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C.O.P.S.: Season 1

65 episodes Premiered Oct 5, 1988
Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E5 Core

The Case of the Bogus Justice Machines

Sep 30, 1988

The C.O.P.S. are endangered of being replaced by a new brand of crime fighting robots known as The Instant Justice Machines, which proves to be much better in handling law enforcem

S1·E6 Core

The Case of the Prison Break-In

Oct 14, 1988

Rock Krusher has taken over Graystone Prison and plans on using a large device known as The Neutron Pulverizer to disintegrate City Hall unless demands are met by 6:00 pm. Bowser,

S1·E7 Core

The Case of the Pardner in Crime

Oct 11, 1988

Johnny Uma , the ex-partner of Sundown, escapes from prison and plans a heist on the Silver Bullet Train.

S1·E8 Core

The Case of C.O.P.S. File #1 (1)

Nov 21, 1988

Agent Vess comes to Empire City following a series of crimes and is severely injured by the Big Boss and his Henchmen.

S1·E10 Core

The Case of the Blur Bandits

Oct 11, 1988

Dr. Badvibes has designed a series of speed suits that will make Big Boss's criminals difficult to catch by the C.O.P.S team.

S1·E12 Core

The Case of the Blitz Attack

Sep 21, 1988

Dr. BadVibes created a dog whistle-like device and used it on Blitz, forcing him to ruin the efforts of the C.O.P.S. team to perform their duties. Both Bowser and Mainframe must fi

S1·E13 Core

The Case of the Baby Badguy

Sep 19, 1988

A small midget-size man known as The Baby Badguy and his 2 henchmen poses as orphaned babies to get into the newly opened Empire City Orphanage to take over the place and used it a

S1·E14 Core

The Case of the Thieving Robots

Oct 3, 1988

Dr. BadVibes decides to toy around with the idea of creating toy size robots and programmed them to steal items from the homes of the children who own them. Brian O'Malley gets one

S1·E15 Core

The Case of the Highway Robbery

Sep 22, 1988

Mayor Davis is enraged when his Limousine gets stolen by Nightshade and Squeeky Kleen who are planning on converting it into Big Boss' own personal limousine look-a-like along with

S1·E16 Core

The Case of the Crime Convention

Oct 18, 1988

Big Boss stage a special Crooks Convention in Empire City where he plans on giving out The Criminal of The Year Award to one lucky crook. Buttons McBoomBoom and Berserko both duke

S1·E18 Core

The Case of the Super Shakedown

Oct 20, 1988

Dr. BadVibes created an earthquake device known as The Ground Shaker for Big Boss who plans on using this device to level the city to the ground unless his demands for the city are

S1·E19 Core

The Case of the Criminal Mall

Sep 29, 1988

Mainframe, Bowser, and Blitz pays a visit to a large newly opened shopping mall to foil Dr. BadVibes plans to steal a super computer brain to the mall's theft proof security system

S1·E20 Core

The Case of the Big Bad Boxoids

Sep 29, 1988

Three of the best Boxoids (robot boxing suits) have been stolen by Big Boss who plans on using them to steal the mazer melter from a construction site and use it to melt down the E

S1·E21 Core

The Case of the Half-Pint Hero

Oct 19, 1988

In this caper, C.O.P.S. are aided by a very unusual ally - Cindy Johnson as Captain Crimefighter! A little girl in a superhero costume who helps the team capture Rock Krusher, Turb

S1·E22 Core

The Case of the Brilliant Berserko

Nov 7, 1988

Berserko stole a special headband that made him very unusually intelligent when he puts it on his head. In this new form, Berserko makes plans to intelligently trap the C.O.P.S. te

S1·E23 Core

The Case of the Big Frame-Up

Oct 27, 1988

Mickey O'Malley, LongArm's father gets arrested for a crime he didn't commit. He was falsely accused of stealing priceless furs from a warehouse and is sent to prison for it. It's

S1·E24 Core

The Case of the Sinister Spa

Oct 17, 1988

The city's criminals made a spa with device that controls brains, and their first client in the grand opening is the governor.

S1·E25 Core

The Case of the Cool Caveman

Sep 27, 1988

Brian befriends a prehistoric caveman who was frozen in ice since the Ice Age. This spark interest from the Crooks since the caveman bears a striking resemblance to Berserko and is

S1·E26 Core

The Case of the Wayward Whiz Kid

Nov 11, 1988

A boy genius becomes an unwitting pawn in Big Boss' plans to use a computer to break into other computer systems and manipulate them for his own criminal purposes.

