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{{Infobox television
| image                = Captain caveman titles.jpg
| caption              =
| genre                = [[Mystery fiction|Mystery]]<br>[[Superhero fiction]] <br>[[Comedy]]
| runtime              = 22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
| creator              = [[Joe Ruby]]<br>[[Ken Spears]]
| director             = [[Charles August Nichols|Charles A. Nichols]]<br>[[Ray Patterson (animator)|Ray Patterson]] (1978–80)<br>[[Carl Urbano]] (1978–80)
| producer             = [[Iwao Takamoto]]<br>Don Jurwich (1978)<br>[[Alex Lovy]] (1978)<br>Art Scott (1978)
| executive_producer   = [[William Hanna]]<br>[[Joseph Barbera]]
| voices               = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>Laurel Page<br>[[Marilyn Schreffler]]<br>[[Vernee Watson-Johnson|Vernee Watson]]
| narrated             = [[Gary Owens]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Hoyt Curtin]]
| composer             = Hoyt Curtin and [[Ted Nichols]]
| opentheme            = 
| endtheme             = [[CB Bears]] theme (standalone version only)
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| network              = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1977|9|10}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1980|6|21}}
| num_series           = 3
| num_episodes         = 20 (40 segments)
| company              = [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]] 
}}

'''''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels''''' is an American [[animated series|animated]] [[mystery fiction|mystery]] [[television comedy|comedy]] series created by [[Joe Ruby]] and [[Ken Spears]] and produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. The series aired during the network's [[Saturday-morning cartoon|Saturday morning schedule]] from September 10, 1977, to June 21, 1980.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |pages=108–109 }}</ref>

In the series, the [[caveman]] superhero Captain Caveman is discovered within a block of ice and thawed out. He joins a trio of mystery-solving teenage girls in various missions. The hero has superhuman strength and flight, but his powers could fail him in inconvenient situations. Among the Teen Angels, Dee Dee Skyes is a [[Velma Dinkley]]-like [[amateur detective]], Taffy Dare is the eccentric strategist who convinces the Captain to follow her instructions, and Brenda Chance is an easily-frightened girl who habitually serves as the victim in [[damsel in distress]] scenarios. 

==Summary==
The series follows the mystery-solving adventures of the Teen Angels—Brenda, Dee Dee and Taffy—and their friend Captain Caveman (or Cavey for short), a prehistoric [[caveman]] and superhero whom the girls discovered and thawed from a block of ice. The concept and general plot for the show was seen as a parody of ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' (which also aired on ABC).<ref name=Woolery>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981 |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/62/mode/2up |access-date=14 March 2020 |pages=62–63}}</ref> The show also borrowed heavily from ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', another Hanna-Barbera show.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |page=177}}</ref>

Captain Caveman's powers include super-strength, a variety of useful objects hidden inside his hair, and a club that allows him to fly and from which pop out different tools he uses to fight crime. His trademark is his battle cry of "Captain CAAAAAVEMAAAAAAANNNN!" Captain Caveman's voice was provided by [[Mel Blanc]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sennett |first1=Ted |title=The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity |date=1989 |publisher=Studio |isbn=978-0670829781 |url=https://archive.org/details/artofhannabarber00teds/page/170/mode/2up |access-date=2 June 2020 |page=170}}</ref>

A total of forty 11-minute episodes ran for three seasons from 1977 to 1980: sixteen episodes were produced as segments of ''[[Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics]]'' in 1977, eight episodes were produced as segments of ''[[Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics|Scooby's All-Stars]]'' in 1978 and sixteen episodes were produced in 1980 when ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'' were given their own half-hour show which combined new episodes and reruns from 1977 to 1978. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels also participated in [[Sport|sporting competitions]] as part of "[[Laff-A-Lympics#The Scooby Doobies|The Scooby Doobies]]" team on the half-hour ''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]'' segment. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a [[Laugh track#Making their own|laugh track]], one of the last Hanna-Barbera productions to do so.

