The following is an episode list of Bonkers , an American animated television series that first aired from September 4, 1993, to February 23, 1994, and then continued airing as reruns until 1995 on The Disney Afternoon (with select episodes airing on The Disney Channel from February to June 1993 as a preview for the series [1] ). The series was set in a Roger Rabbit -like world where "toons" and humans co-exist.
The premise of the series was that Bonkers D. Bobcat, an anthropomorphic bobcat who was a popular cartoon star (he appeared in "He's Bonkers" shorts in the fictional world of Bonkers as well) had washed out of show business and became a cop. He was made the junior partner of Detective Lucky Piquel in Los Angeles Police Department, a grim and ill-tempered human who hates toons. Throughout the series, the pair work together to solve crimes in the Hollywood, Los Angeles, California region. Bonkers repeatedly tried to win Piquel's praise, but usually just ended up ruining missions with his antics.
After some years of working with Bonkers, Piquel was given an FBI job in Washington, D.C., and with great glee was finally able to leave Bonkers, but finally realized that after all the time spent hating working with Bonkers, he had grown to love him. At the end of the first "Lucky" episode, Bonkers was given a new partner, the attractive Sergeant Miranda Wright. Although also human, she was far more patient and tolerant of his antics than was Piquel. With Miranda, Bonkers was more the brunt of the slapstick.
Bonkers had more episodes working with Lucky, in the Toon Squad of LAPD, after the episodes with Miranda. However, Bonkers kept his goofy antics. He and Lucky experienced more important cases to solve and crazier adventures.
Bonkers' episodes all aired on The Disney Afternoon during the 1993–94 television season. Nine episodes aired in The Disney Channel from February to June 1993 as a preview for the series and they aired in October 1993 in the original syndication. However, the series can be broken up into multiple groups or subseasons of episodes, based on when they originally aired and from which set of episodes they came (i.e., the Lucky Piquel episodes, the Miranda Wright episodes, or the compilation episodes).
The syndicated run of the show began with a special hour-long airing of the Lucky Piquel pilot story ("Going Bonkers"/"Gone Bonkers"), that aired the weekend before the series' Disney Afternoon premiere. This first episode was later split into two parts, which are treated as separate episodes. Nineteen more Lucky episodes subsequently premiered in September and October 1993. These 21 episodes are referred to here as "Group 1."
In October 1993, the 19 Miranda Wright episodes aired on The Disney Afternoon, preceded by a special crossover episode, "New Partners on the Block," which tied the previously produced Miranda episodes into the continuity of the Lucky Piquel episodes. Along with the 9 Miranda episodes previously shown on The Disney Channel, 10 more Miranda episodes made their debut. The 19 Miranda episodes, along with "New Partners on the Block," are referred to here as "Group 2."
In November 1993, 20 more Lucky Piquel episodes began airing on The Disney Afternoon. Fifteen of them premiered in November, with the last 5 being held over until February 1994 (most likely to coincide with the February ratings sweeps). The last 20 Lucky episodes are referred to here as "Group 3."
In addition, four extra special compilation episodes, featuring the Bonkers shorts from He's Bonkers and 4 new segments were interspersed among the other episodes. 9 of the 12 old shorts received new titlecards while the other 3 kept their original intros. The Rubber Room Song segment originally belongs to the previously produced and the later aired episode "Casabonkers". These compilation episodes are listed separately.
When the series went into reruns, the Lucky Piquel and Miranda Wright episodes were usually rerun separately (i.e., all of the Lucky episodes, then all of the Miranda episodes, then the Lucky episodes again, etc.), even if the episodes were rerun out of order. (The compilation episodes would be rerun with the Lucky episodes, then All the Miranda Episodes aired last again.)
Each episode was given a production code by Walt Disney Television Animation. These codes are in the format "4311-xxx"; the Miranda episodes are numbered "4311-0xx", while the Lucky episodes (along with "New Partners on the Block" and the compilation episodes) are numbered "4311-1xx." The Miranda episodes' production numbers are not consecutive; several numbers are skipped over. The production codes have been sourced from the individual episode registration records in the U.S. Copyright Office catalog. (Since not all of these episode records have a listed production code, and because of the skips in the Miranda episode numbering, the codes for "The Stork Exchange" and "Toon for a Day" are not known.)
