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Season 1

  • S01E01 Up and Atom

    • October 2, 1965
    • NBC

    Atom Ant is called in to capture Big Fats Dynamo after he and his gang break out of jail.

  • S01E02 Precious Jewels

    • October 2, 1965
    • NBC

    Precious Pupp makes a would-be thief wish that he had stayed home.

  • S01E03 Woodpecked

    • October 2, 1965
    • NBC

    Harassed by Maw to get rid of a noisy woodpecker, Paw moseys down to the general store and returns with a female woodpecker. Things are quiet for a while, but soon a whole woodpecker family arrives.

  • S01E04 Crankenshaft's Monster

    • October 9, 1965
    • NBC

    When the Evil Dr. Crankshaft creates a monster in his lab, Atom Ant is called in to save the day.

  • S01E05 Doggone Dognapper

    • October 9, 1965
    • NBC

    Precious Pupp gives a load of trouble to the local dogcatcher.

  • S01E06 Detour for Sure

    • October 9, 1965
    • NBC

    A construction crew is attempting to evict Maw and Paw Rugg out of their house so they can put in a new highway. However, the Ruggs are content to stay where they are.

  • S01E07 Gem-A-Go-Go

    • October 16, 1965
    • NBC

    The Tura Lura Topaz gets stolen by Fancy Finger Finnegan. Atom Ant has get through Finnegan's traps to catch him and recover the jewel.

  • S01E08 Crook Out, Cook Out

    • October 16, 1965
    • NBC

    Granny and Precious are on a picnic. Granny is cooking the pancakes and Precious is eating. Granny accidentally snares a thief with her butterfly net. Believing that he is homeless, she calls the police. The crook, who is running from the law, threatens them till Precious leads the crook into a hiding place... filled with dynamite...

  • S01E09 Going, Going Gone Gopher

    • October 16, 1965
    • NBC

    Paw is put in charge of guarding the garden when Maw goes to town. He winds up having to defend it from a very hungry gopher.

  • S01E10 Ferocious Flea

    • October 23, 1965
    • NBC

    Atom Ant is forced into a battle with Ferocious Flea when the flea goes on a crime spree.

  • S01E11 Bites and Gripes

    • October 23, 1965
    • NBC

    Precious Pupp is dognapped and held for ransom.

  • S01E12 Stranger Than Friction

    • October 23, 1965
    • NBC

    Disgusted with Paw's shooting strangers, Maw makes him swear to invite the next one to dinner. Along comes an escaped chimpanzee.

  • S01E13 Rambling Robot

    • October 30, 1965
    • NBC

    A robot built by Junior goes out of control and smashes things in his path. Atom Ant has a hard time smashing the robot then rebuilding it.

  • S01E14 Queen of the Road

    • October 30, 1965
    • NBC

    Granny is crowned "Queen of the Road" despite some cheating competition. Granny and Pupp are building a fast car to race with. They need the prize money. Two crooks want to win the money, too, and they're willing to do anything crooked to win. Granny has a trick up her sleeve: an eight-barrel carburetor. Her car is so fast that it knocks two minutes off the world record.

  • S01E15 Anglers Aweigh

    • October 30, 1965
    • NBC

    Maw sends Paw to catch a catfish for their dinner and gets more than he bargins for when he runs into Ol' Whiskers.

  • S01E16 Nobody's Fool

    • November 6, 1965
    • NBC

    Two thugs operate in a robbery while their accomplice Anastasia Antnic waylays Atom Ant, but she turns against the thugs.

  • S01E17 Next of Kin

    • November 6, 1965
    • NBC

    Granny gets a letter in the mail with a big box. Her aunt has left her everything in a will, including a big bulldog. Granny must humor the bulldog and have perfect harmony, or else she will lose everything in the will. The bulldog takes an immediate dislike for Precious Pupp.

  • S01E18 Goldilocks and the Four Bears

    • November 6, 1965
    • NBC

    The bears go for a walk while waiting for their grits to cool off. Meanwhile, movie star Goldy Looks has a flat tire and wanders into the bears' house, where she eats their grits and lies in their beds. When they return, Goldy gets a great idea for a movie and brings them back to Hollywood.

  • S01E19 Atom Ant Meets Karate Ant

    • November 13, 1965
    • NBC

    A criminal and his partner Muscles send an ant called Mr. Muto to take care of Atom Ant, but they get into a friendly chat instead.

  • S01E20 Bowling Pinned

    • November 13, 1965
    • NBC

    Precious helps Granny become a bowling champion.

