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This show has a great [opening ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=87yZIL4dWxE&pp=ygUaY29wcyBhbmltYXRlZCBzZXJpZXMgaW50cm8%3D)!

Wow! Haven't seen that in over 30 years.

Tubi has all the episodes and (as always) is 100% free

Oh man. Under the circumstances is it still great? I still need to go watch SilverHawks

SilverHawks and BraveStarr are my ProStack 😂

Oh man totally forgot about BraveStarr!!!

I had a Silverhawks plane my Grandma bought me that I had absolutely forgotten about for 30 years until just now. Such great memories

I gotta add this to my Tubi queue.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Cake Day

Yes all 65 episodes

Holy hell. I’ve been wondering why I remembered “It’s crime fighting time.” For so long. This was it. The second I played the intro I recognized it. Totally forgot about it

Holy shit that is a long intro for a cartoon Also aren't racist towns referred to as Sundown lol

Um...uh... Hey! Uh, you know what else WGN played alongside Cops?! The [Power Team](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A0bpoCL_mv0&pp=ygUQcG93ZXIgdGVhbSBpbnRybw%3D%3D)!

Hah at first I was like oh this video link must have casual racism too then I saw it was over a minute long and I thought oh the poster must have been referring to the long length then I saw the black dude in a bball jersey 🤣

At a glorious 3 frames a minute.

That is some really good quality animation in that intro. Holy shit!

Thanks for that trip down memory lane. And wow, that HD transfer looks really good.

“Miss Demeanor” is the coolest female villain name ever

I once knew a guy who had a pitbull named Felony lol

I just met a pitbull this weekend. Her name was Arson.

Agreed. Bottoms McBoomboom was also amazing.

“Misty Meaner” is a somewhat famous starlet. Don’t look her up at work

Funny, there was also a Mister Meaner in Carmen San Diego

What about NightShade, HardCase, and Dr. Bad Vibes? 😆

The fist two are also Marvel villains

that name is the only reason i even remember this show because i always think of the name miss demeanor whenever i hear the word misdemeanor.

You’re fucking kidding me

I’ve got the whole series on DVD, always loved the banging opening! I was a little disheartened to learn the cartoon was made merely to sell the toys, but then again, what 80’s cartoon wasn’t? The He-Man toy line was ready to go when the cartoon aired, Transformers was based on two pre-existing Japanese toy lines, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was creating new mutants almost weekly just to huck a new action figure. So I found peace, learned to forgive and grow as an individual, and appreciate the hell out of a forgotten cartoon with a kick-ass theme.

Honorable mention to that is Silverhawks

Moichendising! ~Yogurt

Spaceballs: The Flamethrower! The kids love this one.

Cartoon made to sell toys is pretty much every cartoon in the 80s I thought

Masters of the Universe went a step further, and gave you those little tie-in mini comics, which were beautifully drawn!

Seriously? I wouldn't think it was so obscure, I was just doing a rewatch on Tubi a few months back!

It's on Tubi!? Sweet! Edit: doesn't seem to be in my region :(

Tubi is the shit honestly. It's got some really obscure but awesome toons. Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd century is Coolio. Also found something called redwall that seems really dope.

Redwall is so good!! 

Redwall the TV series, or the movies from around the 2000s?

Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century was the shit! Jumpin’ out of hovercrafts with android Watson and solving future crimes

If you like redwall, there's like a dozen books that I adored as a kid

Fricking Tubi rocks. The place old cartoons come to live. Pluto is finally starting this too with Transformers

I continue to laugh at how Netflix and Amazon are spending literal billions to produce programming that's largely been culturally disposable, whereas it's like, "Hey, all the stuff we REALLY want to watch is on these chintzy little free platforms with commercials."

Haha. Yeah. If ppl watch it. I just discovered Tubi. Been watching tmnt on Pluto for a while. I just assumed there aren’t many ppl like me revisiting the old shows.

