Cartoon
Young Samson & Goliath

Animal
Prince Adam

Outfit: orange weight belt and boots / gold wristbands / short-sleeved dress shirt / tighty whities

Tagline: /smashes wristbands together once to turn himself into Samson
/smashes wristbands together again to turn his dog into a lion
/smashes wristbands together a third time to turn motorbike into
/smashes wristbands together again, rides normal motorbike

Plot summary: Samson (a regular guy who looks a lot like Josh Hartnett) and his dog Goliath ride around the country on their motorbike like a supernatural Che Guevara, crashing his golden wristbands together to become the heroic Samson (same guy, slightly longer hair) and combat each region's differing monsters. That second crash does indeed turn his dog into a lion, and the two throw down He-Man style almost twenty years before He-Man existed.

Samson's powers included super strength and "jumping," which is in the style of Superfriends, where the "jumping" is just "flying" without a better explanation. He could also Wonder Woman away blasts and/or the jaws of asses that came toward him. Goliath gained the normal powers of a lion (being big, eating gazelles, fearing chairs) but also LASER BEAMS FROM THE EYES, because if we aren't going to put Delilah on the show we've somehow got to fill the void left by the Bible's half-assed non-sixties storytelling. (more)

User Comments: Samson is my sweetest downfall. I loved him first. I loved him first!

"Young Samson & Goliath" was one of my very favorite cartoons as a kid. I remember sitting on my Aunt's living room rug and watching it during babysittery, and asking her to throw things at me and let me deflect them. Usually it was just pillows, but I tried to deflect everything. Porcelain pigs, pieces of the Nativity, and the dog were all deflected. I'd just walk up and put my wrist on the dog, and go POWWWW and fly backwards.

Oh, and here's another look at Samson's gear.

Dude, I seriously think he just outright forgot the pants.

more like HANDSOME and goliath am i right

User Rating: 9.5/10 (5,467 votes)