A wonderful episode.
After Wonder Woman helps the Goddess Aphrodite, Aphrodite praises not only Wonder Woman but all of the Super Friends. Hera becomes upset about the praise that Aphrodite gives out arguing that the Super Friends are mere mortals and not Gods and therefore underserving of such praise. When Zues hears of this, he gives the Super Friends various difficult and dangerous tasks, so that they may prove whether of not they deserve such praise.
I love this episode. The storyline is quite unique among Super Friends episodes. This is not a simple the heroes fight a big monster and save the world. The idea of each of the heroes having to take a near impossible task all by themselves is a wonderful idea and allows us to spend time with each one separately (although Batman and Robin work together), which again creates a nice change of pace. The way each of them approaches these challenges is clever and well thought through. This episode also benefits from a wonderful sense of atmosphere. Mythology has worked incredibly well with superhero stories (look at Wonder Woman and Thor) and it works fantastic here, allowing for a great amount of creativity. The various environments the heroes visit are wonderful. They also allow for some wonderful background art that is simply a joy to look at.
This is a very unique episode that is also a lot of fun.
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