Funky Cops

Funky Cops
GenreAction comedy
Buddy cop
Created byThierry Sapyn
Directed byThierry Sapyn
Franck Michel
Voices ofEmmanuel Curtil
Med Hondo
Lionel Henry
Opening theme"Let's Boogie" by DJ Abdel
ComposersDJ Abdel
Bustafunk
Country of originFrance
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes39
Production
Executive producersChristophe Di Sabatino
Eric Garnet
ProducerJoanna Ruer
Running time26 minutes
Production companiesAntefilms Production
M6-Métropole Television
TPS Cinéma
Greenlight Media AG
Original release
NetworkM6
Release4 May 2002 (2002-05-04) –
6 June 2004 (2004-06-06)

Funky Cops is an animated series about two cops in San Francisco during the 1970s.[1][2] The show was created by brothers Christophe and Benoit Di Sabatino[1] and produced by Antefilms.[3]

In the US, it was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment and aired on the FoxBox (later renamed 4Kids TV), but this now-rare version was short-lived.[4] A different English dub (not the 4Kids dub) appeared on Kabillion On Demand on some services, most commonly Charter; as well as on the official Funky Cops YouTube channel.

Plot

Ace Anderson and Dick Kowalski ("Jack Kowalski" in the 4Kids version) are two semi-competent cops in San Francisco during the late 1970s. They show more attention towards appearing cool and disco dancing, but finish the cases by the end of the day. They are assisted by their disgruntled police chief Captain Dobbs, plucky reporter Miss Lee, fellow disco lover Boogaloo, and an additional officer called Flora "Fly" Ibanez in the second season.

Cast

Character Actor
French English
Elude Sound Services[5] 4Kids Entertainment[5]
Dick Kowalski Emmanuel Curtil David Gasman Jack Kowalski
Andrew Rannells
Ace Anderson Med Hondo (1st voice) Thomas Pollard Reginald Metcalf
Lionel Henry (2nd voice)
Captain Dobbs Richard Darbois David Gasman Frederick B. Owens
Boogaloo Serge Faliu David Gasman Eric Stuart
Miss Lee Claire Guyot Jodi Forrest Lisa Ortiz
Wang Bang Jean-Claude Donda Allan Wenger unknown
Luigi Carbonara Patrick Guillemin James Shuman unknown
Parker Patrick Guillemin Allan Wenger Brian Wilson
Walker Jean-Claude Donda James Shuman Dave Wills
Dobbs's Wife Sharon Mann-Vallet Soraya Butler
Mike the Mechanic James Shuman unknown
Judge Allan Wenger Eric Stuart
Flora "Fly" Ibanez Fily Keita Mirabelle Kirkland Liza Jacqueline

Additional voices (French): Jean-Claude Donda, Serge Faliu, Patrick Guillemin, Claire Guyot, Nathalie Spitzer

Additional voices (English, 4Kids): Greg Abbey, Maddie Blaustein, J. David Brimmer, James Cathcart, Kathleen Delaney, Darren Dunstan, Matthew George, Wayne Grayson, Dan Green, Damian Hill, Megan Hollingshead, Dillon James, Tara Jayne-Sands, Ted Lewis, Karen Neill, Andrew Paull, Kayzie Rogers, Sean Schemmel, Veronica Taylor, Tony Von Horne, Mike Pollock

Additional voices (English, Elude): Paul Bandey, Guillaume Barrière, Stephen Croce, Christine Flowers, Matthew Géczy, Mike Marshall, Douglas Rand, Barbara-Anne Weber-Scaff, Jesse Joe Walsh, Dana Westberg

Episodes

Season 1

# in series # in season French title[6]/ English title (Elude);[7] English title (4Kids)
1 1 "Un duo d'enfer"/ "All the Cars in San Francisco"
2 2 "Les Diamants ne sont pas éternels"/ "Jill Roy Was Here"; "Thief of Hearts"
3 3 "Protection Rapprochée"/ "A Fool's Errand"
4 4 "Gare au Gorille"/ "Help! There's a Gorilla in this Episode!"; "Day Care Detectives"
5 5 "Légende Vivante"/ "Long Live The King"
6 6 "Goldsinger"
7 7 "Un Alibi en béton"/ "Under Construction"
8 8 "Cache cash"/ "Funky Bankers"
9 9 "La Fin du Disco"/ "The End of Disco"
10 10 "Le "Kid" Dick"/ "The King of the Ring"
11 11 "Six ça suffit"/ "Blast from the Past"
12 12 "Discomatic"/ "Discomatic"; "Double Trouble"
13 13 "Le Dernier Slow"/ "A Woman Scorned"
14 14 "La Croisière ça use"/ "Cruising for Criminals"; "Cruise Control"
15 15 "Decibels Amazones"/ "Amazon Decibels"; "The Earth Mothers"
16 16 "Double Vie"/ "Double Life"; "Lady Knight"
17 17 "Le Blues de Noël"/ "Christmas Blues"; "And no Partridge in a Pear Tree"
18 18 "L'As des Astres"/ "Read my Mind"
19 19 "Les Evadés d'Alcatraz"/ "Jailbreak"; "Escape from Alcatraz"
20 20 "Méthode Zéro"/ "Method Madness"; "Director's Cut"
21 21 "Deux Flics à Monaco"/ "The French Disconnection"
22 22 "Chouchou Baby Love"/ "Choochoo Baby Love"; "False Idols"
23 23 "Boogaloo les bons tuyaux"/ "M For Melody"; "Something in the Air"
24 24 "Zéro du Conduite"/ "Back to School"
25 25 "Drôle de Drame 1"/ "Danger with the Rangers (Part 1)"
26 26 "Drôle de Drame 2"/ "Danger with the Rangers (Part 2)"

Season 2

# in series # in season French title[6][8]/ English title
27 1 "Retour de flamme"/ "Burn, Baby Burn"
28 2 "Ali Baba et les quarante Showgirls"/ "Ali Baba and the forty Showgirls"
29 3 "Freeze!"
30 4 "Pas de printemps pour les rouleaux"/ "No Spring for the Rolls"
31 5 "22 minutes chrono"/ "22"
32 6 "Vaudou sur la ville"/ "Hoo doo?... Voodoo!"
33 7 "Cops Story"
34 8 "L'homme aux fesses d'or"/ "Mr. Light End"
35 9 "L'escroc qui m'aimait"/ "The Bamboozler Who Loved Me"
36 10 "Panique à San Francisco"/ "Diamonds are for..."
37 11 "La créature de la baie"/ "Fins at Thunder Bay"
38 12 "La marque du phoque" / "The Mark of the Seal"
39 13 "Mickey Jackpot"

References

  1. ^ a b "Fox Box Uncrates '03-'04 Season Line-Up" (PDF). 4kidsentertainment.com. May 20, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2004. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  2. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays--Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 49. ISBN 9781476672939.
  3. ^ "Properties-Funky Cops". 4kidsentertainment.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2004. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  4. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 351–352. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  5. ^ a b "Funky Cops". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  6. ^ a b "FUNKY COPS OFFICIEL". YouTube. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  7. ^ "FUNKY COPS ENGLISH OFFICIAL". YouTube. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  8. ^ "Funky Cops". myCANAL (in French). Retrieved 2019-11-01.