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|title=<center>"Curly of the Apes"</center>
|title=<center>"Curly of the Apes"</center>
|image=Curlyoftheapes.jpeg
|image=Curlyoftheapes.jpeg
|imagecaption=Title card for the episode.
|imagecaption=Title card for the episode.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=22 Oct 2022
|foundby=[https://archive.org/details/@mejo_kallamthanam mejo kallamthanam]
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''The Robonic Stooges'' was an animated series created by Hanna-Barbara, that aired from 1977 to 1978. The show revolves around the popular slapstick comedy act, The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard), who are now robotic crimefighting superheroes. The entire series can be found online via full episodes on pirate websites and clips on YouTube, but one of the 32 episodes, '''"Curly of the Apes"''', is incomplete.
 
'''''The Robonic Stooges''''' was an animated series created by Hanna-Barbara, that aired from 1977 to 1978 as part of The Skatebirds. The show revolves around the popular slapstick comedy act, The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard), who are now robotic crime-fighting superheroes. The entire series can be found online via full episodes on pirate websites and clips on YouTube, but one of the 32 episodes, '''"Curly of the Apes"''', was for a long time incomplete.


==Plot==
==Plot==
The premise revolves around ''The Robonic Stooges'' trying to stop an ivory poacher named "Tricker Mortis", who steals entire elephants. At one point in the episode, Curly ends up encountering some apes, hence the title. It’s not known how the episode ends, as the episode is not fully available.
The premise revolves around ''The Robonic Stooges'' trying to stop an ivory poacher named "Tricker Mortis", who steals entire elephants. At one point in the episode, Curly ends up encountering some apes, hence the title. The apes then attempt to hook Curly up with one of the ape's daughters. After Larry and Moe rescue Curly from the apes, they all then stop "Tricker Mortis" by making a fake balloon elephant, which, by mistake, also carries them up.


==Status==
==Status==
Only the first two minutes of the episode is available online. ''The Robonic Stooges'' never had a home media release, but the rest of the series is fully available from its reruns on Boomerang, which are viewable on the internet.
For a long time, only the first two minutes of the episode were available online. ''The Robonic Stooges'' never had a home media release, but the rest of the series is fully available from its reruns on Boomerang, which are viewable on the internet.
 
On October 22nd, 2022, the episode was uploaded in its entirety by archive.org user "mejo kallamthanam."
 
==Gallery==
===Videos===
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  |description1 =3 episodes of The Skatebirds with the complete episode (Starts at 25:56).
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==External Links==
==External Links==
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*[https://kimcartoon.to/Cartoon/The-Robonic-Stooges/Episode-010?id=48830 KimCartoon link to the first two minutes of "Curly of the Apes".] Retrieved 27 Jan '20
*[https://kimcartoon.to/Cartoon/The-Robonic-Stooges/Episode-010?id=48830 KimCartoon link to the first two minutes of "Curly of the Apes".] Retrieved 27 Jan '20


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Latest revision as of 04:57, 8 April 2023

Curlyoftheapes.jpeg

Title card for the episode.

Status: Found

Date found: 22 Oct 2022

Found by: mejo kallamthanam


The Robonic Stooges was an animated series created by Hanna-Barbara, that aired from 1977 to 1978 as part of The Skatebirds. The show revolves around the popular slapstick comedy act, The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard), who are now robotic crime-fighting superheroes. The entire series can be found online via full episodes on pirate websites and clips on YouTube, but one of the 32 episodes, "Curly of the Apes", was for a long time incomplete.

Plot

The premise revolves around The Robonic Stooges trying to stop an ivory poacher named "Tricker Mortis", who steals entire elephants. At one point in the episode, Curly ends up encountering some apes, hence the title. The apes then attempt to hook Curly up with one of the ape's daughters. After Larry and Moe rescue Curly from the apes, they all then stop "Tricker Mortis" by making a fake balloon elephant, which, by mistake, also carries them up.

Status

For a long time, only the first two minutes of the episode were available online. The Robonic Stooges never had a home media release, but the rest of the series is fully available from its reruns on Boomerang, which are viewable on the internet.

On October 22nd, 2022, the episode was uploaded in its entirety by archive.org user "mejo kallamthanam."

Gallery

Videos

3 episodes of The Skatebirds with the complete episode (Starts at 25:56).

External Links