Series · 1979
Flash Gordon
The series
The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, also known as The Adventures of Flash Gordon, is an animated television series. The series is actually called Flash Gordon but the expanded title is used in official records to distinguish it from previous versions. Filmation produced the series in 1979, partly as a reaction to the mammoth success of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1977. The series was a homage to the original Flash Gordon comic strip and featured most of the original characters, including Flash's girlfriend Dale Arden, and the scientist Hans Zarkov. The series is still regarded as one of the most faithful adaptations, and one of Filmation's finest overall efforts. The basic story follows Flash and his companions as they travel to Mongo, where they are forced into battle by its ruler, Ming the Merciless, his daughter Princess Aura, and his army of Metal Men. To help their cause the heroes lead the formation of an alliance beginning with King Thun, leader of the Lion People; Prince Barin, ruler of Arboria; and King Vultan, leader of the Hawkmen. The original project was produced as a made-for-television feature film. When NBC saw the finished work, it was decided to turn the work into an animated TV series. The change in format resulted in the story being significantly expanded with a subplot of Ming secretly giving military technology to Hitler being dropped, as well as being set in the present day rather during World War II. When the series was cancelled after its 2nd season, the original footage was reassembled with the original soundtrack, including the final role of Ted Cassidy, and aired on primetime in 1982 as a TV movie, Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All.
Episodes
Season 1 · 16 episodes · 1979
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Episode 18 Sep 197930m
Chapter One: A Planet In Peril
To save the planet Earth from complete destruction, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov fly into outer space where they crashland on the strange and mysterious planet of Mongo. As the three are taken prisoner by the Gillmen they m…
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Episode 215 Sep 197930m
Chapter Two: The Monsters Of Mongo
SynopsisEditHistoryDiscussWatch Their underground escape from Emperor Ming is interrupted by giant reptiles and Flash's battle with a reptilian monster to free Dale from its huge claw. Captured by Princess Aura and her witch women warrior…
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Episode 322 Sep 197930m
Chapter Three: Vultan, King Of The Hawkmen
The hawkmen capture Flash, Thun, Barin and Aura and fly them to King Vultan's mile-high, suspended sky city where the winged monarch announces he will marry Aura and sends Flash and his friends to slave in his atomic furnaces. Back at the …
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Episode 429 Sep 197930m
Chapter Four: To Save Earth
From Ming's palace, Dr. Zarkov uses an astral projector to warn Flash in Arboria of the impending collision danger to earth and of Ming's planned metalmen's attack on Arboria. Even as Prince Barin's forest fighters rout the metalmen, Arbor…
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Episode 513 Oct 197930m
Chapter Five: The Beast Men's Prey
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Episode 627 Oct 197930m
Chapter Six: Into the Water World
Fleeing from Princess Aura's robot rocket attack, Flash Gordon and his friends are attacked by a mysterious magnetic ray as they fly over the sea of mystery. Flash's rocket ship crashes and he, Dale and Dr. Zarkov are pulled beneath the se…
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Episode 720 Oct 197930m
Chapter Seven: Adventure In Arboria
Flash and his friends arrive in Arboria and are greeted by a huge swarm of flying, poisonous squirlons. Dr. Zarkov is bitten by a squirlon as the party swings through the tree forests in an attempt to escape the airborne rodents. Prince Ba…
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Episode 827 Oct 197930m
Chapter Eight: The Frozen World
In Prince Barin's tree palace, Flash and his friends map plans to mount their fight against Ming the Merciless. Needing a scarce ore to power the machines to fight Ming, Flash flies to Queen Fria's province of ice and snow to search for th…
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Episode 93 Nov 197930m
Chapter Nine: Monster Of Glacier
Flash and Queen Fria cleverly gain entry in the lair of the eight-foot giants who have captured Dale and Dr. Zarkov. As Flash engages Brukka, Chief of the Giants, in a fight, Queen Fria frees the others from their ice pit prison cells. Fla…
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Episode 1010 Nov 197930m
Chapter Ten: Blue Magic
As Flash and his party rocket through the Mongo countryside enroute to Arboria, they see that Ming's metalmen are following in a ray-emitting rocket train. Flash avoids capture by detouring his rocket train into the forbidden country of Sy…
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Episode 1117 Nov 197930m
Chapter Eleven: King Flash!
Flash, his memory erased, and Queen Azura board a great war chariot, drawn by two fierce dragon-like creatures, to lead the army of three-taloned, purple robed witch men into battle against Prince Barin's green-clad forest hunters and King…
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Episode 1224 Nov 197930m
Chapter Twelve: Ming's Tournament Of Death
Recaptured by Ming's evil forces, Flash and his friends are chained to the combat arena in preparation for Emperor Ming's tournament of death games from which there will be but one winner. The winner will be given his freedom and the choic…
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Episode 131 Dec 197930m
Chapter Thirteen: Castaways In Tropica
With flashing flame swords, Flash and the now-revealed Prince Barin fight one another on a suspended high wire over the blazing green fire in the final game of Ming's tournament of death. Princess Aura saves the two fighters and they escap…
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Episode 148 Dec 197930m
Chapter Fourteen: The Desert Hawk
In Prince Barin's treetop palace in Arboria, he, Princess Aura, Thun and Vultan discuss how to find the missing Flash Gordon. Flash and his party continue to flee from the traitorous Braznor who has seized control of Tropica from Queen Des…
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Episode 1515 Dec 197930m
Chapter Fifteen: Revolt Of The Power Men
At a strategy meeting in Tropica, Flash and his friends plan to recapture Vultan's mile-high Sky City now under control of Ming's robot guards. Flash and Thun return to Mongo City where they team up with Ergon, Leader of the Power. Ming di…
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Episode 165 Jan 198030m
Chapter Sixteen: Ming's Last Battle
At Mongo City, Emperor Ming shows Dale Arden the frozen form of Flash Gordon and Dale agrees to marry Ming if he will free Flash. In the meantime Zarkov and Ergon work feverishly to repair the energy shield to protect Sky City from an impe…
Cast
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