S1·E27 Core

The Case of the Stashed Cash

Oct 11, 1988

35 years ago, Mickey O'Malley nabbed one of Empire City's most wanted crooks by the name of Suds Sparko, who secretly hid five million dollars in cold hard cash in a secret locatio

S1·E29 Core

The Case of the Big Boss's Master Plan (2)

Oct 12, 1988

Empire City is plunged into a state of crisis when Big Boss tells everyone that Empire city is all his and he's got the president all lock up tight in a cage. The citizens were for

S1·E30 Core

The Case of the Criminal Games

Jan 16, 1989

Big Boss got some new recruits in his army of Crooks. Louie The Plumber, Hyena, and Bullit meets up with Big Boss with plans to capture one of the members of C.O.P.S. who's none ot

S1·E31 Core

The Case of the Iceberg Pirates

Nov 9, 1988

A huge heatwave hits Empire City and the water supply for the city is nearly depleted. Inspector Yukon of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police offered a huge iceberg to help replenish

S1·E32 Core

The Case of the Giveaway Gold

Feb 3, 1989

Dr. BadVibes has decided to be "generous" and shower down a stock pile of gold coins to the people of Empire City. Unfortunately the gold coins are actually explosives Big Boss pla

S1·E33 Core

The Case of the Big Little Green Men

Nov 3, 1988

The C.O.P.S. team experience an out-of-this-world caper when the Martian gem brought to Earth from Mars gets stolen by Big Boss and his crooks who disguise themselves as space alie

S1·E34 Core

The Case of the Crook with a Conscience

Oct 6, 1988

Ms. Demeanor was ordered by Judge Davis, Mayor Davis' twin brother, to wear a conscience band on her head that tells her whether her actions are either right or wrong. Unfortunatel

S1·E35 Core

The Case of Mace's Romance

Oct 11, 1988

Big Boss wants Nightshade to rob a charity ball, but when she asks for too much money for the job, he blackmails her into doing it for free by kidnapping her sister. When Mace arre

S1·E36 Core

The Case of the Boy Nobody Wanted

Oct 11, 1988

A deaf boy is afraid to tell the COPS team about a crime he witnessed being committed by Turbo Tu-Tone and Rock Krusher.

S1·E37 Core

The Case of the Bogus Bride

Jan 5, 1989

Crooked Wedding bells are ringing as Jamie Wheeler, a con artist, makes plans to marry Berserko as part of a plot to ran off with a horde of stolen gold bars stashed away at a hote

S1·E38 Core

The Case of the Visiting Mother

Oct 11, 1988

Big Momma paid her son, Big Boss a visit in Empire City to accompany him to an auction brought on by Commissioner Highwaters to raise money for charity. Big Boss had to struggle to

S1·E39 Core

The Case of the Ghost Crooks

Oct 11, 1988

Big Boss and his pals steal remote control suits and use them for crimes such as bank robbery, which convince people that ghosts are doing the stealing, which is what Big Boss want

S1·E40 Core

The Case of the Lying Lie Detector

Oct 11, 1988

Blitz can detect lies with great accuracy and barks whenever he hears a lie. However, Blitz was installed (by the crooks) with a device that causes him to do the opposite of what h

S1·E41 Core

The Case of the Disappearing Dough

Oct 11, 1988

Big Boss hatches a plot to destroy all the currency in Empire City and replace them with his own counterfeit "Boss Bucks."

S1·E42 Core

The Case of Mukluk's Luck

Oct 11, 1988

Checkpoint teams up with Inspector Yukon to capture a tricky Canadian thief named Mukluk who has arrived in Empire City.

S1·E44 Core

The Case of the Rock and Roll Robbers

Oct 11, 1988

Dr. BadVibes created musical instruments that hypnotize concert goers so that his pals can rob them of their valuables and formed a rock band he calls The Bad News featuring Berser

S1·E45 Core

The Case of the Boy who Cried Sea Monster

Oct 11, 1988

Brian thought he saw a sea monster. He has. A Mechanical sea monster made by Dr. BadVibes to help the crooks with another one of Big Boss' schemes.

