Dennis the Menace (1986 TV series)

This article is about the 1986 American animated series. For other uses, see Dennis the Menace. For the 1959 American series, see Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series). For the film, see Dennis the Menace (film). For the video game, see Dennis the Menace (video game).

Dennis the Menace

Created by	DIC Entertainment TMS Entertainment King Features Entertainment Hank Ketcham Enterprises DFS Program Exchange Crawleys Animation (co-producer, season 2)
Starring	Brennan Thicke Phil Hartman Marilyn Lightstone Jeannie Elias Donna Christie
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	78 (234 segments)
Production
Running time	22 Minutes
Production company(s)	DIC Entertainment Atkinson Film-Arts Crawleys Films
Distributor	DFS-Dorland Program Exchange (1986-1987) (season 1)
Release
Original network	Syndication (season 1) CBS (season 2)
Original release	September 22, 1986 – March 26, 1988

Dennis the Menace is an American animated series produced by DIC Entertainment (now owned by DHX Media) (with season 2 co-produced by Crawleys Animation), based on the comic strip by Hank Ketcham.

The young blond boy with a cowlick and a mischievous personality, Dennis the Menace, gets into numerous scrapes and adventures with his dog Ruff and his friends Joey, Margaret, Gina, Tommy, PeeBee and Jay.

Dennis is an impulsive, angel-faced little devil who is always getting into scrapes which end up tormenting his hapless next-door neighbor, Mr. Wilson (though Dennis always means well). Dennis finds himself involved in all kinds of wild adventures (some of which are fantasy-based like the international espionage and trips into the past stories) but always manages to save the day.

The series was originally aired in syndication in the U.S., distributed by The Program Exchange. The second season aired on Saturday mornings on CBS. Each half-hour show consists of three six- or seven-minute shorts. The show was sponsored by General Mills.

Cast/Characters

Cast of characters

Dennis Mitchell, a well-meaning but trouble-prone boy. Voiced by Brennan Thicke.
Henry Mitchell, father to Dennis and Alice's husband. Voiced by Phil Hartman in Season 1 and by Maurice LaMarche in Season 2.
Alice Mitchell, Henry Mitchell's wife and Dennis's mother. Usually voiced by Marilyn Lightstone, but on certain occasions by Louise Vallance.
Mr. George Wilson, the Mitchells' neighbor, often exasperated with Dennis's antics. Voiced by Phil Hartman in Season 1 and Maurice LaMarche in Season 2.
Mrs. Martha Wilson, a loving, grandmotherly type who enjoys Dennis's company. Voiced by Marilyn Lightstone or Louise Vallance.
Joey McDonald, Dennis's best friend. Voiced by Jeannie Elias.
Tommy Anderson, Dennis's other best friend. Also voiced by Jeannie Elias.
Margaret Wade, Dennis's friend and occasional nemesis, a goody-goody girl in the neighborhood. Also voiced by Jeannie Elias.
Gina Gillotti, Dennis's tomboyish, yet warm and feminine friend. Voiced by Donna Christie and later Sharon Noble.
PeeBee Kappa, Dennis' friend and resident genius and technology freak. His name is a play on Phi Beta Kappa. Voiced by Marilyn Lightstone.
Jay Weldon, Dennis's "too-tall" friend who loves to play basketball. Voiced by Riva Spier
Ruff, the Mitchells' family dog. Voiced by Phil Hartman in Season 1 and Maurice LaMarche in Season 2.
Other Kids, voiced by Matthew Godfrey and Kimberly "Kim" Duncan in Season 2.

Episode list

78 episodes were produced:

