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Hong Kong Phooey

★ 6.9 4K votes 1974–1974 1 season · 16 episodes Ended ABC
Kids & familyGenuinely watchable for and with children.This show: 9/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 9/10SlapstickBroad, physical comedy.This show: 8/10CampyKnowingly over the top and enjoying every minute of its own excess.This show: 8/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10ParodyA sustained send-up of other genres or works.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Scatman CrothersJoe E. RossKathy GoriDon MessickLennie WeinribJean Vander Pyl
Written by
Joseph BarberaWilliam Hanna
Starring
Scatman CrothersJoe E. RossKathy GoriDon MessickLennie WeinribJean Vander Pyl
Written by
Joseph BarberaWilliam Hanna
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
020406080

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About

"A superhero so inept his cat does the work"

By day, Penrod Pugh is a mild-mannered police station janitor. By night (well, also by day), he transforms into Hong Kong Phooey, a bumbling martial-arts superhero who dives into a filing cabinet and stumbles into crime-fighting. His unimpressed cat Spot usually solves the case first while Phooey trips over his own confidence. It is broad, silly, kid-pitched slapstick with kung-fu sound effects and a laugh track, moving fast and never taking itself remotely seriously. Pure Saturday-morning comfort food, more about goofy charm and catchphrases than any real plot.

Watch it for

the gleeful self-aware silliness of a hero whose own sidekick outsmarts him constantly.

Maybe skip if

you want plot, tension, or anything beyond simple repetitive kid-friendly gags.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11974
7.5785165h 54m
Disguised as a mild-mannered police station janitor, Penrod transforms into the powerful pooch by leaping into the bottom of a filing cabinet—and emerging as Hong Kong Phooey in a bright red karate outfit!
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Car Thieves/Zoo Story7.4
6921 min
▶2Iron Head, the Robot/Cotton Pickin' Pocket Picker7.6
5321 min
▶3Grandma Goody/Candle Power7.2
5530 min
▶4The Penthouse Burglaries/Batty Bank Mob7.2
5021 min
▶5The Voltage Villain/The Giggler6.9
5221 min
▶6The Gumdrop Kid/Professor Presto7.8
5121 min
▶7TV or Not TV/Stop Horsing Around7.3
4821 min
▶8Mirror, Mirror on the Wall/Great Movie Mystery7.4
4821 min
▶9The Claw/Hong Kong Phooey vs. Hong Kong Phooey7.7
4721 min
▶10The Abominable Snowman/Professor Crosshatch7.9
4421 min
▶11Goldfisher/Green Thumb7.2
4421 min
▶12From Bad to Verse/Kong and the Counterfeiters7.3
4621 min
▶13The Great Choo Choo Robbery/Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Bakery Man7.4
4521 min
▶14Mr. Tornado/The Little Crook Who Wasn't There7.6
4330 min
▶15Dr. Disguiso/The Incredible Mr. Shrink7.7
4521 min
▶16Comedy Cowboys7.9
4521 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Scatman Crothers Hong Kong Phooey, Penrod 'Penry' Pooch
Joe E. Ross Sergeant Flint
Kathy Gori Rosemary
Don Messick Spot, Honcho, The Mystery Maverick
Lennie Weinrib Bakery henchmen, Curly Boondock, Rhinestone Jim Shady
Jean Vander Pyl Rosemary
Richard Dawson Bank manager, Eric von Erich
Casey Kasem Short clown, TV thief
Frank Welker The Claw
Paul Winchell Mr. Shrink, The Mayor

Crew

Joseph Barbera
William Hanna

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