Funky Cops

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Funky Cops
Genre Action comedy
buddy cop
Directed byThierry Sapyn
Franck Michel
Opening themeLet's Boogie by DJ Abdel
Country of origin France
United States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes39
Production
ProducerBenoît Di Sabatino & Christophe Di Sabatino
Running time26 minutes
Original release
Network TPS, Jetix, M6, W9, Game One (France)
4Kids TV, Kabillion (U.S.)
Release4 May 2002 (2002-05-04) 
6 June 2004 (2004-06-06)

Funky Cops is an animated series about two cops in San Francisco during the 1970s. [1] [2] The show was created by brothers Christophe and Benoit Di Sabatino [1] and produced by Antefilms. [3]

Contents

In the US, it was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment and aired on the FoxBox (later renamed 4Kids TV), but this now-rare version was short-lived. [4] A different English dub (not the 4Kids dub) appeared on Kabillion On Demand on some services, most commonly Charter; as well as on the official Funky Cops YouTube channel.

19 episodes of the 4Kids Entertainment dub are currently lost media, as 7 episodes were found and uploaded via the Internet Archive. Meanwhile the unedited dub on the Funky Cops YouTube channel only covers Season 1.

Plot

Ace Anderson and Dick Kowalski ("Jack Kowalski" in the 4Kids version) are two semi-competent cops in San Francisco during the late 1970s. They show more attention towards appearing cool and disco dancing, but finish the cases by the end of the day. They are assisted by their disgruntled police chief Captain Dobbs, plucky reporter Miss Lee, fellow disco lover Boogaloo, and an additional officer called Flora "Fly" Ibanez in the second season.

Cast

CharacterActor
FrenchEnglish
Elude Sound Services [5] 4Kids Entertainment [5]
Dick Kowalski Emmanuel Curtil David Gasman Jack Kowalski: Andrew Rannells
Ace Anderson Med Hondo (1st voice)Thomas PollardReginald Metcalf
Lionel Henry (2nd voice)
Captain Dobbs Richard Darbois David GasmanFrederick B. Owens
BoogalooSerge FaliuDavid Gasman Eric Stuart
Miss LeeClaire GuyotJodi Forrest Lisa Ortiz
Wang BangJean-Claude DondaAllan Wengerunknown
Luigi CarbonaraPatrick GuilleminJames Shumanunknown
ParkerPatrick GuilleminAllan WengerBrian Wilson
WalkerJean-Claude DondaJames Shuman Dave Wills
Dobbs's WifeSharon Mann-ValletSoraya Butler
Mike the MechanicJames Shumanunknown
JudgeAllan WengerEric Stuart
Flora "Fly" IbanezFily Keita Mirabelle Kirkland Liza Jacqueline

Additional voices (French): Jean-Claude Donda, Serge Faliu, Patrick Guillemin, Claire Guyot, Nathalie Spitzer

Additional voices (English, 4Kids): Greg Abbey, Maddie Blaustein, J. David Brimmer, James Cathcart, Kathleen Delaney, Darren Dunstan, Matthew George, Wayne Grayson, Dan Green, Damian Hill, Megan Hollingshead, Dillon James, Tara Jayne-Sands, Ted Lewis, Brian Wilson, Karen Neill, Andrew Paull, Kayzie Rogers, Sean Schemmel, Veronica Taylor, Tony Von Horne, Mike Pollock

Additional voices (English, Elude): Paul Bandey, Guillaume Barrière, Stephen Croce, Christine Flowers, Matthew Géczy, Mike Marshall, Douglas Rand, Barbara-Anne Weber-Scaff, Jesse Joe Walsh, Dana Westberg

Episodes

Season 1

# in series# in seasonFrench title [6] / English title (Elude); [7] English title (4Kids)
11"Un duo d'enfer"/ "All the Cars in San Francisco"
22"Les Diamants ne sont pas éternels"/ "Jill Roy Was Here"; "Thief of Hearts"
33"Protection Rapprochée"/ "A Fool's Errand"
44"Gare au Gorille"/ "Help! There's a Gorilla in this Episode!"; "Day Care Detectives"
55"Légende Vivante"/ "Long Live The King"
66"Goldsinger"
77"Un Alibi en béton"/ "Under Construction"
88"Cache cash"/ "Funky Bankers"
99"La Fin du Disco"/ "The End of Disco"
1010"Le "Kid" Dick"/ "The King of the Ring"
1111"Six ça suffit"/ "Blast from the Past"
1212"Discomatic"/ "Discomatic"; "Double Trouble"
1313"Le Dernier Slow"/ "A Woman Scorned"
1414"La Croisière ça use"/ "Cruising for Criminals"; "Cruise Control"
1515"Decibels Amazones"/ "Amazon Decibels"; "The Earth Mothers"
1616"Double Vie"/ "Double Life"; "Lady Knight"
1717"Le Blues de Noël"/ "Christmas Blues"; "And no Partridge in a Pear Tree"
1818"L'As des Astres"/ "Read my Mind"
1919"Les Evadés d'Alcatraz"/ "Jailbreak"; "Escape from Alcatraz"
2020"Méthode Zéro"/ "Method Madness"; "Director's Cut"
2121"Deux Flics à Monaco"/ "The French Disconnection"
2222"Chouchou Baby Love"/ "Choochoo Baby Love"; "False Idols"
2323"Boogaloo les bons tuyaux"/ "M For Melody"; "Something in the Air"
2424"Zéro du Conduite"/ "Back to School"
2525"Drôle de Drame 1"/ "Danger with the Rangers (Part 1)"
2626"Drôle de Drame 2"/ "Danger with the Rangers (Part 2)"

Season 2

# in series# in seasonFrench title [6] [8] / English title
271"Retour de flamme"/ "Burn, Baby Burn"
282"Ali Baba et les quarante Showgirls"/ "Ali Baba and the forty Showgirls"
293"Freeze!"
304"Pas de printemps pour les rouleaux"/ "No Spring for the Rolls"
315"22 minutes chrono"/ "22"
326"Vaudou sur la ville"/ "Hoo doo?... Voodoo!"
337"Cops Story"
348"L'homme aux fesses d'or"/ "Mr. Light End"
359"L'escroc qui m'aimait"/ "The Bamboozler Who Loved Me"
3610"Panique à San Francisco"/ "Diamonds are for..."
3711"La créature de la baie"/ "Fins at Thunder Bay"
3812"La marque du phoque" / "The Mark of the Seal"
3913"Mickey Jackpot"

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