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07-11-2004, 05:53 PM
This is an animated series, done to look like the Timm Bruce, Batman: The Animated Series. It has that look and feel to it, though it features Dick Tracy and all the oddball gangsters he's fought. The show takes place back in the 30s.
Here's the Cast:
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Here's the Season One Episode Guide:
Episode 1. "Becoming Tracy, Part 1"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villains: The Brow, Steve the Tramp
Dick Tracy's detective days begin in this pilot episode. Tracy, a 34-year old bachelor meets and falls in love with Tess Trueheart. We skip ahead a few months where Dick Tracy proposes to Tess. She accepts and the two go to tell her father the news. However, once they arrive at the deli (where her father works) The Brow has just murdered Mr. Trueheart. Within a couple weeks, Tracy joins the plainclothes unit of the Police department. Tracy meets his partner, Sam Catchem. The two men first rescue a young boy, known as The Kid from Steve the Tramp. Then they find that The Brow was hired by Big Boy to murder Tess's father.
Episode 2. "Becoming Tracy, Part 2"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Flattop
Dick Tracy tries to figure out what to do with The Kid, who keeps popping up in his life. Tess is so depressed by the murder of her father that she becomes distant and cold. Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem go after Big Boy, but instead run into another henchman of his, Flattop Jones. After putting Flattop in jail, Tracy soon finds that Big Boy has already left town.
Episode 3. "Once, Twice, Three Times the Villains"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villains: Shoulders, Stooge Viller, LittleFace
Just as Dick Tracy gets Tess to talk about their wedding plans, Sam calls Tracy up with the news that three of the city's major gangsters have escaped the jailhouse. Shoulders, Stooge Viller and Little Face joined forces in order to murder Dick Tracy. Since Tracy is now famous for being able to lock up The Brow and Flattop. Stooge decides to kidnap Tess and The Kid, giving Tracy their location (a warehouse) as a trap. Dick Tracy falls for the trap, but Sam Catchem secretly follows his partner. Just as the three gangsters are about to kill Tracy, Sam Catchem comes to the rescue with the full police squad to back him up. A gun fight ensues and Dick Tracy, Tess Trueheart, The Kid and Sam Catchem all escape alive. As for the villains, Shoulders and Little Face get captured and put back in jail. Stooge Viller, however ends up MIA.
Episode 4. "Just Like Tracy"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villains: Pruneface, Lips Manlis
After the Kid is put in an orphanage, Chief Brandon works it out for him to visit the Police headquarters once a week. The Kid idolizes Dick Tracy. When Tracy and Sam Catchem go out to capture Pruneface, The Kid secretly tags along. Pruneface enters a warehouse where he runs into Lips Manlis. Lips Manlis offers Pruneface $1,000 for Tracy's head on a platter. After Pruneface uses his smoke bombs (disguised as prunes) to capture Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem, The Kid is the only one who can help. Tracy finds himself in a big wooden crate, ready to "Take a Bath." (For those who saw the movie, you know what "The Bath" is.) Sam Catchem is tied up to a chair with dynamite strapped to his chest, set to explode five minutes after Tracy's death in his cement bath. The Kid calls Chief Brandon to come down and just as Pruneface exits the warehouse, he ends up right in the police car and on his way to jail. The Kid frees Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem. However, Lips Manlis is long gone.
Episode 5. "Wedding Plans Gone Awry"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Breathless Mahoney
Dick Tracy and Tess Trueheart decide to get married on the following Friday. It's all set. Sam Catchem will be Tracy's best man. The Kid will also be there. Big Boy has hired Breathless Mahoney to break up the happy couple. Tess walks in on Breathless seducing Tracy at his apartment. She calls off the engagement and drives home to be with her mother out of town. Sam Catchem, who's happily married becomes Mahoney's next target. However, she takes his wallet and he has her arrested. Tracy knows she won't stay in jail long and also knows that Tess believes he had an affair. Once he finds out that it was all Big Boy's doing, Dick Tracy promises to kill Big Boy.
Episode 6. "Shaky Ground"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Shaky
Dick Tracy takes a leave from work in order to drive down to Tess's Mother's home in search of his love. While Tracy tries to convince Tess that he wasn't unfaithful, Sam Catchem has to capture Shaky all on his own. After a couple days, Dick Tracy returns with Tess by his side. He finds that Shaky has broken into the police station and is holding Chief Brandon, Sam Catchem and The Kid hostage. Tracy naturally comes to the rescue and apprehends Shaky, who's put in jail.
