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The Atom Ant Show

All Episodes 1965 - 1966

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  • 1965-10-03T00:00:00Z
  • 7m
  • 9h 6m (78 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Screen Gems Television + 2 more, Hanna-Barbera Productions, NBC
  • Animation, Superhero, Comedy, Children
The Atom Ant Show was one of many 30 minute cartoon programs produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, that were comprised of three cartoon shorts. The Atom Ant show featured Atom Ant, Precious Pup and The Hillbilly Bears. It made it's official debut on NBC's Saturday morning line-up in October of 1965 teamed up with another production from Hanna-Barbera, The Secret Squirrel Show and ran through 1968. The program currently finds it's TV home amongst other Hanna-Barbera Productions on the 24-hour Classic Cartoon network, Boomerang. Where it airs on occasion.

80 episodes

Series Premiere

1965-10-03T00:00:00Z

1x01 Up and Atom

Series Premiere

1x01 Up and Atom

  • 1965-10-03T00:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant is called in to capture Big Fats Dynamo after he and his gang break out of jail.

1965-10-03T00:00:00Z

1x02 Precious Jewels

1x02 Precious Jewels

  • 1965-10-03T00:00:00Z7m

Precious Pupp makes a would-be thief wish that he had stayed home.

1965-10-03T00:00:00Z

1x03 Woodpecked

1x03 Woodpecked

  • 1965-10-03T00:00:00Z7m

Harassed by Maw to get rid of a noisy woodpecker, Paw moseys down to the general store and returns with a female woodpecker. Things are quiet for a while, but soon a whole woodpecker family arrives.

1965-10-10T00:00:00Z

1x04 Crankenshaft's Monster

1x04 Crankenshaft's Monster

  • 1965-10-10T00:00:00Z7m

When the Evil Dr. Crankshaft creates a monster in his lab, Atom Ant is called in to save the day.

1965-10-10T00:00:00Z

1x05 Doggone Dognapper

1x05 Doggone Dognapper

  • 1965-10-10T00:00:00Z7m

Precious Pupp gives a load of trouble to the local dogcatcher.

1965-10-10T00:00:00Z

1x06 Detour for Sure

1x06 Detour for Sure

  • 1965-10-10T00:00:00Z7m

A construction crew is attempting to evict Maw and Paw Rugg out of their house so they can put in a new highway. However, the Ruggs are content to stay where they are.

1965-10-17T00:00:00Z

1x07 Gem-A-Go-Go

1x07 Gem-A-Go-Go

  • 1965-10-17T00:00:00Z7m

The Tura Lura Topaz gets stolen by Fancy Finger Finnegan. Atom Ant has get through Finnegan's traps to catch him and recover the jewel.

1965-10-17T00:00:00Z

1x08 Crook Out, Cook Out

1x08 Crook Out, Cook Out

  • 1965-10-17T00:00:00Z7m

Granny and Precious are on a picnic. Granny is cooking the pancakes and Precious is eating. Granny accidentally snares a thief with her butterfly net. Believing that he is homeless, she calls the police. The crook, who is running from the law, threatens them till Precious leads the crook into a hiding place... filled with dynamite...

1965-10-17T00:00:00Z

1x09 Going, Going Gone Gopher

1x09 Going, Going Gone Gopher

  • 1965-10-17T00:00:00Z7m

Paw is put in charge of guarding the garden when Maw goes to town. He winds up having to defend it from a very hungry gopher.

1965-10-24T00:00:00Z

1x10 Ferocious Flea

1x10 Ferocious Flea

  • 1965-10-24T00:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant is forced into a battle with Ferocious Flea when the flea goes on a crime spree.

1965-10-24T00:00:00Z

1x11 Bites and Gripes

1x11 Bites and Gripes

  • 1965-10-24T00:00:00Z7m

Precious Pupp is dognapped and held for ransom.

1965-10-24T00:00:00Z

1x12 Stranger Than Friction

1x12 Stranger Than Friction

  • 1965-10-24T00:00:00Z7m

Disgusted with Paw's shooting strangers, Maw makes him swear to invite the next one to dinner. Along comes an escaped chimpanzee.

