Samurai Pizza Cats - Season 1

First aired: 2/1/1990 54 episodes

Episodes

1. Stop Dragon My Cat Around!

Aired: 2/1/1990

Speedy is serving a pizza to Lucille but then Guido pops up and steals the Pizza to deliver it Lucille. As they continue to reach their destination, they continuously steal the pizza from each other. When Speedy gives it to Lucille, Guido says that Lucille and he are in love, and the two get into a brawl. Lucille stops them by blow them up. Bad Bird sends out a giant, robotic dragon and it wreaks havoc on Little Tokyo. Speedy and Guido notices Ninja Crows inside the Dragon and they decide to defeat this machine before it demolishes every structure in the city.

2. If You Knew Sushi Like I Know Sushi

Aired: 2/8/1990

Lucille's brother, a sushi-maker named Wally, is walking home with his eyes closed and is captured by the Ninja Crows.

3. Underground, Underwater, Undercooked

Aired: 2/15/1990

On her way to the mall, Lucille notices that the subway train she is on is comandeered by Bird Bird and the Ninja Crows.

4. The Great Golden Cluck

Aired: 2/22/1990

A flying demon emerges in Little Tokyo but is finally recognized as a giant gold chicken with Bad Bird as the pilot. He announces that his robot can tell the future and grant wishes - for a price.

6. Let The Cellar Beware

Aired: 3/8/1990

There have been reports of strange noises in the palace, and a nightwatchman has been hired to investigate and discovers a giant bug and runs in terror. Meanwhille, Princess Vi decides to quit school as Speedy has a slight cold. The Council Members believe that there is a ghost amongst them while Princess Vi is excited and wants to meet this spirit. Working on his latest scheme, Cheese wants his minions to create a giant carousol that would spin Little Tokyo. When the workers are tired, they order pizza and Francine wonders why the group wants so many pizzas and discovers that it is the Big Cheese. The Pizza cats decide this is a chance to investigate the cellar of the palace. When Speedy rushes into the palace, he bumps into Princess Vi and the two discover a robotic bug and try to escape. The robotic bug continues to find and attack them and it is finally destroyed in a room full of machines, and exposes Big Cheese's plan with the carousol.

5. Singing Samurai Sensai-tion

Aired: 3/1/1990

A man who calls himself Charlie Bird enters the Parlour, revealing he is a talent agent and thinks that Polly and Lucille could be big music stars.

7. The Nuclear Potato

Aired: 3/15/1990

Bad Bird's robots are attacking the city but are disposed by the Pizza Cats. Cheese successfully has Emperor Fred let his friends dump their toxic potato peelings in Little Tokyo.

8. Kind of a Drag

Aired: 3/22/1990

Big Cheese is embarrassed when walked in on, and he wants revenge.

9. Double Trouble For Princess Vi

Aired: 3/29/1990

The Pizza Cats are busy preparing for the Little Tokyo Arts Festival. When Al Dente receives a message that Princess Vi is going to the festival disguised, he asks the Pizza Cats to protect her.

10. Samurai Pizza Cats: The First 9 Episodes in 30 Minutes

Aired: 4/3/1990

A clip show with scenes from the first 9 episodes.

11. Hot and Kold Kitties

Aired: 4/10/1990

A dark cloud fires a ray that freezes a bunch of kids solid in ice. Seconds later, it melts them, and then flies off, unnoticed. At the Pizza Parlour, a bunch of kids are pushing Professor Ohm's son. A fight commences between Speedy and the kids but are interrupted by Francine. The boy explains that his father is out late and that his dad invented a device that can increase the power of any machine.

12. Candid Kitty

Aired: 4/17/1990

The Bad Guys gather in a movie theater to watch their past mistakes and look for the Pizza Cats' weakness.

13. The Pizza Cats Are Only Human (1)

Aired: 4/24/1990

After discovering the Pizza Cats are solar powered the Big Cheese has a satellite launched that will block out the sun. The Pizza Cats try to stop the launch but come up against the Rude Noise.

