Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist
| Snooper and Blabber family | |
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| Created by | Hanna Barbera |
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| First appearance | The Big Diaper Caper (Snooper and Blabber) |
| Last appearance | Chilly Chiller (Snooper and Blabber) |
Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist are a family of fictional characters inspired by The Addams Family cartoons that appeared in The New Yorker. They appeared on the Snagglepuss and Snooper and Blabber animated television series and starred in their own comic book.
The Evil Scientist family, consisting of J. (who is also referred to by his wife as "Boris" in his first animated appearance), his wife Goonda, and son Junior, debuted on October 17, 1959, when Junior was baby-sat by Snooper and Blabber in "The Big Diaper Caper". They subsequently appeared in other Snooper and Blabber cartoons, including "Snap Happy Saps", "Surprised Party", and "Chilly Chiller". They also appeared in a February 20, 1961 Snagglepuss cartoon titled "Fraidy Cat Lion".
A second version of the Evil Scientist family named The Gruesomes appeared as The Flintstones' next-door neighbors. A third incarnation of the family, which combined elements of both the Evil Scientists and Gruesomes, named The Creepleys appeared on Laff-A-Lympics.
A couple based on Mr. and Mrs. J. Evil Scientist appear in an episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo titled "Snow Place Like Home". In the episode, Scooby-Doo and the gang travel on a ski vacation to the spooky Snowy Mountain Chalet, which is run by a creepy-looking couple that make Shaggy and Scooby nervous. The gang discovers the resort is nearly deserted because it is haunted by an Ice Ghost, and they soon find out that the couple is being pressured into selling their resort by a slick businessman.
Hanna-Barbera later made two animated TV series based on the Scientists' inspirations, The Addams Family: one in 1973 and the other in 1992.
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