In addition, Disney's distribution arm Buena Vista Television used a different numbering system, with all of the Lucky Piquel episodes in production code order ending with "New Partners on the Block", then all of the Miranda Wright episodes in production code order, with the four special compilation episodes randomly interspersed among the Lucky episodes (except for "If," which is placed between "New Partners on the Block" and the rest of the Miranda episodes). BVTV's episode codes carry the prefix "BK-xx". This numbering was also the order generally used when the series was broadcast outside of North America, except with "Going Bonkers" and "Gone Bonkers" that moved to the beginning of the order. This resultant "international" order (excluding the compilation episodes) was made perhaps most closely to reflect the series' somewhat in-universe chronology.
Accidentally, a few medias like Internet Archive and Fandom have listed the 9 "Miranda" preview episodes separately as "group 1" or "group 4" and the special compilations as part of the two "Lucky" episodes' groups according to their air date.
The main 3 groups are considered as sub-seasons of the series.
Group | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 21 | September 4, 1993 | October 1, 1993 | |
2 | 20 | October 4, 1993 | October 29, 1993 | |
3 | 20 | November 1, 1993 | February 23, 1994 | |
Compilations | September 30, 1993 | November 24, 1993 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | BK No. |
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1 | 1 | "Going Bonkers (1)" | September 4, 1993 | 4311-124 | BK-24 |
W.W. Wacky cancels Bonkers and his friends' show production. Bonkers joins the Hollywood Police with a partner, Lucky Piquel on a case for missing Toons, snatched by a criminal called 'The Collector'. NOTE: Donald Duck (in his DuckTales attire) makes a cameo appearance. NOTE: In one moment there's a small sequence of the first He's Bonkers short Petal to the Metal, that Bonkers was performing in his studio. | |||||
2 | 2 | "Gone Bonkers (2)" | September 4, 1993 | 4311-136 | BK-36 |
Bonkers gets captured by Doodles during his search for Fallapart. Toots leads Piquel to the Collector's hideout, saving Bonkers. The Collector is revealed to be a human before he gets trapped in the prop box. | |||||
3 | 3 | "In the Bag" | September 6, 1993 | 4311-101 | BK-01 |
Bonkers and Piquel investigate the Hatter's house where items are being stolen. The thieving Toon Handbag gives the duo a hard time, but he eventually reveals his true colours and gives back what he took. | |||||
4 | 4 | "Hear No Bonkers, See No Bonkers" | September 7, 1993 | 4311-104 | BK-04 |
Bonkers gets Piquel fired and he and Onnie vanish from a toon invisibility substance disguised as bath foam. Piquel and Bonkers tail the crooks that advertised the substance and Piquel gets his job back. | |||||
5 | 5 | "Out of Sight, Out of Toon" | September 8, 1993 | 4311-108 | BK-08 |
In search of the minuscule toon Maggie, Piquel catches Toon Flu. Bonkers and Fallapart try to cure Piquel before he completely becomes a toon, while Piquel stumbles upon Maggie in the sewers and finds the flu wasn't serious after all. | |||||
6 | 6 | "Is Toon Fur Really Warm?" | September 9, 1993 | 4311-102 | BK-02 |
Piquel requests Bonkers to invite Skunky Skunk to Marilyn's birthday, but finds he has disappeared after being accused of manslaughter. The Toon Squad track Skunky and eventually catch the culprits, Seymour Chumski and Jed McScam. | |||||
7 | 7 | "Calling All Cars" | September 10, 1993 | 4311-105 | BK-05 |
Toon tow truck Ma Parker gets into Piquel's confidence to steal car parts from the police garage assisted by Wooly and Bully. Bonkers reveals Ma Parker's intentions to Piquel and the duo stop the criminals at the monster truck competition. | |||||
8 | 8 | "Fall Apart Bomb Squad" | September 13, 1993 | 4311-107 | BK-07 |
