Krypto the Superdog

Krypto the Superdog
Krypto the Superdog
Krypto the Superdog title card.jpg
Title card
Format Animated television series
Created by DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation
Directed by Scott Jeralds
Starring Samuel Vincent
Brian Drummond
Scott McNeil
Tabitha St. Germain
Country of origin United States United States
Language(s) American English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 39 episodes (2 segments for each episode) (List of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Warner Bros. Animation
DC Comics
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Cartoon Network[1]
Kids' WB!
CBBC Channel (UK)
Original run March 25, 2005 (2005-03-25) – December 15, 2006 (2006-12-15)

Krypto the Superdog is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the DC Comics character Krypto. The show premiered on Cartoon Network on March 25, 2005 and aired on Kids' WB! in September 2006. It would usually air after the Tickle U block.

A comic book series (based on the TV show) was published by DC Comics under the Johnny DC imprint, which lasted 6 issues, from 2005 to 2006. The show was designed primarily for young children.

The show was close captioned by the National Captioning Institute like many of Warner Bros Animation's shows at the time.

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Plot

As the planet Krypton is about to be destroyed, Superman's father Jor-El makes a ship and puts a white puppy named Krypto into it for a test flight to see if it is safe enough for interstellar travel. While aboard the ship, Krypto accidentally destroys several wires and causes the ship to put him into a deep sleep while it heads on to Earth.

Upon landing on Earth, Krypto is a fully grown dog, possessed of superpowers similar to those of Superman's (since all Kryptonian life-forms gain superpowers from exposure to a yellow sun, such as Earth's sun). Later, Krypto is adopted by Kevin Whitney, a 9-year-old boy, with whom Superman arranges for him to stay (As Superman himself is often too busy saving the world to take care of him). Krypto poses as an ordinary dog while living with Kevin's family, but adopts the secret identity of "Superdog" for his superheroic deeds; Kevin is aware of Krypto's dual identity, but the rest of Kevin's family is not.

In this series, the various animals, including Krypto, all are capable of speaking to each other, but not to humans, except for Kevin (who is able to communicate with Krypto and the other animals thanks to a universal translator Kevin wears, known as an intergalactic communicator) and, of course, the viewers.

Characters

Episodes

Cast

Additional voices

Broadcasting

Cancellation and reruns

On December 15, 2006, the series was canceled. Reruns were shown on Kids' WB, but stopped airing due to 4Kids TV and Kids' WB joining to make CW4Kids. Krypto the Superdog is also airing on the cable television channel Boomerang. The two-part holiday special, "Iguanukkah", aired on Cartoon Network, December 21, 2008 (as well as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day) as part of the all day holiday specials marathon. It's now airing on Boomerang, showing old episodes of the series.

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