The Atom Ant Show
Up and at 'em!
L1965•21m•7.3/10
AnimationKidsComedy
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.3/10(195)
Operating out of his private anthill, the formidable Atom Ant picks up distress calls via his built-in antennae and heads out to battle a fearsomely delightful array of dastards including Bug Fat Dynamo, Crankenshaft, M.D. and his arch-nemesis Ferocious Flea. Sharing screen time with our hero are Precious Pupp, a rascal of a mutt who hides his antics from the kindly Granny Sweets and the Hillbilly Bears, the most ridiculous bears to ever come from the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Production
Screen Gems Television, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, NBC
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
October 2, 1965
Last Aired
October 15, 1966
Networks
NBC
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Up and Atom
Air date: 1965-10-02
Atom Ant is called in to capture Big Fats Dynamo after he and his gang break out of a maximum security prison.
E2
Precious Jewel
Air date: 1965-10-02
The great jewel thief, breaks into her house to steal her pearls.
E3
Detour For Sure
Air date: 1965-10-02
Maw and Paw tell the foreman on construction that they don't want any more eviction notices.
E4
Crankenshaft's Monster
Air date: 1965-10-09
When the Evil Dr. Crankshaft creates a monster in his lab, Atom Ant is called in to save the day
E5
Doggone Dognapper
Air date: 1965-10-09
Precious Pup is caught by the dogcatcher.
E6
Woodpecked
Air date: 1965-10-09
Paw is harassed by Maw to get rid of a noisy woodpecker.
E7
Gem-A-Go-Go
Air date: 1965-10-16
Fancy Finger Finnegan laughs when he the FBI sends ant out after him.
E8
Bites and Gripes
Air date: 1965-10-16
Two crooks, Blackie and Lefty, steal Precious Pup.
E9
Anglers Aweigh
Air date: 1965-10-16
Maw sends Paw off to catch some catfish for dinner.
E10
Ferocious Flea
Air date: 1965-10-23
When a city is plagued by bank robberies, Atom Ant is forced into a battle with Ferocious Flea.
E11
Queen of the Road
Air date: 1965-10-23
Granny and Pupp are building a fast car to race with. They need the prize money. Two crooks want to win the money, too, and they're willing to do anything crooked to win.
E12
Stranger Than Friction
Air date: 1965-10-23
Maw makes Paw swear to invite the next person he meets to dinner.
E13
Rambling Robot
Air date: 1965-10-30
Junior's homemade robot goes berserk.
E14
Crook Out, Cook Out
Air date: 1965-10-30
Granny mistakenly snares a thief with her butterfly net.
E15
Goldilocks and the Four Bears
Air date: 1965-10-30
The Bear family decides to take a walk to let their breakfast cool. Meanwhile, a passing movie star named Goldy Looks gets a flat tire and finds the Bear's house while looking for help. She ends up eating their food and sleeping in their beds and she runs off when the Bears get home with an idea for a movie.
E16
Nobody's Fool
Air date: 1965-11-06
The seductive Anastashia Antnick from Antsvillania keeps Atom Ant busy.
E17
Next of Kin
Air date: 1965-11-06
Granny gets a letter in the mail with a big box. Her aunt has left her everything in a will, including a big bulldog. Granny must humor the bulldog and have perfect harmony, or else she will lose everything in the will. The bulldog takes an immediate dislike for Precious Pupp.
E18
Going, Going Gone Gopher
Air date: 1965-11-06
While Maw is away in town Paw is left to guard the turnips.
E19
Atom Ant Meets Karate Ant
Air date: 1965-11-13
Atom Ant goes to visit his old foe, Muscles, just released from prison.
E20
Bowling Pinned
Air date: 1965-11-13
Granny enters a bowling tournament.
E21
Courtin' Disaster
Air date: 1965-11-13
A truce is called between the Rugg's and the Hopper's so that Floral and Claude can begin dating.
E22
Fastest Ant in the West
Air date: 1965-11-20
Rowdy Dowdy, tears up a town out west.
