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 A ship crash lands on Quasar with a sole occupant on board. Zanor offers assistance and the passenger turns out to be a Mutoid, a race who can change their appearance to anything. The Mutoids plan to take over Quasar and use it as a base of operations. Zandor destroys the Mutoids' missile control system and the missiles explode, defeating the Mutoids. Check Out: m Retro Saturday Morning: The Herculoids (CBS)(1967-69) Rocky and Bullwinkle in Jet Fuel Formula (1959) The X-Men in Pryde of The X-Men (1989) Crusader Rabbit and Rags in Crusader vs The State of Texas (1950) Retro Saturday Morning: Crusader Rabbit (1950-59)(NBC) The Groovie Goolies in When I Grow Up (1971) Flash Gordon in A Planet in Peril (1979) Josie and the Pussycats in The Nemo's A No No Affair (1970) Frankenstein Jr. in The Shocking Electrical Monster (1966) Great Cartoons of the 90s: Batman: The Animated Series - On Leather Wings Great Cartoons of the 90s: The Anamaniacs in Star Truck A Retro Saturday M...

10. Hong Kong Phooey (ABC)(1974) ( 138 Votes ) Hong Kong Phooey was in reality mild-mannered Penrod Pooch, janitor at the police station (which put him in a good position to know when his help was needed). Whenever he overheard a call to action, Penry would dive into a filing cabinet where he would change into his colorful karate outfit, then hop into his Phooeymobile (which, like the van driven by The Amazing Chan's progeny, could be transformed into whatever conveyance was needed), and, accompanied by his faithful cat Spot, sally forth to right whatever wrongs needed righting. He achieved his expertise through a correspondence course. During battle, he would frequently consult the textbook from it, The Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu. READ MORE 9. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (ABC)(1977 - 80) ( 147 Votes ) Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels centers on the mystery-solving adventures of the Teen Angels—Brenda, Dee Dee and Taffy—and their friend Captain Caveman (or Cavey for short...

 The Herculoids featured the warrior king Zandor; his wife, Tara, and their son, Dorno. These three appeared to be the only human inhabitants of their primitive planet. When trouble arose, Zandor summoned a small army of exotic beasts: Igoo, an giant ape with nearly-invulnerable rock-like skin; Zok, a space dragon who generated laser beams from his eyes and tail; Tundro, a dinosaur-rhinoceros hybrid with impenetrable armor and the ability to shoot explosive energy rocks from the horn on his head, and Gloop and Gleep, a pair of protoplasmic shape-shifters. The Herculoids all displayed human-level intelligence, were able to understand human speech and employed impressive combat techniques and teamwork in battle. - From Hanna-Barbera Wiki In a way the writing was on the wall, that a seismic shift was coming for Hanna-Barbera. With The Flinstones, they started exploring the speculative prehistoric past in 1960 and with The Jetsons they did the same for the future in 1962. Combined wit...