I adored this show growing up in the 80's. It was still so rare to watch a cartoon where a Black Man was the main lead character! As a Black child, this thrilled me, and I thought he was so cool with his shades! I enjoyed all the other characters too, and really liked the use of gadgets and technology assisting the characters in their missions. It's too bad this one didn't last that long, because I think it has aged pretty well. Thank you for the in-depth history and fun trip down memory lane. 😊
You know what else I liked about bulletproof? His clothing was supposed to be indicative of those Dick Tracy/Al Capone days, with the spats shoes and suspenders. But he represented the overall study of crime. So he represented past and future.
I once thought Andy Heyward was reading over the shoulders of Filmation's senior staff - "looking like Fat Albert's grandson." With some decades to mull it over, I think now that "cyborg body", "fedora ", and "trenchcoat" suggest Heyward was reading over his OWN shoulder, as co-creator of "Inspector Gadget".
No doubt about that! The 80's was a time when the creators of cartoons were not afraid to tell a dark and mature story when they needed to! ( Showing what happened to Bulletproof) for example!
This show falls into the category of things I remember but wondered if it was real or part of my imagination. I remember the episode where Mainframe entered a beauty pageant as an undercover contestant. I also remember that Dr. Bad Vibes would often have brainstorms but I was never sure if he was a he or a she. Thanks for all the details!
Lol I was just about to leave a comment (still will) that COPS and CENTURIONS were the best friggin toys... I loved that villain from COPS that his chest opened up to a machine gun.. he had some south park "baby farx mcgeezax" kinda name, like them silly 1920s gangster names lol
On of my favourite cartoon intros of all time, I loved this show as a kid and managed to find season 1 and 2 at my local Dollar Store about 8 years ago... like what?
Whaaaaat? Dang, that's a pretty sweet score. I loved this show when I was a kid. Even had the helicopter toy and a few figures. They were sturdy, chunky boys.
@@TheBrotherGrim just found them, it wasn't season 1 and 2. It was part 1 and 2, since it technically is one season (65 episodes yeesh) but they were $3 each... so yah $6 for the whole series, not that bad lol.
Yep, he was huge. The toy bio also mentioned how each of the badges on his shirt is taken from a cop who 'made the mistake of underestimating him'. Dark stuff for a kids' show!
This was a good show. And very "diverse". Exo-Squad absolutely needs a comeback/remake. The combination of realism, politics, social issues, was untouched.
No. Please, no forced diversity. It was great without the woke bs. It was and still is a great tv show. Love how they touched on racism as well and we didn't even know it.
I know huh absolutely say yes please Silverhawks. But what scares me is well ... thundercats had a reboot and it failed hard. If the 2nd best after Ninja Turtles could not handle a reboot what chance will Silverhawks or Centurions or SwatKats have 🤔
@@SWIFTO_SCYTHE You must of never seen the Voltron reboot that was released then. Like no longer is Keith the leader of voltron (makes no sense) and replaced with a new character all together, but they also for some stupid and unknown turned Pidge into a woman.
I love the fact that Carl Macek was a screenwriter for C.O.P.S. after his work on the Robotech series. The animation style is very reminiscent of Robotech, that’s why I remember C.O.P.S. so well. RIP Carl Macek
I've been watching this on Tubi lately. Took me back to my early childhood days. Funny enough, I got my hands on some old issues of the tie-in comic series from DC from a bargain bin at my local comic store.
Stephanie Demeanor is a middle-aged, super-strong woman with the appearance of a normal businesswoman. She works for Big Boss. Ms. Demeanor has the muscular physique of a champion bodybuilder and often gets upset when people accuse her of not being feminine.
I had so many c.o.p.s toys when I was a kid. They all had big ass cap guns for an accessory piece, I always thought that was cool because I was big into cap guns in the 80's
I remember COPS. It was a fun show with a great intro and ending. Larry Hama, who wrote Marvel’s G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero, and the filecards for the members of G. I. Joe and Cobra as part of the action figures’ packaging also wrote the files for both the COPS and Crooks. One of the COPS, the MP Checkpoint, was hinted to be the son of G. I. Joe’s Beach-Head. DC Comics released a COPS comic that lasted 15 issues. In the comic, Airstream, the COPS helicopter pilot, was named Hugh S. Sikorski; implying he’s related to Victor W. Sikorski (Lift-Ticket in G. I. Joe). Its too bad that no female figures were released. Bulletproof, Longarm, Mainframe (who’s really very pretty, much moreso than Mirage), and Sundown; Big Boss, Buttons McBoomboom, Dr. Badvibes & Buzzbomb, and Nightshade were the best characters in both the comics and cartoons. DC’s COPS #s 1-2, 4, 7-8 & 11 were very well written.
