Cops Series is a short-lived series focusing on characters in the LTPD chasing criminals like Baddy-Do-Bad. The first episode was included on the DVD for Indiana Jones and the Treasure of Tikal, with a promise for more episodes. Episode 2 was made, but was never released, thus ending the series. The series was partially inspired by the TV show Cops.
Plot Summary[]
The episode starts with criminal Baddy-Do-Bad robbing the bank and escaping in his getaway car. The police are alerted, and Captain Bill heads to his squad car. He gets in and tears off after Baddy-Do-Bad.
He eventually loses sight of Baddy, but does find the getaway car parked in front of an auto repair shop. Captain Bill investigates and soon finds Baddy hiding out on the second floor. However, when Bill moves to make the arrest, Baddy jumps out the window, hopping into his getaway car and speeding off. Captain Bill races down and hops in his car as the gates lower at the nearby railroad crossing.
Picking up where the last episode left off, Captain Bill races across the railroad crossing, narrowly missing the crossing gates and train. He then pursues Baddy out of Legotown.
Out at the farm, Baddy makes one last attempt to get away. Hopping over a duck pond by using a convenient stunt ramp, he instead rams his car into a tool shed, decimating it. Bill shows up, arrests Baddy-Do-Bad, and takes him off to jail.
Production History[]
Created in 2004, this series was created just like other Mustache Maniacs Film Co. productions at the time: with no script, no pre-planning, and no idea what to really do. The first episode was made in one afternoon with the idea of making a short series featuring cops and robbers. Episode 1 debuted in July 2004 on the DVD for Indiana Jones and the Treasure of Tikal, with a promise for a second installment.
The second episode was made just a few weeks later, but before it could be released, the show was cancelled in order to focus on work for Kilroy Was Here!, Com 50-3: Raid on Central Island, and Johnny Thunder and the Secret of Marco Polo. Thus, the series was never finished. However, a similar film, A Friend of the Police, was released in 2013, almost ten years later. There is also talk of finishing what exists of the second episode for archival purposes.
Characters[]
- Captain Bill (Andrew Bermudez)
- Baddy-Do-Bad (Andrew Bermudez)
- Intercom (Andrew Bermudez)
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Credits[]
- Andrew Bermudez - Director, Voice Actor, Cameraman, Editor, Creator
Tropes[]
Cops Series contains examples of the following tropes.
- By-the-Book Cop: For most of the series, Captain Bill is this, though he gets into some crazy antics at the end of the chase for no other reason than to look cool.
- Cliffhanger: The first of the two episodes ends with a train approaching a railroad crossing.
- Hot Pursuit: What most of the series' 2 episodes are about.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: The town's only bank robber is named Baddy-Do-Bad. Enough said.
- Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: This series depicts Legotown as a nice, serene city where everyone works hard, the cops are honest, the colors are bright, and the town's only bank robber runs around with an assault rifle and threatens to kill people.
Trivia[]
- Baddy-Do-Bad's name is a name reversal of the Amazing Animals character Goody-Do-Good the dog, who appears in the episode Animal Helpers.
- It is unknown where the series would have gone after episode 2, had it continued.
- While this is Captain Bill's only starring role, he would later play supporting roles in The Adventures of Legoman and A Friend of the Police.
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