C.O.P.S. The Animated Series
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It's Crime Fighting Time!
UPDATE as of 9/14/11 - C.O.P.S. Vol. 2 is now out along with C.O.P.S. Vol. 1 both from Mill Creek Entertainment!!!!! Order now from Amazon to complete the series!! You can also order The Best of C.O.P.S. (with 10 episodes) on DVD, too!
C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) is a late 80s' animated series created by DiC Entertainment (now merged with Cookie Jar Entertainment, another company that does TV shows for children) that aired between 1988-1989. This show is based on a toyline of action figures, known as C.O.P.S. n' Crooks, that were created by Hasbro the same year the show first aired. The show aired again in 1993 on Saturday mornings in syndication as "CyberCOPS" to avoid confusion with the live action version of COPS, the reality TV show. The series features a team of futuristic police officers lead by Special Agent Baldwin P. Vess (C.O.P.S. Codename: Bulletproof) who strives to bring a powerful criminal leader Brandon "Big Boss" Babel and his army of criminal thugs to justice and restore law and order in the streets of Empire City in the year 2020. The show contains only 66 episodes and has gained many fans who grew up enjoying the series along with its unforgettable characters such as Bulletproof (My all time favorite character), Buttons McBoomBoom, Big Boss, Nightshade, Mace, Berserko, Highway, Sundown, LongArm, Barricade, Dr. BadVibes, and many others.

In my honest opinion, the cartoon has the strongest appeal. The toys and the comic books both should have been made into exact replicas of all the characters as seen in the show and made into the exact format of the cartoon series itself; all made to promote the cartoon itself and include in the series Mainframe, Mirage, Nightshade, Ms. Demeanor, Brian O'Malley, Whitney Morgan, Commissioner Highwaters, and Mayor Davis. It has all of the delightful combinations of light-heartedness, interesting stories, humor, action, excitement, awesome, unique characters, each with personalities that makes all of them special in their own right, a vessel known as The Ultimate Crime Machine, a Big Boss look-a-like, a brilliant Berserko, a big blimp, a violin playing, sharp-shooting lady COP, a retired policeman who always proves that you're never too old to be a crimefighter, a green car, a romantic, loving relationship between a COP and a Crook, a "pardner" in crime, an African-American woman who's also the President of the United States, trained bugs, The Bad News rock band, a clownmobile, a lucky penny, thieving toy robots, instant justice machines, bad cookies, a crimeboss who despises illegal drugs (let alone a dirty suit), a little girl who dresses up like a superhero, a Mountie who always gets his man, unforgettable battle cries of "It's Crime Fighting Time!" and "Crime's-A-Wasting!", a COP, who acts like a sportscaster, a conscience band, baby-size crooks, a chip off of a COP's own block, a boxing kangaroo, speed suits, ghost suits, and so much more! It has a lot more OOMPH in it than the toys and the comic book series all put together.
This is the cartoon that had a strong influence in my life ever since I went to high school when it first aired on Fox and on WGN channel 9 in the Chicago station. I love that cartoon very much and I don't want it to ever be forgotten. There are many who may have forgotten about the series, but I am determined to keep the memories and the influence of the series alive and bring them right back atcha' and help people everywhere rekindle the memories of C.O.P.S. and hopefully elevate the series to an absolute cult classic filled with die-hard fans, both old and young.
And it looks like this mission, at long last, will be accomplished through Mill Creek Entertainment which will be releasing the entire series on DVD in two volume sets! Way to go, MillCreek! Now Go make the complete boxset and include all C.O.P.S. for Kids PSA segments!
Contents at a Glance
C.O.P.S. Table of Contents
These characters made C.O.P.S. a fantastic series!
C.O.P.S.
The finest law enforcement agency there is in the country.
Rex Pointer Codename: Bowser and Blitz - K-9 Officer and robot dog who can think intelligently like a human being. An inseparable duo who fights crime as one, collaring and restraining crooks who tremble and submit when Bowser sics Blitz on them.
Patrick J. O'Malley Codename: LongArm - Patrol Officer with highly specialized powercuffs he uses to catch crooks like a fish and reel them in without having to chase them down. A Staunch follower of the Letter of The Law, yet he's one big hearted policeman who cares a lot about everyone in the city and tries successfully to convince even juvenile delinquents to see the error of their criminal ways, give them up, and become law-abiding citizens.
