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The New Adventures of Lucky Luke: Season 1

52 episodes Premiered Sep 16, 2001 Updated Nov 7, 2026

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Create a JSON object for "The New Adventures of Lucky Luke" Season 1. Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points). Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invention, no guessing, no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points (in the text, though the primer is an array). Output valid JSON only. Word c

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Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Create a JSON object for "The New Adventures of Lucky Luke" Season 1.
Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points).
Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invention, no guessing, no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points (in the text, though the primer is an array). Output valid JSON only.
Word count constraint for overview: 160-220 words.
Source [1]: Title: The New Adventures of Lucky Luke (2001). Genres: Western, Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure.
Source [2]: Lucky Luke is a famous wandering cowboy who fights crime and injustice. He draws a gun faster than his shadow. His main antagonists are the bumbling Dalton brothers. He rides Jolly Jumper, described as the smartest horse in the world. He is often accompanied by Rantanplan, described as the stupidest dog in the universe.
Source [3]: French title: Les Nouvelles Aventures de Lucky Luke. Based on Franco-Belgian comic book series by Belgian cartoonist Morris. 52 episodes produced.
Goal: 160-220 words.
Content: Lucky Luke is a famous wandering cowboy who fights crime and injustice. He is known for being able to draw his revolver faster than his own shadow. His primary adversaries are the Dalton brothers, a group of four villains. Lucky Luke is accompanied by his horse, Jolly Jumper, who is considered the smartest horse in the world. He is also often joined by Rantanplan, who is described as the stupidest dog in the universe. The animated television series, titled Les Nouvelles Aventures de Lucky Luke in French, is based on the Franco-Belgian comic book series created by the Belgian cartoonist Morris. The series falls under the genres of western, animation, comedy, and action and adventure. This production consists of 52 episodes. As a hero, Lucky Luke faces the challenge of maintaining justice while dealing with the bumbling nature of the Dalton brothers. Through his adventures, the wandering cowboy utilizes his quick-drawing skills and the companionship of his animal allies to navigate the various conflicts he encounters in his travels.
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6. wandering
7. cowboy
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9. fights
10. crime
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12. injustice.
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S1·E1 Mytharc

Liki Liki

Sep 16, 2001 · 22 min

When Lee-Chow, a laundry entrepreneur in the Chinese quarter of a small town sprung along the railroad expansion which brought them into America, realizes they can't cope themselve

S1·E2 Core

Lucky Luke vs Sherlock Holmes

Sep 23, 2001 · 22 min

Exasperated by Queen Victoria’s unbearable superiority complex, President Grant decides to challenge “her majesty” to a contest: Lucky Luke VS Sherlock Holmes.

S1·E3 Core

Lucky Luke meets Lucky Luke

Sep 30, 2001 · 22 min

Elmer Rotten, criminal par excellence and, master of disguise has turned himself into none other than yours truly, Lucky Luke. What better way to heist, rip off and bleed the wild

S1·E4 Core

Hurray for Holly Woods

Oct 14, 2001 · 22 min

Lucky meets the brothers Lumière, and saves the French pioneers of cinematography on their way to Holly Woods, still equally unknown then, from such diverse dangers as a bear and a

S1·E5 Core

Flower Power for the Daltons

Oct 21, 2001 · 22 min

When Russian immigrant Vladimir's anti-capitalist rhetoric is about to get him lynched by the insulted rancher's cowboys, Lucky saves him from the noose by shooting down their weap

S1·E6 Core

Indian roulette

Oct 28, 2001 · 22 min

Conniving old Poker Face is up to more of his dirty tricks. He has pulled some strings in Washington so that the Tribe of the Upright Men may be granted a license for gambling. Ign

S1·E7 Core

Fort Custer

Nov 4, 2001 · 22 min

When general Custer arrives at Notting Gilch and hears they have no trouble whatsoever there with the local Indian tribes, he thinks Ulysses Grant deliberately sent his 13 Cavalry

S1·E8 Core

The Dalton's Treasure

Nov 11, 2001 · 22 min

The Daltons have just escaped from the federal penitentiary along with A.B. Faria, an old, wheel-chair bound prisoner who claims he knows where the legendary treasure of Cibola is

S1·E9 Core

The Flying Cowboy

Nov 18, 2001 · 22 min

Lucky Luke chases master-bank-robber Black Peppermint who left his nickname-memento. This brings him to Slumberville, a town which treasures its weirdness, including a reverend who

S1·E10 Core

For a Fistful of Daltons

Nov 25, 2001 · 22 min

The Daltons have escaped again and they wind up in Vaca Loca where a livestock fair is going on. Starved to death, they decide to steal the biggest bull for their barbecue! And imm

S1·E11 Core

The Clown Princess

Dec 2, 2001 · 22 min

When Lucky attends a small-town horse rodeo, two fat wallets convince several contenders to bow out with 'leg cramp', leaving the Moldavian twins Bogdan and Todor, mistaken for Can