Season 1: 1986–1987

So Long, Old Paint/Trembly Assembly/Private I
A Visitor from Outer Space/Train That Boy/Genie Madness
Cheer Up/Ghostblusters/The Life You Save
Shark Treatment/Jungle Bungle/Racetrack Menace
All the President's Menace/The Love Rowboat/Wilson the Menace
Fishing for Trouble/Future Fortune/Time Bomb
Spa Blahs/Whale of a Tale/Disaster on the Green
Here, Kitty!/Circus Berserkus/The Monster of Mudville Flats
The Price of Stardom/Space Menace/The Magic Flute
Dennis' Yard Sale/The Abominable Snow Menace/It Came from the Planet Dennis
Snowman Madness/The Invisible Kid/Home Destruction
Chitty Chitty Moon Walk/Wet 'N Wild/Dennis at the Movies
The Supermarket/The Big Candied Apple/The Defective Detector
Henry the Menace/Come Fly with Me/Camping Out
Up Up and Away (From Here)/Going Ape/Dennis the Pirate
It's a Ruff Life/Professor Myron Mentalapse/Dennis Race 2000
A Better Mousetrap/The Wizzer of Odd/Canine Car Wash
Ride'Em Cowboy/Tenting Tonight/A Hair Raising Tale
Medieval Evil/Beaver-Mania/Say Uncle
Hopping Mad/Mayan Mayhem/The Big Power Trip
Strong Medicine/Gold Strike/Lights! Camera! Mud!
Invasion of the Blob/Wild West Show-Down/The Hen Party
Up Up and Oh Boy!/The Company Picnic/Aw Nuts!
Clip-Joint Capers/Tanks for the Memory/Second Honeymoon
A Couple of Coo-Coos/The Cloneheads/Nothing But the Tooth
Mummy's Little Boy/Horsing Around/Dennis Plasters Pamplona
Dennis Predicts/Dennis & the Kangaroo Cavalry/Meatball Mess
My Fair Dennis/A Good Knight's Work/Life in the Fast Lane
A Nightmare at the Opera/A Royal Pain/Having a Marbleous Time
Marky the Menace/Dennis the Genius/A Step Ahead
The Boss Gets Scalped/Mr. Dennistein/Lean Green Jumping Machine
Laundry Business/Journey to the Center of Uncle Charlie's Farm/Dennis Springs Into Action
Ruff's Hat Trick/A Moving Experience/Lemon-Aid
Sounds in the Night/Dennis Does Hollywood/Ruff to the Rescue
The Bicycle Thief/Menace of the Mine Shaft/Margaret's Birthday Party
So Sorry!/Shock Therapy/Yard Wars
Ruff's Masterpiece/Going to the Dogs/Big Baby
Building a Better Dog House/Dennis and the Dragon/Hic!
Strike Up the Band/Queen of Chinatown/Tale of a Tux
Give a Little Whistle/Charmed I'm Sure/After Hours
Baseball's Best Ballplayer/Mr. Wilson's Diet/The Backyard Band
Double Dennis/Timber Wolves/Help Not Wanted
Million Dollar Dennis/3-D and Me/Barber Shop Disharmony
Bowling for Dennis/Dennis Conquers the Navy/The Longest Half-Yard
Vampire Scare/Give Me Liberty or Give Me Dennis/Wilson for Mayor
Dangerous Detour/The Prodigy/The Chimp
High Steel/Bicycle Mania/Little Dogs Lost
Dennis Destroys Dallas/Black & Blue Hawaii/Oil's Well That Ends Well
Door to Door Bore/Dennis in Venice/Young Sherlock Dennis
Surf's Up/Yo Ho Ho/The Karate Kiddie
Dennis and the Deep/K-9 Kollege/Housepests
Animalympics/No Bones About It/Dennis Takes the Cake
Quiet Riot/The Magic Pen/A Feeling for Stealing
Househusband Henry/Wheeling & Double-Dealing/Stop That Car!
Lights, Camera, Auction!/Boy Ahoy/Faulty Alarm
Hail to the Chief/Dennis in Microchipland/Handy Dandy Dennis
Dennis the Businessman/Soccer it to Me, Dennis/Camp Over Here-Over There
Hullaballoo at the Harmony Homes/Phantom of the Wax Museum/Dennis and the Gypsy Woman
Attack of the Giant Tomatoes/The Dinosaur Doozy/Funhouse Grouch
Dennis Rocks Out/Deserted with Dennis/Fashionable Menace
Back to the Drawing Board/Part-Time Helper/G.I. George
Wanted: Scarface Wilson/Ruff Come Home/10-4 Dennis
Heroes Unwelcome/The Martians are Coming/Ancient Olympics
Pool Haul/Fool for Gold/Nothin' to Be Afraid Of
Yankee Doodle Dennis/Dennis the Barnstormer/Trial and Error

Season 2: 1988

Frankenstymied/Space Race/The Incredible Shrinking Dennis
The Great Pie Swap/Climb of the Century/Little Beauty Shop of Horrors
Crummy Mummy/Swiss Family Mitchell/Pie in the Eye
It's Magic Time/Dennis in Wonderland/Water on the Brain
Tunnel Vision/Super Duper Dennis/Ice Show Show-Off
Snow Wars/The Moroccan Pigeon/Dennis of the Jungle
Young at Heart/Thor-Sicle/A Word from Our Sponsor
A Froggy Day/Loch Ness Mess/Box Office Smash
Menaced Marriage/Dennis of the Yukon/Seal of Approval
Instant Replay/Underwater Wonderland/Safe at Home
A Fox Tale/Gorilla Warfare/Shared Interest
Kooked Goose/Pell Mell Hotel/The Old Ball Game
The Wright Stuff/Hassle in the Castle/Wilson's Night Out

Home video

VHS

On June 2, 1993, CBS/FOX Video released four VHS compilations in the USA:

Dennis' Great Adventure – contains the episodes All the President's Menace, The Abominable Snow Menace, Dennis in Venice and The Big Candied Apple.

Animal Antics – contains the episodes Lean, Green Jumping Machine, Shark Treatment, Jungle Bungle and Dinosaur Doozy.

Boys Will Be Boys – contains the episodes Disaster on the Green, Baseball's Best Ballplayer, Soccer it to Me, Dennis and Racetrack Menace.

