Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (who would ironically become known as Marvel Productions, Ltd. in 1980) in the mid-1970s. It is based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. It is infamous for starting a long-running urban legend that persists in comic book and animation fandom to the present day. The 1970s Fantastic Four series replaced the character of the Human Torch with a "cute" (and "annoying", to many Four fans) robot named H.E.R.B.I.E. A long-lasting rumor persisted that this change was made by the TV network (NBC) because they supposedly did not want young viewers to imitate the Human Torch by setting themselves on fire. However, this rumor was false; the true reason for the change was because of merchandising strategies. (A movie featuring the Human Torch was in the early stages of production at the time, though it was never completed.) An animated television series or cartoon television series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (sometimes abbreviated to DFE) was a Hollywood-based animation production company, active from 1963 to 1981. ... Second Production logo used in the 1990s when New World Entertainment bought Marvel from Cadence Industries. ... Marvel or marvel can refer to: Marvel Comics, a comic book publishing company based in the United States of America. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The Fantastic Four is Marvel Comics flagship superhero team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and debuting in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. ... Urban legends are a kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them (see rumor). ... Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc. ... The Human Torch (Jonathan Lowell Spencer Johnny Storm) is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe associated with the Fantastic Four. ... H.E.R.B.I.E. is a fictional robot from the Marvel Universe, and an ally of the Fantastic Four. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Look up film in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

H.E.R.B.I.E.

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Voice Cast

• Ted Cassidy - Thing/Benjamin J. 'Ben' Grimm (voice)
• Mike Road - Mr. Fantastic/Prof. Reed Richards (voice)
• Dick Tufeld - Opening Narrator
• Ginny Tyler-Hilton - Invisible Girl/Susan 'Sue' Richards (voice)
• Frank Welker - H.E.R.B.I.E. (voice)

Theodore Crawford Ted Cassidy (born July 31, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; died January 16, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor who played Lurch (in which role he was able to demonstrate his genuine skill on the harpsichord) and Thing on The Addams Family. ... Dick Tufeld (pronounced TOO-feld - born 1927) is an American actor best known for being an announcer, narrator and voice actor from the 1950s onward. ... Frank Welker Frank Welker (born February 16, 1945 in Denver, Colorado), is an American voice actor. ...

Opening narration

"It was the world's strangest accident. While testing a new rocket ship, our heroes were bombarded by mysterious cosmic rays from outer space. Though they crash-landed safely, the strange and powerful rays had changed each one of them. Transforming their leader, Reed Richards, into the plastic-skinned Mr. Fantastic; Sue Richards into the "now you see her, now you don't" Invisible Girl; and Ben Grimm into a mighty-muscled powerhouse called The Thing. Now together with H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot, the newest member of the group, they have become the greatest team of superheroes the world has ever known. The NEW Fantastic Four!"

Episode list

1. A Monster Among Us!
2. The Menace Of Magneto
3. The Phantom Of Film City
4. Medusa And The Inhumans
5. The Diamond Of Doom
6. The Mole Man
7. The Olympics Of Space
8. The Frightful Four
9. Calamity On The Campus!
10. The Impossible Man
11. Meet Doctor Doom
12. The Final Victory Of Doctor Doom