Drak Pack

Drak Pack is a 1980 American-Australian, horror, action, adventure, fantasy, animated, television series. It was co-produced by the Australian subsidiary studio of Hanna-Barbera and what was known as Southern Star Productions (now Endemol Australia).

Plot
A trio of young men known as Drak Jr., Frankie, and Howler are descendants of the movie monsters Count Dracula, the Frankenstein's Monster, and the Wolf Man. To atone for their ancestors' misdeeds, they form a superhero team known as the Drak Pack, committing good deeds for others. They mainly appear in their normal, human forms but they turn into their altered, monstrous forms whenever there's trouble ahead. Using what is called the Drak Whack, the threesome strike their right hands together and shout "Wacko!" as they change into their alter-egos (a vampire, a Frankenstein's monster, and a werewolf). Their main mode of transportation is a volant, amphibious car called the Drakster. They regularly have to put a stop to the plans of a blue-skinned, nefarious genius known as Dr. Dred, who is the head of O.G.R.E. (an acronym for the "Organization for Generally Rotten Enterprises" or "Endeavors"). He is backed by four minions (Toad, Fly, Mummyman, and Vampira). Before they go off to save the day, the Drak Pack regularly meet with Drak Jr.'s great-great uncle, Count Dracula (a.k.a. Big D), who assigns them their missions.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The premise is a great take on the movie monsters and having relatives of them commit benevolent acts is a nice break away from the typicalness of that.
 * 2) John Stephenson did well with narrating the intro.
 * 3) The writing of the episodes' storylines are some of the better written and more creative ones in the Hanna-Barbera oeuvre.
 * 4) While the art style is familiar, it is one of the Hanna-Barbera shows that has better animation.
 * 5) The characters from both the heroic and villainous sides are great in their own ways.
 * 6) The character designs, like those of some certain, other, Hanna-Barbera shows, are well-drawn as usual.
 * 7) The voice acting sounds mostly just right.
 * 8) Some funny moments, especially with Toad, such as hitting himself with a swatter and saying, "Bad Toad, bad Toad", whenever he did something foolish.
 * 9) The intro's music sounds great.
 * 10) Although the powers of the heroes and villains are typical, they're still put to great uses.
 * 11) Grand uses of Hanna-Barbera's sound effects as usual.

The Only Bad Quality

 * 1) It is one of those shows that got dropped too soon.

Trivia

 * Because this is one of the Hanna-Barbera productions co-produced with Southern Star, the Swirling Star logo doesn't appear after the end credits, but rather Southern Star's logo only.

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