@@floydjohnson7888 Larry Hama named several Joes after historical figures- IE: Steeler (Ralph W. Pulaski), named after Casimir Pulaski, the Polish Cavalry officer who assisted Gen. George Washington during the American Revolution. Frostbite (Farley A. Seward), after William Seward, who negotiated Alaska from Russia).
I LOVED the art dierection on thsi show. I had some of the toys too. I used to love the urban design in this show and afterwards I spent a few years of my young life drawing futuristuc skylines based on Empire City.
When I was little I had the toys and I also watched this show. Please cover another show from my childhood called The Bionic 6 I really liked the action figures they had.
This cartoon was awesome. Even the action figures were awesome. They were like GI JOE action figures. My brother had the figure checkpoint and I didn't know his father was Beach Head from GI JOE.
I still remember the episode where the boss got that special spray to put on his suit so he would never get dirty but it did the exact opposite effect and attracted dirt from everywhere LOL
I got a dvd collection around 2005 when i was addicted to buying dvds on amazon. This show came out at the wrong time. I would loooove to see a movie with an all star cast
Oh yeah, every day after school! I always though Dr. Badvibes was a woman, always wondered why Big Boss had police badges for buttons and it was freaking hilarious what that Bugman named his favourite bug... I was like 6 😅! The toys were dope too, closest thing to cap guns my mother would let me play with.
I've wondered why Big Boss had police badges as buttons too. Maybe he wears them as some sort of sick trophy from whenever a police officer was killed by his team? I'm not sure. Honestly, it would be cool for us to know why he wears them.
The single thing I remember most about this show are the interesting gadgets. Very toyetic. The PSAs had little to do with it being a show about police officers. Rather, broadcast standards at the time went after toy commercials like this and forced them to include PSAs so that they could claim the shows were education. You saw these in HI Joe, He-man, and just about every other cartoon of the time.
I use to watch this with Queen Latifah brother Lance everyday after school in the late 80's.. he was a cop and I wanted to be like my big bro.. The show was great but being a cop I totally changed my mind. RIP Lance💖🙏🏿
Funny you should mention Queen Latifah's late brother, Lance being a childhood friend of yours, because my father was an old childhood friend of Johnny Depp's
@@damianprock1650 childhood friend?? He would actually be like my brother because he had 2 children with my sister before he past away.. my niece which is his only daughter past away by getting hit by a car as well.. If you don't really know someones life or what they went through don't tell them what they should say because you want to hear or see it your way.. Just ask.. it not that hard.👍🏾
I only knew about this from a random vhs that I found at my grandmother's when I was a child. Having no idea who bought it or when or for who but I remember it actually being a really cool short set of episodes that I wished I had more to see of. Edit: and myself being a 90's kid, I'm genuinely surprised to find out this was an 80s cartoon. O.o
Still one of my all time favs... Would have lasted longer if it wasn't for Fox's COPS there was too much confusion why the cartoon name was switched to Cyber Cops but did not help it. Still crazy about this show today and think has one of the greatest theme songs ever
I have vague memories of seeing this in the 1990s as well, normally around the time that school would let out and they'd have two hours of cartoons, followed by news and maybe some old reruns of a sitcom that's either past the 100-episode mark for syndication or had long been canceled (or an obscure sitcom that wasn't good enough for a major network).
C.O.P.S was in my own personal opinion was a very fantastically cool 😎action 🎬cartoon series. I'm so very disappointed 😞😔😕😪😢😒that it didn't last past two seasons though because I felt that there could have been so much more ideas for the show had the creators not lose interest 😔!
I used to like watching the show. This needs a reboot just like other shows. Story, character development, mystery, and more sci-fi police crime noir series. It can work.
