Underdog
Underdog

Underdog

1964 3 Seasons 129 Episodes ⭐ 6.4 Animation Comedy

Underdog, also known as The Underdog Show, is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from October 3, 1964, to March 4, 1967, starting on the NBC network until 1966, with the rest of the run on CBS, under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, for a run of 62 episodes. It is one of the early Saturday morning cartoons. The show continued in syndication until 1973. Underdog, Shoeshine Boy's heroic alter ego, appears whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred is being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyming couplets, as in "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"

Underdog, also known as The Underdog Show, is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from October 3, 1964, to March 4, 1967, starting on the NBC network until 1966, with the rest of the run on CBS, under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, for a run of 62 episodes. It is one of the early Saturday morning cartoons. The show continued in syndication until 1973. Underdog, Shoeshine Boy's heroic alter ego, appears whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred is being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyming couplets, as in "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Safe Waif

Underdog breaks out of the phone booth, and hears the cries for help again. Underdog flies to the lady, who tells him th

EP 2

March of the Monsters

An army of giant robots take over the city and capture Polly. Underdog foils the monsters by using his high-pitched voic

EP 3

Simon Says

Simon, a mad scientist, creates a camera. This is not some ordinary camera however. When he takes someone's picture, the

EP 4

Go Snow Part 1

Simon Bar Sinister creates a new super weapon: the Go-Snow Gun. The gun freezes people, turning them into snow people. S

EP 5

Go Snow Part 2

After Simon and Cad turn the bank president, his staff and customers into snow people, they rob the bank of all its asse

EP 6

Go Snow Part 3

Capturing Polly in their lab, Simon and Cad are about ready to turn her into a snow woman. But then, Cad comes up with a

EP 7

Go Snow Part 4

Simon has frozen poor Underdog solid. All efforts to defrost Underdog fail. Somehow, Underdog defrosts himself and immed

EP 8

Zot: Part 1

Underdog is having an average day. He foils a bank robbery, rescued Sweet Polly and made himself useful across the world

EP 9

Zot, Part 2

The story of Zot continues with King Klobber searching the galaxy and then the universe for the strongest warrior. They

EP 10

Zot, Part 3

As the story of Zot continues King Klobber of Zot sends a spaceship to capture Sweet Polly Purebred. He holds Polly unde

EP 11

Zot, Part 4

The story of Zot concludes, as Underdog and the princess are about to be married. Just at that moment the evil two-heade

EP 12

The Great Gold Robbery, Part 1

Riff-Raff is no longer Public Enemy No. 1, so he comes up with the ultimate plan: robbing a trainload of gold by distrac

EP 13

The Great Gold Robbery, Part 2

Riff-Raff's plan goes into action: they kidnap Sweet Polly Purebred, tie her up and put her in a balloon, and set up a b

EP 14

The Great Gold Robbery, Part 3

Underdog is still confused and frustrated trying to find Sweet Polly among all the balloons, so far only coming across t

EP 15

The Great Gold Robbery, Part 4

The train full of gold is about to crash into another train, with Riff-Raff's plan going just as he expected. However, U

EP 16

Fearo, Part 1

Sweet Polly Purebread boards a ship to travel to a south sea island to investigate the world's biggest monster "Fearo th

EP 17

Fearo, Part 2

After overcoming a mutiny at sea Polly and the gang continue on to the south sea Island to find "Fearo the Ferocious". U

EP 18

Fearo, Part 3

Reminiscent of the movie King Kong the gang captures "Fearo" and return him to civilization to meet the public in a big

EP 19

Fearo, Part 4

"Fearo" runs amok and even the Army cannot stop him. Underdog arrives on the scene and battles "Fearo" by tantalizing hi

EP 20

The Big Shrink, Part 1

Simon Bar Sinister is working an a chemical that will shrink the city's citizens to miniature size. Go-Go Gophers - Tap

EP 21

The Big Shrink, Part 2

Underdog is shrunk by Simon's new evil device and is placed alongside Polly in a birdcage. Luckily, our hero's powers ar