Episode 7. "The Return of Steve the Tramp"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Steve the Tramp
Dick Tracy gets word that Steve the Tramp has escaped jail. Tracy assumes Steve is after him, however, he soon learns that Steve the Tramp is really after The Kid. The Kid stays with Chief Brandon while Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem go after their enemy. Tess Trueheart gets a phone call threat from none other than Big Boy himself. She gets so frightened that she stays with the Chief and the Kid. Dick Tracy captures Steve the Tramp and arrests him. It's then he learns of Big Boy's threat.
Episode 8. "Keys of Horror"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: 88 Keys
Dick Tracy says goodbye to Tess as she leaves to stay with her mother until Big Boy is captured. Big Boy has now hired 88 Keys to go after Dick Tracy. Tracy and Sam Catchem find themselves in a closed down nightclub. 88 Keys takes a shot and hits Sam in the shoulder. Dick Tracy captures 88 Keys after a long fight scene. He then forces 88 Keys to tell him where Big Boy is hiding. In the end, Sam Catchem recovers in the hospital. Dick Tracy puts 88 Keys in jail and then goes to find Big Boy. However, once Tracy gets to the abandoned warehouse where he was said to be hiding out, it explodes. Dick Tracy assumes Big Boy died in the explosion and invites Tess back.
Episode 9. "You Can't Get Rid of Big Boy That Easily"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Cueball
Dick Tracy and Tess Trueheart again plan their wedding. Sam Catchem receives a phone call informing the detectives that Big Boy is still alive and has hired Cueball to kill Tracy. Instead of killing Dick Tracy, however, Cueball goes on a killing spree. He murders ten innocent people just for the fun of killing them. Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem go after Cueball and track him down by train tracks. After failing his mission of killing Tracy, Cueball tries to run off, but is struck and killed by a passing train. Dick Tracy, Sam Catchem, Tess Trueheart, Chief Brandon and The Kid appear at all ten funeral services. Dick Tracy's hatred for Big Boy deepens.
Episode 10. "Itchy Situations"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Itchy
Dick Tracy learns that his childhood chum, Harry Oliver is now the master criminal known as Itchy. What hurts him even worse is when he discovers that Itchy's working for Big Boy. Tess Trueheart and the Kid decide to get to know each other better since they both care so much for Dick Tracy. The two go to a diner for lunch. Itchy sticks up the diner at gun point. Sam finds out about the crime and also learns that Tess and the Kid are being held hostage, along with eight other people. Sam calls Tracy and the two come to the rescue. Dick Tracy has a battle with Itchy and has him arrested.
Episode 11. "Heap O’Callory Cometh"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Hero: Heap O’Callory
Guest Villain: The Rhodent
Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem are joined on the force by the inept, overweight Heap O’Callory. The sewers turn out to be the hideout of the latest criminal, the Rhodent. After Rhodent pulls off a bank robbery, he goes back to the sewers. Heap O'Callory witnesses the act and goes after Rhodent. Chief Brandon gets a call that Heap O'Callory has been abducted. The Kid is the only one who believes that Rhodent's hideout may be the sewers and decides to go after O'Callory himself. Heap O'Callory turns out not to be so inept as he fights Rhodent down in the sewers and wins. The Kid arrives just in time to find Rhodent tied up.
Episode 12. "The Breakup of the 30's"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villains: Oodles, Lips Manlis
Tess Trueheart has decided she doesn't want to marry Dick Tracy due to his job. This destroys Tracy who turns to drinking. Sam Catchem, Chief Brandon and The Kid all try to cheer Dick Tracy up. However, Lips Manlis has returned and now released the criminal, Oodles. After finding out how hard Dick Tracy took the news of her dumping him, she decides to get back together with him. However informs Tracy that she doesn't want to get married right away. This news turns Dick Tracy around, just in time to capture Oodles and put him in jail.
Episode 13. "Dick Tracy Versus Big Boy"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Big Boy
Big Boy finally shows his face in the series. Dick Tracy follows a tip to find Big Boy at his hideout. Sam Catchem tries to convince Tracy not to murder Big Boy, but to merely arrest the criminal. Tess and The Kid once again find themselves kidnapped. Big Boy puts the two inside the "Bathtub" to give them a cement bath. After Dick Tracy finds Big Boy, he's given the choice. Let Big Boy go and rescue Tess and the Kid. Or Capture Big Boy and let the two die. Angry, Tracy rescues Tess and the Kid. Big Boy runs out the back door. He runs right into Sam Catchem, who is working on a different case. Sam arrests Big Boy and Dick Tracy witnesses as Big Boy gets in the police car. Justice is served ... for now.