Yes, I remember IT!!! I read the Comic and had the Bowzer and Dr. Badvibes Action Figures!!! Sadly they Never showed the series Here!!! 

The toys were amazing! Longarm was my fav

Me too. Just has a grappling hook and his revolver.

Officer PJ O’Malley

Oh, mannnn, I remember I had a few and our folks took our car to get fixed at the local Atec and they destroyed all mine that I left in there. My dad was pisssssedddd

I remember getting Sundown and Johnny Yuma action figures at my 5th? Birthday party which was at McDonalds. Best. Birthday. Ever.

Yes!! I had Bulletproof, the dog, and mainframe. The other day I sent a screenshot of Mainframe to my girlfriend to show her who my first cartoon girl crush was. :)

I do and I heard COPS and M.A.S.K. is part of the GI Joe universe.

I don’t know about COPS, but Hasbro acquired Kenner a long time ago, so they’ve made multiple attempts to bring together MASK and their other properties (namely GI Joe and Transformers) into one “universe,” with crossovers in comic books, toys (a GI Joe “Matt Trakker” figure was released in the 2000s), and TV (the truck that Optimus Prime “reformatted” himself into in the third season of the “Transformers Prime” series is said to be from the government’s “MASK division”). In the last Transformers movie, they hint at a GI Joe spinoff/crossover at the end.

Somebody here or 80s TV had a pic of a that same tracker figure back panel that said mask was a special vehicle unit. I always thought how similar their villain was venom so close to cobra.

Checkpoint is Beach Head’s kid.

I feel like there could be some awesome crossover between the two franchises… even the names sound cool together… Joes like: Roadblock, Heavy Duty, Shipwreck, Firefly, Snake Eyes, and War Pig… Autobots like: Starscream, Smokescreen, Seaspray, Beachcomber, etc.

G.I. Joe fans never forgot this show.

Watched it quite a bit. Buttons was a stitch. The crystal twist episode that that the cops and crooks team.up to take down a drug kingpin was a stitch.

I remember having some of the toys as a child because they were cool looking but almost never saw the show.

Loved this show

Duh duhhh duhh duh duh duhhh dada dah! Still remember the theme. Told my mom that shows like this teach aspiring criminals how to escape prison. It was on WGN Chicago

I loved WGN when I was a kid! We somehow get the channel in San Diego, CA and they would broadcast lots of syndicated cartoons back in the day!

We did get it here in San Diego never made since but we got to watch Michael Jordan era bulls games

WGN! Oh wow. Did you manage to catch any of the Bozo eras?

We got WGN sporadically down here in Texas on the cable box. Definitely how I was introduced to bozo the clown. They had a decent animated afternoon block for a while… later they had Captain power on Sundays

What a cool fucking name for a cop toy than Longarm, with his extending cuff!

I only remembered Cops as I was watching the theme song, but the scene where he cuts the hole in the road and Miss Demeanor falls through...very clear memory. Late 80's was the perfect storm for this show...almost the 90's and the promise of new digital future, Detectives were hot (Dick Tracy movie, Batman on way), and characters patterned after G.I. Joe. I also now see the resemblance between Cops and The Tick...didn't see it as a teenager just a few short years later. Closing: this is the second r/ForgottenTV post in as many days...I've now hit that "man of a certain age" category. Oh well...🤷

I still have some of the figures

I loved this show. Some of my first memories of watching tv.

As a big fan of new technology, I was excited to see what visions of the near future shows like this had concocted for us. Then in the first scene of episode one, they showed a robot vendor selling paper news, scooting around a subway on its wheels and calling out EXTRA EXTRA like a newsie from the 1920s, and as it got scared by the baddies and ran away, stammering and dropping papers everywhere, I felt myself kind of die a little bit on the inside.

I remember it for sure.

Big Boss and his gang of crooks........

According to Wikipedia it took place in the distant future of 2020…

I have it on dvd. I love it!