What I find fascinating about the show is they took a lot of fairly advanced cyberpunk story ideas and then tried to cram it into a show for a young kids. I'm thinking they might have done a little better if they had set the age bar a tad higher.
HA! I'd forgotten that Brendan "Big Boss" Babel had a metal-gloved - or was that prosthetic? - hand. This would have been another little reminder that Andy Heyward co-created "Inspector Gadget"
mt dream cast COPS - Central Organization of Police Specialists Baldwin P. “Bulletproof” Vess - Samuel L Jackson P.J. “LongArm” O’Malley - Colm Meaney Rex “Bowser” Pointer & Blitz-Bowser’s robotic dog - Christian Bale and A-X-L Robot Dog Walker “Sundown” Calhoun - Sam Elliott Susie “Mirage” Young - Maggie Q Sgt. Colt “Mace” Howards - Dwayne Johnson Dave E. “Highway” Harlson - Chris Hemsworth Stan “Barricade” Hyde - Jude Law Donny “Hardtop” Brooks - Tom Holland Hugh S. “Bullseye” Forward - Paul Rudd Tina “Mainframe” Cassidy - Margot Robbie C.R.O.O.K.S. - a crime syndicate Brandon “Big Boss” Babel - Vincent D'Onofrio Berserko - Chris Evans Rock Krusher - Dave Bautista Ms. Demeanor - Corinna "Cory" Everson Turbo Tu-Tone - Keanu Reeves Doctor Badvibes and Buzzbomb - Neil Patrick Harris & BB-8 Nightshade - Scarlett Johansson Buttons McBoomBoom - Tommy Lee Jones Squeeky Kleen - DJ Qualls
Growing up where I did in Manchester NH There's a lot of Geography that differs and a lot of Ahead of the Time Buildings thru time My friends and I would ride our bikes and skateboards acting like we were a Jr Division of C.O.P.S This is still a show my friends and I Talk about alot
I was born in 82, JUST missed this show, but i had the Sundown and Big Boss action figures from somewhere, dont remember where i got tnem. Never knew what they were from until now.
No channel, but Tubi TV (a free streaming service filled with schlocky, campy, and mostly obscure TV shows, movies, and cartoons from the 1950s to now) has the complete series of this. It's also on CONtv, but episodes 40 to 48 aren't there while Tubi has every episode.
Omfg! Thank you YT algorithm for leading me to this! For the longest time, I’ve been busting my brain trying to figure out the name of “that one cartoon with the black dude as the leader”
C.O.P.S. was cyberpunk as all get-out. My favorite episode was the one in which the Crooks convince the mayor of the city to use robots called Instant Justice Machines to enforce the law. Of course the Instant Justice Machines hand down stiff sentences for things like parking violations, while letting the Crooks get off scot free. Raises some interesting questions about the use of technology in policing, and corruption of government and the law enforcement process itself. I'd like to see a TV Funhouse parody of C.O.P.S. called A.C.A.B.
I'd like to see that too, but the TV Funhouse cartoons have not been on Saturday Night Live since 2008. You can try your luck with a Robot Chicken sketch or a Family Guy cutaway joke.
you forgot about one of the Crooks, Miss Demeanour. shes basically Rock Crusher, but much stronger and smarter. she however is known to be the most violent of the Crooks. also you forgot Sundown the Texas Ranger.
C.O.P.S. only lasted 1 season in syndication, but since it was a daily, 65 episodes were produced before the show's eventual cancellation, with reruns aired until 1990. In November 21 and 28, 1989, Record Breakers pre-empted the series. These 30-minute thrillers were revived briefly in 1993 when CBS placed C.O.P.S. reruns, this time, rebranding it Cyber C.O.P.S. (same show, same episodes, new title) on its Saturday morning CBS Kid TV schedule (immediately following a full hour of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) at the 11:00AM to 11:30AM half-hour timeslot as a temporary 1992-1993 midseason filler replacement program for Grimmy, from March 20 to September 4, 1993 for obvious reasons. Alas, after only 6 more months of busting crooks, the C.O.P.S. team was once again sent to an early retirement. 2 years later in 1995, USA Network also aired reruns of C.O.P.S. as part of USA Cartoon Express block from January 2, 1995 to March 9, 1995, when the show restored its original title.
