Silliest Superheroes needed

[larryfilmmaker]

Well, our animated Batman cartoon is almost done. It's a comedy called "Batman's Gonna Get Shot in the Face". We're recording the voicework in a couple weeks. Here's my question. In one scene... we see Hawkman standing in a line filled with lame superheroes all applying for the Justice League (none of them have a chance). So far I have The Toxic Avenger, Savage Dragon, The Tick, and Swamp Thing to give you an idea of what we're looking for. It's a nod to the lesser known superheroes. Any ideas on others we should add?

[Dwarf lord]

Ambush Bug, Black Vulcan, Apache Cheif, The Wonder Twins, Clock King, G'Nort. That's all I can think of right now. There are a lot of lame heroes in past incarnations of the Legion

[larryfilmmaker]

haha Wonder Twins is too easy. Apache Chief on the other hand... that's gold.

[co2]

haha. Wonder Twins and Ambush Bug...that's funny.

[larryfilmmaker]

I added Lion-O, Arthur (from The Tick), and Nuclear Man (Simpsons)

[3dman27]

how about the inferior 5? dc 's comedy super team

[cerealkiller182]

Old Justice

[The Question]

How is Swamp Thing lame? Swamp Thing kicks ass.

[co2]

How is Swamp Thing lame? Swamp Thing kicks ass.

I have to agree with that. He's not a lower tier, lame character.

[Calvin]

http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/batroc.gif

[The Question]

Dude, Batroc's cool. His costume's a bit lacking, but he's a great character.

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

You want silly superheroes?!?!

HOWARD THE DUCK!!

[3dman27]

i don' think he counts as a superhero and sometimes i can be pretty liberal with that term

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

Okay then. Patience Phillips as Catwoman

[WallCrawl]

Behold! Too much coffee man!

http://www.bigredhair.com/portfolio/illustration/food.cvr.jpg

You can throw in Squirrel Girl, and The Pro, Captain Planet, the Major Bummer and Mystery Men cast, Captain Hero and Beak I guess.

[3dman27]

Behold! Too much coffee man!

http://www.bigredhair.com/portfolio/illustration/food.cvr.jpg

You can throw in Squirrel Girl, and The Pro, Captain Planet, the Major Bummer and Mystery Men cast, Captain Hero and Beak I guess.
if the use capt.hero[jughead jones] don't forget his buddy PUREHEART THE POWERFUL

[Kanon]

You could put Birdman and Hawkman fighting for the same spot on the league :p

[3dman27]

You could put Birdman and Hawkman fighting for the same spot on the league :p
yeah

[C.F. Kane]

I don't have any heroes you could add, but I have to request that you remove Swamp Thing from the list. He's not part of the popular roster of the DC Universe in the same way that Batman or Superman would be, but the Swamp Thing character and storyline is a key part of comic book history, and to include him with the likes of the Wonder Twins is an insult to the character as well as the genre.

[3dman27]

not to mention an insult to zan and jayna

[AllThingsComic]

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e32/joe11385/greatest.jpg

[3dman27]

Mr H Is A Good Candidate

[AllThingsComic]

One musn't forget, The Toxic Avenger!!!!!!

[Pink Ranger]

You totally have to include the main Justice Friends from Dexter's Laboratory: Major Glory, Val Hallen and The Infraggable Krunk.

For good measure I'd also include Batduck and Decoy from Tiny Toons.

[AllThingsComic]

Darkwing Duck

[larryfilmmaker]

An early glimpse of less than half of the line...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/iamsafari/Supermanwantsyou.jpg

[larryfilmmaker]

the animation is turning out hysterical so far

[3dman27]

super boing [a gutar riding comedy superhero from the 60's SUPER SIX cartoon]

[AeonFlux]

Freakazoid!

http://www.dragonballtoys.com/anime/images/faz.gif

I mean just look at his name! But yeah he is probably the silliest of them all that is real!

[deathshead2]

Yeah add freakizoid he is the best also possilbe a power ranger or 2. They would never be able to join the JL.:(

[C.F. Kane]

Why is Sandman there?

He's not even a superhero

[3dman27]

The Silver Age Legion Of Substitute Heroes

[<(o_o)>]

Gizmo Duck from Duck Tales
Videodrome/man from Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends.
Blank Man
Howard Stern As Fartman
Captain Caveman & Son
The Ambiguously Gay Duo from SNL
Meteor Man

[AllThingsComic]

The Brown Hornet from Fat Albert.

[bengali]

How about the Tick? SPOON!!!

[Mrh7448]

The Blue Falcon

[Pink Ranger]

An early glimpse of less than half of the line...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/iamsafari/Supermanwantsyou.jpg

Great picture overall. From a creative services perspective, however, I would take a second look at your Toxie. He occupies a prominent spot in the lineup, and yet he's not that recognizable at first glance (without reading this thread, I might have thought it was a random zombie). That kind of dilutes the visual gag. Consider putting his headband on, or making the iconic mop more prominent, or replacing him with BatDuck.

Hilarious premise, though.

[WallCrawl]

Didn't toxic avenger also wear a tutu?

[bengali]

The super Globetrotters. HaHa

[spiderwasp]

Dina Soar or pretty much any of the Great Lakes Avengers or Great Lakes X-Men or Great Lakes New Warriors or whatever they are this week. And don't forget - FORBUSH MAN!

[bengali]

Jabberjaw

[3dman27]

The Blue Falcon
don't forget DYNOMUT DOG WONDER

BLUE FALCON
AND DOG WONDER
AWAAAY

[Odin's Lapdog]

i can't believe it's taken this long to mention captain planet...

:(

and inspector gadget for the cool factor...

