The Scarecrow

The Scarecrow

February 1, 1967 TV Episode Mighty Heroes

Studio
Terrytoons
Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox

Synopsis

Lightning hits a scarecrow and gives it evil powers to turn itself into a straw monster- and to point its fingers at stacks of straw and turn them into other straw monsters. Asks the scarecrow: "Why waste my time scaring crows when there is a whole world out there to scare?" Unfortunately, he starts in the town where the Mighty Heroes live. The scarecrow terrorizes villages, descending on the town with an army of straw monsters. Everyone is leaving until the Mighty Heroes are sent for to stop it and come upon the scene. Diaper Man and his hero friends come to life.

Characters

Strong Man, Cuckoo Man, Tornado Man, Rope Man, Diaper Man, Scarecrow

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

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.

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