Saturday Supercade
Video games were exploding in popularity in the 1980s. Characters from several of the more popular games were featured in 'Saturday Supercade,' a weekly cartoon series perhaps most notable for being Donkey Kong's first starring appearance in a cartoon series. The famous gorilla starred in his own segment, this time as a well-meaning but slow-witted (and sometimes easily manipulated) gorilla who had escaped the circus; his trainer, Mario, and then-girlfriend Pauline (of whom Donkey Kong had a huge crush), tried to capture the large ape. Other segments included 'Donkey Kong Jr.,' the famous gorilla's young son who was aided in his search by his human friend, Bones; 'Frogger,' about an investigative amphibious reporter for the Swamp Gazette; 'Pitfall,' featuring the adventures of Pitfall Harry, his pet mountain lion Quickclaw and his niece Rhonda as they traveled through the forest in search of treasure; and 'Q*Bert,' about the misadventures of a teen-aged orange creature. The latter two segments were shown on alternate weeks during the first season. During the show's second season, only 'Donkey Kong' and 'Q*Bert' returned. Two new segments included 'Kangaroo,' about a young mother kangaroo and her son, Joey, who were constantly harassed by a quartet of mischievous monkeys; and 'Space Ace,' a teen-ager who fought aliens plotting to invade Earth.
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