Underdog

1964 – 1967 124 episodes

When the city is in trouble, humble and lovable Shoeshine Boy turns into his alter ego Underdog to stop a series of villains, including the evil Simon Bar Sinister and Riff Raff. And when TV reporter Sweet Polly Purebred finds herself in danger, no one but Underdog can save the day!

Episode guide

  1. Safe Waif

    October 3, 1964 No. 1 TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    This episode begins with Underdog breaking out of the phone booth, and hearing the cries for help again (like in the Shoeshine Boy promo). Underdog flies to the lady, who tells him that her…

  2. March Of The Monsters

    October 3, 1964 (estimated) No. 2 Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Sweet Polly Purebred tells on her TV program of reports of strange creatures on the way from outer space. An army of giant robots take over the city and capture Polly. Underdog foils the mo…

  3. Go Snow, Part I

    October 10, 1964 (estimated) No. 003-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Simon Bar Sinister creates a new super weapon: the Go-Snow Gun. The gun freezes people, turning them into snow people. Simon and his Henchman Cad take over the First National Bank, holding…

  4. Go Snow, Part II

    October 10, 1964 (estimated) No. 003-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    After Simon Bar Sinister and Cad turn the bank president, his staff and customers into snow people, they robbed the bank of all its assets. Later, after sneaking into Simon's Lab, Polly Pur…

  5. Go Snow, Part III

    October 17, 1964 (estimated) No. 003-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Capturing Polly in their lab, Simon and Cad are about ready to turn her into a snow woman. But then, Cad comes up with an even more insidious plot: he suggests Polly broadcast A ultimatum t…

  6. Go Snow, Part IV

    October 17, 1964 (estimated) No. 003-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Simon Bar Sinister has frozen poor Underdog solid. All efforts to defrost Underdog fail. Somehow, Underdog defrosts himself and immediately flies around Simon and Cad so fast the two villai…

  7. Simon Says

    October 24, 1964 (estimated) No. 10 TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Simon invents a camera. When he takes someone's picture, he freezes them in the photograph.

  8. Tricky Trap By Tap Tap

    October 24, 1964 (estimated) No. 11-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Underdog has previously exposed his evil double Tap Tap for stealing the Hopeless Diamond and framing Underdog for the crime. Now, a year later, the vengeful diamond smuggler concocts a pla…

  9. Zot, Part One

    October 1964 (estimated) No. 005-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    King Klobber, the King of Zot, consoles his daughter, the Princess Glissando. To find a suitable beau, he puts all of Zot's top men in a ring to battle it out for the Princess's hand. The w…

  10. Zot, Part Two

    October 1964 (estimated) No. 005-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Four flying saucers land on Earth from Zot. The people panic until Underdog arrives. Goggle informs him that he is summoned to marry the Princess. Underdog, agrees she is pretty, but refuse…

  11. Zot, Part Three

    November 7, 1964 (estimated) No. 005-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    The invading army that King Klobber sent to retrieve Underdog is met halfway by our hero. A mighty battle takes place and the army returns defeated. The king then questions Goggle if Underd…

  12. Zot, Part Four

    November 7, 1964 (estimated) No. 005-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Underdog agrees to marry the Princess to save Polly. Polly is sent back to Earth and reports the news that Underdog must marry the Princess Glissando and will no longer be Earth's hero. Mea…

  13. The Great Gold Robbery, Part I

    November 14, 1964 (estimated) No. 006-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    After being foiled by Underdog one too many times, Riff Raff is reduced to a laughing stock within the underworld. Riff Raff hears of a gold shipment that Underdog is delivering to Fort Kno…

  14. The Great Gold Robbery, Part II

    November 14, 1964 (estimated) No. 006-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Underdog is guarding a train delivering gold to Fort Knox. Riff Raff and his gang have captured Polly, tied her up and placed her in a free-flying balloon amidst several other balloons equi…

  15. The Great Gold Robbery, Part III

    November 21, 1964 (estimated) No. 006-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Underdog tries in vain to find Polly in one of Riff Raff's balloons. Unknown to Underdog, Polly's balloon has sprung a leak and falls to earth. She lands on an isle in the middle of a swamp…

  16. The Great Gold Robbery, Part IV

    November 21, 1964 (estimated) No. 006-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Underdog saves Polly from the alligators at the swamps. He then heads for the train to stop the trains from a deadly collision. He reroutes the trains and captures Riff Raff and his gang. U…

