The Three Musketeers (animated TV series)
The Three Musketeers | |
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Genre | Cartoon |
Created by | Hanna-Barbera |
Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Voices of |
Jonathan Harris Barney Phillips Don Messick Julie Bennett Teddy Eccles Bruce Watson |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 18 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
Distributor |
Taft Broadcasting (original) Worldvision Enterprises (former) Turner Broadcasting (former) Warner Bros. Television (current) |
Release | |
Original release | September 7, 1968 – May 31, 1969 |
The Three Musketeers is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. It premiered in 1968, running for 18 episodes as a segment on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. Several of the episodes involve a young lad named Tooley, who is protected by his mother, who wants to become a musketeer, despite his age, however, the four musketeers won't allow him into their services because of his age, despite wanting to become a hero to the musketeers. Tooley, who has a white horse, named Lightening, does get a present from the musketeers, which was a mule for his birthday. Several of the cartoons end with the famous "ALL FOR ONE, AND ONE FOR ALL" slogan.
The cartoon is based on the famous novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.
List of episodes
# | Title | Airdate | Summary |
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1 | The Littlest Musketeer | 1968 September 7 | Count Douvac is intent on making Spain declare war on France. The musketeers ride to save the Spanish envoy and arrest Count Douvac. |
2 | The Jewel of India | 1968 September 14 | The musketeers deliver the Jewel of India for the Queen of Spain, but the jester steals it. The musketeers follow him, fight off the corrupt duke and recover the jewel. |
3 | A Letter of Peril | 1968 September 21 | |
4 | The Ring | 1968 September 28 | |
5 | The Plot of the Puppetmaster | 1968 October 5 | |
6 | The Moorish Galley | 1968 October 12 | |
7 | The True King | 1968 October 19 | |
8 | The Pirate Adventure | 1968 October 26 | |
9 | The Evil Falconer | 1968 November 2 | |
10 | The Mysterious Message | 1968 November 9 | |
11 | The Challenge for the Crown | 1968 November 16 | |
12 | The Red Duke | 1968 November 23 | After the mysterious Red Duke steals the defense plans for the castle, the musketeers must recover the plans and uncover the identity of the thief. |
13 | The Outlaw Archer | 1968 November 30 | |
14 | Tooly's Dream | 1968 December 7 | |
15 | The Haunted Castle | 1968 December 14 | |
16 | A Fair Day for Tooly | 1969 January 4 | |
17 | Tooly's Treasure Hunt | 1969 January 11 | |
18 | Tooly's Surprise | 1969 May 31 |