farik Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Okay HEROdom I'd like you're assistance I'm trying to write-up a list of TV Supers. Now to clarify to make the list the character must a) be superhuman (MONK would be the lowest version of Super I'd consider since if he did exist he'd be in some kind of institution not doing consulting work for the PD) Be primarily a TV character (it's okay if they made it to comics or movies later but they need to have an origin in TV) c) be Live Action (there would be too many if we included animated characters) So far I've thought of these Streethawk Starman Automan Knight Rider The Greatest American Hero the Sentinal Manimal Monk Nightman Mutant X (only because they technicaly didn't take any actual X-Men characters) anybody else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 The Misfits of Science Ultraman from My Secret Identity Captain Nice Mr. Terriffic One-shots alowed? There was a superhuman faimly in the Made-for-TV movie Up Up and Away!. Mark, the Man From Atlantis Seems like the same producers had an Iron Man ripoff, but that may have never gotten past pilot. I'm sure I'll remember others. Oh! Live action only? Or can we include animation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Oh, and can we define "superhuman?" Jeanie, Samantha, Uncle Martin, and Spock all had powers and abilities far beyond mortal men, but technically were not human. But neither was Kal-El. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farik Posted January 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Originally posted by McCoy Captain Nice Mr. Terriffic Up Up and Away!. Mark, the Man From Atlantis These ones I don't remember. But you did just remind me of MANTIS and I'd forgotten the the kid (Jerry O'Connell) from MY SECRET IDENTITY was named Ultraman And yes I would prefer Live action only since animation would generate way too many to keep track of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Darien Fawkes, from the SciFi Channel's Invisible Man series. I really liked that show. Zeropoint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farik Posted January 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Originally posted by McCoy Oh, and can we define "superhuman?" Jeanie, Samantha, Uncle Martin, and Spock all had powers and abilities far beyond mortal men, but technically were not human. But neither was Kal-El. Jeanie, Samantha, and Uncle Martin would count since they were in a contemporary setting primarily Spock and the Aliens of Alien Nation would not since they're more about a different "setting" than about "powers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhamin Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Ultrawoman and Dynagirl The Power Rangers The Bionic Man The Bionic Woman Jake 2.0 Sam Beckett from Quantum Leap (EDM: Time, No Conscious control, only within own lifetime) The Sentinal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayoman Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Airwolf Kindred (tv show back in 1997-1998 based on WW Vampire). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhamin Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Re: TV Superheroes Originally posted by farik Be primarily a TV character (it's okay if they made it to comics or movies later but they need to have an origin in TV) >SNIP< Nightman Nightman was an extremly obscure comic character before he became a TB character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhamin Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 If magic counts... Buffy The Vampire Slayer Angel Duncan McCloud Nick from Forever Knight Barnibus from Dark Shadows The sisters from Charmed The angels from Touched by an Angel Michael Landon from Highway to Heaven Mama & Fester from the Adams Family Pretty much all the Munsters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Dr. Who Airwolf (if Knight Rider is allowed... ) Blue Thunder (ditto) Sliders (if Quantum Leap is allowed... ) Buffy - Although she first appeared in a movie, she is much better known from the TV series. Dark Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theron Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Exo-Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhamin Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 If we are including Monk, then how about McGyver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamamura Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Don't Forget the Brit sitcom, My Hero ie Thermoman G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhamin Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Hercules (Kevin Sorbo version) Xena Warrior Princess Raven from Disney Channel's That's so Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutant for Hire Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 I'd discount Hercules and Xena as those are really fantasy series and they break a whole list of superhero conventions (no costumes, no codenames, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Originally posted by Jhamin If magic counts... Buffy The Vampire Slayer Angel Duncan McCloud Nick from Forever Knight Barnibus from Dark Shadows The sisters from Charmed The angels from Touched by an Angel Michael Landon from Highway to Heaven Mama & Fester from the Adams Family Pretty much all the Munsters Shenanagans! Buffy and Duncan McCloud were in the movies before TV. The entire Addams (note the "double d") Family were cartoons before TV. All characters in the Munsters were derived from movies. No objections to the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Originally posted by farik Originally posted by McCoy Captain Nice Mr. Terriffic Up Up and Away! Mark, the Man From Atlantis These ones I don't remember. Then you're probably not as old as I am. Man From Atlantis Patrick Duffy played a web-fingered, water breathing amnesiac with no body hair. (He had to shave his arms, chest, back and legs for the part, and if you remember the opening credits of Dallas he was naturally a little bear cub!) The interesting thing about Duffy playing Namor without serial numbers is that Duffy can't swim. UP, UP AND AWAY Robert Townsend, Michael J. Pagan, Sherman Hemsley, Alex Datcher. Written by Dan Berendsen. Produced by Harvey Frand. Directed by Robert Townsend. Hartbreak films. Airs 1/22/00 at 7:30pm ET/PT and throughout the month on The Disney Channel. 