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DeutschDroopy, Master Detective
| Droopy, Master Detective | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | |
| Based on | Droopy by Tex Avery |
| Voices of | |
| Narrated by |
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| Theme music composer | Gary Lionelli |
| Composer | Gary Lionelli |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 (39 segments) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Joseph Barbera |
| Producers |
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| Running time | 22 minutes (7 minutes per segment) |
| Production companies | Hanna-Barbera Cartoons[a] Turner Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox Kids |
| Release | September 11 – December 4, 1993 |
| Related | |
| Tom & Jerry Kids | |
Droopy, Master Detective is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons in association with Turner Entertainment, and a spin-off of Tom & Jerry Kids.[1] It debuted on Fox's Saturday morning block Fox Kids and ran for 13 episodes from September 11 to December 3, 1993;[2] in 1994, it was dropped from Fox's Saturday morning schedule on January 1,[2] and returned on weekday afternoons in August and September.[3]
Premise
[edit]Droopy, Master Detective is a spoof of detective films and cop shows, featuring Droopy and his son, Dripple, as detectives on the mean streets of a big city.[4] Newly made seven-minute episodes were mixed in with new seven-minute cartoons featuring the Tom and Jerry Kids characters. The rest of the half-hour program mostly was taken up by Screwy Squirrel, another Tex Avery creation from the 1940s.
In these new cartoons, Screwy made his home in a public park, making life miserable for hot-headed park attendant Dweeble and his dog Rumpley — both, rather typical Hanna-Barbera comedy foes rather than Tex Avery-inspired characters. It also included two more characters from the previous show: Wild Mouse and Lightning Bolt the Super Squirrel.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Don Messick as Droopy
- Charlie Adler as Dripple, Screwball Squirrel, Lightning Bolt the Super Squirrel
- William Callaway as Rumpley
- Teresa Ganzel as Miss Vavoom, Misty Mouse (in "Primeval Prey")
- Frank Welker as McWolf, Dweeble, Wild Mouse, Grunch the Caveman
Additional voices
[edit]- Brandon Adams
- Joe Alaskey
- Patricia Alice Albrecht
- Lewis Arquette
- René Auberjonois
- Michael Bell as Roqueford Le Poulet (in "The Case of Pierre Le Poulet")
- Gregg Berger
- Sheryl Bernstein
- Susan Blu as Auntie Snoople (in "Aunt Snoople")
- Sorrell Booke
- Charlie Brill
- Nicole Brown
- Julie McWhirter as Tera Boom-Boom (in "Droopy and the Cyberdolts")
- S. Scott Bullock
- Arthur Burghardt
- Greg Burson
- Hamilton Camp
- Nancy Cartwright
- Marsha Clark
- Selette Cole
- Townsend Coleman
- Danny Cooksey
- Bud Cort
- Jesse Corti
- Peter Cullen
- Brian Cummings
- Jim Cummings as The Blobfather (in "The Monster Mob"), Baby Bandit (in "The Babyman Bank Heists"), Frankenator (in "The Monster Mob"), McWolf's Horse, Pierre Le Poulet (in "The Case of Pierre Le Poulet"), The Raj
- Tim Curry
- Jennifer Darling as Fifi
- Mari Devon
- Nancy Dussault
- Maggie Egan
- June Foray
- Pat Fraley as The Yolker (in "Return of the Yolker")
- Brad Garrett
- Kathy Garver
- Dick Gautier
- Barry Gordon
- Joan Gerber
- Archie Hahn
- Phil Hartman
- Pamela Hayden
- George Hearn
- Dana Hill
- Jerry Houser
- Charity James
- Nick Jameson
- Tony Jay
- Arte Johnson as Shadowman (in "Shadowman and the Blue Pigeon")
- Vicki Juditz
- Zale Kessler
- Kip King
- Paul Kreppel
