Going Bonkers

"Going Bonkers" is the two-part pilot episode to Bonkers, originally aired as a one-hour special on September 4, 1993, accompanied by a rerun of Down and Out with Donald Duck.^[1] Although it is meant to be the first episode in chronological order, it is actually the tenth and eleventh episodes in the original airing order (unless one does not count the original Disney Channel airdates of the previous nine episodes).

Synopsis[]

Part 1: "Going Bonkers"[]

W.W. Wacky cancels their star, Bonkers D. Bobcat and his friends' show production. When Bonkers' friends mysteriously vanish, he joins the L.A Police with a partner, Lucky Piquel on a case for missing Toons, snatched by a criminal called 'The Collector', who stole Bonkers' friends earlier.

Part 2: "Gone Bonkers"[]

Bonkers gets captured by Mr. Doodles, The Collector's minion, during his search for Fall-Apart. Toots leads Piquel to the Collector's hideout, saving Bonkers. The Collector is revealed to be a human before he gets trapped in the prop box.

Home video releases[]

VHS

• Bonkers: Going Bonkers

Notes[]

• In the beginning of the episode, it's clearly seen that Bonkers was working for the short "Petal to the Metal".
• Toon Disney's reruns of "Gone Bonkers" cut out the shot of Lucky unplugging the Collector's lamination machine.

Voice cast[]

• Charlie Adler - Stage Worker, Police Light, Bubba Bear
• Tony Anselmo - Donald Duck
• Michael Bell - The Collector
• Jeff Bennett - Jitters
• Earl Boen - Police Chief Leonard Kanifky
• Roger Bumpass - Grumbles Grizzly
• Corey Burton - Mad Hatter, Mr. Doodles
• Nancy Cartwright - Fawn Deer
• Jesse Corti - March Hare
• Jim Cummings - Officer Bonkers D. Bobcat, Detective Lucky Piquel
• David Doyle - W.W. Wacky
• Sherry Lynn - Marilyn Piquel
• Frank Welker - Toots, Broderick
• April Winchell - Dyl Piquel, TV Reporter

Trivia[]

• "Gone Bonkers Part 2" marks the only time in the series that Bonkers takes off one of his gloves.
• In part 1 of "Going Bonkers", Bonkers kisses Lucky twice (the first time on the cheek, and the second time on the lips). This shows that Bonkers tends to give someone kisses when he's happy and/or excited about the good news.

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"Going Bonkers"[]

"Gone Bonkers"[]

References[]

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Media Bonkers • Video game (Super Nintendo)• Video game (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive) Characters Heroes: Bonkers D. Bobcat • Fall-Apart Rabbit • Leonard Kanifky • Fawn Deer • Skunky Skunk • Charles Quibble • Ludwig Von Drake • Mad Hatter • March Hare • Toots • Harry Handbag • The Mean Old Wolf • Jitters A. Dog • Slap, Sniffle and Plop • Charlie Pig • Maggie Toon • Alto • Mac the Bass • Pops Clock • Roderick Lizzard • Tuttle Turtle • Tanya Trunk • Tiny • Linda Quipps • Sgt. Frank Grating • Bucky Buzzsaw • Smarts • Grumbles Grizzly • Rita • Broderick the Radio • Police Light • Scribble • Snitch The Wrights: Miranda Wright • Shirley Wright • Timmy Wright The Piquels: Lucky Piquel • Dilandra Piquel • Marilyn Piquel Villains: The Collector • Mr. Doodles • Ma Parker • Wooly and Bully • Flaps the Elephant • Chick and Stu • Wolf • Baabra • Mikey Muffin • Dr. Blade • Helga • Pitts • Mr. Malone and the Ape • Holio Kalimari • Scatter Squirrel • Katya Legs-go-on-a-lot • Turbo, Banshee and Kapow • Mammoth Mammoth • Warris and Donald • Hoagie, Knuckles, and Chumps • Toon Pencil • Weather Toons • Mole • Seymour Sleazebottom and Limo • Squash and Stretch • The Rat • T.J. Finger • Gloomy the Clown • Mr. Big • Z-Bot • Ninja Kitties Cameos: Mickey Mouse • Donald Duck • Goofy • Pete • Dumbo • Hyacinth Hippo • Ben Ali Gator • Tyrannosaurus Rex • Chernaborg • Honest John • Monstro • Br'er Bear • Lady • Tramp • The Doorknob • Big Bad Wolf • Jasper and Horace • Marsupilami • Darkwing Duck • Shere Khan • Greasy • Ferdinand the Bull Episodes Raw Toonage shorts and compilations: "Petal to the Metal" • "Spatula Party" • "Sheerluck Bonkers" • "Bonkers in Space" • "Draining Cats and Dogs" • "Get Me to the Church on Time" • "Ski Patrol" • "Get Me a Pizza (Hold the Minefield)" • "Dogzapoppin'" • "Trailmix Bonkers" • "Quest for Firewood" • "Gobble Gobble Bonkers" Group One (Miranda Wright): "Trains, Toons and Toon Trains" • "Tokyo Bonkers" • "The Stork Exchange" • "Bobcat Fever" • "The Toon That Ate Hollywood" • "When the Spirit Moves You" • "Fistful of Anvils" • "What You Read is What You Get" • "Toon for a Day" Group Two: (Lucky Piquel): "Going Bonkers" • "In the Bag" • "Hear No Bonkers, See No Bonkers" • "Out of Sight, Out of Toon" • "Is Toon Fur Really Warm?" • "Calling All Cars" • "Fall Apart Bomb Squad" • "In Toons We Trust" • "Never Cry Pig" • "Hamster Houseguest" • "The Cheap Sheep Sweep" • "The Day the Toon Stood Still" • "Weather or Not" • "Basic Spraining" • "Once in a Blue Toon" • "Luna-Toons" • "Time Wounds All Heels" • "Poltertoon" • "Hand Over the Dough" • "The Rubber Room Song" • "Tune Pig" Group Three (Miranda Wright): "New Partners on the Block" • "Witless for the Prosecution" • "Do Toons Dream of Animated Sheep?" • "Quibbling Rivalry" • "Springtime for the Iguana" • "CasaBonkers" • "Love Stuck" • "Of Mice and Menace" • "Dog Day AfterToon" • "The 29th Page" • "Cartoon Cornered" Group Four (Lucky Piquel): "The Good, the Bad, & the Kanifky" • "I Oughta Be in Toons" • "Frame That Toon" • "A Wooly Bully" • "Stay Tooned" • "O Cartoon! My Cartoon!" • "Color Me Piquel" • "Stand-In Dad" • "Cereal Surreal" • "If" • "The Dimming" • "Toon with No Name" • "Get Wacky" • "The Final Review" • "Goldijitters and the 3 Bobcats" • "Seems Like Old Toons" • "Miracle at the 34th Precinct" • "Comeback Kid" • "The Greatest Story Never Told" • "Fall Apart Land" • "Imagine That" • "A Fine Kettle of Toons" • "Stressed to Kill" Locations Toontown • Hollywood • Rubber Room Toon Club • Wackytoon Studios Songs Let's Go Bonkers! • He's on the Beat See also Darkwing Duck • Raw Toonage • Goof Troop • Who Framed Roger Rabbit • The Disney Afternoon