C.O.P.S. – The Complete Animated Series

Cast: Animation

Studio: Shout Factory

Rating: 4/10

CORPORATE LINE: It’s Crime Fighting Time!

The square-jawed, tough-talking animated program C.O.P.S. aired every weekday afternoon in the ’80s. With its dead-on action and humor, it became an instant hit, launching a popular line of action figures, vehicles and gadgets, as well as inspiring its own comic book. Now, the cult favorite is back and, sure to whet fan’s appetites, features 22 original episodes packed with special features!

THE REVIEW:
C.O.P.S. is goofy. Every episode ends with the obvious criminal being caught and locked up in jail as a lesson to the kids who were watching. It’s a good message—however most of the schemes are insane and not something that ever happens in real life so it mixes messages.

THE EPISODES:

-Disc 1-
The Case of the Stuck-Up Blimp
The Case of the Crime Circus
The Case of the Baffling Bugman
The Case of Berserko’s Big Surprise
The Case of the Bogus Justice Machines

-Disc 2-
The Case of the Prison Break-In
The Case of the Pardner in Crime
The Case of the C.O.P.S. File #1 (Part 1)
The Case of the C.O.P.S. File #1 (Part 2)
The Case of the Blur Bandits
The Case of the Bulletproof Waldo

-Disc 3-
The Case of the Blitz Attack
The Case of the Baby Badguy
The Case of the Thieving Robots
The Case of the Highway Robbery
The Case of the Crime Convention
The Case of the Crook with a Thousand Faces

-Disc 4-
The Case of the Super Shakedown
The Case of the Criminal Mall
The Case of the Big Bad Boxoids
The Case of the Half-Pint Hero
The Case of the Brilliant Berserko

FRANKLY: The worst part of C.O.P.S. is the rougher animation than the other cartoons of the time. The topics weren’t really timely—however the message is clear and good for kids. I can’t imagine kids finding any interest watching this today with cartoons on television every day that are better and have more timely messages.

+ Charlie Craine