Gnatman

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For the character himself, see Gnatman (character).
Gnatman
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I am vengeance! I am the night! I am....Gnatman!
Premiere date September 24, 1966
Starring Paul Frees
John Stephenson
Music composed by Ted Nichols
Writer(s) Tony Benedict
Dalton Sandifer
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
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"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.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Chief Winchley John Stephenson
TV announcer (voice only) Unavailable
Squiddly Diddly Paul Frees
Gnatman Unavailable
Evil doer Unavailable
Mailman Unavailable
Detective Unavailable
Lawbreaker Unavailable
Bank president Unavailable
Cop Unavailable
Kid Unavailable
Mother Unavailable
Sergeant


Organizations

Locations

Objects

  • Gnatman costume

Vehicles

  • Armored car

Production

Development

Filming

Music

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.

Errors

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
French Squiddly le héros Squiddly the Hero
Japanese ミツバチクロちゃん Honeybee Kuro-chan
Portuguese O Homem Mosquito The Mosquito Man
Spanish Mosquitoman Mosquito Man

Home availability

References