The Power Pirate

The Power Pirate
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Network	ABC
Premiere date	September 8, 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 Power Pirate" is the first episode of Super Friends season one. It aired on September 8, 1973 on ABC. It was directed by Charles A. Nichols.

The Super Friends investigate a sudden power drop across the city caused by a mysterious alien.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Sir Cedric Cedric	John Stephenson
Anthro	John Stephenson
Superman	Danny Dark
Marvin White	Franklin Welker
Wonder Woman	Shannon Farnon
Batman	Olan Soule
Robin	Casey Kasem
Aquaman	Norman Alden
Narrator (voice only)	Ted Knight
Wendy Harris	Sherry Alberoni
Wonder Dog	Franklin Welker
Jack	Casey Kasem
Joe	Unavailable
Bill	Franklin Welker
First mate	Unavailable
Captain	Unavailable
TV reporter	Casey Kasem
Ceremony host	Unavailable

Organizations

• Super Friends
• Junior Super Friends

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Ski Valley
      • Central Hospital
    • Hall of Justice
    • California
      • Sienna Nevada
        • Donner Pass
    • Indian Point
  • England
    • London
      • Scotland Yard
• Traum

Objects

• Wonder Woman's lasso
• TroubAlert
• Batradio
• Batlights

Vehicles

• Anthro's ship
• Queen Victoria
• Invisible Jet
• Batmobile

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 8, 1973 at 8:00 am on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: September 4, 1976 at 10:30 am on ITV

Behind the scenes

• Although this is the first time Batman and Robin are appearing in a full DC-themed series, they had previously appeared in The New Scooby-Doo Movies episodes "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper".
• Bill and Joe are named after William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

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.