A crazy Toon Bomb who wants to be a stand-up comic terrorizes the city, and Piquel and Bonkers take the case with their new explosives expert, Fall-Apart Rabbit. | |||||
9 | 9 | "In Toons We Trust" | September 14, 1993 | 4311-114 | BK-14 |
Piquel arrests Baby Hubert at a robbery scene, while Bonkers assumes he is innocent, but Diamond Bill makes matters worse for both Bonkers and Hubert. Piquel and Bonkers chase Diamond Bill and clear Hubert's name. | |||||
10 | 10 | "Never Cry Pig" | September 15, 1993 | 4311-129 | BK-29 |
Piquel and Bonkers are beckoned by the Three Big Pigs to catch the Mean Old Wolf, which they pin for their own damages. Bonkers breaks the wolf out prison and they arrive at Porkwood managing to uncover the pigs' scam plan. | |||||
11 | 11 | "Hamster Houseguest" | September 16, 1993 | 4311-110 | BK-10 |
A big toon hamster called Tiny has a stayover at Piquel's house. He's actually hiding from the Mysterious Shadow, revealed to be his old friend Mr. Big. Their lack of experience in the real world makes it hard to get a new job. | |||||
12 | 12 | "The Cheap Sheep Sweep" | September 17, 1993 | 4311-103 | BK-03 |
Bonkers and Piquel go on a case for stolen items and missing toons. A sneaky wolf who is behind this abducts Bonkers. Piquel goes undercover in the sheep factory to save Bonkers and the two put the wolf in sheep's clothing. | |||||
13 | 13 | "The Day the Toon Stood Still" | September 20, 1993 | 4311-117 | BK-17 |
Toons everywhere have gone out of control. Fall Apart takes Piquel and Bonkers to Pops Clock, who is causing havoc due to feeling taken for granted by the toons. Fall Apart manages to renew Pops' faith with a 'thank you', prompting him to fix the damage. | |||||
14 | 14 | "Weather or Not" | September 21, 1993 | 4311-121 | BK-21 |
Piquel gets annoyed from the repeated misleading weather forecasts caused by the absence of the weather toons: Sunny, Cloudy, Snowy, Sparky, and Toony Tornado. Bonkers eventually reveals the disappearance was staged by the weather toons themselves and he traps them in a weather map. | |||||
15 | 15 | "Basic Spraining" | September 22, 1993 | 4311-109 | BK-09 |
Having failed to catch the mastermind criminal Slippery McSlime, Piquel sends Bonkers to police academy, a trap set up specially by McSlime to dispose of the duo. Using toon tricks, Bonkers outsmarts and busts McSlime. | |||||
16 | 16 | "Once in a Blue Toon" | September 23, 1993 | 4311-113 | BK-13 |
Piquel and Bonkers have been chosen for a toon reforming program starting with a toon that eats everything in sight called Louse. The program does not go well with Louse, but Piquel's anger prompts him into behaving. | |||||
17 | 17 | "Luna-Toons" | September 24, 1993 | 4311-116 | BK-16 |
An alien called Cadet Quark sets off to conquer the earth. Bonkers makes friends with Quark, while Piquel is seeking a thief (Crab Nebula). Quark helps Piquel catch Crab Nebula and asks his superiors to allow him to stay on earth. | |||||
18 | 18 | "Time Wounds All Heels" | September 27, 1993 | 4311-131 | BK-31 |
Convicted Max Coody a man sentenced 20 years ago is released from prison and wants to get even with Piquel. Piquel frantically tries to protect himself. Rather than exact revenge on Piquel, Max is filled with gratitude for helping him reform. | |||||
19 | 19 | "Poltertoon" | September 28, 1993 | 4311-132 | BK-32 |
A ghost wreaks havoc in the Piquel household, just on the day the Kanifkys invite themselves over for dinner. | |||||
20 | 20 | "Hand Over the Dough" | September 29, 1993 | 4311-123 | BK-23 |
Piquel and Bonkers investigate explosions of Butterman Bakery's service. Mikey Muffin is revealed to be the bomber in order to take over Butterman's business. Piquel and Bonkers halt Mikey's plan and turn Mikey into a biscuit. | |||||
21 | 21 | "Tune Pig" | October 1, 1993 | 4311-106 | BK-06 |
Piquel takes Dilandra for their anniversary to the Julio Calamari Concert. The untalented Julio is forcing Charlie Pig to sing his songs. Bonkers rescues Charlie's mother from Old Mac's petting zoo while Piquel disrupts Julio at dinner. |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | BK No. |