Tina Cassidy Codename: Mainframe - She's no mere police dispatcher and rookie officer. She's an absolute genius who's knowledge in advance high technology and computer wizardry is second to none. She's no stranger to any machine, whether robot or computer and shows no qualms in using her computerized talents to solve even the most chaotic of capers. For example, she one time saved the world by capturing and exposing the Martians as Big Boss' Crooks who disguised themselves as Martians to steal a Martian gem, which Mainframe got back and sent back to Mars in The Case of the Big Little Green Men and then stops Rock Krusher from dropping a chandelier during a beauty contest with her skilled sharpshooting in The Case of the Crooked Contest.
Walker Calhoun Codename: Sundown - Texas Ranger and Sheriff who came to help the C.O.P.S. team clean up this urban one-horse town with his trusty lasso that never misses its mark and twin six shooters he can draw faster than any other cowboy known.
David Harlson Codename: Highway - The fastest of all C.O.P.S. who drives The Bluestreak motorcycle to chase down even the most speediest crooks ever to race down the street. But he doesn't seem to know how to bake a decent plate of cookies to share with his buddies let alone invent something that really works. He's most famous for making the worst cookies Mace uses to thwart another criminal scheme put on by Big Boss in The Case of the Giveaway Gold.
Donny Brooks Codename: Hardtop - Rookie Officer, LongArm's partner, and professional driver of one of Empire City's most formidable of assault vehicles, The Ironsides. He's also known to have a crush on ECTV News Reporter Whitney Morgan, too. One time in The Case of The Stuck-Up Blimp, he was afraid of heights, but eventually got over it and helped his teammates storm a large state of the art blimp and arrest an army of crooks sent by Big Boss to rob the blimp of all its valuables.
Suzie Young Codename: Mirage - Undercover Officer and mistress of disguise who could either be a rock star agent, a bride to replace a crooked bride, or anyone else she can disguise herself as to infiltrate the criminal underworld and thwart Big Boss' criminal plans.
Hugh S. Forward Codename: Bullseye - Hardly seen with both feet on the ground, he's the best helicopter pilot in the C.O.P.S. team who flies The Air Raid chopper right above the skylines of Empire City.
Stan Hyde Codename: Barricade - Crowd Control Officer and excellent peacemaker who would rather settle matters peacefully than fight. Often seen with Mace, an occasional hot-head.
Colt Howards Codename: Mace - SWAT Team officer and master of weapons with a heart of gold and a soft spot for a criminal femme fatale. Usually jovial and light-hearted, Mace sometimes becomes a hothead and loses his cool when things really gets heat up. That's when the likes of Barricade and Bulletproof would come along to calm him down to the point of reasoning with him and make him understand the situation so he can do the right thing without losing his temper.
Crooks
Public Enemies #1
Barney L. Fatheringhouse alias: Berserko - He's dumb. He's stupid. He's grossly incompetent. Yet, he's the proud nephew of Big Boss who knows no shame as he goes about causing trouble in Empire City just for kicks.
Edmund Scarry alias: Rock Krusher - Strong and muscular. He's in and out of jail a lot. All brawn, no brains, but a bit smarter than Berserko. So proud to be a prisoner that he doesn't mind going around in his prison uniform carrying a jackhammer he uses often to shake up the C.O.P.S.
Constantine Saunders alias: Buttons Mc BoomBoom - Big Boss' personal bodyguard who blasts an array of bullets at any target at will with his cybernetic chest containing twin guns he reveals right after he unbuttons his suit. He hates bugs and keeps a penny in his pocket for good luck.
Stephanie Demeanor alias: Ms. Demeanor - The strongest crook and a business woman whose muscular body is just enough for this female crook to use as a very deadly weapon.
Dr. BadVibes - An evil scientist known for his literal brainstorms, his ability to help Big Boss plan their next crooked caper, and a robot companion named Buzzbomb who helps BadVibes carry out his evil schemes.
Buzzbomb - A robot, with a buzzsaw on his right arm, who simply helps BadVibes carry out their criminal schemes. He's an abnormal robot who has feelings, emotions, and greatly loves children.
Ted Stavely alias: Turbo Tu-Tone - He never goes slow while driving down the highway. He loyally serves the crooks as a getaway driver who always drives recklessly down the road to escape the C.O.P.S.
Rebella Diamond alias: Nightshade - Jewel thief, cat burglar, and sometimes anti-heroine. The most beautiful and significant of the criminal bunch....and the apple of Mace's eye.
Dirk McHugh alias: Squeeky Kleen - Personal servant and yes man, Squeeky works to please Big Boss, even though he screws up sometimes.
C.O.P.S. Supporters
Loyal allies on the side of The Law
Mayor Davis - The boss of C.O.P.S. He's the Mayor of Empire City who means well and greatly supports the C.O.P.S. But, he, along with other city officials, is most often used as pawn to help Big Boss carry out his criminal schemes to take over Empire City and overthrow the C.O.P.S.