1965-10-31T00:00:00Z

1x13 Rambling Robot

1x13 Rambling Robot

  • 1965-10-31T00:00:00Z7m

A robot built by Junior goes out of control and smashes things in his path. Atom Ant has a hard time smashing the robot then rebuilding it.

1965-10-31T00:00:00Z

1x14 Queen of the Road

1x14 Queen of the Road

  • 1965-10-31T00:00:00Z7m

Granny is crowned "Queen of the Road" despite some cheating competition. Granny and Pupp are building a fast car to race with. They need the prize money. Two crooks want to win the money, too, and they're willing to do anything crooked to win. Granny has a trick up her sleeve: an eight-barrel carburetor. Her car is so fast that it knocks two minutes off the world record.

1965-10-31T00:00:00Z

1x15 Anglers Aweigh

1x15 Anglers Aweigh

  • 1965-10-31T00:00:00Z7m

Maw sends Paw to catch a catfish for their dinner and gets more than he bargins for when he runs into Ol' Whiskers.

1965-11-07T01:00:00Z

1x16 Nobody's Fool

1x16 Nobody's Fool

  • 1965-11-07T01:00:00Z7m

Two thugs operate in a robbery while their accomplice Anastasia Antnic waylays Atom Ant, but she turns against the thugs.

1965-11-07T01:00:00Z

1x17 Next of Kin

1x17 Next of Kin

  • 1965-11-07T01:00:00Z7m

Granny gets a letter in the mail with a big box. Her aunt has left her everything in a will, including a big bulldog. Granny must humor the bulldog and have perfect harmony, or else she will lose everything in the will. The bulldog takes an immediate dislike for Precious Pupp.

The bears go for a walk while waiting for their grits to cool off. Meanwhile, movie star Goldy Looks has a flat tire and wanders into the bears' house, where she eats their grits and lies in their beds. When they return, Goldy gets a great idea for a movie and brings them back to Hollywood.

1965-11-14T01:00:00Z

1x19 Atom Ant Meets Karate Ant

A criminal and his partner Muscles send an ant called Mr. Muto to take care of Atom Ant, but they get into a friendly chat instead.

1965-11-14T01:00:00Z

1x20 Bowling Pinned

1x20 Bowling Pinned

  • 1965-11-14T01:00:00Z7m

Precious helps Granny become a bowling champion.

1965-11-14T01:00:00Z

1x21 Picnic Panicked

1x21 Picnic Panicked

  • 1965-11-14T01:00:00Z7m

At the annual Hog Woller country picnic, whoever catches the prettiest girl gets to marry her. Neighbor Clod Hopper chases Floral, hoping to share her picnic basket, although Paw is not ready to let his little girl enter the race. Paw chases Clod.

1965-11-21T01:00:00Z

1x22 Fastest Ant in the West

1x22 Fastest Ant in the West

  • 1965-11-21T01:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant is summoned by a town Sheriff to take care of the outlaw Rowdy Dowdy, who isn't giving up easily.

1965-11-21T01:00:00Z

1x23 Poodle Pandemonium

1x23 Poodle Pandemonium

  • 1965-11-21T01:00:00Z7m

Precious Pupp and the Bulldog next door both fall in love with the French Poodle that moves into the neighborhood. They both do their best to win the heart of their new neighbor.

1965-11-21T01:00:00Z

1x24 Judo Kudos

1x24 Judo Kudos

  • 1965-11-21T01:00:00Z7m

Sumo the Japanese fighting bear is on his way to the circus when he falls out of the truck when it hits a bump. Sumo helps Paw Rugg learn karate so he can use it on his rival, Claude Hopper.

1965-11-28T01:00:00Z

1x25 Mistaken Identity

1x25 Mistaken Identity

  • 1965-11-28T01:00:00Z7m

Ferocious Flea takes Atom Ant's identity and sets him up for robberies. Atom Ant unmasks Ferocious in his latest heist.

