Birdman and the Galaxy Trio

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio

1967
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio

6.7 | en | Animation

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio is an animated science fiction television series created by Alex Toth and produced by Hanna-Barbera. It debuted on NBC on September 9, 1967, and ran on Saturday mornings until September 6, 1969. The program consists of two segments: Birdman, depicting the adventures of a winged superhero powered by the sun, and The Galaxy Trio, centering around the exploits of three extraterrestrial superheroes. NBC ran two new segments of Birdman each Saturday, separated by a segment of The Galaxy Trio. The character of Birdman was revived three decades later in the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim TV series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and several characters from Birdman and the Galaxy Trio appeared in this revival.

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EP60  Morto Rides Again
Jan. 20,1968
Morto Rides Again

Morto the Marauder escapes from prison again, this time by converting a boiler from the prison laundry into a rocket.

EP59  Plastus the Pirate Planet
Jan. 20,1968
Plastus the Pirate Planet

The Galaxy Trio answers a distress call from planet Z-11, as an artificial planetoid hurtles toward them.

EP58  Murro the Marauder
Jan. 20,1968
Murro the Marauder

Murro the Marauder possesses the power to bring other people's shadows to life, and uses that power to take over F.E.A.R.

EP57  Skon of Space
Jan. 13,1968
Skon of Space

Falcon 7 warns Birdman that a strange unidentified spacecraft has been seen near the Bird Lair.

EP56  Gralik of Gravitas
Jan. 13,1968
Gralik of Gravitas

The Galaxy Trio rush to help King Gramor, Gravity Girl's father.

EP55  The Pirate Plot
Jan. 13,1968
The Pirate Plot

Captain Kidd, infamous pirate, has been resurrected and armed with modern super-weapons by Doctor Demon.

EP54  The Wild Weird West
Jan. 06,1968
The Wild Weird West

Jesse Johns, descendant of the infamous Jesse James, is getting help from a mad scientist. Doctor Cordo has given the outlaw special gear: robotic horses, lasers, and paralyzer beams. They're making fools of law and order!

EP53  Invasion of the Sporoids
Jan. 06,1968
Invasion of the Sporoids

The Galaxy Trio investigates as a number of outposts have gone silent, and discover a monster that divides into more monsters when they attack!

EP52  Birdman Versus The Speed Demon
Jan. 06,1968
Birdman Versus The Speed Demon

A prisoner mixing chemicals in prison has a fortuitous accident when an explosion gives him the power of super-speed.

EP51  The Ant Ape
Dec. 30,1967
The Ant Ape

Professor Klaw has created "Ant Ape", a nearly invincible creature, with whom he plans to get his revenge on Birdman.

EP50  Return to Aqueous
Dec. 30,1967
Return to Aqueous

The Galaxy Trio receive a call for assistance from the peaceful citizens of Aqueous, who are under attack from a monster who can breathe lightning and project powerful heat rays from his arms.

EP49  The Revenge of Dr. Millenium
Dec. 30,1967
The Revenge of Dr. Millenium

Birdman vanishes, and reappears in Ancient China, thanks to the dastardly devices invented by Dr. Millenium, out for revenge.

EP48  The Return of Vulturo
Dec. 23,1967
The Return of Vulturo

Vuluro returns with a robot Avenger for revenge on Birdman.

EP47  The Galaxy Trio Versus Growliath
Dec. 23,1967
The Galaxy Trio Versus Growliath

The Galaxy Trio is summoned to investigate when tiny creatures are made large by the evil scientist Growliath.

EP46  Birdman and The Monster of the Mountains
Dec. 23,1967
Birdman and The Monster of the Mountains

Birdman and Birdboy check out a report of a monster terrorizing villages high in the Himalayas.

EP45  Birdman Meets Moray of the Deep
Dec. 16,1967
Birdman Meets Moray of the Deep

The devious Captain Moray uses false distress calls to trap ship and kidnap the scientists they carry.

EP44  Space Slaves
Dec. 16,1967
Space Slaves

Elrath uses a long-distance displacer ray to kidnap Gravity Girl to the Pyramid Planet in the mysterious Crimson Zone.

EP43  Train Trek
Dec. 16,1967
Train Trek

Spyero plots to steal a Space Capsule by swapping the Atomic City supply train with his own.

