It seems this cartoon would've been so much cooler if they didn't dumb it down with dynomutt. Anybody agree? Disagree?

I agree with you B.
It would have been better if the series was played straight, but if you look at the other Saturday morning shows at the time, a comedic sidekick was standard issue.
I blame Scooby Doo.
Dynomutt was worthless. No self respecting superhero would have such an inept sidekick.

Question: Was Dynomutt a robot, or a cyborg dog?

Yes, these are the things I think about.

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Thank you TJL! They had other super hero cartoons that were great and still had goofy sidekicks like Space Ghost, Johnny Quest & Birdman, but Dynomutt was too goofy. It took away from the character.

I agree 100%
Maybe Dynomutt should have had his own show as a crimefighter against animals or something ??

True but every great hero needs goofy idiot sidekick to make him look good you know Roy Rogers had Gabby Hayes, Gene Autrey had Pat Butrum, and the Cisco Kid had Poncho.

Technically, Dynomutt was the STAR of the show (which debuted under the
umbrella title The Scooby-Doo / Dynomutt Hour, in the fall of 1976).
Dynomutt even had his own Marvel comic book! (Blue Falcon didn't even get
star billing!)

True but every great hero needs goofy idiot sidekick to make him look good you know Roy Rogers had Gabby Hayes, Gene Autrey had Pat Butrum, and the Cisco Kid had Poncho.

Batman had Robin, Aquaman had Aqualad, ElectroWoman had Wonder Girl and Space Ghost had the space twins or whatever their names were.

I honestly think that the whole point of "Dynomutt" the show was "Dynomutt" the character. I think that Blue Falcon was pretty much always intended as simply a straight man for the robot dog.

Now I have to say that I was always kind of lukewarm about the show in general. I didn't hate it but it wasn't really that funny and it was very predictable; i.e. Dynomutt does a "Gilligan" every episode, screwing things up in the beginning with his bumbling, then somehow making things right by the end, again, with his bumbling.

Blue Falcon on his own? I don't know; he seemed pretty much like a straight up "Batman" clone with little or nothing to distinguish himself from the caped crusader. I think the only reason he even existed was to give Dynomutt something to play off of.

i actually like the blue falcon and dynomutt pairing. even though dynomutt came off as being goofy. thing is though without dynomutt, the blue falcon wouldn't have much to work with and suffice to say, i found a bit dull as a character.

I loved Dynomutt as a kid.

There was also Mighty Man and Yukk. Mighty Man was a tiny superhero, and Yukk was a dog with a dog house over his head.

True but every great hero needs goofy idiot sidekick to make him look good you know Roy Rogers had Gabby Hayes, Gene Autrey had Pat Butrum, and the Cisco Kid had Poncho.

KITT had David Hasselhoff....

KITT and Michael Knight were a great team on "Knight Rider". Just like Blue Falcon and Dynomutt were a great team! :) :cool: Remember- the cartoon is called "Dynomutt, Dog Wonder"- so of course, the show is more about Dynomutt than Blue Falcon. It's meant to be comedic- it was a spoof of the superhero genre- and definitely inspired in a lot of ways by the 1960s Batman live action show, I think. A great, fun cartoon- I just recently finished watching the entire first season on DVD. I wish the short 2nd. season could be released to DVD so that this whole series would be available.:) :cool:

KITT and Michael Knight were a great team on "Knight Rider". Just like Blue Falcon and Dynomutt were a great team! :) :cool: Remember- the cartoon is called "Dynomutt, Dog Wonder"- so of course, the show is more about Dynomutt than Blue Falcon. It's meant to be comedic- it was a spoof of the superhero genre- and definitely inspired in a lot of ways by the 1960s Batman live action show, I think. A great, fun cartoon- I just recently finished watching the entire first season on DVD. I wish the short 2nd. season could be released to DVD so that this whole series would be available.:) :cool:

i liked it because unlike the other HB cartoons it didn't take itself too seriously. goofy but fun. :)

I can't think of many, if any, Hanna-Barbera cartoons that took themselves too seriously. Most all of them are goofy fun, in my opinion. Do you have some examples of such shows? (I guess Jonny Quest and The Herculoids could be shows that were more serious in nature- but I don't think they were too serious.)

I can't think of many, if any, Hanna-Barbera cartoons that took themselves too seriously. Most all of them are goofy fun, in my opinion. Do you have some examples of such shows? (I guess Jonny Quest and The Herculoids could be shows that were more serious in nature- but I don't think they were too serious.)

some of the latter HB cartoons of the 90s like SWAT kats, pirates of dark water were pretty serious in tone, but i enjoyed them.

The Dexter's Laboratory "Blue Falcon and Dyno-Mutt" episode was hilarious though...

http://www.funniermoments.com/watch.php?vid=dc7a29c43

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Originally Posted by MacLeaper

I can't think of many, if any, Hanna-Barbera cartoons that took themselves too seriously. Most all of them are goofy fun, in my opinion. Do you have some examples of such shows? (I guess Jonny Quest and The Herculoids could be shows that were more serious in nature- but I don't think they were too serious.)


some of the latter HB cartoons of the 90s like SWAT kats, pirates of dark water were pretty serious in tone, but i enjoyed them.


That's true- both of those great shows, by the way.:) :cool:

The Dexter's Laboratory "Blue Falcon and Dyno-Mutt" episode was hilarious though...

http://www.funniermoments.com/watch.php?vid=dc7a29c43


Awesome! Thanks for the link.:) :cool:

I loved Dynomutt as a kid.

There was also Mighty Man and Yukk. Mighty Man was a tiny superhero, and Yukk was a dog with a dog house over his head.
Yeah I loved Mighty Man and Yukk, it was hilariously bad everytime Yukk would take off his dog house helmet it would instantly scare away the bad guys I guess because his face was so hideous.

I can describe Mighty Man as looking like game show host Bert Convy.

some of the latter HB cartoons of the 90s like SWAT kats, pirates of dark water were pretty serious in tone, but i enjoyed them.

Well keep in mind that Hanna-Barbera weren't directly involved in the production of those shows from the 90s. They merely signed off on other people's work (people who were employed by them).

Meanwhile, when Hanna-Barbera were producing animations themselves, it was during a time in which slapstick comedy was trending. Cartoons were seen as a medium to escape the drama that was ongoing during World War II and the Cold Wars and weren't meant to be very serious or deep...

Meanwhile, when Hanna-Barbera were producing animations themselves, it was during a time in which slapstick comedy was trending. Cartoons were seen as a medium to escape the drama that was ongoing during World War II and the Cold Wars and weren't meant to be very serious or deep...

that might explain why HB's earlier cartoons were like sitcoms, what with the audience laughter in the background for some shows and the mere approach towards the characters and dialogue.

Oh yeah- Hanna-Barbera's probably most famous primetime cartoon, The Flintstones, is every much a sitcom as most any other live action sitcom on the air at the time. (Of course, it obviously shares a number of similarities with "The Honeymooners"- both great shows and I love them both.):) :cool: