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Line 2: [[File:supglobe.jpg\|frame]] ''[[The Super Globetrotters]]'' is a 1979 spinoff of ''[[The Harlem Globetrotters]]'', produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]] for [[NBC]]. It ran for 13 episodes. It's five semi-real-life basketball entertainers who gain super powers. ''Ludicrous'' super powers. Nate Branch turns into water, Curly Neal retracts his limbs into his body and becomes a basketball, Twiggy Sanders can use his body as a rope, Sweet Lou Dunbar [[Hairy Hammerspace\|stores gadgets in his immense afro]], and Geese Ausbie [[Me's a Crowd\|can duplicate himself]]. They fight villains, mostly by challenging them to basketball games. It's about five semi-real-life basketball entertainers who gain super powers. ''Ludicrous'' super powers. Nate Branch turns into water, Curly Neal retracts his limbs into his body and becomes a basketball, Twiggy Sanders can use his body as a rope, Sweet Lou Dunbar [[Hammerspace Hair\|stores gadgets in his immense afro]], and Geese Ausbie [[Me's a Crowd\|can duplicate himself]]. They fight villains, mostly by challenging them to basketball games. Some of the powers and costumes were taken directly from Hanna-Barbera's ''[[Frankenstein Jr\|The Impossibles]]''.▼ ▲Some of the powers and costumes were taken directly from Hanna-Barbera's ''[[Frankenstein, Jr.\|The Impossibles]]''. The whole show is parodied in a ''[[Futurama]]'' movie. ~~----~~ ~~=== Tropes used by the series: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Animated Adaptation]] * [[Animated Tattoo]]: This was the power of Tattoo Man. * [[Archived Army]]: In one episode the Time Lord assemebled "the greatest criminals in history" into a gang. * [[Brought to You Byby The Letter "S"]]: F is for Fluid Man * [[Celebrity Toons]] * [[Egomaniac Hunter]]: Bwana Bob * [[Film Felons]]: Movie Man, whose gang consisted of a master of disguise, a special effects man, a sound effects expert and a stuntwoman. * [[Five-Man Band]]{{context\|reason=Who fills which slot?}} * [[Funny Afro]]: Sweet Lou Dunbar has one. * [[~~Hairy~~ Hammerspace Hair]]: Gizmo Man * [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]]: "The Super Globetrotters vs. Bwana Bob" * [[Me's a Crowd]]: Multi Man Line 27 ⟶ 28: {{reflist}} [[Category:The Seventies]] [[Category:Hanna Barbera]]▼ [[Category:Saturday Morning Cartoon]] [[Category:Western Animation]] [[Category:~~The Super Globetrotters~~{{PAGENAME}}]] ▲[[Category:Hanna -Barbera]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Super Globetrotters, The}}