EP42  Professor Nightshade
Dec. 09,1967
Professor Nightshade

Professor Nightshade, an agent of F.E.A.R., steals a dangerous new invention.

EP41  Space Fugitives
Dec. 09,1967
Space Fugitives

The Galaxy Trio is framed for attacking planets and robbing them of scientific equipment!

EP40  The Deadly Duplicator
Dec. 09,1967
The Deadly Duplicator

A mysterious villain with the power to create an exact replica of a person replaces key military personnel with their duplicates.

EP39  Birdman Versus Dr. Freezoids
Dec. 02,1967
Birdman Versus Dr. Freezoids

The newest member of F.E.A.R., Dr. Freezoids, uses his freeze ray in the service of that treacherous organization.

EP38  The Rock Men
Dec. 02,1967
The Rock Men

The Galaxy Trio must rescue Plutonian geologist Ekon, when rock formations come to life and take him captive.

EP37  The Menace Of Dr. Millenium
Dec. 02,1967
The Menace Of Dr. Millenium

Dr Millenium perfects his Millenium Machine, which allows him to bring prehistoric creatures back to life, and use them for his nefarious ends.

EP36  Birdman Meets Birdboy
Nov. 25,1967
Birdman Meets Birdboy

Birdman discovers a boy floating in a life raft. Upon determining that the boy is near death, Birdman infuses the boy with with his own solar powers.

EP35  The Demon Raiders
Nov. 25,1967
The Demon Raiders

The Galaxy Trio must intervene when the Intergalactic Treasury Building on Centauri-3 is attacked by Zykor.

EP34  The Wings of F.E.A.R.
Nov. 25,1967
The Wings of F.E.A.R.

Agents of F.E.A.R. have kidnapped three ambassadors from the Conference of Peaceful Nations Building, in a bid to frighten world leaders away from cooperation there.

EP33  The Empress of Evil
Nov. 18,1967
The Empress of Evil

The evil sorceress Medusa captures Prince Jhao, son of Birdman's friend the Maharaja of Ramapur.

EP32  The Galaxy Trio and the Cavemen of Primevia
Nov. 18,1967
The Galaxy Trio and the Cavemen of Primevia

The Galaxy Trio encounters an out-of-control spaceship. We they capture it, they find a man fleeing from the mines where he is forced to work as a slave.

EP31  Hannibal The Hunter
Nov. 18,1967
Hannibal The Hunter

Hannibal prides himself on being a great hunter, and lures Birdman to his island in order to add him to his trophy collection.

EP30  The Incredible Magnatroid
Nov. 11,1967
The Incredible Magnatroid

The mad scientist Metallo creates a magnetized robot to do his evil bidding.

EP29  The Eye of Time
Nov. 11,1967
The Eye of Time

The Galaxy Trio encounter strange space turbulence which sends them back in time, where they encounter Vikings who mistake them for invading Romans.

EP28  The Chameleon
Nov. 11,1967
The Chameleon

The Chameleon, an evil scientist who has perfected a shape-shifting formula, uses his powers to steal precious art and diamonds.

EP27  Vulturo, Prince of Darkness
Nov. 04,1967
Vulturo, Prince of Darkness

Agents of the dread organization F.E.A.R. offer Vulturo one million dollars if he can eliminate Birdman.

EP26  Computron Lives
Nov. 04,1967
Computron Lives

The Galaxy Trio is summoned for help, after criminals reactivate the rebellious robot Computron,

EP25  Birdman Meets Reducto
Nov. 04,1967
Birdman Meets Reducto

Reducto uses his Reductron Machine on Birdman and reduces him to the size of an insect!

EP24  Birdman Meets Birdgirl
Oct. 28,1967
Birdman Meets Birdgirl

As Birdman is about to receive a medal from Central City, Birdgirl reveals herself, when she saves everyone at the ceremony. She destroys Birdman's reputation among the city leaders, claiming Birdman has taken credit for her achievements.

EP23  The Duplitrons
Oct. 28,1967
The Duplitrons

The Galaxy Trio are summoned to Earth, where the leaders of the three largest countries are planning to declare war on each other.

EP22  Number One
Oct. 28,1967
Number One

Number One, Birdman's arch-enemy, lures Birdman into a trap to steal his solar powers.

