Talk:COPS (animated TV series)

Requested move (2013)

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The result of the move request was: Move to COPS (1988 TV series). Nathan Johnson (talk) 17:29, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

C.O.P.S. → ? – I am not convinced that this title is unambiguous enough to distinguish itself from Cops (TV series), even with periods (.) between letters. Amazon, IMDB, DVD Verdict, and The Trades refer the show as "C.O.P.S." However, DVD Talk does not use periods, and neither did the show itself, especially during opening titles. Searching for the show is difficult in Google News, and adding more terms, like "1988", or changing them into another term, like CyberCOPS, won't make any difference, even when they narrow results. I don't know which policy or guideline to refer besides WP:AT and MOS:CAPS, but perhaps move this page to COPS (1988 TV series)? George Ho (talk) 18:35, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support COPS (1988 TV series) as suggested. In ictu oculi (talk) 02:17, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Cops (1988 TV series) or Cops (cartoon TV series), since the Cops (TV series) is also stylized using capital letters, and should also be renamed to account for the various COPS TV shows as Cops (1989 TV series) or Cops (reality TV series); the current titles should redirect to the disambiguation page (as should COPS (TV series) and COPS (U.S. TV series)/Cops (U.S. TV series)) -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 05:01, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I'm fairly certain that the spelling "C.O.P.S." instead of "COPS" or "Cops" is enough to distinguish between the names. J I P  &#124; Talk 18:08, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support COPS (1988 TV series). The difference between "C.O.P.S." and "COPS" is too subtle, especially as acronyms are frequently rendered in both forms in various versions of English and examples of both can be found for both shows. "CyberCOPS" is a mess because a number of markets post-1993 and the DVDs retained the original name. Timrollpickering (talk) 15:01, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
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Whitney Morgan in a Captain Planet episode?
I was watching an episode of Captain Planet called ``Greenhouse Planet'', In the beginning of that episode the president was being interviewed by a reporter that looked suspiciously like Whitney Morgan. COPS and Captain Planet were both produced by DIC so they both could take place in the same universe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.151.248.202 (talk) 13:52, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Requested move 12 September 2015

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The result of the move request was: MOVED per consensus.Tiggerjay (talk) Tiggerjay (talk) 21:11, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

COPS (1988 TV series) → COPS (animated TV series) – Or. It's been two years, but someone else tried to remove "1988" from the title as if no other show was titled COPS, overlooking Cops (TV series) per opening title. Fortunately, I have to revert it back to the current title, which looks confusing to readers unfamiliar with debut year. Perhaps "animated" is a better replacement to "1988". George Ho (talk) 18:25, 12 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment I would oppose "animated series", since the base disambiguator is "TV series" thus "TV" should be included. -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 04:20, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
 * And the difference between "Cops" and "COPS" is only of case of letters. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:02, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The reality TV show uses "COPS" everywhere within, but many secondary sources use Cops instead. --George Ho (talk) 16:47, 13 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Support. A much clearer disambiguator. Honestly, when I saw COPS (1988 TV series) I expected it would be what turns out is at Cops (TV series) – that show is more often than not stylised "COPS" and also began in the late '80s. Readers searching for either show are much more likely to know that this one was animated than the exact year it debuted. Jenks24 (talk) 11:09, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment Cops (TV series) should also be renamed, such as to Cops (1989 TV series) -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 03:19, 18 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment see Talk:Cops (TV series) for a related move request -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 03:32, 18 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Support. Agree this is a much better disambiguator. Andrewa (talk) 18:36, 20 September 2015 (UTC)


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Below information was tagged for needing sources long-term. Feel free to reinsert the below material with appropriate references. DonIago (talk) 17:01, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

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C.O.P.S. ’n’ Crooks
C.O.P.S ’n’ Crooks is the original toy line that the TV series was based on. It was created by John Fertig while working at toy invention studio Marvin Glass and Associates. It was first known as Police Man; however, an unsuccessful attempt to market it under this name led to an idea session between Wayne Kuna and Dennis O’Patka. Their collaboration revived the concept as “C.O.P.S. ’n’ Crooks,” at which point it was shown to Hasbro and successfully licensed in 1987. Hasbro produced and sold the line between 1988 and 1989.

