Tom Terrific

5min

Animation

Kids

Drawn in a simple style, it features a gee-whiz boy hero, Tom Terrific, who lives in a treehouse and can transform himself into anything he wants thanks to his magic, funnel-shaped "thinking cap," which also enhances his intelligence. He has a comic lazybones of a sidekick, Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, and an arch-foe named Crabby Appleton, whose motto is, "I'm rotten to the core!" Other foes include Mr. Instant, the Instant Thing King, Captain Kidney Bean, Sweet Tooth Sam, the Candy Bandit and Isotope Feaney, The Meany.

Episodes

Cast

The Nasty Knight

1. The Nasty Knight

5min

10th Jun 1957

Tom and Manfred go back to medieval days to help a frail, timid knight--Sir Feeble Fred--win the hand of a princess by defeating a hulking bully of a knight in a jousting match.

The Pill of Smartness

2. The Pill of Smartness

5min

17th Jun 1957

Tom and Manfred must race Crabby Appleton (the show's primary villain--he's "Rotten To The Core") to retrieve the Pill of Smartness, an artifact sitting on the hand of Cleopatra that makes whoever swallows it the smartest person in the world.

Sweet Tooth Sam

3. Sweet Tooth Sam

5min

24th Jun 1957

Sweet Tooth Sam the candy bandit has stolen all the candy in town, making the children miserable. Tom and Manfred are on the hunt to retrieve the candy.

Snowy Picture

4. Snowy Picture

5min

1st Jul 1957

Tom gets mail from viewers of his cartoon show at the North Pole, who can get their local stations but not the network telecast from New York. Tom and Manfred go to the Empire State Building and rectify the transmitter's position.

Crabby Appleton's Dragon

5. Crabby Appleton's Dragon

5min

8th Jul 1957

Tom and Manfred find a pearl while fishing and plan to donate it to a shelter for homeless dogs. Crabby Appleton creates a dragon in order to retrieve a pearl from Tom's possession.

Captain Kidney Bean

6. Captain Kidney Bean

5min

15th Jul 1957

The pirate Captain Kidney Bean and his crew plan on pillaging a nearby village. As Tom and Manfred infiltrate the pirate camp, Kidney Bean throws Tom off his ship and makes Tom think that Manfred is siding with the pirates.

The Gravity Maker

7. The Gravity Maker

5min

22nd Jul 1957

Isotope Feeny creates an anti-gravity device and tests it out in Manfred.

Scrambled Dinosaur Eggs

8. Scrambled Dinosaur Eggs

5min

29th Jul 1957

Tom and Manfred go back to prehistoric days so they can bring a dinosaur egg back to the museum.

Who Stole The North Pole?

9. Who Stole The North Pole?

5min

6th Aug 1957

Crabby Appleton causes directional chaos by stealing the North Pole, chopping it into segments and selling them as souvenirs.

Instant Tantrums

10. Instant Tantrums

5min

13th Aug 1957

Evil scientist Mr. Instant creates a powder that sends kids into fits of tantrums.

Track Meet, Well Done

11. Track Meet, Well Done

5min

20th Aug 1957

Tom teaches a bunch of small kids about confidence by staging a track meet for them. But bully Musclehead has other ideas.

The Great Calendar Mystery

12. The Great Calendar Mystery

5min

27th Aug 1957

Crabby Appleton has stolen all the weekends and holidays from the Nathaniel Annual Calendar factory, forcing continuous school for the kids and allowing Crabby unlimited rides at the fair.

Elephant Stew

13. Elephant Stew

5min

3rd Sep 1957

In Africa, a lion has trouble making his presence known in the jungle because of an angry elephant scaring all the animals.

First air date

10th Jun 1957

Last air date

15th Dec 1958

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks