After some delays for movie watching and the like it is time to make the Superfriends contest winner announcement! Huzzah!

The first entry comes to us from Bustin with his untitled story (if you've yet to read it go check his blog for the 6th of August. The second entry, "The Superfriends and the Curse of the Haunted Mummy" is from Peasel and Hbaka who submitted their entry on August 8th (check either of their blogs on that date for that story).

An additional point of interest is my decision before even reading the stories to award a consolation prize for the second place entry. I've yet to decide exactly what the prize will be but it will be a something on a CD.

So here's some of the thoughts that are being weighed during the judging process. The cons are bit longer than the pros but that's just cause when you point out good things, it's pretty self-evident as to why they are good but when you point out cons you kind of have to show why they are cons.

Bustin's story

Pros: I absolutely loved the plot of this one. The villain as well as his inexplicable sun reverser machine made me laugh and was SOOOO Superfriends. Some good use of lame dialogue as well (my fav probably being Aqua Man's comment about netting crime fish)

Cons: Bustin's minimal superfriend knowledge does kind of shine through in spots. Some of the catchphrases where over-used while others were misquoted ('By' often got put where 'great' should have been, should be saying "Wondertwins power activate. Shape of/Form of). There's also some horrible spelling in there which kills the mood a bit when you are reading. If it were animated that wouldn't be a factor though so I didn't put too much weight on spelling.

Hbaka and Peasel's story:

Pros: This felt a lot like one of those second segment stories featuring the Wonder Twins. The dialogue was very Superfriendsy as well as the way the story fit together. I particularly liked the nonsensical solution to the mummy curse and how said solution ends up happening. They also formatted their script as a script would be formatted and there were some cool little touches like the star sequeway. Also I thought the Wondertwins and Gleek were characterized extremely well.

Cons: Some of the other characters weren't characterized quite as well as the Wondertwins and Gleek. This is a bit nit picky as a point but I also thought the initial team sent in to deal with a museum emergency. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are all top level heroes. Usually they'd have replaced one of those (given the plot probably Wonder Woman) with a B level Superfriend. I'd guess probably Black Vulcan or Apache Chief). The ending also felt like one of those lame humor moments that you would expect from Superfriends but I don't think the Superfriends would do something that dishonest. It helps the curator out but it does so by deceiving others.


And now the moment that at least 3 of you have been waiting for. The announcement of the winner. The nominees are "Heatwave of Doom" (title I just came up with on the spot) and "The Superfriends and the Curse of the Haunted Mummy"


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"Superfriends and the Curse of the Haunted Mummy"



I liked both stories a lot but "Superfriends and the Curse of the Haunted Mummy" felt like it could be produced as is and it would be impossible to spot it as a fan script. Congrats Andre and Tammy, when you combine your powers you can come up with a story as good as anything the real writers came up with (I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not :P)

Quote of the YesterDay: "Meanwhile, thousands of years in the future..."
~Narrator from Superfriends

Peasel guessed this one. Personally I love this quote. When dealing with time travel many shows employ the non-sensical convention of having both timelines advancing at the same time but only Superfriends will emphasize that non-sensicalness by saying something like that.

Quote of the Day is once again being replaced for the Day. It's actually Question of the Day: On what show would you find the satellite of Love?

Bonus not really a Question more of a Demand of the Day: Name the entire crew of said satellite (any season) (the creditted crew anyway)