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Genre | Comedy |
Based on | Ace Ventura by Jack Bernstein |
Developed by | Duane Capizzi |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 41 |
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Producer | Eleanor Kearney |
Running time | 22–24 minutes |
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Release | December 13, 1995 – February 4, 2000 |
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is an animated television series based on the film of the same name. The series was produced by Morgan Creek Productions, Funbag Animation Studios, [lower-alpha 1] Nelvana Limited, for the first two seasons and Odyssey Entertainment for the third and final season. It aired for two seasons from 1995 to 1997 on CBS. A third season and reruns of previous episodes aired on Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2000. [1]
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was one of three animated series based on Jim Carrey movies premiering in the same year; the others are the 1995–1997 The Mask: Animated Series , and the 1995–1996 Dumb and Dumber series. [2]
The series takes place after the Ace Ventura movies. The titular character, voiced by Canadian actor Michael Daingerfield (credited as Michael Hall), is a goofy private investigator with a predilection for animals of all species. [3]
The series ran on CBS for two seasons, with a third season airing on Nickelodeon when the channel acquired the show to broadcast reruns. Some of the characters from the movie were retained, though not voiced by their original actors. Seth MacFarlane was among the writers over the course of the show's run. [4]
The show was filled with toilet humor and anachronisms (one episode centered around the Egyptian Mau, claiming it to be an extinct breed of cat, when, if truth be told, they are not). Despite running in a time slot after The Mask (another popular Jim Carrey-based cartoon) and a crossover with that show (in that series' finale, "The Aceman Cometh"), the series attempted to gain a large audience and failed (with the podcast "Saturday Mourning Cartoons" declaring it trite and it must go in the "dip" from Who Framed Roger Rabbit ) Ultimately, both The Mask and Ace Ventura were cancelled. A third season of the series ran on Nickelodeon from 1999 until 2000. [5]
A computer game, Ace Ventura , was based on the show and (more questionably) the movies.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "The Reindeer Hunter" | Duane Capizzi | December 13, 1995 | |
Ace is called on by Santa to find his reindeer, on Christmas Eve! When Ace discovers who it is, he has to save them before Christmas. | |||||
2 | 2 | "Bowling for Bear" | Robert Schechter, Alisa Marie-Schudt | January 20, 1996 | |
When a Grizzly's life is put in danger, the only person willing to save its life is Ace. Ace has to uncover who is doing this and put a stop to it. | |||||
3 | 3 | "Pet Food" | Ernie Jon | January 27, 1996 | |
When something is endangering the lives of many animals in Miami, Ace is called upon to investigate and uncover what's going on. The only thing they have in common is that they are the last of their kind. | |||||
4 | 4 | "The Parrot Who Knew Too Much" | Steve Roberts | February 3, 1996 | |
Ace has to save a Parrot who knows too much from falling into the wrong hands. | |||||
5 | 5 | "French Dip" | Alexx Van Dyne | February 10, 1996 | |
Ace is convinced that something fishy is going on when a normally placid blue whale tries to assassinate a nature show host. | |||||
6 | 6 | "Natural Born Koalas" | Robert Schechter, Alisa Marie-Schudt | February 17, 1996 | |
When a friendly koala goes aggressive, its up to Ace to find out why. | |||||
7 | 7 | "The Hounds of D'Urbervilles" | Steve Roberts | February 24, 1996 | |
Ace meets the Hounds of an elite British family known as the D'Urbervilles as each hound is taken one by one. He must find out the location of the hounds before the traditional fox hunt. | |||||
8 | 8 | "Remembrance of Trunks Past" | Tara Ison | March 2, 1996 | |
When the city of Miami is over-run by large elephants, Ace is called in by the city to investigate. | |||||
9 | 9 | "Night of the Gorilla" | Steve Roberts | March 9, 1996 | |
When a cute kind-hearted gorilla is accused of committing an awful crime, it is up to Ace to clear the name of the gorilla before it is too late. | |||||
10 | 10 | "Day of the Groundhog" | Ernie Jon | March 30, 1996 | |
Ace Ventura must help save the life of a Groundhog on Groundhog Day. | |||||
11 | 11 | "The Big Stink" | Dean Stefan | April 6, 1996 | |
Ace follows his nose when a little boy's pet skunk gets skunk-napped. | |||||
12 | 12 | "The Gator Gal" | Steve Roberts | April 20, 1996 | |
Ace Ventura meets the Gator Gal. | |||||
13 | 13 | "The Bull Market" | Robert Schechter, Alisa Marie-Schudt | April 27, 1996 | |
Ace investigates the problems of some bulls. |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | |
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14 | 1 | "Panda-monium" | Steve Roberts | September 7, 1996 | |
Ace runs into some problems when he is asked to save some Pandas. | |||||
15 | 2 | "Snow Job" | Steve Roberts | September 14, 1996 | |
When an Eskimo tribe's huskies disappear, Ace journeys to Siberia to help find them. However, things go from bad to worse when Ace's search gets him caught in the middle of a Russian arms smuggler's plan to steal a doomsday weapon from a secret military installation run by Russian armed forces who still believe the Cold War is still in effect. | |||||
16 | 3 | "Salmon Rush Hour" | Robert Schechter, Alisa Marie-Schudt | October 5, 1996 | |
Ace must find out what happen to the salmon. | |||||
17 | 4 | "The Search for Spike" | Seth MacFarlane | October 19, 1996 | |
When a smuggler monkey-naps Spike by mistake, Ace travels all over Miami to find his partner. | |||||
