The All-New Super Friends Hour: Joy Ride

 

This is the second segment of the first episode of The All-New Super Friends Hour, unlike most other Super Friends formats, this one had hour long episodes that were made up of various shorter cartoons. The first segment would be an adventure staring two members (or three in some cases as Batman and Robin would often team with another Super Friend) of the Super Friends. The second would be a morality play staring the Wonder Twins. The third would be a typical half hour Super Friends adventure. The fourth and last segment would feature one of the main Super Friends teaming up with a special DC Comics guest star. 

In this short segment, two teenagers steal a plane and take it for a joy ride. The Wonder Twins go to rescue them. 

I admit to not being the biggest fan of these Wonder Twins segments and this short perfectly shows why. This cartoon doesn't really work as a super hero story but instead feels simply like a didactic morality play for very young kids. The fact that the teenagers are just pure stereotypes that simply seem to exist for the reason of driving home the message. The dialogue simply feels like a lecture. Worst of all though is that this morality play is not really entertaining in any way.  

Most of these Wonder Twins segments can be skipped and this is no exception,