The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
TV ShowEnded

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

6.1 / 10
1969
1 season
17 episodes
AnimationKidsFamily

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969. The show lasted two full seasons, with a total of 17 half-hour episodes produced and released, the last first-run episode airing on January 17, 1970. Repeats aired until September 4, 1971. It is a spin-off of the Wacky Races cartoon, reprising the characters of Penelope Pitstop and the Anthill Mob. This show airs reruns on Cartoon Network classic channel Boomerang.

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Seasons

  • Jungle Jeopardy

    1.Jungle Jeopardy

    13-09-1969

    In this one the Hooded Claw captures her and she is in peril of wild animals. In one peril she is put inside a sack which is cinched at the top, she is being guided down a pulley w...

  • The Terrible Trolley Trap

    2.The Terrible Trolley Trap

    20-09-1969

    The Hooded Claw and the Bully Brothers tie Penelope to some trolley tracks hoping to get rid of her once and for all. After that, she is taken into the ocean, on a ship that belong...

  • The Boardwalk Booby Trap

    3.The Boardwalk Booby Trap

    27-09-1969

    Penelope is spending a relaxing day at the beach being buried in the sand by the Ant Hill Mob. The Hooded Claw has mixed in cement with the sand so she cannot get out. Along comes...

  • Wild West Peril

    4.Wild West Peril

    04-10-1969

    In one peril The Hooded Claw ties Penelope to a giant boulder using a spring tree, but the Ant Hill Mob foil him. She is also left tied, sitting on top of a runaway stagecoach. The...

  • Carnival Calamity

    5.Carnival Calamity

    11-10-1969

    Penelope and the Ant Hill Mob go to a carnival. While Penelope is riding the loop-the-loop, the Hooded Claw locks the door on her and spins the ride rapidly, hoping to launch her i...

  • The Treacherous Movie Lot Plot

    6.The Treacherous Movie Lot Plot

    18-10-1969

    In this one The Hooded Claw lures Penelope onto a fake film set by pretending to make a movie with her and a giant mechanical gorilla. In one peril she is tied to a torpedo set to...

  • Arabian Desert Danger

    7.Arabian Desert Danger

    25-10-1969

    The Hooded Claw attempts to sabotage Penelope's plans to escort a rare baby camel to its home in Egypt. In one peril she is trapped inside a tent with a sandstorm about to come kno...

  • The Diabolical Department Store Danger

    8.The Diabolical Department Store Danger

    01-11-1969

    When Penelope goes to a department store to attend a fashion show she finds herself in all kinds of trouble. Trapped inside an elevator that goes out of control, she nearly gets...

  • Hair Raising Harness Race

    9.Hair Raising Harness Race

    08-11-1969

    The Hooded Claw attempts to sabotage Penelope's efforts of winning a harness race.

  • North Pole Peril

    10.North Pole Peril

    15-11-1969

    Stuck inside a cabin atop a snowy hill, Penelope must await her terrible fate when a snowball rolls down hill, gaining momentum and growing larger so it can ultimately crush the ca...

  • Tall Timber Treachery

    11.Tall Timber Treachery

    22-11-1969

    The Bully Brothers kidnap her from inside a forest. In one peril she is tied to a log and sent on a stream to go over the side of a waterfall. In a second one she is dangling above...

  • Cross Country Double Cross

    12.Cross Country Double Cross

    29-11-1969

    Penelope finds herself in peril when she wants to go an important ceremony. The Bully Brothers are in here and they along with the Hooded Claw try to make a couple traps for her wh...

  • Big Bagdad Danger

    13.Big Bagdad Danger

    06-12-1969

    In one peril she is trapped inside a tent.

  • Bad Fortune In a Chinese Fortune Cookie

    14.Bad Fortune In a Chinese Fortune Cookie

    13-12-1969

    Penelope first finds herself trapped inside the mouth of a Chinese dragon heading towards a crash. But thanks to the bubble gum she has, she is able to make a bubble large enough t...

  • Big Top Trap

    15.Big Top Trap

    20-12-1969

    Penelope is kidnapped and taken to the circus.

  • Game of Peril

    16.Game of Peril

    10-01-1970

    In this one The Hooded Claw thinks he's going to make a game of it, and in one peril, a piano is playing by itself while Penelope is tied to a post that keeps going round, which is...

  • London Town Treachery

    17.London Town Treachery

    17-01-1970

    In one peril she's tied to a pole slowly being wound in bandages from her feet to her head, yet before they can cover her all the way the Ant Hill Mob comes along to save her. And...

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