Snorks (1984)
The Snorks is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera which ran on NBC from September 15, 1984, to May 13, 1989. Although not as popular as the animated series The Smurfs, the program continued to be available in syndication from 1986 to 1989 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera's 3rd season, on USA Network in the late-1980s and early-1990s, on the BBC in the late 1990s, and from 2009–2011 and again from 2012–Present on Boomerang.
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Episode 1 - All's Whale that Ends Whale
Release Date: 1987-09-12On a field trip, the Snorks get swallowed by a whale. As they split up to find some means of escape, Junior finds a lot of treasure. All-Star tries to teach them all how to work together.
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Episode 2 - Allstar's Last Hour
Release Date: 1987-09-12All-Star is sick. Galeo cannot find out what's wrong with him. They have to go visit King Claw, a very reclusive crab. King Claw finds out that All Star has pneumonia and needs a hair for a get well potion from the seal Sea Urchins. The potion works and All-Star is better.
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Episode 3 - A Willie Scary Shalloween
Release Date: 1987-09-19Willie runs away to the Lost Valley on Halloween where he meets a lonely Kimodo dragon.
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Episode 4 - Sea Shore Sideshow
Release Date: 1987-09-19All Star, Casey and Tooter are fishnapped in a boot by an evil sideshow man. He makes them do tricks against their very will. Casey and Tooter like the idea of being stars, but All Star wants to get back to the ocean. He sends a message to Corky, leader of the Snork Patrol. Corky recruits Jo-Jo to help him get the kids back.
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Episode 5 - Freeze Save our Town
Release Date: 1987-09-26A fugitive Snork from the Frozen North comes to Snorkland to get help to save his village from Snorkeaters. It's up to Corky and the gang to help him out. There is a little fish that keeps bothering him, not knowing that this little fish is a Snorkeater-eater! And he turns out to be the best thing to ever happen to Corky and the Snork's village.
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Episode 6 - Snip & Snap
Release Date: 1987-09-26Bigweed and Little Seaweed are up to no good again. This time, they have created a Barracuda Machine to take over Snorkland. But then, Bigweed creates two cute purple robots named Snip and Snap, whose plan is to win over the emotions of the Snorks while Bigweed takes over Snorkland. Of Course, they turn out not to be so cute when they make trouble for many Snorks. When they defeat a Snorkeater, they are made heroes while Corky is woefully neglected. When Bigweed takes over, it's up to Corky to set things right again. And they use Snip and Snap to their advantage.
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Episode 7 - Junior's Empire
Release Date: 1987-10-03Junior finds a book on Famous leader Julius Seastar and decides to run against Casey using Julius's guidelines. Soon, all of the Snorks are rebelling against Junior.
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Episode 8 - The Golden Dolphin
Release Date: 1987-10-03Corky, Jo-Jo, Casey and All-Star rescue a dolphin that is in trouble. An evil captain is looking for him and tries to catch him as the Snorks help him get to the reef. Jo-Jo calls some whales to help him out, but he is caught anyway. The Snorks go on the boat and they are pursued by the captain. Corky frees the dolphin and makes the captain sink his ship.
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Episode 9 - It's Always Darkest Before the Snork
Release Date: 1987-10-10Why is it nighttime during the morning hours? That's what everyone wants to know, and everyone tries asking Galeo about what is going on. The Snorks find out that a Giant Snork Nork has rearranged the daylight until he gets what he wants. Gaelo tells them that every 100 years, many Mor-Glows fly across the sky and brightens the darkest clouds but Snorks have taken them for granted and might not ever come back. The Snorks go to find a Mor-Glow, only to have it captured by Snork Nork. Jo-Jo comes to rescue them. It turns out the giant Cyclop was the small Snork Nork in disguise.
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Episode 10 - The Sand Witch
Release Date: 1987-10-10The Sand Witch is terrorizing Snorkland and Corky tries to stop the magic portal. Bigweed messes up his submarine and they both get sucked in. Corky meets a Seastar to help him get out. Bigweed meets the Sand Witch who starts chasing him. The Sand Witch catches up with Corky and Bigweed to try to get out. They get out in time and seals up the portal, but the victory is short-lived.
