Bonkers
Bonkers T. Bobcat is a cartoon star on his way out. After the studio fires him, Bonkers is without a path until he stumbles into an opportunity to work with the LAPD. Teamed with the reluctant human detective, Lucky Piquel, Bonkers becomes the first toon police officer. Together they face villains both human and toon to keep Hollywood safe.
- 1993-1994
- 1 season
- Syndication
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Suspense, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- TV-Y
Bonkers T. Bobcat is a cartoon star on his way out. After the studio fires him, Bonkers is without a path until he stumbles into an opportunity to work with the LAPD. Teamed with the reluctant human detective, Lucky Piquel, Bonkers becomes the first toon police officer. Together they face villains both human and toon to keep Hollywood safe.
Season 1 Episode Guide
65 Episodes 1993 - 1994
Episode 1
Going Bonkers
Sat, Sep 4, 1993
When cartoon star Bonkers T. Bobcat is fired, he helps the police search for missing toons.
Episode 2
Gone Bonkers
Sat, Sep 4, 1993
When Bonkers is captured by The Collector, it's up to his reluctant partner, Piquel, to save him.
Episode 3
In the Bag
Mon, Sep 6, 1993 22 mins
When the Mad Hatter is robbed, Bonkers and Piquel are on the case, chasing after a lonely toon bag.
Episode 4
Hear No Bonkers, See No Bonkers
Tue, Sep 7, 1993
Piquel is fired. But Bonkers still needs his help with a mysterious soap that makes toons disappear.
Episode 5
Out of Sight, Out of Toon
Wed, Sep 8, 1993
While on a case, Lucky catches the toon flu and becomes increasingly more toon-like.
Episode 6
Is Toon Fur Really Warm?
Thu, Sep 9, 1993 22 mins
Piquel and Bonkers invite Skunky Skunk to Marilyn's party, but he's accused of a crime and vanishes.
Episode 7
Calling All Cars
Fri, Sep 10, 1993 22 mins
Ma Parker, a toon tow truck, befriends Lucky as part of a scheme to steal car parts from the police.
Episode 8
Fall Apart Bomb Squad
Mon, Sep 13, 1993
Fall-Apart Rabbit helps Bonkers and Piquel capture an angry toon bomb with stand-up comedy dreams.
Episode 9
In Toons We Trust
Tue, Sep 14, 1993
When Li'l Hubert is arrested on the scene, Bonkers believes he's innocent and helps clear his name.
Episode 10
Never Cry Pig
Wed, Sep 15, 1993
It's another case for the Toon Division as Lucky Picquel and Bonkers investigate reports of a wolf blowing down the houses of the three little... excuse me... Three Big Pigs. But when Bonkers goes undercover as a wolf himself, is he barking up the wrong tree?
Episode 11
Hamster Houseguest
Thu, Sep 16, 1993
Piquel dreams of a relaxing weekend; but, thanks to Bonkers, ends up babysitting a toon hamster.
Episode 12
The Cheap Sheep Sweep
Fri, Sep 17, 1993
Bonkers is kidnapped by a wolf in sheep's clothing, who is selling toons as novelty sheep.
Episode 13
The Day the Toon Stood Still
Mon, Oct 18, 1993
Pops Klok, the keeper of toon time, quits, throwing all toons into uncontrollable chaos.
Episode 14
Weather or Not
Tue, Sep 21, 1993
Bonkers uses his new how-to-be-a-detective kit to search for the missing weather toons.
Episode 15
Basic Spraining
Wed, Sep 22, 1993
Piquel inadvertently sends Bonkers to a fake police academy run by a vengeful villain.
Episode 16
Once in a Blue Toon
Thu, Sep 23, 1993
Bonkers and Piquel are tasked with reforming a prisoner named Toon Louse, who is a hard case that eats everything in sight.
Episode 17
Luna-Toons
Fri, Sep 24, 1993
Aliens invade Earth, but no one notices because the humans think they are toys.
Episode 18
Time Wounds All Heels
Mon, Sep 27, 1993
A criminal Piquel sent up the river many years ago is back and stalking Piquel. Or so Piquel thinks.
Episode 19
Poltertoon
Tue, Sep 28, 1993
A ghost moves into Piquel's house on the night Chief Kanifky's coming for dinner.
