Gene Deitch
Director
Tom Terrific (1957)
Season 1
Drawn in a simple style, it features a gee-whiz boy hero, Tom Terrific, who lives in a treehouse and can transform himself into anything he wants thanks to his magic, funnel-shaped "thinking cap," which also enhances his intelligence. He has a comic lazybones of a sidekick, Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, and an arch-foe named Crabby Appleton, whose motto is, "I'm rotten to the core!" Other foes include Mr. Instant, the Instant Thing King, Captain Kidney Bean, Sweet Tooth Sam, the Candy Bandit and Isotope Feaney, The Meany.
Released June 10, 1957
Episode 5 min
None+
Genres: Animation, Children, Comedy, Family, Kids
Keywords: imdb.character-name-as-series-title, imdb.two-word-series-title, imdb.tom-terrific-chsracter, imdb.shapeshifter, imdb.dog, imdb.1950s, imdb.supernatural-power, imdb.cartoon-dog
Production Companies: Terrytoons
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Nasty Knight
Tom and Manfred go back to medieval days to help a frail, timid knight--Sir Feeble Fred--win the hand of a princess by defeating a hulking bully of a knight in a jousting match.
June 10, 1957, midnight
S1E2 - The Pill of Smartness
Tom and Manfred must race Crabby Appleton (the show's primary villain--he's "Rotten To The Core") to retrieve the Pill of Smartness, an artifact sitting on the hand of Cleopatra that makes whoever swallows it the smartest person in the world.
June 17, 1957, midnight
S1E3 - Sweet Tooth Sam
Sweet Tooth Sam the candy bandit has stolen all the candy in town, making the children miserable. Tom and Manfred are on the hunt to retrieve the candy.
June 24, 1957, midnight
S1E4 - Snowy Picture
Tom gets mail from viewers of his cartoon show at the North Pole, who can get their local stations but not the network telecast from New York. Tom and Manfred go to the Empire State Building and rectify the transmitter's position.
July 1, 1957, midnight
S1E5 - Crabby Appleton's Dragon
Tom and Manfred find a pearl while fishing and plan to donate it to a shelter for homeless dogs. Crabby Appleton creates a dragon in order to retrieve a pearl from Tom's possession.
July 8, 1957, midnight
S1E6 - Captain Kidney Bean
The pirate Captain Kidney Bean and his crew plan on pillaging a nearby village. As Tom and Manfred infiltrate the pirate camp, Kidney Bean throws Tom off his ship and makes Tom think that Manfred is siding with the pirates.
July 15, 1957, midnight
S1E7 - The Gravity Maker
Isotope Feeny creates an anti-gravity device and tests it out in Manfred.
July 22, 1957, midnight
S1E8 - Scrambled Dinosaur Eggs
Tom and Manfred go back to prehistoric days so they can bring a dinosaur egg back to the museum.
July 29, 1957, midnight
S1E9 - Who Stole The North Pole?
Crabby Appleton causes directional chaos by stealing the North Pole, chopping it into segments and selling them as souvenirs.
Aug. 6, 1957, midnight
S1E10 - Instant Tantrums
Evil scientist Mr. Instant creates a powder that sends kids into fits of tantrums.
Aug. 13, 1957, midnight
S1E11 - Track Meet, Well Done
Tom teaches a bunch of small kids about confidence by staging a track meet for them. But bully Musclehead has other ideas.
Aug. 20, 1957, midnight
S1E12 - The Great Calendar Mystery
Crabby Appleton has stolen all the weekends and holidays from the Nathaniel Annual Calendar factory, forcing continuous school for the kids and allowing Crabby unlimited rides at the fair.
Aug. 27, 1957, midnight
S1E13 - Elephant Stew
In Africa, a lion has trouble making his presence known in the jungle because of an angry elephant scaring all the animals.
Sept. 3, 1957, midnight
CBS
5 min/ep
5 min
June 10, 1957
Dec. 15, 1958, midnight
Ended
NR
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