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| Genre | Animated Film noir Comedy Satire |
| Voices of | Don Messick Charlie Adler William Callaway Teresa Ganzel Frank Welker |
| Narrated by | Don Messick Gary Owens Frank Welker |
| Theme music composer | Gary Lionelli Joseph Barbera |
| Composer(s) | Gary Lionelli |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Joseph Barbera Don Jurwich Larry Huber Kay Wright |
| Production company(s) | H-B Production Co. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Distributor | MGM Television |
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| Original network | Fox (Fox Kids) |
| Original release | September 11 – December 4, 1993 |
Droopy, Master Detective is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and a spin-off of Tom & Jerry Kids. It debuted on Fox and ran for 13 episodes from September 11 to December 3, 1993; in 1994, it was dropped from Fox's Saturday morning schedule on January 1, and returned on weekday afternoons in August and September.
Premise
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. 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 Screwball 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.
Voice cast
Main
- Don Messick - Droopy
- Charlie Adler - Dripple, Screwball Squirrel, Lightning Bolt the Super Squirrel
- William Callaway - Rumpley
- Teresa Ganzel - Miss Vavoom, Misty Mouse (in "Primeval Prey")
- Frank Welker - McWolf, Dweeble, Wild Mouse, Grunch the Caveman
Additional voices
- Brandon Adams -
- Joe Alaskey -
- Patricia Alice Albrecht -
- Lewis Arquette -
- René Auberjonois -
- Michael Bell - Roqueford Le Poulet (in "The Case of Pierre Le Poulet")
- Gregg Berger -
- Sheryl Bernstein -
- Susan Blu - Auntie Snoople (in "Aunt Snoople")
- Sorrell Booke -
- Charlie Brill -
- Nicole Brown -
- 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 - 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 - Fifi
- Mari Devon -
- Nancy Dussault -
- Maggie Egan -
- June Foray -
- Pat Fraley - The Yolker (in "Return of the Yolker")
- Brad Garrett -
- Kathy Garver -
- Dick Gautier -
- Joan Gerber -
- Barry Gordon -
- Archie Hahn -
- Phil Hartman -
- Pamela Hayden -
- George Hearn -
- Dana Hill -
- Jerry Houser - Dragon
- Charity James -
- Nick Jameson -
- Tony Jay -
- Arte Johnson - Shadowman (in "Shadowman and the Blue Pigeon")
- Vicki Juditz -
- Zale Kessler -
- Kip King -
- Paul Kreppel -
- Maurice LaMarche - Thundergut the Super Squirrel (in "Battle of the Super Squirrels")
- David Lander -
- Nancy Linari - Zombina (in "The Monster Mob")
- Allan Lurie -
- Sherry Lynn -
- Tress MacNeille -
- Kenneth Mars -
- Chuck McCann - Baby Bandit's Henchman (in "The Babyman Bank Heists")
- Edie McClurg -
- Diane Michelle -
- Brian Stokes Mitchell -
- Alan Oppenheimer -
- Bibi Osterwald - Tera Boom-Boom
- Gary Owens - Narrator
- Valery Pappas -
- Patricia Parris -
- Rob Paulsen - 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 - Johnsy Megabucks
- Neil Ross -
- Ronnie Schell -
- Susan Silo -
- Sarah Silverman - Melody WOOO-WOOO Stardust
- Hal Smith -
- Kath Soucie -
- Michael Stanton -
- Sally Struthers -
- Barbara Stuart -
- Marcelo Tubert -
- Janet Waldo - Wild Mouse's Mother (in "Primeval Prey")
- B.J. Ward - The Mistress of Baskerville Manor (in "Sherlock Droopy Gets Hounded")
- Jimmy Weldon -
- Jane Wiedlin -
- Lee Wilkof -
- April Winchell -
- Paul Winchell - Rumpley's Dad
- Joanne Worley -
- Kris Zimmerman -
- Patric Zimmerman -
Episodes
Apart from episodes 11 and 13 every episode started and ended with Droopy segments:
| Episodes | Appearances |
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| Droopy | 23 |
| Screwball Squirrel | 13 |
| Lightning Bolt | 2 |
| Wild Mouse | 1 |
The series produced 13 episodes:
| No. | Title | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date |
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| 1a | "Droopy's Deep Sea Mystery" | Stewart St. John | Jerry Eisenberg and 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, an ineffective park groundskeeper, and his trusted sidekick Rumply, try every trick in the book to rid the park of Screwball Squirrel. | ||||
| 1c | "Droopy and the Case of the Missing Dragon" | Don Nelson & Arthur Alsberg | Jerry Eisenberg and 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" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | September 25, 1993 |
