Hong Kong Phooey

Hong Kong Phooey was a 16-episode Hanna-Barbera animated series that first aired in 1974. The star, Hong Kong Phooey, is the secret alter ego of Penrod Pooch, or Penry, a "mild-mannered" police station janitor.

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Hanna-Barbera - Animated series - 1974 - Secret - Alter ego - Janitor

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A somewhat inept super-hero, Hong Kong Phooey was a (supposed) master of kung fu and the martial arts. Always on the alert for crime, he got his tip-offs from the police station where he worked as Penrod "Penry" Pooch, the mild mannered janitor. Usually on duty there were Rosemary the Telephone Operator ("Hallo hallo, police headquarters?") and Sergeant Flint. Whenever Penry heard of a crime taking place, he literally jumped into action, into a filing cabinet as a matter of fact, where he changed into his crime fighting gear. Hong Kong Phooey would travel from crime scene to crime scene in his ever adapting Kung Fu car. One "bong of the gong" and the Phooeymoblie would instantly change into a plane, a boat, a snowmobile... whatever was needed to save the day. In his battles with supervillains, he was never without his "Hong Kong Book of Kung-Fu". However, this pretty much never helped him solve the case - unknowingly, he relied almost entirely on chance and the intervention of a long-suffering striped cat companion called Spot (who never spoke - only sighed).

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Kung fu - Martial arts

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Despite his fallings, and thanks to Spot's help, the people thought of Hong Kong Phooey as a great superhero, and they were always praising him, being honoured when they crossed paths with him (even if he just destroyed their day's work) and asking him for autographs.

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Sergeant Flint was very similar both in voice and appearance to Botch, assistant zoo-keeper at the Wonderland Zoo on Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!.

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Hong Kong Phooey was voiced by Scatman Crothers, who was also the voice of Scat Cat in Disney's The Aristocats.

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Scatman Crothers - Disney - The Aristocats

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Hong Kong Phooey later appeared in Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics.

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