Remember that one day when you could wake up without an alarm? When you would get your favorite bowl of cereal and sit between the hours of 8 and 12? This is a blog dedicated to the greatest time of our childhood: Saturday mornings. The television programs you watched, the memories attached to them, and maybe introducing you to something you didn't realize existed. Updated every weekend.
With his hit franchise Goosebumpswinding
down along with the expiration of his contract with Scholastic, author R.L. Stine was looking to the future. Parachute Publishing,
a book packager co-founded by his wife Jane Stine, and HarperCollins secured a deal for him to
produce two new book series: Goosebumps Goldand
The Nightmare
Room. Ultimately Gold, which would have been a limited run
series of sequels to prior stories,was dead on arrival due to legal
disputes between Scholastic and Parachute.
There's something creepy about Dylan's doll.
The Nightmare Room was
similar to the Goosebumps books in that it was an anthology series of
kids being terrorized. The key difference was that the books were made for an older
audience and featured darker content and unhappy endings as a result. Each book
also had an introduction to the characters and story as if Stine were
addressing the reader directly. Another unfortunate difference between the
series was that this one only lasted for 15 entries. Despite HarperCollins’
aggressive marketing for the books, sales never quite reached that Goosebumps
level. Stine posited in interviews that Nightmare Room ended up
being overlooked because it was too similar to Goosebumps and
came too soon after that series’ end.
The Nightmare Room debuted on
The WB on August 31, 2002. The
first two episodes aired on Friday afternoon as part of the Toonami on Kids’ WBprogramming
block, then aired on the Saturday morning Kids’ WB-proper starting on
September 15th for the remainder of its run. It was the first and
only live-action show to be aired on both Kids’ WB and Toonami. Stine’s introductions
were carried over in the form of a narration during the opening and at the end
of each episode, making the show very similar to The Twilight Zone in
that respect. Although the narrator credited himself as Stine, it was actually James Avery of The Fresh Prince of
Bel-Airfame. Stine did serve as an executive producer along with his
wife. The series was written by Paul
Bernbaum, Naomi Janzen, Scott Murphy, Richard Rossner, Lee Goldberg and Bill Rabkin, with Robin Bianchi and Becky Claassen serving as
script supervisors. Costumes were designed by Robin Michel Bush, and the
music was composed by Josh Kramon
and Kristopher Carter.
Without a book series to support it,
The Nightmare Room came to an end with a single season of 13 episodes;
but not before being nominated for an Emmy
Award for sound editing in 2002. In 2013, Nightmare Room returned to
television when it was rerun on the now-defunct horror channel Chiller. To date,
only 8 episodes have been released between two DVDs in 2002 from Warner
Archive: Camp
Nowhereand Scareful
What you Wish For. The series hasn’t been made available to stream from
official sources, however episodes can be found online in various quality. EPISODE
GUIDE: “Don’t
Forget Me” (8/31/01) – Danielle and Peter’s family’s new house comes with
ghosts in the basement seeking to lure in children, causing them to be
forgotten by anyone. “Scareful
What You Wish For” (8/31/01) – A birthday magician’s spell ends up bringing
Dylan’s favorite doll to life. “The
Howler” (9/29/01) – Three kids find a device that lets them communicate with
ghosts, not knowing the ghosts want to possess their bodies. “Tangled
Web” (10/6/01) – When a teacher believes everything habitual liar Josh says,
his lies start coming true. “Fear
Games” (10/13/01) – Five teenagers end up on a survival reality game show where
they must deal with a psychotic witch haunting the island they’re on. “School
Spirit” (10/20/01) – A group of students in detention must help keep the memory
of a teacher haunting the school alive. “Full
Moon Halloween” (10/27/01) – Five friends become suspicious that one of them is
a werewolf when they hear one is loose in their town. “Four
Eyes” (12/1/01) – Jeremy’s new glasses apparently have given him the ability to
see the aliens that have been secretly living among humans to plot their
invasion. “Locker
13” (12/8/01) – Luke’s worries about getting an unlucky locker are alleviated
when he finds a good luck charm, at least until he learns he must pay for his
good luck with his life. “Dear
Diary, I’m Dead” (2/2/02) – Alex discovers a diary that predicts the future…and
his death. “My
Name is Evil” (2/23/02) – Getting made a fool of on his birthday begins
good-natured Morgan’s slow descent towards evil. “Camp
Nowhere (Part 1)” (3/9/02) – Four campers find themselves at a summer camp that
has been suspended in time by a Native America spirit. “Camp
Nowhere (Part 2)” (3/16/02) – The four campers try to figure out a way to deal
with the spirit and free the camp and its inhabitants.
Spinning
out of a regular segment of the just-ended Captain Kangaroo, star Bob
Keeshan returned to host an all-new anthology series that saw the adaptation of
various children’s books—typically recently-published—into animated form. It
was CBS’ first in-house cartoon series since their
Terrytoons after
acquiring the properties, and was produced by Southern Star
Productions and Hanna-Barbera
Australia.
