Dennis the Menace (US)
Dennis the Menace was created by Hank Ketcham for a
number of American Newspaper strips. He was inspired by
the antics of his own 5 year old son. Early in his career, he
was involved with animation for Universal Studios and Walt
Disney (he even worked on Pinocchio).
There have been numerous versions of Dennis the Menace
over the years, from live action in the 1950's to animation in
the 1980's and 1990's. So popular has Dennis become, that
a number of live action movies were made, starring Walter
Matthau as Mr Wilson.
At the same time Dennis the Menace was being created,
another Dennis the Menace was created in the UK. Both of
these comic strips/shows have nothing to do
with each other, and in the UK
the
US show was
renamed - 'Just Dennis'.
It premiered in 1983 and the show consisted of 2
series of 78 episodes (234 stories).
In 1992 a new TV Special was created - Dennis the
Menace: Cruise Control. Then in 1993 the show was
resurrected for a new series and it went under the
banner of 'The Incredible Dennis the Menace'. It only
lasted for 13 episodes.
Story
Dennis is a little boy that doesn't take life at a slow pace, instead he rushes around everywhere.
He even has to have a new pair of sneakers (trainers to us in the UK) every 2 weeks and he
needs new bike tyres every month!
Living next door to Dennis is the long suffering Mr Wilson. All he wants is to take life at a
slow pace and look after his lovely garden and do jobs around the house. But
that doesn't happen with Dennis around. Poor Mr Wilson
dreads it when Dennis turns up calling his name, as
this normally spells trouble.
Dennis is kind at heart, but doesn't seem to listen to
Mr Wilson's plea's to leave him alone. He tries to help
out with his jobs, but only makes things worse, like the
time Mr Wilson was trying to paint a room. Dennis
wouldn't listen again and after he accidentally got Mr
Wilson tied up in masking tape, he then proceeded to fill
the vacuum cleaner with paint and use it to spray the
room in lots of different colours!
Dennis Mitchell (voiced by Brennan Thicke)
The brat loveable Dennis, just loves to help people, but one thing he
loves to do is press things he shouldn't which in turn causes chaos.
Such as his trip to a car making factory. He pressed too many buttons,
which caused the robots, that make the cars, to malfunction and destroy
some of the cars being made.
But of course Dennis is oblivious to the damage and destruction he
causes, as he is a little naive. He will rush past people, not noticing that
he has accidentally barged past someone, sending them flying!
He thinks that Mr Wilson is his bestest friend in the whole world, but for all the trouble he causes
Mr Wilson, he does have a nemesis - Margaret (see below).
He even had his face put on Mount Rushmore, after he befriended a man who created the other
faces on it!
George Wilson (voiced by Maurice LaMarche / Phil Hartman)
Poor Mr Wilson, just wants an easy life. No matter what he does, he
can't get away from Dennis. He has even told Dennis that he has so
little hair because of him (Dennis doesn't get this one).
He lives with his wife - Martha, next door to the Mitchell's. I would have
thought he would have moved somewhere else by now to get away from
Dennis, who even tries to speak to him in the middle of the night!
One thing does relax him is fishing. It's relaxing and Dennis is usually not in sight, apart from
when he thought he had caught a talking shark. He was ever so happy, he thought he would be
famous, until Dennis popped out of its mouth and explained it was a radio controlled shark. He
was so mad that he broke his fishing rod.
The poor guy just needs to go to on an anger management course, because if he doesn't have
help soon, he'll have a heart attack because of all the stress!
Martha Wilson (voiced by Marilyn Lightstone)
She is Married to Mr Wilson and she only sees the good side of Dennis.
Which can infuriates poor George, as even his wife believes Dennis is
good, when he knows he isn't!
Margaret Wade (voiced by Jeannie Elias)
She likes playing with her dolly (Molly) and pushing her around in a
pram. Once she found a genie's lamp and wished for Molly to come to
life and to be a liberated woman like herself.
But this backfired when Molly wanted to show Margaret what it was like
being pushed around all the time, so she was dumped in the pram and
Molly pushed her round at high speed (amazingly Margaret didn't like
this?).
She can be too overbearing and if Dennis does a good deed, like saving her from being run down
by a shopping trolley, then her kindness can smother him. Like making sure he doesn't get 'out' in
a Baseball game, by barging everyone out of the way. Which drives Dennis round the bend, but
she really does fancy Dennis.
One of her hobbies is playing the Piano and singing, but as you guessed, she isn't very good at
the singing part. She even scared away an escaped bear with her singing (poor bear).
Henry Mitchell (voiced by Brian George / Maurice LaMarche)
He is Dennis's dad and looks like a bit of a geek. He takes Dennis out to
places and just can't keep control of him.
I'm sure if Dennis was living near you, you'd be telling him what a bad
parent he is.
Alice Mitchell (voiced by Marilyn Lightstone / Louise
Vallance)
She is Dennis's Mom and is the eye candy of the show and boy was she
nice.