These figures are made up of police and criminals of the future and uses the tagline: “Fighting Crime in a Future Time.” In the packages containing the C.O.P.S. figures, only the C.O.P.S. logo is shown; while the packages containing the CROOKS figure adds the phrase “’N’ CROOKS” next to the logo. Each figure is fully articulated and poseable, standing about six inches tall on the average. Each figure came with cap gun accessories, which simulated the firing of weapons. A trigger (usually a spring-loaded metal post) could be pulled and released to strike a cap on a cap strip (included with the toys) causing a spark and a popping noise. Additional caps were available, as was a carry case.

Each figure also had a file card printed on the back of the package that contained a biography of the character. These file cards were written by Larry Hama, who also wrote the file cards for Hasbro’s G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline. The artwork made for each package is illustrated by Bart Sears, Mark Pennington, and McNabb Studios. Because Hasbro also owned the rights to G.I. Joe and Transformers, some of the character names used in both toylines were also used in C.O.P.S. such as “Roadblock” and “Airwave.” The codename “Bullet-Proof” would be reused for an unrelated character in G.I. Joe's Drug Elimination Force sub-line in 1992.

Several female characters (namely Mainframe, Nightshade, Mirage, and Ms. Demeanor) appeared in the cartoon and the comics, but were never released as action figures. Big Boss's servant, Squeeky Kleen, was never made into a figure either.

Comic books
C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) was a fifteen-issue comic book series created based on a Hasbro toy line. The series was written by Doug Moench and published by DC Comics.

Dr. BadVibes join forces with Big Boss and his gang of Crooks and creates a device that shakes buildings to the ground. Special Agent Baldwin P. Vess arrives in Empire City to experience the following: get blown up by an attack made by Turbo Tu-tone and Rock Krusher on the 647 Precinct (A.K.A. “Purgatory”), fixed with a cybernetic torso, apprehending Berserko, and forming a team of the best law enforcers there is in the country known as C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists). Together, Baldwin Vess (Code name: Bulletproof) and his C.O.P.S. team, with the help of Donny Brooks in his armored assault vehicle and Tina Cassidy in front of the terminal, destroys the vibrating machine built by Dr. BadVibes at an old abandoned sewage plant, thwarting the first of many of Big Boss’ crooked plans. As a result, Bulletproof graciously welcomed Tina (Codename: Mainframe) and Donny (Codename: Hardtop) to the C.O.P.S. team.
 * The Case of COPS File #1 — BadVibes

Big Boss takes revenge on Longarm by sending Buttons McBoomBoom to harass his family. Longarm (P.J. O’Malley), after learning about what happened, goes after and arrests McBoomBoom.
 * The Case of the COPS File #2 — The Long Cuff of the Law

Dr. BadVibes unleashes an army of mechanical rats to free all of the inmates at the Empire City Prison. His plan is thwarted by C.O.P.S. officers Highway (Dave E. Harlson) and Sgt. Mace (Colt Howards), who shoots his laser bazooka and destroys Buzzbomb while stopping the parade of crooks who were making their way out of prison, only to get stopped in their tracks by Highway. Meanwhile, Buttons McBoomBoom escapes.
 * The Case of COPS File #3 — The Vibe Piper of Empire City

Like Buttons McBoomBoom in the cartoon, Sundown (Walker Calhoun) in the comics hates bugs. Big Boss takes advantage of this and sends Ms. Demeanor to plant all over the 647th Precinct mechanical bugs to serve as radio transmitters that will send out messages to Big Boss about what's going on with the C.O.P.S. However, thanks to Bowser (Rex Pointer) who turns on his electric razor to shave his mustache only to pick up the signal coming from the bugs, the C.O.P.S. found out all about it. At once, the C.O.P.S. team located the bugs and destroy them. Then they geared up to defend the precinct from the attacks from the crooks who laid siege on the precinct to get their hands on the five million dollars in cash the C.O.P.S. are assigned to guard. The C.O.P.S., however, stopped the broadcast and defeated the Crooks while Ms. Demeanor carries out a much different plan to usurp Big Boss and become the new crime lord of Empire City.
 * The Case of the COPS File #4 — Sundown Hates Bugs!

