TV series

Tom Terrific
1957–1958 · 2 seasons
A gentle, silly cartoon that plays like a friendly storybook, easy for small children to dip in and out of.
- Created by
- Gene Deitch
- Genres
- Animation, Kids
- Starring
- Lionel G. Wilson
- Overview
- Drawn in a simple style, it features a gee-whiz boy hero, Tom Terrific, who lives in a treehouse and can transform himself into anything he wants thanks to his magic, funnel-shaped "thinking cap," which also enhances his intelligence. He has a comic lazybones of a sidekick, Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, and an arch-foe named Crabby Appleton, whose motto is, "I'm rotten to the core!" Other foes include Mr. Instant, the Instant Thing King, Captain Kidney Bean, Sweet Tooth Sam, the Candy Bandit and Isotope Feaney, The Meany.
- How it feels
- Light, whimsical, absurd and warm. Brisk and fine in the background.
- About
- Friendship, identity, loyalty
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Gene Deitch
- Genres
- Animation, Kids
- Starring
- Lionel G. Wilson