==Characters==
The series features the following four main characters throughout its run:

* {{anchor|Captain Caveman}}'''Captain Caveman''', or "Cavey" for short (voiced by [[Mel Blanc]]), is the [[protagonist]] of the show, billed as "the world's first superhero." He is a [[caveman]] who is millennia old (his exact age is never disclosed, although in an episode he is carded by a doorman who is unsure Cavey is old enough to let in, to which Captain Caveman responds, "I'll be 2 million next month."). He can [[hammerspace|pull various objects from his long body hair]] that covers his body except for his nose, arms, and legs. He can also fly, but his flying power always seems to fail him at the worst possible moment. Sometimes he would attribute this mishap to an energy shortage ("Uh oh! Bad time for energy crisis." ''CRASH!''), which was a reference to the [[1973 oil crisis#Price controls and rationing|gasoline rationing shortages]] of the late 1970s. He speaks in stereotypical "caveman-talk", replacing [[subject pronoun]]s with their [[object pronoun|object]] equivalents and dropping [[article (grammar)|articles]] such as "the" (for example, "Me know where bad guys are hiding."), and often mumbles the nonsense phrase "unga bunga". He also has a bad habit of occasionally eating large non-food objects in one gulp (e.g. [[bicycle]]s, [[Television|TV]] sets, safes, table lamps), and the Teen Angels occasionally have to stop him from eating potential clues that will help them to solve the mystery. Despite this, Cavey is ultimately loyal to them and he is very capable capturing culprits.
*{{anchor|Dee Dee Skyes}}'''Dee Dee Skyes''' (voiced by [[Vernee Watson-Johnson|Vernee Watson]]) is the brains of the Teen Angels. Dee Dee and the rest of the Teen Angels found the frozen Captain Caveman and defrosted him. She wears her hair in an [[afro]] and usually wears a red turtleneck sweater with a blue skirt and red knee high boots. Both her dress style and her knack for solving mysteries make her similar to [[Velma Dinkley]] of ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' fame, while she also bears a resemblance to Valerie from ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (TV series)|Josie and the Pussycats]]''. She is misidentified as Brenda in the [[opening credits]].{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} Though some sources give the family name of both Dee Dee and her uncle Frank as "Sykes", their name is given as "Skyes" in the episode "The Fur Freight Fright", which featured Frank and his company "Skye's Furs". Her adaptation in the 2020 film ''[[Scoob!]]'' as Blue Falcon's assistant (voiced by [[Kiersey Clemons]]) also introduced herself as Dee Dee Skyes, and she is listed as such in the closing credits. 
*{{anchor|Brenda Chance}}'''Brenda Chance''' (voiced by [[Marilyn Schreffler]]) is a nervous brunette who is always scared of the demons, monsters and phantoms that she encounters and always tries to back out of a scary mystery similar to that of [[Shaggy Rogers]], but always ends up getting captured or the short end of the stick. She wears a purple striped tank top and a pair of hot pink flared trousers with a white belt. She is misidentified as Dee Dee in the opening credits.
*{{anchor|Taffy Dare}}'''Taffy Dare''' (voiced by Laurel Page) is the blonde member and leader of the group, renowned for her cry of "Zowie!" whenever she comes up with a plan (or "Another Daffy Taffy Plan" as Brenda and Cavey would call it) to catch the culprits, has a distinct, flirtatious, childlike persona and a [[New York City English|New York-influenced]]/[[Southern American English|Southern]] [[accent (sociolinguistics)|accent]]. In spite of her usually zany plans and ditziness, Taffy is actually very capable and clever. She has the ability to seduce Caveman into acting as bait for her plans to capture the culprit. She wears a green dress with matching shoes. It is revealed that Captain Caveman has a crush on her and vice versa.

==Opening and closing credits==
In the opening credits for each episode voice-over narration by [[Gary Owens]] said Captain Caveman was "set free by the Teen Angels from his prehistoric block of glacier ice."

