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Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor was a science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
 animated series created by Alex Toth
Alex Toth

Alex Toth , pronounced with a close-mid back rounded vowel was an acclaimed professional cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but is best known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s....
 for Hanna-Barbera Productions
Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. , was an American List of animation studios that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century....
, which ran on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 from 1967
1967 in television

The year 1967 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1967.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1967-68 American network television schedule....
 to 1969
1969 in television

The year 1969 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1969.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1969-70 American network television schedule....
. Despite Moby's name coming first, his shorts served as backup for Mightor's. To date, the series has not been released on DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
.

day, while on a hunting trip, a teenage caveman
Caveman

A caveman is a popular stock character based upon stereotyped concepts of the way in which early prehistoric humans or homininans may have looked and behaved....
 named Tor, along with his winged pet dinosaur
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
 Tog, rescued an old man who, as a reward, gave Tor a magical club.






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Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor was a science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
 animated series created by Alex Toth
Alex Toth

Alex Toth , pronounced with a close-mid back rounded vowel was an acclaimed professional cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but is best known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s....
 for Hanna-Barbera Productions
Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. , was an American List of animation studios that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century....
, which ran on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 from 1967
1967 in television

The year 1967 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1967.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1967-68 American network television schedule....
 to 1969
1969 in television

The year 1969 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1969.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1969-70 American network television schedule....
. Despite Moby's name coming first, his shorts served as backup for Mightor's. To date, the series has not been released on DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
.

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Mightor

One day, while on a hunting trip, a teenage caveman
Caveman

A caveman is a popular stock character based upon stereotyped concepts of the way in which early prehistoric humans or homininans may have looked and behaved....
 named Tor, along with his winged pet dinosaur
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
 Tog, rescued an old man who, as a reward, gave Tor a magical club. When Tor raised his club to the sky, he transformed into the masked and muscular Mightor, a prehistoric superhero
Superhero

A superhero is a Character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to act of derring-do in the public interest". Since the debut of the prototype superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes?ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas?have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other mass...
 very much in the Space Ghost
Space Ghost

Space Ghost is a fictional character created by Hanna-Barbera and designed by Alex Toth. He started out as a superhero who, with his helpers Jan, Jace and Blip, fought supervillains in outer space....
 mold who was super-strong and could fly and fire ray blasts from his club. Tog was turned into a fire-breathing dragon
Dragon

File:Ukiyo-e dragon 2.jpgThe dragon is a legendary creature with serpentine shape or otherwise reptilian traits that features in the mythology of many cultures....
 as well. As Mightor, he protected his village from evil-doers. Amongst the villagers were the chief, Pondo, and his daughter, the beautiful redhead Sheera. Sheera had a younger brother named Little Rok, who loved pretending to be Mightor. The characters had several pets, including Little Rok's dodo bird Ork and Sheera's mammoth
Mammoth

A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of the Elephantidae and close relatives of modern elephants....
 cub Bollo.

Tor was voiced by Bobby Diamond
Bobby Diamond

Bobby Diamond, also known as Robert Leroy Diamond , is a California civil law and criminal law Lawyer who was a child actor and young-adult actor, mostly in the 1950s and 1960s....
, while Mightor was voiced by Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart (actor)

Paul Stewart was an United States character actor known for his tough, guttural voice. He frequently portrayed villains and mobsters throughout his lengthy career....
. Pondo, Tog, Ork and Bollo were voiced by John Stephenson
John Stephenson (actor)

John Stephenson is an United States voice actor. He has also been credited as "John Stevenson." He was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Wisconsin....
. Sheera was voiced by Patsy Garrett
Patsy Garrett

Patsy Garrett is an actress best known for her recurring roles asnosey neighbor "Mrs. Fowler" on TV's Nanny and the Professor , school secretary "Miss Hoggarth" on Room 222 and as "Mary Gruber" in the Benji series of motion pictures beginning in 1974....
. Little Rok was voiced by Norma McMillan.

Moby-Dick

Teenage boys Tom and Tub were rescued by the great white whale
Whale

Whales are marine mammals of order Cetacea which are neither dolphinsmembers, in other words, of the families Oceanic dolphin or River dolphinnor porpoises....
 Moby Dick (not to be confused with the titular antagonist of the novel of the same name
Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling Pequod , commanded by Captain Ahab....
) after a shipwreck. Together with their pet seal
Pinniped

Pinnipeds or fin-footed mammals are a widely distributed and diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals comprising the families Odobenidae , Otariidae , and Phocidae ....
, Scooby, they faced the dangers of the undersea world. Tom was voiced by Bobby Resnick, Tub was voiced by Barry Balkin, and Moby and Scooby were voiced by Don Messick
Don Messick

