Mr. Bogus (partially lost animated TV series; 1991-1993)

Status: Partially lost

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.

Loss

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.

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 (Episode 23: Terror Tot in Bogusland, Episode 24: Roam Away From Home, Episode 26: Springtime for Bogus, :Episode 31: Secret Agent Bogus, Episode 34: The Bogus Invasion, Episode 43: Hospital Play) are fully lost.

Found episodes

Season 1

Episode 1: Meet Mr. Bogus

Episode 2: Class Clown Bogus

Episode 3: A Day At The Office (foreign dub, bad quality)

Episode 4: Et Tu, Brattus? (foreign dub, bad quality)

Episode 5: Shop Around The Clock

Episode 6: Beach Blanket Bogus

Episode 7: Bogus in Wilderland

Episode 8: No Snooze is Good News

Episode 9: Hipster Tripster

Episode 10: Museum Madness

Episode 11: Lights, Camera, Bogus

Episode 12: Bogus In Bogus Land (foreign dub)

Episode 13: Good Sport Bogus

Season 2

Episode 14: Computer Intruder (foreign dub)

Episode 15: Babysitting Bogus

Episode 16: Bogunda, Bogetta & Bogus (foreign dub)

Episode 17: Bookstore Bogus (foreign dub)

Episode 18: Bad Luck Bogus (foreign dub)

Episode 19: Totally Bogus Video (foreign dub)

Episode 20: Bogus Private Eye (foreign dub)

Episode 21: Bogus to the Rescue

Episode 22: Mr. Bogus' Sci-Fi Fest

Episode 25: Bugboy Bogus (foreign dub)

Season 3

Episode 27: Nightmare on Bogus Street (Korean dub)

Episode 28: B-TV (Serbo-Croatian dub)

Episode 29: Waterboy Bogus (Serbo-Croatian dub)

Episode 30: Kung Fu Camp Out (Russian dub)

Episode 31: Battle Action Bogus (Russian dub)

Episode 33: Super Bogus Flies Again (Russian dub)

Episode 34: Is There A Bogus In The House? (Russian dub)

Episode 36: Fun Park Follies (Russian dub)

Episode 37: Buff-Tuff Bogie (Russian dub)

Episode 38: Once Upon A Bogus Time (Korean dub)

Episode 39: Brainy Bogus (Russian dub)

Episode 40: Mega Star Madness (Russian dub)

Episode 41: Totally Bogus Daydream (Russian dub)

Episode 42: Baseball Bogie (Russian dub)

Gallery

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  French children's magazine announcing the original Bogus claymation series on Antenne 2.

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  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.

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  Portuguese VHS release.

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  Portuguese VHS release.

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  Portuguese VHS release.