The BEST episodes of Hong Kong Phooey

Every episode of Hong Kong Phooey ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hong Kong Phooey!

Penrod Pooch (Penry for short) is a mild mannered canine janitor at a police station and whenever help is needed he dives into a file cabinet and emerges as a karate fighting, super hero named Hong Kong Phooey. Accompanied by his trusty feline companion Spot, Hong Kong Phooey fights crime while double checking his trusty textbook The Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu.Bumbling through solving crimes it is Spot who is inaudibly muttering the clues while Penry takes credit.

Last Updated: 12/3/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended

9.97

29 votes

#1 - Comedy Cowboys

Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 12/21/1974

Tin Nose, a conniving cowboy of crime, frames Hong Kong Phooey for the theft of a rare map to The Lost Dutchman Mine from a museum. It's up to Western superheroes Honcho, The Mystery Maverick, and Posse Impossible to help corral Tin Nose and clear Hong Kong's name.

Directors: Charles A. Nichols

Writer: Jack Mendelsohn

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9.50

2 votes

#2 - Dr. Disguiso

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 12/14/1974

A prowler uses mysterious disguises to steal. Hong Kong Phooey must try to unmask this robber. Could it be Sarge or Rosemary? Penry is trying to find gold or silver with a metal detector, but it finds Sarge's badge instead.

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Professor Presto (The Malevolent Magician)

9.20

5 votes

#3 - Professor Presto (The Malevolent Magician)

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/12/1974

A professional magician has stolen the police payroll and Hong Kong Phooey must try to get it back, leading him to the Presto's house of magic.

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9.00

8 votes

#4 - The Gumdrop Kid

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/12/1974

Hong Kong Phooey must stop the Gumdrop Kid from stealing every piece of candy in the city.

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9.00

1 votes

#5 - The Little Crook Who Wasn't There

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 12/7/1974

A string of robberies are being commited by an invisible robber. How can Hong Kong Phooey fight what he can't see? Penry is still having trouble in fixing the Sarge's suit.

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8.75

8 votes

#6 - Iron Head, the Robot

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/1974

When a crook commands his robot to steal every safe in town, Hong Kong Phooey gives chase-- resulting is a showdown in the crooks's gym. Meanwhile, Sergeant Flint starts off a Physical Fitness program with Rosemary, Spot and Penry.

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8.50

8 votes

#7 - Grandma Goody (Cat Burglar)

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/21/1974

This time, cats are being stolen all over town (including Spot) -- and Grandma Goody is not what she seems, as Hong Kong Phooey finds out in a bubble-filled climax. It's also Sergeant Flint's birthday, so Rosemary ask Penry to purchase a few things for his surprise birthday party.

Writer: Chuck Menville, Fred Fox, Jr., Jack Mendelsohn, Larz Bourne, Len Janson, Seaman Jacobs

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8.50

2 votes

#8 - Mr. Tornado

Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/7/1974

Someone is using a mysterious wind machine to blow open bank vaults and robbing the payroll. Hong Kong Phooey Goes to England to find the answers. Meanwhile, Sargant Flint wants Penry to clean his uniform before the Policeman's Ball on Saturday, but Penry keeps having trouble in doing so.

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8.44

9 votes

#9 - The Penthouse Burglaries

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/28/1974

A gorilla robbing penthouses? Hong Kong Phooey and Spot go bananas trying to solve this crime. Penry is giving the Police Station walls a new coat of paint.

Writer: Chuck Menville, Fred Fox, Jr., Jack Mendelsohn, Larz Bourne, Len Janson, Seaman Jacobs

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8.33

6 votes

#10 - TV or Not TV

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/19/1974

A bunch of TVs are being stolen all over town and Hong Kong Phooey must stop them before they escape out to sea.

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8.25

4 votes

#11 - The Giggler

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/5/1974

Hong Kong Phooey must stop a clown from stealing mink stoles from the rich. But The Giggler always leaves them laughing.