[larryfilmmaker]

Great picture overall. From a creative services perspective, however, I would take a second look at your Toxie. He occupies a prominent spot in the lineup, and yet he's not that recognizable at first glance (without reading this thread, I might have thought it was a random zombie). That kind of dilutes the visual gag. Consider putting his headband on, or making the iconic mop more prominent, or replacing him with BatDuck.

Hilarious premise, though.

the camera pans to the left, down the line. There are way more characters people will go nuts for. As for Toxie being up so close, that's because Lloyd Kaufman (the guy who created him) was my lead actor in a short film I just shot and he asked me to use Toxie in whatever toon we do next. I'll show this forum topic to our animator, he'll love the feedback positive and negative.

[larryfilmmaker]

ignore this

[larryfilmmaker]

According to Filmthreat.com/Filmthreat magazine, "Batman's Gonna Get Shot in the Face" is the 4th best short film of 2006. I know they were spreading podcasts of it but I didn't know how huge it had become. This is a huge boost to the Bullcrank crew and you can watch or download the film at http://www.Bullcrank.com (http://www.bullcrank.com/) .

here's the link to the top 10 list of 2006:

http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=features&Id=1863 (http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=features&Id=1863)


this is great... another notch on the resume for when it's time to hunt for investors for our feature film... "Zombies on my Airplane"

[3dman27]

hong kong phooey

[Super Mark]

The Mask.
Son of the Mask.
Someone from the Mystery Men.
The carrot headed guy. I forget his name.
Krypto. (I mean, come on...)


PS Is that Bibbo toward the back?

[3dman27]

super mark you're thinking of the flaming carrot

[Mrh7448]

Concrete

[Jochimus]

I added Lion-O, Arthur (from The Tick), and Nuclear Man (Simpsons)

I think you mean "Radioactive Man".

Heck, there's a slew of superhero parody figures I could think of who'd almost fit the bill: Bartman (Bart Simpson), Earthworm Jim, Spider-Ham, The Creeper, Pieman (Homer Simpson), Deadpool, Powdered Toastman (from Ren & Stimpy).

[3dman27]

multi-man ,coil-man&fluid-mana aka the IMPOSSIBLES:hyper:

[3dman27]

come to think of it why not HYPER SHH's esteemed mascot?

[The Question]

An early glimpse of less than half of the line...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/iamsafari/Supermanwantsyou.jpg

1) Dream isn't a super hero.

2) I don't see why he wouldn't be let into the League if he were, since he'd be the most powerful member of the team by far and would be able to solve most of their problems (at least ones involving sentient beings) rather quickly.

[3dman27]

i thinkspace ghost would make an excellent league member :ninja:

[The Question]

As would Swamp Thing, Savage Dragon, and Hawkman.

[larryfilmmaker]

Swamp Thing would require "wet floor" signs all over the Hall of Justice and people would be slipping. You know, the powerless humans in the league like Batman and Blue Beatle could break something.

[jaydawg]

That doesnt even make any sense. Swamp Thing would kick everyones ass anyways.

[larryfilmmaker]

You're right. I have sinned! Swamp Thing is GOD! No but seriously I know better than to argue with you, I remember those days... when we made our first cartoon and you were calling me names and all that and saying it was our "15 minutes" and to enjoy it while it lasted or something for our cartoon "Nintendo: Oldschool Revolution". The anger will fade as you get older I promise.

[jaydawg]

Yeah, but your films will always suck. Good times.

[Kardoman]

A trash can

[The Question]

Swamp Thing would require "wet floor" signs all over the Hall of Justice and people would be slipping. You know, the powerless humans in the league like Batman and Blue Beatle could break something.

Swamp thing isn't prepetually wet. He's an Earth elemental. He can just turn into wood or something.

[3dman27]

I added Lion-O, Arthur (from The Tick), and Nuclear Man (Simpsons)

whats wromg with lion-o?

[BRUTAL]

Matter Eater Lad?

[Peyton Westlake]

How is Swamp Thing lame? Swamp Thing kicks ass.


I agree, Swampy should NOT be considered lame in any way.

[Peyton Westlake]

I don't have any heroes you could add, but I have to request that you remove Swamp Thing from the list. He's not part of the popular roster of the DC Universe in the same way that Batman or Superman would be, but the Swamp Thing character and storyline is a key part of comic book history, and to include him with the likes of the Wonder Twins is an insult to the character as well as the genre.



Put most eloquently.

[3dman27]

I agree, Swampy should NOT be considered lame in any way.

or a super-hero he's a HORROR character firs and formost

[Ben Breeck]

Flaming Carrot

Captain Carrot

Marvin

Major Bummer

Dynomutt

[larryfilmmaker]

or a super-hero he's a HORROR character firs and formost

he teamed up with Batman. Did Freddy ever do that?

[larryfilmmaker]

Yeah, but your films will always suck. Good times.


http://www.ifilm.com/video/2822444

[Lobo]

Conan's Pale Force (http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/Pale_Force/)

[larryfilmmaker]

haha Pale Force... a little too new to have made the cut

[Lobo]

It would be priceless if the PF was in that line :D

[Heretic]

I dont think these have been listed (and they really should be in that line-up).

Megaton Man
Normalman
Lethargic Lad
Madman (awesome character, but kinda silly)
The Jam
Zot! (another awesome, but kinda goofy character)
Forbush Man (come on, you GOTTA have him in there!)

Of course, theres a million Marvel and DC ones like Kite Man etc.

[3dman27]

whats the pale force?

[larryfilmmaker]

Pale Force is Conan O'Brien and I THINK Andy, his old sidekick... in their animated superhero form

[larryfilmmaker]

here, check this out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lbQ2t5gEXxY