Tom Terrific/At a Glance

Tom Terrific story arcs

Season 1

1. The Nasty Knight - Tom and Manfred go back to Medieval Days to help frail Sir Feeble Fred fight a nasty black knight and win the hand of a princess.
2. The Pill of Smartness - Tom and Manfred race Crabby Appleton in locating an artifact that will make whoever swallows it the smartest person in the world.
3. Sweet Tooth Sam, The Candy Bandit - Tom and Manfred track down Sweet Tooth Sam and try to break his candy-stealing habit.
4. Snowy Picture - Tom's Eskimo fans have trouble receiving him on TV, so he and Manfred travel to New York City and right the network transmitter tower.
5. Crabby Appleton's Dragon - Crabby Appleton ("he's rotten to the core") sends a remote-controlled dragon out to intercept sea-bound Tom and Manfred, who have a valuable pearl in their possession.
6. Captain Kidney Bean - Tom and Manfred infiltrate Captain Kidney Bean's ship in an attempt to preempt his pillaging of a village.
7. The Gravity Maker - Manfred answers an ad from scientist Isotope Feeney to be a regular do-nothing dog, only he winds up as the guinea pig for Feeney's gravity ray.
8. Scrambled Dinosaur Eggs - Tom and Manfred travel back to prehistoric days in search of an egg to bring back for the museum.
9. Who Stole the North Pole? - Crabby Appleton has stolen the North Pole and is selling segments of it as souvenirs.
10. Instant Tantrums - Mr. Instant creates a powder that sends children into tantrum fits.
11. Track Meet, Well Done - Tom helps a group of kids gain confidence against a bully by staging a track meet.
12. The Great Calendar Mystery - Crabby Appleton gets a job at Nathaniel Annual's calendar factory and steals all the weekends and holidays.
13. Elephants Stew - Tom and Manfred encounter an out-of-sorts elephant who can't remember anything and elephants are not supposed to forget.

Season 2

1. The Missing Mail Mystery - Crabby Appleton is stealing Tom's fan mail.
2. The Prince Frog - A witch sends Tom and Manfred on a quest for three objects; in return the witch will turn a prince back into a frog.
3. Isotope Feeney's Foolish Fog - Isotope Feeney creates a formula from pointless items and forms a fog that turns anybody it runs through stupid.
4. Moon Over Manfred - Tom and Manfred venture to the moon and discover that the Man In The Moon is quitting because he's tired of being buzzed by satellites.
5. Go West, Young Manfred - Tom and Manfred go to the Old West where they help the lone survivor of an Indian attack to the California Gold Rush.
6. The Silly Sandman - All the children in the world are cranky from lack of sleep, due to the Sandman taking a vacation.
7. Crabby Park - Crabby Appleton develops a private park with stolen trees, and nobody is invited.
8. The Million Manfred Mystery - Aliens mistake Manfred as Tom and set about using him as a model to turn themselves into Manfred as they visit the Earth.
9. The Flying Sorcerer - A flying sorcerer poses a riddle to Tom and Manfred, who are trying to help a genie return to his lamp but can't until the person who rubbed the lamp uses his last wish.
10. The Big Dog Show-Off - Tom enters Manfred in a dog show. Crabby Appleton enters disguised as a dog in an attempt to sabotage Manfred's chances.
11. The End of Rainbows - Tom and Manfred travel across the country to search more colors for rainbow painter Rembrandt Van Rainbow.
12. Robins Nest Crusoe - Tom and Manfred travel to the bottom of the sea where they help Robins Nest Crusoe get his baseball uniforms and field his baseball team.
13. The Everlasting Birthday Present - All of Tom's villains join Crabby in celebrating his birthday in perpetuity, thanks to a record that repeats itself and time continuously.

Theme songs

Tom Terrific theme (season 1)

Tom Terrific: I'm Tom Terrific, greatest hero ever

Terrific is the name for me 'cause I'm so clever

I can be what I wanna be, and if you'd like to see

Follow, come follow me

If you see a plane on high

A diesel train go roaring by

A bumblebee or a tree...it's me!

When there is trouble, I'm there on the double

From Atlantic to Pacific, they know Tom Terrific!

Manfred: A-a-and, I'm Mighty Manfred, the wonder dog, and Tom's ever-faithful companion.

Tom Terrific theme (season 2)

Tom Terrific: I'm Tom Terrific, great adventure lover

With Mighty Manfred at my side, villains run for cover

I can be anything, you see, change my shape most readily

How I do it puzzles me

If you see a rocket blast

A sailing ship go sailing past

A little flea, a golden key...it's me!

All kinds of fun things, I'm never just one thing

T-E-R-R-ific, my name's Tom Terrific!

Manfred: A-a-and, I'm Mighty Manfred, the wonder dog, and Tom's ever-faithful companion.

Crabby Appleton, theme 1

My name is Crabby Appleton and I am really awful

It titillates me funny bone to do a deed unlawful

I'm fond of gloom, impending doom, I think good deeds are sappy

I laugh with glee, it pleases me when everyone's unhappy

Crabby Appleton, theme 2

My name is Crabby Appleton, I'm rotten to the core

I do a bad deed every day and sometimes three or four

I can't stand fun for anyone, I think good deeds are sappy

I laugh with glee, it pleases me when everyone's unhappy

Mighty Manfred

I'm Mighty Manfred, (duh!) the Wonder Dog

Noble strain, able brain, that's me

Fast and fleet of feet, danger is my meat

I'm fearless, brave as any hound can be

I'm Mighty Manfred, (duh!) the Wonder Dog

Tried and true, handsome, too, this I know

There's just no dog like me, it's true because you see

Tom Terrific (oomph!) told me so!