League of Super Evil

League of Super Evil (initialized as L.O.S.E. or LOSE) is a Canadian animated television series inspired by the sketch "Once Were Heroes" by Ryan Harper-Brown, co-created by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee, Davila LeBlanc, Peter Ricq, developed by Asaph Fipke, and produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment in conjunction with YTV. The series ran from 7 March 2009 to 25 August 2012. Reruns ceased on YTV on 2 September 2014, when Teletoon picked up where YTV had left off. It also aired in the UK on CBBC. League of Super Evil also airs internationally on Cartoon Network and Disney XD.

League of Super Evil
Title card
GenreAnimation
Action
Comedy
Slapstick
Created byPhilippe Ivanusic-Vallee
Davila LeBlanc
Peter Ricq
Developed byAsaph Fipke
Voices ofScott McNeil
Colin Murdock
Lee Tockar
Tabitha St. Germain
Blu Mankuma
Theme music composer
  • Steffan Andrews
  • Hal Beckett
Opening theme"League of Super Evil"
Ending theme"League of Super Evil" (instrumental)
ComposersSteffan Andrews
Hal Beckett
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersAsaph Fipke
Ken Faier
Chuck Johnson
Producers
  • Hayden O'Rafferty
  • Asaph Fipke
Running time22 minutes approx. (11x2)
Production companyNerd Corps Entertainment
Release
Original networkYTV
Picture format480i (4:3 SDTV) (2009)
1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2010-2012)
Original release7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) –
25 August 2012 (2012-08-25)
External links
Website

Plot

The League of Super Evil (or "L.O.S.E.") is a group of so-called "supervillains" who are plotting to take over their neighborhood in Metrotown and the world ultimately but their plans usually involve pranks such as gluing a penny to a chair. While all the other citizens in the neighborhood live in suburban houses, The League has a "secret evil lair". The League is often at odds with other, more important and competent super villains such as Skullossus and also tries to avoid getting busted by Metrotown's heroes.

Episodes
Main article: List of League of Super Evil episodes
Season Episodes Season premiere Season finale
1 26 March 7, 2009 (2009-03-07) December 18, 2009 (2009-12-18)
2 13 September 11, 2010 (2010-09-11) December 11, 2010 (2010-12-11)
3 13 June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02) August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25)

Cast
  • Scott McNeil as Voltar, Boltar and Nightshade
  • Lee Tockar as Doktor Frogg, Glory Guy, Line Master, Steve and Doktor Squidd
  • Colin Murdock as Red Menace, Skullossous and Green Menace
  • Tabitha St. Germain as Cougar, Lightning Liz and Nanny Boo Boo
  • Blu Mankuma as General Sergeant

Production

Character creation

When the series was announced on 12 November 2008, the characters of the show underwent changes. Doktor Frogg was originally created with grey hair, a grey lab coat, silver framed goggles and silver claws. His final design was later changed to dark green hair, a blue coat, gold framed goggles and gold claws. Voltar originally had a grey suit, which was changed to red. Doomageddon was also created as a grey Hellhound but was later changed to yellow. Red Menace was originally created with a red and white colour suit, but the suit was changed to just plain green. These prototypes were inserted into the show as the Legion of Supreme Evil in the episode "A LOSE/LOSE Situation".

Debut

League of Super Evil premiered on YTV in Canada on 7 March 2009. It aired on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., as part of YTV's Crunch block. The series premiered earlier in the United States on Cartoon Network on 5 March 2009 at 9:00 p.m. It premiered in Latin America on Disney XD (LA) on 4 June 2011.

Awards and nominations
Year Association Award Category Notes Result
2010 Leo Awards Leo Best Animation Program or Series Chuck Johnson, Ken Faier, Asaph Fipke Won
2011 Leo Awards Leo Best Musical Score in an Animation Program or Series Hal Beckett, Steffan Andrews (for episode "Ant-Archy!") Nominated
2011 Gemini Awards Gemini Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series Patrick Haskill, Steffan Andrews, Gordon Sproule, Johnny Ludgate, Ewan Deane (for the episode "Ant-archy") Nominated

References
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