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The Best Episodes of Bonkers

Every episode of Bonkers ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Bonkers!

Bonkers is an animated American television series that aired from September 4, 1993 to August 24, 1995 in first-run syndication. The syndicated run was available...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Never Cry Pig" is the best rated episode of "Bonkers". It scored 9.1/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Robert Taylor and written by Jim Peterson, John Behnke, Rob Humphrey, it aired on 9/15/1993. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Fistful of Anvils".

  • Never Cry Pig
    9.1/1019 votes
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    #1 - Never Cry Pig

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/1993

    The three pigs come to Bonkers and Lucky for help; the mean ol' wolf has been blowing down houses in Porkwood, their latest subdivision.

    Director: Robert Taylor

    Writer: Jim Peterson, John Behnke, Rob Humphrey

  • Fistful of Anvils
    9.0/1010 votes
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    #2 - Fistful of Anvils

    Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 10/27/1993

    Bonkers tells Miranda's nephew, Timmy, a bedtime story that becomes a tale of the wild west.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jim Peterson, John Behnke, Rob Humphrey

  • Cartoon Cornered
    9.0/1014 votes
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    #3 - Cartoon Cornered

    Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 10/29/1993

    Toon prankster Bucky Buzzsaw locks Grating in the zany alternate reality of the Wacky Toons Studio; Wildman Wyatt breaks out of prison, vowing to get his revenge against Grating.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steve Cuden

  • Bobcat Fever
    8.8/1011 votes
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    #4 - Bobcat Fever

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/6/1993

    Bonkers has been busy sniffing out all the toon explosives Al Vermin has smuggled in; Vermin hires a toon virus actress for the part of a real disease in Vermin's least favorite cop.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jim Peterson, John Behnke, Rob Humphrey

  • The Stork Exchange
    8.8/1010 votes
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    #5 - The Stork Exchange

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 10/25/1993

    Sleazy Lilith DuPrave kidnaps the storks who bring Toon babies, as part of a plot to smuggle a stolen weapon out of the country.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dev Ross

  • Dog Day AfterToon
    8.8/1010 votes
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    #6 - Dog Day AfterToon

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 10/26/1993

    After the "Pitts and Smarts" show is cancelled, Pitts threatens a bank with a bomb for a demand to get back into showbiz.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Richard Stanley

  • Witless for the Prosecution
    8.7/1011 votes
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    #7 - Witless for the Prosecution

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/5/1993

    When Miranda is the sole witness to a felony perpetrated by one of the city's most powerful women, she finds herself on a hit list.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Richard Stanley, Len Uhley

  • O Cartoon! My Cartoon!
    8.7/1011 votes
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    #8 - O Cartoon! My Cartoon!

    Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 11/10/1993

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    Director: David Block, Larry Latham, Gordon Kent, Eddy Houchins

    Writer: Ralph Sanchez, Robert Schechter, Gary Sperling, Mark Rhodes

  • Of Mice and Menace
    8.6/1013 votes
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    #9 - Of Mice and Menace

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 10/21/1993

    Flaps and three mice steal Dumbo's flag from the toon museum.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Marlowe Weisman

  • The 29th Page
    8.6/1011 votes
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    #10 - The 29th Page

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 10/28/1993

    Al Vermin wants to know the location of Barbarian Barlowe's secret vault; Bonkers writes a book of poetry about his friends.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Shari Goodhartz

  • I Oughta Be in Toons
    8.6/1014 votes
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    #11 - I Oughta Be in Toons

    Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 11/2/1993

    A human in disguise wants to take the place of the most famous toon in the world.

    Director: Robert Taylor

    Writer: Bruce Talkington, Richard Stanley

  • Weather or Not
    8.5/1019 votes
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    #12 - Weather or Not

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/4/1993

    It's up to Bonkers and his new how-to-be-a-detective correspondence course to unravel the disappearance of the weather toons that help broadcast Hollywood's weather.