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22 | 1 | "New Partners on the Block [a] " | October 4, 1993 | 4311-145 | BK-45 |
Piquel tries go on a case for Fireball Frank solo, and is seemingly killed, but is actually captured with Agent Talson by Frank. Together Officer Miranda and Bonkers rescue the two and arrest Frank. Bonker's partnership with Piquel is switched with Miranda. | |||||
23 | 2 | "Witless for the Prosecution" | October 5, 1993 | 4311-002 | BK-48 |
Miranda can testify against publisher Lillith DuPrave at her counterfeiting trial. So, she hides out in Bonkers's house until the trial. So, Bonkers and his friends decide to annoy her by smothering her with attention. | |||||
24 | 3 | "Bobcat Fever" | October 6, 1993 Disney Channel preview: March 21, 1993 | 4311-028 | BK-65 |
Al Vermin tricks Cheryl Germ (a toon microbe and an actress) into infecting Bonkers, while she thinks that it is just her role in a new movie. Miranda and Professor Ludwig Von Drake have to stop Cheryl before she causes irreversible damage to Bonkers' brain. | |||||
25 | 4 | "What You Read Is What You Get" | October 7, 1993 Disney Channel preview: April 25, 1993 | 4311-020 | BK-61 |
Bonkers constantly reads the papers when what he reads happen. At the National Trash the boss, Lilith Duprave, and her typewriter Hilde abduct Bonkers. Hilde turns against her boss when she realises what she types are lies. Bonkers wakes up to find all this never happened. | |||||
26 | 5 | "Do Toons Dream of Animated Sheep?" | October 8, 1993 | 4311-016 | BK-59 |
Tired of being a part of Bonkers dreams, the toon sheep Baa-bara invades the dreams to make them her own, draining Bonkers health. With the help of Dr. Ludwig Von Drake, Bonkers manages to exchange good dreams for Baa-bara in return for ceasing her invasion. NOTE: Darkwing Duck makes a cameo appearance. NOTE: As in the parody of the Darkwing Duck series: Ghoul of My Dreams. | |||||
27 | 6 | "Trains, Toons, and Toon Trains" | October 11, 1993 Disney Channel preview: February 28, 1993 | 4311-006 | BK-51 |
Miranda and Bonkers are sent to escort a criminal, Stiff Lips Sullivan on a train, who knows the location of a stolen jewel cache. A mob couple is also interested in the jewels, but Bonkers eventually misleads them to the police station. | |||||
28 | 7 | "Quibbling Rivalry" | October 12, 1993 | 4311-012 | BK-57 |
After Miranda catches a cat burglar, her TV reporter sister Shirley arrives. In broadcasts, Shirley films Bonkers in troubled situations, making him look like a menace to society. Miranda gets a good scoop after Bonkers saves an old lady and her cat from a building on fire. | |||||
29 | 8 | "The Toon That Ate Hollywood" | October 13, 1993 Disney Channel preview: April 4, 1993 | 4311-010 | BK-55 |
A lame clown named Gloomy, and his toon frog sidekick, Giggles steals Dr. Ludwig Von Drake's Humoriser and drains toons' sense of humor. Miranda and Bonkers follow the trail and the clown overloads the humoriser causing his frog partner to mutate into a humor monster. Miranda beats the monster with a round of gags. | |||||
30 | 9 | "Springtime for the Iguana" | October 14, 1993 | 4311-009 | BK-54 |
Bonkers takes Roderick Lizard to star at the studio. Crunchy sets Roderick up for arson in order to get the part for himself. Bonkers has a hard time getting answers, while Roderick bails himself out of prison. Together they chase and pin down Crunchy. | |||||
31 | 10 | "CasaBonkers" | October 15, 1993 | 4311-021 | BK-62 |
In a restaurant, Bonkers recalls an interest for Catcha. As Al Vermin bursts in, Catcha entrusts a package to Bonkers. The package is revealed to contain the Circle Beanie. Al Vermin, Catcha, Miranda and Flaps all try to get it from Bonkers until the original owners come to reclaim it. NOTE: Lady and Tramp from Lady and the Tramp and Brer Bear from Song of the South , make cameo appearances | |||||
