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''Tom Terrific'' was an early animated series on American television, presented as part of the ''Captain Kangaroo'' children's television show. Created by Gene Deitch under the Terrytoons studio (which by that time was a subsidiary of CBS, the network that broadcast ''Captain Kangaroo''), ''Tom Terrific'' ran in a series of five-minute cartoons created specifically for the ''Captain Kangaroo'' show from 1957-1959, and was rerun on ''Kangaroo'' for years thereafter. For several years after 1962, ''Tom Terrific'' would be broadcast every other week, alternating with ''Lariat Sam'', another Terrytoons creation. Gene Deitch adapted the feature from his earlier newspaper comic strip, "Terr'ble Thompson!" distributed during the 1950s by United Features Syndicate.〔(Terrible Thompson strip )〕 Terr'ble Thompson was a six-year-old boy who imagined himself to be the "Hero of Hist'ry" and freely travelled back in time to assist historical figures. An illustrated book reprinting the adventures of this precursor to Tom Terrific was published by Fantagraphics Books.〔(Amazon.com: Terrible Thompson )〕 All the voices were performed by Lionel Wilson (who voices Eustace Bagge from the Cartoon Network series ''Courage the Cowardly Dog''). Drawn in a simple style, it featured a gee-whiz boy hero, Tom Terrific, who lived in a treehouse and could transform himself into anything he wanted thanks to his magic, funnel-shaped "thinking cap," which also enhanced his intelligence. He had a comic lazybones of a sidekick, Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, and an arch-foe named Crabby Appleton, whose motto was, "I'm rotten to the core!" Other foes included Mr. Instant, the Instant Thing King; Captain Kidney Bean; Sweet Tooth Sam, the Candy Bandit; and Isotope Feaney, The Meany. Terrific was ranked # 32 by ''TV Guide'' magazine among its "50 Greatest TV Cartoon Characters."〔(TV Guide's 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time )〕 There has never been an authorized VHS or DVD release of the series. ==Episodes== *Each episode was shown in five installments, one per day, Monday through Friday. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Terrific」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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