Gnatman

For the character himself, see Gnatman (character).

Gnatman
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.

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

• 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.

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

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