Saturday Supercade Online
Video games were exploding in popularity in the 1980s. Characters from several of the more popular games were featured in "Saturday Supercade," a weekly cartoon series perhaps most notable for being Donkey Kong's first starring appearance in a cartoon series. The famous gorilla starred in his own segment, this time as a well-meaning but slow-witted (and sometimes easily manipulated) gorilla who had escaped the circus; his trainer, Mario, and then-girlfriend Pauline (of whom Donkey Kong had a huge crush), tried to capture the large ape. Other segments included "Donkey Kong Jr.," the famous gorilla's young son who was aided in his search by his human friend, Bones; "Frogger," about an investigative amphibious reporter for the Swamp Gazette; "Pitfall," featuring the adventures of Pitfall Harry, his pet mountain lion Quickclaw and his niece Rhonda as they traveled through the forest in search of treasure; and "Q*Bert," about the misadventures of a teen-aged orange creature. The latter two...
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Michael Bell | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Jack DeLeon | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Alan Dinehart | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Walker Edmiston | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Marshall Efron | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Al Fann | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Teddy Field III | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Takayo Fischer | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
June Foray | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Linda Gary | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Kelly Glen | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Joe Higgins | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Bob Holt | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
David Landsberg | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Lucy Lee | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Shawn Lieber | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Tress MacNeille | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Tysun McMullan | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Shepard Menken | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Nancy Merwan | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Don Messick | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Tim Rooney | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Marilyn Schreffler | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Avery Schreiber | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Hal Smith | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Steve Spears | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
John Stephenson | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Russi Taylor | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Herb Vigran | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Janet Waldo | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Alan Young | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Cameron Young | - | Additional Voices 13 episodes, 1983 | |
Frank Welker did the voice of more characters (12) than the rest of the cast.
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