1965-11-28T01:00:00Z

1x26 Dog Tracks

1x26 Dog Tracks

  • 1965-11-28T01:00:00Z7m

Granny buys Precious Pupp a new dog license so the dogcatcher won’t bother him anymore.

1965-11-28T01:00:00Z

1x27 Courtin' Disaster

1x27 Courtin' Disaster

  • 1965-11-28T01:00:00Z7m

The Hoppers call a truce over their feuding to let their son, Claude Hopper, go courting with the Ruggs' daughter, Floral Rugg; Paw doesn't take lightly to the situation.

1965-12-05T01:00:00Z

1x28 How Now Bow Wow

1x28 How Now Bow Wow

  • 1965-12-05T01:00:00Z7m

Ferocious Flea and Bone Brains steal a first prize dog from a dog show. Atom gets the two out of the way and returns the dog.

1965-12-05T01:00:00Z

1x29 Sub-Marooned

1x29 Sub-Marooned

  • 1965-12-05T01:00:00Z7m

Granny Sweet and Precious Pupp head for the beach to go surfing. A Russian submarine under the control of Captain Kook spots her antics and decides to steal her surfboard thinking it's a secret weapon.

1965-12-05T01:00:00Z

1x30 Just Plane Around

1x30 Just Plane Around

  • 1965-12-05T01:00:00Z7m

Experimental plane X-Ray-X lands near the Rugg house and Paw goes for an unexpected ride with agent 00700 and his pal who are trying to steal the plane.

1965-12-12T01:00:00Z

1x31 Dragon Master

1x31 Dragon Master

  • 1965-12-12T01:00:00Z7m

Dr. Strange puts Atom Ant in a time machine taking him to the Arthurian Times. Atom Ant saves the kingdom from a dragon before returning to his time.

1965-12-12T01:00:00Z

1x32 Lady Bugged

1x32 Lady Bugged

  • 1965-12-12T01:00:00Z7m

A crook disguises himself as a little old lady when he hears that Granny Sweet won sweepstakes that are worth $500,000 dollars, but he can't fool Precious.

1965-12-12T01:00:00Z

1x33 War Games

1x33 War Games

  • 1965-12-12T01:00:00Z7m

Top-secret war games are happening in the mountains and when Paw plans to feud with the Hoppers, he finds himself in the war games, mistaking the army for the Hoppers.

1965-12-19T01:00:00Z

1x34 The Big Gimmick

1x34 The Big Gimmick

  • 1965-12-19T01:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant battles Dr. Von Gimmick in his gigantic robot. Dr. Von Gimmick attempts to get the ant out of the way with his one weakness: A picnic.

1965-12-19T01:00:00Z

1x35 Test in The West

1x35 Test in The West

  • 1965-12-19T01:00:00Z7m

Granny and Precious are out west when they stop in a deserted little town for a tutti-frutti ice cream. The sheriff warns them to turn back, as Big Chief Flip Top is on the loose.

1965-12-19T01:00:00Z

1x36 Bricker Brats

1x36 Bricker Brats

  • 1965-12-19T01:00:00Z7m

When the Ruggs and the Hoppers stop feuding, The Hoppers' youngest son keeps teasing Shag about Paw, so Shag gets revenge on him which ticks off Clod Hopper, so he gets even Paw every time.

1965-12-26T01:00:00Z

1x37 Super Blooper

1x37 Super Blooper

  • 1965-12-26T01:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant assists the actor playing Super Guy to make him look genuine in front of the public, especially dealing with a bank robbery.

1965-12-26T01:00:00Z

1x38 Bones and Groans

1x38 Bones and Groans

  • 1965-12-26T01:00:00Z7m

Granny Sweet goes shopping and gives Precious Pupp a big bone to keep him happy and busy while she is gone. Brutus the Bulldog decides he wants the bone and the battle is on.

1965-12-26T01:00:00Z

1x39 Slap Happy Grandpappy

1x39 Slap Happy Grandpappy

  • 1965-12-26T01:00:00Z7m

Grandpa Rugg comes for a visit much to the excitement of Shag and Floral. Grandpa wants to shoot some Hoppers not knowing that Paw has just ended the feud with them.