Spies, Robbers and Ghosts – contains the episodes Ghost Blusters, The Monster of Mudville Flats, Young Sherlock Dennis and The Defective Detector.

DVD releases

On March 18, 2008, Fox Home Entertainment released a select 7-episode DVD entitled Dennis the Menace: Trouble, Trouble Everywhere in Region 1. This compilation includes the episodes Dennis in Venice, Mayan Mayhem, The Big Candied Apple, A Royal Pain, Dennis and the Kangaroo Cavalry, Dennis Plasters Pamplona and Black and Blue Hawaii.

On March 18, 2014, Mill Creek Entertainment released Dennis the Menace – Volume One on DVD in Region 1.^[1] The 3-disc set contains the first 33 episodes of the series. On August 5, 2014, Mill Creek released Dennis the Menace - Lights! Camera! Menace!, which contains the remaining 32 episodes from the first season.^[2]

On September 6, 2016, Mill Creek released Dennis the Menace- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.^[3] The 9-disc set contains all 78 episodes of the series, including the final 13 episodes which were previously unreleased.

Broadcast history

USA

Television syndication (1986–1988 [first run]; 1992–2007 [second run])

CBS (1991–1998)
USA Network (1991–1999)
Fox Family Channel (1998–2002)
Cartoon Network (2001–2002)
Black Family Channel (2004–2007)
Boomerang (2007–2008, 2010–2011)
Fox (1987–1999)

In 1992, The Program Exchange re-released the series with a different opening sequence and end credits (but containing the same theme songs). This edit is still used when the show is rerun and released on home video today. The original music played during the opening sequence was written and performed by former Social Distortion members Derek O'Brien and Brent Liles.

UK

The title was shortened to Dennis so as not to create confusion with the UK character Dennis the Menace.

CITV (1987–1989)
Channel 4 (1987–1995)
Sky One (1993–1999)
Fox Kids (1996–2005)
Pop (2003–2010)
Kix! (2008–2014)

Canada

YTV (1988–2005)

Australia

ABC (1989–1992)
Network Ten (1997–2001)
Max (1995)
Nickelodeon (1995–1997)
KidsCo

Czech Republic

ČST (1991–1995)
TV3 (2000–2001)
Fox Kids (2001–2006)

Croatia

RTL Kockica (2012–2016)

Russia

Jetix (2005–2006)
Jetix Play (2008–2010)
KidsCo (2008–2014)

Turkey

Fox Kids (1997–2005)
Show TV (2001–2007)
Jetix Play (2004–2011)
Samanyolu TV (2004–2011)
Yumurcak TV (2007–2016)
Cine5 (2007–2015)
Smart Çocuk (2007–2016)
Maxi TV (2009–2016)
KidsCo (2008–2014)

References

External links

Dennis the Menace at the Internet Movie Database
Dennis the Menace at TV.com

Dennis the Menace

TV series	1959 series (episodes) 1986 series All-New Dennis the Menace

Films	Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter Dennis the Menace Dennis the Menace Strikes Again Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control A Dennis the Menace Christmas

Other	Video game

Children's programming on CBS in the 1980s

First-run animated series	The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle (1979–81) The All New Popeye Hour (1978–83) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–84) Tarzan and the Super 7 (1978–80) The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–82) Drak Pack (1980) The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour (1980–82) Blackstar (1981) The Kwicky Koala Show (1981) Trollkins (1981–82) Gilligan's Planet (1982–83) Pandamonium (1982–83) Meatballs & Spaghetti (1982–83) The Dukes (1983) The Biskitts (1983–84) Saturday Supercade (1983–86) Dungeons & Dragons (1983–85) The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1983–86) The Get Along Gang (1984–85) Muppet Babies (1984–91) Pole Position (1984) Inspector Gadget (1985–86) The Berenstain Bears (1985–87) The Wuzzles (1985) Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–87) Wildfire (1986) Galaxy High (1986–87) Teen Wolf (1986–87) Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987–88) Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–88) Popeye and Son (1987–88) Dennis the Menace (1986–88) The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy (1988–90) Superman (1988) Garfield and Friends (1988–95) Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989–91) The California Raisin Show (1989–90) Rude Dog & the Dweebs (1989–90)

First-run live-action series	Captain Kangaroo (1955–84) In the News (1971–86) 30 Minutes (1978–82) CBS Saturday Film Festival (1971–78; 1982–84) Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (1983) Pryor's Place (1984–85) Little Muppet Monsters (1985) CBS Storybreak (1985–87) Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–91) Hey Vern, It's Ernest! (1988–89)

Rebroadcasts	The Bugs Bunny Show/Road Runner Show (1968–71; 1975–78; 1978–85) Shazam! Speed Buggy He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Shirt Tales Land of the Lost The Transformers Kidd Video

Schedules	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Related topics	Garbage Pail Kids The Young Astronauts Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States

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