| Droopy and Dripple do battle against Mad Dog McWolf in the old west. | ||||
| 3b | "A Screwball Romance" | TBA | TBA | September 25, 1993 |
| Screwball Squirrel gives Rumply pointers on the finer art of wooing when Rumply falls for a pretty poodle. | ||||
| 3c | "The Case of the Snooty Star" | TBA | TBA | September 25, 1993 |
| Droopy, charming canine detective, saves a Hollywood from being sabotaged by that nefarious bad guy, Oliver J. Tudball. | ||||
| 4a | "The Monster Mob" | Jim Ryan | Jerry Eisenberg and 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" | TBA | TBA | October 2, 1993 |
| Dweeble hires a junkyard dog to get rid of Screwball Squirrel. The dog is an overachiever who throws out Dweeble and Rumply. | ||||
| 4c | "Sherlock Droopy" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | October 9, 1993 |
| Droopy, Master Detective 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" | TBA | TBA | October 9, 1993 |
| It is all out war when Screwball Squirrel, Rumply, and Dweeble have a snowball fight during the first snow of winter. | ||||
| 5c | "Shadowman and the Blue Pigeon" | TBA | TBA | October 9, 1993 |
| Droopy and Dripple face off against a shadowy criminal in order to protect a precious gem. | ||||
| 6a | "Dueling Detectives" | TBA | TBA | October 16, 1993 |
| Droopy and Dripple face off against McClue McWolf to see who has the best detective agency. | ||||
| 6b | "Squirrelicus Obnoxiousness" | TBA | TBA | October 16, 1993 |
| Screwball Squirrel takes full advantage of the Endangered Committee when they come to the park to protect certain species. | ||||
| 6c | "Sherlock Droopy Gets Hounded" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | October 23, 1993 |
| Droopy and Dripple set out to find a stolen power source. | ||||
| 7b | "Pickax Max" | TBA | TBA | 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?" | TBA | TBA | October 23, 1993 |
| Droopy, Master Detective tracks down a rare species of elephant in the jungle kingdom of Tushyrumba. | ||||
| 8a | "Auntie Snoople" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | October 30, 1993 |
| Screwball Squirrel 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" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | November 6, 1993 |
| Droopy and Dripple must stop The Yolker from stealing a very valuable egg. | ||||
| 9b | "A Chip Off The Old Blockhead" | TBA | TBA | November 6, 1993 |
| To teach George a lesson, Jane secretly enters a beauty pageant he's judging. | ||||
| 9c | "Mighty McWolf" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | November 13, 1993 |
| When sheep start disappearing, Droopy and Dripple are hired to investigate. | ||||
| 10b | "Screwball Out West" | TBA | TBA | November 13, 1993 |
| When Dweeble's doctor prescribes a two week stay at Diamond Dave's Dandy Dude Ranch to get away from Screwball Squirrel, 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" | TBA | TBA | November 13, 1993 |
| Droopy and Dripple are hired to retrieve a dinosaur fossil from a rampaging caveman. | ||||
| 11a | "Deep Swamp Droopy" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | November 20, 1993 |
| A motorcycle gang of hogs terrify a local town and it is up to Lightning Bolt the Super Squirrel to stop them. | ||||
| 12a | "The Case of Pierre le Poulet" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | November 27, 1993 |
| While on a cruise ship, Dweebie and Rumpley discover an uninvited guest in Screwball Squirrel. | ||||
| 12c | "Alligator Droopy" | TBA | TBA | November 27, 1993 |
| Droopy and Dripple set out to find a missing kangaroo. | ||||
| 13a | "Primeval Prey" | TBA | TBA | December 4, 1993 |
| Wildmouse tries to evade capture from an explorer. | ||||
| 13b | "Dweeble's Worst Nightmare" | TBA | TBA | 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" | TBA | TBA | December 4, 1993 |
| Lightning Bolt the Super Squirrel battles Thundergut in a superhero showdown to prove who is better. | ||||
Home media
The show is currently only available on the Boomerang subscription streaming service app. As of June 2020, the show has yet to be released on DVD from MGM Home Entertainment.
See also
In Spanish: Droopy, Master Detective para niños
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