S1·E46 Core

The Case of the Runaway Buzzbomb

Nov 2, 1988

Big Boss hurt Buzzbomb's feelings so bad that Buzzbomb have decided to runaway. He is joined by Highway's niece who is also running away too for something she's afraid her uncle wo

S1·E48 Core

The Case of the Lesser of Two Weevils

Oct 25, 1988

The Bugman escapes from prison when his prized weevil Gaylord is brainwashed and bugnapped by his arch nemesis Boll Weevil.

S1·E49 Core

The Case of the Big Boss's Bye-Bye

Oct 11, 1988

Sometimes Big Boss likes to take advantage of the city's problems and uses it to his own advantage. Empire City is having lots of financial troubles and Mayor Davis has declared th

S1·E50 Core

The Case of the Iron C.O.P. and the Wooden Crooks

Oct 11, 1988

A few months after "The Case of the Bogus Justice Machines,"Justice Machine Jim begins his first day on the job as a police officer. That's when Dr. Badvibes gains control over Jim

S1·E51 Core

The Case of the Midas Touch

Nov 16, 1988

Squeeky Kleen wound up having a special "Midas" glove device get stuck on one of his hands, changing everything and everyone to gold (including Big Boss and Dr. BadVibes). He went

S1·E52 Core

The Case of the Ready Room Mutiny

Oct 11, 1988

Bulletproof had to go away. So he puts Sundown in charge of the entire C.O.P.S. team, who has a very low approval rating for Sundown's leadership.

S1·E53 Core

The Case of the High Iron Hoods

Nov 18, 1988

Big Boss' attempts to build the tallest skyscraper in the world. Meanwhile, one C.O.P.S. officer thinks another C.O.P.S. officer is betraying him.

S1·E54 Core

The Case of the Kidnapped Kangaroo Caper

Nov 17, 1988

Sundown had to go after Rock Krusher and Louie the Plumber, who not only kidnapped a famous Australian boxing kangaroo, but Whitney Morgan as well. The two crooks were holding them

S1·E55 Core

The Case of the Missing Memory

Oct 11, 1988

Sundown, while suffering from amnesia after being knocked out by a fallen lamp post, unwittingly teaches Big Boss' Crooks all the tricks and traits of what it's like to be a cowboy

S1·E56 Core

The Case of the Lowest Crime

Oct 11, 1988

A very evil crook named Addictim tried to sell his dangerous drug product called Crystal Twyst to the streets of Empire City. He even tried to joined up with Big Boss and his crook

S1·E57 Core

The Case of the Crooked Contest

Oct 11, 1988

Big Boss wanted Nightshade and Ms. Demeanor to take part in a beauty contest in order to rob it of its the grand prize - a new car with cash and jewels inside.

S1·E58 Core

The Case of the Ransomed Rascal

Oct 11, 1988

Uncle "Fatty" Big Boss and his crooks kidnaps Baddin, a bratty prince from the visiting royal family and tried to hold him for ransom. But the prince has other plans.

S1·E59 Core

The Case of the Spotless Kingpin

Oct 11, 1988

Big Boss orders a new stain resistant suit made to completely resist dirt. However, a major screw-up by Berserko causes the suit to completely pull all the dirt away from the room

S1·E60 Core

The Case of the Lawless Lady

Jan 9, 1989

Nightshade is falsely accused of robbing several jewelry stores. But she is planning on robbing the main jewelry store that's unfortunately guarded by a mean vicious dog named Shre

S1·E61 Core

The Case of the Lost Boss

Jan 3, 1989

Big Boss disappears and C.O.P.S. must find him after Big Boss's henchmen kidnap Barricade.

S1·E62 Core

The Case of the Bad Luck Burglar

Oct 11, 1988

Buttons McBoomBoom got upset when he lost his lucky penny: the very first penny he ever stole. He searched frantically for it in the sewers and also in his old rundown apartment ho

S1·E64 Mytharc

The Case of the Red-Hot Hoodlum

Oct 11, 1988

Rock Krusher stole a special flaming suit that causes the wearer to go up in flames literally. With this special suit, he is able to create successful heists and escape from any tr

S1·E65 Mytharc

The Case of the Invisible Crime

Oct 11, 1988

Big Boss' crooks made themselves invisible to make things difficult for the C.O.P.S. team to catch them and to have an easy time committing robberies in the progress. This episode