EP21  Birdman Versus The Constrictor
Oct. 21,1967
Birdman Versus The Constrictor

The Constrictor steals the missile defense location plans for all the free nations, and offers to exchange the plans, for Avenger, Birdman's eagle companion.

EP20  Titan, the Titanium Man
Oct. 21,1967
Titan, the Titanium Man

The Galaxy Trio respond to a phony distress call from the planet Titanorus, where a scrawny scientist has succeeded in transforming himself into Titan, the Titanium Man.

EP19  The Brain Thief
Oct. 21,1967
The Brain Thief

Dr Shado, the brain thief, is kidnapping the country's top scientists, and stealing their mental prowess.

EP18  The Deadly Trio
Oct. 14,1967
The Deadly Trio

Dr. Zardo, Dr. Quint, and Dr. Killee decide to join forces to destroy Birdman.

EP17  Drackmore, The Despot
Oct. 14,1967
Drackmore, The Despot

The Galaxy Trio investigate the disappearance of pioneer spaceships in the Tranquility Belt.

EP16  The Purple Moss
Oct. 14,1967
The Purple Moss

Birdman investigates a strange indestructible purple moss that begins spreading over the nation's farmland.

EP15  Mentor, The Mind Taker
Oct. 07,1967
Mentor, The Mind Taker

Mentor uses his powers of the mind to force Avenger to attack Birdman.

EP14  The Galaxy Trio and the Peril of the Prison Planet
Oct. 07,1967
The Galaxy Trio and the Peril of the Prison Planet

The Galaxy Trio are heading for a vacation, when they receive an S.O.S. from a prison planet.

EP13  Nitron The Human Bomb
Oct. 07,1967
Nitron The Human Bomb

Nitron, a former scientist changed by an accident involving nitro-hydrogen, tries to join F.E.A.R. (and take charge) by completing three impossible criminal tasks.

EP12  Serpents of The Deep
Sep. 30,1967
Serpents of The Deep

When sharks steal an important government bathyscaphe, Birdman goes to the bottom of the ocean to investigate.

EP11  The Galaxy Trio and the Sleeping Planet
Sep. 30,1967
The Galaxy Trio and the Sleeping Planet

The Galaxy Trio are sent to check out planet K-7, when that planet misses international roll call.

EP10  Birdman Versus Cumulus, the Storm King
Sep. 30,1967
Birdman Versus Cumulus, the Storm King

Cumulus, using his control over the elements, holds Central City ransom.

EP9  Avenger For Ransom
Sep. 23,1967
Avenger For Ransom

Zardo has kidnapped Birdman's eagle companion Avenger, and holds him ransom, forcing Birdman to steal military plans for Avenger's return.

EP8  The Galaxy Trio Versus The Moltens of Meteorus
Sep. 23,1967
The Galaxy Trio Versus The Moltens of Meteorus

The Galaxy Trio receives an urgent S.O.S. from Meteor Man's home planet Meteorus, where the deadly Moltens are causing volcanic eruptions, planning to cover the planet in a blanket of lava.

EP7  The Quake Threat
Sep. 23,1967
The Quake Threat

Evil genius Professor Kyroff has developed a device that causes earthquakes, and plans to sell his invention to the highest bidder.

EP6  Birdman Versus The Mummer
Sep. 16,1967
Birdman Versus The Mummer

The Mummer, master of disguise, imitates a slew of people, including the King of Salaban, to force a war with Lanpeer.

EP5  The Battle of the Aquatrons
Sep. 16,1967
The Battle of the Aquatrons

The Galaxy Trio investigate a beam from the formerly peaceful planet Aqueous, which is melting the Earth's icecaps.

EP4  The Ruthless Ringmaster
Sep. 16,1967
The Ruthless Ringmaster

A circus troupe goes on a crime spree, stealing top-secret weapons.

EP3  Morto The Marauder
Sep. 09,1967
Morto The Marauder

The evil genius Morto escapes from prison in a bullet-proof suit of armor.

EP2  Revolt of the Robots
Sep. 09,1967
Revolt of the Robots

The Galaxy Trio receives an S.O.S. from the planet Orbus-4, where the robot servants have revolted.