- Maurice LaMarche as Thundergut the Super Squirrel (in "Battle of the Super Squirrels")
- David Lander
- Nancy Linari as Zombina (in "The Monster Mob")
- Allan Lurie
- Sherry Lynn
- Tress MacNeille
- Kenneth Mars
- Chuck McCann as King of the Sea (in "Droopy's Deep Sea Mystery"), Baby Bandit's Henchman (in "The Babyman Bank Heists")
- Edie McClurg
- Diane Michelle
- Brian Stokes Mitchell
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Bibi Osterwald
- Gary Owens as the Narrator
- Valery Pappas
- Patricia Parris
- Rob Paulsen as Edna Evergreen, Crummy McMummy (in "The Monster Mob"), Prime Minister Luck-Nuck, Oliver J. Tudball (in "The Case of the Snooty Star")
- Patrick Pinney
- Henry Polic II
- Tony Pope
- Hal Rayle
- Clive Revill
- Robert Ridgely
- Kimmy Robertson
- Stuart Robinson
- Roger Rose as Johnsy Megabucks
- Neil Ross
- Ronnie Schell
- Susan Silo
- Sarah Silverman as Melody WOOO-WOOO Stardust (in "The Case of the Snooty Star")
- Hal Smith
- Kath Soucie
- Michael Stanton
- Sally Struthers
- Barbara Stuart
- Marcelo Tubert
- Janet Waldo as Wild Mouse's Mother (in "Primeval Prey")
- B.J. Ward as The Mistress of Baskerville Manor (in "Sherlock Droopy Gets Hounded")
- Jimmy Weldon
- Jane Wiedlin
- Lee Wilkof
- April Winchell
- Paul Winchell as Rumpley's Dad
- Joanne Worley
- Kris Zimmerman
- Patric Zimmerman
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | "Droopy's Deep Sea Mystery" | Stewart St. John | Jerry Eisenberg & Joel Seibel | September 11, 1993 | |
| When a beautiful mermaid enlists the help of super sleuths Droopy and Dripple to find her father's magic golden shell, the evil Matoona sets out to stop them! | |||||
| 1b | "How Can We Miss You If You Won't Go Away?" | Jim Ryan | Jerry Eisenberg | September 11, 1993 | |
| Dweeble and Rumply try every trick in the book to rid the park of Screwball. | |||||
| 1c | "Droopy and the Case of the Missing Dragon" | Don Nelson & Arthur Alsberg | Jerry Eisenberg & Floyd Norman | September 11, 1993 | |
| Droopy, hired by a mysterious woman to find the stolen Dragon used in the Chinese New Year's parade, also finds danger from the villainous double of the mysterious woman. | |||||
| 2a | "The Babyman Bank Heists" | Arthur Alsberg & Don Nelson | Jerry Eisenberg | September 18, 1993 | |
| Elliot Droopness and Son come face to face and baby carriage to baby carriage, with the arch criminal Babyman, in uncovering a series of unusual bank robberies. | |||||
| 2b | "Dweeble's Night Out" | Jim Ryan | Jerry Eisenberg & David Feiss | September 18, 1993 | |
| Dweeble comes home from a big night out only to find he's unprepared for a surprise visit from the park inspector. | |||||
| 2c | "The Deep Space Chase" | Stewart St. John | Bob Singer | September 18, 1993 | |
| When a space alien is framed for polluting her planet, she enlists the aid of super-sleuth detectives Droopy and Dripple to clear her name. | |||||
| 3a | "Round 'Em Up Bub" | Sandy Fries | Joel Seibel | September 25, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple do battle against Butch McWolf in the Old West. | |||||
| 3b | "A Screwball Romance" | Sandy Fries | Bob Singer | September 25, 1993 | |
| Screwball gives Rumply pointers on the finer art of wooing when Rumply falls for a pretty poodle. | |||||
| 3c | "The Case of the Snooty Star" | Sandy Fries | Bob Singer & Joel Seibel | September 25, 1993 | |
| Droopy saves a Hollywood actress from being sabotaged by that nefarious bad guy, Oliver J. Tudball. | |||||
| 4a | "The Monster Mob" | Jim Ryan | Jerry Eisenberg & Tom Ellery | October 2, 1993 | |
