League of Super Evil

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League of Super Evil
League of Super Evil Title Card.jpg
Title card
Genre
Created by
  • Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee
  • Davila LeBlanc
  • Peter Ricq
Developed by Asaph Fipke
Voices of
Theme music composer
Opening theme"League of Super Evil"
Ending theme"League of Super Evil" (instrumental)
Composers
  • Steffan Andrews
  • Hal Beckett
Country of origin Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (104 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersAsaph Fipke
Ken Faier
Chuck Johnson
Producer
  • Asaph Fipke
Running time22 minutes approx. (11x2)
Production company Nerd Corps Entertainment
Original release
Network YTV
Release7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) 
25 August 2012 (2012-08-25)

League of Super Evil (initialized as L.O.S.E. or LOSE) is a Canadian animated comedy television series co-created by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee, Davila LeBlanc and Peter Ricq and developed by Asaph Fipke. Inspired by a comedy sketch entitled "Once Were Heroes" by Ryan Harper-Brown,[ citation needed ] the series was produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment in association with YTV.

Contents

The series aired for 52 episodes from March 7, 2009 to August 25, 2012. Reruns ended on YTV on September 2, 2014, when Teletoon picked up for additional reruns; the series also aired in the UK on CBBC, in Australia on ABC1 and ABC3, and internationally on Cartoon Network, on Disney XD and on Nickelodeon.

Plot

The League of Super Evil (or "L.O.S.E.") is a group of so-called "supervillains" who are plotting to take over their neighborhood in Metrotown and the world ultimately, but their plans usually involve pranks such as gluing a penny to a chair. While all the other citizens in the neighborhood live in suburban houses, The League has a "secret evil lair". The League is often at odds with other, more important and competent supervillains such as Skullossus and also tries to avoid getting busted by Metrotown's residential superheroes.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesSegmentsSeason premiereSeason finale
1 2652March 7, 2009 (2009-03-07)December 18, 2009 (2009-12-18)
2 1326September 11, 2010 (2010-09-11)December 11, 2010 (2010-12-11)
3 1326June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02)August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25)

Characters

League of Super Evil

From L-R, Red Menace, Voltar, Doktor Frogg and Doomageddon 73B66508-7FE9-4CEB-9B29-AB976880D22.webp
From L-R, Red Menace, Voltar, Doktor Frogg and Doomageddon

The League of Super Evil are the main protagonists of the series. The members are:

Supervillains

The League of Super Evil often ends up in conflict with other supervillains in Metrotown who are more important and competent than they are:

Heroes

Metrotown as an assortment of superheroes who protect the town and who the League of Super Evil often try to avoid:

Other characters

Production

When the series was first announced in October 2006, it underwent many changes for the title and main characters; Voltar was originally called The Great Voltar. His costume was green and yellow instead of red. Doktor Frogg originally had a steel jaw and did not wear goggles. Red Menace was meant to be a former Soviet supervillain (hence his name). His original design wore a thick red fur coat and a fur hat that incorporated the Red Star (a communist symbol) on it. Doomageddon did not exist in the original concept. In his place was a crawling hooded character described as embodying "the spirit of a hyperactive Neanderthal toddler". The series' title was originally just known as League of Evil.

Broadcast and release

League of Super Evil premiered on YTV in Canada on 7 March 2009. It aired on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., as part of YTV's Crunch block. The series premiered earlier in the United States on Cartoon Network on 5 March 2009 at 9:00 p.m. It premiered in Latin America on Disney XD (LA) on 4 June 2011.

Reception

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series a two out of five stars stating "Too-chaotic 'toon follows villains' mostly harmless antics." [1]

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationAward CategoryNotesResult
2010Writers Guild of CanadaAnimationEdward KayNominated
Leo AwardsLeo Best Animation Program or SeriesChuck Johnson, Ken Faier, Asaph FipkeWon
2011Leo AwardsLeo Best Musical Score in an Animation Program or SeriesHal Beckett, Steffan Andrews (for episode "Ant-Archy!")Nominated
Gemini Awards Gemini Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program or SeriesPatrick Haskill, Steffan Andrews, Gordon Sproule, Johnny Ludgate, Ewan Deane (for the episode "Ant-archy")Nominated
2012UBCP/ACTR AwardsBest VoiceLee TockarNominated

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References

  1. The League of Super Evil. Review by Emily Ashby. Common Sense Media.