End of Season 1
Here's the Cast:
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Here's the Season One Episode Guide:
Episode 1. "Becoming Tracy, Part 1"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villains: The Brow, Steve the Tramp
Dick Tracy's detective days begin in this pilot episode. Tracy, a 34-year old bachelor meets and falls in love with Tess Trueheart. We skip ahead a few months where Dick Tracy proposes to Tess. She accepts and the two go to tell her father the news. However, once they arrive at the deli (where her father works) The Brow has just murdered Mr. Trueheart. Within a couple weeks, Tracy joins the plainclothes unit of the Police department. Tracy meets his partner, Sam Catchem. The two men first rescue a young boy, known as The Kid from Steve the Tramp. Then they find that The Brow was hired by Big Boy to murder Tess's father.
Episode 2. "Becoming Tracy, Part 2"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Flattop
Dick Tracy tries to figure out what to do with The Kid, who keeps popping up in his life. Tess is so depressed by the murder of her father that she becomes distant and cold. Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem go after Big Boy, but instead run into another henchman of his, Flattop Jones. After putting Flattop in jail, Tracy soon finds that Big Boy has already left town.
Episode 3. "Once, Twice, Three Times the Villains"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villains: Shoulders, Stooge Viller, LittleFace
Just as Dick Tracy gets Tess to talk about their wedding plans, Sam calls Tracy up with the news that three of the city's major gangsters have escaped the jailhouse. Shoulders, Stooge Viller and Little Face joined forces in order to murder Dick Tracy. Since Tracy is now famous for being able to lock up The Brow and Flattop. Stooge decides to kidnap Tess and The Kid, giving Tracy their location (a warehouse) as a trap. Dick Tracy falls for the trap, but Sam Catchem secretly follows his partner. Just as the three gangsters are about to kill Tracy, Sam Catchem comes to the rescue with the full police squad to back him up. A gun fight ensues and Dick Tracy, Tess Trueheart, The Kid and Sam Catchem all escape alive. As for the villains, Shoulders and Little Face get captured and put back in jail. Stooge Viller, however ends up MIA.
Episode 4. "Just Like Tracy"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villains: Pruneface, Lips Manlis
After the Kid is put in an orphanage, Chief Brandon works it out for him to visit the Police headquarters once a week. The Kid idolizes Dick Tracy. When Tracy and Sam Catchem go out to capture Pruneface, The Kid secretly tags along. Pruneface enters a warehouse where he runs into Lips Manlis. Lips Manlis offers Pruneface $1,000 for Tracy's head on a platter. After Pruneface uses his smoke bombs (disguised as prunes) to capture Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem, The Kid is the only one who can help. Tracy finds himself in a big wooden crate, ready to "Take a Bath." (For those who saw the movie, you know what "The Bath" is.) Sam Catchem is tied up to a chair with dynamite strapped to his chest, set to explode five minutes after Tracy's death in his cement bath. The Kid calls Chief Brandon to come down and just as Pruneface exits the warehouse, he ends up right in the police car and on his way to jail. The Kid frees Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem. However, Lips Manlis is long gone.
Episode 5. "Wedding Plans Gone Awry"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Breathless Mahoney
Dick Tracy and Tess Trueheart decide to get married on the following Friday. It's all set. Sam Catchem will be Tracy's best man. The Kid will also be there. Big Boy has hired Breathless Mahoney to break up the happy couple. Tess walks in on Breathless seducing Tracy at his apartment. She calls off the engagement and drives home to be with her mother out of town. Sam Catchem, who's happily married becomes Mahoney's next target. However, she takes his wallet and he has her arrested. Tracy knows she won't stay in jail long and also knows that Tess believes he had an affair. Once he finds out that it was all Big Boy's doing, Dick Tracy promises to kill Big Boy.
Episode 6. "Shaky Ground"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Shaky
Dick Tracy takes a leave from work in order to drive down to Tess's Mother's home in search of his love. While Tracy tries to convince Tess that he wasn't unfaithful, Sam Catchem has to capture Shaky all on his own. After a couple days, Dick Tracy returns with Tess by his side. He finds that Shaky has broken into the police station and is holding Chief Brandon, Sam Catchem and The Kid hostage. Tracy naturally comes to the rescue and apprehends Shaky, who's put in jail.