Whitney Morgan - TV News Reporter for the ECTV news who, along with her camera droid companion named Beamer, is never late from getting the latest scoop on what's happening in Empire City.
Commissioner Highwaters - She serves as the Police Commissioner of Empire City who at one time tried to keep the C.O.P.S. team together when they were on the verge of falling apart in protest against Sundown's poor leadership in The Case of the Ready Room Mutiny.
Various Allies
Friends and One time heroes of Empire City
Inspector Yukon - Canadian Mountie who at one time in The Case of The Iceberg Pirates helped the C.O.P.S. team deliver a large iceberg to a drought-stricken Empire City to replenish its reservoir.
Captain Crimefighter - a little girl in a superhero costume who one time in The Case of The Half-Pint Hero helped the C.O.P.S. team catch Ms. Demeanor, Turbo Tu-Tone, and Rock Krusher and uncover the stolen money robbed from a bank.
Nancy and Kathleen - Kathleen is Nightshade's younger sister and Nancy is Nightshade's older sister. Unlike Nightshade, these 2 are great supporters of C.O.P.S. who one time in The Case of The Red-Hot Hoodlum helped them stop Rock Krusher and his flaming suit on board a large blimp by luring him on board to steal an exhibit of rare jewels and then tricking him into turning on his suit only to melt and get stuck through the floor of the blimp while it was floating in the air. Nightshade loves her sister deeply and wants her to never follow in her crooked footsteps when she grows up.
Mickey O'Malley - LongArm's proud father and retired policeman who shows to everyone that you're never too old to fight crime.
Judge Davis - Mayor Davis' twin bother who serve the city as Empire City Judge. He one time ordered Ms. Demeanor to wear a conscience band around her head to tell whether her actions are either right or wrong in The Case of The Crook With A Conscience.
Samantha (Sam) - An underprivileged girl who helped LongArm and Hardtop foil the plans of Dr. BadVibes who set up a mechanical circus as a cover-up to rob the gold depository of all of its gold bars in The Case of The Crime Circus.
Mr. Keen - The designer of the mall's theft-proof security system in The Case of The Criminal Mall, who thought he won't need even the C.O.P.S. team to protect and secure Empire City, but after the Crooks' failed attempt to steal the robotic brain to the security system, he was forced to rethink his views.
Doctor Rock - A well known ECTV Rock DJ who was forced into helping The Bad News, a criminal rock band lead by Dr. BadVibes, Berserko, and Rock Krusher, carry out their plans to hypnotize the citizens with their specialized rock guitars and steal all their belongings in The Case of The Rock and Roll Robbers.
Various Criminals
One-Time troublemakers of Empire City
Jenny Wringer - A con artist who tried to con her way to becoming Berserko's wife in The Case of The Bogus Bride.
Johnny Yuma - Sundown's "pardner" who was once a notorious train robber in The Case of The Pardner in Crime.
Brannigan - a city official who's also one of Big Boss' trusted spies. He one time tried to start a C.O.P.S. mutiny to protest against Sundown's poor leadership in The Case of The Ready Room Mutiny.
Big Momma - Big Boss's mother and Berserko's great-aunt from Kansas who's unaware that her son isn't as skinny as she thought to have been. When she once flew to Empire City to visit her son, Big Boss had to cover up his criminal side along with his plans to steal charity money at an auction by stating that he is a philanthropist who started an orphanage with his henchmen posing as orphans. Due to his mother being around, he wasn't able to successfully steal the money and had to donate it to charity. In "The Case of the Lost Boss," she secretly moves to Empire City from Kansas and orchestrates her son's kidnapping before he can plan a heist on Stargy Island's diamond mines. Big Momma's kidnapping of her son caused his henchman to blame the C.O.P.S. for Big Boss' disappearance, causing them to capture Barricade. Berserko tails the C.O.P.S. when they arrive at Big Momma's apartment to bring her son into custody and informs Dr. Badvibes that Big Boss is at Big Momma's apartment. The crooks managed to swipe Big Boss from Big Momma's apartment so that they can get on with their plans to take over Stargy Island. C.O.P.S. thwarted Big Boss' plans causing him to escape with Big Momma.
Vargas and the Instant Justice Machines - Head Councilor and his band of police robots who tried to replace the C.O.P.S. as head law enforcers of Empire City in The Case of The Bogus Justice Machines.