14. The Pizza Cats Are Only Human (2)

Aired: 5/1/1990

The Pizza Cats turn to Guru Lou in hopes that he can help them to defeat the Rude Noise.

15. Those Transformin' Felines

Aired: 5/8/1990

The Pizza Cats have been getting a big reputation in Little Tokyo. The Big Cheese, now jealous, decides to build his reputation by sending a robot out to attack, but make the Big Cheese look like the hero instead of the Cats.

16. The Case of the Bogus Billionaire

Aired: 5/15/1990

The Big Cheese gets a picture of a potato farmer who looks mysteriously like Emperor Fred. Al Dente then sends the Pizza Cats to find the nanny that raised the Emperor, in hopes that she can identify the true Emperor. However, Big Cheese knows of the plan and sends the Ninja Crows and the Rude Noise to get her first.

17. The Big Cheese's I.Q. Corral

Aired: 5/22/1990

The Big Cheese is having scientists kidnapped to be forced to work on his secret weapon. Now the Ninja Crows are after Guru Lou.

18. Field of Screwballs

Aired: 5/29/1990

The Bad Guys use a mind controlling robot on a popular baseball player Princess Vi has a crush on. To impress her, they challenge the Pizza Cats to a baseball game.

19. Speedy's Double-Time Trick

Aired: 6/5/1990

Speedy makes a date with Lucille but he forgets that he also made a date with Polly to run some low level missions. He decides to zip back and forth between his engagements. Between dates he uncovers the Big Cheese's plan to attack Little Tokyo with a giant Hot Tub robot.

20. Samurai Charm School

Aired: 6/12/1990

Polly decides she needs to be less temperamental so she goes to a model school, which is really a front for the Big Cheese's plan to hire some women warriors.

21. Drummin' Up Trouble With a Big Bad Beat

Aired: 6/19/1990

Big Cheese builds a robot that can bang out a hypnotic drum beat, thus enslaving the town.

22. Pizza Bird Delivers!

Aired: 6/26/1990

The Big Cheese is short on cash and can no longer afford to pay his minions. As a result, the Ninja Crows have to go find day jobs. Bad Bird takes a job at the Pizza Cat pizzeria.

23. Big Cheese Shows His Filmy Substance

Aired: 7/3/1990

Princess Vi wants to make a movie so the Big Cheese, Guido and Speedy run an obstacle course which will determine the male lead.

24. Son of Big Cheese

Aired: 7/10/1990

Francine is in love with a deer named Bucky, but her responsibilities with the Pizza Cats cause problems with the relationship.

25. Gender Bender Butterflies!

Aired: 7/17/1990

Francine's date with a deer named Bucky is ruined when the Bad Guys release a swarm of butterflies that can make people act like the opposite gender.

28. Pizza Cat Performance Review

Aired: 8/7/1990

Big Al isn't satisfied with the Pizza Cats' work, so he sends them to the suburbs, while the Rescue Team Cats take over the main shop.

26. Cold and Crabby in Little Tokyo

Aired: 7/24/1990

Emperor Fred comes down with a bad cold. Big Al Dente summons the Pizza Cats to go to Mount Coochie to bring back the CooCoo bird which will restore Emperor Fred's insanity and cure his cold. But the Big Cheese also has a cold and he sends Bad Bird to get the CooCoo bird first.

27. The Terror of Prisoner Island

Aired: 7/31/1990

There is a flaw in the palace. The Pizza Cats are sent to find the architect, who has been banished to an island by Princess Vi, but the Ninja Crows are after him too.

29. Destructo Robots at Popular Prices

Aired: 8/14/1990

The Rude Noise spy on the Pizza Cats to try to find a way to beat them.

30. No Talent Guido

Aired: 8/21/1990

Guido feels left out when Polly, Lucille, and even Speedy become music stars. But now it's up to him to save the city from Big Cheese's singing.

31. All You Need is Love

Aired: 8/28/1990

Big Cheese decides to marry his way up, so the Bad Guys make a cupid robot to make Princess Vi fall in love with him, but things don't go as planned.