S1·E12 Core

The Daltons go Native

Dec 9, 2001 · 22 min

Lucky Luke is escorting the Daltons during a prison transfer, when quite inadvertently, Joe saves the life of Hungry Hamster, son of Beastly Beaver. According to Indian custom, Joe

S1·E13 Core

The Last of the Buffalo

Dec 16, 2001 · 22 min

Out west, things are a mess! Not a single buffalo on the horizon1 The federal government quickly takes action and decides to bring the noble beast back to its natural habitat. Th

S1·E14 Core

The Daltons' Christmas

Dec 23, 2001 · 22 min

The Daltons are on the lam again and while running away from the authorities they run into four Santa Clauses who are giving out free samples of Cactus-cola, a new pop drink. They

S1·E15 Core

Cuff Love

Dec 30, 2001 · 22 min

The Daltons planned to escape by staging a trampoline act in the celebration for the prison's anniversary, but Lucky shoots that act down. Averell asks him for his escape artist ac

S1·E16 Core

Vultures over the prairie

Jan 6, 2002 · 22 min

The wild west has always been an endless source of customers for the Undertakers Union. But they are getting worried. Because of Lucky Luke, the death rate in Coffin Gulch is disgu

S1·E17 Core

A new Dad for the Daltons

Jan 13, 2002 · 22 min

Ma Dalton is getting married! If it’s great news for that big baby Averell who is ecstatic at the idea of a new father, Joe is mad as hell. And to make matters worse, Luke has been

S1·E18 Core

Unlucky In Love

Jan 20, 2002 · 22 min

Lucky saves the Donahue sisters from the Backward Indians, who do everything the other way around- or is that the other way around? Next Lucky takes them on their way to California

S1·E19 Core

Desperados Union

Jan 27, 2002 · 22 min

Old Timer is fed up with being swindled by Blacknail the banker, and robbed by Mo the local bandit. He asks his friend Lucky Luke to escort his gold in a self-designed armoured wag

S1·E20 Core

Ghosts and bagpipes

Feb 3, 2002 · 22 min

When three red-headed hulks wearing kilts and Scots berets muscle into O'City's saloon bar, Luck Luke chokes on his lemonade! This reaction sets off an brawl, giving the local Iris

S1·E21 Core

The Commodore

Feb 10, 2002 · 22 min

Bandits attack a train, but Luke chases them off. This luxurious train belongs to the Commodore, richest man in the USA, on a honeymoon voyage to the West with his young bride Tall

S1·E22 Core

The Battle

Feb 17, 2002 · 22 min

American people across the nation hang on Sneeze's every word. Sneeze is a special correspondent reporting from Mexico, describing the bloody conflict between General Ganache and t

S1·E23 Core

Lucky Luke in Alaska

Feb 24, 2002 · 22 min

To pay off his gambling debts, the Great Tsar of Russia is obliged to sell Alaska. Henry Seward, the American Ambassador, whose patriotism is quasi-religious, is in charge of negot

S1·E24 Core

Justice for the Daltons

Mar 3, 2002 · 22 min

Newly escaped from prison, the Daltons bump into Brad Alimony, a lawyer from the East Coast. This erudite fellow has a fail-proof plan to keep the four cronies out of jail. He can

S1·E25 Core

Don Quixote del Texas

Mar 10, 2002 · 22 min

Lucky Luke saves a curious character from being hanged. A man who thinks he's "Don Quixote" - after a fall from his horse. This fellow meets Milky, the true love of his life. After

S1·E26 Core

The Mare

Mar 17, 2002 · 22 min

When Lucky Luke's boisterous tomcat friend, Calamity Jane, is officially wanted (dead or alive) for crimes committed by Phil Fast Finger, assuming her loud red-hair posture, Lucky

S1·E27 Core

Lola Montes

Apr 14, 2002 · 22 min

Foxy entertainer Loly Montes—instant target for the Abstentionist crones—and her French aristocratic partner, dwarf painter Eugene, were duped into buying an exhausted gold mine. t

S1·E28 Core

The Beast of Alabama

Apr 28, 2002 · 22 min

Lucky arrives in Green Valey, Alabama, a town obsessed with cattle and domineered by the largest cow herd rancher. When the only sheep-herd mourns individually named sheep, believi

S1·E29 Core

The Daltons See Double

Jul 23, 2002 · 22 min

The Loony brothers, four different-sized, red-hair honest actors, present a Wild West show as the -jailed- Daltons. When the real crooks escape, they learn about their imitators an

S1·E30 Core

A Cannon for the Daltons

Sep 15, 2002 · 22 min

US Cavalry Colonel Oswald has orders to test fat Bertha, the White House's top-secret artillery pet project. Alas he looses control over it after the Daltons saw it, so they escape

