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* The Brain Machine: Doctor Cranum uses his machine to boosts man's evolution a million years and decides to use it on the city of Metropolis. But Batman, Robin, and Wonder Woman must stop him.The Brain Machine/Joy Ride/Invasion of the Earthors/The Whirlpool is an episode of season 2 of Super Friends. It premiered on September 10, 1977.

Synopsis for "The Brain Machine/Joy Ride/Invasion of the Earthors/The Whirlpool"

  • The Brain Machine: Doctor Cranum uses his machine to boosts man's evolution a million years and decides to use it on the city of Metropolis. But Batman, Robin, and Wonder Woman must stop him.
  • Joy Ride: Two kids take a joy ride in an airplane.
  • Invasion of the Earthors (main feature): The underground civilization of the Earthors endanger the surface with their bedrock mining.
  • The Whirlpool: Starring Aquaman and Black Vulcan. A captain on a schedule sails his ship into a heavy storm and encounters a huge whirlpool.

Appearing in "The Brain Machine/Joy Ride/Invasion of the Earthors/The Whirlpool"

"The Brain Machine"

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  • Doctor Cranum (Single appearance)

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"Joy Ride"

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  • Corky (Single appearance)
  • Jeff (Single appearance)

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  • Metropolis
    • Metropolis Municipal Airport
    • Metropolis State Beach

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"Invasion of the Earthors"

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  • Earthors (Single appearance)
    • Crag (Single appearance)

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"The Whirlpool"

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  • Captain Croner (Single appearance)

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  • Oil supertanker crew

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  • Aquascooter
  • Oil supertanker



Notes

  • De-coder clues: Bed, Rock
  • Magic: glass and coin mystery
  • Health: Farm grown produce as snacks.

Trivia

  • This is the first episode of the series after a hiatus of 4 years.
  • "The Whirlpool" is the first appearance of Black Vulcan.
  • In "The Brain Machine," when Wonder Woman is hit by Doctor Cranum's machine, she "Looks and thinks just like Cranum," implying the machine does something to a person's morals as well as advancing their mind.


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