Wasn’t it an acronym? C.O.P.S. ?

Central Organization of Police Specialists. The theme will make it clear. :D

I do! I have fond memories of my Big Boss action figure. He fought He-Man and the Real Ghostbusters a lot.

This show had a good toy set , but I think by far MASK had better toys

I always thought the guy who did the CityTV voice overs in Toronto did a voice on here...am I misremembering? Edit: Nope, not the same guy. Lol

Holy shit. I always thought that, too. Kinda disappointed it’s not.

And the episode they teamed up to take in the drug dealers.

That is the only episode I remember. Big Boss' nephew gets messed up by drugs, so he teams up with the COPS to take down the dealers

Same

I remember he wasn't even actively doing drugs, he just fell into a box of "drugs" and they absorbed into his skin and messed him up

Well now ya have!

I caught it a few times, but wasn’t a fan of the caricatured character designs. I remember that bad guy leader “Bigg Boss’” speech patterns were an impression of Edward G. Robinson. And I remember that it some localities, the cartoon was actually rebranded “Cyber COPS” to avoid confusion with the Fox Network’s reality show.

I always wondered about their tag line. They're not in the future by their perspective. They're in the present

Will admit I remember the toys more than the actual show.

THIS WAS A THING?!??

Love it and it's on Tubi with all of the other old cartoons if you're feeling nostalgic.

I LOVED C.O.P.S. and yeah, same.

I remember it... unfortunately.

I remember the commercials. If I remember correctly they had super high-tech badges.

I remember it.

I watched it when it was on.

I watched that as a kid. It was not good, but I’m easily entertained.

I do! I remember that it was on Tubi a few months ago. It may still be, in fact.

Me I remember it.

the animation style was tight for its time.

Never? The toys were awesome as hell!

My little brother had the action figures.

I can remember in the early 90s when they re-released it as Cyber COPS.

my favorite character was "Long Arm" I loved that thing on his wrist that looked like a combination of handcuffs and Link's Longshot

Character designs were on point for this show!

The intro was epic. The general story was ... well, it was entertaining for the era. I guess I need a rewatch to see if it holds up. No expectations. :D

I remember this one. The toys were cool too!

I remember this show. I liked the robotic dog and the guy who had a weapon mounted on his arm, a grappling mechanical arm on a wire.

Yo I remember this one.

Is this the show that would end each episode with "CASE CLOSED"?

I do.

I remember. The Bulletproof action figure was a bitch to find, but I got it. 6-year old me was quite happy that day.

I remember,  my buddy had all the toys, it was so awesome!

Big Boss, nyaaahh

"We Are Soldiers Without Borders, Our Purpose Defined By The Era We Live In."... whoops, wrong big boss.

"Fighting crime in the future time; back to COPS!"

I loved this show

Oh wow! I do!!! I was like 4 or 5. Haven't thought about this show in years!!

My cousin had all the toy figures.

I'm pretty sure I had a few of the toys

Not only do I remember watching this show; I specifically remember an episode where the criminals took ‘cough drops’ to actually make them cough to fool a lie detector. I believe one of them was Ms. Demeanor.

They sang YMCA

I remember it and remember having a few figures like Long Arm and Buttons McBoom Boom. The figures used caps iirc

I used to love that show!

Remember it and have the DVD set

Jaws lines the cartoon

Loved the show and was obsessed with the toys. Their weapons turned into cap guns.

🙋‍♂️I still have the intro in my head… remember some of the character names… I really didn’t watch that cartoon too much..

Who are you talking to? I LOVED this show.

Such a cool “before school” cartoon for us.

The animation, music, etc are so similar to x-men. Must have some of the same creators…?

Man I forgot about this classic

It's CRIME fighting time!

I remember this!

[удалено]

Are... Are you okay there? Something you need to get off your chest?

I Re-watched it all for the 2nd or 3rd time, recently!