  17. Fearo, Part I

    November 28, 1964 (estimated) No. 007-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    In this spoof of the 1933 RKO film King Kong, network TV Exec O. J. Squeeze needs a new concept for a TV show to save his failing network. He sends his top reporter- Sweet Polly Purebread-…

  18. Fearo, Part II

    November 28, 1964 (estimated) No. 007-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    The mutinous crew tries to send Polly, Captain Coward and Shoeshine Boy to Davey Jones' Locker. But Shoeshine Boy hides behind a rock and becomes Underdog! He bests the crew and saves the C…

  19. Fearo, Part III

    December 5, 1964 (estimated) No. 007-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Fearo comes of the jungle and gets a hold of Underdog. The giant ape plays roughly with our hero, treating him like a child's toy. Finally, Fearo discards Underdog and in favor of Captain C…

  20. Fearo, Part IV

    December 5, 1964 (estimated) No. 007-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    After she inadvertently gave Fearo the giant feeding spoon, the giant ape captures Polly. The army and the police are sent in to stop Fearo at all costs. Shoeshine Boy is busy elsewhere, po…

  21. The Big Shrink, Part 1

    December 12, 1964 (estimated) No. 008-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Simon Bar Sinister and his henchman Cad are fast at work on a new chemical: shrinking water that will shrink the people of the city to the size of Simon's thumb. To prevent Underdog from fo…

  22. The Big Shrink, Part 2

    December 12, 1964 (estimated) No. 008-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Underdog is shrunk by Simon's new evil device and is placed alongside Polly in a birdcage. Luckily, our hero's powers are still useful and they break out of the cage. Seeing that his shrink…

  23. The Big Shrink, Part 3

    December 19, 1964 (estimated) No. 008-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Underdog and Polly are trapped in a rat hole, surrounded by a army of rats. Weakened from their run from Simon and Cad, Underdog needs to regain his superpowers with his Energy pill. Polly…

  24. The Big Shrink, Part 4

    December 19, 1964 (estimated) No. 008-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    The rainmaking machine has done its evil work; Simon has shrunk everyone to the size of his thumb, even his henchman Cad. Panic soon grips the city. Underdog and Polly arrive with a plan to…

  25. The Bubbleheads, Part One

    December 26, 1964 (estimated) No. 009-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Far beneath the sea in the kingdom of Maldemare, the Emperess scorns the Emperor for not taking over the surface dwellers. He informs her that he has 3 of his top scientist working on the p…

  26. The Bubbleheads, Part Two

    December 26, 1964 (estimated) No. 009-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    The Emperor and Empress of Maldamere have a scientist who has created a tidal wave making machine, and plan to use it to destroy the surface world. Concerned about the giant waves that are…

  27. The Bubbleheads, Part Three

    January 2, 1965 (estimated) No. 009-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    After being captured by the evil monarchs of Maldemare, Polly and the Professor are taken in front of them and learn of their evil plan. Polly begins to cry for Underdog but is told that he…

  28. The Bubbleheads, Part Four

    January 2, 1965 (estimated) No. 009-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Trapped inside of the Giant Clam, it looks like the end of Underdog and his friends. Polly remembers to give Underdog his super energy pill, and he tickles the clam into helpless laughter.…

  29. From Hopeless To Helpless, Part I

    January 9, 1965 (estimated) No. 004-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Riff Raff enlists the aid of Tap Tap (a criminally-inclined diamond cutter with a remarkable resemblance to Underdog) in a scheme to frame our hero. Underdog resigns himself to life in pris…

  30. From Hopeless To Helpless, Part II

    January 9, 1965 (estimated) No. 004-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Riff Raff enlists the aid of Tap Tap (a criminally-inclined diamond cutter with a remarkable resemblance to Underdog) in a scheme to frame our hero. Underdog resigns himself to life in pris…

  31. From Hopeless To Helpless, Part III

    January 16, 1965 (estimated) No. 004-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Riff Raff enlists the aid of Tap Tap (a criminally-inclined diamond cutter with a remarkable resemblance to Underdog) in a scheme to frame our hero. Underdog resigns himself to life in pris…

  32. From Hopeless To Helpless, Part IV

    January 16, 1965 (estimated) No. 004-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Riff Raff enlists the aid of Tap Tap (a criminally-inclined diamond cutter with a remarkable resemblance to Underdog) in a scheme to frame our hero. Underdog resigns himself to life in pris…

  33. The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part One

    September 4, 1965 (estimated) No. 201-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Underdog does not meet the witch yet in this episode. After Polly's plane crashes, Polly asks Underdog to pick some flowers while she waits under a tree she thinks is friendly. But the 'fri…