She seems to be the stereotypical Mom, who stays at home and looks
after the kids.
Again, she can't keep control of Dennis and his actions and normally looks on helpless, as Dennis
causes chaos.
Ruff (voiced by Maurice LaMarche / Phil Hartman)
He is Dennis's dog and also causes Mr Wilson trouble, as he likes to dig
up his prize winning flowers!
He likes chasing squirrels.
Joey (voiced by Jeannie Elias)
He is one of Dennis's friends and has a lisp. He is a bit of a wimp, but
he can get Dennis into trouble too.
Like the time Dennis's dad's car broke down in a Safari Park and he told
them both to sit still while he got help. For once Dennis sat still, but it
was Joey that was off getting to know the animals and Dennis had to
keep saving him!
PeeBee (voiced by Jeannie Elias)
He is a genius and loves studying things. But he was totally fooled when
Dennis got control of a full sized radio controlled shark. He even talked
to PeeBee, who thought he was the missing link and ran off to report it
to the Oceanographic Society.
He also claims to have a black belt in ichthyology!
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Flashback
Episodes
Series 1 (1985)
Note: Each episode was made up of 3
stories, which are listed separately below
1-1. Menaced Marriage
1-2. Dennis of the Yukon
1-3. Seal of Approval
2-1. So Long Old Paint
2-2. Trembly Assembly
2-3. Private I
3-1. A Visitor From Outer Space
3-2. Train That Boy
3-3. Genie Madness
4-1. Cheer Up
4-2. Ghost Blusters
4-3. The Life You Save
5-1. Shark Treatment
5-2. Jungle Bungle
5-3. Racetrack Menace
6-1. All the President’s Menace
6-2. The Love Rowboat
6-3. Wilson the Menace
7-1. Fishing For Trouble
7-1. Future Fortune
7-1. Time Bomb
8-1. Spa Blahs
8-2. Whale of a Tale
8-3. Disaster On the Green
9-1. Here, Kitty!
9-2. Circus Berserkus
9-3. The Monster of Mudville Flats
10-1. The Price of Stardom
10-2. Space Menace
10-3. The Magic Flute
11-1. Dennis’ Yard Sale
11-2. The Abominable Snowman Menace
11-3. It Came From Planet Dennis
12-1. Henry the Menace
12-2. Come Fly With Me
12-3. Camping Out
13-1. Medieval the Evil
13-2. Beaver-Mania
13-3. Say Uncle!
14-1. Hopping Mad
14-2. Mayan Mayhem
14-3. The Big Power Trip
15-1. Up, Up,and Oh Boy!
15-2. The Company Picnic
15-3. Aw Nuts!
16-1. Clip-Joint Capers
16-2. Tanks For the Memory!
16-3. Second Honeymoon
17-1. A Couple of Coo-Coos
17-2. The Cloneheads
17-3. Nothing But the Tooth
18-1. Mummy’s Little Boy
18-2. Horsing Around
18-3. Dennis Plasters Pamplona
19-1. My Fair Dennis
19-2. A Good Knight’s Work
19-3. Life In the Fast Lane
20-1. Ruff’s Masterpiece
20-2. Going to the Dogs
20-3. Big Baby
21-1. Strong Medicine
21-2. Gold Strike
21-3. Lights, Camera, Mud!
22-1. Invasion of the Blob
22-2. Wild West Showdown
22-3. The Hen Party
23-1. Dennis Predicts
23-2. Dennis and the Kangaroo Cavalry
23-3. Meatball Mess
24-1. A Nightmare At the Opera
24-2. A Royal Pain
24-3. Having a Marble-ous Time
25-1. Marky the Menace
25-2. Dennis the Genius
25-3. A Step Ahead
26-1. The Boss Gets Scapled
26-2. Mr. Dennistein
26-3. Lean, Green, Jumping Machine
27-1. Laundry Business
27-2. Journey to the Center of Uncle
Charlie’s Farm
27-3. Dennis Springs Into Action
28-1. Ruff’s Hat Trick
28-2. A Moving Experience
28-3. Lemon-Aid
29-1. Sounds In the Night
29-2. Dennis Does Hollywood
29-3. Ruff to the Rescue
30-1. The Bicycle Thief
30-2. Menace of the Mine Shaft
30-3. Margaret’s Birthday Party
31-1. So Sorry
31-2. Shock Therapy
31-3. Yard Wars
32-1. Give a Little Whistle
32-2. Charmed, I’m Sure
32-3. After Hours
33-1. Baseball’s Best Ballplayer
33-2. Mr. Wilson’s Diet
33-3. The Backyard Band
34-1. Double Dennis
34-2. Timber Wolves
34-3. Help Not Wanted
35-1. Million Dollar Dennis
35-2. 3-D and Me
35-3. Barber Shop Disharmony
36-1. Bowling For Dennis
36-2. Dennis Conquers the Navy
36-3. The Longest Half-Yard
37-1. Snowman Madness
37-2. The Invisible Kid
37-3. Home Destruction
38-1. Chitty Chitty Moon Walk
38-2. Wet ’N Wild
38-3. Dennis At the Movies
39-1. The Supermarket
39-2. The Big Candied Apple
39-3. The Detective Detector
Series 2 (1986)
Note: Each episode was made up of 3
stories, which are listed separately below
1-1. Up, Up and Away
1-2. Going Ape
1-3. Dennis the Pirate
2-1. It’s a Ruff Life
2-2. Professor Myron Mentalapse
2-3. Dennis Race 2000
3-1. A Better Mousetrap
3-2. The Whizzer of Odd
3-3. Canine Car Wash
4-1. Ride ’Em Cowboy
4-2. Tenting Tonight
4-3. A Hair-Raising Tale
5-1. Building a Better Dog House
5-2. Dennis and the Dragon
5-3. Hic!