Rock Krusher destroys Blitz, leaving Bowser deeply traumatized. Bowser reminisces about Blitz and his first dog Maxie while the lab boys rebuild Blitz. Bowser decides to avenge Blitz by going after Dr. BadVibes and Rock Krusher. Blitz broke loose after being rebuilt and joins Bowser in taking down Rock Krusher and send him behind bars.
 * The Case of COPS File #5 — A Bowser and His Blitz

Big Boss fakes a vacation to secretly transfer some stolen loot hidden in a mechanical fish from one area to another. Ms Demeanor also got into the act only to catch a real fish while Big Boss catches another mechanical fish with counterfeit money inside that burst into flames and Highway and Mainframe nets the real catch with the real money inside.
 * The Case of COPS File #6 — Ms. Demeanor's Capital Crime

The Case of COPS File #7 — Rogue Cop! and The Case of COPS File #8 — Rogue Cop II The TRAMPLUR Rampant! Both C.O.P.S. and Crooks encounters a crooked cop named Paxton Dern, also known as Rogue, and his robotic elephant, T.R.A.M.P.L.U.R. (Titanic Radio Activated Multi-Purpose Laserized Urban Ravager) who wants to not only go after the Crooks, but go after the COPS as well.

C.O.P.S. goes after Rock Krusher who has escaped from prison and swipes a jackhammer he stole from a construction site and uses it as a weapon. He was able to take control of a military robot factory and used the robots made there to destroy the C.O.P.S. Fortunately, Mace was there to destroy the robots and free the hostages held inside the factory. Krusher, however, escaped.
 * The Case of the COPS File #9 — The Big Krush

Thanks to some mishap brought on by Rock Krusher, Dr. BadVibes becomes a good person and agrees to join on the side of C.O.P.S. and become a law enforcer. As he rebuilds Buzzbomb and brought him back to life after his robot companion was destroyed by Mace in issue #3, then rebuilt and destroyed once again by T.R.A.M.P.L.U.R. in issue #7, BadVibes helps the C.O.P.S. team thwart a week-long crimewave Big Boss is planning. But his goodness is short lived thanks to another mishap that occurred when Berserko threw a silver ingot at Barricade (Stan Hyde), only for him to deflect it with his shield, sending it ricocheting right back at BadVibes, conking him in the head and bringing the mad scientist back to his old self again.
 * The Case of the COPS File #10 — Week of the Good BadVibes

To redeem himself, BadVibes captures Barricade and put him in the arena where Barricade is forced to go after an army of rioting robots as entertainment for Big Boss. But Barricade, to maintain his calm, cool behavior, goes after the Crooks instead.
 * The Case of the COPS File #11 — Barricading the Man

Ms. Demeanor tries to marry Berserko as an attempt to usurp Big Boss again, only to have a major, unpleasant, face changing experience and a much literal, stronger status, no thanks to BadVibes, who was ordered by Big Boss to make her much dumber than Berserko. But the experiment never worked out as planned. She called the wedding off just after she punched Berserko in the face, sending him crashing into a large wedding cake.
 * The Case of the COPS File #12 — The Bride of Berserko

Dr. BadVibes created five coneheaded robots, a reminiscent of the Coneheads from Saturday Night Live, known as T.H.U.G.S. (Titanium Humanoid Ugly Goon Squad) to commit five different robberies at the same time, only for the robots to get fried by Blitz and be sent to the nearest scrap recycling center by the orders of the judge. BadVibes: [sobbing] “My poor T.H.U.G.G.I.E. W.U.G.G.I.E.S!”
 * The Case of the COPS File #13 — T.H.U.G.S.

