The Herculoids - Definition and Overview

The Herculoids was a Saturday morning television cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show debuted on September 9, 1967, and ran for one season on CBS. The plotlines were routed in science fiction, and had story direction and content to Jonny Quest and Space Ghost.

This series takes place on a far-away planet named Quasar and has has a cast of eight characters:

• Zandor (voiced by Mike Road), humanoid protector of the planet Quasar
• his wife, Tara (voiced by Virginia Gregg)
• their son Dorno (voiced by Ted Eccles)
• Five creatures of the planet, known as The Herculoids, who are the following:
  • Zok the flying dragon (voiced by Mike Road), who emits laser beams from his eyes and tail
  • Igoo the rock gorilla (also voiced by Mike Road)
  • Tundro the ten-legged rhino-triceratops (either voiced by Mike Road), who shoots energy stones from his cannon-horn
  • Two protoplastic creatures named Gloop and Gleep (both voiced by Don Messick), who can assume several forms.

Together, the Herculoids and the humanoids battle to defend their planet from several menaces from the outer space.

External links

• Big Cartoon DataBase: The Herculoids (http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/G-J/The_Herculoids/)
• Picture Gallery (http://members.aol.com/PaulEC2/herculoids.html)