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Dee Dee and the rest of the Teen Angels found the frozen Captain Caveman and defrosted him. Dee Dee Skyes (voiced by Vernee Watson) is the brains of the Teen Angels and acts as their unofficial leader.Despite this, Cavey is ultimately loyal to them and he is very capable capturing culprits.

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bicycles, TV sets, safes, table lamps), and the Teen Angels occasionally have to stop him from eating potential clues that will help them to solve the mystery. He also has a bad habit of occasionally eating large non-food objects in one gulp (i.e. He speaks in stereotypical 'caveman-talk', replacing subject pronouns with their object equivalents and dropping articles such as 'the' (for example, 'Me know where bad guys are hiding.'), and often mumbles the nonsense phrase 'unga bunga'. Sometimes he would attribute this mishap to an energy shortage ('Uh oh! Bad time for energy crisis.' CRASH!), which was a reference to the gasoline rationing shortages of the late 1970s.

He can also fly, but his flying power always seems to fail him at the worst possible moment. He can pull various objects from his long body hair that covers his body except for his nose, arms, and legs.

Captain Caveman, or 'Cavey' for short (voiced by Mel Blanc), is the protagonist of the show, billed as 'the world's first superhero.' He is a caveman who is millennia old (his exact age is never disclosed, although in an episode he is carded by a doorman who is unsure Cavey is old enough to let in, to which Captain Caveman responds, 'I'll be 2 million next month.').

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The series features the following four main characters throughout its run: Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track, one of the last Hanna-Barbera productions to do so. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels also participated in sporting competitions as part of ' The Scooby Doobies' team on the half-hour Laff-A-Lympics segment. Ī total of forty 11-minute episodes ran for three seasons from 1977 to 1980: sixteen episodes were produced as segments of Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics in 1977, eight episodes were produced as segments of Scooby's All-Stars in 1978 and sixteen episodes were produced in 1980 when Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels were given their own half-hour show which combined new episodes and reruns from 1977 to 1978. His trademark is his battle cry of 'Captain CAAAAAVEMAAAAAAANNNN!' Captain Caveman's voice was provided by Mel Blanc.

Ĭaptain Caveman's powers include super-strength, a variety of useful objects hidden inside his hair, and a club that allows him to fly and from which pop out different tools he uses to fight crime. The show also borrowed heavily from other Hanna-Barbera shows such as Scooby-Doo and The Flintstones, among others. The concept and general plot for the show was seen as a parody of Charlie's Angels (which also aired on ABC). The series follows the mystery-solving adventures of the Teen Angels-Brenda, Dee Dee and Taffy-and their friend Captain Caveman (or Cavey for short), a prehistoric caveman and superhero whom the girls discovered and thawed from a block of ice. 7.1 The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–82).5.2 Season 2 – Scooby's All Stars (1978).5.1 Season 1 – Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977).All 40 episodes are available on the Boomerang subscription app. The series aired during the network's Saturday morning schedule from September 10, 1977, to June 21, 1980. Television series Captain Caveman and the Teen AngelsĬaptain Caveman and the Teen Angels is an American animated mystery comedy series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for ABC.

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