American TV series or program
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder is an American animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera about a Batman-esque super hero, The Blue Falcon and his assistant, a bumbling yet generally effective robot dog Dynomutt, who—not unlike the later Inspector Gadget (although Gadget was a cyborg, not a robot)—could produce a seemingly infinite number of mechanical devices from his body. As with many other animated super-heroes of the era, no origin for the characters was ever provided.
Dynomutt is Currently air on Boomerang.
History
The show was created for ABC in 1976 as a companion show for Scooby-Doo, resulting in The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour.
In his secret identity, Blue Falcon—in many ways a parody of Batman, right down to his nearly endless gadgets, his millionaire secret identity, his stylized "Falconcar," and (reminiscent of the 1960s Batman TV series, his utterly serious demeanor)—is millionaire Radley Crown, proprietor of Crown Art Gallery, and Dynomutt is his loyal pet, smartly dressed in a sweater and ascot (although his "civilian" name, if any, is never revealed). But when called to action in their base of operations, Big City, the duo quickly change into their superhero guises. Unlike Scooby-Doo, Dynomutt featured spies and super-villains in place of assumedly supernatural villains, although the Scooby gang made three guest appearances on the show. Astute watchers will note that in almost every case, Blue Falcon and Dynomutt and the episode's villain imply at least one previous clash. However, like the heroes themselves, the villains' origins are rarely included in these discussions, unless the main conflict of the episode is based on the villain's on-screen debut.
In 1977, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder became part of the package show Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics. Four new episodes, presented as two-part cliffhangers, were produced for the 1977-78 season under the title The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt. Reruns from the first season of Dynomutt were also broadcast during the Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics block. The Dynomutt segments from both package shows were later rerun on their own during the summer of 1978. Between 1984 and 1992 it reappeared on cable on USA Cartoon Express (some of the original bridging sequences from The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour had been restored for this purpose and were sometimes seen; other times, the syndicated titles were shown). Cartoon Network and its sister channel Boomerang has repeated the syndicated Dynomutt Dog Wonder since then (without its omnipresent laugh track).
Episode guide (The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour)
Season one (1976 – 1977)
The episode titles given reflect Hanna-Barbera studio records. No on-screen titles were given for this series.
| # |
Episode title |
Original airdate
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| 1.1
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"Everyone Hyde!" 1
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September 11, 1976
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| 1.2
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"What Now, Lowbrow?" 1
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September 18, 1976
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| 1.3
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"The Great Brain...Train Robbery"
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September 25, 1976
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| 1.4
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"The Day And Night Crawler"
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October 2, 1976
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| 1.5
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"The Harbor Robber"
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October 9, 1976
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| 1.6
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"Sinister Symphony"
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October 16, 1976
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| 1.7
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"Don't Bug Superthug"
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October 23, 1976
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| 1.8
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"Factory Recall"
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October 30, 1976
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| 1.9
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"The Queen Hornet"
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November 6, 1976
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| 1.10
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"The Wizard Of Ooze" 1
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November 13, 1976
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| 1.11
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"Tin Kong"
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November 20, 1976
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| 1.12
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"The Awful Ordeal With the Head of Steel"
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November 25, 1976 2
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| 1.13
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"The Blue Falcon vs. The Red Vulture"
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November 27, 1976
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| 1.14
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"The Injustice League Of America"
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December 4, 1976 4
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| 1.15
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"Lighter Than Air Raid"
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December 11, 1976 4
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| 1.16
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"The Prophet Profits"
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December 18, 1976 4
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- 1 These episodes guest-star Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang.
- 2 Episode 1.12, "There's a Demon Shark in the Foggy Dark/The Awful Ordeal With the Head of Steel", was originally broadcast not on a Saturday morning, but on Thanksgiving Day 1976 (November 25), during ABC's Thanksgiving Funshine Festival.
Episode guide (Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics)
Season two (1977 – 1978)
| # |
Episode title |
Original airdate
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| 2.1
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"Beastwoman", Parts 1 and 2
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September 10, 1977
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| 2.2
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"The Glob", Parts 1 and 2
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September 24, 1977
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| 2.3
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"Madame Ape Face", Parts 1 and 2
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October 8, 1977
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| 2.4
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"Shadowman", Parts 1 and 2
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October 22, 1977
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These 4 new episodes were aired under the new title The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt.
Other Appearances
Gary Owens and Frank Welker reprise their roles of Blue Falcon and Dynomutt have who have made guest appearances in the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Dyno-Might."
Blue Falcon also appeared, without Dynomutt, on an episode of Johnny Bravo, in which he, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and Don Knotts redesign Johnny's show in a parody of overdone cartoon makeovers that are often despised by audiences. Gary Owens also reprises his role here.
Blue Falcon appears as a recurring character in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law TV series as a Spanish lawyer named Azul Falcone (voiced by Maurice LaMarche). Dynomutt has also appeared in the two-part episode "Deadomutt" voiced by André Sogliuzzo in a Spanish accent.
Dynomutt and Blue Falcon appeared in the Robot Chicken episode "Ban on the Fun" with Dynomutt voiced by Victor Yerrid and Blue Falcon voiced by Kevin Shinick.