6-1. Strike Up the Band
6-2. Queen of Chinatown
6-3. Tale of a Tux
7-1. Vampire Scare
7-2. Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Dennis
7-3. Wilson For Mayor
8-1. Dangerous Detour
8-2. The Prodigy
8-3. The Chimp
9-1. High Steel
9-2. Bicycle Mania
9-3. Little Dogs Lost
10-1. Dennis Destroys Dallas
10-2. Black and Blue Hawaii
10-3. Oil’s Well That Ends Well
11-1. Door to Door Bore
11-2. Dennis In Venice
11-3. Young Sherlock Dennis
12-1. Surf’s Up
12-2. Yo Ho Ho!
12-3. The Karate Kiddie
13-1. Dennis and the Deep
13-2. K-9 Kollege
13-3. Housepests
14-1. Animalympics
14-2. No Bones About It
14-3. Dennis Takes the Cake
15-1. Quiet Riot
15-2. The Magic Pen
15-3. A Feeling For Stealing
16-1. Househusband Henry
16-2. Wheeling and Double-Dealing
16-3. Stop That Car
17-1. Lights, Camera, Auction
17-2. Boy Ahoy
17-3. Faulty Alarm
18-1. Hail To the Chief
18-2. Dennis In Microchipland
18-3. Handy Dandy Dennis
19-1. Dennis the Businessman
19-2. Soccer It to Me, Dennis
19-3. Camp Over Here, Over There
20-1. Hullabaloo At Harmony Homes
20-2. Phantom of the Wax Museum
20-3. Dennis and the Gypsy Woman
21-1. Attack of the Green Tomatoes
21-2. The Dinosaur Doozy
21-3. Funhouse Grouch
22-1. Dennis Rocks Out
22-2. Deserted With Dennis
22-3. Fashionable Menace
23-1. Back To the Drawing Board
23-2. Part-Time Helper
23-3. G.I. George
24-1. Wanted: Scarface Wilson
24-2. Ruff Come Home
24-3. 10-4 Dennis
25-1. Heroes Unwelcome
25-2. The Martians Are Coming
25-3. Ancient Olympics
26-1. Pool Haul
26-2. Fool For Gold
26-3. Nothin’ to Be Afraid of
27-1. Yankee Doodle Dennis
27-2. Dennis the Barnstormer
27-3. Trial and Error
28-1. Frankenstymied
28-2. Space Race
28-3. The Incredible Shrinking Dennis
29-1. Crummy Mummy
29-2. Swiss Family Mitchell
29-3. Pie In the Eye
30-1. The Great Pie Swap
30-2. Climb of the Century
30-3. Little Beauty Shop of Horrors
31-1. Tunnel Vision
31-2. Super Duper Dennis
31-3. Ice Show Show-Off
32-1. Snow Wars
32-2. The Moroccan Pigeon
32-3. Dennis of the Jungle
33-1. Young At Heart
33-2. Thor-Sicle
33-3. A Word From Our Sponsor
34-1. A Froggy Day
34-2. Loch Ness Mess
34-3. Box Office Smash
35-1. Gorilla Warfare
35-2. It’s Magic Time
35-3. Instant Replay
36-1. Kooked Goose
36-2. Pell Mell Hotel
36-3. Wilson’s Night Out
37-1. Hassle In the Castle
37-2. A Fox Tale
37-3. Underwater Wonderland
38-1. Water On the Brain
38-2. Safe At Home
38-3. The Wright Stuff
39-1. Dennis In Wonderland
39-2. The Old Ball Game
39-3. Shared Interest
The Incredible Dennis the Menace
Series 1 (1993)
1. Brother Rats
2. Hospitality
3. It's A Guy Thing
4. Pains, Trains & Automobiles
5. Like Master, Like Unit
6. Lock, Stock & Grumble
7. Caution: Boy At Work
8. Fortune Fix
9. Navy Destroyer
10. A Yankee Doodle
11. Mom's Helper
12. Wish You Weren't Here
13. Dennis The Genius
TV Special
1. Dennis the Menace:
Cruise Control (1992)
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