Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
creator = Joe Ruby
Ken Spears | starring = Frank Welker as Dynomutt
Gary Owens as Blue Falcon | country = USA | network = ABC | first_aired = September 11, 1976 | last_aired = October 22, 1977 | num_episodes = 20 (16 half-hour episodes and eight 11-minute two-part episodes) | imdb_id = 0177438 | tv_com_id = 18723"Blue Falcon" redirects here, for someone who betrays, see minced oath
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder'' is an American animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera. It's about a Batman-esque super hero, The Blue Falcon and his assistant, a bumbling mechanical robotic dog named Dynomutt.The show was created for ABC in 1976 as a companion show for Scooby-Doo, resulting in The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. In his secret identity, Blue Falcon is millionaire Radley Crown, and Dynomutt is his loyal pet. But when called to action, the duo quickly change into their superhero guises. Unlike Scooby-Doo, Dynomutt featured spies and powerful criminals in place of assumedly supernatural villains, although the Scooby gang made three guest appearances on the show.
In 1977, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder became part of the package show Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics. Four new episodes, presented as two-part cliffhangers, were produced for the 1977-78 season. Reruns from the first season of Dynomutt were also broadcast during the Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics block. The Dynomutt segments from both package shows were later rerun on their own during the summer of 1978.
Blue Falcon and Dynomutt have made guest appearances in the modern-day Cartoon Network shows Dexter's Laboratory and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. Blue Falcon also appeared, without Dynomutt, on an episode of Johnny Bravo, in which he, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and Don Knotts redesign Johnny's show in a parody of overdone cartoon makeovers that are often despised by audiences. | The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt grace the cover of DC Comics' Cartoon Network Presents #21. |
Season one (1976 – 1977)''The episode titles given reflect Hanna-Barbera studio records. No on-screen titles were given for this series.| #¦¦Episode title> | Original airdate |
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| 1.1 | "Everyone Hyde!" 1 | September 11, 1976 | | 1.2 | "What Now, Lowbrow?" 1 | September 18, 1976 | | 1.3 | "The Great Brain...Train Robbery" | September 25, 1976 | | 1.4 | "The Day And Night Crawler" | October 2, 1976 | | 1.5 | "The Harbor Robber" | October 9, 1976 | | 1.6 | "Sinister Symphony" | October 16, 1976 | | 1.7 | "Don't Bug Superthug" | October 23, 1976 | | 1.8 | "Factory Recall" | October 30, 1976 | | 1.9 | "The Queen Hornet" | November 6, 1976 | | 1.10 | "The Wizard Of Ooze" 1 | November 13, 1976 | | 1.11 | "Tin Kong" | November 20, 1976 | | 1.12 | "The Awful Ordeal With the Head of Steel" | November 25, 1976 2 | | 1.13 | "The Blue Falcon vs. The Red Vulture" | November 27, 1976 | | 1.14 | "The Injustice League Of America" | December 4, 1976 4 | | 1.15 | "The Lighter Than Air Raid" | December 11, 1976 4 | | 1.16 | "The Prophet Profits" | December 18, 1976 4 |
*1 These episodes guest-star Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang.
*2 Episode 1.12, "There's a Demon Shark in the Foggy Dark/The Awful Ordeal With the Head of Steel", was originally broadcast not on a Saturday morning, but on Thanksgiving Day 1976 (November 25), during ABC's Thanksgiving Funshine Festival.Season two (1977 – 1978)| #¦¦Episode title> | Original airdate |
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| 2.1 | "Beastwoman", Parts 1 and 2 | September 10, 1977 | | 2.2 | "The Glob", Parts 1 and 2 | September 24, 1977 | | 2.3 | "Madame Ape Face", Parts 1 and 2 | October 8, 1977 | | 2.4 | "Shadowman", Parts 1 and 2 | October 22, 1977 |
* THE FALCON'S LAIR: The Unofficial Guide To Dynomutt Dog Wonder
* InternationalHero: Dynomutt
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