32 | 11 | "Tokyo Bonkers" | October 18, 1993 Disney Channel preview: March 7, 1993 | 4311-008 | BK-53 |
Miranda and Bonkers are delivering Z-Bot to the Tokyo Police HQ, but Bonkers loses him to Z-Bot's minions, the Ninja Kitties. Miranda and the Tokyo Inspector track Z-Bot only to be apprehended. Bonkers comes to the rescue and traps Z-Bot. | |||||
33 | 12 | "Love Stuck" | October 19, 1993 | 4311-001 | BK-47 |
Bonkers and Miranda investigate disappearing bachelors on the "Love Corral" TV show. Envious Winston Prickly kidnaps the latest Bachelor. Bonkers goes undercover in the game show and loses Rita. Bonkers tails Winston all the way to an amusement park. | |||||
34 | 13 | "When the Spirit Moves You" | October 20, 1993 Disney Channel preview: April 11, 1993 | 4311-025 | BK-64 |
Bonkers and Miranda get a ghost to leave the building that it is haunting but now it is haunting the police station. Can they get the ghost to leave or will the police station be forever haunted? Note: Ghosts from the classic short Lonesome Ghosts make a cameo. | |||||
35 | 14 | "Of Mice and Menace" | October 21, 1993 | 4311-007 | BK-52 |
Flaps and three mice steal from the toon museum, Dumbo's flag. Bonkers adopts the three mice as pets, while Miranda arrests Flaps. Bonkers endures their abuse, as they endure his embarrassing welfare. The mice soon turn against Flaps and reform for their crimes. | |||||
36 | 15 | "Toon for a Day" | October 22, 1993 Disney Channel preview: June 6, 1993 | 4311-004 | BK-50 |
After Wildman Wyatt is arrested, Sgt. Grating gets hit on the head convinced he's Bucky Buzzsaw, causing problems. Wildman escapes and goes after Grating. After a round of ambushes, Grating takes care of Wildman with a large statue. | |||||
37 | 16 | "The Stork Exchange" | October 25, 1993 Disney Channel preview: March 14, 1993 | 4311-003 | BK-49 |
Sleazy Lilith DuPrave kidnaps the storks who bring Toon babies, as part of a plot to smuggle a stolen weapon out of the country. | |||||
38 | 17 | "Dog Day AfterToon" | October 26, 1993 | 4311-011 | BK-56 |
After the "Pitts and Smarts" show is cancelled, Pitts threatens a bank with a bomb for a demand to get back into showbiz. Bonkers tries everything to convince Pitts until they get into a chase to the airport, when Bonkers blows Pitts with his own bomb. | |||||
39 | 18 | "Fistful of Anvils" | October 27, 1993 Disney Channel preview: April 18, 1993 | 4311-019 | BK-60 |
Bonkers is babysitting Miranda's nephew, Timmy. Bonkers tells him a Wild Western story about Anvil Gulch starring Trail Mix to save the town from the Bug-Eyed Bandits with the aid of Two-Gun. | |||||
40 | 19 | "The 29th Page" | October 28, 1993 | 4311-015 | BK-58 |
Al Vermin seeks a fortune of Ed Barlor and his only key clue is in the 29th page. The gang try to find that page in every sort of book causing catastrophes around town. Miranda and Bonkers consult Snitch for help and soon a battle for the fortune ensues. | |||||
41 | 20 | "Cartoon Cornered" | October 29, 1993 | 4311-022 | BK-63 |
Chief Kanifky sends Bonkers and Miranda to Wackytoons Studios to pick up a cheque from Duck Jones. Bucky Buzzsaw traps Sgt. Grating in the Wacky stage, whilst Wildman Wyatt escapes prison and chases Grating through the studios until Bonkers' clock comes to his rescue in stage 13. NOTE: Dumbo from Dumbo , the Doorknob from Alice in Wonderland , Pete, Goofy, and Hyacinth Hippo and Ben Ali Gator from Fantasia make cameo appearances |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | BK No. |
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42 | 1 | "The Good, the Bad & the Kanifky" | November 1, 1993 | 4311-127 | BK-27 |
After an accident in Lucky's medal ceremony, the mayor reassigns Chief Kanifky with Bonkers and Lucky in the Toon Squad. Kanifky is put out of commission after many debts in the case of Scatter Squirrel. Together Kanifky, Bonkers and Piquel pursue and arrest Scatter. NOTE: Goofy and Max make cameo appereances in one moment. | |||||