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Episode 11 - The Shady Shadow
Release Date: 1987-10-17Dr. Strangesnork creates a machine that steals people's shadows and makes them his slaves. Of course, Willie gets caught in the machine and his shadow is used against him. And the Shadow causes trouble for Snorkland and gets Willie blamed. Willis discovers that his shadow has been causing trouble, but no one believes him.
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Episode 12 - Tooter Loves Tadah
Release Date: 1987-10-17Tooter meets another tooting snork named Tadah and tries everything to get her to notice him. If only they can get her away from Tubah, the bully. Galeo creates an invention that magnifies his tooter that really blows Tubah out of the water! Tadah leaves with Tubah because of this. When a Clam Cruncher pursues them, Tubah loses out. Tooter makes contact with it and makes it go away.
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Episode 13 - Daffney's Ransom
Release Date: 1987-10-24The Snorks find a rare Neptunian plant and Bigweed wants it. He kidnaps Daffney and hold her for ransom. It seems that Daffney is giving them a hard time with her ways. Bigweed begs Corky and Jo-Jo to take Daffney back!
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Episode 14 - Salmon Enchanted Evening
Release Date: 1987-10-24Junior finds a treasure map and recruits Casey, Daffney and Tooter to help him find it. They meet a salmon named Wilbur who is ridiculed for being too puny to swim upstream with the other salmon. The only obstacle they face is a big bear who wants to eat them. The Snorks save him and take Wilbur to the top of the river with the other salmon. The big bear catches them, but Wilbur and the Snorks get him back big time. Wilbur repays them by helping them find the golden castle. Onlt it's a golden castle hamburger joint!
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Episode 15 - Casey in Sandland
Release Date: 1987-10-31Casey finds herself in Sandland with a ruler that looks just like her. They switch places to see how the other half lives. Her magician, Morlock, wants to take over the kingdom. Sandy then finds out that her people suffer the plight of the King.
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Episode 16 - Reefberry Madness
Release Date: 1987-10-31Bigweed and Little Seaweed disguise themselves as Corky and All-Star and poison the berries. The real Corky brings the Snorks to pick berries. When Casey eats on the berries, she gets an addictive yearning for them. Soon, the Snorks are getting addicted to the berries except Corky. The Snorks get so silly and stoned that they forget their responsibilities. Corky then finds out that Bigweed has kidnapped them all and Corky gets back at him.
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Episode 17 - A Farewell of Arms
Release Date: 1987-11-07The Snorks meet an outgoing octopus named Quatropuss and Occy is a little bit jealous. He and Occy decide to have a sports competition and he wins each time. The Snorks think that Quatropuss is the best thing to hit since sliced bread, and Occy thinks that no one loves him anymore. Meanwhile, a trap captures the snorks and Quatropuss doesn't have enough legs to open the locks. He finds Occy and asks for his help to free the Snorks.
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Episode 18 - Mummy Snorkest
Release Date: 1987-11-07The Snorks take a trip to the museum and have a good time in the history department. Galeo tells them about the adventures of the great King Tutsnork. The Snorks are recruited to go to the tomb of King Tutsnork to bring back his mummy. The Great Snork Nork, a vampire snork, is also on the prowl for the statue and disguises himself as the mummy. He makes up a phony curse and starts chasing the Snorks. Galeo figures out the whole thing is a scam and uncovers the Nork.
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Episode 19 - Jo-Jo in Control
Release Date: 1987-11-14Jo-Jo saves the town from a hammerhead shark, but he thinks that the Snorks like him because he is strong. The Snorks try to make him feel important to them. In Sculpture class, Jo-Jo creates a statue of a monster and everyone thinks that aliens have come to attack them. The Snorks then try to make him feel useful and he goes on a helping spree. His strength will destroy the town if the Snorks do not to something.
