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{{LMW
|title=Mr. Bogus
|description=partially found animated series
|startyear=1991
|timeframe=Yes
|endyear=1993
|image=Mr bogus.jpg
|imagecaption=Portuguese cover of a VHS release.
|status=Partially lost
|category=Lost animation; Lost TV
}}
'''''Mr. Bogus''''' is an American animated TV series originally aired in September 1991 until November 1993. It had three seasons and had 43 episodes total.

The show was based on a series of over 300 French/Belgian claymation shorts called ''Bogus'' from 1987, of which around 42 were inserted in the 1991 American series proper as transitional skits.

==Premise==
Mr. Bogus is a tiny yellow gremlin-like creature who lives between the walls of a normal suburban house. He likes to play with common household objects and tends to get involved in trouble, but he is a good-natured person and tries to help others too, usually the humans of his environment who are unaware of his existence.

Mr. Bogus alternates from interacting with the real human world, where his main enemies tend to be animals such as a villainous rat and his simple-minded mole henchman, and going to his own bizarre world, Bogusland, inhabited with creatures of his own species.

==List of episodes and status==
This animated series didn't have a proper re-release after it finished being re-aired on TV in English. It had a few VHS releases in miscellaneous foreign countries, but most episodes that are available online come from personal recordings.

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|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | English Title
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status (English)
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status (Foreign)
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Notes
|-
|1||Meet Mr. Bogus||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|2||Class Clown Bogus||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|3||A Day At The Office||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|4||Et Tu, Brattus?||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|5||Shop Around The Clock||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|6||Beach Blanket Bogus||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unknown'''||
|-
|7||Bogus in Wilderland||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unknown'''||
|-
|8||No Snooze is Good News||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unknown'''||
|-
|9||Hipster Tripster||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unknown'''||
|-
|10||Museum Madness||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unknown'''||
|-
|11||Lights, Camera, Bogus||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unknown'''||
|-
|12||Bogus in Bogus Land||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|13||Good Sport Bogus||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unknown'''||
|-
|14||Computer Intruder||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unknown'''||
|-
|15||Babysitting Bogus||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unknown'''||
|-
|16||Bogunda, Bogetta & Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|17||Bookstore Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|18||Bad Luck Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|19||Totally Bogus Video||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|20||Bad Luck Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|21||Bogus to the Rescue||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unknown'''||
|-
|22||Bad Luck Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Found'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|23||Terror Tot in Bogusland||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|24||Roam Away From Home||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|25||Bad Luck Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|26||Springtime for Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|27||Nightmare on Bogus Street ||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|28||B-TV||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|29||Waterboy Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|30||Kung Fu Camp Out||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|31||Battle Action Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|32||Secret Agent Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|33||Super Bogus Flies Again||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|34||Is There A Bogus In The House?||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|35||The Bogus Invasion||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|36||Fun Park Follies||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|37||Buff-Tuff Bogie||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|38||Once Upon A Bogus Time||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|39||Brainy Bogus||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|40||Mega Star Madness||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|41||Totally Bogus Daydream||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|42||Baseball Bogie||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|-
|43||Hospital Play||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|}

Many episodes have been recovered, but are only available in a foreign dub ranging from Portuguese, Greek, Russian, French, Serbo-Croatian and Korean.

As of February 2021, 38 episodes out of 43 have been shared online. This includes 13 episodes in its original English, 24 episodes in a non-English dub and 6 episodes are fully lost.

==Found episodes==
===Season 1===
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  |description4 =Episode 12: Bogus In Bogus Land (foreign dub)
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===Season 2===
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  |description1 =Episode 18: Bad Luck Bogus (foreign dub)
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  |description2 =Episode 19: Totally Bogus Video (foreign dub)
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  |description3 =Episode 20: Bogus Private Eye (foreign dub)
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  |description4 =Episode 21: Bogus to the Rescue
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===Season 3===
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  |description2 = Episode 28: B-TV (Serbo-Croatian dub)
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  |description3 = Episode 29: Waterboy Bogus (Serbo-Croatian dub)
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  |description4 = Episode 30: Kung Fu Camp Out (Russian dub)
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  |description4 = Episode 34: Is There A Bogus In The House? (Russian dub)
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  |description3 = Episode 37: Buff-Tuff Bogie (Russian dub)
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  |description4 = Episode 38: Once Upon A Bogus Time (Korean dub)
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  |description2 = Episode 40: Mega Star Madness (Russian dub)
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  |description4 = Episode 42: Baseball Bogie (Russian dub)
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===Miscellaneous videos===
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==Image gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
File:Poche_junior_bogus.JPG|French children's magazine announcing the original ''Bogus'' claymation series on Antenne 2.
File:Sacré_bogus.JPG|Article about the ''Bogus'' series. It notably describes the name as slang from Belgian city Tournai to describe a little man, and coincidentally being similar to the English word that was trendy in the late 80s.
File:Mr_bogus_vhs_1.jpg|Portuguese VHS release.
File:Vhs-mr-bogus-em-aco-vol-2-dublado-926101-MLB20268591313_032015-F.jpg|Portuguese VHS release.
File:Vhs-mr-bogus-vol3-bogus-em-acao-dublado-868201-MLB20303783570_052015-F.jpg|Portuguese VHS release.
</gallery>