6.2 /10 1 Votes
6.5/10 Theme music composer Scott Thomas Canfield Final episode date 2 September 1989 | 5.7/10 IMDb Genre Animated comedy First episode date 10 September 1988 Number of seasons 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Cosmo AnzilottiBill HuttonTony LoveCharles A. Nichols (supervising director) Networks CBS, Italia 1, Broadcast syndication Cast Similar Police Academy: The Series, Ace Ventura: Pet Detec, The New Adventures of Zorro, The Plucky Duck Show, Pinky - Elmyra & the Brain |
Police Academy: The Series, also known as Police Academy: The Animated Series, is a 1988 American animated television series based on the Police Academy series of films. The show was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for Warner Bros. Television. It aired weekdays and lasted two seasons for a total of 65 episodes.
Contents
- Synopsis
- Characters
- Villains criminals
- Broadcasting history
- In other languages
- VHS
- DVD
- Action figures
- Series 1 1988
- Series 2 1988
- Special Assignment Rookies 1989
- Vehicles and playsets 1988
- Comic Books
- Outsourced production work
- References

Some episodes feature a crime boss named Kingpin. His keen intelligence, girth, and stature are very similar to the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Other new characters were added to the show as well. Among them were a group of talking police dogs called the Canine Corps. They were made up of Samson (the bulldog leader), Lobo (the noble yet clumsy husky), Bonehead (the dimwitted giant St. Bernard), Chilipepper (the excitable chihuahua), and Schitzy (the only female golden retriever with an identity crisis). The theme song is performed by the Fat Boys who also make an appearance in two episodes as House's Friends: Big Boss, Cool and Mark. Robert Folk's theme for the movies is used, uncredited, over the closing credits.

While the character of Carey Mahoney did appear in the show, he did not appear in either Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach, Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, and Police Academy: Mission to Moscow.
Synopsis
The animated series takes place chronologically between the fourth and fifth films of the series of films.
Twelve characters are re-created for this animated version, including a team of Academy graduates led by Carey Mahoney, a likeable rogue bachelor boy, who unconsciously—and consistently—does his best to make life miserable for Captain Harris and his knucklehead assistant Sgt. Proctor.
Mahoney's friends include the aptly named Moses Hightower, walking sound effects machine Larvell Jones, trigger-happy Eugene Tackleberry, sweet and timid Laverne Hooks, tough-as-nails Debbie Callahan, larger-than-life House, and the bread-&-butter duo of reformed gang member Zed McGlunk and his best buddy, Carl Sweetchuck.
Eric Lassard is the highly respected (albeit dreamy) Commandant, and Academy newcomer The Professor is also on hand, and also the cadets new friends, the K-9 Corps, a group of police dogs, and stocking our crime-fighting heroes with an endless supply of wacky gadgets as they combat a motley crew of Kingpin and other recurring villains such as Numbskull, The Claw, Mr. Sleaze, Lockjaw, and Amazona.
Characters
Villains (criminals)
Broadcasting history
In other languages
VHS
Police Academy was released through chronological volumes on VHS. At least 6 volumes were released, each including two episodes:
DVD
On December 11, 2012, Warner Archive released Police Academy: The Animated Series- Volume 1 with 30 episodes on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.
Action figures
Kenner produced a line of Police Academy action figures based on the animated series. Each features multiple points of articulation and comical accessories. Two accessories, included with Claw and Eugene Tackleberry, would be reused for the Joker figures in Kenner's Dark Knight Collection. Five of the vehicles and playsets planned were left unproduced; however, the Copper Corner playset would later be released through the Argentinian company Josca.
Series 1 (1988)
Series 2 (1988)
Special Assignment Rookies (1989)
Vehicles and playsets (1988)
Comic Books
Based on the cartoon series, Marvel comics released a short-lived comic book series under its "Star Comics" imprint.