18 | 5 | "The Milky Way" | Steve Roberts | November 2, 1996 | |
When cows have been taken by what appears to be aliens, Ace discovers that Claw is up to no good again. | |||||
19 | 6 | "The Golden Kitten" | Robert Schechter, Alisa Marie-Schudt | November 16, 1996 | |
When Ace discovers the last of a breed of cats that have been said to be extinct for centuries, he discovers a legend of a gold statue... and a terrible curse. | |||||
20 | 7 | "Thunderballrighty Then" | Steve Roberts | November 23, 1996 | |
Ace must protect a dog from the most dangerous criminal mastermind in the world. | |||||
21 | 8 | "Dragon Guy" | Steve Roberts | December 7, 1996 | |
Ace tells a story about a man who finds and later saves a dragon from an evil sorcerer. | |||||
22 | 9 | "Bad Hare Day" | Seth MacFarlane | December 14, 1996 | |
in New York City, The Amazing Blackstein hires Ace Ventura to Locate Bernie, His Rabbit, but a jealous rival of Blackstein and an old adversary of Ventura are involved... | |||||
23 | 10 | "Robo West" | Steve Roberts | December 21, 1996 | |
In short, a parody of the movie Westworld where Ace tracks down horse smugglers. | |||||
24 | 11 | "Howl of the Weremoose" | Steve Roberts | January 18, 1997 | |
25 | 12 | "Bald Courage" | Ralph Soll | February 8, 1997 | |
When all the bald eagles in America are stolen, Ace discovers a conspiracy that will change America forever if not stopped. | |||||
26 | 13 | "Have Mask, Will Travel" | Duane Capizzi | August 30, 1997 | |
Ace is called upon by NASA to travel to a space station where a hamster—one that knows the entire Elvis Presley catalogue—is missing. When Stanley Ipkiss arrives to retrieve his mask, which was stolen by Spike, he becomes the Mask and joins Ace on his mission. Note: This is the second part of a crossover with The Mask: Animated Series , following the events of The Mask episode "The Aceman Cometh". |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | |
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27 | 1 | "Witch's Brew" | Jan Strnad | October 29, 1999 | |
Ace has to find a missing pet bat in high school. | |||||
28 | 2 | "Bird is the Word" | Seth MacFarlane | November 30, 1999 | |
Ace has been called to find a missing falcon before midnight. | |||||
29 | 3 | "Dino Mite" | Tom Mason, Dan Danko | December 1, 1999 | |
In this Jurassic Park parody, Ace has been called to find some missing resurrected dinosaurs. | |||||
30 | 4 | "Ace in Space" | Bill Matheny | December 2, 1999 | |
In this Star Wars parody, Ace is hired by aliens from another planet. | |||||
31 | 5 | "Get Piggy" | Scott M. Gimple | December 3, 1999 | |
Ace has to find Gabe, a movie star pig who can talk. | |||||
32 | 6 | "Ace Off" | Steve Marmel | December 6, 1999 | |
When all clues point to Ace for a dog-napping, he must not only find the dog but also clear his name. | |||||
33 | 7 | "Shell Shock" | Butch Hartman | December 7, 1999 | |
Ace has been called to find a rock band's pet turtle. | |||||
34 | 8 | "Beware the Fly" | Tom Mason, Dan Danko | December 8, 1999 | |
A parody of The Fly . Ace swaps heads with Spike. | |||||
35 | 9 | "Ace in Time" | Seth MacFarlane | December 9, 1999 | |
Ace goes back in time to rescue a panther cub from a smuggler-turned-emperor. | |||||
36 | 10 | "When Nature Shrieks" | Bill Matheny | December 10, 1999 | |
Ace is hired to track down an mysterious creature known as the Wooly Howl. It's actually called Putt Detective and involves Ace saving a gopher at a golf course. | |||||
37 | 11 | "Exor-Kitty" | Batton Lash | January 7, 2000 | |
Ace is called in to exorcise a cat. | |||||
38 | 12 | "Ace of the Jungle" | Tom Mason, Dan Danko | January 14, 2000 | |
Ace gets stranded on a tropical island. | |||||
39 | 13 | "Cyber Ace" | Bill Matheny | January 21, 2000 | |
Ace gets trapped in cyber space. | |||||
40 | 14 | "Circus Ace" | Bill Matheny | January 28, 2000 | |
Ace has to solve a mystery in a circus. | |||||
41 | 15 | "The Cat Who Paints" | Tom Mason, Dan Danko | February 4, 2000 | |
Ace has to find a cat that can paint. |
A two-part crossover between Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Mask , another animated series based on a Jim Carrey film, aired on August 30, 1997. The crossover begins with The Mask episode "The Aceman Cometh", and concludes with the Ace Ventura episode "Have Mask, Will Travel". At the time of the original airing, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was running in the adjoining time slot immediately following The Mask in CBS's Saturday morning lineup. During the crossover, Stanley/Mask and Ace retain their respective animation styles while appearing within the other's show. The crossover also serves as the second-season finale of Ace Ventura and the series finale of The Mask.
In "The Aceman Cometh", Stanley Ipkiss's dog Milo has his brain switched with that of a scientist and is then dog-napped. Stanley in turn hires Ace to help get him back. At the end of the episode, Spike steals the mask, and Stanley follows them to Miami to retrieve it. In "Have Mask, Will Travel", Stanley catches up to Ace just as he is recruited to solve a case on a space station, leading Stanley to become the Mask and join the investigation.
A three-episode DVD of the show was bundled with the two Ace Ventura movies. The back of the package has a mistake in the description of the pilot episode "The Reindeer Hunter", stating that Santa's main reindeer, Rudolph, has been abducted when in truth, Rudolph is not in the episode at all, rather it was the rest of his reindeer that had been abducted. This was also the only DVD release of this show. The show's rights are now with Revolution Studios (who acquired the Morgan Creek Entertainment library in 2014), with distribution handled by Sony Pictures Television.
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