SuperTed
SuperTed is a Welsh fictional anthropomorphic bear character created by Mike Young. Originally created by Young as a series of stories to help his son overcome his fear of the dark, SuperTed became a popular series of books and led to an animated series produced from 1982 to 1986.
Mother Nature's place is invaded by Texas Pete, Bulk and Skeleton. Texas Pete plans to drink some of the potion that Mother Nature gave to SuperTed in order to gain super powers. But soon SuperTed and Spotty Man come to rescue as usual.
Texas Pete has hatched a plot to discover SuperTed's magic word. First, Bulk throws Skeleton off the Statue of Liberty where Skeleton his holding onto the sleeve of the statue. Secondly, once SuperTed and Spotty Man have gone to rescue him, Texas Pete hides small microphones in the treehouse. Thirdly, Texas Pete throws Skeleton into the sea, a hundred miles off the coast in be exact. Finally, once SuperTed gets the call for help, he'll say his magic word...and Bulk will be listening.
Bulk now wears the suit of SuperTed and is able to fly like a bear. Before long, SuperTed and Spotty Man discover this and try to catch him. However luckily...Bulk has forgotten the magic word...making Texas Pete cry after spending all the trouble of organising the plot.
SuperTed is called to the Pennines to rescue two lady geologists who are trapped in a cave, but soon finds himself in an awful dilemma when Spotty Man disappears and has to choose to save his friend or the geologists first.
A museum in the Middle East wishes to display the Cosmic Dust that Spotty Man uses, but SuperTed thinks it could be dangerous and his fears prove correct when Texas Pete and his cronies plan to steal the Cosmic Dust from the museum.
After rescuing a beached blue whale in Wales, SuperTed and Spotty Man aid the whale in saving its family from a whaling boat piloted by none other than Texas Pete.
Texas Pete, Bulk, and Skeleton capture a gorilla while in Africa, but when SuperTed and Spotty Man come to the rescue, Bulk unknowingly plays a part in helping the now captive gorilla.
At a seaside town in England, Texas Pete takes up a magician's act under the alias "Great Horrendo" to cheat children out of their allowances and briefly sidetrack Superted by making Spotty Man a volunteer in his hypnosis trick.
Spotty Man reluctantly agrees to take driving lessons from SuperTed. However, Skeleton and Bulk steal it to drive it to the bank where Texas Pete is, robbing it. Unknowingly to the three villains, the car is running out of brake fluid, causing the brakes to be out of work.
While SuperTed and Spotty Man relax in an island in the South Pacific, Texas Pete and his cronies steal SuperTed's spotted teddy bear and use it as part of a voodoo act to incapacitate SuperTed.
Texas Pete, Bulk, and Skeleton plan to rob a bank in Hong Kong, using Hong Kong's old secret passageways, but Bulk blows open the wall into a restaurant...where SuperTed and Spotty Man are having dinner.
In a large Eastern city in the United States, Texas Pete has the blues on being unable to beat SuperTed, so Bulk and Skeleton decide to cheer him up by stealing a rattlesnake from the city zoo...attracting attention to SuperTed and Spotty Man once more.
Whilst searching for a birthday present for Spottyman, SuperTed discovers that Texas Pete and his cronies are planning to rob the biggest toy shop in the world.
A girl called Judy has had her long horn cattle stolen. SuperTed and Spotty fly down to Texas to retrieve the cattle. Once there, they meet up with a cowboy that is similar to Texas Pete.
Texas Pete is after the rare creature of the Arctic, the Mammoth. But soon SuperTed and Spotty Man are ready to fight back and save the day.
After destroying the space satellite, Texas Pete, Bulk and Skeleton sneak into SuperTed's space station to take Spotty Man by surprise. SuperTed, on his way back, encounters a crash and soon is drifting away in space with no memory.
SuperTed has lost his memory, Spotty Man's parents have lost their daughter Blotch and Spotty Man himself is being held prisoner by Texas Pete, Bulk and Skeleton. To make matters worse, Texas Pete arranges for our heroes to be tied up in a rocket and heading straight for the sun.
While investigating a strange light, a girl is captured by Texas Pete, who is smuggling weapons into North Wales via a submarine in a cavern, forcing SuperTed and Spotty Man to put their beach holiday on hold.
Texas Pete steals a crystal ball from a couple of gypsies and uses it to read other people's fortunes for his own wealth...and forecast doom for SuperTed.
On his way to Planet Earth to see SuperTed, Spotty Man's rocket breaks down and he crash lands in North America where he befriends a Spotty Red Indian. Also there are Texas Pete, Bulk and Skeleton who plan to shoot a buffalo to in order to have some buffalo steaks for dinner.
After being catty with Spotty Man for making him get out of bed to retrieve him from outside the space station, he has a horrible nightmare which shows him what life might be like if he didn't have Spotty with him
A flying squirrel turns to SuperTed and Spotty Man for help when Texas Pete is responsible for cutting down the trees to sell.
Bulk tells the story of how he first met Texas Pete in jail and how they escaped and entered the tomb of Skeleton.
Texas Pete, Bulk, and Skeleton disguise themselves as Father Christmas and rob children of their presents on Christmas Eve. It's up to SuperTed and Spotty Man to clear the real Father Christmas name and stop the villains from ruining Christmas for the children.
Superted travels to the Amazon to rescue the treasure of an ancient civilisation.
Texas Pete wants to take over all the oyster beds of the South Pacific Island, but he has to beat Superted first!
Texas Pete dreams of conquering the universe, he steals a rocket ship and heads for outer space. Superted and Spotty chase after him, with spectacular results
In a mountainous part of mid-Wales, a rare species of birds is in danger. Texas Pete is stealing eggs for his collection.
For the first time in history an elephant flies in a space rocket, as Superted and Spotty travel to Africa to find out who is stealing ivory from the traditional resting place of the African elephant.
There is an avalanche of laughs as Texas Pete hijacks a train in the Alps. Unfortunately for him, Superted and Spottyman are taking a sking holiday in the area.
Is the creepy castle haunted? Or is Texas Pete up to his old tricks? Join our heroes Superted and Spotty to discover the truth.
Superted is on the strange Planet Polly which is full of wild and weird parrots, but the poor parrots are starving as somebody has been intercepting the rockets that supply their only food…nuts. Superted investigates.
Texas Pete is up to his old tricks again, but this time he is taking a big risk while searching for gold in the City of the Dead. Will he and the archaeologist he has kidnapped survive?
A little boy is on his last ride of the holiday, but it turns out to be a much more frightening ride than he’d bargained for, when he find he’s been kidnapped by Texas Pete. Superted comes to the rescue once again.
Superted is enjoying himself in the heart of Africa, but unbeknown to him Texas Pete is on an unofficial and unwelcome visit to a local gold mine causing trouble once again.
Superted is on a visit to friendly Planet Spot, the source of the magical cosmic dust. But the planet is not quite as friendly as it once was, when the evil Texas Pete gets up to his usual nasty tricks.
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| Language | Welsh |
| Release | 1983-10-04 |
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