| One by one, the world's worst organized crime gang, the Monster Mob, go after Detectives Droopy and Dripple. | |||||
| 4b | "Everybody Out" | Jim Ryan | Jerry Eisenberg | October 2, 1993 | |
| Dweeble hires a junkyard dog to get rid of Screwball. The dog is an overachiever who throws out Dweeble and Rumply. | |||||
| 4c | "Sherlock Droopy" | Jim Ryan | Bob Singer | October 2, 1993 | |
| Droopy is the famous British Detective Sherlock Droopy. He and Dr. Dripple do battle with the infamous Professor Wolfiatity, their arch-nemesis. They stop him in Queen Victoria's bedroom. | |||||
| 5a | "Queen of the Mutant Weirdo Vampires" | Jim Ryan | Jerry Eisenberg & Floyd Norman | October 9, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple are called to the set of "Queen of the Mutant Weirdo Vampires". Zuzu le Pew, the star of the film, threatens to quit unless she has protection and the villain is revealed. | |||||
| 5b | "Screwball Snowballs" | Sandy Fries | Barrington Bunce & Lew Saw | October 9, 1993 | |
| It is all out war when Screwball, Rumply, and Dweeble have a snowball fight during the first snow of winter. | |||||
| 5c | "Shadowman and the Blue Pigeon" | Don Nelson & Arthur Alsberg | Bob Singer & Tom Ellery | October 9, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple face off against a shadowy criminal in order to protect a precious gem. | |||||
| 6a | "Dueling Detectives" | Stewart St. John | Bob Singer | October 16, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple face off against McClue McWolf to see who has the best detective agency. | |||||
| 6b | "Squirrelicus Obnoxiousness" | Steward St. John | Jerry Eisenberg & Joel Seibel | October 16, 1993 | |
| Screwball takes full advantage of the Endangered Committee when they come to the park to protect certain species. | |||||
| 6c | "Sherlock Droopy Gets Hounded" | Arthur Alsberg & Don Nelson | Barrington Bunce | October 16, 1993 | |
| While trying to protect a client, Droopy and Dripple come face to face with the Hound of Baskerville. | |||||
| 7a | "Droopy and the Cyberdolts" | Bruce Morris | Bob Singer | October 23, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple set out to find a stolen power source. | |||||
| 7b | "Pickax Max" | Jim Ryan | Bob Singer | October 23, 1993 | |
| The peace and quiet of Dweeble Park is rudely interrupted by the cantankerous Pickax Max who comes digging for gold. | |||||
| 7c | "Hey! Where's Arnold?" | Sandy Fries | Jerry Eisenberg & Joel Seibel | October 23, 1993 | |
| Droopy tracks down a rare species of elephant in the jungle kingdom of Tushyrumba. | |||||
| 8a | "Auntie Snoople" | Jim Ryan | Jerry Eisenberg & Floyd Norman | October 30, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple are ably assisted by their meddlesome Auntie Snoople as they hunt down and capture mean McWolf, world's rottenest jail breaker. | |||||
| 8b | "Demolition Disorder" | Bruce Morris | Bob Singer & Joel Sebiel | October 30, 1993 | |
| Screwball enlists the aid of Dweeble and his dog Rumply to fight off a hostile takeover of his park by millionaire developer Chauncey Megabucks, who wants to turn Screwball's pastoral paradise into a high rise parking garage. | |||||
| 8c | "Mushu McWolf" | Jim Ryan, Don Jurwich & Jerry Eisenberg | Jerry Eisenberg & Joel Seibel | October 30, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple set out to bring in a criminal named Mushu McWolf who is a self proclaimed martial arts master. | |||||
| 9a | "Return of the Yolker" | Jim Ryan | Bob Singer | November 6, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple must stop The Yolker from stealing a very valuable egg. | |||||
