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This [[Hanna-Barbera]] series from the 1970s was a [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]] version of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''Battle of the Network Stars''<ref>which also parodies the Olympics, which were held the previous year</ref>. The three teams were:
* the '''{{color|red|Yogi Yahooeys}}''', a team of [[Funny Animal|funny animals]] from Hanna-Barbera's golden age (with the exception of Grape Ape, who was the only post-1962 character in the lineup), led by [[
* the '''{{color|blue|Scooby Doobies}}''', a team of heroes and [[You Meddling Kids|Meddling Kids]] from Hanna-Barbera's more recent shows, led by [[Scooby Doo]] and Shaggy;
* and the '''{{color|green|Really Rottens}}''', a team of cheaters led by Mumbly and Dread Baron<ref>who were [[Expy|expies]] of Muttley and Dick Dastardly</ref>.
Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf provided commentary as the teams engaged in various contests of skill and endurance. [[The Flintstones|Fred Flintstone]] and [[Jabberjaw]] made occasional guest appearances as judges.
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* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Hanna-Barbera wanted to use Dick Dastardly and Muttley as captains of the Rottens, but [[Merrill Heatter]] allegedly still had part ownership of the ''[[Wacky Races]]'' characters; one issue of the [[Comic Book Adaptation|comic book]] revealed that Dread Baron was Dick Dastardly's brother. Similarly, [[Captain Caveman and
** In the second season, Mumbly began to be called "Muttley" once more, so some manner of compromise must have been reached.
*** Producer Don Jurwich told me that during season two, he simply got confused, dealing with so many characters in one setting.
** In a ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' skit that parodies ''[[Munich]]'', one of the Really Rottens [[Lampshade|lampshades]] this fact.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: The competitors wear their team shirts ''over'' their [[Limited Wardrobe|normal attire]] ([[Half
** In Brazil, shirts like that are used as admission tickets to some Carnaval parties. They're called [
* [[Comic Book Adaptation]]: In the 13-issue comic book series published by Marvel, each story had a central plot with the usual event participation. In the comics, Scooby-Dum (Scooby Doobies) and Sooey Pig (Really Rottens) were left out. A 14th issue, about a vengeful college professor, was not published. A special giant-sized story, "The Man Who Stole Thursday", featured most of the regular stars and cameos from other classic H-B characters.
* [[Corrupt Hick]] (Daisy Mayhem)
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* [[Golden Snitch]]
* [[Grand Finale]]: The final episode moved to the moon, and ended {{spoiler|in a three-way tie}}.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Mildew Wolf was originally an antagonist, in the "It's the Wolf!" segments of ''[[
* [[Hey,
** Joe Besser, one of the latter-day Three Stooges, was Babu's voice.
* [[Human Ladder]]: The Rottens used one of these to win a "Freestyle Pole Vault" competition; in this case "freestyle" meant "anything goes", so it wasn't cheating, but they sure [[Loophole Abuse|abused that loophole]] for all it was worth.
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* [[Ridiculympics]]: The whole point of the series.
* [[Road Sign Reversal]]: The Rottens mistakenly switched the signs back, resulting in disgust from their teammates (although they ''did'' get a 50-point bonus for "chivalry" because the judges thought they did it to help their opponents).
* [[Shout
** Mildew Wolf referring to everyone as "savages" is a double reference to both his original voice actor, Paul Lynde (who again, originally voiced Mildew), and the Hanna-Barbera series ''Where's Huddles?'' (CBS, 1970), in which Lynde played Claude Pertwee, a character who often referred to show's football-playing Fred and Barney [[Expy|expies]] as "savages".
* [[Team Rocket Wins]]: On at least two occasions the Really Rottens won an episode legitimately, as much to their surprise as everyone else's.
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* [[Wacky Racing]]
* [[Wrong Parachute Gag]]: Mumbly switches the tags on Grape Ape's and Yakky Doodle's parachutes during a skydiving competition. The small parachute causes Grape Ape to fall like a stone, while the large parachute leaves Yakky Doodle stranded aloft in a thunderstorm.
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[[Category:The Seventies]]
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