EP 22

The Big Shrink, Part 3

Underdog and Polly are trapped in a rat hole, surrounded by a army of rats. Weakened from their run from Simon and Cad,

EP 23

The Big Shrink, Part 4

The rainmaking machine has done its evil work; Simon has shrunk everyone to the size of his thumb, even his henchman Cad

EP 24

The Bubbleheads, Part 1

Far beneath the sea in the kingdom of Maldemare, the Empress scorns the Emperor for not taking over the surface dwellers

EP 25

The Bubbleheads Part 2

The Emperor and Empress of Maldamere have a scientist who has created a tidal wave making machine, and plan to use it to

EP 26

The Bubbleheads Part 3

After being captured by the evil monarchs of Maldemare, Polly and the Professor are taken in front of them and learn of

EP 27

The Bubbleheads Part 4

Trapped inside of the giant clam, it looks like the end of Underdog and his friends. Polly remembers to give Underdog hi

EP 28

From Hopeless To Helpless, Part 1

O.J. Skweez comes to Sweet Polly Purebred with news about the Hopeless Diamond being worn at a party. Knowing that some

EP 29

From Hopeless To Helpless, Part 2

Things looked bad for Polly, who's speeding down a car downward on a slope, and a wheel on the car even comes off. Fortu

EP 30

From Hopeless To Helpless, Part 3

Tap Tap, disguised as Underdog, has been going all over the place committing crimes. After stealing the mayor's cigars,

EP 31

From Hopeless To Helpless, Part 4

Underdog is so helpless in jail, that he began to believe that he really did do those crimes. Back at Riff Raff's hideou

EP 32

Tricky Trap by Tap Tap

Underdog's double, an evil criminal, plots to steal a priceless diamond after he escapes from prison.

EP 330

The Witch of Pickyoon

EP 1

The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part 1

After Polly's plane crashes, Polly asks Underdog to pick some flowers while she waits under a tree she thinks is friendl

EP 2

The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part 2

The witch gives Polly a potion that puts her to sleep for a thousand years, and states that only a kiss from a hero will

EP 3

The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part 3

The witch reveals to Underdog the 3 tasks he must do before she awakes Polly. The first task, she tells him that the lan

EP 4

The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part 4

Underdog defeats the witch and breaks the curse.

EP 5

Weathering the Storm: Part One

Simon is trying out his latest evil invention, the weather making machine. This dangerous device creates artificial stor

EP 6

Weathering the Storm: Part Two

Simon and Cad take over the spaceship heading for the moon, taking Polly prisoner. Sensing the danger, General Brainley

EP 7

Weathering the Storm: Part Three

Simon Bar Sinister and Cad have reached the Moon and sent their ultimatum to General Brainley and to the world's leaders

EP 8

Weathering the Storm: Part Four

Seeing that Simon can destroy the earth by using all of the artificially created storms at once, General Brainley convin

EP 9

The Gold Bricks, Part I

Underdog is requested to deliver gold bricks from the bank to an undisclosed location. But Riff Raff and his henchman Mo

EP 10

The Gold Bricks, Part 2

Unwilling to believe that Underdog is guilty of stealing the gold, Polly decides to try and find the real crooks. Her in

EP 11

The Gold Bricks, Part 3

A ghost tricks Polly into entering a bottomless pit. The old haunted house is actually a hideout for Riff Raff and Mooch

EP 12

The Gold Bricks, Part 4

Finally realizing that Riff Raff and Mooch are really the crooks behind the theft of the bank's gold, Underdog goes afte

EP 13

The Magnet Men, Part 1

It is the day of the National Olympics, and Sweet Polly Purebred is there reporting the news to the people there and the

EP 14

The Magnet Men, Part 2

Underdog arrives at the White House right as the representatives are planning for his trip, writing that it will take 14

EP 15

The Magnet Men, Part 3

The Magnet Men tell Polly and Underdog, who are still stuck to what is their great gravity gun, that they are hungry and