Donald "Don" Messick was one of the most prolific voice actors of the second half of the 20th century.Messick, a native of Buffalo, New York, voiced several classic cartoon characters, including Scooby-Doo, Ranger Smith and Boo Boo , Muttley, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Astro , Zorak, Godzooky, Dr....
.
Mobydick

Other appearances

Along with other Hanna-Barbera heroes, Mightor and Moby Dick appeared in a crossover
Crossover

Crossover may refer to:...
 with a time-traveling
Time travel

Time travel is the concept of moving between different moments in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space, either sending objects backwards in time to a moment before the present, or sending objects forward from the present to the future without the need to experience the intervening period ....
 Space Ghost during the final six episodes of the latter's original series.

Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor and his friends appeared in the Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes comic book
Comic book

A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
, issues #1 through 7 (April 1968 through Oct. 1969).

Characters from Moby Dick would appear in Sealab 2021
Sealab 2021

Sealab 2021 was an United States animated television series shown on Cartoon Network's adult-oriented programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on December 21, 2000 and the final episode aired on April 25, 2005....
, Tubs as child actor star "Chubby Cox", and Scooby The Seal as "Stinky Pete", whose appearances would culminate in his eyes becoming near-demonic, uttering his catchphrase "I'm cha-cha-cha-cha-delicious."

Mighty Mightor made some appearances in the Adult Swim
Adult Swim

Adult Swim is an adult-oriented cable television network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network in the United States and broadcasting in countries such as Australia and Japan....
 show Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is a United States animated television series comedy created by Williams Street that aired on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block....
, as Judge Hiram Mightor and voiced by Gary Cole
Gary Cole

'Gary Michael Cole' is an United States actor. He is known for numerous roles, including the television program Entourage , Fatal Vision, The West Wing, Desperate Housewives, Midnight Caller, Kim Possible, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Wanted and Crusade , and the films The Brady Bunch Movie, Offic...
. Moby Dick appeared in the episode "SPF" voiced by Wally Wingert
Wally Wingert

Wallace E. Wingert is an United States actor and voice actor....
.

Production credits

Moby Dick Mightor
* Produced and Directed by Joseph Barbera
Joseph Barbera

Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera ; was an influential American animator, film director, Film producer, storyboard artist, and cartoonist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
, William Hanna
William Hanna

William Denby "Bill" Hanna was an influential American animator, film director, Film producer, television director, television producer, and cartoonist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
  • Animation Director: Charles A. Nichols
  • Musical Director: Ted Nichols
  • Production Supervisor: Howard Hanson
  • Assistant Production Supervisor: Victor O. Schipek
  • Character Design: Alex Toth
    Alex Toth

    Alex Toth , pronounced with a close-mid back rounded vowel was an acclaimed professional cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but is best known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s....
  • Layout: Jerry Eisenberg, Steve Nanagawa, Phil Lewis, Iwao Takamoto, Willie Ito, Lou Apner
  • Backgrounds: Robert Gentle, Roland Oliva, Ron Dias
  • Camera: Clarence Wogatzke, Roger Sims, Chuck Flekal, George Epperson
  • Associate Producer: Art Scott
  • Story by David Scott and Ed Brandt
  • Voices: Barry Balkin, Bobby Resnick, Don Messick, John Stephenson
    John Stephenson

    John Stephenson may refer to:*John Stephenson , American voice actor*John Stephenson , American baseball catcher*John Stephenson , a 19th century Irish-American coachbuilder who created the street railway...
    , Paul Stewart
    Paul Stewart

    Paul Stewart is the name of:*Paul Stewart - Writer of The Edge Chronicles*Paul Stewart - Motor racing driver/team director, son of World Champion Jackie...
    , Bob Diamond, Patsy Garrett
  • Animation: George Goepper, George Rowley, Don Patterson, Irv Spence, Sam Jaimes, George Kreisl, Jerry Hathcock, Ed Barge, Dick Lundy, Ken Muse, Dennis Sill, Ron Campbell
  • Technical Supervisor: Frank Pakier
  • Supervising Film Editor: Warner Leighton
  • Film Editing: Donald Douglass, Pat Foley, Gregory W. Watson Jr.
  • Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty


Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor in other languages

  • Brazilian Portuguese
    Brazilian Portuguese

    Brazilian Portuguese is a group of Portuguese dialects written and spoken by virtually all the 189 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a few million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Canada, Japan and Paraguay....
    : Moby Dick & O Poderoso Mightor
  • Spanish
    Spanish language

    Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
    : Moby Dick y el Poderoso Mightor
  • Russian
    Russian language

    Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
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