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Episode 20 - The Day the Ocean Stood Still
Release Date: 1987-11-14Snorkland is visited by a Big UFO. Two friendly aliens come out and tells the Snorks all about their fun planet and what they can do there. Occy realizes that something isn't right, and so does Snip and Snap. Actually, these aliens are really Bigweed and Little Seaweed trying to get Snorks for prisoners. All-Star and Daffney goes with them to check out their so-called planet ""Seaturn"". Snip and Snap find out that the aliens are indeed Bigweed and Little Seaweed and tell Jo-Jo all about them.
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Episode 21 - Chills, Drills and Spills
Release Date: 1987-11-21In the Snork Pole, a giant oil drill trashes the town. The Snorks, while visiting Espy, travel to the source of the problem- an oil rig boat. Casey and Daffney try to talk some sense to the mean captain, but he tells them to get lost. The Snorks go back to the boat and try to stop the drill, but the Capatin dismisses them again. The Snorks try to throw a rock in the works and it's a success. The captain goes down and gets the rocks off the drill. The Snorks try to stop the captain because his air tube is getting wrapped around the drill. They end up saving the Captain and Espy gets the captain to go elsewhere to drill for oil. Hopefully he has learned a lesson about kindness towards others.
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Episode 22 - The Longest Shortcut
Release Date: 1987-11-21The Snorks are being chased by big slugs. They go in a cave and try to find a way out. All-Star encourages them all of stick together, but Junior says it's every Snork for itself. The Snorks meet a creature who tells them that the only way in or out of the cave is the way they came in. They also find out that the forest is a bad place to go and the Snorks look for them. They learn of a Puffer Dragon and are more worried. Tooter and Occy scare Junior, but they are scared themselves by a puffer dragon. The puffer dragon starts chasing them, but Casey wants to pull the cork out of its head to get rid of it. They finally find a way out.
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Episode 23 - Taming of the Snork
Release Date: 1987-11-28An emperor employs Galeo's help in taming his daughter princess Shari. The Snorks visit her in order to get her to act right. Shari is playing practical jokes on them. Junior says that it would take a person as nasty as Shari to get her to see the error of her ways. All-Star and Casey agree and hire Junior to carry out this task. Shari then sees that she is mean and runs off when the truth stares her right in the face. She gets kidnapped by a wampalong who is looking for a princess to marry. The Snorks outsmart the Wampalong by switching brides. Shari maks a promise to be kind and beloved to others.
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Episode 24 - Willie and Smallstar's Big Adventure
Release Date: 1987-11-28Junior, Casey, All-Star and Daffney go on a camping trip. Willie and Smallstar wants to go, but Junior tells them that they are too little. They try to prove the older kids wrong by going on their own camping trip. Meanwhile, Junior forgets a Snork light and goes back to get it, only to find Willie and Smallstar missing. They go out to search for them. It turns out that they really can take care of themselves after all, because every creature they meet they fight off. The older kids get themselves in a lobster trap and they call for help. Willie and Smallstar come to their rescue and the Snorks learn a lesson in judging others' abilities because of their size.
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Episode 25 - A Snork in a Gilded Cage
Release Date: 1987-12-05The Snorks find a little Snaillike creature and a lot of other things as well. They catch him and take them back to Snorkland. Daffney says that it's not right to trap animals, but All-Star learns how right she is when he is captured by a big baby creature. The baby locks him in a small trunk and the Snorks get him out. The baby captures them again, but the baby's momma lets them go saying that he plays too roughly. After this experience, the Snorks let all the animals that they captured go.
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Episode 26 - The Snorkshire Spooking
Release Date: 1987-12-05The Governor buys the Snorkshire estate, unaware that the place is haunted. Junior bets that they cannot stand a chance staying the night. While Junior scares them, there are real ghosts on the prowl. They find a treasure chest, only to be scared off by a monster. The ghosts are chased out too, but they are friendly ghosts who just want to keep the treasure. The ghosts and the Snorks go back to the house and find out that Bigweed was behind this caper the whole time. The Snorks and the ghost devise a terrific plan to get rid of the Seaweed thieves.