E23
Poodle Pandemonium
Air date: 1965-11-20
Precious Pup competes with the Bulldog next door for the affections of a French Poodle.
E24
Picnic Panicked
Air date: 1965-11-20
At the Hog Woller picnic Clod Hopper has a thing for Floral.
E25
Mistaken Identity
Air date: 1965-11-27
Ferocious Flea disguises himself as Atom.
E26
Dog Tracks
Air date: 1965-11-27
Granny buys Precious Pupp a new dog license so the dogcatcher won’t bother him anymore.
E27
Judo Kudos
Air date: 1965-11-27
Sumo the Japanese fighting bear is on his way to the circus when he falls out of the truck when it hits a bump. Sumo helps Paw Rugg learn karate so he can use it on his rival, Claude Hopper.
E28
How Now Bow Wow
Air date: 1965-12-04
Ferocious Flea and Bones, steal the Colonel's priceless dog.
E29
Sub-marooned
Air date: 1965-12-04
A trip to the beach for some surfing turns out different for Granny and Precious Pup.
E30
Just Plane Around
Air date: 1965-12-04
Experimental plane X-Ray-X lands near the Rugg house and Paw goes for an unexpected ride with agent 00700 and his pal who are trying to steal the plane.
E31
Dragon Master
Air date: 1965-12-11
Atom Ant welcomes the mad scientist to the good guy club and goes straight for the lump of sugar.
E32
Lady Bugged
Air date: 1965-12-11
A crook disguises himself as a little old lady when he hears that Granny Sweet won sweepstakes that are worth $500,000 dollars, but he can't fool Precious.
E33
War Games
Air date: 1965-12-11
The backyard of the Rugg's becomes a war zone.
E34
The Big Gimmick
Air date: 1965-12-18
Professor Von Gimmick terrorizes Big City with his monster.
E35
Test in the West
Air date: 1965-12-18
Granny and Precious Pup go out West, only to find everything closed and deserted.
E36
Bricker Brats
Air date: 1965-12-18
Shag and the Hopper boy keep getting in fights over who has the toughest dad threatening to start the feud back up.
E37
Super Blooper
Air date: 1965-12-25
Atom Ant and the kids race to see Super Guy, but he's not there.
E38
Bones and Groans
Air date: 1965-12-25
Granny Sweet goes shopping and gives Precious Pupp a big bone to keep him happy and busy while she is gone. Brutus the Bulldog decides he wants the bone and the battle is on.
E39
Slap Happy Grandpappy
Air date: 1965-12-25
Grandpa Rugg comes for a visit much to the excitement of Shag and Floral. Grandpa wants to shoot some Hoppers not knowing that Paw has just ended the feud with them.
E40
Wild, Wild Ants
Air date: 1966-01-01
The ant hill mob takes over the city picnic grounds.
E41
Butterfly Nut
Air date: 1966-01-01
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.
E42
Pooped Pops
Air date: 1966-01-01
Convinced by Maw that a good father plays with his kids, Paw goes along with Shag's games.
E43
Dina-sore
Air date: 1966-01-08
Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus comes back to life.
E44
Precious' Bone
Air date: 1966-01-08
Mr. Green gives Precious a new bone from the meat market and Brutus wants to take Precious' bone away from him.
E45
Leaky Creek
Air date: 1966-01-08
Maw chases Paw down to the creek for his yearly bath. When he gets to the creek he finds it has gone dry due to a pesky beaver that has built a dam.
E46
Amusement Park Amazement
Air date: 1966-01-15
Thinking Von Gimmick has reformed, Atom Ant offers to help him.
E47
The Bird Watcher
Air date: 1966-01-15
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.
E48
My Fair Hillbilly
Air date: 1966-01-15
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.
E49
Bully For Atom Ant
Air date: 1966-01-22
Atom Ant meets Chicken Enchilada.
E50
Dog Trained
Air date: 1966-01-22
The conductor makes Precious Pup ride in the baggage car instead of with Granny.
E51
Rickety Rockety Racoon
Air date: 1966-01-22
Paw battles with Rickety Raccoon after he steals eggs from the hen house.
