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Mister T Episode 1: Mystery of the Golden Medallions

April 17, 2017 1 Comment

The Mister T cartoon was one of the many detective cartoons that came out in the wake of Scooby-Doo‘s success. This one follows Mr. T and a group of young gymnasts who solve mysteries together.

Mr. T logo

Mr. T logo

Yes, that Mr. T. He shows up in short, live action segments that bookend each episode: “today we’re going to learn about X” at the beginning and “today we learned about X” at the end. Pretty simple stuff, but he says it in his trademark Mr. T style, so they’re pretty fun to watch.

Mr. T in live action

Live Action Mr. T

Characters

Mr. T

Mr. T

The leader of the group. Actually voiced by Mr. T and not a sound-alike.

 

Ms. Bisby

Ms. Bisby

The only other adult in the group.

 

Robin

Robin

Level-headed second-in-command.

 

Spike

Spike

Robin’s annoying younger brother. Idolizes Mr. T, dresses and sometimes talks like him.

 

Jeff

Jeff

A pompous jerk. Looks and sounds a bit like Stormy from Sealab 2021.

 

Woody

Woody

The brains to Jeff’s brawn. Voiced by Phil Lamarr in his first role!

 

Kim

Kim

Good at remembering stuff.

 

Dozer

Dozer

A dog – not a talking dog, mind you, but he does have a mohawk.

 

Mister T ran in the late ’80s and lasted 30 episodes. At one point, Adult Swim aired reruns at 2 am, which is where I first saw the show and briefly became obsessed with it.

Woody doing gymnastics thing

Woody at a gymnastics competition

Episode Summary

We begin our story at a gymnastics competition, where Woody (the newest member of Mr. T’s mystery-solving gymnast squad) kicks a lot of ass and wins first place.

Kim and Jeff watch Woody

Jeff isn’t impressed by Woody’s skills

Unfortunately, he is unable to receive his gold medal because a group of assholes are going around town smashing all the medals they can find. Spike witnesses these guys destroying some medals outside and they kidnap him.

bad guys grab Spike

Spike’s caught by bad guys

Another Set of Medals

The rest of the Mr. T team investigates the scene of Spike’s disappearance, and Woody finds a piece of paper left behind with local addresses of medal locations.

Woody finds paper

Woody finds a clue

The gang spends the majority of the episode chasing after the assholes, as they smash medals at several locations (including a castle and a restaurant). At the same time, the team also learns to work with and trust Woody, culminating in their acceptance of him.

two medal hunters in castle

The assholes in a castle

The Trophy Company

Mr. T and co. end up in a factory belonging to a trophy company. The owner is all tied up and explains to Mr. T that the asshole guys are looking for a microfilm that somehow ended up inside a medal. I forgot how; I was distracted by the fact that the owner looks like Patrick Stewart.

Mr. T, Patrick Stewart, Jeff, and Woody

Mr. T with Patrick Stewart

Cornered

The assholes finally find their precious microfilm, but Mr. T and the others catch up to them and kick asshole ass. Spike is rescued from an arcade (the assholes’ base of operations), and we learn that the microfilm had stolen plans for a new video game.

Woody and Kim throwing net on assholes

With gymnastics you can do anything

In the closing live action segment, Mr. T says that it’s cool if you have friends, but it’s even cooler to have more friends.

Mr. T punches a shark

It’s like Jaws, only with more punching

Thoughts

Yeah, it’s awful, but it’s a fun kind of awful with some outrageous moments sprinkled in, like Mr. T punching a shark. Definitely one of the more memorable celebrity tie-in cartoons; the premise is incredibly strange – gymnasts solving mysteries? And just how did Mr. T become their coach? Does he know anything about gymnastics?

Mr. T

Mr. T

Mr. T makes an unconventional, but interesting, lead and each of the other characters have their own little quirks that make them entertaining, but borderline obnoxious (or straight-on obnoxious in Spike’s case). My favorite part of the show is definitely the theme song/opening sequence, which is chock-full of weird Mr. T smiles!

Mister T is something you need to be in the mood for, so it’s probably best to watch on a Saturday or Sunday morning at 2 am after a viewing of Gymkata.

Rating

3 out of 5 eggs rating

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Decade: 1980s Filed Under: TV Show Reviews Tagged: animated, mystery

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Comments

  1. Patrick Jackson says

    March 4, 2020 at 8:05 pm

    …or, GYMKATA: THE ANIMATED SERIES. Nice. What kind of universe do we live, in where Mr. T gets a cartoon show like this and yet Kurt Thomas never does – despite having his own gymnastics academy in real life?

    All the same, very nifty review. Can’t wait to see you roast more MISTER T episodes!

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