| 9b | "A Chip Off the Old Blockhead" | Sandy Fries & Tony Craig | Barrington Bunce & Tony Craig | November 6, 1993 | |
| Rumpley's father comes to visit Rumpley to teach him his squirrel-catching ways. | |||||
| 9c | "Mighty McWolf" | Jim Ryan | Curt Walstead & Jerry Eisenberg | November 6, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple must stop a former hero named Mighty McWolf when he turns to a life of crime. | |||||
| 10a | "Sheep Thrills" | Sandy Fries, Don Jurwich & Jerry Eisenberg | Bob Singer | November 13, 1993 | |
| When sheep start disappearing, Droopy and Dripple are hired to investigate. | |||||
| 10b | "Screwball Out West" | Stewart St. John | Bob Singer & Lew Saw | November 13, 1993 | |
| When Dweeble's doctor prescribes a two week stay at Diamond Dave's Dandy Dude Ranch to get away from Screwball, it seems like a dream come true. Screwball wins a free trip to the same ranch, it turns into a real hootenanny of a time. | |||||
| 10c | "The Maltese Fossil" | Jim Ryan | Jerry Eisenberg & Curt Walstead | November 13, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple are hired to retrieve a dinosaur fossil from a rampaging caveman. | |||||
| 11a | "Deep Swamp Droopy" | Sandy Fries, Don Jurwich & Jerry Eisenberg | Joel Seibel & Jerry Eisenberg | November 20, 1993 | |
| The competition is fierce on the swap when Droopy and Dripple face off against McWolf in a riverboat race. | |||||
| 11b | "Dog Breath Dweeble" | Sandy Fries | Barrington Bunce | November 20, 1993 | |
| Dweeble dreams of living his life on the high seas as that rotten no good pirate Dog Breath Dweeble. | |||||
| 11c | "Hogs Wild" | Jim Ryan | Roman Arambula | November 20, 1993 | |
| A motorcycle gang of hogs terrify a local town and it is up to Lightning Bolt to stop them. | |||||
| 12a | "The Case of Pierre le Poulet" | Sandy Fries, Don Jurwich & Jerry Eisenberg | Barrington Bunce & Jerry Eisenberg | November 27, 1993 | |
| Master detectives Droopy and Dripple face their toughest case yet when a big city crime boss wants them eliminated from the scene. | |||||
| 12b | "Commotion on the Ocean" | Sandy Fries | Curt Walstead | November 27, 1993 | |
| While on a cruise ship, Dweeble and Rumply discover an uninvited guest in Screwball. | |||||
| 12c | "Alligator Droopy" | Arthur Alsberg & Don Nelson | Joel Seibel | November 27, 1993 | |
| Droopy and Dripple set out to find a missing kangaroo. | |||||
| 13a | "Primeval Prey" | Jim Ryan | Joel Seibel & Jerry Eisenberg | December 4, 1993 | |
| Wild Mouse tries to evade capture from an explorer. | |||||
| 13b | "Dweeble's Worst Nightmare" | Jim Ryan | Curt Walstead | December 4, 1993 | |
| Dweeble's worst nightmare comes true when he confronts Screwball in his dreams. Screwball drives him super-nuts until Dweeble finally awakens. | |||||
| 13c | "Battle of the Super Squirrels" | Jim Ryan & Jerry Eisenberg | Joel Seibel & Jerry Eisenberg | December 4, 1993 | |
| Lightning Bolt battles Thundergut in a superhero showdown to prove who is better. | |||||
Home media
[edit]As of October 15, 2023 it is currently available on iTunes Store in SD.
References
[edit]- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 168–169. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ a b "Fox Kids Saturday Morning Lineups (1993-1994)". The Kids Block Blog. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Fox Kids Weekday Lineups (1993-1995)". The Kids Block Blog. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 174–176. ISBN 07864-2255-6.
- ^ Animation outsourced to Fil-Cartoons and Mr. Big Cartoons.