Host Bob Keeshan "reading" that episode's book on set.
CBS Storybreak debuted on
CBS on March 30, 1985. Each episode saw Keeshan starring in a wraparound
segment where he would stand on a set designed to look like an animated park. At
the start of the episode, he would introduce the viewers to the original book
and its plot, and then at the end would mention additional reading recommended
by the Library of Congress (unless a preview
for the next episode was shown). While most of the featured books were
one-offs, several of them were the first in a series; such as Dragon’s Blood
by Jane Yolen, Jeffrey’s Ghost by
David A. Adler, The Gammage Cup by
Carol Kendalland
Ratha’s Creature by Clare
Bell. The most notable adaptation was one of the Raggedy Ann and Andybooks by Johnny Gruelle.
Raggedy Ann had been adapted into animation before; particularly in two
specials by Chuck
Jones Enterprises that aired on CBS in 1978 and 1979. Their appearance here
would lead to an animated series on the network, The
Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy.
Ad for Storybreak highlighting some of the featured adaptations.
26 episodes were made in total
across three seasons, with a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award
coming during its first season. After leaving the network in 1990, Storybreak
returned for an additional round of reruns in 1993; however, Keeshan’s segments
were replaced with all-new segments starring The Cosby Show’s
Malcolm Jamal-Warner. This “new” batch of episodes ran from September 18, 1993
until August 19, 1995. Notably, they featured open captions by the Caption Center for the Hearing
Impaired which not only aided those with hearing disabilities, but allowed
others to read along with the adventures as an enhancement of the show’s
pro-reading message. Reruns would return to the network one final time from
January 3 through September 26 in 1998.
One of the VHS releases.
Through CBS’ distribution deal with
20th Century Fox, “Arnold of
the Ducks”, “C.L.U.T.Z.”, “Chocolate Fever” and “How to Eat Fried Worms” were released
to VHS as Video Storybreak through Fox’s Playhouse
Video imprint in 1992. In 1998, Fox Home Entertainment released two
additional episodes: “Robbut: A Tale of Tails” and “Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella
Story”.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Season 1:
“The
Great Ringtail Garbage Caper” (3/30/85) – A group of desperate racoons
organize bold schemes when their food supply is threatened b a pair of
efficient garbage collector.
“Yeh-Shen:
A Cinderella Story From China” (4/6/85) – Ye Xian’s wish to attend a
festival is granted, but when she runs off after fearing being recognized she
leaves a golden slipper behind.
“Robbut:
A Tale of Tails” (4/13/85) – Helping a magician out of a trap earns Robbut
the rabbit his grandest wish: to have a different tail.
“How
to Eat Fried Worms” (4/20/85) – Billy is challenged to eat a worm a day for
15 days for $50, and he proceeds to do so while experimenting with different
ways to make the worms tastier.
“Zucchini”
(4/27/85) – A ferret named Zucchini seeks freedom and escapes from the zoo, but
ends up meeting and becoming the pet and friend of a young boy.
“Hank the
Cowdog” (5/4/85) – The adventures of Hank, a dog that views himself the
“Head of Ranch Security”.
“Chocolate
Fever” (5/18/85) – Henry loves and eats so much chocolate that he ends up
contracting the rare disease, chocolate fever.
“Dragon’s
Blood” (5/25/85) – Jakkin steals a baby dragon to raise and train to fight
so that he can earn enough money to buy himself out of bond.
“Arnold
of the Ducks” (6/1/85) – A young boy is mistaken for a fish by a
nearsighted pelican and dropped into a family of ducks.
Season 2:
“C.L.U.T.Z.”
(9/14/85) – Rodney befriends the broken-down robot that comes to work for his
family.
“Witch-Cat”
(9/21/85) – A cat has to teach a young girl that she is a witch and how to use
her magical powers.
“The Pig
Plantagenet” (9/28/85) – Plantagenet can’t decide if he likes the
free-roaming lifestyle of his cousin more than his barnyard existence when the
forest come under threat of destruction.
“Harry,
the Fat Bear Spy” (10/12/85) – Bearmania spy Harry is sent to discover why
all the macaroons coming out of the factory are a disgusting shade of green.
“Hugh Pine”
(10/26/85) – Genius porcupine Hugh decides to emulate being a human being to
avoid being flattened on the highway.
“The
Roquefort Gang” (11/9/85) – Three mice help another rescue a group of mice
from prison.
Season 3:
“Mama
Don’t Allow” (9/19/87) – Miles and his Swamp Band find a willing audience
in a group of alligators, not realizing they’re intended to become dinner once
the show is over.
“The
Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek” (9/26/87) – Joan and Joey set out to find
dinosaur fossils, and instead find and befriend an actual dinosaur.
“What
Happened in Hamelin” (10/3/87) – When a town refuses to pay a piper, he
plans to get his payback through the town’s children.
