The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang |
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| Genre | Science fiction Comedy Adventure |
| Directed by | George Gordon Ray Patterson Rudy Zamora |
| Voices of | Henry Winkler Ron Howard Donny Most Didi Conn Frank Welker |
| Narrated by | Wolfman Jack |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera Don Jurwich Duane Poole Tom Swale |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions Paramount Television |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | November 8, 1980 – November 28, 1981 |
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| Followed by | Laverne & Shirley in the Army |
| Related shows | Happy Days |
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang was a fun animated show from the 1980s. It was a spin-off of the super popular live-action TV show Happy Days. This cartoon was all about science fiction and comedy. It aired on ABC on Saturday mornings from November 8, 1980, to November 28, 1981. The show was made by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Paramount Television. Many people thought it was similar to Doctor Who because the characters traveled through time in a machine that looked like a phone booth.
Story of the Show
The cartoon brought back some of your favorite characters from Happy Days. Henry Winkler voiced The Fonz, Ron Howard was the voice of Richie Cunningham, and Donny Most voiced Ralph Malph.
The story begins when Fonzie and his friends meet Cupcake. She's a girl from the future who has a broken time machine. Fonzie, being a great mechanic, fixes it. But then, an accident happens! The whole group, including Fonzie, Richie, Ralph, and an animal-like dog named Mr. Cool, get lost in time.
The show then follows their exciting adventures. They land in all sorts of different time periods. Their main goal is to find a way back to their own time, 1957. The famous radio DJ, Wolfman Jack, narrated the start of each episode.
There were 24 episodes made for this series. After the show ended, Fonzie and Mr. Cool even appeared in another cartoon. They joined the characters from Laverne & Shirley in a show called Laverne & Shirley in the Army. Later, that show was renamed Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz. In this new show, Fonzie worked as the main mechanic in the army's motor pool.
Who's Who in the Cast
- Henry Winkler as Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli
- Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham
- Donny Most as Ralph Malph
- Frank Welker as Mr. Cool
- Didi Conn as Cupcake
- Wolfman Jack as Opening narrator
Episode Guide
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 13 | November 8, 1980 | January 31, 1981 | |
| 2 | 11 | September 12, 1981 | November 28, 1981 | |
Season 1 (1980–81)
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| 1 | 1 | "King for a Day" | November 8, 1980 | |
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The time machine lands the gang in 1,000,000 BC! A tribe of cave people makes Ralph their king for a day. But the gang soon finds out why past kings didn't last long. Can Fonzie save Ralph from a scary fate?
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| 2 | 2 | "May the Farce Be with You" | November 15, 1980 | |
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The gang tries to get back to 1957 but ends up in 2057, and even in space! They land on the Moon and discover aliens planning to attack Earth. Can the Fonz stop them?
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| 3 | 3 | "Arabian Knights" | November 22, 1980 | |
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The time machine takes the group to ancient Persia (now Iran). They help a princess fight her evil uncle, who has a bad genie and is looking for her hidden treasure.
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| 4 | 4 | "Bye Bye Blackbeard" | November 29, 1980 | |
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The gang travels to the Age of Pirates! The famous pirate Blackbeard needs their help to find a lost treasure.
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| 5 | 5 | "Westward Whoa!" | December 6, 1980 | |
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The time machine drops the gang in the Old West in the 1800s. They help catch a famous outlaw named Big Jake, who looks exactly like Fonzie!
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| 6 | 6 | "Ming Fu to You, Too!" | December 13, 1980 | |
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The gang's time machine takes them to China during the Ming Dynasty in 1371. The Hongwu Emperor learns about Cupcake's time machine and tries to trick Fonzie into stealing it.
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| 7 | 7 | "The Vampire Strikes Back" | December 20, 1980 | |
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The gang accidentally lands in Transylvania, not Milwaukee, in 1957. They meet Count Wolfgang Von Wolfenstein at his castle. They must escape his spooky traps, and Ralph even turns into a werewolf!
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| 8 | 8 | "You'll Never Get Witch" | December 27, 1980 | |
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The gang finds themselves in Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials in 1693. Cupcake is captured by a mean witch hunter, and the gang must save her.
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| 9 | 9 | "The 20,000 Drachma Pyramid" | January 3, 1981 | |
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The gang travels to ancient Egypt and meets Cleopatra. Ralph falls for her, but Cupcake reminds him that history says Caesar and Cleopatra were a couple.
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| 10 | 10 | "It's a Jungle Out There" | January 10, 1981 | |
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The time machine takes the gang to a jungle in Peru in 1532. They meet friendly Incas and help them against the bad guy, Francisco Pizzaro.
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| 11 | 11 | "Gone with the Wand" | January 17, 1981 | |
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In medieval Camelot, the gang helps King Arthur and Merlin the Magician. An evil Black Knight has locked up Arthur and wants to take over his kingdom.
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| 12 | 12 | "Science Friction" | January 24, 1981 | |
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In 19th-century France, Cupcake accidentally sends the gang inside the imagination of writer Jules Verne!
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| 13 | 13 | "Greece Is the Word" | January 31, 1981 | |
Season 2 (1981)
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| 14 | 1 | "The French Correction" | September 12, 1981 | |
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The gang teams up with the Three Musketeers to save the Queen in France in 1625.
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| 15 | 2 | "Kelp!" | September 19, 1981 | |
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Fonzie and the gang end up in the year 3817, on the ocean floor! They get caught in a fight between kelp farmers and a greedy person who wants to destroy their city for gold.
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| 16 | 3 | "Time Schlep" | September 26, 1981 | |
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On their way back to Milwaukee in 1957, the gang gets stuck in a time storm in the Bermuda Triangle. They meet Ula and her giant ape, Mongo, and are chased by bad guys.
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| 17 | 4 | "It's All Downhill from Here" | October 10, 1981 | |
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The gang finds themselves in Greenland in 1864. They travel to Jules Verne's Center of the Earth to help a girl named Anna find her father.
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| 18 | 5 | "Double Jeopardy" | October 17, 1981 | |
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The evil stepmother of the Princess of Siam is planning something bad against her. Only Fonzie and the gang can save the princess!
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| 19 | 6 | "Fjords and Sorcery" | October 24, 1981 | |
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A Viking Sorceress named Grimhilde traps the gang. They must find a second magic bracelet to fix the situation.
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| 20 | 7 | "There's No Place Like Rome" | October 31, 1981 | |
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In ancient Rome, the gang must save a girl named Claudia from a bad guy named Julius Maximus.
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| 21 | 8 | "Perilous Pauline" | November 7, 1981 | |
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Grimsley Gladewater has taken Pauline's home and the time machine. The Fonz has to keep rescuing Pauline over and over again!
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| 22 | 9 | "Around the World in 80 Ways" | November 14, 1981 | |
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The gang loses their shrunken time machine in a trophy cup. They have to enter Jules Verne's race around the world to get it back.
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| 23 | 10 | "All This and Timbuktu" | November 21, 1981 | |
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Landing in Central Africa around the year 1100, the team meets a brave jungle woman. They join her quest to find her kidnapped astronomer father.
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| 24 | 11 | "Give Me a Hand – Something's Afoot" | November 28, 1981 | |
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Fonzie and the Gang meet Sherlock Holmes in London in 1899. They must stop Professor Moriarty from stealing the Crown Jewels for a sneaky plan.
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