EP 16

The Magnet Men, Part 4

After the 24th hour passes, the Magnet Men switches on their gravity gun which moves the Earth from its place and far fr

EP 17

Phoney Booths, Part 1

Cad, Simon Bar Sinister's henchman, replaces real phone booths with Phoney Booths. When he returns to the lab to tell hi

EP 18

Phoney Booths, Part 2

More unsuspecting people fall prey to Simon's Phoney Booths. A banker steps into a booth and is ordered to bring all the

EP 19

Phoney Booths, Part 3

Simon toys with Underdog who is now in his power after stepping into one of Simon's Phoney Booths. He makes him dance, b

EP 20

Phoney Booths, Part 4

Simon instructs an entranced Underdog to destroy Polly. As he approaches the trapped reporter, his brain fights the mind

EP 21

Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 1

Sweet Polly Purebred calls on Underdog to remind him that it's his birthday, and that she plans to give him a party. Mea

EP 22

Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 2

While Underdog is in the hospital for his pain that puzzles the doctors, word of his plight reaches Riff Raff who sees t

EP 23

Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 3

In order to take the swords out of the country, Riff Raff hides them in candles. Meanwhile, Sweet Polly decides to throw

EP 24

Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 4

Withstanding his pain, Underdog saves Sweet Polly and captures Riff Raff, recovering the Excalibur Swords. However, one

EP 25

The Molemen, Part 1

When crops from all over begin to disappear, Sweet Polly decides to visit the location of the disappearances. She falls

EP 26

The Molemen, Part 2

Upon hearing Polly's cries for help, Underdog races to the her aid by burrowing down into the Earth and reaching the lai

EP 27

The Molemen, Part 3

Trapped in a cocoon, Underdog instructs Polly to give him the Underdog super vitamin pill hidden in his ring so that he

EP 28

The Molemen, Part 4

Underdog defeats the Mole Men.

EP 29

The Flying Sorcerers, Part 1

King Cup - the evil, spoiled monarch of The Flying Sorcerers' planet - can't get cake that tastes good. So he send his s

EP 30

The Flying Sorcerers, Part 2

Polly is caught by the two royals, but gets off a call to Underdog for help. After seeing his true love being captured b

EP 31

The Flying Sorcerers, Part 3

Polly is brought before King Cup, and he orders Polly to bake five hundred cakes. The cakes are good, but not enough for

EP 32

The Flying Sorcerers, Part 4

Underdog defeats King Cup.

EP 33

The Forget-Me-Net, Part 1

Simon becomes increasingly frustrated with Underdog always stopping him in his endeavors. Cad suggests that the only way

EP 34

The Forget-Me-Net, Part 2

Simon sets out to lure Underdog so that he can try his Forget-Me-Net on him. First he robs a jewelry store, encouraging

EP 35

The Forget-Me-Net, Part 3

Underdog finally arrives on the scene to rescue Sweet Polly only to be caught in Simon's Forget-Me-Net. Realizing that i

EP 36

The Forget-Me-Net, Part 4

After completing his giant net to cast over Washington, Simon calls upon Cad to assist in folding the net. Meanwhile, a

EP 37

Whistler's Father, Part 1

At the Mid-town Modern Art Muesum, a special showing was being held for the painting "Whistler's Father." As Riff Raff s

EP 38

Whistler's Father, Part 2

Riff Raff shows his newly formed gang the tactics of guerilla warfare. Sweet Polly Purebred goes to the museum where Und

EP 39

Whistler's Father, Part 3

The next plan is camouflage and sabotage. They wreck the museum's equipment and disguise themselves as two columns, a st

EP 40

Whistler's Father, Part 4

Riff Raff disguises himself as a museum director and hangs a bag of birdseed with a hole in it on Underdog's back. The s

EP 41

Simon Says.. No Thanksgiving, Part 1

One night, in a new scheme, Simon takes Cad to a street corner where he shows him a tricky traffic light control box. On

EP 42

Simon Says.. No Thanksgiving, Part 2

The next morning, the pair are stopped by a cop as they head for the street corner to push the buttons on the tricky con

EP 43

Simon Says.. No Thanksgiving, Part 3

After arriving in 1621, Underdog and Sweet Polly meet the pilgrims, and Underdog proves that they're friendly when he do

EP 44

Simon Says.. No Thanksgiving, Part 4

Underdog defeats Simon.

