The Shrinker

The Shrinker

November 19, 1966 TV Episode Mighty Heroes

Studio
Terrytoons
Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox

Synopsis

The Mighty Heroes must battle a giant space devil. The Shrinker plans to rob a bank and parks in front of a fireplug. When a cop writes him a ticket, he shrinks the cop. He shrinks a four-story bank to palm size and drives away with it. Just when the Mighty Heroes think that they have the battle won, the Shrinker shrinks them to doll size and releases a cage filled with space cats.

Characters

Strong Man, Cuckoo Man, Tornado Man, Rope Man, Diaper Man, The Shrinker, Space Devil, Space Cats

Credits

Directing

Director
Ralph Bakshi, Bob Taylor

Voices

Voice
Herschel Bernardi (Strong Man, Diaper Man, Tornado Man), Lionel Wilson (Cuckoo Man, Rope Man)

Animation

Animator
Ralph Bakshi

Production notes

Five awkward, inept superheroes fight crime in the town of Good Haven.

This series was a parody of the superhero genre. The Mighty Heroes used their weird superpowers to battle menaces like The Enlarger, The Shrinker, The Ghost Monster, The Frog, The Shocker, The Raven, The Monsterizer and The Scarecrow.

Pictures