Fangface: Difference between revisions

| genre = [[Animation]]<br>[[Mystery film|Mystery]]<br>[[television comedy|Comedy]]<br/>[[Adventure]]<br />[[Superhero]]

| executive_producer = [[Ruby-Spears Productions|Joe Ruby]]<br>[[Ruby-Spears Productions|Ken Spears]]

| voices = [[Frank Welker]]<br/>[[Bart Braverman]]<br/>[[Susan Blu]]<br/>[[Jerry Dexter]]

| last_aired = {{end date|19801979|111|510}}

'''''Fangface''''' is an American [[Saturday morning cartoon]] produced by [[Ruby-Spears|Ruby-Spears Productions]] for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. It premiered on September 9, 1978 and ended on JanuaryNovember 510, 19801979, with a total of 24 episodes over the course of 2 seasons. The executive producers were [[Joe Ruby]] and [[Ken Spears]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=193}}</ref>

Highly derivative of ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' with a bitelements offrom the [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Tasmanian Devil]] and ''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]'' thrownas inwell, ''Fangface'' features four teenagers — buff and handsome leader Biff, his brainy and beautiful dusky-skinned girlfriend Kim, short, stocky and pugnacious Puggsy and tall, skinny simpleton Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth. Puggsy and Fangs are based on [[Leo Gorcey]] and [[Huntz Hall]] of the ''[[The Bowery Boys|Bowery Boys]]'' films.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |page=317}}</ref>

The opening title narration is, provided by [[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]],<ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://www.voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=1532 |title=John Stephenson – Voice Actor Profile at Voice Chasers] |access-date=2020-12-12 |archive-date=2020-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010093629/https://www.voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=1532 |url-status=dead }}</ref> for each episode consists of the following:

: ''Every 400 years, a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth family, and so when the moon shined on little Sherman Fangsworth, he changed into Fangface, a werewolf! Only the sun can change him back to normal, and so little Fangs grew up and teamed up with three daring teenagers – Kimteenagers—Kim, Biff and Puggsy – andPuggsy—and together they find danger, excitement and adventure!. Who can save the day, who can wrong the rights and right the wrongs .... none other than Fangface!''

In 1979, the second season, titled ''Fangface and Fangpuss'', aired as a segment on ''[[The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show]]'' and introduced a new character: Baby Fangs, Fangs' infant cousin who turns into a baby werewolf called Fangpuss. (whichThis contradictsupdated the opening narrationshow's statingcanon that only one werewolf is born into the family every 400 years, but,by ofadding course,that thata werewolf could be born through another family which may be married to the Fangsworth family).

The show remained in the same mystery-adventure style as the first season, but episodes were now shortened to two 15-minute segments in one 30-minute episode. Eight episodes of ''Fangface and Fangpuss'' were produced for the 1979–801979 season.<ref name="Woolery">{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981 |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/94/mode/2up |access-date=14 March 2020 |pages=95–96}}</ref>

During Season 2, the characters Fangface and Fangpuss would never see the sun, or a representation, as shown in the episode ''There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse'', and transform back to normal before the gangsepisode's case wouldmystery beis oversolved.

''Fangface and Fangpuss'' originally aired from September 22, 1979, to JanuaryNovember 510, 19801979; it then became a separate series in 1981 and, like the original ''Fangface'', ran for just one season.

Later, in 1983, Puggsy and Fangface had cameos in ''[[The Puppy's Further Adventures]]'' episode "Puppy And The Spies," when the dogs are watching an episode of ''Fangface'' on TV.

| link1 = #FangfaceSeason 1 (1978)

| link2 = #Season 2: ''Fangface and Fangpuss'' (1979–801979)

| end2 = {{End date|19801979|111|510}}

===''Fangface''Season 1 (1978)===

===Season 2: ''Fangface and Fangpuss'' (1979–801979)===

| EpisodeNumber = 17a17

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1a1

| Title = There Is Nothing Worse Than a Stony Curse/Evil Guider of the Giant Spider

| ShortSummary = ''There Is Nothing Worse Than a Stony Curse'': The evil Medulla possesses an amulet that gives her the appearance and powers of [[Medusa]]. She uses her powers to turn the top scientists to stone and auction them off to the highest bidder.<hr>''Evil Guider of the Giant Spider'': Upon crashing onto Spider Island and an encounter with a giant spider, the group ends up stumbling upon the lab of Dr. Lazarus Web who plans to use a formula to enlarge the insects and take over the world.

| EpisodeNumber = 17b18

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1b2

| Title = EvilDr. GuiderLupiter ofand the GiantThing Spiderfrom Jupiter/Who Do the Voodo

| EpisodeNumber = 18a19

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2a3

| Title = Dr.The LupiterCreepy andGoon from the ThingSpooky fromLagoon/A Scary Affair in the Skullman's JupiterLair

| EpisodeNumber = 18b20

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2b4

| Title = WhoA DoTime-Machine Trip to the VoodooPirate's Ship/The Ill-Will of Dr. Chill

| EpisodeNumber = 19a21

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3a5

| Title = The CreepyRomantic GoonPlot fromof the SpookyShe-Wolf LagoonRobot/The Sinister Plan of Lizard Man

| EpisodeNumber = 19b22

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3b6

| Title = ARoyal ScaryTrouble Affair inwith the SkullmanKing's LairDouble/The Stone-Cold Dragon of Gold

| EpisodeNumber = 20a23

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4a7

| Title = AThe Time-MachineEvil TripDesign toof the PirateVulture-Man's ShipMind/The Defiant Casablanca Giant

| EpisodeNumber = 20b24

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4b8

| Title = The Ill-WillFilm Fiasco of Dr.Director Disastro/A Goofy Bungle in the Filipino ChillJungle

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