| Police Academy | |
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| Also known as | Police Academy: The Animated Series |
| Genre | Animated comedy police comedy |
| Based on | Police Academy by Pat Proft & Neal Israel |
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| Voices of | Ron Rubin Dan Hennessey Howard Morris Greg Morton Len Carlson Don Francks Denise Pidgeon Tedd Dillon |
| Theme music composer | Scott Thomas Canfield |
| Opening theme | "They Wear the Blue", performed by The Fat Boys |
| Composer | John Debney |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers | |
| Producer | Larry Huber |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Ruby-Spears Enterprises Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication (United States) |
| Release | September 10, 1988 – September 2, 1989 |
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Police Academy (also known as Police Academy: The Animated Series) is a 1988 animated television series based on the Police Academy series of films.[1] The show was produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises for Warner Bros. Television. It aired weekdays and lasted two seasons for a total of 65 episodes.[2]
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.
The animated series was more popular in Europe, especially in Italy. It was especially popular in the Arab world, where it was broadcast on Spacetoon and Al Aoula. In Japan, the animated series was shown on TV Tokyo and then TV Asahi.[citation needed]
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 630–631. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 470. ISBN 978-1538103739.