1966-01-02T01:00:00Z

1x40 Wild Wild Ants

1x40 Wild Wild Ants

  • 1966-01-02T01:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant battles the Anthill Mob on a picnic raid, until they're resigned to join Atom in his fitness club.

1966-01-02T01:00:00Z

1x41 Girl Whirl

1x41 Girl Whirl

  • 1966-01-02T01:00:00Z7m

Both Precious and Bruiser vie for the attention for the same female poodle dog by posing as superheroes because she appears to have a crush on Marvel Mutt, a canine superhero on T.V.

1966-01-02T01:00:00Z

1x42 Do The Bear

1x42 Do The Bear

  • 1966-01-02T01:00:00Z7m

Maw tries to wake up Paw from his between-naps rest period so he can go to the store for her. Some music producers offer Paw a lifetime music contract after hearing him play the guitar in the store.

1966-01-09T01:00:00Z

1x43 Dina-Sore

1x43 Dina-Sore

  • 1966-01-09T01:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant takes on a museum dinosaur, which has become animated by a bolt of lightning until the beast is driven out to sea.

1966-01-09T01:00:00Z

1x44 Butterfly Nut

1x44 Butterfly Nut

  • 1966-01-09T01:00:00Z7m

Precious and Granny Sweet head out to the country to look for butterflies for her collection. Precious digs up a tin box full of money left by a pair of crooks who had buried it. They come back to find Precious guarding it.

1966-01-09T01:00:00Z

1x45 Pooped Pops

1x45 Pooped Pops

  • 1966-01-09T01:00:00Z7m

It's July and time for Paw's yearly bath. When he's finished Maw makes Paw play a Robin Hood game with Shag even though he is very tired.

1966-01-16T01:00:00Z

1x46 Amusement Park Amazement

1x46 Amusement Park Amazement

  • 1966-01-16T01:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant holds off Dr. Von Gimmick's dangerous weaponry and finally gets him to build the amusement park he intended to construct.

1966-01-16T01:00:00Z

1x47 Precious' Bone

1x47 Precious' Bone

  • 1966-01-16T01:00:00Z7m

Mr. Green gives Precious a new bone from the meat market and Brutus wants to take Precious' bone away from him.

1966-01-16T01:00:00Z

1x48 Leaky Creek

1x48 Leaky Creek

  • 1966-01-16T01:00:00Z7m

Ma wants Paw to go clean himself in the creek. He discovers that the water in the creek has dried up due to a beaver building a dam.

1966-01-23T01:00:00Z

1x49 Bully For Atom Ant

1x49 Bully For Atom Ant

  • 1966-01-23T01:00:00Z7m

On a vacation in Mexico, Atom Ant helps a man named Chicken Enchilada to fight in a bullfight in order to win the hand in marriage of his beloved Conchita.

1966-01-23T01:00:00Z

1x50 The Bird Watcher

1x50 The Bird Watcher

  • 1966-01-23T01:00:00Z7m

Granny Sweet agrees to watch a pet bird for her friend Mrs. Brown while she is out of town. While Granny takes Mrs. Brown to the train, Precious Pupp is put in charge of the bird and has to protect it from an overzealous and very hungry cat.

1966-01-23T01:00:00Z

1x51 My Fair Hillbilly

1x51 My Fair Hillbilly

  • 1966-01-23T01:00:00Z7m

Maw is tired of Paw being such a slob so she sends him to the J.P. Snobbs School of Charm and they try to turn Paw into a gentleman.

1966-01-30T01:00:00Z

1x52 Termighty Mean

1x52 Termighty Mean

  • 1966-01-30T01:00:00Z7m

Dr. Von Gimmick assigns Atom Ant to capture his escaped super eating termite Godzilla. Atom Ant manages to tame the termite with a stick of bubble gum.

1966-01-30T01:00:00Z

1x53 Pup, Skip and Jump

1x53 Pup, Skip and Jump

  • 1966-01-30T01:00:00Z7m

Precious is living a life of ease with Granny until a freezing puppy shows up at the door. Granny takes the little fellow in and leaves him with Precious as she makes a trip to the store. The puppy cleans up all the food, and Precious is blamed.