A jealous crook named Drago wants revenge on Bulletproof for an incident involving a certain “person” who was named “Lucille” that happened years ago, when Drago was a kid growing up in Washington D.C. along with Bulletproof. So, he went to Big Boss and got his permission to use Buttons McBoomBoom to help him carry out his vengeful plan. That night, Bulletproof had a nightmare about his past that goes like this:
 * The Case of COPS File #14 — Buttons on a Vess

Bulletproof, as a child back in his hometown, was riding his bike when he saw the streets, the building, and everything else melting right before his eyes. Next thing he knew, he was falling into a void of darkness and landed on the ground with a thud. When he got up a bit, he found himself having a cybernetic armor chest on him and wondering what was happening to his hometown. Suddenly he heard guns blazing. He turned around and look at a skull bullet design being made by none other than Buttons McBoomBoom who kicked the door open and utters, “Hi kid” and “Bye kid” just as he opened the chest to reveal his twin machine gun torso that he fires at his target...and Bulletproof wakes up in cold sweat.

Not having a good day as a result, he stews in his office trying to figure out if it was a nightmare or a premonition (He does not believe in premonitions.). Finally as night approaches, Bulletproof took to the streets and winds up chasing a getaway car driven by Drago with Buttons McBoomBoom inside. When the car stops, out popped Buttons who gave Bulletproof a chase while ripping his shirt and trenchcoat apart with his machine gun bullets. When he finally took him down, Buttons let Drago have at it with him. Drago reveals himself to Bulletproof and told him why he wanted his revenge on him for getting back Lucille just after Drago has stole her from him. Drago, with vengeance almost his, orders McBoomBoom to finish him off. But McBoomBoom refuses to kill him. He prefers to let his targets live after he breaks him down. McBoomBoom leaves, leaving Drago to try to take care of Bulletproof himself. But Bulletproof got the best of him, pounding him down with his fists, vowing he will never be broken no matter how many nightmares McBoomBoom throws at him.

In the end as Drago, who has now lost his sanity over Lucille, is being led away to prison, Longarm just had to ask Bulletproof about Lucille. Was it really a fight over a woman named Lucille? “Not quite, Longarm,” Bulletproof replied. “Lucille was a bike.” Longarm got a kick out of that one.

Mainframe while doing her daily routine at the terminal makes a surprising discovery of multiple parking tickets that have not been paid by the Big Boss himself. This reminds the C.O.P.S. team how Al Capone was brought in for tax evasion, thus giving them the opportunity needed to get out there and bring Big Boss to justice once and for all. At once they mobilize on Big Boss's penthouse and give the crooks a gunfight they will never soon forget. The crooks desperately fight back, but inevitably they rack up more offenses to the point where in the end, they are all arrested and taken into custody, including Big Boss.
 * The Case of the COPS File #15 — Operation : Big Bust!
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 * Wouldn't the comics themselves be the source for the comics section?--Khajidha (talk) 17:31, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Possibly for the descriptions of each comic, but certainly not for all of the information in the lead of this section. The summaries themselves are likely overly-long as well, though that's a secondary concern. DonIago (talk) 19:40, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The lead is about the toys. I know virtually all of it is true based on dealing with the actual toys, but don't know where to find reliable sources. I don't know about all of the production stuff, though. --Khajidha (talk) 23:13, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's definitely a problem. At the time it was moved here I think it had already been unsourced for over two years. :/ DonIago (talk) 01:25, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

"Complete List of C.O.P.S. Episodes" listed at Redirects for discussion
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CROOKS: an acronym?
What does CROOKS stand for, assuming it's an acronym? I would greatly appreciate an answer.

--Jeff S (talk) 12:02, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

"List of COPS episodes" listed at Redirects for discussion
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