EP1  X The Eliminator
Sep. 09,1967
X The Eliminator

X the Eliminator is hired by the criminal agency F.E.A.R. to destroy Birdman, and to retrieve the crest from his helmet as proof.

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Released: 1967-09-09 | Released Producted By: Hanna-Barbera Productions , NBC Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio is an animated science fiction television series created by Alex Toth and produced by Hanna-Barbera. It debuted on NBC on September 9, 1967, and ran on Saturday mornings until September 6, 1969. The program consists of two segments: Birdman, depicting the adventures of a winged superhero powered by the sun, and The Galaxy Trio, centering around the exploits of three extraterrestrial superheroes. NBC ran two new segments of Birdman each Saturday, separated by a segment of The Galaxy Trio. The character of Birdman was revived three decades later in the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim TV series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and several characters from Birdman and the Galaxy Trio appeared in this revival.

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Keith Andes , Don Messick , Ted Cassidy

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O2D I never saw The Galaxy Trio before but I saw Birdman on Cartoon Network a lot as a kid and it seemed a lot better then.Birdman lives in a volcano surrounded by other volcanoes and they imply this is in America. Mentok even knew where Birdman lived and it doesn't affect the show at all. There's a shocking amount of times that he is almost squashed by a shrinking room but even more times where he conveniently has a cage to hold the criminals. That is when he doesn't just murder them or when they get away. Even though Birdman and Galaxy Trio seemingly have nothing in common, the shows have lots of similarities. Neither of them have a back story and both of them start every episode with a video call setting up the story. And there's lots of times when the bad guys get away on both shows and they always say something like " I feel we will meet again.". The name Galaxy Trio doesn't make any sense and their powers don't make any sense. They tend to over explain everything too. The only reason to watch this is to make fun of it.
schimbare This cartoon had the great hanna barbera voices & sounds collection. Also the character design & the animation were very good aswell(I think Alex Toth worked on them). It is revolved around the power of science/technology, created/used by evil geniuses/terrorist organisations/underworld kingpins, who must be stopped by Birdman and his companions, Avenger and later on Bird Boy ( they always seem to add infant sidekicks characters to make the children audience get involved even more in the story as they will identify themselves with them). Bridman lives in a secretly high tech located volcano, where he gets messages from his secret services boss (falcon 7), through video conference ( he seems to be controlling some kind of computer for this & also some other few times when investigating stuff). The vilains are from a wide variety of worlds, from thiefs to mercenaries, aliens, robots, evil geniuses to evil organisations. The episodes runs in a fixed format, with Birdman working in it's volcano lair and suddendly getting a message about some weird event, behind which is suspected to be some evil. Birdman investigates, finds the source of the issue, usually gets in problem and somehow needs to be saved or get a lucky break, and finally finding a way to overcome his enemy. Sometimes,his enemies break away and don't get caught at all ( that happens quite often in fact).There are multiple enemies who return in more than 1 episodes, as a result. The episdoes are short (6-7-8 minutes) and they used to be run in pair with "The galaxy trio". An episode of "The galaxy trio' would be sandwiched between 2 episodes of birdman, that making it about 20-23 minutes segment.Great show for the kids of the time, as it was so creative, so out of this world. Even now, it would be interesting for kids to see, if they like Hanna barbera cartoons- I think HB are the goat of cartoon franchises). Too bad Birdman didn't get more credit, as Batman/Superman/Spiderman did. He was unique, although Hanna Barbera did kind of reboot him in Blue Falcon & Harvey Birdman, attorney at law.Both he/SpaceGhost were shutdown due to so called violence presented on screen. I disagree on that, I watched it when I was 4-5 and it didnt' had any negative effect on me. They fight scenes were not graphic at all.
