The BEST episodes of The Atom Ant Show
Every episode of The Atom Ant Show ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Atom Ant Show!
The Atom Ant Show was one of many 30 minute cartoon programs produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, that were comprised of three cartoon shorts. The Atom Ant show featured Atom Ant, Precious Pup and The Hillbilly Bears. It made it's official debut on NBC's Saturday morning line-up in October of 1965 teamed up with another production from Hanna-Barbera, The Secret Squirrel Show and ran through 1968. The program currently finds it's TV home amongst other Hanna-Barbera Productions on the 24-hour Classic Cartoon network, Boomerang. Where it airs on occasion.
#1 - The Bird Watcher
Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 1/22/1966
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.
#2 - Dog Trained
Season 1 - Episode 56 - Aired 2/5/1966
Granny and Precious have boarded a train for Juniper Junction for a day of camping fun, but the conductor takes Precious away from Granny to be placed in another car where all the animals board. The conductor tries his best to make life bad for our Precious, but he's in for a real surprise when Precious has a plan of his own and outsmarts him with hilarious results.
#3 - Nine Strikes You're Out
Season 1 - Episode 55 - Aired 2/5/1966
Mad scientist J. Dastardly Deeds clones himself eight times with the aid of a cat's mythical nine lives, and Atom Ant takes them out.
#4 - Rabbit Rumble
Season 1 - Episode 60 - Aired 2/12/1966
Paw and Shag must bring back a rabbit for dinner, but they encounter a boxing kangaroo and mistakes him for a giant rabbit.
#5 - Oliver Twisted
Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 2/12/1966
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.
#6 - Go West Young Ant
Season 1 - Episode 58 - Aired 2/12/1966
Atom Ant assists soldier ants in a battle against a red ant tribe. Atom Ant challenges the chieftain's son to a settle a peace between the ant divisions.
#7 - Rickety Rockety Racoon
Season 1 - Episode 54 - Aired 1/29/1966
Paw battles with Rickety Raccoon after he steals eggs from the hen house.
#8 - Pup, Skip and Jump
Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 1/29/1966
Precious is living a life of ease with Granny until a freezing puppy shows up at the door. Granny takes the little fellow in and leaves him with Precious as she makes a trip to the store. The puppy cleans up all the food, and Precious is blamed.
#9 - Termighty Mean
Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 1/29/1966
Dr. Von Gimmick assigns Atom Ant to capture his escaped super eating termite Godzilla. Atom Ant manages to tame the termite with a stick of bubble gum.
#10 - My Fair Hillbilly
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 1/22/1966
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.
#11 - Modern Inconvenience
Season 1 - Episode 57 - Aired 2/5/1966
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.
#12 - Bully For Atom Ant
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 1/22/1966
On a vacation in Mexico, Atom Ant helps a man named Chicken Enchilada to fight in a bullfight in order to win the hand in marriage of his beloved Conchita.
#13 - Leaky Creek
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 1/15/1966
Ma wants Paw to go clean himself in the creek. He discovers that the water in the creek has dried up due to a beaver building a dam.
#14 - Precious' Bone
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 1/15/1966
Mr. Green gives Precious a new bone from the meat market and Brutus wants to take Precious' bone away from him.
#15 - Amusement Park Amazement
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 1/15/1966
Atom Ant holds off Dr. Von Gimmick's dangerous weaponry and finally gets him to build the amusement park he intended to construct.
#16 - Pooped Pops
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 1/8/1966
It's July and time for Paw's yearly bath. When he's finished Maw makes Paw play a Robin Hood game with Shag even though he is very tired.
#17 - Butterfly Nut
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 1/8/1966
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.
#18 - Dina-Sore
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 1/8/1966
Atom Ant takes on a museum dinosaur, which has become animated by a bolt of lightning until the beast is driven out to sea.
#19 - Do The Bear
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 1/1/1966
Maw tries to wake up Paw from his between-naps rest period so he can go to the store for her. Some music producers offer Paw a lifetime music contract after hearing him play the guitar in the store.
#20 - Girl Whirl
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 1/1/1966
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.
#21 - Saucy Saucers
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/10/1966
A flying saucer with two Martians on board invade the bears' territory. They tie a rope to Paw and, hanging him under their saucer, fly to Mars. On Mars, they run him through a "Smart Machine." Paw becomes an electronic monster, steals their flying saucer and flies home. He lights up so brightly that Maw puts him under a lampshade and uses him for a table lamp.
#22 - Buzzin' Cuzzins
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/15/1966
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.
#23 - A.M. Mayhem
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/15/1966
Granny is watching an old Dracula movie on TV. Precious Pupp is hiding in the wastebasket. Granny sleepwalks.
#24 - Rock-A-Bye Boo-Boo
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/15/1966
Atom Ant keeps a village safe from a Roc and her egg. The Roc ceases her attacks when her egg hatches.
#25 - Gettin' Paw's Goat
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/8/1966
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.