Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestA very mysterious and very deadly virus has been stolen from the Salt Lake City Institute. It's up to Mr. T and his gymnastics team to locate the virus and to catch the crooks that stole it!
Mister T is an animated series that aired on NBC on Saturday morning from 1983 to 1986. A total of 30 episodes were produced during the first two seasons, with the final season consisting entirely of reruns. The series was produced by Ruby-Spears. Reruns were later seen on the USA Cartoon Express in the late 1980s, and more recently as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night programming block.
Production
Ruby-Spears' gloriously cheap animation aesthetic
Sound
Mr. T's actual voice yelling life lessons
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ruby-Spears also created Alvin and the Chipmunks and Superman cartoons, explaining the wild tonal whiplash of '80s animation.
This represents peak 'celebrity cartoon' era where literally anyone with name recognition got 30 episodes — see also: Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos.
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