“The
Monster’s Ring” (10/10/87) – Russell buys a magic ring from a strange magic
shop that ends up being genuine and transforms him into a monster.
“Max
and Me and the Time Machine” (10/17/87) – Max doubts Steve’s time machine
actually works until they both end up in medieval England in the bodies of a
knight and his horse.
“The
Gammage Cup” (10/24/87) – Despite not living in harmony, a race of tiny
people have to come together to protect their valley against a horde of evil
creatures.
“Jeffrey’s
Ghost” (9/17/88) – A baseball team comprised of kids nobody wants to play
with ends up becoming a team of winners through the machinations of a friendly
ghost.
“Grinny”
(9/24/88) – Tim and Beth notice a lot of strange things about their Great Aunt
Emma when she appears for a visit out of nowhere.
“Ratha’s
Creature” (1/28/89) – A prehistoric wild cat named Ratha bucks her herd’s
trend of only males being herders and is banished to live amongst their
enemies, the UnNamed.
Hugh Lofting was a
British civil engineer who enlisted in the Irish
Guards regiment of the British Army in World War
I. Choosing not to expose his children to the horrors of war, he wrote them
imaginative illustrated letters. Those letters became the basis of his
children’s novel series centering around the character of Dr. John Dolittle.
Hugh Lofting's art of Dr. Dolittle and Polynesia.
Dr. Dolittle was a physician in
Victorian England from the village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh where he lived with
his spinster sister, Sarah. Gradually, he developed a love of animals that
caused his house to become a menagerie that scared off his human patients and
caused his sister to leave. After learning how to speak to all animals from his
parrot, Polynesia, Dr. Dolittle decided to become a veterinarian. Dr. Dolittle
then embarked on a journey around the world, helping various animals he came
across and adding odd ones to what would become his personal zoo, or a
sanctuary for the animals. Later, he became a naturalist and used his abilities
to better understand nature and the history of the world. Among the other
characters in the series was Dab-Dab, a duck who served as his housekeeper;
Jip, his dog; Gub-Gub, his pet pig; Too-Too, his pet owl and accountant; the
Pushmi-Pullyu, a gazelle/unicorn hybrid with heads at both ends of its body; the
Great Glass Sea Snail, an enormous mollusk with a transparent airtight shell;
and Tommy Stubbins, a boy from the village who would become Dr. Dolittle’s
apprentice, among others. Tommy would also become the narrator for books set
after his appearance.
Dr. Dolittle has
been adapted multiple times since its publication. The earliest known one was a
silent animated German short from 1928 called Doktor Dolittle und seine
Tiere. It has also been adapted into radio and stage plays. After
several attempts to do so since 1922, the first film version finally came in
1967. Produced by APJAC International
Productions, distributed by 20th
Century Fox, written by Leslie
Bricusse and directed by Richard
Fleischer, Doctor Dolittle starred Rex Harrison as the titular
character and combined elements from several of the books: such as the origin
of his abilities, the meeting of Tommy Stubbins (William Dix), the acquisition
of the Pushmi-Pullyu to fund an expedition, the use of a dog to challenge murder
charges (however his own rather than a homeless man’s), crashing on an island
where he’s captured by natives, and the search for the Great Pink Sea Snail. After
being plagued by numerous production problems, difficulties in managing a large
ensemble of animals, and the demanding and often racist personality of the film’s
star, the film’s budget ballooned from $6 million to $9 million. It was finally
released on December 12 to negative reviews and only saw a box office return of
$6.2 million (it ended up going against another animal-themed film, Disney’s The Jungle Book).
Despite being a critical and commercial bomb, the studio held an intense
lobbying campaign to get it nominated for the Academy
Award for Best Picture, although it only ended up winning Best Original
Song and Best Visual Effects.
The crew of The Flounder: Jib, Polynesia, Tommy, Dolittle, Too-Too, Dab-Dab and Chee-Chee.
Doctor Dolittle was one of
three large-scale musical films Fox had made in an attempt to duplicate the
success of The Sound
of Music. They hoped to double their bets by also duplicating the
success of My Fair
Ladyby reuniting Harrison with Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; however, Loewe
had retired and Lerner was fired by producer Arthur P. Jacobs for
procrastinating on the script.All three films lost huge amounts of
money and left the studio in dire financial straits (ironically, the studio was
rescued when The Sound of Music was re-released to theaters in 1973). In
anticipation of the film’s success, Fox made a tremendous merchandising push.
They also penned a deal with DePatie-Freleng
Enterprises to adapt the film into an animated series.
The pirate crew: Sam Scurvy, Miko, Nico, Cyclops and Zig-Zag.