    Director: Roy Wilson

    Writer: Dean Stefan

  • Springtime for the Iguana
    8.5/1012 votes
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    #13 - Springtime for the Iguana

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 10/14/1993

    Bonkers takes Roderick Lizard to star in a part at the studio, but Crunchy frames Roderick for arson in order to get the part for himself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Robert Schechter

  • The Rubber Room Song
    8.3/1011 votes
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    #14 - The Rubber Room Song

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/30/1993

    Ambulance drivers Bonkers and Jitters rush to help an injured skier. Then, in the future, Bonkers and Jitters work at spaceship-wash outfit in a space station. Finally, plumbers Bonkers and Jitters rescue Fawn when her pipes burst and flood her house.

    Director: Larry Latham, Gordon Kent, Richard Trueblood

    Writer: Shari Goodhartz, Kevin Rafferty

  • Tune Pig
    8.3/1010 votes
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    #15 - Tune Pig

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/1/1993

    The malevolent singer, Julio Calamari, is on his way to the top and Bonkers is his biggest fan.

    Director: Roy Wilson

    Writer: Bruce Talkington, Fred Lucky

  • Basic Spraining
    8.2/1014 votes
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    #16 - Basic Spraining

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/22/1993

    Lucky inadvertently sends Bonkers to a bogus police academy ran by the villain who has sworn vengeance on them.

    Director: David Block

    Writer: Cathryn Perdue

  • The Good, the Bad, & the Kanifky
    8.2/1012 votes
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    #17 - The Good, the Bad, & the Kanifky

    Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 11/1/1993

    After being demoted, Kanifky becomes Bonkers' and Lucky's partner.

    Director: Roy Wilson

    Writer: Ralph Sanchez

  • Fall Apart Bomb Squad
    8.1/1014 votes
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    #18 - Fall Apart Bomb Squad

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/13/1993

    Fall-Apart Rabbit assists Bonkers and Lucky in capturing a crazy Toon Bomb who wanted to be a stand-up comedian and is now terrorizing the city.

    Director: Robert Taylor

    Writer: Bruce Talkington, Ralph Sanchez

  • Poltertoon
    8.1/1012 votes
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    #19 - Poltertoon

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/28/1993

    A ghost moves into Lucky's house on the night Chief Kanifky's coming for dinner.

    Director: Larry Latham

    Writer: Laraine Arkow

  • What You Read is What You Get
    8.1/1011 votes
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    #20 - What You Read is What You Get

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/7/1993

    Bonkers gets hooked by a tabloid magazine, where it seems that every story he reads about in the tabloid comes true.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: William Scherer

  • Do Toons Dream of Animated Sheep?
    8.1/1016 votes
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    #21 - Do Toons Dream of Animated Sheep?

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 10/8/1993

    A toon sheep is frustrated at being unable to spin dreams of her own and manages to steal Bonkers' dreams.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Marlowe Weisman

  • A Wooly Bully
    8.1/1013 votes
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    #22 - A Wooly Bully

    Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 11/4/1993

    A toon superhero, Mammoth Mammoth, goes on a crime rampage; Bonkers is trying to make himself and Lucky the most efficient cops on the force.

    Director: Robert Taylor

    Writer: Gary Sperling

  • Out of Sight, Out of Toon
    8.0/1020 votes
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    #23 - Out of Sight, Out of Toon

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/1993

    In search of the minuscule Toon Maggie, Lucky catches Toon Flu, and Bonkers and Fall-Apart try to cure him before he completely becomes a Toon.

    Director: Robert Taylor

    Writer: Jeff Saylor

  • Time Wounds All Heels
    8.0/1013 votes
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    #24 - Time Wounds All Heels

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/27/1993

    A criminal Lucky sent up the river many years ago is back and stalking him, or so Lucky thinks.

    Director: Roy Wilson

    Writer: Stephen Sustarsic

  • New Partners on the Block
    8.0/1012 votes
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    #25 - New Partners on the Block

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/4/1993

    Bonkers gets teamed with Miranda Wright.

    Director: Robert Taylor

    Writer: Marion Wells