Capitol Critters
Capitol Critters
TV ShowEnded

Capitol Critters

5.0 / 10
1992
1 season
13 episodes
AnimationComedy

Capitol Critters is an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House in Washington, D.C. The series was produced by Steven Bochco Productions and Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC, which aired seven out of the show's 13 episodes from January 31, 1992 to March 14, 1992. Cartoon Network later aired all 13 episodes in 1995. The series was part of a spate of attempts by major networks to develop prime time animated shows to compete with the surprise success of Fox's The Simpsons, alongside CBS's Fish Police and Family Dog. All three proved unsuccessful and were quickly cancelled.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Max Goes to Washington

    28-01-1992

    The series pilot. Max, a mouse living in a Nebraska farmhouse basement with his family, is the only survivor when the farmer living there hires an exterminator to take care of all...

  • Ep 2

    2.Of Thee I Sting

    31-01-1992

    Max's optimistic view about Washington politics gets crushed when he witnesses first hand a shady senator taking a bribe from a businessman who wants him to vote a certain way.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Rat to Bear Arms

    01-02-1992
  • Ep 4

    4.Hat and Mouse

    08-02-1992

    During a recent food raid on the White House kitchen, Max loses his hat only to have it returned to him by Moze the cockroach. Max soon learns that Moze (and all the other roaches)...

  • Ep 5

    5.A Little Romance

    15-02-1992

    When a troop of Japanese dancers visits the White House, Max falls for a cute Japanese mouse named Miko who lives in the troop's luggage with her family. In the process of trying t...

  • Ep 6

    6.Opie's Choice

    29-02-1992

    Jammett becomes a local drug dealer when he starts selling caffeine pills to a squirrel named Opie. Max despises him for this, but Max soon gets into trouble himself when some toug...

  • Ep 7

    7.An Embarassment of Roaches

    14-03-1992

    A couple of roaches move in upstairs with the rodents and no one is happy, but Max and Berkeley convince the others to let them stay. They soon question that decision, however, whe...

  • Ep 8

    8.Into the Woods

    TBA

    Max and Jammett are hijacked by PETA activists and end up dumped in the wilderness, only to discover the animals' homes there are endangered by the construction of a mini-mall. Sur...

  • Ep 9

    9.Gimme Shelter

    TBA

    The gang discovers a rat and a roach who have been living together for 30 years (ever since the Cuban Missile Crisis) but perhaps not totally in peace and harmony. So the two speci...

  • Ep 10

    10.The KiloWatts Riots

    TBA

    When the electricity is cut off to the rodents and roaches, they start to panic until Jammett gets the idea to bring in another source of power via extension cord, thus becoming hi...

  • Ep 11

    11.The Bug House

    TBA

    Jammett umps a rat vs. cockroach baseball game and cheats by intentionally mis-calling a play when it appears the roaches will win. Moze doesn't like this and him and Jammett get i...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Lady Doth Protest to Munch

    TBA

    After a bill to help the hungry is defeated, Berkeley decides to go on a hunger strike until it is passed. But, can she withstand the temptation to eat as the gang goes on a citywi...

  • Ep 13

    13.If Lovin' You is Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be Rat

    TBA

    President Bush's grandchildren are coming to visit, and one of them brings a hamster with her - a female hamster named Violet! Amazingly, Jammett falls for her instantly, and she f...

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