Developed and written by Lennie Weinrib and Paul Harrison,
the series continued Dr. Dolittle’s (Bob Holt) journeys around the world,
treating various animals that he came across and helping them with their
problems. With him aboard his ship, The Flounder, was Tommy Stubbins
(Hal Smith), Chee-Chee, the Pushmi-Pullyu, Jip (Don Messick), Too-Too, Dab-Dab and
Polynesia. Along the way, the crew often ran afoul of pirates who were members
of the local order of D.O.P.I. (Democratic Order of Pirates International). The
pirates were led by Sam Scurvy (Weinrib) and were comprised of the hulking
Cyclops, who wore an eyepatch over his good eye; Zig-Zag (Weinrib), an uptight
French pirate; Nico (Messick), an Italian pirate; and Miko, a Chinese pirate.
They travelled in a submarine whose top was disguised as an island, and wore a
combination of traditional pirate garb mixed with suits typical of 1930s
gangsters. Sam Scurvy wanted to learn Dolittle’s secret to communicating with
animals, which he believed would allow him to control the animals and thus conquer
the world.
The Grasshoppers on their album.
The Further Adventures of Doctor
Dolittle (although it was only ever titled Doctor Dolittle on
screen) debuted on NBC on September 12, 1970.
Like the movie it was based on, the show was done as a musical comedy. However,
unlike other musical programs on air at the same time that just stuck any song
wherever, the songs by Doug
Goodwin were meant to match the events and situations of the particular
episode in which they appeared. At a point in an episode, a grasshopper named
George (Weinrib) and his band, aptly named The Grasshoppers (Robbie Falloon,
Annadell, Colin Johnson, Mike Sherwood and Glyn Nelson), would perform from
inside Dolittle’s medical bag after it was converted into a stage for them.
Although, it was interesting that Victorian-era grasshoppers were big fans and
composers of rock and roll music. The
musical sequences were designed by Arthur Leonardi, who also
designed the title sequence. The series’ theme was a reworking of “Talk to the Animals”,
which came directly from the film and was written by Bricusse. A collection of 12
of the songs were released by Carousel Records
onto the album Doctor
Dolittle Presents The Grasshoppers. All other music was provided by Eric Rogers.
Polyneisa asking Dolittle to help rescue her friend.
Unfortunately, the series fared
about as well as the film as it was put on the schedule against another
musical, Josie
and the Pussycats, and was cancelled after its single season. NBC would
keep it on the schedule until the fall of 1972. Doctor Dolittle would
continue to find adaptations in animation, stage and even video games. A film
attempt wouldn’t be tried again until the 1998 modern reimagining
starring Eddie Murphy, which
managed to be successful and spawn four sequels through 2009. In 2020, another live-action film was
made starring Robert Downey Jr.,
returning the story to its Victorian setting. Much like the 1967 film, the 2020
one was a critical and box office flop.
EPISODE GUIDE:
“The
Grasshoppers Are Coming, Hooray, Hooray!” (9/12/70) – The pirates follow
Dolittle to Grasshopper Island where he’s gone to treat the populace who have
all lost their voices.
“The
Bird Who Was Afraid to Fly” (9/19/70) – Dolittle tries to help Montgomery the
gooney bird get over his fear of flying.
“The
Land of the Tiger Moo” (9/26/70) – Dolittle has to protect the rare Tiger-Moo
from the pirates and get its milk to treat a sick alligator in Florida.
“The
Great Turkey Race” (10/3/70) – Dolittle enters an ocean race in order to save
the first prize: Toots the Turkey.
“The
Peanut Conspiracy” (10/10/70) – Dolittle sets out to make some Peanut-Cillin
for an elephant that is allergic to peanuts.
“The
Bar Bear” (10/17/70) – The pirates try to steal the medicine Dolittle has
cooked up to give polar bears back their coats.
“High
Flying Hippo” (10/24/70) – Dolittle concocts a way to rescue a hippo from a
cliff ledge, but she loses her nerve to go through with it at the last minute.
“The
Near-Sighted Bull” (10/31/70) – After Dolittle helps a bull regain his
eyesight, he’s entered into a fight where Scurvy poses as the matador.
“The
Silver Seals of the Circus” (11/7/70) – The Pushmi-Pullyu has to fill in for
two injured seals to save a circus while the pirates sneak in dressed as
clowns.
“A
Girl for Greco Gorilla” (11/14/70) – Dolittle brings a homesick gorilla back to
Africa and also tries to help find him a mate.
“A
Tail of Two Snails” (11/21/70) – Dolittle takes the last of the Giant Pink Sea
Snails to a new home after his is polluted and the pirates see their
opportunity to strike.
“A
Fox Called…Sherlock?” (11/28/70) – Sherlock the fox helps the crew track down
Jip after he’s dog-napped by the pirates.
“The
Tomb of the Phoenix Bird” (12/5/70) – The crew travels to Egypt to witness the
rising of the phoenix, but end up in a trap set by the pirates.
“The
Barnyard Rumble” (12/12/70) – Dolittle treats a talkative rooster’s laryngitis
as a motorcycle gang shows up in town looking for trouble.
“The
Baffled Buffalo” (12/19/70) – The President sends Dolittle to find a buffalo to
model for a special commemorative medallion, but complications plague them
along the way.