I have the complete series of COPS. It is one of the greatest cartoons of all time and has some of the best animation ever. They sure don't make characters pretty like they use to...
a rather fun fact: some of the VAs here are in the 90s X-Men cartoon, the guy who voices big boss is the orderly with the coke bottle glasses from Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
I was 11 when this came out and I still remember it fondly. As far as I can remember its the first kids cartoon with a black lead hero that wasn't aimed at black kids only (like Fat Albert and Friends). That aspect alone really stands out to me.
Bowser and Blitz always reminded me of a future Joes Law & Order adding to the other GI Joe ties. Turbo Tu-Tone reminded me of a Dreadnok named Ripper.
Loved the show. I especially remember the drug dealer episode. Very deep. Never once did it ever cross my mind that BP was black or the ethnic race of any other character. Today, it is all forced down our throats so it becomes an issue.
Bulletproof can be distinguished by his trench coat, yellow shirt, sunglasses, sometime for his fedora and also for the fact that he is the only black character in the whole show. Don't worry narrator I got you, as a young boy I was happy to see a black character in a cartoon period. Bulletproof was the man 😎
I adored this show growing up in the 80's. It was still so rare to watch a cartoon where a Black Man was the main lead character! As a Black child, this thrilled me, and I thought he was so cool with his shades! I enjoyed all the other characters too, and really liked the use of gadgets and technology assisting the characters in their missions. It's too bad this one didn't last that long, because I think it has aged pretty well. Thank you for the in-depth history and fun trip down memory lane. 😊
Indeed very progressive,no extraordinarily progressive,not just ahead of its time.
You know what else I liked about bulletproof? His clothing was supposed to be indicative of those Dick Tracy/Al Capone days, with the spats shoes and suspenders. But he represented the overall study of crime. So he represented past and future.
I once thought Andy Heyward was reading over the shoulders of Filmation's senior staff - "looking like Fat Albert's grandson." With some decades to mull it over, I think now that "cyborg body", "fedora ", and "trenchcoat" suggest Heyward was reading over his OWN shoulder, as co-creator of "Inspector Gadget".
I used to watch this cartoon after school back in the 80s. Glad that some people haven't forgotten about it.
C.O.P.S. was brilliant. Easily one of the best cartoons of the 1980s.
That intro is second only to Thundercats
No doubt about that! The 80's was a time when the creators of cartoons were not afraid to tell a dark and mature story when they needed to! ( Showing what happened to Bulletproof) for example!
@@shaunrene1and 3rd to heathcliff.
I remember this cartoon. It was amazing. Kids don't know what good TV and movies are these days.
This show falls into the category of things I remember but wondered if it was real or part of my imagination. I remember the episode where Mainframe entered a beauty pageant as an undercover contestant. I also remember that Dr. Bad Vibes would often have brainstorms but I was never sure if he was a he or a she. Thanks for all the details!
Along with this, the Centurion, and Inhumanoids are the 80s cartoons that need to comeback.
Inhumanoids definitely needs a comeback
POWER EXTREME !!!! Give me exoframe'd super heros
Cops is on Tubi tv
Lol I was just about to leave a comment (still will) that COPS and CENTURIONS were the best friggin toys...
I loved that villain from COPS that his chest opened up to a machine gun.. he had some south park "baby farx mcgeezax" kinda name, like them silly 1920s gangster names lol
And the Sky Commanders, Ring Raiders, Galaxy Rangers,...
I have the complete series on DVD! I love this show
On of my favourite cartoon intros of all time, I loved this show as a kid and managed to find season 1 and 2 at my local Dollar Store about 8 years ago... like what?
Fighting Crime in a future time.
Whaaaaat? Dang, that's a pretty sweet score. I loved this show when I was a kid. Even had the helicopter toy and a few figures. They were sturdy, chunky boys.
@@TheBrotherGrim just found them, it wasn't season 1 and 2. It was part 1 and 2, since it technically is one season (65 episodes yeesh) but they were $3 each... so yah $6 for the whole series, not that bad lol.
@@TheOptinater Yeah that's a killer deal. I would have been all over that myself.
As a 80's kid I loved Cops! My friends and I all thought it was so cool seeing B.P, a black man be a respected and great leader!
Man, I just remember how big and heavy some of the figures were...you could crack a skull with Big Boss easily.
