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Wonder Wheels

AnimationAction & AdventureComedyKids

Wonder Wheels was a five-minute cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which was originally broadcast as a segment on the CBS Saturday morning package program The Skatebirds.

Sep 10, 19771 seasons16 episodesEndedEN

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Micky Dolenz

Willie Wheeler

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Seasons

Season 1

16 episodes

Premiered Jan 21, 1977

Episodes

1–6 of 16

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Ep 1

The Animals

Jan 21, 1977

Willie and Dooley are on their way to interview a fire chief for their newspaper. They witness a gorilla escaping from a nearby zoo. Willie changes to Wonder Wheels to investigate. The gorilla is helping other animals escape too. Wonder Wheels lures the gorilla back to his cage with a banana and corrals the other animals as well.

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Ep 2

The UFO

Two alien scouts, Starnok and Orbito, are determining if Earth is fit for their people’s inhabitation. They see Willie drive by and want to capture a typical human specimen for their investigation. Willie changes to Wonder Wheels and causes the aliens much grief. The aliens judge earthlings too dangerous for conquest and leave.

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Ep 3

County Fair

Willie and Dooley go to a county fair to see a motocross race. Two crooks plan to steal money from a county fair and get away in motorcycles after blowing up the bridge behind them. Willie and Dooley witness the caper and Dooley gets captured. Wonder Wheels makes a miraculous jump across the blown out bridge. Dooley is saved and the crooks are behind bars.

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Ep 4

Race Horse

Willie and Dooley are on their way to see Gray Ghost, the fastest race horse in the world. The horse is being stolen and Willie pursues the thief on Wonder Wheels. Wonder Wheels finally catches up to the crooks and Gray Ghost is saved.

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Ep 5

Idol's Eye

Dec 3, 1977

Willie and Dooley are on their way to interview an archaeologist about an ancient city he discovered. Two crooks scare off the scientist using a mummy disguise so that they can steal the Emerald Eye. Willie sees the fleeing scientist and changes to Wonder Wheels to investigate. Wonder Wheels chases the criminals, who are finally stopped when Wonder Wheels empties a large hidden cache of emeralds onto the criminals.

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Ep 6

Double Trouble

Willie and Dooley are covering a pie baking contest for their newspaper. They witness an apparent Wonder Wheels robbing a bank. The real Wonder Wheels chases the robber but crashes in the pursuit. The fake Wonder Wheels then robs a jewelry store. This time the crook is caught when his bike is stopped and he is thrown into a barnyard.

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