The Baffles Puzzle

The Baffles Puzzle
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Network	ABC
Premiere date	September 15, 1973
Starring	Olan Soule Casey Kasem Shannon Farnon Danny Dark Norman Alden Franklin Welker Sherry Alberoni Ted Knight
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols
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"The Baffles Puzzle" is the second episode of Super Friends season one. It aired on September 15, 1973 on ABC. It was produced by Iwao Takamoto, and directed by Charles A. Nichols.

Professor Baffles sets out to use his compound to destroy all literature that has corrupted mankind, all the while he is being manipulated by thugs using his invention to steal money from the government.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Robin	Casey Kasem
Batman	Olan Soule
Narrator (voice only)	Ted Knight
Superman/Clark Kent	Danny Dark
Wonder Woman	Shannon Farnon
Aquaman	Norman Alden
Marvin White	Franklin Welker
Wonder Dog	Franklin Welker
Rock collector	Unavailable
Wendy Harris	Sherry Alberoni
Colonel Wilcox	John Stephenson
Professor Baffles/Mr. Mergen	Casey Kasem
Driver	Shannon Farnon
Security guard	John Stephenson
Rudy's partner	Casey Kasem
Arnie	Unavailable
Harv	John Stephenson
Storeroom guard	Casey Kasem
Dabney	Norman Alden
Darby	Franklin Welker

Organizations

• Super Friends
• Junior Super Friends
• Secret Department of Investigation
• United States Department of the Treasury
• Wergen Chemicals

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Hall of Justice
    • Washington, D.C.
    • Nal Library
    • American Museum
    • Wadsworth Tunnel
    • Hawaii
  • Spain
  • South America
    • Andes
• Krypton

Objects

• TroubAlert
• Bat-hook
• Kryptonite
• Wonder Woman's lasso

Vehicles

• Transparent plane
• Batmobile
• S.S. Grayback

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 15, 1973 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: September 11, 1976 at 10:30 am on ITV

Behind the scenes

• The Super Friends are referred to as the Justice League.
• This is the first time Superman appears as Clark Kent.
• The American National Museum ended up being referred to exclusively as the American Museum.
• The Nal Library, as it was referred to on the building, was verbally referred to as the Central Library.

Errors

• The first time Colonel Wilcox refers to the Super Friends as gentlemen, he ignores the fact that there's also Wonder Woman. Even though he says "Gentlemen and Wonder Woman" the second time around, it's unclear why the writer(s) couldn't go back and fix it the first time.
• Batman's chest insignia keeps on disappearing and reappearing while inside the strongroom.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • January 5, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Super Friends!: Season One, Volume One on DVD.
  • September 10, 2024: Warner Home Video releases Super Friends!: The Complete Collection on Blu-ray Disc.