Mighty Man and Yukk

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Mighty Man & Yukk is an animated series created by Ruby-Spears Productions. It aired as part of the 1980–81 show The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show. It was considered as a Rudy-Spears "original" and did not crossover with the other segments of ths show.{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=624–625}}

Synopsis

Millionaire Brandon Brewster (voiced by Peter Cullen) uses a machine to reduce himself to only a few inches in height and give himself superpowers, including super-strength and flight; in this form, he is the costumed crime fighter Mighty Man. His partner is Yukk (voiced by Frank Welker), the "world's ugliest dog"; this anthropomorphic dog conceals his face by wearing a miniature doghouse on his head. The sight of his face destroys anything Yukk looks at. Mighty Man and Yukk are called in by the unnamed Mayor (voiced by John Stephenson) of the unnamed city to fight different supervillains.

The series has strong resemblance to other Ruby-Spears creations at Hanna-Barbera Productions, such as Dynomutt, Dog Wonder.

Cast

=Main=

  • Peter Cullen as Brandon Brewster/Mighty Man
  • John Stephenson as Mayor, Anthead, Big Mouse, Magnet Man, Catman, Dr. Rufus T. Gadgets, Marble Man, Mr. Van Pire, Dr. Lash, Clyde
  • Frank Welker as Yukk

=Additional voices=

Episodes

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Big Mouse the Bad Mouse

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|09|22|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Big Mouse and his rodent followers plan to hijack a rocket and steal the city mint.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Magnet Man

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|09|22|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Magnet Man threatens to use his giant magnet to pull the city into the river unless he is paid a very big ransom.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Anthead

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|09|29|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = To pull off the crime of the century, Anthead steals computers to help him plan one.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Never Retire with Mr. & Mrs. Van Pire

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|09|29|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Mr. and Mrs. Van Pire are hypnotizing millionaires to sell them their fortunes and then turning them into bats.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Goldteeth's Bad Bite

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|10|06|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Goldteeth and his sidekick Doctor Decay plan to steal a gold plated satellite that is orbiting outer space.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Baby Man

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|10|06|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Baby Man and his nanny henchwomen are making City officials act like babies by spraying them with a secret formula.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Trouble Brews When Glue Man Glues

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|10|13|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Sick of being beaten by Mighty Man and Yukk, the villainous Glue Man hatches a plan to steal chemicals that will create a formula to turn himself into Super-Glue Man upon obtaining a scientist named Dr. Stickol.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Shake Up with Ms. Make-Up

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|10|13|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Miss Make-Up, the most beautiful criminal that ever lived, plans to steal a scroll that contains Cleopatra's beauty secrets.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Bad News Snooze

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|10|20|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Madame Sleep and her henchmen Lazy and Tired steal King Ledus' ring. She plans to use the ring which is a key to unlock the vault at the Lagovian Embassy, steal the Lagovian Lion Statue and hold it for a ransom of $10 million.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Coach Crime's Big Play

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|10|20|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = To infiltrate Coach Crime's gang of thieves and figure out who his real identity is, Mighty Man and Yukk pose as safecrackers.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Public Rooster #1

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|10|27|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = The Rooster steals an anti-gravity machine which he uses to commit numerous dastardly crimes in order to make himself Public Enemy #1.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Rob Around the Clock

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|10|27|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = The Time Keeper and his henchmen Minute Man and Second Hand Rose are freezing time. They then commit crimes resulting in an unstoppable crime spree.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = The Perils of Paulette

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|11|03|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = The maniacal Handhead tries to force a movie studio to replace their actress Paulette with his girlfriend Billie by sabotaging their latest movie.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| Title = The Dangerous Dr. Gadgets

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|11|03|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = In a plot to discredit Mighty Man and Yukk, Dr. Rufus T. Gadgets sets up his own crimes so that he can be the hero of the city.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| Title = Bye Bye Biplane

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|11|10|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Baron Brute steals an amnesia machine and plans to use it to win a space shuttle contract by sabotaging his opponent.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| Title = Beach Bum's Crime Wave

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|11|10|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Mighty Man and Yukk encounter Beach Bum, a villain who uses his surfing talents and advanced technology to steal anything valuable including King Neptune's golden trident.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| Title = The Fiendish Fishface

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Fishface uses his trained dolphins to capture millionaires on their yachts and has his henchmen disguise themselves as them.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| Title = Catman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = A cat burglar named Catman uses his trained pet lion and black panther to steal the world's largest diamond.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| Title = Kragg the Conqueror

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|11|24|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = A scientist named Dr. Lash thaws out a Viking warrior named Kragg the Conqueror and his hound. He then plans to use them to abduct the Mayor, the police chief, and Mighty Man.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| Title = The Menacing Mindreader

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|11|24|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Miro the Mentalist uses a mind-reading machine that enables him to steal valuable information from the brains of his victims.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| Title = Dog Gone Days

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|12|01|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Fed up with guard dogs spoiling his crimes, a small-time criminal becomes the Dogcatcher, luring and capturing dogs with a sonic whistle so he can eliminate every dog on Earth including Yukk.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| Title = The Evil Evo-Ray

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|12|01|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Future Man, a fully evolved human with futuristic powers, plans to turn the whole of mankind into cavemen, starting with his fellow scientists.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| Title = The Video Villain

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|12|08|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Camera Man uses his 3-D camera to travel through any television in the city and commit robberies.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| Title = Krime Klown's Circus of Evil

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|12|08|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Krime Klown uses his Krime Kazoo to turn the citizens into his circus henchmen.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| Title = Copycat

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|12|15|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Copycat and his henchman Ivan plot to steal the fortune and money belt of oil tychoon Bucks Galore.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| Title = The Sinister Super Suit

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|12|15|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Former TV villain Nefario creates a super suit which enables him to stay one step ahead of Mighty Man and Yukk while he is committing a series of crimes.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 27

| Title = The Malevolent Marble Man

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|12|22|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Marble Man uses a device to bring statues to life in a plot to drive out the citizens and claim the city for themselves.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 28

| Title = Evil Notions with Evila's Potions

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|12|22|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Evila the Witch enchants the city's gems into following her back to her house.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 29

| Title = The Diabolical Dr. Locust

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|12|29|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Dr. Locust attempts to steal three ancient Chinese junks that, once combined, create a robotic warrior.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 30

| Title = Where There's a Will, There's a Creep

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|12|29|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Stanley Johnson is set to inherit a fortune if he spends the night in a haunted house. The only problem is the Creep and his henchman Clyde plan to kidnap Stanley so that the Creep inherits the money himself.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 31

| Title = Doctor Icicle

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|01|05|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Doctor Icicle and his sidekick Frosty are kidnapping renowned scientists in order to build a super freezing machine that will freeze the sun.

| LineColor = B11030

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 32

| Title = The Glutunous Glop

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|01|05|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = An evil professor named Sanfon Vulch creates Glop, a monster that can eat its way through anything. Glop is sent to Brandon Brewster's house to eat through his safe and steal a set of valuable blueprints.

| LineColor = B11030

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