

Clues in the action figure profiles reveal that a member of C.O.P.S.As a side effect, they also tended to sentence random civilians to multi-decade prison sentences for petty misdemeanors, making it a wonder that the program lasted as long as it did. The project was an abysmal failure because Big Boss bribed one of the project leads into altering the judgement algorithms so they would always find his people innocent, even when they were caught red-handed. Is a Crapshoot: One episode centered around prototype robots that served as both police and judges. Pinchadime being nearsighted and slightly senile. Pinchadime's grandchildren, despite having the heads of middle aged men. Adults Dressed as Children: Small Guy and his gang utilize Type B of this in "The Case of the Baby Badguy's Return", as each member is around two feet tall and pass themselves off as Mrs.This may explain the Checkpoint/Beach Head connection noted in All There in the Manual. Action Figure File Card: The toys had them they were written by Larry Hama, who also wrote the G.I.20 Minutes into the Future: A cartoon from the 1980s that takes place in 2020.comic book by DC Comics, which had a much different storyline that was Darker and Edgier.Ĭompare with You're Under Arrest!, an anime with a similar (if not more realistic & relatively modern) perspective.Ĭentral Organization of Trope Specialists: Together these people make up C.O.P.S., using their combined power to stop Big Boss.Īt the very same time as the cartoon, there was also a C.O.P.S. "Bullseye" Forward, and Rex "Bowser" Pointer and his robot dog, Blitz. "Highway" Harlson, Colt "Mace" Howards, Stan "Barricade" Hyde, Tina "Mainframe" Cassidy, Walker "Sundown" Calhoun, Suzie "Mirage" Young, Hugh S. LongArm) and rookie Donny Brooks (HardTop) to find the best law enforcement officers around. While he is recovering, he contacts Officer P.J. However, after being attacked by the henchmen of Big Boss and suffering a near-fatal wound, Vess is taken to the hospital and given a new bullet-resistant torso. Vess, codename "Bulletproof", who has been sent out to stop Big Boss ( no relation), a criminal mastermind who has taken over the city. The main story revolved around Agent Baldwin P. Set in the year 2020, the show took place in the metropolis Empire City. The show was based on a toy line called C.O.P.S 'n' Crooks, which were futuristic police and criminal based action figures produced by Hasbro. A few years later, it was re-run on CBS' Saturday morning schedule, this time under the name Cyber COPS for obvious reasons.
#80s toy file cards series#
C.O.P.S., which stands for Central Organization of Police Specialists, was an animated series produced by DiC Entertainment that premiered in 1988 as one of the many Merchandise-Driven 65-Episode Cartoons made for First-Run Syndication.