43 | 2 | "I Oughta Be in Toons" | November 2, 1993 | 4311-111 | BK-11 |
Bonkers and Piquel go to investigate the disappearance of Mickey Mouse. Amateur imposter Babyface, a former child star, is replacing Mickey in addition to a bulldog as Pluto. With the bulldog's help, our heroes catch the imposter. NOTE: There's a statue of Goofy between the different stuffs of the van where Bonkers and Lucky enter. | |||||
44 | 3 | "Frame That Toon" | November 3, 1993 | 4311-137 | BK-37 |
While Piquel and Bonkers investigate multiple thefts, toon saxophone Alto tries to find his older brother Mac the Bass. However cowardly Mac assists Mr. Malone and his large toon ape accomplice with their thefts. Bonkers, Piquel and Alto get trapped by Malone and the ape, but Mac helps Bonkers arrest the thieves. | |||||
45 | 4 | "A Wooly Bully" | November 4, 1993 | 4311-120 | BK-20 |
Having lost his acting career, Mammoth Mammoth resorts to criminal activities. Bonkers and Piquel find the mammoth in the peanut butter factory and go after him at the toon studio. After a series of amateur attempts, Bonkers arrests the mammoth. | |||||
46 | 5 | "Stay Tooned" | November 5, 1993 | 4311-122 | BK-22 |
Piquel comes across mobster Flannigan's logbook. Bonkers who is strictly not to touch it, loses it to Toots, causing major problems for Piquel, Kanifky and Fall Apart. Flannigan interrogates Bonkers for his logbook, but Piquel comes to the rescue. | |||||
47 | 6 | "Color Me Piquel" | November 11, 1993 | 4311-112 | BK-12 |
Piquel and Bonkers investigate missing toons, a toon bowler hat as the only lead. Bonkers gets taken where all the other toons are held for their colours by two malicious (and therefore, faded) toons. Piquel goes disguised as a toon with Fall Apart and rescues Bonkers and the other toons from their captors. | |||||
48 | 7 | "Stand-In Dad" | November 12, 1993 | 4311-128 | BK-28 |
On Grampa Arnie's Ant show an evil executive is swiping audience's pocket cash with a vacuum. Kanifky sends Piquel undercover to host the show taking Marilyn to spend some quality time with her. Bonkers invites Marilyn to the show getting her snatched by the executive, but Piquel and Bonkers rescue her and arrest the executive. | |||||
49 | 8 | "Cereal Surreal" | November 15, 1993 | 4311-130 | BK-30 |
Bonkers and Piquel investigate missing cereal box prizes. The temporate mascots of Wheat Crunchies Turbo, Banshee and Kapow are the culprits and set up Slap, Sniffle and Flop, but Bonkers and Piquel arrive to stop them and save the CEO. NOTE: Slap, Sniffle and Flop are a parody of Snap, Crackle and Pop from the cereal, Rice Krispies. | |||||
50 | 9 | "The Dimming" | November 17, 1993 | 4311-125 | BK-25 |
Piquel takes a vacation to a "Haunted Mountain Resort" to pursue his dream of becoming a horror writer. Bonkers sends Fall-Apart and the grapevine to scare him, but then a ghost shows up. | |||||
51 | 10 | "Toon with No Name" | November 18, 1993 | 4311-135 | BK-35 |
Piquel and Bonkers are in pursuit of a masked bandit and every encounter mirrors a wild western cartoon Bonkers once starred in, until they find out that the bandit is none other than the screen writer Oswald. | |||||
52 | 11 | "Get Wacky" | November 19, 1993 | 4311-141 | BK-41 |
Bonkers and Piquel are assigned to catch escaped convict Wacky Weasel. The Toon Squad fails to nail him at the supermarket, the museum and the Fabergé egg exhibit, but Bonkers outsmarts the weasel at the Wacky Studio. | |||||
53 | 12 | "The Final Review" | November 22, 1993 | 4311-115 | BK-15 |
Bonkers and Piquel are assigned to protect the TV critic Charles Quibble (who shuns Bonkers). The perpetrator is revealed to be television show cop TJ Finger who kidnaps Quibble for his last review, but Piquel arrests him and Bonkers saves Quibble. | |||||
54 | 13 | "Seems Like Old Toons" | November 26, 1993 | 4311-138 | BK-38 |