  • S01E21 Picnic Panicked

    • November 13, 1965
    • NBC

    At the annual Hog Woller country picnic, whoever catches the prettiest girl gets to marry her. Neighbor Clod Hopper chases Floral, hoping to share her picnic basket, although Paw is not ready to let his little girl enter the race. Paw chases Clod.

  • S01E22 Fastest Ant in the West

    • November 20, 1965
    • NBC

    Atom Ant is summoned by a town Sheriff to take care of the outlaw Rowdy Dowdy, who isn't giving up easily.

  • S01E23 Poodle Pandemonium

    • November 20, 1965
    • NBC

    Precious Pupp and the Bulldog next door both fall in love with the French Poodle that moves into the neighborhood. They both do their best to win the heart of their new neighbor.

  • S01E24 Judo Kudos

    • November 20, 1965
    • NBC

    Sumo the Japanese fighting bear is on his way to the circus when he falls out of the truck when it hits a bump. Sumo helps Paw Rugg learn karate so he can use it on his rival, Claude Hopper.

  • S01E25 Mistaken Identity

    • November 27, 1965
    • NBC

    Ferocious Flea takes Atom Ant's identity and sets him up for robberies. Atom Ant unmasks Ferocious in his latest heist.

  • S01E26 Dog Tracks

    • November 27, 1965
    • NBC

    Granny buys Precious Pupp a new dog license so the dogcatcher won’t bother him anymore.

  • S01E27 Courtin' Disaster

    • November 27, 1965
    • NBC

    The Hoppers call a truce over their feuding to let their son, Claude Hopper, go courting with the Ruggs' daughter, Floral Rugg; Paw doesn't take lightly to the situation.

  • S01E28 How Now Bow Wow

    • December 4, 1965
    • NBC

    Ferocious Flea and Bone Brains steal a first prize dog from a dog show. Atom gets the two out of the way and returns the dog.

  • S01E29 Sub-Marooned

    • December 4, 1965
    • NBC

    Granny Sweet and Precious Pupp head for the beach to go surfing. A Russian submarine under the control of Captain Kook spots her antics and decides to steal her surfboard thinking it's a secret weapon.

  • S01E30 Just Plane Around

    • December 4, 1965
    • NBC

    Experimental plane X-Ray-X lands near the Rugg house and Paw goes for an unexpected ride with agent 00700 and his pal who are trying to steal the plane.

  • S01E31 Dragon Master

    • December 11, 1965
    • NBC

    Dr. Strange puts Atom Ant in a time machine taking him to the Arthurian Times. Atom Ant saves the kingdom from a dragon before returning to his time.

  • S01E32 Lady Bugged

    • December 11, 1965
    • NBC

    A crook disguises himself as a little old lady when he hears that Granny Sweet won sweepstakes that are worth $500,000 dollars, but he can't fool Precious.

  • S01E33 War Games

    • December 11, 1965
    • NBC

    Top-secret war games are happening in the mountains and when Paw plans to feud with the Hoppers, he finds himself in the war games, mistaking the army for the Hoppers.

  • S01E34 The Big Gimmick

    • December 18, 1965
    • NBC

    Atom Ant battles Dr. Von Gimmick in his gigantic robot. Dr. Von Gimmick attempts to get the ant out of the way with his one weakness: A picnic.

  • S01E35 Test in The West

    • December 18, 1965
    • NBC

    Granny and Precious are out west when they stop in a deserted little town for a tutti-frutti ice cream. The sheriff warns them to turn back, as Big Chief Flip Top is on the loose.

  • S01E36 Bricker Brats

    • December 18, 1965
    • NBC

    When the Ruggs and the Hoppers stop feuding, The Hoppers' youngest son keeps teasing Shag about Paw, so Shag gets revenge on him which ticks off Clod Hopper, so he gets even Paw every time.

  • S01E37 Super Blooper

    • December 25, 1965
    • NBC

    Atom Ant assists the actor playing Super Guy to make him look genuine in front of the public, especially dealing with a bank robbery.

  • S01E38 Bones and Groans

    • December 25, 1965
    • NBC

    Granny Sweet goes shopping and gives Precious Pupp a big bone to keep him happy and busy while she is gone. Brutus the Bulldog decides he wants the bone and the battle is on.

  • S01E39 Slap Happy Grandpappy

    • December 25, 1965
    • NBC

    Grandpa Rugg comes for a visit much to the excitement of Shag and Floral. Grandpa wants to shoot some Hoppers not knowing that Paw has just ended the feud with them.

  • S01E40 Wild Wild Ants

    • January 1, 1966
    • NBC

    Atom Ant battles the Anthill Mob on a picnic raid, until they're resigned to join Atom in his fitness club.

