League of Super Evil

League of Super Evil
Title card
Genre
Created by
  • Philippe Ivanusic-Vallée
  • Davila LeBlanc
  • Peter Ricq
Based on
Once Were Heroes
by Ryan Harper-Brown
Developed byAsaph Fipke
Voices of
Theme music composer
Opening theme"League of Super Evil"
Ending theme"League of Super Evil" (instrumental)
Composers
  • Steffan Andrews
  • Hal Beckett
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (104 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersAsaph Fipke
Ken Faier
Chuck Johnson
ProducerAsaph Fipke
Running time22 minutes (2 11–minute segments)
Production companyNerd Corps Entertainment
Original release
NetworkYTV
ReleaseMarch 7, 2009 (2009-03-07) –
August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25)

League of Super Evil (initialized as L.O.S.E. or LOSE) is a Canadian animated comedy television series co-created by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallée, Davila LeBlanc and Peter Ricq and developed by Asaph Fipke. Inspired by a comedy sketch, "Once Were Heroes", by Ryan Harper-Brown, the series was produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment in association with YTV.

The series aired for 52 episodes from March 7, 2009, to August 25, 2012. Reruns ended on YTV on September 2, 2014, when Teletoon picked it up for additional reruns.

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 supervillains such as Skullossus and also try to avoid getting busted by Metrotown's residential superheroes.

Episodes

Season Episodes Segments Season premiere Season finale
1 26 52 March 7, 2009 (2009-03-07) December 18, 2009 (2009-12-18)
2 13 26 September 11, 2010 (2010-09-11) December 11, 2010 (2010-12-11)
3 13 26 June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02) August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25)

Characters

League of Super Evil (L.O.S.E.)

The League of Super Evil (or L.O.S.E. for short) are the titular main protagonists of the series. The members are:

Supervillains

The League of Super Evil often ends up in conflict with other supervillains in Metrotown who are more important and competent than they are:

Superheroes

Metrotown has an assortment of superheroes who protect Metrotown and who the League of Super Evil often try to avoid:

Other characters

Besides L.O.S.E., the superheroes, and the supervillains, the show also has a large variety of other characters that are seen throughout the show. They are:

Production

When the series was first announced in October 2006, it underwent many changes for the title and main characters; Voltar was originally called The Great Voltar. His costume was green and yellow instead of red. Doktor Frogg originally had a steel jaw and did not wear goggles. Red Menace was meant to be a former Soviet supervillain (hence his name). His original design wore a thick red fur coat and a fur hat that incorporated the Red Star (a communist symbol) on it. Doomageddon did not exist in the original concept. In his place was a crawling hooded character described as embodying "the spirit of a hyperactive Neanderthal toddler". The series' title was originally just known as League of Evil.

Broadcast and release

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 its Crunch programming block. The series premiered earlier in the United States on Cartoon Network on 5 March 2009 at 9:00 P.M. It also premiered in Latin America on Disney XD on 4 June 2011,[citation needed] and aired in the UK on CBBC, in Australia on ABC1 and ABC3, and internationally on Cartoon Network, Disney XD and Nickelodeon.

As of 2024, the series is now available to stream on digital platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, The Roku Channel, YouTube TV, and YouTube as well as many others.

Reception

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series a two out of five stars, stating "Too-chaotic 'toon follows villains' mostly harmless antics."

At Internet Movie Database, the user rating for the series is 6.2/10.

Awards and nominations

Year Association Award Category Notes Result
2010 Writers Guild of Canada Animation Edward Kay Nominated
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 the episode "Ant-Archy!") Nominated
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
Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Philippe Ivanusic-Vallée, Davila LeBlanc (for the episode "Voltina") Nominated
2012 UBCP/ACTR Awards Best Voice Lee Tockar Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "The League of Super Evil (TV Series 2009–2012) - Trivia". IMDb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "League of Super Evil - WildBrain". youtube.com. League of Super Evil - WildBrain. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Ashby, Emily. "The League of Super Evil". commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense Media. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "The League of Super Evil". IMDb.com. Internet Movie Database. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series". Gemini Awards. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "26th Gemini Awards Nominee List" (PDF). Gemini Awards. 3 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "2011 Gemini Awards Presented in Drama, Children's or Youth, Comedy and Variety Categories" (PDF). Gemini Awards. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.