7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) – 25 August 2012 (2012-08-25)
League of Super Evil (initialized as L.O.S.E. or LOSE) is a Canadian animated comedy television series co-created by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee, Davila LeBlanc and Peter Ricq and developed by Asaph Fipke. Inspired by a comedy sketch entitled "Once Were Heroes" by Ryan Harper-Brown,[citation needed] the series was produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment in association with YTV.
The series aired for 52 episodes from March 7, 2009 to August 25, 2012. Reruns ended on YTV on September 2, 2014, when Teletoon picked up for additional reruns; the series also aired in the UK on CBBC, in Australia on ABC1 and ABC3, and internationally on Cartoon Network, on Disney XD and on Nickelodeon.
Plot
The League of Super Evil (or "L.O.S.E.") is a group of so-called "supervillains" who are plotting to take over their neighborhood in Metrotown and the world ultimately, but their plans usually involve pranks such as gluing a penny to a chair. While all the other citizens in the neighborhood live in suburban houses, The League has a "secret evil lair". The League is often at odds with other, more important and competent supervillains such as Skullossus and also tries to avoid getting busted by Metrotown's residential superheroes.
From L-R, Red Menace, Voltar, Doktor Frogg and Doomageddon
The League of Super Evil (LOSE) are the main protagonists of the series. The members are:
Voltar (voiced by Scott McNeil) is the self-proclaimed leader and commander of the League. Voltar is not very bright and always takes Doktor Frogg’s ideas as his own and thinks that his pranks are “evil plans”. He has a nemesis named Von Pantaloon who was his rival from Kiddy College. In "Ounce Upon a Lose", Voltar used to be a hall monitor until he met Doktor Frogg, Red Menace, and Doomageddon.
Doktor Frogg (voiced by Lee Tockar) is a self-proclaimed mad scientist and inventor for the League. He is often tormented by Doomageddon who chews on his robot claws. In "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow", it’s revealed that Frogg is allergic to hair (despite having some on his head). Out of all the members in the League, Frogg aspires to be a true villain and often has much more evil aspirations compared to Voltar.
Red Menace (voiced by Colin Murdock) is the Happy-Go-Lucky member of the League. He is the only member who doesn’t like to be evil. He has a mother named Mama Menace and has an unseen but mentioned Grandmother named Grand-Menace. He is best friends with Doomageddon. In “Gameageddon”, it’s shown that Red has very destructive anger issues when losing a game and/or someone rubbing it in for winning a game.
Doomageddon is the League’s doomhound pet. Doomageddon is known for tormenting and torturing Doktor Frogg. Sometimes, Doomageddon would often go to his extra-dimensional happy place nicknamed DoomWorld. In "00-Geddon" with the League not noticing, Doomageddon works as a secret spy.
The Henchbots are the robotic henchmen
Supervillains
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The League of Super Evil often ends up in conflict with other supervillains in Metrotown who are more important and competent than they are:
Skullosus (voiced by Colin Murdock) is the top supervillain in Metrotown. In “World Wreckers”, Skullossus holds the most evil world records at the total of 114 records broken.
The Skullmandos are the robotic foot soldiers of Skullosus.
Cougar (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain) is a cat-themed supervillain and famous female super-thief. She is very flirtatious and often attempts to hit on younger men. Whenever her name is mentioned, or she is in the scene, it is accompanied by the yowl of a wild cat and soft jazz. This is revealed to be a guitarist and white tiger.
Linemaster (voiced by Lee Tockar) is a supervillain obsessed with being the first in line so that he can have bragging rights.
Commander Chaos is the archenemy of Force Fighters V.
Doom Driver is an undead villain who lives a block away from the League of Super Evil.
Rock Gothlington (voiced by Scott McNeil) is a rock metal-themed supervillain.
Evil Stevens (voiced by Colin Murdock) is the proprietor of the supervillain store "Rotten Core". Evil Stevens is a parody of Steve Jobs and his “Rotten Core“ company is a parody of Apple.
Heroes
Metrotown as an assortment of superheroes who protect the town and who the League of Super Evil often try to avoid:
General Sargent (voiced by Blu Mankuna) is the general of the Metrotown Army. He has a relationship with his daughter, Elizabeth Sargent. He has a loud voice and is often shouting orders or one-liners, and will often go out the front lines himself against villainy, especially against Skullosus.
Elizabeth "Liz" Sargent (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain) is General Sargent’s daughter. When she took her father’s prototype battle armor, and she dubbed herself “ Lighting Liz “. She has a tiny crush with Voltar.
The Legion of Glory is a superhero team that operates in Metrotown.
Glory Guy (voiced by Lee Tockar) is one of Metrotown’s greatest superheroes. He lives in the grand Halls of Glory. Glory Guy is the leader of a superhero group known as the “Legion of Glory.”
Wow Woman (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain) is a female superhero who is a member of The Legion Of Glory. Due to her hotness, Voltar, Doktor Frogg, Red Menace & the rest of Metrotown have crushes on her eventually. She also has nice boots that she collects from people.