The music heard in the closing credits is the ''[[CB Bears]]'' theme. After the first three screens, the end credit roll is from the original two-hour version of ''[[Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics]]''.

==Broadcast history==
''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'' was broadcast in these following formats on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]:

* '''''Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics''''' (September 10, 1977 – September 2, 1978, ABC Saturday)
* '''''Scooby's All-Stars''''' (September 9, 1978 – September 8, 1979, ABC Saturday)
* '''''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels''''' (March 8, 1980 – June 21, 1980, ABC Saturday)

Broadcast schedules (all [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]):

*September 10, 1977 – July 1978, ABC Saturday 9:00-11:00&nbsp;a.m.
*July 1978 – September 2, 1978, ABC Saturday 9:30-11:30&nbsp;a.m.
*September 9, 1978 – November 1978, ABC Saturday 10:00-11:30&nbsp;a.m.
*November 1978 – May 1979, ABC Saturday 8:00-9:30&nbsp;a.m.
*May 1979 – September 8, 1979, ABC Saturday 8:30-10:00&nbsp;a.m.
*March 8, 1980 – June 21, 1980, ABC Saturday 11:30-12:00 noon

==Episodes==
===Season 1 – Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Kooky Case of the Cryptic Keys
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|9|10}}
| ShortSummary = While on a road trip, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels are given a mysterious key by a stranger.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Mixed Up Mystery of Deadman's Reef
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|9|17}}
| ShortSummary = While at the beach with some friends, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels see a ship mysteriously vanish.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = What a Flight for a Fright
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|9|24}}
| ShortSummary = At the airport, some jewels are stolen by a mysterious figure.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Creepy Case of the Creaky Charter Boat
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|1}}
| ShortSummary = On a charter boat, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels are chatting with a friend whose father is being honored for his role in a play when suddenly the lights go out and a necklace is stolen.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Big Scare in the Big Top
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|8}}
| ShortSummary = At the circus, tigers are disappearing. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate and discover a phantom has been haunting the circus.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Double Dribble Riddle
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|15}}
| ShortSummary = The Central City Kings have disappeared due to a panther.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Crazy Case of the Tell-Tale Tape
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|22}}
| ShortSummary = Television trouble, indeed. The television station, KXXX, is taken off the air when a criminal cuts the antenna.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = The Creepy Claw Caper
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|29}}
| ShortSummary = A villain named Claw uses an aging gun to turn a rock star into an old man.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Cavey and the Kabuta Clue
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|11|5}}
| ShortSummary = When a mummy comes to life and kidnaps an archeologist, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Cavey and the Weirdo Wolfman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|11|12}}
| ShortSummary = With their friend, a prince of a small country, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels go skiing. When the scepter is stolen by a Snowwolfman, they investigate.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = The Disappearing Elephant Mystery
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|11|19}}
| ShortSummary = In India, when a Royal White Elephant is stolen by an evil sorcerer, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = The Fur Freight Fright
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|11|26}}
| ShortSummary = Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels are assisting Dee Dee's uncle, Frank Skyes, with a fur delivery. When the furs disappear, it is up to them to find out what happened.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Ride 'Em Caveman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|3}}
| ShortSummary = In Wyoming, rumors of a horse that is possessed by a demon are rampant. And they seem to be true. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels have arrived to investigate. Just as they are investigating, a bank robbery occurs.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = The Strange Case of the Creature from Space
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|10}}
| ShortSummary = Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels go to a research facility after they spot an alien spacecraft landing there. They discover that an alien robot supposedly stole a top secret energy source.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = The Mystery Mansion Mix-Up
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|17}}
| ShortSummary = Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels got to Farthington Mansion with Taffy's Aunt Gladys to see a magic show. When some jewels are stolen, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Playing Footsie with Bigfoot
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|24}}
| ShortSummary = In Oregon, when the star athlete of a sports team is kidnapped, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate. Very soon, they have found Juice Brenner. Or have they? He is acting strangely.
| LineColor = f8c25e
}}
}}