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8.17

6 votes

#12 - Cotton Pickin' Pocket Picker

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/14/1974

While at a janitors convention at Miami Beach, Hong Kong Phooey (and Spot) must catch a man who's pick pocketing all the vacationers.

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8.14

14 votes

#13 - Zoo Story

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/1974

Hong Kong Phooey must try to find out where a missing Hopeless Diamond is located, which may tie into a string of Kangaroos being stolen. The Commissioner stops by, and looks like Sarge is in trouble for not doing his share of cleaning.

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8.00

6 votes

#14 - The Voltage Villain

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/5/1974

Hong Kong Phooey must solve a string of robberies being made by machines. This leads to a final battle between Hero and machine. Meanwhile, Sarge, as well as Spot, have taken up the hobby of building ships and building with toothpicks.

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8.00

5 votes

#15 - Batty Bank Mob

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/28/1974

A string of bank robberies located by the ocean, leads Hong Kong Phooey on an underwater chase with the help of an octopus.

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7.86

7 votes

#16 - Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/26/1974

Mirrors are being stolen and used to fool people into thinking they are taller, smaller, skinnier and fatter. Hong Kong Phooey must battle them in the house of mirrors.

Directors: Charles A. Nichols

Writer: Chuck Menville, Fred Fox, Jr., Jack Mendelsohn, Larz Bourne, Len Janson, Seaman Jacobs

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7.60

5 votes

#17 - Candle Power

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/1974

A scheme to steal every candle in town and melt them down to create statues, keeps Hong Kong Phooey wondering what's going on. It's going to be harder to celebrate Sarge's birthday without candles on his birthday cake.

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7.59

103 votes

#18 - Car Thieves

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1974

A stolen car ring is operating in town, and it's up to Hong Kong Phooey to break through the ring's sneaky secrets and stop them in their fiendish tracks. Meanwhile, Sarge is expecting the Commissioner to stop by, so he wants Penry to have the police station cleaned up before he arrives.

Writer: Chuck Menville, Fred Fox, Jr., Jack Mendelsohn, Larz Bourne, Len Janson, Seaman Jacobs

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7.50

2 votes

#19 - The Incredible Mr. Shrink

Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 12/14/1974

Mr. Shrink is flooding the city to aide in his crime spree. This puts our hero up to his neck in water trying to stop him. Penry is making a few adjustments to his metal detector, making sure that it will only locate gold.

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7.00

3 votes

#20 - The Great Choo Choo Robbery

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/30/1974

Someone is robbing trains and Rhinestone Jim Shady is the suspect. Hong Kong Phooey must track him down and stop him. Penry in the meantime, is growing plants to use for a soup.

Writer: Chuck Menville, Fred Fox, Jr., Jack Mendelsohn, Larz Bourne, Len Janson, Seaman Jacobs

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6.80

5 votes

#21 - Stop Horsing Around

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/19/1974

Horses are being stolen which leads our hero to a 3 ring circus where he turns out to be the main attraction.

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6.75

4 votes

#22 - Goldfisher

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/16/1974

Fish are being stolen from lakes all over town and, as usual, our superhero is called on to solve this fish story. Penry loses Sarges boots (out the window) by testing out his latest invention, an automatic shoe polisher. We find out Rosemary's fish, Emma Jean, won't eat because she is in love with Sargent Flint's stuffed fish.

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6.50

4 votes

#23 - Great Movie Mystery

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/26/1974

Hong Kong Phooey gets tricked into robbing a bank thinking he was an actor in a movie. Now he must escape jail to clear his name.

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6.00

3 votes

#24 - The Claw

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/2/1974

A mechanical claw is stealing all over town and Hong Kong Phooey must destroy the dreaded claw machine before it's too late. Meanwhile, Penry is fixing the Sargents desk lamp, but keeps on making the problems worse then before.

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6.00

4 votes

#25 - From Bad to Verse (Rotten Rhymer)

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/23/1974

The Rotten Rhymer is stealing the most valuable books in the city. Hong Kong Phooey must visit the Rhymers library and revocer all the stolen books. Penry is patching a spot on the wall, but seems to get distracted in in the process.

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