NightShade (voiced by Scott McNeil) is a superhero who is a member of The Legion Of Glory. As his name implies, he fights crime during the night. He has a father named Dayshade who crashed into a building after he was blinded by a young Voltar and his cape fell down on Voltar’s baby crib. After the crash, Voltar kept Dayshade’s cape and dubbed it “ Mister Wubby “.
Justice Gene (voiced by Colin Murdock) is a wannabe superhero who is the victim/target for The League’s "evil plans". He first appears in "Justice Gene" when he gives the League of Super Evil too many rules for their pranks to be the most rude and annoying of the neighborhood. Eventually, he got "sent back to basics" by his chief due to a rule he broke when his socks were covered in stinky cheese (because of the League of Super Evil's stinky cheese piñata) and he wore mismatching socks. In "Bite at the Museum", Gene took up the job as a museum security guard and the League of Super Evil showed up again to get something from one of the exhibits. He got fired from his job since the manager had caught him messing around with the dinosaur exhibit and put back a dinosaur the wrong way. In "Injustice Gene", he breaks into the League's lair in a depressed state. Saying that he couldn’t be a hero anymore after his latest firing, he joins the team and becomes Injustice Gene. At the end of the episode, he later gets hired by Glory Guy to be the janitor for the Halls of Glory. In "Just Us Genes" after being thwarted by the League once again, he "borrows" one of Glory Guy's inventions which makes copies of them where he later takes over Metrotown where his plan failed once again. Due to one of his clones saying that the whole world was going to be "Justice Gene'd", he was horrified by the idea and stops his vehicle to talk about it and he and his clones were stuck on Voltar's gum wad. Gene is also shown to have a malevolent side, as shown is “U.O Me”, were he blackmailed Voltar to do stuff for him because he caught him during a pop star concert.
The Force Fighters are 5 heroes in Metrotown who are parodies of the Super Sentai heroes and also own a sushi restaurant in town. The Members of Force Fighters V are:
Nanny Boo Boo (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain) is a Nanny-like superhero. She is a strict woman obsessed with safety and discipline, but with good intentions. In “Kinderprison”, She runs a daycare for all the super children of Metrotown, where all superheros and villains send their kids. She is shown to be a parody of Mary Poppins.
Other characters
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Despite L.O.S.E, The Superheroes, and the Supervillains, The show also has a large variety of other characters that are seen throughout the show. They are:
Steve (voiced by Lee Tockar) is the League of Super Evil's next door neighbor and one of Voltar’s archenemies. Steve’s face is never seen throughout the show. His catchphrase is “I Don’t Care!“.
Humungo (voiced by Colin Murdock) is an evil alien who has destroyed and conquered many planets across the galaxy. in “Dial E for Evil/Voltar Squared”, He came to earth to steal all the black liquorice twisty blobs in order to take over the universe. in “Voltina”, he is also revealed to have a wife named Voltina, who runs away from their wedding.
Mr. Nelson (voiced by Colin Murdock) is one of the neighbors who lives across the street from the Lair of the League. He is a somewhat middle-aged man who is a friendly neighbor who mows his lawn and attends the local science fair. He seems to be patient with the League of Super Evil in general, but is on friendly terms with the Red.
Bundlington Von Pantaloon III (voiced by Colin Murdock) is Voltar's old rival and former friend from Supervillain Kiddy College. He and Voltar used to be best friends, until both of them pulled a prank in school, and Voltar boasted that he took all the credit for it. As such, they started to hate each other and become rivals.
The Legion of Supreme Evil are the doppelgänger version of the League. They only appear in S1’s “A Lose/Lose Situation”. The members are:
Bolkar (voiced by Scott McNeil) is the leader of the Legion of Supreme Evil and Voltar’s doppelgänger.
Doktor Squid (voiced by Lee Tockar) is the mad scientist and inventor of the Legion and Doktor Frogg’s doppelgänger.
Green Menace (voiced by Colin Murdock) the muscle for the legion and Red Menace's doppelgänger.
Chaosageddon - the Legion's Doomhound pet and Doomageddon's doppelgänger.
Production
When the series was first announced in October 2006, it underwent many changes for the title and main characters; Voltar was originally called The Great Voltar. His costume was green and yellow instead of red. Doktor Frogg originally had a steel jaw and did not wear goggles. Red Menace was meant to be a former Soviet supervillain (hence his name). His original design wore a thick red fur coat and a fur hat that incorporated the Red Star (a communist symbol) on it. Doomageddon did not exist in the original concept. In his place was a crawling hooded character described as embodying "the spirit of a hyperactive Neanderthal toddler". The series' title was originally just known as League of Evil.
Broadcast and release
League of Super Evil premiered on YTV in Canada on 7 March 2009. It aired on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., as part of YTV's Crunch block. The series premiered earlier in the United States on Cartoon Network on 5 March 2009 at 9:00 p.m. It premiered in Latin America on Disney XD (LA) on 4 June 2011.
Reception
Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series a two out of five stars stating "Too-chaotic 'toon follows villains' mostly harmless antics."[1]
^The League of Super Evil (Animation, Action, Comedy), Lee Tockar, Scott McNeil, Colin Murdock, Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, Nerd Corps Entertainment, Shaw Rocket Fund, 7 March 2009, retrieved 8 June 2024((citation)): CS1 maint: others (link)