===Season 2 – Scooby's All Stars (1978)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Disco Cavey
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|9|9}}
| ShortSummary = When [[jewels]] are stolen at a disco on the {{RMS|Queen Mary}}, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate. The creepy monster seems to have the Teen Angels outfoxed.
| LineColor = 3abba7
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Muscle-Bound Cavey
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|9|16}}
| ShortSummary = When a champion wrestler is kidnapped, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate.
| LineColor = 3abba7
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Cavey's Crazy Car Caper
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|9|23}}
| ShortSummary = When a new car is stolen, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate.
| LineColor = 3abba7
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Cavey's Mexicali 500
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|9|30}}
| ShortSummary = When four [[Aztec calendars]] are stolen, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels decide to investigate.
| LineColor = 3abba7
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Wild West Cavey
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|10|7}}
| ShortSummary = While at a Wild West show in Dodge City, some money disappears from a saddle bag that two bandits who were really actors pretended to steal from a stagecoach that Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels were riding.
| LineColor = 3abba7
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Cavey's Winter Carnival Caper
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|10|14}}
| ShortSummary = Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate when their friend, figure skater Karenia Mikovich, disappears.
| LineColor = 3abba7
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Cavey's Fashion Fiasco
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|10|21}}
| ShortSummary = At a fashion show, three models disappear.
| LineColor = 3abba7
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Cavey's Missing Missile Miss-tery
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1978|10|28}}
| ShortSummary = Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels decide to investigate when a missile launch they have been watching in the Grand Canyon, where they had previously competed in the Laff-A-Lympics, goes awry.
| LineColor = 3abba7
}}
}}

===Season 3 (1980)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Scarifying Seaweed Secret
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|3|8}}
| ShortSummary = Ms. Snowden is supposed to be the heir to a fortune. But she must stay on the island, or her relatives will inherit the fortune. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels are called in to investigate when the relatives start disappearing thanks to a mysterious sea creature.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Dummy
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|3|15}}
| ShortSummary = When some jewels are stolen, a ventriloquist whom Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels had been watching the night before is immediately suspected by a policeman.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Cavey and the Volcanic Villain
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|3|22}}
| ShortSummary = In Hawaii, a marriage between two lovers from two families who had been enemies for many years is threatened when a sacred pearl disappears. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, who are friends with the bride, investigate.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Prehistoric Panic
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|3|29}}
| ShortSummary = Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels travel back in time to meet Captain Caveman's father, the chief of Cavey's tribe. Cavey soon learns that his father's position is threatened by the Mellog, an evil creature that Captain Caveman's father defeated long ago. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate when the statue of the Mellog comes to life.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Cavey and the Baffling Buffalo Man
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|4|5}}
| ShortSummary = A Native American park ranger asks Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels for their help in finding his stolen car and the Buffalo Man who stole it.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Dragonhead
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|4|12}}
| ShortSummary = While on the way to a Chinese New Year festival in San Francisco, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels save a truck driver working for a fortune cookie factory. The CEO, Mr. Chin, has been having problems with his business since a masked criminal named Dragonhead showed up. Captain Caveman finds the truck. They notice that the fortune cookies were stolen but not the fortunes. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Cavey and the Murky Mississippi Mystery
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|4|19}}
| ShortSummary = Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels go on a cruise on a riverboat on the Mississippi River. While there, some nuclear material disappears in the river. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate and discover a river creature.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Old Cavey in New York
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|4|26}}
| ShortSummary = In New York City, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels witness a blackout. They soon discover that the gold from the International Gold Exchange has been stolen at the same time.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Cavey and the Albino Rhino
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|5|3}}
| ShortSummary = Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels are the first people to see a rare albino rhino at the wildlife park. A little while later, the albino rhino is stolen.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Kentucky Cavey
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|5|10}}
| ShortSummary = Taffy Dare wants to help her uncle who is on the verge of a foreclosure unless his horse wins the Kentucky Derby. When the horse is stolen, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Cavey Goes to College
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|5|17}}
| ShortSummary = Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels watch the first appearance of a special robot which suddenly disappears.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = The Haunting of Hog's Hollow
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|5|24}}
| ShortSummary = At the Hog Hollow Country Fair, something is wrong with country music singer Jasper Joe Jeeter's voice. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate when Jasper disappears on a ferris wheel.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The Legend of Devil's Run
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|5|31}}
| ShortSummary = Dee Dee's uncle, Winton, invites Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels to see the reopening of the Devil's Run Railway when a freight car full of silver disappears the same way a munitions car disappeared during the Civil War. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate and find out that the legend of the Civil War ghost said to have pulled off the robbery.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = The Mystery of the Meandering Mummy
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|6|7}}
| ShortSummary = When a mummy comes to life and steals an Ancient Egyptian ruby from Brenda's uncle, Jonathan, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = The Old Caveman and the Sea
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|6|14}}
| ShortSummary = While on vacation in Miami, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels witness a shark attack. They soon discover that a treasure has been stolen. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Lights, Camera... Cavey!
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1980|6|21}}
| ShortSummary = While on a tour of the movie studio, a Phantom makes two actresses appear old. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels investigate.
| LineColor = 050505
}}
}}