Yep, he was huge. The toy bio also mentioned how each of the badges on his shirt is taken from a cop who 'made the mistake of underestimating him'. Dark stuff for a kids' show!
This was a good show. And very "diverse". Exo-Squad absolutely needs a comeback/remake. The combination of realism, politics, social issues, was untouched.
No. Please, no forced diversity. It was great without the woke bs. It was and still is a great tv show. Love how they touched on racism as well and we didn't even know it.
Silverhawks also deserves a comeback as well.
I know huh absolutely say yes please Silverhawks. But what scares me is well ... thundercats had a reboot and it failed hard. If the 2nd best after Ninja Turtles could not handle a reboot what chance will Silverhawks or Centurions or SwatKats have 🤔
@@SWIFTO_SCYTHE You must of never seen the Voltron reboot that was released then. Like no longer is Keith the leader of voltron (makes no sense) and replaced with a new character all together, but they also for some stupid and unknown turned Pidge into a woman.
As much as I want silverhawks and visionaries to have a comeback, I also don't want these nitwits to f up my favorites
I love the fact that Carl Macek was a screenwriter for C.O.P.S. after his work on the Robotech series. The animation style is very reminiscent of Robotech, that’s why I remember C.O.P.S. so well. RIP Carl Macek
Found it after many years. Stands the test of time. Good show. Thanks for the video.
Loved this show, would like this to come back but I want the figures most of all. Thanks for sharing bro
Loved this cartoon as a kid.
I've been watching this on Tubi lately. Took me back to my early childhood days. Funny enough, I got my hands on some old issues of the tie-in comic series from DC from a bargain bin at my local comic store.
Cops was a cool show. I really liked Longarm with his grappling hook upgrade.
This show takes me back.....
It reminds me of police academy but better.
Police Academy (the movies and the cartoon series) are comedies. This is an action series (that does have some funny moments in it).
Can we talk about Ms Demeanor? She was an interesting criminal I wanted to know about. She definitely committed more than what her name suggested lol.
She was like the distaff counterpart to Rock Crusher but Nightshade was the more popular girl on the crooks' team.
Here here! I can't believe he left her out!
Stephanie Demeanor is a middle-aged, super-strong woman with the appearance of a normal businesswoman. She works for Big Boss. Ms. Demeanor has the muscular physique of a champion bodybuilder and often gets upset when people accuse her of not being feminine.
The memories,
Classic 80's cartoon if you ask me.
Great Work on this one Marvelous Videos.
Thanx....😁
I was the only person I knew growing up that knew of the show C.O.P.S. One of the many wonderful things about the internet
Now that you mention it, I don’t remember ever meeting anyone who knew of this show. Just me and my siblings.
I had so many c.o.p.s toys when I was a kid. They all had big ass cap guns for an accessory piece, I always thought that was cool because I was big into cap guns in the 80's
Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!
I remember COPS. It was a fun show with a great intro and ending. Larry Hama, who wrote Marvel’s G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero, and the filecards for the members of G. I. Joe and Cobra as part of the action figures’ packaging also wrote the files for both the COPS and Crooks. One of the COPS, the MP Checkpoint, was hinted to be the son of G. I. Joe’s Beach-Head.
DC Comics released a COPS comic that lasted 15 issues. In the comic, Airstream, the COPS helicopter pilot, was named Hugh S. Sikorski; implying he’s related to Victor W. Sikorski (Lift-Ticket in G. I. Joe).
Its too bad that no female figures were released. Bulletproof, Longarm, Mainframe (who’s really very pretty, much moreso than Mirage), and Sundown; Big Boss, Buttons McBoomboom, Dr. Badvibes & Buzzbomb, and Nightshade were the best characters in both the comics and cartoons. DC’s COPS #s 1-2, 4, 7-8 & 11 were very well written.
Chopper pilot named "Sikorski"?! Nice one on Hama's part (the helicopter manufacturer is spelled "Sikorsky")
@@floydjohnson7888
Larry Hama named several Joes after historical figures-
IE: Steeler (Ralph W. Pulaski), named after Casimir Pulaski, the Polish Cavalry officer who assisted Gen. George Washington during the American Revolution.
Frostbite (Farley A. Seward), after William Seward, who negotiated Alaska from Russia).