“A
Hatful of Rabbit” (12/26/70) – The crew attends the magic show featuring a
rabbit they treated, but are unaware that the pirates have hijacked it.
“The
Bird from O.O.P.S.” (1/9/71) – Dolittle must save the rare ogle-bird egg from a
Maharajah’s greedy mother who wants to use it to fatten him up for when he gets
his weight in diamonds.
Bunniculais a
children’s book series created by Deborah and James Howe. The titular character was a
rabbit found by the Monroe family—father Robert, mother Ann, and brothers Peter
and Toby--in a theater during a screening of Dracula; leading
to Ann coming up with his cute name. Bunnicula was an unusual rabbit; not only
could he get out of his cage without using the door or open the refrigerator on
his own, but he had fangs instead of the usual buck teeth which he used to suck
the juices out of vegetables, leaving a white husk behind.
The first Bunnicula showing Bunnicula and Harold.
Although Bunnicula is the title
character, the series is actually told from the perspective of the Monroe’s
dog, Harold, and follows his adventures as he unravels the mystery of the
family’s strange new pet and their eventual friendship. In fact, the story
attributed the writing of the actual books to Harold. He also had to put up
with the paranoid antics of Chester, the family’s cat, who held onto the
unwavering belief that Bunnicula was truly a vampire and would turn carnivorous
one day and must be destroyed. However, Chester eventually decided to befriend
Bunnicula and protect him from his own nature. Although often implied and
hinted at, it was never explicitly stated if Bunnicula was actually a vampire
or supernatural in nature.
The 40th anniversary edition.
The first book in the series, Bunnicula: A
Rabbit-Tale of Mystery, was published by Atheneum Books in
1979; several months after the passing of Deborah. James continued writing the series
for six more entries,
during which time he introduced two spin-off titles: Tales from the House of
Bunnicula, which were told from the perspective of the Monroe’s
second dog, Howie, introduced in the main series, and Bunnicula and Friends:
Ready to Read, a series of picture books targeted for younger
readers. The last Bunnicula book was published in 2007.
The VHS cover to the Ruby-Spears version.
There have been two animated adaptations of the franchise. The first came
in 1982, courtesy of Ruby-Spears
Productions, as an installment of ABC
Weekend Specials. The second was a full-fledged television series by Warner
Bros. Animation. Although both were different in their presentations, the
one thing they had in common was that they decided to fully embrace Bunnicula’s
vampiric nature and make it front and center. However, the show strayed even
farther from the original books than the special.
Promo image featuring Mina, Bunnicula, Harold and Chester.
Bunnicula followed all-new characters Mina Monroe (named for Mina Harker, voiced by
Kari Wahlgren) and her father, Arthur (named for Arthur Holmwood,
voiced by Chris Kattan), as they moved into a New Orleans apartment complex left
to them by Mina’s Aunt Marie,
called the Orlock
Apartments. With them were their two pets (whose physical appearances
differed from their descriptions in the books): the dim-witted but loyal dog
Harold (Brian Kimmet), and the intelligent and easily frightened cat Chester
(Sean Astin). A third pet entered the mix when Mina used the key Marie left her
to open a door in the cellar, freeing Bunnicula (mostly unintelligibly voiced
by Kattan).
Bunnicula feasting on some carrots.
Unlike in the books, Bunnicula was once the pet of Count Dracula. Like a
typical vampire, he tended to avoid sunlight, slept in a coffin, and his ears
could turn into bat wings that allowed him to fly. He maintained his habit of
sucking the juice from vegetables via his fangs; however, different vegetables
interacted with his supernatural physiology and granted him different abilities
such as carrots giving him enhanced vision, garlic turning him into a skeleton,
eggplants turning him into a huge and hideous monster, rotten yams making him
invisible, rutabagas giving him telekinesis, and more.
Mina with best friends Marsha and Becky.
Other characters included Marsha (Monie Mon), Mina’s shy and
unlucky best friend who contrasted Mina’s outgoing nature and often witnessed
the supernatural happenings around Mina’s home; Becky (Kate Higgins), Mina’s other best friend
who had a sarcastic personality; Scott
Dingleman (Scott Menville),
Mina’s crush who shared many of her interests; Madame
Polidori (Grey Griffin),
the owner of a shop that contained many supernatural objects and who doesn’t
like children or pets; Lugosi (named for Draculaactor Bela Lugosi, voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz), a deformed
and insane guinea pig obsessed with serving Bunnicula to the point he becomes
an antagonist; Patches
the Weredude (Eric Bauza),
a stray cat cursed by another weredude that allowed him to assume human form in
the moonlight; and Fluffy
(Sumalee Montano), a Doberman Pinscher
that hunted vampires (a parody of Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
Bunnicula ran for three seasons on an erratic schedule. After the
first eight episodes, the series went on a hiatus that lasted a year. Five new
episodes aired on Boomerang in a graveyard timeslot before moving to the
Boomerang streaming service. It would close out 2017 back on the Boomerang
network. The second season would air between the two networks, but mostly on
the streaming service, while the third would air just on Boomerang before becoming
available on the streaming service the following year. There was some question
as to whether or not the show would get a 4th season, but an Instagram
post from Borutski commemorating the final voice-recording session
confirmed that it would end after the third season.