==Cast==
* [[Mel Blanc]] as Captain Caveman
* Laurel Page as Taffy Dare
* [[Marilyn Schreffler]] as Brenda Chance
* [[Vernee Watson-Johnson]] as Dee Dee Skyes
* [[Gary Owens]] as Narrator

==Later appearances==
===The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–82)===
In November 1980, Captain Caveman began to star in segments of his own on ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Show]]'', one of many [[Spin-off (media)|spin-offs]] of Hanna-Barbera's popular prime-time show ''[[The Flintstones]]'', often in a role similar to that of [[Superman]]. Captain Caveman worked at ''The Daily Granite'' newspaper with [[Wilma Flintstone]] and [[Betty Rubble]]. His "secret identity" was Chester the office boy. To disguise himself as Chester, Captain Caveman wore a pair of glasses and a tie. Despite the simplicity of his disguise, he required a coat rack and an elaborate transformation sequence to become Captain Caveman.

===The Flintstone Kids (1986–88)===
In 1986, Captain Caveman appeared in a backup segment of ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'' called ''Captain Caveman and Son'' with his son Cavey Jr. (voiced by [[Charlie Adler]]). In this case he appeared on a show-within-a-show that the younger versions of Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty enjoyed watching; the Captain's mumbled "unga bunga" became a catchphrase that the kids would shout before watching each "episode" of the show. The show would involve a lesson the Flintstone kids were trying to learn in the prologue. He had no secret identity.

===Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe===
Captain Caveman and Dee Dee Skyes appeared in the animated ''Scooby-Doo'' film ''[[Scoob!]]'', with Captain Caveman voiced by [[Tracy Morgan]] and Dee Dee voiced by [[Kiersey Clemons]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=March 1, 2019|title=Will Forte, Gina Rodriguez and Tracy Morgan to Star in Animated Scooby-Doo Movie (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/scooby-doo-movie-star-will-forte-gina-rodriguez-tracy-morgan-1177354|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=2019-04-10|title=Ken Jeong & Kiersey Clemons Toon Up For Warner Bros.' 'Scoob'|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/scooby-doo-movie-scoob-ken-jeong-kiersey-clemons-join-cast-1202593116/|access-date=2019-04-10|website=Deadline|language=en}}</ref> Dee Dee appears as the pilot of the ''Falcon Fury'' and assistant of the [[Dynomutt, Dog Wonder|Blue Falcon]]. Captain Caveman is an inhabitant of a prehistoric ecosystem under Messick Mountain and part of a tribe with long body hair like him and is capable of speaking proper English.

Captain Caveman appears in the 2021 film ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]''. His design is the same as in ''Scoob!'' Captain Caveman is seen watching the basketball game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad while swinging from the [[overhead power line]] that [[Magilla Gorilla]] was riding his unicycle on.