EP 45

The Silver Thieves, Part 1

Armies of ghostlike creatures are stealing all of the Earth's silver. Earth's military forces and the police are powerle

EP 46

The Silver Thieves, Part 2

An electric shock from one of the silver thieves paralyzes Underdog. Everyone in the city tries to revive him, but their

EP 47

The Silver Thieves, Part 3

King Cumulus Regulus and his Cloudmen shock Underdog and Polly into paralyzation and the pair are placed on a conveyor b

EP 48

The Silver Thieves, Part 4

Underdog saves the day

EP 49

RiffRaffville, Part 1

Riff Raff and his mob have tried 9 different crimes in the last month but Underdog stopped them all. So Riff decides to

EP 50

RiffRaffville, Part 2

With all the crooks in Riffraffville, Underdog does simple things like getting cats out of trees. He falls and his ring

EP 51

RiffRaffville, Part 3

Underdog sets out to find Sweet Polly. He looks on a train, in a bank and at a cattle ranch. At the train and bank, his

EP 52

RiffRaffville, Part 4

A western song plays during this cartoon as Riff Raff challenges Underdog to a gunfight at noon. The townspeople are too

EP 53

The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 1

After many attempts of trying to take over the world failing, Simon and Cad are out of ideas. However, they spot voting

EP 54

The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 2

Back at his lab, Simon will be sure that he will win even with two votes - by making sure nobody else votes. Simon tries

EP 55

The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 3

Simon uses his tickle feather machine on some people that cause them to laugh. Sweet Polly notices the strange laughing

EP 56

The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 4

With Simon successfully being elected as a dictator, and Underdog not being able to stop him, he demands Cad to bring hi

EP 1

Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 1

The planet Felina's milk wells have run dry which makes the evil ruler Overcat mad. He and his men go to Earth and steal

EP 2

Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 2

Polly tells Overcat about Underdog but he is not worried; he kidnaps her to milk the cows. Polly calls for Underdog. Whe

EP 3

Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 3

Polly gives Underdog his energy pill and he beats Overcat's men. Next, Underdog takes Polly and the cows back to earth.

EP 4

Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 4

At first it look like Overcat is going to win. But even though he's as strong as Underdog, he's not fast. Underdog uses

EP 5

The Big Dipper, Part 1

Sinister and Cad invent another evil device they call the Big Dipper, a machine that can dry up all of the world's water

EP 6

The Big Dipper, Part 2

Simon and Cad have invented a device to drain off the world's water supply. The pair travels around the world and steal

EP 7

The Big Dipper, Part 3

Simon and Cad have drained the Atlantic Ocean and they've defeated Underdog. They return to the USA where the people are

EP 8

The Big Dipper, Part 4

Simon has finally forced the people of the city and the world to give him ultimate power. Underdog is still stuck in the

EP 9

Just in Case, Part 1

The prison warden's chief officer informs him that Riff Raff is assembling a gang and is planning on escaping. They feel

EP 10

Just In Case, Part 2

As Riff Raff and his newly acquired gang is being pursued by the prison guards, Shoeshine Boy is finally able to change

EP 11

Just In Case, Part 3

Riff and his gang decide to rob one more vessel before they go for their biggest catch, The Queen May. But, Polly has hi

EP 12

Just In Case, Part 4

Polly watches helplessly as Underdog fall victim to the witch doctor's voodoo spell. Luckily, a passing sea gull grabs t

EP 13

The Marbleheads, Part 1

A strange object crash-lands on earth. A group of scientists check out the mysterious object, determining that it's a ha

EP 14

The Marbleheads, Part 2

After all the reporters and news crew leave the site of the strange object, two stonehead creatures from the planet Gran

EP 15

The Marbleheads, Part 3

Just before they are ready to head home with their slaves they captured with the Granite Gun, Crusher and Gravel are con