S1·E31 Core

Indian Romance

Sep 22, 2002 · 22 min

Lucky is sent to check on Fort McCallister, which guards the Fake Tattoo Indians. He finds everything is peaceful. The commander's elderly but bossy mother, Julia, meets and falls

S1·E32 Core

The Daltons Ghost

Sep 29, 2002 · 22 min

After a distracted undersecretary signs a form declaring the Daltons dead and confirms so in the press, the warden kicks them out of jail. They rob a stage-coach, hear their offici

S1·E34 Core

High flying Daltons

Oct 13, 2002 · 22 min

The brothers Walter and John decide to spring the Daltons from jail by hot air balloon in order to prove even the most-feared gang can't crack their custom-order safes on board a t

S1·E35 Core

Custermania

Oct 20, 2002 · 22 min

Lucky arrives in a small town when mad general Custer is campaigning for president there against Gneral Grant's supporters. Each side aspires hero Luck's reluctant support. Custer'

S1·E36 Core

Jackpot for the Daltons

Oct 27, 2002 · 22 min

Lightning renders dumbo Averill smart enough to lead a Daltons escape and evil, seizing command from Joe and aiming to rob Fort Knox. While Lucky Luke sets chase, the lightning wea

S1·E37 Core

Do you believe in Martians?

Nov 3, 2002 · 22 min

Lucky investigates when a town gets divided over whether to believe that cattle theft is the doing pf green Martians arrived by flying saucer, or cleverly covering-up thieves as Lu

S1·E38 Core

The Daltons go cowboy

Nov 10, 2002 · 22 min

Despite Lucky's warning, the governor who wants to limit prison costs allows rancher Joe to take the Daltons for 'rehabilitation trough farm labor'. Thre crooks find earning their

S1·E39 Core

The spies

Nov 17, 2002 · 22 min

During a visit of the War Minister's personal adviser to a secret base in the desert, Dr. Pretzel's secret 'ultimate weapon' invention, a bullet proof fabric, is stolen by Horace T

S1·E40 Core

The charitable Daltons

Nov 24, 2002 · 22 min

The Daltons escape from Denver prison, over the Coloroda border, to Utah, the only state where they are still not wanted. So Lucky Luke has to wait before arresting them till they

S1·E41 Core

Dalton Junior

Dec 8, 2002 · 22 min

After yet another escape, the Daltons are handed a baby by a mother, who rides away as diversion 'chased by villains'. Although the boy clearly bonds only with him, Joe first dumps

S1·E43 Core

The Revenge of the Daltons

Mar 2, 2003 · 22 min

Lucky Luke catches traveling performer Otto abusing his hypnotizer skill for theft. He's jailed with the Daltons, who convince him to escape together, form a robbery gang and take

S1·E44 Core

The war of the Docs

Mar 9, 2003 · 22 min

Lucky arrives as travel companion of qualified Chinese doc Li Ping Ping in mine town Diggers Point. There teacher Vicky had cornered the medical market, which is also claimed by pe

S1·E45 Core

The Daltons Against Billy the Kid

Mar 16, 2003 · 22 min

When (young) Billy the Kid is jailed in the same prison as the Daltons, both legends escape. They are hell-bent to outdo the rival, and foremost to get Lucky's scalp, even ignoring

S1·E46 Mytharc

Crown Witness

Mar 23, 2003 · 22 min

A judge requires Lucky to escort New York zoology professor, Oscar Tinyboots, a snail expert, to St. Bob, Kansas. He's the star witness against Smiley Laughter, having killed a pro

S1·E47 Core

A Bone for the Daltons

Mar 30, 2003 · 22 min

During excavation work to connect the prison with Washington via underground cable, a Platfeet settlement and graveyard is discovered. Lucky has the work stopped while a famous arc

S1·E48 Core

The Great Nose of Talisman

Apr 6, 2003 · 22 min

A professor's archaeological dig finds a great Ancient king's tomb. On his way to Santa Fé University through Schnozzola (big nose) Indian territory with the mummy, which carries a

S1·E49 Core

The Dalton Soldiers

Apr 13, 2003 · 22 min

A US Colonel's daughter Kate -passed off for his wife- goes missing in Indian territory. Since nobody volunteers for a rescue mission, his friend President Grant allows him to recr

S1·E50 Core

The Return of Liki Liki

Apr 20, 2003 · 22 min

Black cattle farmer Meredith is arrested by the racist Dixie sheriff of Leek Gulch, who confiscates his beloved cow Josephine on account of an absurdly high fine. The governor gran

S1·E51 Mytharc

Sequoia Bay

Apr 27, 2003 · 22 min

Washington decides to turn the building of a bridge over Sequoia Bay, in Indian territory, for the Transcontinental Railroad into a race between the proponents of steel and wood co

S1·E52 Mytharc

The Schoolmaster

May 4, 2003 · 22 min

After Congress declares the American republic can only become a great nation by schooling its people, Lucky saves a haughty, pedantic East coast teacher who immigrates to civilize

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