1966-01-30T01:00:00Z

1x54 Rickety Rockety Racoon

1x54 Rickety Rockety Racoon

  • 1966-01-30T01:00:00Z7m

Paw battles with Rickety Raccoon after he steals eggs from the hen house.

1966-02-06T01:00:00Z

1x55 Nine Strikes You're Out

1x55 Nine Strikes You're Out

  • 1966-02-06T01:00:00Z7m

Mad scientist J. Dastardly Deeds clones himself eight times with the aid of a cat's mythical nine lives, and Atom Ant takes them out.

1966-02-06T01:00:00Z

1x56 Dog Trained

1x56 Dog Trained

  • 1966-02-06T01:00:00Z7m

Granny and Precious have boarded a train for Juniper Junction for a day of camping fun, but the conductor takes Precious away from Granny to be placed in another car where all the animals board. The conductor tries his best to make life bad for our Precious, but he's in for a real surprise when Precious has a plan of his own and outsmarts him with hilarious results.

1966-02-06T01:00:00Z

1x57 Modern Inconvenience

1x57 Modern Inconvenience

  • 1966-02-06T01:00:00Z7m

Maw and Paw are selected as the Hillbilly family of the month by Good Hillbillying Magazine and are given every modern convenience for one month.

1966-02-13T01:00:00Z

1x58 Go West Young Ant

1x58 Go West Young Ant

  • 1966-02-13T01:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant assists soldier ants in a battle against a red ant tribe. Atom Ant challenges the chieftain's son to a settle a peace between the ant divisions.

1966-02-13T01:00:00Z

1x59 Oliver Twisted

1x59 Oliver Twisted

  • 1966-02-13T01:00:00Z7m

Precious and Granny Sweet are in London where Granny Sweet snaps pictures of the sights to send the pictures to family members while Precious gets lost chasing a cat and meets a pickpocket and his group of dog pickpockets.

1966-02-13T01:00:00Z

1x60 Rabbit Rumble

1x60 Rabbit Rumble

  • 1966-02-13T01:00:00Z7m

Paw and Shag must bring back a rabbit for dinner, but they encounter a boxing kangaroo and mistakes him for a giant rabbit.

Season Premiere

1966-09-11T00:00:00Z

2x01 Knight Fight

Season Premiere

2x01 Knight Fight

  • 1966-09-11T00:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant flies back in time with his time machine. He finds a charming princess about to be forced into marriage by the Black Knight. When he is challenged to a duel by the knight, he beats him and wins the hand of the princess.

1966-09-11T00:00:00Z

2x02 Ski Sickness

2x02 Ski Sickness

  • 1966-09-11T00:00:00Z7m

Precious Pupp and Granny Sweet enter a "Big Ski Race," which is open to all skiers. When they register for the run, Precious runs into a big bully intent on beating them.

1966-09-11T00:00:00Z

2x03 Saucy Saucers

2x03 Saucy Saucers

  • 1966-09-11T00:00:00Z7m

A flying saucer with two Martians on board invade the bears' territory. They tie a rope to Paw and, hanging him under their saucer, fly to Mars. On Mars, they run him through a "Smart Machine." Paw becomes an electronic monster, steals their flying saucer and flies home. He lights up so brightly that Maw puts him under a lampshade and uses him for a table lamp.

1966-09-18T00:00:00Z

2x04 Pteraducktyl Soup

2x04 Pteraducktyl Soup

  • 1966-09-18T00:00:00Z7m

A professor at National Laboratory has invented a new serum- one that brings 'em back to life. He injects a preserved prehistoric bird, and it comes to life... only it grows to giant size and keeps growing, stepping on people and stomping bridges. The mayor sends for Atom Ant, but the professor and the bird are "birds of a feather" and stick together.