Kelly Izaj Back in 1966, Hanna-Barbera Productions began its superhero cartoon cycle with the launch of SPACE GHOST & DINO BOY. By September 1967, they had superhero series on all three major networks. And BIRDMAN AND THE GALAXY TRIO (to use the series full title) which aired on NBC was one of the most popular and memorable of those series.Like another Hanna-Barbera series that aired on NBC, YOUNG SAMSON & GOLIATH (which I have reviewed earlier), BIRDMAN was an good example of Golden Age styled comic book plotting used in an animated cartoon context. In the first of the two segments of the series, the winged wonder known as Birdman (voiced over by Keith Andes) was summoned into action by Falcon 7 (John Stephenson) to take on the latest threat to national or international security. With his pet eagle Avenger at his side, the winged wonder flew off from Bird Lair (an extinct volcano) to challenge the threat. In a few episodes, he would aided by a teen-aged sidekick Birdboy (Dick Beals) who had similar powers.For the record, Birdman's super-powers were flight (Thanks to his wings naturally!), super strength, and the ability to file blasts of solar energy from his hands (not to mention the ability to create "solar shields"). His powers come from exposure to the rays of the sun (which could explain why his headquarters is located in the crater of an extinct volcano), but also gives him an easily exploitable weakness which the writers liked to use throughout the run of the series. He loses his powers if he is out of the sun for too long and has to recharge by exposure to sunlight (but then again, he's lucky to have Avenger to help bail him out of those situations).For the most part, Birdman fought villains that were associated with the organization FEAR (his most frequent foe being its leader, Number One). Among them included such baddies as Dr. Freezoids, Nitron, the Ringmaster, and Vulturo among others. He managed to fight against foes that weren't allied with FEAR including Morto the Marauder, the Constrictor, Medusa, and Dr. Millennium among others. All in the space of 40 seven minute cartoons.The second segment was The Galaxy Trio which consisted of a trio of superheroes who patrolled space in their spaceship Condor One in the fight against evil. The three heroes were Vapor Man (Don Messick) who could into vapor at will and fire blasts of different vapors; Meteor Man (Ted Cassidy) who had the power expand his size at will; and Gravity Girl (Virginia Eiler) who had the power to control gravity. And they were to need those powers to fight the worst menaces the universe has to offer in 20 seven minute cartoons that were sandwiched between the two Birdman cartoons in each half hour episode.All in all, BIRDMAN AND THE GALAXY TRIO was one of Hanna-Barbera's most popular series and was only dropped by NBC in late 1968 mainly due to the backlash against TV violence during that period. Fortunately the show was brought back in 1979 as part of the syndicated series HANNA-BARBERA'S WORLD OF SUPER ADVENTURE (which brought back most of Hanna-Barbera's superhero series) and current pops up now and then on the Boomerang Network. It is also available on DVD via Warner Home Video.
richard.fuller1 Have to warn of possible spoilers, need to focus on best words to get the job done. Need to use all my concentration on the keyboard to strike the right letters or else! Thus was the world of Birdman. A man in a bird costume with sun powers, who recharged with the sun. He was a solar powered hero, it seems. Why not Sun Man? Looks too much like Superman I guess.So we use a bird? Avenger the purple eagle is a truly strange sidekick. He behaves like a dog. In watching the shows, I half expect him to bark once or twice. When Birdman is in a cage, Avenger actually tries to bend the bars apart."No, no, trusty Avenger. It's no use." Galaxy Trio always reminded me of the Fantastic Four, minus the Human Torch. They are aliens of some sorts. In one episode, we learn Gravity Gal is a princess and her father is a king on Gravitas. Apparently Meteor Man didn't know that either.There would be Bird Boy (voiced by the remarkable Dick Beal, who was 40 when he did this voice, he also did Buzz Conroy in Frankenstein Jr, Davey in Davey & Goliath, Alka Seltzer kid and Ralphie Phillips the daydreaming kid in WB cartoons) and one episode has Bird Girl.The setups are so limiting and puzzling. Why is Falcon's Lair in a a volcano? I used to wonder the same thing about Space Ghost. Villains would contact Space Ghost and tell him what crime they were going to commit and challenge him to stop them! I thought, why did you contact him in the first place? Birdman actually gets a recurring bad group called F.E.A.R.Now they don't call this group FEAR. Birdman and others, including the group themselves!, will say the letters out. F.......E......A.....R Birdman has at least two appearances on Space Ghost: Coast To Coast, subbing for SG (initially there had been plans for Birdman to get the talk show, but eventually this was given over to the more popular Space Ghost) where we learn he is separated from Gravity Girl and he is devastated by it.But the Harvey Birdman, Atty At Law cartoons are a great extension and understanding of this truly puzzling cartoon.I've watched Space Ghost with SG:C2C, Sealab 2020 with 2021 and they really are great additions to the original shows.Birdman and Harvey Birdman are pretty much the same.