The Zero Hero

The Zero Hero
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Premiere date	October 1, 1983
Run time	11:05
Starring	Peter Cullen Scott Menville Julie McWhirter Dees Patty Maloney Shavar Ross Phil Hartman
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Earl Kress
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"The Zero Hero" is the ninth episode of The Little Rascals season two, and the forty-eighth and final episode overall, and the final episode of the series. It aired on December 3, 1983 on ABC. It was voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

After Darla is declared the winner of a dream date with television superhero Captain Muscles, Alfalfa is inspired to become a superhero, Alfaman, in order to win back Darla's affections.

Memorable quotes

• Captain Muscles: "And so I've saved the world once again. I'm pretty terrific, huh, Delilah?"
• Darla: (insulted) "The name is Darla!"

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Pete	Peter Cullen
Darla	Patty Maloney
Alfalfa	Julie McWhirter Dees
Porky	Julie McWhirter Dees
Spanky	Scott Menville
Buckwheat	Shavar Ross
Captain Muscles	Phil Hartman
Officer Ed	Peter Cullen
Maria	Unavailable
Baby Face Gang member #1	Unavailable
[[Baby Face Gang member #2	Unavailable
[[Baby Face Gang member #3	Unavailable

Organizations

• Little Rascals
• Baby Face Gang

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • Greenpoint
        • Little Rascals' Treehouse
        • Downtown district
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan Island
    • Florida

Objects

• Television set
• Champion Channel Changer: Buckwheat built this mechanical telescoping arm as a TV remote control. Alfalfa later takes it downtown to swing from a lamppost.

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 3, 1983 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• This episode features the final appearances of Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat, Porky, Pete, Officer Ed and Maria - the latter was introduced in "A Not So Buenos Dias."
• A commercial for Cocoa Spuds is aired just before the drawing. This may be a parody of Cocoa Puffs cereal.
• When the kids encounter a flowing stream on a downtown curb, Alfalfa tries to get them across by mimicking Tarzan's famous call.
• When Captain Muscles draws the winner of the dream date, he mentions Darla's name. When their date is underway, he mistakenly calls her Delilah, which insulted her.

Errors

• When Darla invites the boys to celebrate her winning the dream date with Captain Muscles, her shoes and socks are pink and white respectively, instead of the usual white and pink.
• Maria kisses Alfalfa after he saves her life. Wouldn't that be a violation of U.S. law at their age?

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