Fantastic Four
Seen it?1994 | 2 seasons | Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans, action fans and families. If you loved Justice League Unlimited or The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-Y7. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
When Reed Richards, Sue and Johnny Storm and pilot Ben Grimm take a premature space flight on a new shuttle, they find themselves massively bombarded with cosmic radiation. Barely managing to re-enter and land safely, the quartet find themselves forever transformed with superpowers. Deciding to use these new powers to help people, they form the Fantastic Four, a superhero team dedicated to the protection of Earth from menaces like the Latverian King Dr. Doom and Galactus, the planet consumer.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 74K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 2 is the high point.
Season 11994 · 13 episodes · 5.0 out of 10Monday- Season 21995 · 13 episodes · 5.1 out of 10Monday
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Cast & crew
- Beau WeaverReed Richards / Mr. Fantastic (voice)
- Lori AlanSue Storm / Invisible Woman (voice)
- Chuck McCannBen Grimm / The Thing (voice)
- Quinton FlynnJohnny Storm / The Human Torch (voice)