EP 16

The Marbleheads, Part 4

In this final episode, Shoeshine asks for a drink of water after being placed in his cell. When he gets it from the guar

EP 17

Simon Says, Be my Valentine, Part 1

Simon invents the Valentine Vault which turns people into paper valentines. He orders Cad and his two henchmen to kidnap

EP 18

Simon Says 'Be My Valentine', Part 2

Shoeshine Boy sees Cad and his henchmen kidnap Polly. He must let them beat him up to protect his secret identity. He wa

EP 19

Simon Says 'Be My Valentine', Part 3

Shoeshine Boy finally transforms into Underdog. He frees Polly, but she faints before warning him about the Valentine ma

EP 20

Simon Says 'Be My Valentine', Part 4

Polly pulls the handcuffs off of the pole and cries over her now-paper hero. Then she hears the familiar saying, "The se

EP 21

Round and Round, Pt 1

Sweet Polly is reporting a launch in space but the capsule is pulled off course to an uncharted planet. On this planet,

EP 22

Round and Round, Pt 2

After returning from a strange planet and wearing a charm that the alien from the planet he brought back to Earth with h

EP 23

Round and Round, Pt 3

When Underdog gets dizzy during an interview after returning from a strange planet, he is rushed to the hospital where t

EP 24

Round and Round, Pt 4

In the final episode, the giant finishes toying with Underdog and bats him back to the hospital. With Underdog out of th

EP 25

A New Villain, Part 1

After a violent thunderstorm ravages the city, the community gathers in front of one of the steel buildings to see a mes

EP 26

A New Villain, Part 2

Flim and Polly agree that humble, loveable Shoeshine boy would be able to make sense of the riddle 'A Rhyme in Time Save

EP 27

A New Villain, Part 3

The Electric Eel traps Underdog in his electric cage. As the cage closes in around him, the cage fills Underdog's body w

EP 28

A New Villain, Part 4

The Electric Eel and his gang head for Washington, D.C. to take over the country. But Underdog is on the mend; the water

EP 29

Batty Man, Part 1

A series of crimes are being perpetrated all over the country. Underdog tries to solve them, but finds no clues as to wh

EP 30

Batty Man, Part 2

Batty Man, a take-off of Bela Lugosi's Count Dracula is an evil vampire. He, with his hench-bat Georgie and his army of

EP 31

Batty Man, Part 3

Batty Man has captured Polly and Underdog. The villains raid Fort Knox, returning to Batty Man's castle with the plunder

EP 32

Batty Man, Part 4

Polly and our hero have been placed onto the conveyor belt of Batty Man's bowling ball presser. The steam from the machi

EP 33

The Vacuum Gun, Part 1

Simon Bar Sinister makes a vacuum gun which he uses to catch Riff Raff, Electric Eel, Batty man and all of their men for

EP 34

The Vacuum Gun, Part 2

Sweet Polly is captured by Simon and calls for Underdog. Unfortunately, his energy was drained from saving the ship so h

EP 35

The Vacuum Gun, Part 3

Underdog's ring has fallen off his finger; Polly dives underwater to find it. Meanwhile, Simon and his army are using th

EP 36

The Vacuum Gun, Part 4

Polly finds Underdog's ring. He takes his energy pill then defeats Electric Eel, Riff Raff and Batty Man. Simon uses his

EP 37

Phoney Booths, Part 1

Cad, Simon Bar Sinister's henchman, replaces real phone booths with Phoney Booths. When he returns to the lab to tell hi

EP 38

Phoney Booths, Part 2

More unsuspecting people fall prey to Simon's Phoney Booths. A banker steps into a booth and is ordered to bring all the

EP 39

Phoney Booths, Part 3

Simon toys with Underdog who is now in his power after stepping into one of Simon's Phoney Booths. He makes him dance, b

EP 40

Phoney Booths, Part 4

Simon instructs an entranced Underdog to destroy Polly. As he approaches the trapped reporter, his brain fights the mind

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