The WORST episodes of Hong Kong Phooey

Every episode of Hong Kong Phooey ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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: 3/14/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Kong and the Counterfeiters
star
5.00
2 votes

#1 - Kong and the Counterfeiters

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/23/1974

A string of counterfeit bills are being used all over the city. This leads Penry/Hong Kong Phooey and Rosemary [while on a picnic with Penry] to the crooks hideout where they must escape captivity.

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Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Bakery Man
star
5.50
2 votes

#2 - Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Bakery Man

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/30/1974

A man uses bakery dough to rob people of their jewelry and other valuables. Hong Kong Phooey goes to the crooks lair posing as a delivery man. Penry is building a scarecrow to keep birds away from his crop.

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Professor Crosshatch
star
5.50
2 votes

#3 - Professor Crosshatch

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/9/1974

A mad scientist has created a giant bird with superhero powers to steal. Hong Kong Phooey must do battle with this indestructable bird. We find out Penry is allergic to feathers, making it even harder for Sarge to pass his Captain's exam.

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Green Thumb
star
5.50
2 votes

#4 - Green Thumb

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/16/1974

Our hero must try to find the commisioners plants that were stolen by Green Thumb. The leads our hero to Green Thumb's Greenhouse. Penry gives it another try with his latest invention, a super-duper battery powered mop.

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The Abominable Snowman
star
5.50
2 votes

#5 - The Abominable Snowman

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/9/1974

The Abominable Snowman is stealing ski lift equipment to make his own ski lodge. Hong Kong Phooey must battle the icy cold to thwart the Snowman's plans. Meanwhile, the Sarge is studying for his Captains exam, and can't get the peace and quiet he needs to study thanks to Penry.

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Hong Kong Phooey vs. Hong Kong Phooey
star
5.67
3 votes

#6 - Hong Kong Phooey vs. Hong Kong Phooey

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/2/1974

A Hong Kong Phooey impersonator is accepting rewards that Hong Kong Phooey is supposed to recieve. Our hero must unmask this villian.

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From Bad to Verse (Rotten Rhymer)
star
6.00
4 votes

#7 - 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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The Claw
star
6.00
3 votes

#8 - 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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Great Movie Mystery
star
6.50
4 votes

#9 - 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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Stop Horsing Around
star
6.50
4 votes

#10 - 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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Goldfisher
star
6.75
4 votes

#11 - 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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The Great Choo Choo Robbery
star
7.00
3 votes

#12 - 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.

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The Incredible Mr. Shrink
star
7.50
2 votes

#13 - 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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Car Thieves
star
7.60
95 votes

#14 - 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.

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Batty Bank Mob
star
7.75
4 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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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
star
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.

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Candle Power
star
8.00
4 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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The Voltage Villain
star
8.00
5 votes

#18 - 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.

Cotton Pickin' Pocket Picker
star
8.20
5 votes

#19 - 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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Zoo Story
star
8.27
11 votes

#20 - 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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The Giggler
star
8.33
3 votes

#21 - 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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The Penthouse Burglaries
star
8.38
8 votes

#22 - 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.

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TV or Not TV
star
8.40
5 votes

#23 - 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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Grandma Goody (Cat Burglar)
star
8.43
7 votes

#24 - 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.

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Mr. Tornado
star
8.50
2 votes

#25 - 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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