League of Super Evil (initialized as L.O.S.E. or LOSE) is a Canadian animated comedy television series co-created by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee, Davila LeBlanc and Peter Ricq and developed by Asaph Fipke. Inspired by a comedy sketch entitled "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 up for additional reruns; the series also aired in the UK on CBBC, in Australia on ABC1 and ABC3, and internationally on Cartoon Network, on Disney XD and on Nickelodeon.

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

Characters

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

The League of Super Evil (or L.O.S.E. for short) are the 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 it’s 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. As of 2024, The series is now available to stream on digital platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, The Roku Channel, YouTube TV, 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." IMDb gave the series a 6.2/10.

Awards and nominations