E52
Termighty Mean
Air date: 1966-01-29
Dotzilla, goes on a rampage, eating everything in sight.
E53
Oliver Twisted
Air date: 1966-01-29
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.
E54
Modern Inconvenience
Air date: 1966-01-29
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.
E55
Nine Strikes You're Out
Air date: 1966-02-05
J. Dastardly Deeds sends his nine selves out on a crime spree.
E56
Pup, Skip and Jump
Air date: 1966-02-05
Granny lets a puppy spend the cold night with them.
E57
Rabbit Rumble
Air date: 1966-02-05
Paw and Shag must bring back a rabbit for dinner, but they encounter a boxing kangaroo and mistakes him for a giant rabbit.
E58
Go West Young Ant
Air date: 1966-02-12
A wagon train of ants is surrounded by a red ant tribe on the western plain.
E59
A Grapple for the Teacher
Air date: 1966-02-12
Granny Sweet is forced to enroll Precious Pupp in an obedience school to avoid being sued by the postman.
E60
Speckled Heckler
Air date: 1966-02-12
When an experienced hunter comes to the hills offering a reward for a speckled butterfly, the Hillbilly Bears try to capture the local pest for the reward.
E61
Knight Fight
Air date: 1966-09-10
With no trouble in the world today, Atom Ant goes back to the days of old.
E62
Pot-Time Work
Air date: 1966-09-10
Precious Pupp and Granny Sweet are on vacation. Granny is heating up a big pot of food for their dinner. A cannibal in the bushes has other ideas: he plans on them for his dinner. When he finally does capture them and Granny offers to share what she is cooking, he runs for his life.
E63
Whirly Bear
Air date: 1966-09-10
An unexpected ride happens when Paw Mugg tries to fix the broken windmill.
E64
Pteraducktyl Soup
Air date: 1966-09-17
A kookie professor sneaks into the natural history museum.
E65
A Fiend in Need
Air date: 1966-09-17
Dr. Frightenstein needs a brain for his new monstrous creation. His faithful servant thinks that Precious Pupp's brain is the perfect candidate.
E66
Saucy Saucers
Air date: 1966-09-17
Paw gets captured by aliens.
E67
Up in the Air Squares
Air date: 1966-09-24
Toadstool steals the police building.
E68
Ski Sickness
Air date: 1966-09-24
Granny competes against Ace McGurk in the year's biggest skiing race.
E69
Chipper Chirper
Air date: 1966-09-24
Maw's pet bird gets out of the cage and flies away.
E70
Mouse-Rouser
Air date: 1966-10-01
A mouse, trapped by a cat, writes a desperate plea for help to Atom Ant.
E71
Mascot Massacre
Air date: 1966-10-01
The local baseball team is advertising for a new mascot. Granny urges Precious Pupp to try out. He ends up playing ball instead and saves the team.
E72
Gettin' Paw's Goat
Air date: 1966-10-01
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.
E73
Killer-Diller Gorilla
Air date: 1966-10-08
Kong is on the loose, wrecking buildings (he "peels" a skyscraper like a banana) and tearing up bridges. This is Atom Ant's greatest challenge ever.
E74
A.M. Mayhem
Air date: 1966-10-08
Granny can't resist a piece of left-over gooseberry pie, which makes her sleepwalk.
E75
Buzzin' Cuzzins
Air date: 1966-10-08
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.
E76
Rock-A-Bye Boo-Boo
Air date: 1966-10-15
Atom Ant keeps a village safe from a Roc and her egg. The Roc ceases her attacks when her egg hatches.
E77
Girl Whirl
Air date: 1966-10-15
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.
E78
Do the Bear
Air date: 1966-10-15
Two record agents find Paw and make him a star.
Cast
Howard Morris
Atom Ant (voice)
Don Messick
Precious Pupp / Shag Rugg (voice)
Janet Waldo
Granny Sweet (voice)
Henry Corden
Paw Rugg (voice)
Jean Vander Pyl
Maw Rugg / Floral Rugg (voice)
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