Little Rascals Animated Series Episode Guide

Although Patty Maloney is best known for her work with the Krofft brothers (Far Out Space Nuts, Bay City Rollers and others), her first animation role was Darla Hood in the 1982-84 Little Rascals series, produced jointly by Hanna-Barbera and King World for ABC-TV. The Little Rascals cartoon was never part of USA Network’s Cartoon Express, and to my knowledge it has not been shown on Cartoon Network, despite the fact that TBS and TNT have for years shown Our Gang shorts from the 1930s and 1940s.

Here are plot summaries for the Little Rascals cartoon episodes. This episode list is edited from that at the Toonarific Cartoon Archive, and the titles are not all in broadcast order. More details would be appreciated: broadcast dates, 1982-83 episode pairings, etc.

Broadcast Date Episode Summaries
1982 September 25 * Rascals’ Revenge: Butch and Woim lure the Rascals into a supposedly haunted house.
* Yachtsa Luck: Hijinks aboard Waldo’s yacht.
1982 October 02 * Grin and Bear It: During the Rascals’ camping trip, Porky is abducted by the Phantom Lumberjack.
* Beauty Queen for a Day: When the boys fall for the new girl in town, Darla enters the Little Miss Greenpoint pageant. Patty had a dual role here, as both Darla and the new girl.
1982 October 09 (?) * Alfalfa’s Athlete’s Feat: Butch challenges Alfalfa to a pentathlon.
* Darla’s Dream Dance: Darla organizes the school dance.
1982 October 16 (?) * Porky-O and Julie-Et: Porky falls for the daughter of an ice cream magnate.
* Just Desserts: The boys enter Darla’s cake in a baking contest. Unfortunately, Darla is ill and the recipe card is illegible.
1982 Unsorted * Pete’s Big Break: The Rascals act in a dog food commercial. Watch this cartoon in RealVideo.
* Big Top Rascals: Denied entry to a real circus, the Rascals put on their own circus; Butch and Woim take unfair advantage of their free admission.
* All the Loot That’s Fit to Print: The Rascals start a newspaper; Alfalfa unwittingly spends counterfeit money.
* Tiny Terror: Butch leaves his baby brother with the Rascals.
* The Irate Pirates: On the beach, the Rascals meet two bullies dressed as pirates. This is the only episode with Darla in a bikini.
* Science Fair and Foul: Buckwheat builds a robot for a science fair.
* Rock & Roll Rascals: Darla wants an autograph from a rock musician.
* Falling Heir: Spanky inherits a castle that is said to be haunted.
* Trash Can Treasures: The Rascals find an Aladdin-type lamp; Darla adopts a stray horse.
* Alfalfa for President: Alfalfa and Waldo compete for class president.
* Flim Flam Film Fans: A movie director comes to Greenpoint; Darla gets tied to a railroad gate — indoors — à la Penelope Pitstop.
* Alfalfakazam!: The Rascals put on a magic show.
* Showdown at the Rascal Corral: Alfalfa plays cowboy; two outlaws “arrest” him for singing in a no-singing zone.
* Poached Pooch: Butch and Woim steal Pete’s dog license.
* King of the Hobos: After eating the other Rascals’ food, Porky runs away and meets an old hobo.
* Big City Rascals: The Rascals visit Darla’s uncle on his farm.
* Cap’n Spanky’s Showboat: The Rascals clean up a riverboat. At one point Darla has brushes strapped to her bare feet.
* Case of the Puzzled Pals: Alfalfa plays detective to find Darla’s doll.
1983 Unsorted * Wash and Werewolf: After seeing a 3-D horror movie, Alfalfa thinks he is a werewolf.
* Save Our Treehouse!: A used car dealer wants to destroy the Rascals’ treehouse.
* A Not So Buenos Días: Alfalfa is suspicious of Darla’s Latina friend.
* Fright Night: The Rascals go trick-or-treating. Darla dresses so as to resemble Alfalfa.
* The Zero Hero: Darla wins a date with a TV superhero; Alfalfa assumes the identity of Alpha-Man.

The following 30-second Little Rascals cartoons, whose titles were not displayed onscreen, are listed at the Wingnut Toons site, again not in broadcast order; no summaries are available:

  1. After Hours
  2. The Serenade
  3. Class Act
  4. Horse Sense
  5. The Big Sneeze
  6. He Who Runs Away
  7. Fish Fright
  8. Sea Song
  9. Ice Escapades
  10. Go Cart Go
  11. Scoop Dupes
  12. A Swimming We Will Go
  13. The Surgeon
  14. No Hit Wit
  15. Out on a Limb
  16. Do or Diet
  17. Fiscal Fitness
  18. The Spare

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