Bonkers

Bonkers
Premiere	February 28, 1993
Finale	February 23, 1994
Creator	Duane Capizzi & Robert Hathcock
Network/Provider	Disney Channel (first 9 episodes), syndication (The Disney Afternoon)
Style	30-minute animated comedy
Company	Walt Disney Television Animation
Seasons	2
Episodes	65
Origin	USA

Bonkers is an animated comedy that aired on Disney Channel for one ”preview season” and in syndication for one season.

Overview

The starring character, Bonkers D. Bobcat, first appeared in a series of shorts originally airing as a cornerstone of anthology series Raw Toonage. These shorts were eventually also included in the second season of Bonkers, creating four half-hour episodes.

However, the Bonkers series had been in production prior to the conception of Raw Toonage – its concept was similar to that of feature film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, with Bonkers D. Bobcat, a cartoon character (a ”toon”), working alongside a human character. However - unlike the Roger Rabbit movie, the humans of Bonkers were also animated, although in a slightly less colorfull manner, in order to distinguish them from the ”toons”.

Bonkers began to air on Disney Channel in the spring of 1993, with episodes starring Bonkers as a police officer, working with Officer Miranda Wright. Due to creative difficulties, the original pairing of Bonkers and Wright was however halted after 9 episodes had aired and 10 more had been produced. These 19 episodes are here referred to as season 1.

In the fall of 1993, a re-worked Bonkers premiered on The Disney Afternoon. The two-part pilot tells the story of how Bonkers was fired as a cartoon actor, and got to work with the Hollywood Police Department, paired with Officer Lucky Piquel. After 21 ”Piquel episodes” having aired, the episode New Partners on the Block told the story of how Piquel is transfered to FBI, and Miranda Wright becoming Bonkers new partner. Then followed the "season 1" episodes. With all 19 Wright episodes aired, the series closed with 20 unaired episodes starring Piquel.

Thus, while the Wright episodes were the first to be produced, within the chronology of the series, they take place after the Piquel episodes (i.e. "season 1" occurs after "season 2" within the series fictional universe).

The original concept, the Miranda Wright episodes/"season 1", were created and produced by Duane Capizzi & Robert Hathcock, and the 42 Lucky Piquel episodes ("season 2") were produced by Robert Taylor. The 12 shorts (airing as 4 episodes, mixed into the Piquel range) were produced by Larry Latham.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast		1	2
Jim Cummings	Bonkers D. Bobcat	*	*
	Lucky Piquel		*
	Bulldog	o
Karla DeVito	Miranda Wright	*	o
Earl Boen	Leonard Kanifky	o	*
Orange/Red/o indicates a recurring or guest role during that season. Dark Green indicates top billing during that season.
Supporting/Recurring Cast		1	2
Joe Alaskey	Flaps	*
	Additional voices		*
Jeff Bennett	Jitters A. Dog	*	*
	Roderick Lizzard	*
	Bullfrog	*
Rodger Bumpass	Grumbles Grizzly	*	*
Corey Burton	Ludwig Von Drake	*	*
	The Mad Hatter		*
	Mr. Doodles		*
William Callaway	Additional voices	*	*
Dorian Harewood	Officer Stark	*
	Additional voices		*
Sherry Lynn	Additional voices	*
	Marilyn Piquel		*
Tress MacNeille	Additional voices	*
	Francine Kanifky		*
Rita Moreno	Tanya Trunk	*	*
Ron Perlman	Francis Q. Grating	*	*
Hal Rayle	Additional voices	*	*
Jon Bauman	Bullfinch	*
Eileen Brennan	Lilith DuPrave	*
Bill Farmer	Goofy	*
Pat Fraley	Bucky Buzzsaw	*
	Wild Man Wyatt	*
Maurice LaMarche	Tuttle Turtle	*
	Mr. Blackenblue	*
Rene Levant	Officer Dennis	*
Sam McMurray	Additional voices	*
Bob Ridgely	Al Vermin	*
Roger Rose	Ranger Roger	*
Neil Ross	Additional voices	*
Charlie Adler	Police Light		*
Jack Angel	Scribble		*
Michael Bell	The Collector		*
Gregg Berger	Additional voices		*
S. Scott Bullock	Additional voices		*
Nancy Cartwright	Fawn Deer		*
Jesse Corti	March Hare		*
David Doyle	W.W. Wacky		*
Brad Garrett	Additional voices		*
Jess Harnell	Additional voices		*
Tino Insana	Additional voices		*
Rob Paulsen	Additional voices		*
Frank Welker	Fall-Apart Rabbit		*
	Broderick		*
	Toots		*
	Fluffy		*
April Winchell	Dyl Piquel		*

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale				#
Disney Channel / Syndication
Season One	February 28, 1993	October 29, 1993				19
Syndication
Season Two	September 4, 1993	February 23, 1994				46

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

There are no DVD releases for this show.