Ghostly encounters.
Warner
Home Video released the first 20 episodes of season 1 onto DVD in the
2-disc set Night
of the Vegetablein 2017. A second set containing the remaining
episodes was planned, but ended up being cancelled for unknown reasons.
Instead, Warner opted to release the complete
first season in 2018. The entire series is available on the streaming
service, as well as for purchase on Amazon Prime
Video through a partnership with Boomerang.
“Mumkey Business” (1/18/16 preview, 2/6/16) – Tired of Bunnicula’s
antics, Chester decides to lock him back up in the basement when a beast attacks
the apartment.
“Walking Fish” (1/18/16 preview, 2/6/16) – Playing a harmonica has
Bunnicula and Harold resurrect all dead fish.
“Spider Lamb” (2/13/16) – Bunnicula and Chester take care of Harold
after his surgery, but a monster emerges from the book they read him.
“Alligator Tears” (2/13/16) – A ghostly alligator looking for her
missing earring spreads a crying curse through the apartment building.
“Muddy Harry” (2/20/16) – Harold befriends the mud monster that
emerges from the mirror that Mina and her friends fail to summon Bloody Mary
through.
“Garlicked” (2/27/16) – Chester feeds Bunnicula garlic to cure him of
his vampirism, but instead it turns him into a cute dancing skeleton that the
pets must hide from Mina.
“Whooo is…the Knight Owl” (3/5/16) – Chester thinks Bunnicula isn’t
enough to protect the apartments, so Bunnicula brings in his friend: the Knight
Owl.
“Squeaky Doom” (3/12/16) – The spirit of an evil Viking warrior
possesses Harold’s squeaky toy and wants revenge against the being who trapped
him: Bunnicula.
“Son of Bunnicula” (4/11/17 B) – Chester is convinced an eggplant will
cause Bunnicula to lay an egg, so Bunnicula plays a prank on him by pretending
to be his own kid.
“Evil Cat Videos” (4/11/17 B) – Bunnicula believes Chester’s change of
personality came from his watching a possessed videotape.
“Chester’s Shop of Horrors” (4/11/17 B) – Chester comes to like a
Venus flytrap that scares Bunnicula, unaware of its own sinister plans.
“Curse of the Weredude” (4/11/17 B, 10/1/18 CN) – Chester wants to
become human to impress Mina, so Bunnicula introduces him to Patches the
Weredude.
“Bride of Bunnicula” (4/11/17 B) – Mina’s vegetable monster is brought
to life by static electricity, and Bunnicula becomes smitten.
“Nevermoar” (6/15/17 S, 10/1/18 B) – Bunnicula and Chester venture
into the internet to stop an evil raven that feeds on everyone’s negativity
towards each other.
“Vampire Rabbit Season” (6/15/17 S, 10/1/18 B) – Fluffy the Vampire
Pointer seeks to free Mina and her pets from the control of Bunnicula.
“Hole of the Unworthy” (6/15/17 S, 10/2/18 B) – Lugosi seeks to serve
Bunnicula, but first he must get rid of Chester.
“Adopt a Vampire” (6/15/17 S, 10/2/18 B) – Chester decides to get rid
of Bunnicula by putting him up for adoption, but Harold ends up being taken by
a kooky old lady instead.
“Haunted Dog House” (6/15/17 S, 10/3/18 B) – Mina leaves the pets out
overnight in a dog house that is apparently haunted by the ghost of a playful
puppy.
“Lucky Vampire’s Foot” (6/15/17 S, 10/3/18 B) – Chester steals Bunnicula’s
foot to give himself good luck.
“Ghost Chef” (6/15/17 S, 10/1/18 B) – Bunnicula summons the ghosts of
Mina’s cooking idol to help her.
“Catula” (6/15/17 S, 10/1/18 B) – Bunnicula bites Chester, leaving him
to believe he’ll soon transform into a monster.
“Dreamcatcher” (6/15/17 S, 10/2/18 B) – Bunnicula takes the other pets
into Mina’s dreams in order to cure her of her nightmares.
“Ghost Pepper” (6/15/17 S, 10/2/18 B) – Bunnicula begins burning
everything after feeding on a ghost pepper.
“Dating for Dummies” (6/15/17 S, 10/6/18 B) – Bunnicula and the pets
realize something’s amiss when Mina’s dad goes out with a ventriloquist.
“Sunday Bunnday” (6/15/17 S, 10/1/18 CN) – Bunnicula ends up very far
from home as the sun begins to rise.
“Scaraoke” (6/15/17 S, 10/7/18 B) – Bunnicula tries to stop a ghost
from getting revenge on Mina for ruining his song with her bad singing.