1966-09-18T00:00:00Z

2x05 Pot-Time Work

2x05 Pot-Time Work

  • 1966-09-18T00:00:00Z7m

Precious Pupp and Granny Sweet are on vacation. Granny is heating up a big pot of food for their dinner. A cannibal in the bushes has other ideas: he plans on them for his dinner. When he finally does capture them and Granny offers to share what she is cooking, he runs for his life.

1966-09-18T00:00:00Z

2x06 Whirly Bear

2x06 Whirly Bear

  • 1966-09-18T00:00:00Z7m

Ma wants Paw to fix the windmill, but when he tries to fix it, he rides off on the wind propeller by a strong wind and he has himself a flying adventure.

1966-09-25T00:00:00Z

2x07 Up in the Air Squares

2x07 Up in the Air Squares

  • 1966-09-25T00:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant must stop Toadstool from stealing the city's most important buildings.

1966-09-25T00:00:00Z

2x08 A Grapple for the Teacher

2x08 A Grapple for the Teacher

  • 1966-09-25T00:00:00Z7m

Granny Sweet is forced to enroll Precious Pupp in an obedience school to avoid being sued by the postman.

1966-09-25T00:00:00Z

2x09 Speckled Heckler

2x09 Speckled Heckler

  • 1966-09-25T00:00:00Z7m

When an experienced hunter comes to the hills offering a reward for a speckled butterfly, the Hillbilly Bears try to capture the local pest for the reward.

1966-10-02T00:00:00Z

2x10 Mouse Rouser

2x10 Mouse Rouser

  • 1966-10-02T00:00:00Z7m

A mean old cat isn't satisfied with just catching a mouse. He ties it to a target and throws darts at it as a game... till Atom Ant gets into the picture.

1966-10-02T00:00:00Z

2x11 A Fiend in Need

2x11 A Fiend in Need

  • 1966-10-02T00:00:00Z7m

Dr. Frightenstein needs a brain for his new monstrous creation. His faithful servant thinks that Precious Pupp's brain is the perfect candidate.

1966-10-02T00:00:00Z

2x12 Chipper Chirper

2x12 Chipper Chirper

  • 1966-10-02T00:00:00Z7m

Paw's out hunting a meal for dinner when Maw's pet bird gets out of its cage and runs away.

1966-10-09T00:00:00Z

2x13 Killer-Diller Gorilla

2x13 Killer-Diller Gorilla

  • 1966-10-09T00:00:00Z7m

Kong is on the loose, wrecking buildings (he "peels" a skyscraper like a banana) and tearing up bridges. This is Atom Ant's greatest challenge ever.

1966-10-09T00:00:00Z

2x14 Mascot Massacre

2x14 Mascot Massacre

  • 1966-10-09T00:00:00Z7m

The local baseball team is advertising for a new mascot. Granny urges Precious Pupp to try out. He ends up playing ball instead and saves the team.

1966-10-09T00:00:00Z

2x15 Gettin' Paw's Goat

2x15 Gettin' Paw's Goat

  • 1966-10-09T00:00:00Z7m

Paw's turnip patch is being raided by a troublesome goat. When Paw fails to get rid of the goat, Maw mixes up some cooked turnips with hot sauce in them.

1966-10-16T00:00:00Z

2x16 Rock-A-Bye Boo-Boo

2x16 Rock-A-Bye Boo-Boo

  • 1966-10-16T00:00:00Z7m

Atom Ant keeps a village safe from a Roc and her egg. The Roc ceases her attacks when her egg hatches.

1966-10-16T00:00:00Z

2x17 A.M. Mayhem

2x17 A.M. Mayhem

  • 1966-10-16T00:00:00Z7m

Granny is watching an old Dracula movie on TV. Precious Pupp is hiding in the wastebasket. Granny sleepwalks.

1966-10-16T00:00:00Z

2x18 Buzzin' Cuzzins

2x18 Buzzin' Cuzzins

  • 1966-10-16T00:00:00Z7m

Paw's cousin Fud sends a telegram saying he is going to stop in for a visit since they have never met. Meanwhile, Gorzo the Wild Man escapes from a truck delivering him to the circus and is mistaken for cousin Fud when he shows up at the cabin.

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