I LOVED the art dierection on thsi show. I had some of the toys too. I used to love the urban design in this show and afterwards I spent a few years of my young life drawing futuristuc skylines based on Empire City.
I had to endure watching Gumby while waiting for this show to come on, I can't ever forget that. Freaking Gumby.
I hated Gumby
Man tis was a GREAT show. Deserves a movie
all the amazing shows from the 80s need to come back ... todays kids tv just doesn't hold up to the classics from my childhood
I remember the story when the crooks and the cops teamed up to take down the crystal twist dealer. Even Big Boss did not deal in drugs. He just stole.
When I was little I had the toys and I also watched this show. Please cover another show from my childhood called The Bionic 6 I really liked the action figures they had.
The action figures were LEGIT too
I agree this show needs comeback it looks awesome.
Loved this show as a kid they do a pretty wild episode about drugs lol
that ep was wild. it also showed that Big Boss will not tolerate Drugs in the city as long as he is there and that he shows compassion for his family.
This cartoon was awesome. Even the action figures were awesome. They were like GI JOE action figures. My brother had the figure checkpoint and I didn't know his father was Beach Head from GI JOE.
Fighting crime in a future time
Man they had such high hopes for us.😢
Classic. This was my ish. It was cool having a Black guy in charge. That caught my attention. Then it was just a good show. Along with the game NARC.
I still remember the episode where the boss got that special spray to put on his suit so he would never get dirty but it did the exact opposite effect and attracted dirt from everywhere LOL
I got a dvd collection around 2005 when i was addicted to buying dvds on amazon. This show came out at the wrong time. I would loooove to see a movie with an all star cast
I remember this cartoon. I used to watch it before I went to school.
Favorite cartoon of my childhood I have the whole series on DVD and its still great today
Oh yeah, every day after school! I always though Dr. Badvibes was a woman, always wondered why Big Boss had police badges for buttons and it was freaking hilarious what that Bugman named his favourite bug... I was like 6 😅! The toys were dope too, closest thing to cap guns my mother would let me play with.
I've wondered why Big Boss had police badges as buttons too. Maybe he wears them as some sort of sick trophy from whenever a police officer was killed by his team? I'm not sure. Honestly, it would be cool for us to know why he wears them.
The single thing I remember most about this show are the interesting gadgets. Very toyetic.
The PSAs had little to do with it being a show about police officers. Rather, broadcast standards at the time went after toy commercials like this and forced them to include PSAs so that they could claim the shows were education. You saw these in HI Joe, He-man, and just about every other cartoon of the time.
I use to watch this with Queen Latifah brother Lance everyday after school in the late 80's.. he was a cop and I wanted to be like my big bro.. The show was great but being a cop I totally changed my mind. RIP Lance💖🙏🏿
He's was a kid too? Over at their house?
Funny you should mention Queen Latifah's late brother, Lance being a childhood friend of yours, because my father was an old childhood friend of Johnny Depp's
@@damianprock1650 childhood friend?? He would actually be like my brother because he had 2 children with my sister before he past away.. my niece which is his only daughter past away by getting hit by a car as well.. If you don't really know someones life or what they went through don't tell them what they should say because you want to hear or see it your way.. Just ask.. it not that hard.👍🏾
@@AceXun13 you didn't really mention that part
@@damianprock1650 I know I didn't think I had too but your good bro.👍🏾
I only knew about this from a random vhs that I found at my grandmother's when I was a child. Having no idea who bought it or when or for who but I remember it actually being a really cool short set of episodes that I wished I had more to see of.
Edit: and myself being a 90's kid, I'm genuinely surprised to find out this was an 80s cartoon. O.o
The Brave Star show and toys was also great
DARPA still has some catching up to do in the robot dog game
Still one of my all time favs... Would have lasted longer if it wasn't for Fox's COPS there was too much confusion why the cartoon name was switched to Cyber Cops but did not help it. Still crazy about this show today and think has one of the greatest theme songs ever
This was an awesome cartoon back then!
Big Boss looks like an adult Cartman. B P Vess could be Token all grown up.
Then who is Kyle, Kenney, and Stan?