“Bearshee” (9/28/17 B) – Bunnicula discovers the screaming ghost bear
that visits the apartments is scared of living beings.
“Beware Apartment 13!” (9/28/17 B) – The pets trace the disappearance
of various items around the building to Apartment 13.
“Puzzle Madness” (9/28/17 B) – Chester and Harold must solve various
puzzles in order to escape Bunnicula’s puzzle box.
“Return of the Curse of the Weredude” (9/28/17 B) – Patches wants
Chester’s help to woo his girlfriend, but Chester ends up falling for her.
“Collar Me Crazy” (9/28/17 B) – A silver collar turns Bunnicula into a
normal bunny.
“Calendar Boys” (9/28/17 B) – The pets try to stop a photoshoot from
exposing Bunnicula’s secret.
“Brussel Boy” (9/28/17 S, 10/1/18 CN) – Mina’s new friend as a dark
secret: he can turn into Brussel sprouts.
“Vampire Tick” (9/28/17 B) – Bunnicula has to save Harold from a
vampire tick.
“Chestroldcula” (9/28/17 B) – An amulet combines the pets into a
singular being.
“Never Been Scared” (9/28/17 B) – The pets hire a ghost to scare Mina,
who desperately wants to see one.
“Family Portrait” (9/28/17 B) – The pets have to find a way to free
Mina and her dad from an evil painting.
“My Imaginary Fiend” (9/28/17 B) – Mina’s imaginary friend returns
while Bunnicula faces a new threat.
“The Juicy Problem” (9/28/17 S, 10/1/18 CN) – Chester gives Bunnicula
mixed vegetable juice to get him to clean the house.
“Uninvited” (12/21/17 B) – Bunnicula must save Mina and Becky from Red
Cap.
Season 2:
“Three Heads are Better Than One” (3/8/18 B, 11/2/18 S) – Harold wants
to prove his responsibility by taking Cerebus’ place in the underworld.
“The Invisible Yarn” (12/21/17 B) – Bunnicula ends up invisible after
eating a rotten yam.
“Indistinguishable from Magic” (12/21/17 B) – Chester comes to believe
Bunnicula is an alien robot.
“Pranks for the Memories” (12/21/17 S, 10/3/18 CN) – Chester and
Bunnicula enter into a prank war.
“Revenge of the Return of the Curse of the Weredude” (12/21/17 B) – Patches
moves in with the pets and Chester tries to keep his curse secret from Mina’s
dad.
“On Mina’s Secret Service” (12/21/17 B) – Harold trains Chester to be
a “secret service” animal in order to rescue Bunnicula from some chipmunks’
tree.
“Cellarmander” (12/21/17 B) – A flooded basement leads the pets to be
eaten by a Cellarmander.
“The Eyes Have It” (12/21/17 B) – Sewer mermaids keep the pets from
retrieving Bunnicula’s eye.
“Chips and Salsa” (12/21/17 B) – Bunnicula goes off to have a party,
and the pets have to find him before Mina and Marsha do.
“Mark of the Mandrake” (12/21/17 B) – A mystical mandrake makes
Bunnicula human-sized.
“Down the Rabbit Hole” (12/21/17 S, 10/3/18 CN) – Bunnicula helps a
family of rabbits whose food supply keeps being eaten by a horse.
“Cat Burgled” (12/21/17 B) – Bunnicula and Harold have to rescue
Chester and other cats from a mysterious dimension.
“Goat Story” (12/21/17 B) – Chester and Harold have to prove that
Bunnicula didn’t eat all the food in the fridge.
“Bunnicumoji” (11/29/18 S) – Bunnicula tries to stop the delivery of
an embarrassing text message Mina sent to Scott.
“Scott Free” (3/8/18 B, 11/29/18 S) – Bunnicula erases Scott’s memory
when he discovers his secret, and the pets take advantage of that and make
Scott their servant.
“Legend of the Lucky Locket” (9/26/18 S) – When a future-seeing locket
reveals an adult Mina in danger, the pets decide to make sure she’s trained for
anything.
“Area 50 Bunn” (3/10/18 B, 11/29/18 S) – A government agent comes to
the apartments to find supernatural activity and save his job.
“Bunn on a Plane” (3/11/18 B, 11/29/18 S) – A plane ride brings
Bunnicula into contact with an ancient threat.
“Cat-aclysm” (3/11/18 B, 11/29/18 S) – Catnip turns Bunnicula into an
evil cat bent on destroying everything.
“Jurassicnicula” (3/12/18 B, 11/29/18 S) – When Bunnicula drains an
ancient plant at the museum his lizard brain takes over.
“Bunzilla” (3/12/18 B, 11/29/18 S) – Seaweed turns Bunnicula into a
monster that terrorizes a village of squirrels.
“The Chocolate Vampire Bunny” (3/14/18 B, 11/29/18 S) – A cocoa bean
turns Bunnicula into chocolate, and there are some hungry kids nearby.
