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Tales of the Gold Monkey: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Sep 22, 1982 Updated Oct 5, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (19): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)

Sep 22, 1982 · 45 min

Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.

S1·E2 Core

Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)

Sep 22, 1982 · 43 min

Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.

S1·E3 Core

Shanghaied

Sep 29, 1982 · 47 min

Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.

S1·E4 Core

Black Pearl

Oct 13, 1982 · 47 min

Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.

S1·E5 Core

Legends Are Forever

Oct 20, 1982 · 47 min

A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.

S1·E6 Core

Escape From Death Island

Oct 27, 1982 · 47 min

Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.

S1·E7 Core

Trunk From the Past

Nov 3, 1982 · 47 min

Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.

S1·E8 Core

Once a Tiger...

Nov 17, 1982 · 47 min

Jake leads the search for a downed plane flown by a former Flying Tiger transporting a prototype gunsight of interest to the Japanese.

S1·E9 Core

Honor Thy Brother

Nov 24, 1982 · 46 min

Jake is followed by the brother of a Japanese pilot he shot down while he was still a Flying Tiger in China, and Corky struggles to avoid a prearranged marriage.

S1·E10 Core

The Lady and the Tiger

Dec 8, 1982 · 47 min

Jake is shot down and rescued by an Amish widow and her son, who hide him from the Japanese occupying their island.

S1·E11 Core

The Late Sarah White

Dec 22, 1982 · 47 min

Jake and Corky fly to the Philippines to explore the reports of Sarah's death while on a mission involving MacArthur.

S1·E12 Core

The Sultan of Swat

Jan 5, 1983 · 47 min

Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.

S1·E13 Core

Ape Boy

Jan 12, 1983 · 46 min

Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.

S1·E14 Core

God Save the Queen

Jan 19, 1983 · 47 min

Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.

S1·E15 Core

High Stakes Lady

Jan 26, 1983 · 46 min

Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.

S1·E16 Core

Force of Habit

Feb 2, 1983 · 47 min

An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.

S1·E17 Core

Cooked Goose

Mar 4, 1983 · 47 min

A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.

S1·E18 Core

Last Chance Louie

Mar 11, 1983 · 47 min

Louie is sentenced to the guillotine for murder, and his only defense is an old story he doesn't want to get out.

S1·E19 Core

Naka Jima Kill

Mar 18, 1983 · 46 min

An ambitious newswoman tricks Jake into flying her to Princess Kogi's island for an interview with the Japanese defense minister, a recent target for assassination.

S1·E20 Core

Boragora or Bust

Mar 25, 1983 · 46 min

Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.

S1·E21 Mytharc

A Distant Shout of Thunder

Apr 8, 1983 · 47 min

Sarah is used as a scapegoat by an island revolutionary who accuses her of removing a sacred statue from a cemetery on the island.

S1·E22 Mytharc

Mourning Becomes Matuka

Jun 1, 1983 · 47 min

Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.

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