The Great Grape Ape Show

1975-09-06 | en

Bob Holt Marty Ingels

Animation

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 That Was No Idol, That Was My Ape

Sep. 06,1975

Grape Ape is mistaken for a native island god during a tropical vacation. Chaos ensues when he accidentally triggers a volcanic panic.

EP2 The All American Ape

Sep. 06,1975

Grape Ape hits the gridiron to help a desperate football coach win the big game. A rival coach tries to stop the unstoppable player by kidnapping him.

EP3 Movie Madness

Sep. 13,1975

A movie director replaces a broken mechanical monster with a real 40-foot purple goril-la-la-la. The robot's angry creator seeks revenge by sabotaging the film set.

EP4 Trouble at Bad Rock

Sep. 13,1975

Sheriff Beegle Beagle and Deputy Grape Ape take on the Wild West. The duo must team up to capture a pint-sized criminal terrorizing a small town.

EP5 Flying Saucery

Sep. 20,1975

Extraterrestrials abduct Grape Ape and Beegle Beagle into their flying saucer. The cosmic travelers must find a way to escape and return to Earth.

EP6 There's No Feud Like An Old Feud

Sep. 20,1975

The giant ape and his pal get caught in the middle of a classic country family feud. They try to settle the dispute by entering a local picnic contest.

EP7 The Grape Race

Sep. 27,1975

Grape Ape and Beegle enter their tiny yellow van into a massive $50,000 ($500,000 in 2026 dollars) grand prix auto race. The duo must outmaneuver a fleet of underhanded racers.

EP8 The Big Parade

Sep. 27,1975

A giant blue parade balloon steals Grape Ape's heart during a city celebration. His sudden infatuation accidentally disrupts a high-stakes jewel heist.

EP9 A Knight To Remember

Oct. 04,1975

A time-travel mishap sends the duo back to the days of King Arthur. Newly knighted, Grape Ape must defend the kingdom from a fire-breathing dragon.

EP10 S.P.L.A.T.

Oct. 04,1975

An animal crime mob pulls off a daring gold heist at Fort Knox. The police call in Grape Ape and Beegle Beagle to form a special animal task force.

EP11 G.I. Ape

Oct. 11,1975

Basic training gets a shake-up when Grape Ape and Beegle accidentally enlist in the Army. Exasperated officers try everything to force the giant recruit out.

EP12 The Purple Avenger

Oct. 11,1975

Grape Ape puts on a mask to save an oppressed European village from a greedy tyrant. The townspeople hail the giant goril-la-la-la as a legendary vigilante.

EP13 Grapefinger

Oct. 18,1975

The duo visits France only to find a local vineyard completely picked clean. They set out to track down Grapefinger, a villain obsessed with stealing fruit.

EP14 Return To Balaboomba

Oct. 18,1975

Grape Ape returns to his tropical homeland for a sentimental family reunion. The vacation takes a turn when the duo joins a hunt for a mythical lost city.

EP15 Amazon Ape

Oct. 25,1975

A trip to the Amazon rainforest puts Grape Ape in the crosshairs of an ambitious big-game hunter. Beegle must help his giant friend evade capture.

EP16 Grape Marks The Spot

Oct. 25,1975

A message in a bottle sends the adventurous duo on a high-seas search for buried gold. Trouble brews when a ruthless pirate captain follows their trail.

EP17 The Invisible Ape

Nov. 01,1975

An experimental soap formula turns Grape Ape completely invisible. The see-through simian must stop a gang of thieves from stealing the secret mixture.

EP18 Public Grape No. 1

Nov. 01,1975

A master thief hires a Beegle Beagle lookalike to trick Grape Ape into committing crimes. The confused goril-la-la-la accidentally helps steal national monuments.

EP19 The Incredible Shrinking Grape

Nov. 08,1975

A chemical spill shrinks the formerly 40-foot goril-la-la-la down to the size of a mouse. A greedy circus ringmaster kidnaps the tiny ape for a traveling sideshow.

EP20 What's A Nice Prince Like You Doing In A Duck Like That

Nov. 08,1975

The duo encounters a cursed talking duck who is actually a human prince in disguise. They set out to break the spell so he can reclaim his throne.

EP21 Who's New At The Zoo

Nov. 15,1975

Ruthless hunter Bring-'em-Back Bogie returns with his most underhanded trap yet. Grape Ape must save his parents when they are used as bait.

EP22 The Indian Grape Call

Nov. 15,1975

Dressed as Canadian Mounties, Grape Ape and Beegle patrol the snowy wilderness. They must protect a sweet maiden from a mustache-twirling villain.

EP23 A Grape Is Born

Nov. 22,1975

A clumsy accident turns Grape Ape into an overnight dance sensation. A slick talent agent signs him up, but stage fright threatens his big TV debut.

EP24 The First Grape In Space

Nov. 22,1975

NASA recruits Grape Ape and Beegle Beagle for a historic mission into orbit. The duo undergoes a chaotic crash course in astronaut training.

EP25 S.P.L.A.T.'s Back (1)

Nov. 27,1975

The Chicken has been training birds to steal goods. Grape Ape and Beegle Beagle are assigned to the case. They trace the villain to a bird sanctuary, but only meet a human birdkeeper. After the Chicken kidnaps the Chief, Beegle and Grape Ape disguise themselves as a bird and tree, respectively. The Chicken orders his newest "recruit" to chop down the tree and take care of the Chief.

EP26 S.P.L.A.T.'s Back (2)

Nov. 27,1975

Beegle, disguised as Big Bad Bird, pretends to follow the Chicken's orders. The Chicken heads out to sea, along with his birds, while Grape Ape secretly follows them underwater. Eventually, Beegle reveals that the birds were merely controlled by a whistle. As for the Chicken, he turns out to be the birdkeeper in disguise.

EP27 To Sleep Or Not To Sleep

Nov. 29,1975

A bad case of sleepwalking turns the 40-foot goril-la-la-la into a midnight menace. Beegle tries every trick in the book to keep his giant pal safely tucked in.

EP28 Olympic Grape

Nov. 29,1975

Grape Ape goes for the gold when he enters an international athletic tournament. His massive strength and size cause hilarious chaos on the field. (This episode later spawned the idea for the Laff-A-Lympics series.)

EP29 Ali Beagle And The Forty Grapes

Dec. 06,1975

A case of mistaken identity forces Beegle to play the role of a legendary desert hero. Grape Ape must protect his pal from a band of desert thieves.

EP30 Grape Five-O

Dec. 06,1975

The crime-fighting duo heads to Hawaii to help local authorities smash a tropical smuggling ring. Grape Ape brings some serious muscle to the island police force.

EP31 The Purple Avenger Strikes Again

Dec. 13,1975

A familiar tyrant returns to terrorize an oppressed village, forcing Grape Ape to bring back his superhero alter-ego. The Purple Avenger rides again!

EP32 The Grape Connection

Dec. 13,1975

The duo heads to Paris on a high-stakes detective case to locate a priceless stolen gem. They scour the French capital to track down the ruby.

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The Great Grape Ape Show is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that was broadcast on ABC from 1975 to 1978.

The Great Grape Ape Show Audience Reviews

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Cissy Évelyne It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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