“Lord of the Lucky Locket” (9/26/18 S) – Two Grunges use the
self-repaired locket to capture Mina.
“Bunderworld” (11/29/18 S) – Patches explains how he became cursed and
met Bunnicula.
“The Gingerdread Man” (2/3/18 B, 11/29/18 S) – Harold becomes the king
of a candy world, but the former king wants his crown back.
“Beach Blanket Bunn” (11/29/18 S) – Bunnicula’s day at the beach turns
into an adventure.
“The Curiosity Shop Killed the Cat” (11/29/18 S) – Madame Plodouri
thinks Chester is a vampire and kidnaps him to exploit with other strange
animals.
“Bunn Vs.” (11/29/18 S) – Bunnicula engages in a bunch of challenges
set by Harold.
“Bunn in Space” (11/29/18 S) – Cabbage sends Bunnicula into space, and
he must find his way back home.
“Orlockdown” (11/29/18 S) – Count Orlock returns to the apartments to reclaim
Bunnicula and take over the world.
“Prism Prison” (11/29/18 S) – The pets’ vampire dance party is crashed
by a group that takes them to a vampire prison.
“Lafitte’s Lucky Locket” (9/26/18 S) – Bunnicula helps Jean Lafitte
defeat the British with the help of the locket.
“A Dark and Stormy Night” (11/19/18 B, 11/29/18 S) – Patches uses a
magic pen to bring his stories to life, which then proceed to threaten the town.
“How the West Was Bunn” (11/19/18 B, 11/29/18 S) – Bunnicula helps the
rabbit family win a game of mini-golf against a ghost rat.
“Yellow Bellied Sound Sucker” (11/29/18 S) – Playing in the basement
causes the pets to accidentally release a bird that can steal sound.
“The Fruit Fly” (11/29/18 S) – Bunnicula attempts to try fruit, but
accidentally eating a fly turns him into a fly hybrid.
“Queen Wicked, the Wicked Queen” (11/29/18 S) – The pets escape from
an old book, accidentally bringing the villainess of the story with them.
“Harold the Vampire Pointer” (10/28/17 B, 11/29/18 S) – Harold and
Bunnicula have to fill in for a sick Fluffy when a Vampire Dog challenges her.
“Blueberry Blues” (11/29/18 S) – A blueberry makes Bunnicula
depressed.
“Iron Bunn” (11/29/18 S) – A vegetable burned by an iron pot causes
Bunnicula to become metallic when he eats it.
Season 3:
“Mastering the Genie” (12/1/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – A genie twists the
wishes he grants into nightmares.
“Hare Club” (12/1/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – The pets come to learn their new
hairstyles come with a lofty price.
“The Maltese Bunny” (12/4/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – The pets head to the
underworld to find Mina’s lost pony.
“Termites!” (12/4/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – Chester’s perfect day is anything
but.
“Clone-icula” (12/7/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – Chester and Harold have to find
a way to get rid of the clones Bunnicula created of himself.
“Hiccup in Smoke” (12/7/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – Chester and Harold try to
help Bunnicula get rid of his hiccups.
“Purr-gatory” (12/10/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – Bunnicula tries to fight his
desire to scare Chester.
“Take the Bunny and Run” (12/10/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – Harold accidentally
wins a dog race and the loser keeps pestering him for a rematch.
“Any Witch Way” (12/13/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – A witch keeps Bunnicula from
hugging Mina.
“Up to Our Ears” (12/13/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – Street gangs steal Bunnicula’s
ears.
“Flunicula” (12/16/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – The pets team-up with Lugosi to
find a cure for Bunnicula’s flu.
“So Campy” (12/16/18 B, 3/28/19 S) – Harold tries to sell Chester on
the fun of camping.
“Wag the Dog” (12/18/18 B) – Harold’s tail lands him in trouble.
“Back in Thyme” (12/18/18 B) – Bunnicula goes back in time to save
Mina’s project.
“Hat-Cat” (12/22/18 B) – Bunnicula gives Chester a magical hat that
will make him brave.
“Poppet Master” (12/22/18 B) – Harold’s puppets of the pets lead to
trouble.
“The Party Animal” (12/24/18 B) – Bunnicula plans a party to help get
Chester to loosen up.
“Good Luck Cricket” (12/24/18 B) – A cricket provides the pets with
good luck, but for a price.
“Monster-Con” (12/26/18 B) – The pets go to a monster convention and discover
Bunnicula is a celebrity.
“Skin Deep” (12/26/18 B) – A monster scares the pets out of their
skins.
“The Thingy” (12/28/18 B) – A doppelganger is on the loose in the
apartments.
“A Vampire at the Vet” (12/28/18 B) – The pets try to get Bunnicula
out of his vet appointment.
“Road Tripped” (12/30/18 B) – The pets head into the underworld for a
music festival.
“Oh Brother!” (12/30/18 B) – A mysterious visitor has all of the
supernatural entities in the apartments on edge.
