The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show is an animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions from 1979 to 1981; it was shown right after Super Friends on the ABC Network. It featured various adventures of the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man. The show features many adventures in different segments: Plastic Man, Baby Plas, Plastic Family, Mighty Man and Yukk, Fangface and Fangpuss, and Rickety Rocket. The show was repackaged by Arlington Television into 130 half-hour episodes, and released into national, first-run-off-network daily syndication in 1984. The Plastic Man Comedy Show was produced and directed by Steve Whiting and featured a live-action "Plastic Man", played by Taylor Marks.

Les origines de Plastic Man ne sont jamais clairement expliquées mais il apparaît qu'il était un petit malfrat qui laissé mort par la pègre et ayant gagné ses pouvoirs d'élasticité décide de combattre le crime. Aidé de sa petite amie Penny et d'un assistant polynésien nommé Hula-Hula il voyage dans le monde entier pour sauver le monde sur les indications de the Chief. Dans les premiers épisodes, Penny est amoureuse de Plastic Man qui lui préfère the Chief une femme aux cheveux noirs. Dans la seconde saison, Plastic Man finalement se marie avec Penny et tous deux ont un enfant qui a hérité des pouvoirs de son père1

Conta a história de um super-herói, que tem a capacidade de moldar o corpo como desejar, como se fosse feito de borracha. Ele combate o crime ao redor do mundo, viajando com sua bela esposa Penny e seu ajudante dos mares do sul, Hula-Hula.

Na segunda temporada aparece o Bebê-Elástico, filho deles, com os mesmos poderes. Daí se intercalavam desenhos da Família Elástico, combatendo o crime e só do Bebê, em seu dia a dia.

No Brasil, o desenho foi apresentado pela Rede Manchete nos anos 80.