@@Menaceblue3 think butters may have retired professor chaos and become dr badvibes. Wendy is mainframe...she went blonde.
but token and cartman would be a good transition from the zimmerman episode
😂😂😂
No lie I a VHS of this show and never knew how I got a hold of it as a kid
I loved this show when I was a kid
I remember this show! The action figures were like 1.5 scaled up versions of GI Joes.
I used to watch this back in the early 1990s. Such great memories
I have vague memories of seeing this in the 1990s as well, normally around the time that school would let out and they'd have two hours of cartoons, followed by news and maybe some old reruns of a sitcom that's either past the 100-episode mark for syndication or had long been canceled (or an obscure sitcom that wasn't good enough for a major network).
C.O.P.S was in my own personal opinion was a very fantastically cool 😎action 🎬cartoon series. I'm so very disappointed 😞😔😕😪😢😒that it didn't last past two seasons though because I felt that there could have been so much more ideas for the show had the creators not lose interest 😔!
I used to like watching the show. This needs a reboot just like other shows. Story, character development, mystery, and more sci-fi police crime noir series. It can work.
I had a few episodes of the show on VHS as a kid.
Watched it every morning before school
What I find fascinating about the show is they took a lot of fairly advanced cyberpunk story ideas and then tried to cram it into a show for a young kids. I'm thinking they might have done a little better if they had set the age bar a tad higher.
This was a great show I love it👍
One of my best childhood memories
Big Boss! Formerly known as "Dr. Claw" - Nemesis of Inspector Gadget.
HA! I'd forgotten that Brendan "Big Boss" Babel had a metal-gloved - or was that prosthetic? - hand. This would have been another little reminder that Andy Heyward co-created "Inspector Gadget"
this gave me goose bumps as the intro goes through my head.
Loved loved COPS I had a few action figures I love this cartoon
mt dream cast
COPS - Central Organization of Police Specialists
Baldwin P. “Bulletproof” Vess - Samuel L Jackson
P.J. “LongArm” O’Malley - Colm Meaney
Rex “Bowser” Pointer & Blitz-Bowser’s robotic dog - Christian Bale
and A-X-L Robot Dog
Walker “Sundown” Calhoun - Sam Elliott
Susie “Mirage” Young - Maggie Q
Sgt. Colt “Mace” Howards - Dwayne Johnson
Dave E. “Highway” Harlson - Chris Hemsworth
Stan “Barricade” Hyde - Jude Law
Donny “Hardtop” Brooks - Tom Holland
Hugh S. “Bullseye” Forward - Paul Rudd
Tina “Mainframe” Cassidy - Margot Robbie
C.R.O.O.K.S. - a crime syndicate
Brandon “Big Boss” Babel - Vincent D'Onofrio
Berserko - Chris Evans
Rock Krusher - Dave Bautista
Ms. Demeanor - Corinna "Cory" Everson
Turbo Tu-Tone - Keanu Reeves
Doctor Badvibes and Buzzbomb - Neil Patrick Harris & BB-8
Nightshade - Scarlett Johansson
Buttons McBoomBoom - Tommy Lee Jones
Squeeky Kleen - DJ Qualls
An interesting ensemble
Growing up where I did in Manchester NH
There's a lot of Geography that differs and a lot of Ahead of the Time Buildings thru time
My friends and I would ride our bikes and skateboards acting like we were a Jr Division of C.O.P.S
This is still a show my friends and I Talk about alot
Grew up in Moultonborough and Manchester NH myself too!
I was born in 82, JUST missed this show, but i had the Sundown and Big Boss action figures from somewhere, dont remember where i got tnem. Never knew what they were from until now.
Marvelous Videos still taking us down memory lane with these classics. Salute......
Is there a channel that still has these old 1980s and 90s cartoons?
No channel, but Tubi TV (a free streaming service filled with schlocky, campy, and mostly obscure TV shows, movies, and cartoons from the 1950s to now) has the complete series of this. It's also on CONtv, but episodes 40 to 48 aren't there while Tubi has every episode.
Omfg! Thank you YT algorithm for leading me to this! For the longest time, I’ve been busting my brain trying to figure out the name of “that one cartoon with the black dude as the leader”
I loved this show as a kid. Btw great research guys!
Oh man we need some Lone Star next!