===Other appearances===
* A very similar pair of characters, the Slag Brothers, made appearances in the earlier Hanna-Barbera series, ''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Wacky Races]]''. They served as the inspiration for Captain Caveman.
* Captain Caveman later appeared in the ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' episode "The Evolutionary War", with Captain Caveman voiced by [[Chris Edgerly]] and Cavey Jr. voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]]. Captain Caveman turns to Harvey Birdman to represent him when Cavey Jr.'s school won't teach evolution.
* Captain Caveman appeared in the ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' episode "Ban on the Fun", voiced by [[Breckin Meyer]]. In a segment that parodies ''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]'' in the style of the [[Munich massacre]], Captain Caveman and [[Shaggy Rogers]] confront [[Daisy Mayhem]] and the former blows her up with the "wrong club".
* In a [[Halloween]]-themed episode of ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', [[List of Homestar Runner characters#Homsar|Homsar]] is dressed up in a Captain Caveman-like costume. During the episode, he exclaims "DaAaAaA! I'm the Captain Caveman of the graveyard train!"
* In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Perfect Castaway]]", [[Peter Griffin]] says how much he misses Captain Caveman, and vows that he will see him again once he gets off the deserted island he is trapped.
* Captain Caveman makes a cameo appearance in an episode of ''[[Adventure Time]]'', where he is seen as a stuffed doll in Finn's room.
* Captain Caveman appeared in the ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'' episode, "Mystery Solvers Club State Finals", voiced by [[Jim Cummings]]. He and the Teen Angels appear alongside other Hanna-Barbera detective teams from [[Jabberjaw]], [[Speed Buggy]], and [[The Funky Phantom]] in a fever dream of Scooby-Doo's.
* In ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon]]'', a person cosplaying as Captain Caveman makes an appearance in a Hanna-Barbera-themed convention.
* Captain Caveman is seen briefly in the background of ''[[Imaginationland: The Movie|South Park - Imaginationland: The Movie]]'' (2008). He is seen amongst a plethora of other imaginary and cartoon characters as they are being attacked by terrorists.
* Captain Caveman, alongside Cavey Jr. and the Teen Angels, appeared in ''[[Jellystone!]]'', with Captain Caveman voiced by [[Jim Conroy]], Cavey Jr. voiced by [[Dana Snyder]], Dee Dee Sykes voiced by Niccole Thurman, Taffy Dare voiced by [[Grace Helbig]], and Brenda Chance voiced by Georgie Kidder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/hbo-max-looney-tunes-jellystone-the-fungies-tig-n-seek-kids-family-series-1202771895/|title=HBO Max Sets New Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Robert Zemeckis Hybrid Series 'Tooned Out', More For Kids & Family Slate|first1=Patrick|last1=Hipes|date=October 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/trailer-hanna-barbera-favorites-return-in-hbo-max-original-jellystone/|title=Trailer: Hanna-Barbera Favorites Return in HBO Max Original 'Jellystone!'|date=24 June 2021}}</ref> The Teen Angels work as reporters and are young adults. As a result, they are referred to as the "Young Adult Angels". It is later revealed in "Better Off Fred" that Captain Caveman is actually [[Barney Rubble]] who grew his hair out while frozen in ice.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G3zHDEPldDU&pp=ygUWU2VpIHR1IGZyZWQgamVsbHlzdG9uZQ%3D%3D|title=Sei tu, Fred?, Jellystone!, Cartoon Network Italia|website=[[YouTube]] |date=21 January 2025}}</ref>
* Captain Caveman appeared in the ''[[Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs]]'' episode "Caveman Begins" (2020), voiced by independent animator Tom Megalis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BqLQA2SlGTx/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/tommegalis/1912692893786858737 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=I tell stories on Instagram: "Recording Captain Caveman voice for Warner Brothers new show" Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs." . . . . #voiceacting #voiceactor #actor #vo #acting…"|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* Captain Caveman appeared in the 2021 special ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!]]''
* Captain Caveman appears as a mascot display and as two costumes worn by individuals in the Crystal Cave in ''[[Velma (TV series)|Velma]]'' season 1, episode 5 on [[Max (streaming service)|HBO Max]]. He is also the idol of worship for a cult. Meanwhile, the Teen Angels is the name of an all-girl rock band according to posters in Daphne's room.