Two bees and a bear are in need of animator to finish their cartoon before the studio is demolished. Marilyn receives their request and heads to the studio and volunteers to finish their work. Piquel and Bonkers help finish the cartoon moments before the studio is demolished. | |||||
55 | 14 | "Miracle at the 34th Precinct" | November 27, 1993 | 4311-144 | BK-44 |
With Father Christmas missing in blizzard over California, two of his little helpers recruit Piquel to take his place until he can be found. While Piquel struggles to do his job, Fall Apart socialises with the real Father Christmas. | |||||
56 | 15 | "Comeback Kid" | November 29, 1993 | 4311-143 | BK-43 |
Two confidence tricksters, Chick and Stu trick Bonkers and Piquel into becoming actors to get the opportunity to steal a large diamond on its way to a museum. They manage to swipe the diamond, but Bonkers and Fall Apart thwart their heist. | |||||
57 | 16 | "The Greatest Story Never Told" | February 7, 1994 | 4311-133 | BK-33 |
Bonkers hires toon camera Zoom and microphone Boom to make Piquel appear suitable for Cop of the Year. Zoom and Boom ruin Piquel's reputation making him look like both a clown and a mugger's partner. With Bonker's help, Piquel clears his name. | |||||
58 | 17 | "Fall Apart Land" | February 9, 1994 | 4311-119 | BK-19 |
Hoping to help an overworked Piquel, Fall-Apart buys a dump from a crooked owner Seymour Sleezebottom to build their dream theme park. Seymour takes over the theme park, but is arrested for illegal activity. | |||||
59 | 18 | "Imagine That" | February 14, 1994 | 4311-126 | BK-26 |
Piquel and Bonkers are sent to investigate graffiti committed by a toon pencil. The pencil impersonates Scribble and goes with Marilyn to the toon world. While Bonkers and Piquel pick up the trail, Marilyn helps the pencil turn over a new leaf. | |||||
60 | 19 | "A Fine Kettle of Toons" | February 17, 1994 | 4311-142 | BK-42 |
Piquel secretly plans a surprise party for the Chief Kanifky for his 40th. anniversary on the force. But Kanifky wants to know what he's up to, so he teams up with Fall-Apart to spy on Bonkers and Piquel. | |||||
61 | 20 | "Stressed to Kill" | February 23, 1994 | 4311-139 | BK-39 |
Piquel is having a nervous breakdown being unable to nab the mole thief, who is stealing works of priceless art and he is haunted by the sight of him. Failed attempts at curing Piquel's stress, turn him into an ape until he accidentally lands on the mole. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | BK No. |
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1 | "The Rubber Room Song" | September 30, 1993 | 4311-147 | BK-18 |
The Rubber Room Song Reprise He's Bonkers shorts:1-Ski Patrol 2-Bonkers in Space 3-Draining Cats and Dogs (see Raw Toonage) | ||||
2 | "O Cartoon! My Cartoon!" | November 10, 1993 | 4311-149 | BK-40 |
Bonkers recites a parody of the poem "O Captain! My Captain", while Fall-Apart demonstrates the words. He's Bonkers shorts:1-Get Me a Pizza (Hold the Minefield) 2-Spatula Party 3-Sheerluck Bonkers (see Raw Toonage) | ||||
3 | "If" | November 16, 1993 | 4311-150 | BK-46 |
Bonkers recites a parody of the poem with the same name, while Jitters demonstrates Toon physics. He's Bonkers shorts:1-Petal to the Metal 2-Dogzapoppin 3-Trail Mix Bonkers & the Pony Express (originally Trail Mix Bonkers) (see Raw Toonage) | ||||
4 | "Goldijitters and the 3 Bobcats" | November 24, 1993 | 4311-148 | BK-34 |
Bonkers tells a parodic tale of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, where Goldilocks is Jitters and one of the three bobcats is Bonkers. He's Bonkers shorts:1-Quest for FireWood 2-Get Me to the Church on Time 3-Gobble Gobble Bonkers (see Raw Toonage) |
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Darkwing Duck is an American animated superhero comedy television series produced by Disney Television Animation that first ran from 1991 to 1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. A total of ninety-one episodes were aired. It features the adventures of Darkwing Duck, who is the superheroic alter-ego of ordinary suburban duck Drake Mallard.
