The Mighty Heroes was an animated television series created by Ralph Bakshi for the the Terrytoons company. An animated television series or cartoon television series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938, in Haifa, Israel) is a director of animation and occasionally live-action films. ... Mighty Mouse, the signature character of the studio. ...

The series is set in a major city that is continually beset by various supervillains who attack it. When this happens, the city launches a massive fireworks display to summon a sextet of superheroes into action. The Green Goblin, a supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ... Several fireworks bursting Fireworks are classified as low explosive devices and form a distinct variety of pyrotechnics, whose definition also generally includes devices for military and industrial use. ... Superman (left) and Batman, two of the most recognizable and influential superheroes. ...

Unfortunately, the team members are clumsy bumblers who often find themselves into repeated silly accidents which leave them tangled with each other as they fall from the sky. However, after escaping the villain's deathtrap in the cliffhanger, the team always manage to prevail in the end. A deathtrap is a literary and dramatic plot device in which a villain, who has captured the hero or another sympathetic character, attempts to use an elaborate and usually sadistic method of murdering him/her. ... A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in which a movie or novel contains an abrupt ending, often leaving the main characters in a precarious or difficult situation (for instance, hanging from the edge of a cliff). ...

The origin of the series came about when the Terrytoons staff were pitching their series proposals to the CBS television network, only to have them all rejected. When the CBS representatives ask if there was any other ideas to hear about, Bakshi, who was a junior animator who was invited to sit in on the meeting provided he stayed quiet, proposed the Mighty Heroes on the fly. CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major radio and television network in the United States. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... An animator is one who is involved in the process of animation. ...