norman Maurer, J. Kenneth Rotcop, Kerry Cummings, Janat Pringle, Mark Jones, Henry Sharp, Don Glut, Marshall L. Williams, Dick Conway, Willie Gilbert, Owen Harris, Elana Lasser, Duane Poole, Dick Robbins, Cliff Ruby, John Strong
- Story Direction
- Alvaro Arce, Cullen Blaine (as Cullen Houghtaling), George Singer, Howard Swift, Jan Green, Don Jurwich, Paul Sommer
Animation
- Animator
- Ed Aardal, Frank Andrina, Hal Ambro, Ed Barge, Tom Barnes, Bob Bemiller, Becky Bristow, Lars Calonius, O. E. Callahan, Bill Carney, Bob Carr, Rudy Cataldi, Stave Clark, Joanna Combellick, Xenia DeMattia, Charles Downs, Joan Drake, Lillian Evans, Hugh Fraser, Marcia Fertig, Miguel Garcia, Fernando Gonzalez, Mark Giamack, Alan Green, Jack Hadley, Bill Hutten, Volus Jones, Tony Love, Ernesto Lopez, Ken Muse, Constantin Mustatea, Margaret Nichols, Eduardo Olivares, Don Patterson, Anna Lois Ray, Tom Ray, Morey Resen, Veve Risto, Arnutio Rivera, Jay Sarbry, Ed Soloman, Paul Sommer, Ken Southworth, Dave Tendlar, Bob Trochim, Carlo Vinci, Russ Von Neida, John Walker
Voices
- Voice
- Olan Soulé (Batman), Casey Kasem (Robin The Teen Wonder; uncredited), William Woodson (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin (Musical Direction)
- Musical Supervision
- Paul DeKorte
Editing
- Editor
- Dick Elliot
Crew
- Recording Director
- Wally Burr
- Title Design
- Bill Perez
- Graphics
- Iraj Paran
- Character Design
- Bob Singer, George Wheeler, Alex Toth
- Layout Supervision
- John Ahern
- Layout
- Terry Slade, Al Budnik, Hal Ambro, Charles Downs, Owen Fitzgerald, Drew Gentle, Jack Huber, Ray Jacobs, Jim Muller, Linda Rowley, Martin Taras, John Walker, Warren Marshall, Dale Barnhart, Nino Carbe, Hak Ficq, Rene Garcia, Moe Gollub, Alex Ignatiev, Homer Jonas, Dan Noonan, Tony Sgroi, Dean Thompson, Al Wilson
- Unit Direction
- Ray Patterson
- Animation Supervision
- Bill Keil, Jay Sarbry
- Assistant Animation Supervision
- Bob Goe
- Animation Coordination
- John Boersema
- Background Supervision
- Al Gmuer
- Backgrounds
- Fernando Arce, Daniela Bielecka, Nino Carbe, Jim Coleman, Dennis Durrell, Bob Gentle, Ann Guenther, Marsha Hanes, Michael Humphries, Richard Khim, Bill Lorenz, Norm McGary, Phil Phillipson, Andy Phillipson, Bill Proctor, Michael Reinman, Bob Schaefer, Marilyn Shimokochi, Peter Van Elk
- Sound Direction
- Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Checking And Scene Planning
- Evelyn Sherwood
- Xerography
- Star Wirth
- Ink & Paint Supervision
- Billie Kerns
- Camera
- George Epperson, Jerry Whittington, Chuck Flekal, Curt Hall, Ron Jackosn, Jerry Smith
- Effects Editors
- Rick Eiseman, Mark Green Joseph Reitano
- Music Editors
- Richard Allen, David Spence
- Dubbing Supervision
- Pat Foley
- Negative Consultant
- William E. DeBoer
- Production Manager
- Jayne Barbera
- Post-Production Supervision
- Joed Eaton
- Crew
- Friends magazines published by
Companies and other credits
- A
- HANNA-BARBERA
- PRODUCTIONBased upon the characters appearing in
- Justice League Of America and Super
- DC Comics Inc
- © 1977 DC Comics Inc
- Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc
Pictures
Reviews
The Superfriends: Fire
I've seen the cartoon short and I like it- the only real action there is is a car chase, the Batmobile with Batman, Robin and Rima chasing after the two escaped teen prisoners in the stolen forestry truck. The first chase ends with the wildfire spreading to the wooden bridge, causing it's collapse. Rima summons a brown bear to push over two pine trees to serve as an emergency bridge for the Batmobile to cross the ravine. After stopping for a moment to look at some foot prints and tire tracks, Rima determines a family abandoned their broken-down station wagon and got into the stolen forestry truck with the teens. Robin determines they're driving straight into the heart of the wildfire and Batman has to catch them. The second chase begins: a burning tree that falls catches the dynamite box on fire in the stolen forestry truck and Batman knows he's got to stop the forestry truck, before the dynamite box explodes and kills everyone in the truck. Suddenly, the truck runs over a fallen tree and slips off the side of the road. Robin activates the grappling line darts and they catch the truck, then he starts the line reels and pulls the truck back onto the road and Batman extinguishes the smoldering dynamite box with his bat fire extinguisher. Let's also remember, Batman and Rima rescued two trapped fire fighters in the beginning. Hours later, Batman, Robin and Rima are commended for not only saving the family but for capturing the escape teen prisoners, who do get some consideration from the deputy sheriff for helping the trapped family. However, because the teens escaped and stole the forestry truck, they're in more legal trouble than before. Another good Superfriends short, but this one involves a rescue as well as a car chase, which was pretty much in line with the Saturday morning adventure cartoons of the 1977-78 season.


