Zero-Hero

Zero-Hero
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Network	Syndication
Premiere date	September 10, 1962
Run time	4:40
Starring	Bill Thompson Alan Reed John Stephenson
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Zero-Hero" is the second episode of Touché Turtle and Dum Dum season one, and came as part of The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series. It aired on September 10, 1962 in syndication. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Touché Turtle helps bring King Size Bong back to the Ding-a-Ling Circus.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Dum Dum	Alan Reed
Touché Turtle	Bill Thompson
Circus ring leader	John Stephenson
King Size Bong	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Ding-a-Ling Circus

Objects

• Hero Book

Vehicles

• none

Release

Dates are in order of release.

• United States: September 10, 1962 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• Dum Dum refers to Touché as his "sidekick."
• Touché has a phone inside of his shell.
• King Size Bong is a parody of King Kong.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 20, 1988: Worldvision Home Video releases Animal Follies on VHS.
  • 1989: Image Entertainment releases Animal Follies on LaserDisc.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • 1988: Hanna-Barbera Video releases Animal Follies on VHS.