  34. The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part Two

    September 4, 1965 (estimated) No. 201-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    In part II of this story, the witch gives Polly a potion that puts her to sleep for a 1000 years, and states that only a kiss from a hero will break the spell. Meanwhile, Underdog asks the…

  35. The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part Three

    September 11, 1965 (estimated) No. 201-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    The witch reveals to Underdog the 3 tasks he must do before she awakes Polly. The first task, she tells him that the land is so dry and she wants him to steal the water from other lands to…

  36. The Witch Of Pickyoon, Part Four

    September 11, 1965 (estimated) No. 201-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Underdog has no intention of granting the witch's last request. With a heavy heart, he leaves Polly a prisoner of the evil sorceress. But not before he gets a chance to clobber this monster…

  37. Weathering The Storm, Part I

    September 18, 1965 (estimated) No. 202-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Simon Bar Sinister is trying out his latest evil invention, the weather making machine. This dangerous device creates artificial storms and other natural disasters which Simon hopes to use…

  38. Weathering The Storm, Part II

    September 18, 1965 (estimated) No. 202-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Simon and Cad take over the spaceship heading for the moon, taking Polly prisoner. Sensing the danger, General Brainley calls for Underdog. In space, Polly tries to stop Simon, but only suc…

  39. Weathering The Storm, Part III

    September 25, 1965 (estimated) No. 202-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Simon Bar Sinister and Cad have reached the Moon and sent their ultimatum to General Brainley and to the world's leaders. Unless the world's leaders turn over their powers to Simon with the…

  40. Weathering The Storm, Part IV

    September 25, 1965 (estimated) No. 202-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Seeing that Simon can destroy the earth by using all of the artificially created storms at once, General Brainley convinces the leaders of the world that they have no choice but to surrende…

  41. The Magnet Men, Part One

    October 2, 1965 (estimated) No. 203-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Worldwide, people and objects suddenly start "falling" upward into the sky; events are linked to a force from a distant, newly discovered planet. Underdog flies there to investigate and enc…

  42. The Magnet Men, Part Two

    October 2, 1965 (estimated) No. 203-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Worldwide, people and objects suddenly start "falling" upward into the sky; events are linked to a force from a distant, newly discovered planet. Underdog flies there to investigate and enc…

  43. The Magnet Men, Part Three

    October 9, 1965 (estimated) No. 203-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Worldwide, people and objects suddenly start "falling" upward into the sky; events are linked to a force from a distant, newly discovered planet. Underdog flies there to investigate and enc…

  44. The Magnet Men, Part Four

    October 9, 1965 (estimated) No. 203-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Worldwide, people and objects suddenly start "falling" upward into the sky; events are linked to a force from a distant, newly discovered planet. Underdog flies there to investigate and enc…

  45. The Gold Bricks, Part I

    October 16, 1965 (estimated) No. 204-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Underdog is requested to deliver gold bricks from the bank to an undisclosed location. But Riff Raff and his henchman Mooch disguise themselves as toll guards and surreptitiously steal the…

  46. The Gold Bricks, Part II

    October 16, 1965 (estimated) No. 204-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Unwilling to believe that Underdog is guilty of stealing the gold, Polly decides to try and find the real crooks. Her investigations lead her to an old, run down house in the countrieside.…

  47. The Gold Bricks, Part III

    October 23, 1965 (estimated) No. 204-C TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    A ghost tricks Polly into entering a bottomless pit. The old haunted house is actually a hideout for Riff Raff and Mooch. The two villains use a combination audio and video devices to creat…

  48. The Gold Bricks, Part IV

    October 23, 1965 (estimated) No. 204-D TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Finally realizing that Riff Raff and Mooch are really the crooks behind the theft of the bank's gold, Underdog goes after the pair. No matter what they try, Riff Raff and Mooch can't stop U…

  49. Pain Strikes Underdog, Part I

    October 30, 1965 (estimated) No. 205-A TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    Polly calls on Underdog to remind him that it's his birthday, and that she plans to give him a party. Meanwhile, the curator in London wishes to loan the famous Excalibur Sword Collection t…

  50. Pain Strikes Underdog, Part II

    October 30, 1965 (estimated) No. 205-B TV Episode Total Television Productions, Leonardo Televison Productions

    While Underdog is in the hospital for his pain that puzzles the doctors, word of his plight reaches Riff Raff who sees this as an opportunity to steal the Excalibur Sword Collection that is…