Defenders of the Earth

TV Series
1986–1991
TV-Y7
30m

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Superhero Action Adventure Animation Fantasy Sci-Fi

Four of the greatest comic strip heroes join forces to battle Ming the Merciless.Four of the greatest comic strip heroes join forces to battle Ming the Merciless.Four of the greatest comic strip heroes join forces to battle Ming the Merciless.

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Loren Lester

Rick Gordon…

Lou Richards

Flash Gordon

Sarah Partridge

Jedda Walker

Peter Renaday

Mandrake the Magician

Peter Mark Richman

The Phantom…

Adam Carl

Kshin…

Buster Jones

Lothar

Diane Pershing

Dynak X…

Dion Williams

L.J.

Ron Feinberg

Ming the Merciless…

William Callaway

Octon…

Hal Rayle

Prince Kro-Tan

David Mendenhall

Tweak

Gary Imhoff

Ajuna

Dan Gilvezan

Dask…

Neil Ross

Calistro

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Trivia
In order to prevent his Mongolian appearance to open the door to the character being seen as racist due to his villainous nature, Ming the Merciless' appearance was recreated as a more alien and rather inhuman one.

Quotes
[repeated line]
The Phantom: By jungle law, the Ghost Who Walks calls forth the power of ten tigers.

Connections
Edited into Marvel Action Universe (1988)

Soundtracks
Defenders of the Earth
Music by Rob Walsh and Tony Pastor
Lyrics by Stan Lee

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Flash Gordon with the Phantom fight Ming.

Defenders of the Earth gathered hero like Flash Gordon and the Phantom to fight Ming and his forces. However the Defenders had kids or something, Flash has a son named Rick. The Phantom has a daughter with the black panther or puma. Then there's a magician and some guy with rope and there are two more kids too. A lot of this show revolves around the kids, similar to the Mister T cartoon. It's your typical cartoon with kids. They fight, get into trouble, then find a lesson in it all.