==Comic books==
* Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels appeared in all 13 issues of ''Laff-A-Lympics'' ([[Marvel Comics]], 1978–79) as members of the Scooby Doobies.
* Cavey and the Angels appeared in the first issue of the short-lived ''Hanna-Barbera TV Stars'' (Marvel, August 1978).<ref name=TVS1>{{comicbookdb|issue|103865|TV Stars #1}}</ref>
* Cavey and the Angels team up with Mystery, Inc. in ''Scooby-Doo'' #9 (Marvel, February 1979).<ref name=SD9>{{comicbookdb|issue|94377|Scooby-Doo #9}}</ref>
* In 2018, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (excluding Brenda) appeared in a backup story in the [[DC Comics|DC]] comic ''Aquaman/Jabberjaw Special'' #1.<ref name=AJ1>{{comicbookdb|issue|442713|Aquaman/Jabberjaw Special #1}}</ref> In this story, the wizard [[Shazam (wizard)|Shazam]] transports the powerful hominid from prehistoric times to the present to settle an argument with [[Spectre (DC Comics character)|the Spectre]] about whether heroism is strictly a trait of modern man or early man.

==Home media==
===United Kingdom VHS releases===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!VHS Title 
!Release Date
!Episodes
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Show|The Flintstones Comedy Show]]'' (VC1084)
|| 13 July 1987
|| "Dino's Girl", "A Rocks-Pox on You", "In Tune with Terror", "Punk Rock", "Rockjaw Rides Again"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
|| ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'' (VC1120)
|| 7 November 1988
|| "The Flintstone Fake Ache", "Worldwar Flea", "I Was a Teenage Grown-Up", "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Betty", "Dressed Up Dino", "Day of the Villains", "Rocky's Rocky Road", "The Butcher Shoppe", "Grime and Punishment", "Better Buddy Blues", "Freddy's Mechanical Dog", "The Cream-Pier Strikes Back"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|| ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels: Bumper Edition'' (VA30711)
|| 13 October 1997
|| "Playing Footsie with Bigfoot", "Cavey and the Volcanic Villain", "Prehistoric Panic", "Cavey and the Baffling Buffalo Man", "Old Cavey in New York", "Kentucky Cavey", "Cavey Goes to College", "The Old Caveman and the Sea", "Disco Cavey", "Musclebound Cavey", "Cavey's Crazy Car Caper", "Wild West Cavey", "The Dummy"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}

===DVD===
On July 23, 2013, [[Warner Archive Collection]] released ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels: The Complete Series'' on manufacture-on-demand (MOD) DVD in region 1 as part of their [[Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Complete Series' is Now Available on DVD: Cost, Box Art, More!|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Captain-Caveman-Teen-Angels-The-Complete-Series/18756|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725234223/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Captain-Caveman-Teen-Angels-The-Complete-Series/18756|archive-date=2013-07-25}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027113215/http://geocities.com/corvenpage_miami2/Scripts/TeenAngels.html Freddy Corven's Captain Caveman Page]
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/caveman.htm Captain Caveman] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240525212138/https://www.webcitation.org/66nz0RCko?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/caveman.htm Archived] from the original on April 9, 2012.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060829102750/http://www.pureimagination.co.uk/captaincaveman/ Cartoon Legends' Captain Caveman]
* [https://archive.today/20130117173638/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/A-C/Captain_Caveman_and_the_Teen_Angels/index.html Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels] at [[Big Cartoon DataBase]]
* {{IMDb title|0284712}}
* {{Internet Archive film|id=captain-caveman-and-the-teen-angels}}

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