Episode 20
Hand Over the Dough
Wed, Sep 29, 1993
Someone is sabotaging Butterman's Bakeries and the clues lead to spokestoon Mikey Muffin.
Episode 21
Ski Patrol/Bonkers in Space/The Rubber Room Song/Draining Cats and Dogs
Thu, Sep 30, 1993
Bonkers is an ambulance driver, spaceship washer and more in a series of shorts.
Episode 22
Tune Pig
Fri, Oct 1, 1993
Bonkers is the singer Julio Calamari's biggest fan - until he discovers Calamari's dark secret.
Episode 23
New Partners on the Block
Mon, Oct 4, 1993
Bonkers gets teamed with Miranda Wright. Piquel gets a job with the F.B.I.
Episode 24
Witless for the Prosecution
Tue, Oct 5, 1993
Miranda hides out in Bonkers' apartment but is not prepared for a weekend with his toon neighbors.
Episode 25
Bobcat Fever
Sun, Mar 21, 1993
Bonkers is infected by a toon virus, Sheryl Germ, who believes she's been hired by an agent.
Episode 26
What You Read Is What You Get
Sun, Apr 25, 1993
Every story Bonkers reads about in the tabloid, The National Trash, comes true.
Episode 27
Do Toons Dream of Animated Sheep?
Fri, Oct 8, 1993
A frustrated toon sheep, Baabra, takes over Bonkers' dreams.
Episode 28
Trains, Toons, and Toon Trains
Sun, Feb 28, 1993
Bonkers and Miranda transport a prisoner, Vic 'Stiff-Lips' Sullivan, to the state pen via train.
Episode 29
Quibbling Rivalry
Tue, Oct 12, 1993
Miranda's news anchor sister Shirley comes to town and makes her personal campaign to blame Bonkers for everything that goes wrong.
Episode 30
The Toon That Ate Hollywood
Sun, Apr 4, 1993
Gloomy (a failed human clown) uses the humorizer to suck the comedy out of toons everywhere.
Episode 31
Springtime for the Iguana
Thu, Oct 14, 1993
When toon legend, Roderick Lizzard, is suspected of arson, Bonkers sets out to solve the mystery.
Episode 32
Casabonkers
Fri, Oct 15, 1993
Bonkers "accidentally" recalls an interest for Catcha. As Al Vermin bursts in, Catcha entrusts a stolen package to Bonkers. The package is revealed to contain the Circle Beenie.
Episode 33
Tokyo Bonkers
Sun, Mar 7, 1993
Bonkers and Miranda travel to Japan to deliver the brain of the evil toon, Z-bot, to the Tokyo PD.
Episode 34
Love Stuck
Tue, Oct 19, 1993
The contestants on the "Love Corral" TV show have gone missing. Villain, Winston Prickly, who hates that the good guys always get the girl, has his eyes on Rita.
Episode 35
When the Spirit Moves You
Sun, Apr 11, 1993
Bonkers and Miranda encounter a toon ghost from the 1930's and call in Ludwig Von Drake for help.
Episode 36
Of Mice and Menace
Thu, Oct 21, 1993
Bonkers takes in three toon mice he believes are abandoned pets, but are actually criminals in hiding.
Episode 37
Toon for a Day
Sun, Jun 6, 1993
When Grating gets konked on the head, he wakes up thinking he's Bucky Buzzsaw, a toon beaver.
Episode 38
The Stork Exchange
Sun, Mar 14, 1993
In this episode we learn that toon babies are produced at a factory and delivered to their parents by toon storks. Lilith DuPrave kidnaps the storks and wants them to deliver contraband weapons. They cannot refuse, because she has mined their collars. Meanwhile, the baby factory gets overloaded with toon babies. Bonkers and Jitters have to act for storks: they dress up as birds, get into airships... and Jitters gets kidnapped by DuPrave who involves him in smuggling, too. Bonkers and Miranda come to the rescue.
Episode 39
Dog Day AfterToon
Tue, Oct 26, 1993
Miranda and Grating are held hostage when a toon dog, Pitts, robs a bank after being fired.
Episode 40
Fistful of Anvils
Sun, Apr 18, 1993
Bonkers tells Miranda's nephew, Timmy, a bedtime story set in the Wild West.
Episode 41
The 29th Page
Thu, Oct 28, 1993
Time is running out for Bonkers and Miranda as catastrophe strikes Hollywood when the 29th page of every book in town is stolen by a vicious toon gangster.
