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Though the best-known animated version of Flash Gordon, it was not the only one. Flash Gordon also appeared in two animated [[Massively Multiplayer Crossover|Massively Multiplayer Crossovers]] with other King Features heroes: the one-off special ''[[The Man Who Hated Laughter (Animation)|The Man Who Hated Laughter]]'' and the series ''[[Defenders of the Earth (Animation)|Defenders of the Earth]]'', which also featured Flash's archenemy Ming the Merciless as its [[Big Bad]]. [[Flash Gordon 1996 (Animation)|Another animated series]] debuted in 1996, featuring hoverboard-riding teenaged versions of Flash and Dale.
The first season was serialized and followed the original comic strip remarkably faithfully. After the [[Executive Meddling|network complained]] that the serial was [[Viewers
=== The Filmation animated series provides examples of: ===
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* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: If the legends are true, both Azura and Ming are centuries old.
* [[Redshirt Army]]: Hawkmen.
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Well, the Lizard Women may not be very ''nice'', but one [[Cute Monster Girl|wouldn't exactly]] call them ''[[Non
* [[Retro Rocket]]: Most of the Mongonian rocketships are streamlined to look a little more like aircraft, but Zarkov's rocketship is a classic cylindrical [[Retro Rocket]].
* [[Robot Master]]: Dr. Tav.
* [[Slave Revolt]]: Flash ends up leading a ''lot'' of slave revolts. Mostly because the bad guys keep, well, [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|trying to enslave him]].
* [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic]]: After Zarkov has had the chance to study the Blue Magic Kingdom's equipment, he describes it as "another kind of science," and he's able to manipulate it. It's not entirely clear whether it's actually supernatural or just advanced technology dressed up to look like magic, but it's at least internally consistent enough for Zarkov to get a handle on it.
* [[Team Pet]]: [[Our Dragons Are Different|Gremlin]].
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* [[When Trees Attack]]:
** The [[Meaningful Name|Arborians]] are able to get their trees to defend ''themselves'' against Ming's Mecho-Mole.
** There are also a few [[Man
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