DuckTales is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It originally premiered on syndication on September 18, 1987, and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seasons, with its final episode airing on November 28, 1990. Based upon Uncle Scrooge and other Duck universe comic books created by Carl Barks, the show follows Scrooge McDuck, his three grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and close friends of the group, on various adventures, most of which either involve seeking out treasure or thwarting the efforts of villains seeking to steal Scrooge's fortune or his Number One Dime.
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is an American animated adventure comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Created by Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, it featured established Disney characters Chip 'n' Dale in a new setting. After the episode "Catteries Not Included" aired on August 27, 1988 as a preview, the series premiered on The Disney Channel on March 4, 1989. The series continued in syndication in September 1989 with a two-hour special, Rescue Rangers: To the Rescue, later divided into five parts to air as part of the weekday run. On September 18, 1989, the series entered national syndication. It often aired on afternoons along with DuckTales, and beginning on September 10, 1990, as a part of the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon. The final episode aired on November 19, 1990.
The Disney Afternoon, sometimes abbreviated as TDA, was a created-for-syndication two-hour programming block of animated television series. It was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and distributed through its syndication affiliate Buena Vista Television. Each show from the block has aired reruns on Disney Channel and Toon Disney. Disney Channel reaired four shows on "Block Party," a two-hour block that aired on weekdays in the late afternoon/early evening.
TaleSpin is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It first aired in 1990 as a preview-run on The Disney Channel before beginning its main run in syndication later that year as part of the programming block The Disney Afternoon. It features anthropomorphized versions of characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book, which was theatrically rereleased in the summer before this show premiered in the fall, notably Baloo the Bear, Louie the orangutan, and Shere Khan the tiger, along with new characters created for the show. The name of the show is a play on "tailspin", the rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral, and on the fact that tale is another word for "story". The show is one of nine Disney Afternoon shows to use established Disney characters as the main characters, with the other eight being Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, Bonkers, Quack Pack, Aladdin, and Timon & Pumbaa. It is also one of two animated television series based on the book The Jungle Book, the second being Jungle Cubs.
Bonkers is an American animated television series and a spin-off short series called He's Bonkers which mainly aired in Raw Toonage. The show originally aired from September 4, 1993 to February 23, 1994 after a preview of the series aired on The Disney Channel from February 28 to June 6, 1993. The 9 episodes of the Disney Channel preview aired in October 1993 in the original syndication. The original syndicated run was available as part of the programming block The Disney Afternoon. Reruns of the show continued in syndication until 1996 and were later shown on Toon Disney until late 2004.
Raw Toonage is an American animated cartoon program that premiered on CBS on September 19, and ended on December 5, 1992, after 12 episodes or 39 shorts and segments had been broadcast. The program was preceded by a He's Bonkers theatrical short titled Petal to the Metal that aired in August 7, 1992.
ABC Kids was an American Saturday morning children's programming block that aired on ABC from September 13, 1997 to August 27, 2011. It featured a mixture of animated and live-action series from Walt Disney Television Animation and Disney Channel, aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 14. This was the only time Disney Channel content aired on over-the-air television in the United States.
Fox Kids was an American children's programming block and branding for a slate of international children's television channels. Originally a joint venture between the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox) and its affiliated stations, it was later owned by Fox Family Worldwide.
Disney Television Animation (DTVA) is an American animation production company that serves as the television animation production arm of Disney Branded Television, a division of Disney General Entertainment Content, which is a division of Disney Entertainment, which is one of the three main divisions of The Walt Disney Company. The studio was originally established in 1984, by Gary Krisel during the reorganization and subsequent re-incorporation of Disney following the arrival of then CEO Michael Eisner that year.
Donald's Quack Attack is an American animated television series which ran on The Disney Channel and was later rerun on Toon Disney. It premiered on November 2, 1992, along with Mickey's Mouse Tracks, on The Disney Channel. It featured Disney animated short films, especially those with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. Each episode lasted about 22–28 minutes, leaving some time for commercials.
A weekday cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated series programming that was typically scheduled on weekday mornings and afternoons in the United States on many major television networks and in broadcast syndication since the 1960s.
In regard to children's programming, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) has aired mostly programming from Walt Disney Television or other producers. This article outlines the history of children's television programming on ABC including the various blocks and notable programs that have aired throughout the television network's history.