Danger Mouse
★ 7.1 · 1981 · 20m · Animation · Kids · Comedy · Family
Danger Mouse, the world's greatest secret agent, and his side-kick Penfold work to foil the evil schemes of Baron Greenback.
Episodes
1. Rogue Robots11m · Danger Mouse discovers that Baron Greenback is behind a wave of attack robots that have been going after agents.
2. Who Stole the Bagpipes?11m · Danger Mouse and Penfold travel to Scotland to keep Greenback from destroying the world with music from all the world's bagpipes.
3. Trouble With Ghosts11m · Greenback captures Colonel K and has the Colonel send Danger Mouse and Penfold on holiday to a haunted castle in Transylvania.
4. Chicken Run11m · Greenback steals a growth serum from Professor Skwakencluck and with it creates giant chickens to take over the world. And for once Penfold saves the day!
5. The Martian Misfit11m · Greenback creates a `Martian' to keep Danger Mouse busy while he sets out on a crime spree.
6. The Dream Machine11m · Greenback drives Danger Mouse and Penfold crazy with his dream machine.
7. Lord of the Bungle11m · A fall causes Penfold to think he is the Lord of the Jungle, when he and Danger Mouse try to find out why elephants are being turned into sugar cubes.
8. Die Laughing11m · Greenback is causing the world's leaders to laugh themselves to death in his latest plot to become ruler of the Earth.
9. The World of Machines11m · Greenback kidnaps Penfold to lure Danger Mouse into a spaceship and send both of them to a planet ruled by machines.
10. Ice Station Camel11m · Danger Mouse must stop Greenback who has stopped the Earth's rotation which in turn has canceled gravity.
11. A Plague of Pyramids11m · Danger Mouse discovers Greenback is behind a plague of pyramids which are popping up all over England and threatening to sink England.More Like This
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