Episode 42
Cartoon Cornered
Fri, Oct 29, 1993
Grating is locked in a zany alternate toon reality while Wildman Wyatt escapes prison.
Episode 43
The Good, the Bad, and the Kanifky
Mon, Nov 1, 1993
Kanifky is demoted and becomes Bonkers' and Piquel's partner.
Episode 44
I Oughta Be in Toons
Tue, Nov 2, 1993
A human in disguise wants to take the place of the most famous toon in the world.
Episode 45
Frame That Toon
Wed, Nov 3, 1993 22 mins
Bonkers convinces Piquel to sacrifice solving a "big case" to help him track down a wayward toon.
Episode 46
A Wooly Bully
Thu, Nov 4, 1993
Toon superhero, Mammoth Mammoth, goes on a crime rampage while Bonkers tries to be more efficient.
Episode 47
Stay Tooned
Fri, Nov 5, 1993
When a valuable piece of evidence disappears, Bonkers soon has everybody suspecting everybody else.
Episode 48
O Cartoon! My Cartoon!
Wed, Nov 10, 1993
Bonkers stars as a WWII pizza delivery cat, a brilliant detective and more in a series of shorts.
Episode 49
Color Me Piquel
Thu, Nov 11, 1993
Lucky learns that Toons have the ability to rub off of people and temporarily transfer their color and traits to them. A villainous colorless gang of two kidnaps Toons to experiment with this.
Episode 50
Stand-In Dad
Fri, Nov 12, 1993
Piquel is unwillingly pulled into a top priority undercover assignment, and has to neglect a promise to his daughter, Marilyn; upset, Marilyn turns to her favorite kiddie show host for solace, who just happens to be Piquel in his undercover disguise.
Episode 51
Cereal Surreal
Mon, Nov 15, 1993
Someone is stealing the prizes out of all of the wheat crunchy cereal boxes.
Episode 52
If
Tue, Nov 16, 1993
This collection of shorts showcases Bonkers as a delivery toon - even in the Wild West.
Episode 53
The Dimming
Wed, Nov 17, 1993
Piquel spends his vacation as the caretaker of an old resort hotel so he'll have peace and quiet.
Episode 54
Toon with No Name
Thu, Nov 18, 1993
The cast members of a movie Bonkers did years ago are disappearing one by one.
Episode 55
Get Wacky
Fri, Nov 19, 1993
The most incurable toon criminal, Wacky Weasel, has escaped from prison and Bonkers must face him.
Episode 56
The Final Review
Mon, Nov 22, 1993
Bonkers emulates his TV hero, T.J. Fingers, while investigating threats aimed at a TV critic.
Episode 57
Goldijitters and the 3 Bobcats
Wed, Nov 24, 1993
Bonkers has a prehistoric adventure, Jitters gets married, and more in this collection of shorts.
Episode 58
Seems Like Old Toons
Fri, Nov 26, 1993
Despite Piquel's trepidation, Marilyn goes to Toon Camp, where she has to save a struggling studio.
Episode 59
Miracle at the 34th Precinct
Sat, Nov 27, 1993
Santa is missing and his reluctant stand-in is - Lucky Piquel.
Episode 60
Comeback Kid
Mon, Nov 29, 1993
A toon cow and a toon chicken, Stew and Chick, con Bonkers into directing a movie starring Piquel.
Episode 61
The Greatest Story Never Told
Mon, Feb 7, 1994
Piquel ends up on the TV show, Cops R Us, when a toon camera and mic do a story about him.
Episode 62
Fall Apart Land
Wed, Feb 9, 1994
Lucky Piquel and Fall-Apart Rabbit become unlikely partners in a theme park called Fall Apart Land.
Episode 63
Imagine That
Mon, Feb 14, 1994
Bonkers and Piquel must stop a toon pencil covering the city in graffiti before he corrupts Marilyn.
Episode 64
A Fine Kettle of Toons
Thu, Feb 17, 1994
Worried Bonkers and Piquel are shirking, Kanifky teams up with Fall-Apart Rabbit to investigate.
Episode 65
Stressed to Kill
Wed, Feb 23, 1994
Piquel's stress level is record high, so Bonkers takes it upon himself to de-stress his partner.