90 min. Comedy/adventure. The Marshalls aren’t just your typical family. While ordinary in appearance, they are actually superheroes, each with a secret identity and superhuman power used to battle evil. In this original comedy, Scott Marshall has been anxiously awaiting his 14th birthday, traditionally the time when superheroes attain full control of their powers and are granted their alter identity. Unfortunately, Scott is exhibiting no signs of extraordinary behavior of any kind. Fearing that his parents will be disappointed in having a "normal" son, Scott pretends to have superhuman strength and the ability to fly. When the family is captured by a criminal mastermind intent on using mind control to take over the world, Scott uses brains to rescue his family and discovers that it takes more than superpowers to make a true hero. Not rated: one mild expletive. A funny film parents will enjoy with the little ones. Replete with cool special effects and life lessons such as being loved just for being you and not needing super powers to be a superhero. The family motto is Truth, Respect, Honor. UP, UP AND AWAY Interesting, to me anyway, because it was a Black family with superpowers. Sherman Hemsley plays the grandfather, who complains several times about being upstaged by Clark Kent. Mr. Terriffic and Captain Nice both premered January 9, 1967, on CBS and NBC respectively, in an attempt to cash in on ABC's Batman gold strike. Let's see, The Mr. Terriffic Theme. A scientist, bot wise and bold Set out to cure the common cold! Instead he found this Power Pill Which he said most certainly will Turn a Lamb into a Lion! Like an Eagle he'll be flyin'! Solid steel will be like putty! It will work on anybody! But then was found this potent Pill Made the strongest men quite ill So then the secret search begain To find the one and only man What they found made them squemish For only Stanley Beamish A weak and puny dafadill Could take the potent Power Pill Gas station attendant and reluctant goverment secret superhero Stanley Beamish becomes super strong, invulnerable, and (when wearing his special jacket and flaping his arms) can fly, for half an hour after taking his jawbreaker size Power Pill. Two smaller booster pills gave him the same powers for 15 minutes each. No explanation was ever given for not supplying him with additional pills for an emergency backup. "Just say no to drugs" was decades in the future. For some reason, I don't remember Captain Nice. I've heard the powers and origin were simular to Mr. Terriffic, but it could be I never watched it. I believe 13 episodes of each were made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoViking Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Mork from Ork had weird alien finger pointing powers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Actually, the movie Immortal was Connor MacLeod. Duncan was created for the TV series. I wrote him up in the Other Genres forum. Wow! I thought I was the only one who remembered Exo-man. And it's Electrowoman, not Ultrawoman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 What about the Pretender? Sure he didn't have a costume, but you can't tell me his learning curve wasn't superhuman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Originally posted by McCoy [Let's see, The Mr. Terriffic Theme. --deleted-- Gas station attendant and reluctant goverment secret superhero Stanley Beamish becomes super strong, invulnerable, and (when wearing his special jacket and flaping his arms) can fly, for half an hour after taking his jawbreaker size Power Pill. Two smaller booster pills gave him the same powers for 15 minutes each. No explanation was ever given for not supplying him with additional pills for an emergency backup. "Just say no to drugs" was decades in the future. For some reason, I don't remember Captain Nice. I've heard the powers and origin were simular to Mr. Terriffic, but it could be I never watched it. I believe 13 episodes of each were made. Man, you're just scary. I thought I was the only one who remembered that show. I even used the huge pills idea for healing pills in one game (takes full phase, side effects on 11- gagging). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengal Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Isis was made-for-TV I think. And don't forget The Sable... even though he was utterly forgettable. Salamander was a TV Superhero in the imaginary world of the LA Law universe, so I think he should count double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Just remembered another one: Mantis (wierd power armor guy played by Carl Lumbly circa 1994) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Originally posted by Bengal Isis was made-for-TV I think. And don't forget The Sable... even though he was utterly forgettable. Salamander was a TV Superhero in the imaginary world of the LA Law universe, so I think he should count double. No, Isis was a Golden Age heroine published by Fawcett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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