The Bugman - A crooked Flea Circus Ringmaster and his swarm of trained bugs who tried to join Big Boss' criminal army in The Case of The Baffling Bugman but was double-crossed by the crime boss himself who sent out Nightshade and Buttons Mc BoomBomm to kidnapped his bugs and use them for his own criminal purposes. Later his rival, Boil Weevil came and kidnapped Gaylord to use for his own crimes, causing the Bugman to escape from prison and rescue his bugs with the help from Bowser and Mace in The Case of The Lesser of Two Weevils.
Small Guy - The littlest crook who hatched a big plan to take over Lopsided Orphanage and use it as his personal hideout in The Case of The Baby Bad Guy.
C.O.P.S. Episodes
All 65 episodes
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#01 The Case of the Stuck-Up Blimp
#02 The Case of the Crime Circus
#03 The Case of the Baffling Bugman
#04 The Case of Berserko's Big Surprise
#05 The Case of the Bogus Justice Machines
#06 The Case of the Prison Break-In
#07 The Case of the Pardner In Crime
#08 The Case of C.O.P.S. File #1 Part 1
#09 The Case of C.O.P.S. File #1 Part 2
#10 The Case of the Blur Bandits
#11 The Case of the Bulletproof Waldo
#12 The Case of the Blitz Attack
#13 The Case of the Baby Badguy
#14 The Case of the Thieving Robots
#15 The Case of the Highway Robbery
#16 The Case of the Crime Convention
#17 The Case of the Crook With A Thousand Faces
#18 The Case of the Super Shakedown
#19 The Case of the Criminal Mall
#20 The Case of the Big Bad Boxoids
#21 The Case of the Half-Pint Hero
#22 The Case of the Brilliant Berserko
#23 The Case of the Big Frame-Up
#24 The Case of the Sinister Spa
#25 The Case of the Cool Caveman
#26 The Case of the Wayward Whiz Kid
#27 The Case of the Stashed Cash
#28 The Case of the Big Boss's Master Plan Part 1
#29 The Case of the Big Boss's Master Plan Part 2
#30 The Case of the Criminal Games
#31 The Case of the Iceberg Pirates
#32 The Case of the Giveaway Gold
#33 The Case of the Big Little Green Men
#34 The Case of the Crook With a Conscience
#35 The Case of Mace's Romance
#36 The Case of the Crime Nobody Heard a.k.a. The Case of the Boy Nobody Wanted
#37 The Case of the Bogus Bride
#38 The Case of the Visiting Mother
#39 The Case of the Ghost Crooks
#40 The Case of the Lying Lie Detector
#41 The Case of the Disappearing Dough
#42 The Case of Mukluk's Luck
#43 The Case of the Baby Badguy's Return
#44 The Case of the Rock and Roll Robbers
#45 The Case of the Boy Who Cried Sea Monster
#46 The Case of the Runaway Buzzbomb
#47 The Case of the Missing Masterpiece
#48 The Case of the Lesser of Two Weevils
#49 The Case of the Big Boss's Bye-Bye
#50 The Case of the Iron C.O.P.S. and the Wooden Crooks
#51 The Case of the Midas Touch
#52 The Case of the Ready Room Mutiny
#53 The Case of the High Iron Hoods
#54 The Case of the Kangaroo Caper
#55 The Case of the Missing Memory
#56 The Case of the Lowest Crime
#57 The Case of the Crooked Contest
#58 The Case of the Ransomed Rascal
#59 The Case of the Spotless Kingpin
#60 The Case of the Lawless Lady
#61 The Case of the Lost Boss
#62 The Case of the Bad Luck Burglar
#63 The Case of the Big Boss's Big Switch
#64 The Case of the Red-Hot Hoodlum
#65 The Case of the Invisible Crime
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C.O.P.S. Links
Links to C.O.P.S. Fan Sites
- COPS HQ - The COPS N Crooks Reference Site
- CopsNCrooks.com - COPS HQ, a full reference site for the COPS n Crooks toyline from Hasbro.
- "C.O.P.S." (1988)
- C.O.P.S. on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
- C.O.P.S. (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- C.O.P.S. (TV series) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Cookie Jar Entertainment
- The guys behind the C.O.P.S. TV show!
- Hasbro
- The real guys behind the C.O.P.S.!
- C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists)
- A Page that pays homage to C.O.P.S. and celebrates Bulletproof Vess, his portrayal as a harpist, and his Hero Harp LadyHarp.
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Immature_Entrepreneur
Oct 13, 2011 @ 12:15 am | delete
- Great lens! Really enjoyed this show when I was younger. Squid Angel blessed.
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thebabyshop
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- I had entirely forgot about this show! Great work!
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DallasNicole
Jan 18, 2011 @ 12:02 am | delete
- This lens is SOOO Cool.. Blessed!
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- why not, 5*
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