The Atom Ant Show

Name: The Atom Ant Show
Genre: Animation, Kids, Comedy
Released: 1965-10-02
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Howard Morris, Henry Corden, Don Messick, Janet Waldo, Jean Vander Pyl

ENDED1 Season78 Episodes★ 7.4

The Atom Ant Show is an animated and kids' series on NBC that ran from 1965 to 1966, ending after 1 season and 78 episodes.

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NetworkNBC

First AiredOct 2, 1965

Last AiredOct 15, 1966

GenreAnimation, Kids, Comedy

Runtime21 min

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionHanna-Barbera Cartoons, NBC, Screen Gems

Operating out of his private anthill, the formidable Atom Ant picks up distress calls via his built-in antennae and heads out to battle a fearsomely delightful array of dastards including Bug Fat Dynamo, Crankenshaft, M.D. and his arch-nemesis Ferocious Flea. Sharing screen time with our hero are Precious Pupp, a rascal of a mutt who hides his antics from the kindly Granny Sweets and the Hillbilly Bears, the most ridiculous bears to ever come from the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Cast

Howard Morris

Atom Ant (voice)

Henry Corden

Paw Rugg (voice)

Don Messick

Shag Rugg (voice)

Janet Waldo

Granny Sweet (voice)

Jean Vander Pyl

Maw Rugg / Floral Rugg (voice)

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 78 episodes

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E1Up and Atom

Oct 2, 19657m

Atom Ant is called in to capture Big Fats Dynamo after he and his gang break out of a maximum security prison.

E2Precious Jewel

Oct 2, 19657m

The great jewel thief, breaks into her house to steal her pearls.

E3Detour For Sure

Oct 2, 19657m

Maw and Paw tell the foreman on construction that they don't want any more eviction notices.

E4Crankenshaft's Monster

Oct 9, 19657m

When the Evil Dr. Crankshaft creates a monster in his lab, Atom Ant is called in to save the day

E5Doggone Dognapper

Oct 9, 19657m

Precious Pup is caught by the dogcatcher.

E6Woodpecked

Oct 9, 19657m

Paw is harassed by Maw to get rid of a noisy woodpecker.

E7Gem-A-Go-Go

Oct 16, 19657m

Fancy Finger Finnegan laughs when he the FBI sends ant out after him.

E8Bites and Gripes

Oct 16, 19657m

Two crooks, Blackie and Lefty, steal Precious Pup.

E9Anglers Aweigh

Oct 16, 19657m

Maw sends Paw off to catch some catfish for dinner.

E10Ferocious Flea

Oct 23, 19657m

When a city is plagued by bank robberies, Atom Ant is forced into a battle with Ferocious Flea.

E11Queen of the Road

Oct 23, 19657m

Granny and Pupp are building a fast car to race with. They need the prize money. Two crooks want to win the money, too, and they're willing to do anything crooked to win.

E12Stranger Than Friction

Oct 23, 19657m

Maw makes Paw swear to invite the next person he meets to dinner.

E13Rambling Robot

Oct 30, 19657m

Junior's homemade robot goes berserk.

E14Crook Out, Cook Out

Oct 30, 19657m

Granny mistakenly snares a thief with her butterfly net.

E15Goldilocks and the Four Bears

Oct 30, 19657m

The Bear family decides to take a walk to let their breakfast cool. Meanwhile, a passing movie star named Goldy Looks gets a flat tire and finds the Bear's house while looking for help. She ends up eating their food and sleeping in their beds and she runs off when the Bears get home with an idea for a movie.

E16Nobody's Fool

Nov 6, 19657m

The seductive Anastashia Antnick from Antsvillania keeps Atom Ant busy.

E17Next of Kin

Nov 6, 19657m

Granny gets a letter in the mail with a big box. Her aunt has left her everything in a will, including a big bulldog. Granny must humor the bulldog and have perfect harmony, or else she will lose everything in the will. The bulldog takes an immediate dislike for Precious Pupp.

E18Going, Going Gone Gopher

Nov 6, 19657m

While Maw is away in town Paw is left to guard the turnips.

E19Atom Ant Meets Karate Ant

Nov 13, 19657m

Atom Ant goes to visit his old foe, Muscles, just released from prison.

E20Bowling Pinned

Nov 13, 19657m

Granny enters a bowling tournament.

E21Courtin' Disaster

Nov 13, 19657m

A truce is called between the Rugg's and the Hopper's so that Floral and Claude can begin dating.

E22Fastest Ant in the West

Nov 20, 19657m

Rowdy Dowdy, tears up a town out west.

