The Bride of Darkseid

"The Bride of Darkseid" is the first episode of Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show season one. It aired on September 8, 1984 on the ABC. It was written by Jeff Segal and Alan Burnett, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Darkseid, the tyrannical ruler of the planet Apokolips, kidnaps and brainwashed Wonder Woman to be his wife.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Crook #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Crook #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Black Vulcan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buster Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bill Woodson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Firestorm/Ronald Raymond
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mark Taylor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lois Lane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Clark Kent/Superman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Danny Clark
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wonder Woman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Connie Cawlfield
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Minerva
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Professor Martin Stein
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Olan Saule
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Batman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Adam West
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Robin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Casey Kasem
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Darkseid
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kalibak
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Radio announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| DeSaad
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rene Auberjonois
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Hera
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Robin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Casey Kasem
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Darkseid
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kalibak
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Radio announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| DeSaad
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rene Auberjonois
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Hera
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| DeSaad
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rene Auberjonois
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Hera
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Hera
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Hera

Organizations

 * Super Friends
 * Daily Planet

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Metropolis
 * Daily Planet building
 * Mount Jupiter
 * Fairmont University
 * Atlantic Ocean
 * Greece (mentioned)
 * Krypton (mentioned)
 * Apokolips
 * Star Command

Objects

 * Daily Planet globe
 * Stargate
 * TroubAlert
 * Kryptonite
 * Mind Probe
 * Wonder Woman's magic lasso

Vehicles

 * Wonder Woman's invisible plane
 * Batcopter

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 8, 1984 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * Olan Soule is replaced as Batman by Adam West, who is famous for playing the live-action version in the 60s Batman TV series, as well as in the Hanna-Barbera-produced Legends of the Superheroes specials. Soule, however, is still kept in the cast, now as Professor Stein.
 * Shannon Farnon is replaced as Wonder Woman by Connie Cawlfield, but only for the season. Unlike Soule, Farnon does not get to play another character.

Errors

 * The TroubAlert is just a simple red alert system.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * August 7, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show: The Complete Series on DVD.