  • S01E41 Girl Whirl

    • January 1, 1966
    • NBC

    Both Precious and Bruiser vie for the attention for the same female poodle dog by posing as superheroes because she appears to have a crush on Marvel Mutt, a canine superhero on T.V.

  • S01E42 Do The Bear

    • January 1, 1966
    • NBC

    Maw tries to wake up Paw from his between-naps rest period so he can go to the store for her. Some music producers offer Paw a lifetime music contract after hearing him play the guitar in the store.

  • S01E43 Dina-Sore

    • January 8, 1966
    • NBC

    Atom Ant takes on a museum dinosaur, which has become animated by a bolt of lightning until the beast is driven out to sea.

  • S01E44 Butterfly Nut

    • January 8, 1966
    • NBC

    Precious and Granny Sweet head out to the country to look for butterflies for her collection. Precious digs up a tin box full of money left by a pair of crooks who had buried it. They come back to find Precious guarding it.

  • S01E45 Pooped Pops

    • January 8, 1966
    • NBC

    It's July and time for Paw's yearly bath. When he's finished Maw makes Paw play a Robin Hood game with Shag even though he is very tired.

  • S01E46 Amusement Park Amazement

    • January 15, 1966
    • NBC

    Atom Ant holds off Dr. Von Gimmick's dangerous weaponry and finally gets him to build the amusement park he intended to construct.

  • S01E47 Precious' Bone

    • January 15, 1966
    • NBC

    Mr. Green gives Precious a new bone from the meat market and Brutus wants to take Precious' bone away from him.

  • S01E48 Leaky Creek

    • January 15, 1966
    • NBC

    Ma wants Paw to go clean himself in the creek. He discovers that the water in the creek has dried up due to a beaver building a dam.

  • S01E49 Bully For Atom Ant

    • January 22, 1966
    • NBC

    On a vacation in Mexico, Atom Ant helps a man named Chicken Enchilada to fight in a bullfight in order to win the hand in marriage of his beloved Conchita.

  • S01E50 The Bird Watcher

    • January 22, 1966
    • NBC

    Granny Sweet agrees to watch a pet bird for her friend Mrs. Brown while she is out of town. While Granny takes Mrs. Brown to the train, Precious Pupp is put in charge of the bird and has to protect it from an overzealous and very hungry cat.

  • S01E51 My Fair Hillbilly

    • January 22, 1966
    • NBC

    Maw is tired of Paw being such a slob so she sends him to the J.P. Snobbs School of Charm and they try to turn Paw into a gentleman.

  • S01E52 Termighty Mean

    • January 29, 1966
    • NBC

    Dr. Von Gimmick assigns Atom Ant to capture his escaped super eating termite Godzilla. Atom Ant manages to tame the termite with a stick of bubble gum.

  • S01E53 Pup, Skip and Jump

    • January 29, 1966
    • NBC

    Precious is living a life of ease with Granny until a freezing puppy shows up at the door. Granny takes the little fellow in and leaves him with Precious as she makes a trip to the store. The puppy cleans up all the food, and Precious is blamed.

  • S01E54 Rickety Rockety Racoon

    • January 29, 1966
    • NBC

    Paw battles with Rickety Raccoon after he steals eggs from the hen house.

  • S01E55 Nine Strikes You're Out

    • February 5, 1966
    • NBC

    Mad scientist J. Dastardly Deeds clones himself eight times with the aid of a cat's mythical nine lives, and Atom Ant takes them out.

  • S01E56 Dog Trained

    • February 5, 1966
    • NBC

    Granny and Precious have boarded a train for Juniper Junction for a day of camping fun, but the conductor takes Precious away from Granny to be placed in another car where all the animals board. The conductor tries his best to make life bad for our Precious, but he's in for a real surprise when Precious has a plan of his own and outsmarts him with hilarious results.

  • S01E57 Modern Inconvenience

    • February 5, 1966
    • NBC

    Maw and Paw are selected as the Hillbilly family of the month by Good Hillbillying Magazine and are given every modern convenience for one month.

  • S01E58 Go West Young Ant

    • February 12, 1966
    • NBC

    Atom Ant assists soldier ants in a battle against a red ant tribe. Atom Ant challenges the chieftain's son to a settle a peace between the ant divisions.

  • S01E59 Oliver Twisted

    • February 12, 1966
    • NBC

    Precious and Granny Sweet are in London where Granny Sweet snaps pictures of the sights to send the pictures to family members while Precious gets lost chasing a cat and meets a pickpocket and his group of dog pickpockets.