Episode 7. "The Return of Steve the Tramp"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Steve the Tramp
Dick Tracy gets word that Steve the Tramp has escaped jail. Tracy assumes Steve is after him, however, he soon learns that Steve the Tramp is really after The Kid. The Kid stays with Chief Brandon while Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem go after their enemy. Tess Trueheart gets a phone call threat from none other than Big Boy himself. She gets so frightened that she stays with the Chief and the Kid. Dick Tracy captures Steve the Tramp and arrests him. It's then he learns of Big Boy's threat.
Episode 8. "Keys of Horror"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: 88 Keys
Dick Tracy says goodbye to Tess as she leaves to stay with her mother until Big Boy is captured. Big Boy has now hired 88 Keys to go after Dick Tracy. Tracy and Sam Catchem find themselves in a closed down nightclub. 88 Keys takes a shot and hits Sam in the shoulder. Dick Tracy captures 88 Keys after a long fight scene. He then forces 88 Keys to tell him where Big Boy is hiding. In the end, Sam Catchem recovers in the hospital. Dick Tracy puts 88 Keys in jail and then goes to find Big Boy. However, once Tracy gets to the abandoned warehouse where he was said to be hiding out, it explodes. Dick Tracy assumes Big Boy died in the explosion and invites Tess back.
Episode 9. "You Can't Get Rid of Big Boy That Easily"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Cueball
Dick Tracy and Tess Trueheart again plan their wedding. Sam Catchem receives a phone call informing the detectives that Big Boy is still alive and has hired Cueball to kill Tracy. Instead of killing Dick Tracy, however, Cueball goes on a killing spree. He murders ten innocent people just for the fun of killing them. Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem go after Cueball and track him down by train tracks. After failing his mission of killing Tracy, Cueball tries to run off, but is struck and killed by a passing train. Dick Tracy, Sam Catchem, Tess Trueheart, Chief Brandon and The Kid appear at all ten funeral services. Dick Tracy's hatred for Big Boy deepens.
Episode 10. "Itchy Situations"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Itchy
Dick Tracy learns that his childhood chum, Harry Oliver is now the master criminal known as Itchy. What hurts him even worse is when he discovers that Itchy's working for Big Boy. Tess Trueheart and the Kid decide to get to know each other better since they both care so much for Dick Tracy. The two go to a diner for lunch. Itchy sticks up the diner at gun point. Sam finds out about the crime and also learns that Tess and the Kid are being held hostage, along with eight other people. Sam calls Tracy and the two come to the rescue. Dick Tracy has a battle with Itchy and has him arrested.
Episode 11. "Heap O’Callory Cometh"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Hero: Heap O’Callory
Guest Villain: The Rhodent
Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem are joined on the force by the inept, overweight Heap O’Callory. The sewers turn out to be the hideout of the latest criminal, the Rhodent. After Rhodent pulls off a bank robbery, he goes back to the sewers. Heap O'Callory witnesses the act and goes after Rhodent. Chief Brandon gets a call that Heap O'Callory has been abducted. The Kid is the only one who believes that Rhodent's hideout may be the sewers and decides to go after O'Callory himself. Heap O'Callory turns out not to be so inept as he fights Rhodent down in the sewers and wins. The Kid arrives just in time to find Rhodent tied up.
Episode 12. "The Breakup of the 30's"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villains: Oodles, Lips Manlis
Tess Trueheart has decided she doesn't want to marry Dick Tracy due to his job. This destroys Tracy who turns to drinking. Sam Catchem, Chief Brandon and The Kid all try to cheer Dick Tracy up. However, Lips Manlis has returned and now released the criminal, Oodles. After finding out how hard Dick Tracy took the news of her dumping him, she decides to get back together with him. However informs Tracy that she doesn't want to get married right away. This news turns Dick Tracy around, just in time to capture Oodles and put him in jail.
Episode 13. "Dick Tracy Versus Big Boy"
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
Chief Brandon
Tess Trueheart
The Kid
Guest Villain: Big Boy
Big Boy finally shows his face in the series. Dick Tracy follows a tip to find Big Boy at his hideout. Sam Catchem tries to convince Tracy not to murder Big Boy, but to merely arrest the criminal. Tess and The Kid once again find themselves kidnapped. Big Boy puts the two inside the "Bathtub" to give them a cement bath. After Dick Tracy finds Big Boy, he's given the choice. Let Big Boy go and rescue Tess and the Kid. Or Capture Big Boy and let the two die. Angry, Tracy rescues Tess and the Kid. Big Boy runs out the back door. He runs right into Sam Catchem, who is working on a different case. Sam arrests Big Boy and Dick Tracy witnesses as Big Boy gets in the police car. Justice is served ... for now.
End of Season 1