Casper And The Angels (1979)
Casper and the Angels is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and aired for one season on NBC. Casper the Friendly Ghost was a guardian angel for two female motorcycle space cops named Minnie and Maxie in the year 2179. They were joined by a rambunctious ghost named Hairy Scary, who would scare villains and troublemakers, but unlike most other ghosts, was accepting of the fact that Casper was a gentle ghost who did not like to scare people. The show was apparently Hanna-Barbera's second attempt to cash in on the popularity of Charlie's Angels, the first being Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels. Twenty-six 15-minute segments shown as thirteen 30-minute episodes were produced, as well as two 1979 television specials: Casper's Halloween Special and Casper's First Christmas.The show was shown on Cartoon Network and Boomerang for a few years.
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Episode 1 - Casper's Golden Chance
Release Date: 1979-09-22Mini and Maxi try to track down space hijackers who are after a gold bullion, while Hairy Scarey tries to teach Casper to scare.
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Episode 2 - Space Circus
Release Date: 1979-09-22Casper and Hairy Scarey go to the Space Circus, where a diamond smuggler gets a pickup. With Mini and Maxi in pursuit, Casper and Hairy catch the smuggler.
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Episode 3 - Casper Ghosts West
Release Date: 1979-09-29Mini and Maxi have an assignment to protect Sandy Gulch from thugs disguised as ghosts. Hairy Scarey takes the liberty of scaring the phony ghosts.
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Episode 4 - Casper's Camp Out
Release Date: 1979-09-29Mini and Maxi are assigned to be directors at the Space Kids Camp, where Casper makes friends with animals. The camp is in danger of being destroyed when a river dam is fractured, but Casper helps save the day.
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Episode 5 - Strike Four
Release Date: 1979-10-06Mini, Maxi and Casper go to baseball stadium to keep an eye on Don Button who is the Space City Dodgers champion, but someone is impersonating him.
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Episode 6 - The Space Pirate
Release Date: 1979-10-06Mini and Maxi search for Captain Spacebeard, while Casper and Hairy Scarey board his ship. Together they stop Spacebeard before he can execute his plan to rob a bank.
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Episode 7 - Ship-Wrecked
Release Date: 1979-10-13Mini and Maxi drive a new Space Bus, but Hairy Scarey accidentally gets them stranded on a remote planet. After an encounter with the savage inhabitants, they all escape.
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Episode 8 - The Cat Burglar
Release Date: 1979-10-13Nerdley and Fungo investigate a cat burglary, but Mini and Maxi take over where they fail. With Hairy Scarey's help they set a trap to catch the cat burglar.
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Episode 9 - Something Fishy
Release Date: 1979-10-20The Angels, Casper and Hairy Scarey go to the Space Aquarium, but the seal Snowball gets held for ransom. After rescuing Snowball, Hairy proceeds to pursue the culprits.
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Episode 10 - The Smiling Lisa
Release Date: 1979-10-20Mini and Maxi are sent to safeguard the Smiling Lisa, but when Casper and Hairy Scarey come it is stolen. They find out it was stolen by an imposter who is after the insurance money.
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Episode 11 - A Pocket Full O' Schemes
Release Date: 1979-10-27Mini and Maxi search for a pickpocket called the Snatcher who steals things that he doesn't really want. When they do catch him, there is a dispute on who gets the credit.
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Episode 12 - A Tale of Two Trashmen
Release Date: 1979-10-27The Angels, Casper and Hairy Scarey investigate a burglary. The refuse collectors salvage the stolen items in their scow. The Angels and ghosts track and catch them.
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Episode 13 - Fatula
Release Date: 1979-11-03Fatula is a villain who was previously arrested by Maxi and Mini, and now plans his revenge on the policewomen. Fatula lures the Angels into trap, but Casper and Hairy Scarey come to the rescue.
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Episode 14 - T.V. or Not T.V.
Release Date: 1979-11-03Mini and Maxi have been awarded to star on television. At the same time Slippery Sam has escaped prison, but before he can make a fool of the Angels, Casper and Hairy Scarey scare him away.
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Episode 15 - Gone to the Dogs
Release Date: 1979-11-10Casper gets a dog called Sunspot. The dog however is not his to keep and a dog catcher is stealing owners' dogs. Hairy Scarey goes as a dog catch the dog catcher.
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Episode 16 - Private Eyeball to Eyeball
Release Date: 1979-11-10Hairy Scarey volunteers to be a private eye. The crooked detective Snoopy is after the gold bullion Mini and Maxi are guarding. Casper saves the Angels and gets Snoopy under arrest.
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Episode 17 - Champ for a Day
Release Date: 1979-11-17When "The Champ", a famous wrestler, has his cherished teddy bear stolen, he refuses to get into the ring and looks like to be sabotage. While the Angels track down the one responsible, it's up to Hairy to take the Champ's place.
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Episode 18 - The Ghost Robbers
Release Date: 1979-11-17When the United Space Bank is robbed by a couple of ghosts, everyone thinks that Casper and Hairy are the culprits. It is up to them to clear their names.
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Episode 19 - Aunt Mary Scarey
Release Date: 1979-11-24Hairy tries to impersonate the Police Commander in an attempt to impress his aunt Mary.
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Episode 20 - The Ice Heist
Release Date: 1979-11-24The ghosts help the angels uncover jewel thieves at the space towers hotel.
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Episode 21 - A Shoplifting Experience
Release Date: 1979-12-01Casper, Hairy Scarey, and The Angels pursue a shoplifter who uses electronic devices to steal.
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Episode 22 - The Impossible Scream
Release Date: 1979-12-01Notorious (and nearsighted) ruffian and master troublemaker Muscles McSnort is out causing trouble in Space City with his antics and its up to Officers Mini and Maxi to collar him, but they'll have to do it without the help of Hairy Scarey, who upon failing to frighten McSnort has lost faith in himself.
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Episode 23 - Prehistoric Hi-Jinx
Release Date: 1979-12-08Mini and Maxi get assigned to guard a scientist's lab, and Casper, Hairy, Nerdley and Fungo follow them to keep an eye on things. When the boys arrive at the lab, all but Casper accidentally trigger a time machine and wind up in prehistoric times, and its up to the others to rescue them.
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Episode 24 - The Commander is Missing
Release Date: 1979-12-08The ghosts and the angels must solve the mystery of the missing statue of the Commander.
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Episode 25 - Love at First Fright
Release Date: 1979-12-15Hairy falls head over tailsheet for Zsa Zsa Amour the stage actress after seeing her image on a poster. When Mini and Maxi get assigned to guard Zsa Zsa's dressing-room to protect her diamond tiara, Hairy begs to come along.
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Episode 26 - Saving Grace in Outer Space
Release Date: 1979-12-15The Commander's niece Grace is a troublesome brat. When she sneaks aboard a stolen space vehicle, she is able to alert Casper, Hairy Scarey, and The Angels to the thieves' location.