  • S01E60 Rabbit Rumble

    • February 12, 1966
    • NBC

    Paw and Shag must bring back a rabbit for dinner, but they encounter a boxing kangaroo and mistakes him for a giant rabbit.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Knight Fight

    • September 10, 1966
    • NBC

    Atom Ant flies back in time with his time machine. He finds a charming princess about to be forced into marriage by the Black Knight. When he is challenged to a duel by the knight, he beats him and wins the hand of the princess.

  • S02E02 Ski Sickness

    • September 10, 1966
    • NBC

    Precious Pupp and Granny Sweet enter a "Big Ski Race," which is open to all skiers. When they register for the run, Precious runs into a big bully intent on beating them.

  • S02E03 Saucy Saucers

    • September 10, 1966
    • NBC

    A flying saucer with two Martians on board invade the bears' territory. They tie a rope to Paw and, hanging him under their saucer, fly to Mars. On Mars, they run him through a "Smart Machine." Paw becomes an electronic monster, steals their flying saucer and flies home. He lights up so brightly that Maw puts him under a lampshade and uses him for a table lamp.

  • S02E04 Pteraducktyl Soup

    • September 17, 1966
    • NBC

    A professor at National Laboratory has invented a new serum- one that brings 'em back to life. He injects a preserved prehistoric bird, and it comes to life... only it grows to giant size and keeps growing, stepping on people and stomping bridges. The mayor sends for Atom Ant, but the professor and the bird are "birds of a feather" and stick together.

  • S02E05 Pot-Time Work

    • September 17, 1966
    • NBC

    Precious Pupp and Granny Sweet are on vacation. Granny is heating up a big pot of food for their dinner. A cannibal in the bushes has other ideas: he plans on them for his dinner. When he finally does capture them and Granny offers to share what she is cooking, he runs for his life.

  • S02E06 Whirly Bear

    • September 17, 1966
    • NBC

    Ma wants Paw to fix the windmill, but when he tries to fix it, he rides off on the wind propeller by a strong wind and he has himself a flying adventure.

  • S02E07 Up in the Air Squares

    • September 24, 1966
    • NBC

    Atom Ant must stop Toadstool from stealing the city's most important buildings.

  • S02E08 A Grapple for the Teacher

    • September 24, 1966
    • NBC

    Granny Sweet is forced to enroll Precious Pupp in an obedience school to avoid being sued by the postman.

  • S02E09 Speckled Heckler

    • September 24, 1966
    • NBC

    When an experienced hunter comes to the hills offering a reward for a speckled butterfly, the Hillbilly Bears try to capture the local pest for the reward.

  • S02E10 Mouse Rouser

    • October 1, 1966
    • NBC

    A mean old cat isn't satisfied with just catching a mouse. He ties it to a target and throws darts at it as a game... till Atom Ant gets into the picture.

  • S02E11 A Fiend in Need

    • October 1, 1966
    • NBC

    Dr. Frightenstein needs a brain for his new monstrous creation. His faithful servant thinks that Precious Pupp's brain is the perfect candidate.

  • S02E12 Chipper Chirper

    • October 1, 1966
    • NBC

    Paw's out hunting a meal for dinner when Maw's pet bird gets out of its cage and runs away.

  • S02E13 Killer-Diller Gorilla

    • October 8, 1966
    • NBC

    Kong is on the loose, wrecking buildings (he "peels" a skyscraper like a banana) and tearing up bridges. This is Atom Ant's greatest challenge ever.

  • S02E14 Mascot Massacre

    • October 8, 1966
    • NBC

    The local baseball team is advertising for a new mascot. Granny urges Precious Pupp to try out. He ends up playing ball instead and saves the team.

  • S02E15 Gettin' Paw's Goat

    • October 8, 1966
    • NBC

    Paw's turnip patch is being raided by a troublesome goat. When Paw fails to get rid of the goat, Maw mixes up some cooked turnips with hot sauce in them.

  • S02E16 Rock-A-Bye Boo-Boo

    • October 15, 1966
    • NBC

    Atom Ant keeps a village safe from a Roc and her egg. The Roc ceases her attacks when her egg hatches.

  • S02E17 A.M. Mayhem

    • October 15, 1966
    • NBC

    Granny is watching an old Dracula movie on TV. Precious Pupp is hiding in the wastebasket. Granny sleepwalks.

  • S02E18 Buzzin' Cuzzins

    • October 15, 1966
    • NBC

    Paw's cousin Fud sends a telegram saying he is going to stop in for a visit since they have never met. Meanwhile, Gorzo the Wild Man escapes from a truck delivering him to the circus and is mistaken for cousin Fud when he shows up at the cabin.

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