E23Poodle Pandemonium

Nov 20, 19657m

Precious Pup competes with the Bulldog next door for the affections of a French Poodle.

E24Picnic Panicked

Nov 20, 19657m

At the Hog Woller picnic Clod Hopper has a thing for Floral.

E25Mistaken Identity

Nov 27, 19657m

Ferocious Flea disguises himself as Atom.

E26Dog Tracks

Nov 27, 19657m

Granny buys Precious Pupp a new dog license so the dogcatcher won’t bother him anymore.

E27Judo Kudos

Nov 27, 19657m

Sumo the Japanese fighting bear is on his way to the circus when he falls out of the truck when it hits a bump. Sumo helps Paw Rugg learn karate so he can use it on his rival, Claude Hopper.

E28How Now Bow Wow

Dec 4, 19657m

Ferocious Flea and Bones, steal the Colonel's priceless dog.

E29Sub-marooned

Dec 4, 19657m

A trip to the beach for some surfing turns out different for Granny and Precious Pup.

E30Just Plane Around

Dec 4, 19657m

Experimental plane X-Ray-X lands near the Rugg house and Paw goes for an unexpected ride with agent 00700 and his pal who are trying to steal the plane.

E31Dragon Master

Dec 11, 19657m

Atom Ant welcomes the mad scientist to the good guy club and goes straight for the lump of sugar.

E32Lady Bugged

Dec 11, 19657m

A crook disguises himself as a little old lady when he hears that Granny Sweet won sweepstakes that are worth $500,000 dollars, but he can't fool Precious.

E33War Games

Dec 11, 19657m

The backyard of the Rugg's becomes a war zone.

E34The Big Gimmick

Dec 18, 19657m

Professor Von Gimmick terrorizes Big City with his monster.

E35Test in the West

Dec 18, 19657m

Granny and Precious Pup go out West, only to find everything closed and deserted.

E36Bricker Brats

Dec 18, 19657m

Shag and the Hopper boy keep getting in fights over who has the toughest dad threatening to start the feud back up.

E37Super Blooper

Dec 25, 19657m

Atom Ant and the kids race to see Super Guy, but he's not there.

E38Bones and Groans

Dec 25, 19657m

Granny Sweet goes shopping and gives Precious Pupp a big bone to keep him happy and busy while she is gone. Brutus the Bulldog decides he wants the bone and the battle is on.

E39Slap Happy Grandpappy

Dec 25, 19657m

Grandpa Rugg comes for a visit much to the excitement of Shag and Floral. Grandpa wants to shoot some Hoppers not knowing that Paw has just ended the feud with them.

E40Wild, Wild Ants

Jan 1, 19667m

The ant hill mob takes over the city picnic grounds.

E41Butterfly Nut

Jan 1, 19667m

Precious and Granny Sweet head out to the country to look for butterflies for her collection. Precious digs up a tin box full of money left by a pair of crooks who had buried it. They come back to find Precious guarding it.

E42Pooped Pops

Jan 1, 19667m

Convinced by Maw that a good father plays with his kids, Paw goes along with Shag's games.

E43Dina-sore

Jan 8, 19667m

Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus comes back to life.

E44Precious' Bone

Jan 8, 19667m

Mr. Green gives Precious a new bone from the meat market and Brutus wants to take Precious' bone away from him.

E45Leaky Creek

Jan 8, 19667m

Maw chases Paw down to the creek for his yearly bath. When he gets to the creek he finds it has gone dry due to a pesky beaver that has built a dam.

E46Amusement Park Amazement

Jan 15, 19667m

Thinking Von Gimmick has reformed, Atom Ant offers to help him.

E47The Bird Watcher

Jan 15, 19667m

Granny Sweet agrees to watch a pet bird for her friend Mrs. Brown while she is out of town. While Granny takes Mrs. Brown to the train, Precious Pupp is put in charge of the bird and has to protect it from an overzealous and very hungry cat.

E48My Fair Hillbilly

Jan 15, 19667m

Maw is tired of Paw being such a slob so she sends him to the J.P. Snobbs School of Charm and they try to turn Paw into a gentleman.

E49Bully For Atom Ant

Jan 22, 19667m

Atom Ant meets Chicken Enchilada.

E50Dog Trained

Jan 22, 19667m

The conductor makes Precious Pup ride in the baggage car instead of with Granny.

E51Rickety Rockety Racoon

Jan 22, 19667m

Paw battles with Rickety Raccoon after he steals eggs from the hen house.

E52Termighty Mean

Jan 29, 19667m

Dotzilla, goes on a rampage, eating everything in sight.

