Gnatman


 * For the character himself, see Gnatman (character).

"Gnatman" is the third episode of Squiddly Diddly season two, and the twenty-third overall, which came as a segment of The Secret Squirrel Show. It aired on September 24, 1966 on NBC. It was written by Tony Benedict and Dalton Sandifer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Squiddly dresses up as his favorite superhero, Gnatman, to fight crime, but only causes more harm than good.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chief Winchley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| TV announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Squiddly Diddly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paul Frees
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gnatman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Evil doer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mailman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Detective
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lawbreaker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank president
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kid
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank president
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kid
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sergeant

Organizations

 * Blinks Armored Cars

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Bubbleland
 * Bank
 * Jewelry store

Objects

 * Gnatman costume

Vehicles

 * Armored car

Music

 * 0:00 - Main title theme (Ted Nichols)

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 24, 1966 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * Gnatman is likely inspired by and a parody of Batman, whose TV series of the same name also aired at the same time.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 3, 2015: Warner Archive Collection releases The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series on DVD.