Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
Syndication Dynomutt, Dog Wonder title card
Genre	Animation
Created by	Joe Ruby Ken Spears
Starring	Frank Welker as Dynomutt Gary Owens as Blue Falcon
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	20 (16 half-hour episodes and eight 11-minute two-part episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 22 minutes (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 11, 1976 – October 22, 1977
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

"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 about a Batman-esque super hero, The Blue Falcon and his assistant, a bumbling yet generally effective robot dog Dynomutt, who (not unlike the later Inspector Gadget (although Gadget was a cyborg, not a robot)) could produce a seemingly infinite number of mechanical devices from his body. As with many other animated super-heroes of the era, no origin for the characters was ever provided. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... Joe Ruby is a veteran animator, who founded Ruby-Spears Productions with Ken Spears. ... Ken Spears is a veteran animator who founded Ruby-Spears Productions with Joe Ruby. ... Franklin W. Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. ... Gary Owens (born Gary Altman on May 10, 1936) is a disc jockey and voice actor born in Mitchell, South Dakota. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... A minced oath is an expression based on a profanity which has been altered to reduce or remove the disagreeable or objectionable characteristics of the original expression; for example, gosh used instead of God, darn instead of damn and heck instead of hell. Nearly all profanities have minced variants; the... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the 1990s. ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... A superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility and who usually has a colorful name and costume and abilities beyond those of normal human beings. ... ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. ... Inspector Gadget is an animated television series about a clumsy, absent-minded, and oblivious detective, Inspector Gadget, who is a cyborg with various gadgets built into his anatomy. ...

History

The show was created for ABC in 1976 as a companion show for Scooby-Doo, resulting in The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1976. ... Scooby-doo is also British naval divers slang for civilian sport scuba diver. Scooby-Doo is an important character in animation up to this day Scooby-Doo is a long-running animated series produced for television by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1969 to 1986, 1988 to 1991, and from 2002... The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour was a 60-minute package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1976 for ABC Saturday mornings. ...

In his secret identity, Blue Falcon (in many ways a parody of Batman, right down to his nearly endless gadgets, his millionaire secret identity, his stylized "Falconmobile," and (reminiscent of the 1960s Batman TV series, his utterly serious demeanor) is millionaire Radley Crown, proprietor of Crown Art Gallery, and Dynomutt is his loyal pet, smartly dressed in a sweater and ascot (although his "civilian" name, if any, is never revealed). But when called to action, the duo quickly change into their superhero guises. Unlike Scooby-Doo, Dynomutt featured spies and super-villains in place of assumedly supernatural villains, although the Scooby gang made three guest appearances on the show. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... For other uses, see Millionaire (disambiguation). ...

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. Between 1984 and 1992 it reappeared on cable on USA's Cartoon Express (some of the original bridging sequences from The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour had been restored for this purpose and were sometimes seen; other times, the syndicated titles were shown). Cartoon Network and its sister channel Boomerang has repeated the syndicated Dynomutt Dog Wonder since then (without its omnipresent laugh track). Scoobys All Star Laff-a-Lympics was a two-hour Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 10, 1977 to September 2, 1978 on ABC. It contained the following segments: The Scooby-Doo Show Laff-a-Lympics Dynomutt, Dog Wonder Captain Caveman and the Teen... For other uses, see Cliffhanger (disambiguation). ... The year 1978 in television involved some significant events. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1984. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1992. ... The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour was a 60-minute package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1976 for ABC Saturday mornings. ... Cartoon Network (commonly referred to as CN) is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... Boomerang is the name of at least four television networks owned by Cartoon Network. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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. Cartoon Network (commonly referred to as CN) is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... Dexters Laboratory (Dexters Lab for short) is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky. ... Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is a comedic American animated television series created by Williams Street that airs on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. ... Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible. ... This article is about the musician himself. ... Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Threes...

Episode guide, from The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour

The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt grace the cover of DC Comics' Cartoon Network Presents #21.

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Season one (1976 – 1977)

The episode titles given reflect Hanna-Barbera studio records. No on-screen titles were given for this series.

• 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.

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Episode guide, from Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics

Season two (1977 – 1978)

External links

• Dynomutt, Dog Wonder at the Internet Movie Database
• THE FALCON'S LAIR: The Unofficial Guide To Dynomutt Dog Wonder
• InternationalHero: Dynomutt