E53Oliver Twisted

Jan 29, 19667m

Precious and Granny Sweet are in London where Granny Sweet snaps pictures of the sights to send the pictures to family members while Precious gets lost chasing a cat and meets a pickpocket and his group of dog pickpockets.

E54Modern Inconvenience

Jan 29, 19667m

Maw and Paw are selected as the Hillbilly family of the month by Good Hillbillying Magazine and are given every modern convenience for one month.

E55Nine Strikes You're Out

Feb 5, 19667m

J. Dastardly Deeds sends his nine selves out on a crime spree.

E56Pup, Skip and Jump

Feb 5, 19667m

Granny lets a puppy spend the cold night with them.

E57Rabbit Rumble

Feb 5, 19667m

Paw and Shag must bring back a rabbit for dinner, but they encounter a boxing kangaroo and mistakes him for a giant rabbit.

E58Go West Young Ant

Feb 12, 19667m

A wagon train of ants is surrounded by a red ant tribe on the western plain.

E59A Grapple for the Teacher

Feb 12, 19667m

Granny Sweet is forced to enroll Precious Pupp in an obedience school to avoid being sued by the postman.

E60Speckled Heckler

Feb 12, 19667m

When an experienced hunter comes to the hills offering a reward for a speckled butterfly, the Hillbilly Bears try to capture the local pest for the reward.

E61Knight Fight

Sep 10, 19667m

With no trouble in the world today, Atom Ant goes back to the days of old.

E62Pot-Time Work

Sep 10, 19667m

Precious Pupp and Granny Sweet are on vacation. Granny is heating up a big pot of food for their dinner. A cannibal in the bushes has other ideas: he plans on them for his dinner. When he finally does capture them and Granny offers to share what she is cooking, he runs for his life.

E63Whirly Bear

Sep 10, 19667m

An unexpected ride happens when Paw Mugg tries to fix the broken windmill.

E64Pteraducktyl Soup

Sep 17, 19667m

A kookie professor sneaks into the natural history museum.

E65A Fiend in Need

Sep 17, 19667m

Dr. Frightenstein needs a brain for his new monstrous creation. His faithful servant thinks that Precious Pupp's brain is the perfect candidate.

E66Saucy Saucers

Sep 17, 19667m

Paw gets captured by aliens.

E67Up in the Air Squares

Sep 24, 19667m

Toadstool steals the police building.

E68Ski Sickness

Sep 24, 19667m

Granny competes against Ace McGurk in the year's biggest skiing race.

E69Chipper Chirper

Sep 24, 19667m

Maw's pet bird gets out of the cage and flies away.

E70Mouse-Rouser

Oct 1, 19667m

A mouse, trapped by a cat, writes a desperate plea for help to Atom Ant.

E71Mascot Massacre

Oct 1, 19667m

The local baseball team is advertising for a new mascot. Granny urges Precious Pupp to try out. He ends up playing ball instead and saves the team.

E72Gettin' Paw's Goat

Oct 1, 19667m

Paw's turnip patch is being raided by a troublesome goat. When Paw fails to get rid of the goat, Maw mixes up some cooked turnips with hot sauce in them.

E73Killer-Diller Gorilla

Oct 8, 19667m

Kong is on the loose, wrecking buildings (he "peels" a skyscraper like a banana) and tearing up bridges. This is Atom Ant's greatest challenge ever.

E74A.M. Mayhem

Oct 8, 19667m

Granny can't resist a piece of left-over gooseberry pie, which makes her sleepwalk.

E75Buzzin' Cuzzins

Oct 8, 19667m

Paw's cousin Fud sends a telegram saying he is going to stop in for a visit since they have never met. Meanwhile, Gorzo the Wild Man escapes from a truck delivering him to the circus and is mistaken for cousin Fud when he shows up at the cabin.

E76Rock-A-Bye Boo-Boo

Oct 15, 19667m

Atom Ant keeps a village safe from a Roc and her egg. The Roc ceases her attacks when her egg hatches.

E77Girl Whirl

Oct 15, 19667m

Both Precious and Bruiser vie for the attention for the same female poodle dog by posing as superheroes because she appears to have a crush on Marvel Mutt, a canine superhero on T.V.

E78Do the Bear

Oct 15, 19667m

Two record agents find Paw and make him a star.

About The Atom Ant Show

The Atom Ant Show is an animation, kids, comedy series on NBC. The show first aired on Oct 2, 1965 and currently has 1 season and 78 episodes. The Atom Ant Show has ended. It has a rating of 7.4/10 based on 213 votes. The cast includes Howard Morris, Henry Corden, Don Messick, Janet Waldo, Jean Vander Pyl.