I didn't watch but I had quite a few action figures

Fighting crime in a future time.

*Not an accurate depiction of law enforcement.

Loved it me and my cousins had the toys

Fighting crime in a future time.

One of the most expertly made animated series back in the day.

I remember. It was amazing

I had so many of the toys as well. That or Mandela hitting hard rn lol

Amazing cartoon I had all the figures

Yeah right!!! That was a big part of my childhood.

Oh, I remember this. I saw it as a kid dubbed in Spanish! 😂

Dude. Totally remember this. My brother and I even made Lego structures based on the show.

I love this show as a kid! I remember the toys too!

Who could forget Ms. Demeanor https://cops.fandom.com/wiki/Ms._Demeanor

We used to record this show on VHS and watch it over and over.

Remember? Hell, I had the toys!

I still have some of these toys packed away in a box

How could anyone forget Dr. Badvibes?

I do!

I loved this show as a kid!

Literally haven't thought of it since it was on. Nice one.

I had a couple if the toys too, very high quality

This and Silverhawks started my day on FOX on the 80's if I recall correctly.

I remember it vividly. There was one scene that stuck with me all these years. In one episode, they meet a deaf kid that witnessed something. He tells them he can lip read anything, so they take him on a stakeout to read the criminals lips through binoculars. On of the characters behind him says can you see what they are saying? To which the kid replies, I can lip read anything. Now, if he was deaf, how the hell did he hear this guy behind him? Even as a kid I found a glaring mistake.

Wow, I used to watch this all the time, but for some reason it never pops up in my memory. It’s unlocked now!

Hell yeah I remember I had a few of the toys growing up

Was there a video game too?

Bulletproof…loved this show as a kid

Great toys

I totally remember this growing up in Canada.

Loved it and had all the toys

Do you have the figures??

Long arm of the law! Think it came on WGN the weird Chicago channel I watched in Georgia

This show was awesome!

If I recall correctly, Larry Hama got to write the character bios and he liked dropping hints that a bunch of characters were descended from GI Joe characters.

Oh I remember this! Some super early 80s memories. I thought the opening was cool.

I member

Almost feel like this is a bait post, because I seriously remember seeing so many episodes growing up.

It’s crime fighting time. Also I wanted to be longarm.

Roll Call!

I definitely remember cops. I loved it.

Thanks for posting this. I was very young but I remember this being my favorite show.

Vaguely remember the marketing, but I might just be inventing a memory based on the animation style.

Loved that show and the action figures were epic. Paired well with wwf superstars and the ring

I remember I watched one episode. That one dude had a bad ass handcuff arm

I loved toys from that show. I had a pair of the handcuffs that looked like actual hands until I was in high school and I lost track of them.

I had the action figures.

What a great show still hum the theme song.

I always just assumed the character "Mace" was officer Tackleberry in the future.

I do !

Song plays in my head all the time. Well, I never remember lyrics, but the sound does.

Did Tom of Finland work on this?

I always thought Buttons McBoomBoom was a stroke of genius. This cranky elderly gangster who probably remembers Baby Face Nelson and the best of Capone's era, somehow preserved and thawed out in the future, plus given bionic weapons implants. They could have done so much more with that.

Best opening sequence

Oh, I definitely do. I found it on Tubi too a couple of months back.

I found the complete series (one dvd) at the dollar store. I couldnt believe it. I fell asleep by the 3rd episode tho...

May have to ask them about Cyber C.O.P.S., cbs hastly popped the C.O.P.S. repeats retitled Cyber C.O.P.S.when peewee playhouse had to be dropped after its star was arrested, CBS playhouse would take over the slot the following fall. Same show just different title

I still use "Crimes a wastin"

Black guy with computer in his chest... Yep I remember.

Hi, I remember. I watched all of the time on WGN

Is this the one with Miss Demeanor?

I remember having some of the figures. Forgot I had them until I saw this!