Police Academy (animated series)

Television series
German title	Police Academy
Original title	Police Academy
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	1988-1989
length	25 minutes
Episodes	65 in 2 seasons
genre	Children's series , comedy
idea	Paul Maslansky
music	Scott Thomas Canfield
First broadcast	September 1, 1988 - September 2, 1989 on CBS
German-language first broadcast	January 1, 1991 on Sat.1
synchronization

Police Academy is an animated series from 1988 that builds on the film series of the same name .

content

A group of nine cadets from the Police College, led by Carey Mahoney, make life difficult for their instructor Captain Harris and his assistant Sgt. Proctor. The sympathies of the dreamy Commander Eric Lassard, who heads the academy, lie more with the cadets. At the same time, the police officers solve a wide variety of criminal cases.

A completely new character is the professor who equips the police officers with technical finesse so that they are armed against bad guys. Another adaptation is also the bad guys, who have bold names like Numbskull, The Claw and Kingpin. Each episode ends with a safety tip for the watching children.

Production and publication

The series was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions and Warner Bros. Television in 1988 and directed by Ron Oliver and Allan Harmon. The screenwriter was Bruce Shelly.

The Columbia Broadcasting System broadcast the series from September 1, 1988 to September 2, 1989 in the United States. The series was translated into Italian, among other things, and the German version was first shown on January 1, 1991 by Sat.1 . In 1994 it ran at ProSieben . From 1999 to 2004 it was broadcast a total of nine times, including seven on Junior .

characters

The characters in the series correspond to those in the 4th film , which was released in 1987. The series was released in the following two years. Characters from later films such as B. Nick Lassard does not appear.

The appearing figures are:

• Carey Mahoney : the team leader and heartthrob.
• Larvell Jones : friend of Mahoney with the ability to imitate any sound.
• Carl Sweetchuck : a very frightened little cop with glasses. His partner is Zed.
• Zed McGlunk : little red-haired policeman who stands out for his uncultivated demeanor.
• Moses Hightower : the tallest and strongest of the cops. On many missions and actions he has a partner, Laverne Hooks.
• Laverne Hooks : she is small and speaks in a squeaky voice. Mostly it is more passive, but always prevails in difficult situations.
• Thomas Conklin "House" : a fat policeman with constant hunger. The only one in the group without a partner.
• Eugene Tackleberry : he wears a motorcycle helmet with sunglasses and always carries his weapon with him. His partner is Debbie Callahan.
• Debbie Callahan : She is tall and has blonde hair that is always worn up. Like her partner Tackleberry, she mostly walks around in sunglasses.
• Thaddeus Harris : the internal police opponent and merciless careerist.
• Proctor : Harris's loyal assistant.
• Eric Lassard : the dispersed commandant of the police school.

None of the actors in the films appeared as speakers for the respective characters.

synchronization

role	English speaker	German speaker
Captain Harris	Len Carlson	Eberhard Prüter
Zed	Dan Hennessey	Santiago Ziesmer
Eugene Tackleberry	Dan Hennessey	Karl Schulz
Sweetchuck	Howard Morris	Wilfried Herbst
The professor	Howard Morris	???
Larvell Jones	Greg Morton	Sven Hasper
Moses Hightower	Greg Morton	Marlin Wick
Anchor	Suzette Myers	???
House	Don Francks	Tom Deininger
Proctor	Don Francks	???
Laverne hooks	Denise Pidgeon	???
Debbie Callahan	Denise Pidgeon	???
Carey Mahoney	Ron Rubin	Frank Schröder
Bill	Noam Zylberman	???
Bobby	Noam Zylberman	???
Eric Lassard	Tedd Dillon	???
Mauser	Rex Hagon	???

Episodes

Web links

• Police Academy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• For more information on the Big Cartoon Database (English)
• Information and episode guides for the German translation