32. Polly's Magical Flute

Aired: 9/4/1990

Big Cheese discovers a legend about a flute that can be used to find a treasure, so he collects all the flutes in the city, including Polly's.

33. Close Encounters of the Pig Kind

Aired: 9/11/1990

Speedy befriends a pig from space, but this pig's appetite is out of control.

34. Big Cheese's High Definition TV

Aired: 9/18/1990

After reviewing their previous encounters with the Pizza Cats, the Big Cheese decides to combine the features from previous robots into one.

35. Pizza Delivery of Doom!

Aired: 9/25/1990

Spritz disappears while making a delivery to a lakeside village, where mysterious creatures have been frightening the locals.

36. Youth is for Exploding

Aired: 10/2/1990

The city is in terrorized by a group of exploding robot teens. And to make things worse, Guru Lou is testing his new formula.

37. Bad Bird Uncaged (1)

Aired: 10/9/1990

Bad Bird is back with powerful new weapons, and challenges Speedy to a battle. Can Speedy defeat him?

38. Bad Bird Uncaged (2)

Aired: 10/16/1990

Speedy goes to Guru Lou to learn the secret of the Pizza Cats' power.

39. A Mission in Manhattan

Aired: 10/23/1990

The Pizza Cats travel to meet the New York Pizza Cats. The Big Cheese also goes to New York for a crime conference.

40. Unidentified Flying Oddballs

Aired: 10/30/1990

A flying saucer appears, and kidnaps Princess Vi. The Pizza Cats have to rescue her.

41. Princess Vi's Hippy-Dippy Mom

Aired: 11/6/1990

Princess Vi's mother returns, and gives Vi a gem that the Big Cheese needs for his latest robot.

42. A Wet & Wild Weekend

Aired: 11/13/1990

The Pizza Cats go to a spa to protect Emperor Fred and Princess Vi, but Big Cheese and the Ninja Crows are there too, trying to get some rest and relaxation.

43. Kung Fu Kitty Contest

Aired: 11/20/1990

Princess Vi holds a martial arts fighting contest to see who is the top fighter in the city. The Pizza Cats, Lucille, Bad Bird and one of Big Cheese's robots are among the entrants into battle.

44. Gone With the Ginzu

Aired: 11/27/1990

The bad guys steal the Speedy's magical Ginzu Sword and make a copy of it.

45. A Little Bit'O Luck

Aired: 12/4/1990

Jerry and Bad Bird builds a robot that brings luck. It was supposed to be delivered to Big Cheese, but was lost to Speedy instead.

46. Samurai Savings Time

Aired: 12/11/1990

The Big Cheese builds a robot that can travel through time. His plan is to travel back in time to stop the Pizza Cats from being formed.

47. Phoney Baloney Cat

Aired: 12/18/1990

Big Cheese, Jerry, and Bad Bird dress up like the Pizza Cats to ruin the cats' reputations.

48. The Cheese Who Stole Christmas

Aired: 12/25/1990

Big Cheese is having a bad Christmas, so he dress up like Santa and gives kids masks that won't come off.

49. Emperor Fred Does Hard Time

Aired: 1/8/1991

Speedy gives Princess Vi's pizza to Emperor Fred, who ruins it. The Princess has a temper tantrum and banishes both of them.

50. Quake, Rattle, & Roll

Aired: 1/15/1991

The Ninja Crows build an earthquake creating robot, which terrifies Speedy, and Big Cheese.

51. The very best of Big Cheese's failures

Aired: 1/22/1991

A recap on the Big Cheese's greatest failures

52. The Big Comet Caper (1)

Aired: 1/29/1991

In a last desperate act the Big Cheese diverts a comet towards Little Tokyo and blackmails the city.

53. The Big Comet Caper (2)

Aired: 2/5/1991

Speedy and Bad Bird join forces to save the world from the comet.

54. The Cats Cop Cartoon Careers

Aired: 2/12/1991

A look back at some of the character's best moments in the series.