C.O.P.S. was cyberpunk as all get-out. My favorite episode was the one in which the Crooks convince the mayor of the city to use robots called Instant Justice Machines to enforce the law. Of course the Instant Justice Machines hand down stiff sentences for things like parking violations, while letting the Crooks get off scot free. Raises some interesting questions about the use of technology in policing, and corruption of government and the law enforcement process itself.
I'd like to see a TV Funhouse parody of C.O.P.S. called A.C.A.B.
I'd like to see that too, but the TV Funhouse cartoons have not been on Saturday Night Live since 2008. You can try your luck with a Robot Chicken sketch or a Family Guy cutaway joke.
you forgot about one of the Crooks, Miss Demeanour. shes basically Rock Crusher, but much stronger and smarter. she however is known to be the most violent of the Crooks. also you forgot Sundown the Texas Ranger.
Loved this show!
love this show
C.O.P.S. only lasted 1 season in syndication, but since it was a daily, 65 episodes were produced before the show's eventual cancellation, with reruns aired until 1990. In November 21 and 28, 1989, Record Breakers pre-empted the series. These 30-minute thrillers were revived briefly in 1993 when CBS placed C.O.P.S. reruns, this time, rebranding it Cyber C.O.P.S. (same show, same episodes, new title) on its Saturday morning CBS Kid TV schedule (immediately following a full hour of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) at the 11:00AM to 11:30AM half-hour timeslot as a temporary 1992-1993 midseason filler replacement program for Grimmy, from March 20 to September 4, 1993 for obvious reasons. Alas, after only 6 more months of busting crooks, the C.O.P.S. team was once again sent to an early retirement. 2 years later in 1995, USA Network also aired reruns of C.O.P.S. as part of USA Cartoon Express block from January 2, 1995 to March 9, 1995, when the show restored its original title.
I remember this cartoon. Love it
Still watching this today.
I loved this show. Basically it was GI Joe, but instead of the army, the battle was in the streets, so cops and crooks is what makes sense.
I have the complete series of COPS. It is one of the greatest cartoons of all time and has some of the best animation ever. They sure don't make characters pretty like they use to...
a rather fun fact: some of the VAs here are in the 90s X-Men cartoon, the guy who voices big boss is the orderly with the coke bottle glasses from Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
HEY LOOK how diverse this cast was..
why do pepole think that diversity and stuff is a new thing...
Being I grow up in the tri state area Nyc Connecticut & New Jersey so we watched this on Wpix 11. Damn I’m turning 40
Mainframe, Bowser and Blitz, Sundown, Mirage, Highway, and Mace were the C.O.P.S. I liked.
Hardtop was awesome,too!
I was 11 when this came out and I still remember it fondly. As far as I can remember its the first kids cartoon with a black lead hero that wasn't aimed at black kids only (like Fat Albert and Friends). That aspect alone really stands out to me.
Oh my god i thought this was completely forgotten, the toys had a bunch of articulation and were large figures as well.
This would be a really good Live Action Movie..Or even a really good Live Action TV Show..
Biggz Was Here. Peace.
Wow! I was wondering when someone was going to review this cartoon.
Vertigo is not so easily done with. It take repetitive exposure to heights in a controlled manner.
Loved this cartoon
I used to love this cartoon
The toys for this line were amazing. I loved the ones I had.
i remember C.O.P.S i even had a few of the toys
Bowser and Blitz always reminded me of a future Joes Law & Order adding to the other GI Joe ties. Turbo Tu-Tone reminded me of a Dreadnok named Ripper.
The visionaries needs a comeback
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cant help but find this funny, cuz there is a 80s tokusatsu show called cyber cops
Loved the show. I especially remember the drug dealer episode. Very deep. Never once did it ever cross my mind that BP was black or the ethnic race of any other character. Today, it is all forced down our throats so it becomes an issue.
Exactly my 10 year old self didn't even think anything about BP being black. He was just a cool character in a cartoon i enjoyed.
Bulletproof can be distinguished by his trench coat, yellow shirt, sunglasses, sometime for his fedora and also for the fact that he is the only black character in the whole show. Don't worry narrator I got you, as a young boy I was happy to see a black character in a cartoon period. Bulletproof was the man 😎
Come on, Hasbro. Bring them back! The tag line demands it! Future Time! Lol