Gleek

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Gleek
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Species Monkey
Gender Male
Member of Super Friends
Affiliation Wonder Twins
Occupation Superhero
Father Not mentioned
Mother Not mentioned
Marital status Single
First appearance TSF: "The Warning of the Wondertwins" (1977)
Played by Michael Bell (1977-84)
Debi Mae West (2004)

Gleek is an Exxorian monkey and superhero sidekick and pet to the Wonder Twins, who appears as one of the main characters of the Super Friends animated franchise. His voice was originated by Michael Bell.

Character description

Powers

Appearances

TV series

Movies

Comics

Biography

Gleek in the Funny Books

Development

Gallery

Main article: Gleek/Gallery

Behind the scenes

In popular culture

  • In the Smallville episode "Idol," Clark finds the Jayna's phone she accidentally dropped, which has Gleek's face on the back.
  • In The Big Bang Theory episode "The Re-Entry Minimisation," in what Sheldon has badly drawn what is supposed to have been a present during a game of Pictionary, Leonard wrongly guesses the "Wonder Twins and their monkey."
  • In the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five," the Flash has a table made for a small group of the superheroes he was aided by during the Crisis. When they were chatting, they heard monkey noises, which were from the escaped Gleek, who escaped his cage. This was followed by the Super Friends theme song.

Robot Chicken

Main article: Robot Chicken
  • "The Deep End:" In a parody of MTV's the Real World, Gleek appears in the "Real World: Metropolis" segment, where Batman finds him electrocuting Robin through his nipples.
  • "Kiddie Pool:" In "The Incredible Adventures of the Olsen Twins," Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen are called on by "the Chief" to save the city from a dragon, to which they then spoof the Wonder Twins by crying, "Olsen twin powers activate!" Ashley turns into an eagle and Mary Kate into a bucket of water, respectively. Gleek also pops up in time to grab the Mary Kate bucket and to be picked up by Ashley. When the trio makes it to the dragon, Gleek hits the dragon with the Mary Kate bucket. The Dragon shoots fire back at them, so they land, and Gleek trips the dragon with a banana peel, but it backfires when the dragon slips right on top of Gleek and kills him.

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