Batfink

Batfink was an animated television series, consisting of five-minute shorts, that first aired in September 1967. The 100-episode series was quickly created by Hal Seeger, starting in 1966, to parody the popular Batman and The Green Hornet television series which had premiered the same year.

The cartoon was produced at Hal Seeger Studios, in New York City. It was syndicated by Screen Gems and continued to air on local stations throughout the 1980s. Nickelodeon briefly aired episodes of Batfink on its Weinerville and Nick in the Afternoon series in the 1990s.

Batfink's life and wings are explained in the final episode, "Batfink: This Is Your Life", in which he is shown his boyhood, and how his real wings were replaced.

Cast

• Batfink (Frank Buxton) is a bat with superpowers. He uses his "super sonar radar" and metallic wings ("My wings are like a shield of steel!") to fight crime.
• Karate (Len Maxwell) is a martial arts expert and Batfink's sidekick. He isn't very bright but is strong enough to help Batfink out of any situation.
• The Chief (Len Maxwell) is Batfink's consultant and informs Batfink of all the latest crimes.
• Hugo A-Go-Go (Frank Buxton) is the main villain of the series, who spents his time in his laboratory creating inventions to defeat Batfink and dominate the world.
• Other villains have included Queenie Bee (with her army of bees) and Goldyunlocks (with an obsession of unlocking every lock she sees).

Episodes

1. "Pink Pearl of Persia" (pilot)
2. "The Short Circuit Case" (pilot)
3. "Ebenezer The Freezer"
4. "The Sonic Boomer"
5. "Big Ears Ernie"
6. "Batfink on the Rocks"
7. "Manhole Manny"
8. "The Mad Movie Maker"
9. "Nuts of the Round Table"
10. "Skinny Minnie"
11. "Fatman Strikes Again"
12. "The Kitchy-Koo Kaper"
13. "The Dirty Sinker"
14. "Gluey Louie"
15. "Brother Goose"
16. "The Chocolate-Covered Diamond"
17. "Crime College"
18. "Myron the Magician"
19. "Brain Washday"
20. "M P F T B R M"
21. "Gloves on the Go-Go"
22. "Sporty Morty"
23. "Go Fly a Bat"
24. "Ringading Brothers"
25. "Out Out Darn Spot"
26. "Goo-Goo A-Go-Go"
27. "Crimes in Rhymes"
28. "Stupidman"
29. "A Living Doll"
30. "Bat Patrol"
31. "Dig that Crazy Mountain"
32. "Spin The Batfink"
33. "Greasy Gus"
34. "The Mark of Zero"
35. "Swami Salami"
36. "The Human Pretzel"
37. "Jumping Jewelry"
38. "Roz the Schnozz"
39. "Karate's Case"
40. "The Wishbone Boner"
41. "Hugo for Mayor"
42. "The Indian Taker"
43. "The Devilish Device"
44. "Goldstinger"
45. "The Shady Shadow"
46. "Party Marty"
47. "The Beep Bopper"
48. "The Super Trap"
49. "Bride and Doom"
50. "Topsy Turvy"
51. "The Rotten Rainmaker"
52. "Gypsy James"
53. "The Kooky Chameleon"
54. "Beanstalk Jack"
55. "The Time Stopper"
56. "The Kangarobot"
57. "Presto-Chango-Hugo"
58. "Curly The Cannonball"
59. "Robber Hood"
60. "Slow Down! Speed Up!"
61. "Sandman Sam"
62. "Yo-Yo A-Go-Go"
63. "Hugo's Hoke"
64. "Backwards Box"
65. "The Great Escapo"
66. "Watch My Smoke"
67. "Daniel Boom"
68. "Queenie Bee"
69. "The Thief from Baghdad"
70. "The Mean Green Midget"
71. "Double Double Crossers"
72. "The Baffling Bluffs of Hugo A-Go-Go"
73. "Napoleon Blownapart"
74. "The Atom Boom"
75. "Magneto the Magnificent"
76. "Hugo the Crimefighter"
77. "The Trojan Horse Thief"
78. "The Zap Sap"
79. "Unhappy Birthday"
80. "Buster the Ruster"
81. "Karate's Day Off"
82. "Mike the Mimic"
83. "Cinderobber"
84. "Bouncey Bouncey Batfink"
85. "The Bomber Bird"
86. "The Copycat Bat"
87. "Old King Cruel"
88. "Victor the Predictor"
89. "Goldyunlocks and the Three Bears"
90. "Jerkules"
91. "Hugo Here, Hugo There"
92. "Bowl Brummel"
93. "Fleiderfink"
94. "Blankenstein"
95. "Whip van Winkle"
96. "Tough Macduff"
97. "Judy Jitsu"
98. "Ego A-Go-Go"
99. "Father Time Bomb"
100. "Batfink: This Is Your Life"

External links

• Official Batfink Site (http://www.batfink.com/)
• Official UK Batfink site (http://www.batfinkuk.com/)
• Dave Mackey's Batfink site (complete episode guide, with screenshots) (http://www.davemackey.com/animation/seeger/batfink/index.html)
• Template:Imdb name (with links to each Batfink episode)
• amazon.co.uk: The Complete Batfink Series on DVD (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00065HNMC)