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ID:1215
Title:Terror on the Midway
Bearhugger:Gigantic
Victim:Superman
Category:Bearhug in movies
Sub-Category:Cartoon
Year published: 1942
Rating:8.00 (1 vote)
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Description:
Superman gets caught by Gigantic, a Big Ape escaped from its cage.

Superman gets grabbed at 6:34 and is held for just 2 seconds. He struggles in fighting the Gorilla in the following minute.


There are quite a few videos of this to choose from on Youtube. So take your pick . . .

Plot:
This nine-minute short features Superman attempting to stop the chaos created when several circus animals escape their cages and restraints, including a giant ape named Gigantic.

”Terror on the Midway” is the ninth of the seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. This animated short was the final production for the Fleischer Studios, which was reincorporated as Famous Studios at the time. The first Famous Studios cartoon was released three weeks before.
It was originally released on August 28, 1942 by Paramount Pictures.

(*information taken from Wikipedia*)

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Link:http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Superman%2C+Terror+on+the+Midway&aq=f
Link 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRw6VDcYcGY

Info submitted by:SamLovesBearHugs (id 1238)

Creation date:2010-07-20
Modification date:2013-05-07
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