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1995-09-09-00 The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: The series follows the adventures of Granny, a globe-trotting detective who solves mysteries around the world, accompanied by Sylvester the cat, Tweety the bird, and Hector the dog. While Granny focuses on her investigations, Sylvester constantly tries to catch Tweety, only to be regularly thwarted by Hector.
Name and role: Granny serves as the main protagonist, even though the title suggests her animal companions take center stage. Each episode revolves around a case that lands in the lap of our very own cartoon Jessica Fletcher, sometimes by chance, and often without her even realizing it at first. Her investigations are surrounded by the slapstick antics of Tweety, Sylvester, and Hector, whose gags run parallel to the mystery at hand.
Trivia and other appearances: The series was dedicated to the memory of Friz Freleng, a legendary Warner Bros. animator and the original creator of Sylvester and Tweety, who passed away shortly before the first season aired.


1995-09-09-00 The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: The series follows the adventures of Granny, a globe-trotting detective who solves mysteries around the world, accompanied by Sylvester the cat, Tweety the bird, and Hector the dog. While Granny focuses on her investigations, Sylvester constantly tries to catch Tweety, only to be regularly thwarted by Hector.
Name and role: Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector are the supporting characters in this series. More often than not, they end up solving the cases by accident, usually while trying to clobber each other. Tweety is, of course, always sharp and on the ball, Sylvester is constantly scheming to eat him, and poor Hector is the only one of the trio who doesn't speak. However, in this series, he plays a much more interesting and developed role than he ever did in the classic shorts.
Trivia and other appearances: The series was dedicated to the memory of Friz Freleng, a legendary Warner Bros. animator and the original creator of Sylvester and Tweety, who passed away shortly before the first season aired.


1995-09-09-01 The Cat Who Knew Too Much
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: While in New Orleans for the "Cajun Canary Crooning Competition," Granny signs Tweety up thanks to the charming Louie Z. Anna, who turns out to be the villainous "Mr. Big." After Tweety is kidnapped by Rocky and Mugsy, Sylvester and Hector bumble through a rescue, and Granny exposes Louie's true identity. In the end, Tweety is saved and Granny wins the contest once again.
Name and role: In this first episode, we bring back classic villains: Rocky, who we've seen in similar roles in "Catty Cornered", and his dim-witted partner Mugsy. The duo is hired by Mr. Big to kidnap and guard Tweety, a task they'll fumble through, as always. They'll return throughout the series for more bumbling mischief.



1995-09-09-02 The Cat Who Knew Too Much
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: While in New Orleans for the "Cajun Canary Crooning Competition," Granny signs Tweety up thanks to the charming Louie Z. Anna, who turns out to be the villainous "Mr. Big." After Tweety is kidnapped by Rocky and Mugsy, Sylvester and Hector bumble through a rescue, and Granny exposes Louie's true identity. In the end, Tweety is saved and Granny wins the contest once again.
Name and role: In this first episode, we bring back classic villains: Rocky, who we've seen in similar roles in "Catty Cornered", and his dim-witted partner Mugsy. The duo is hired by Mr. Big to kidnap and guard Tweety, a task they'll fumble through, as always. They'll return throughout the series for more bumbling mischief.



1995-09-09-03 The Cat Who Knew Too Much
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: While in New Orleans for the "Cajun Canary Crooning Competition," Granny signs Tweety up thanks to the charming Louie Z. Anna, who turns out to be the villainous "Mr. Big." After Tweety is kidnapped by Rocky and Mugsy, Sylvester and Hector bumble through a rescue, and Granny exposes Louie's true identity. In the end, Tweety is saved and Granny wins the contest once again.
Name and role: Louis is a former contestant in the Crooning Canaries Singing Contest, where he came in second place, losing to Tweety and Granny. Well, that's what happens when you sign up Daffy Duck instead of an actual canary. In this episode, Louis hires two notorious criminals to kidnap Tweety and finally get his revenge.
Though he goes by a different name here, make no mistake, this is none other than Colonel Shuffle from the classic short Mississippi Hare.


1995-09-09-03 The Cat Who Knew Too Much
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: While in New Orleans for the "Cajun Canary Crooning Competition," Granny signs Tweety up thanks to the charming Louie Z. Anna, who turns out to be the villainous "Mr. Big." After Tweety is kidnapped by Rocky and Mugsy, Sylvester and Hector bumble through a rescue, and Granny exposes Louie's true identity. In the end, Tweety is saved and Granny wins the contest once again.
Name and role: Granny shows up to the contest in a dark green suit. We're used to seeing the Looney Tunes gang in tuxedos for fancy occasions, but Granny out of her iconic old-lady dress? That's a rare sight. And get ready, because this is the very first of many costume changes for her in this series. We'll be seeing dozens.


1995-09-09-03 The Cat Who Knew Too Much
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: While in New Orleans for the "Cajun Canary Crooning Competition," Granny signs Tweety up thanks to the charming Louie Z. Anna, who turns out to be the villainous "Mr. Big." After Tweety is kidnapped by Rocky and Mugsy, Sylvester and Hector bumble through a rescue, and Granny exposes Louie's true identity. In the end, Tweety is saved and Granny wins the contest once again.
Name and role: When Sylvester and Hector save Tweety just in time, Rocky and Mugsy are left with only one plan B: If you can't beat Granny and Tweety... be Granny and Tweety. A disguise so ridiculous it just might work. And honestly? It would fool just about anyone.


1995-09-09-03 The Cat Who Knew Too Much
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: While in New Orleans for the "Cajun Canary Crooning Competition," Granny signs Tweety up thanks to the charming Louie Z. Anna, who turns out to be the villainous "Mr. Big." After Tweety is kidnapped by Rocky and Mugsy, Sylvester and Hector bumble through a rescue, and Granny exposes Louie's true identity. In the end, Tweety is saved and Granny wins the contest once again.
Name and role: The first cameo, This series is packed with dozens and dozens of obscure cameos,but not this one! As seen in many Looney Tunes series, Daffy and Bugs often appear in early episodes as a good luck charm. Here, Daffy shows up painted yellow to sneak into the canary singing contest, only to lose, of course.


1995-09-09-04 Platinum Wheel of Fortune
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: During the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, Granny is accused of stealing a platinum roulette wheel and goes on the run with Tweety to prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Sylvester, disguised as a skunk, catches the unwanted attention of Pitu Le Pew.
Name and role: Silas Micawber is the real villain of the mystery, a disgraced stage magician hiding in plain sight as the hotel maid. He was once exposed by Granny for faking a mind-reading act, and his entire plan: stealing the platinum roulette wheel, framing Granny and sabotaging the Grand Prix, is motivated by petty, theatrical revenge. Using a magnetic roulette ball and classic showman's misdirection, he rigs the casino game and manipulates events until Tweety and Granny piece the clues together and yank off his disguise.


1995-09-09-04 Platinum Wheel of Fortune
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: During the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, Granny is accused of stealing a platinum roulette wheel and goes on the run with Tweety to prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Sylvester, disguised as a skunk, catches the unwanted attention of Pitu Le Pew.
Name and role: Sheik Tusheik is introduced as a "high-rolling, fabulously wealthy" sheik, treated as visiting royalty by the Monte Carlo casino staff and clearly used as a walking symbol of big-money glamour. He arrives with Pitu Le Pew as his self-proclaimed "good-luck mascot" and immediately shows interest in the platinum roulette wheel, casually admitting he had planned to add it to his private collection. This makes him one of the early red-herring suspects: his money, his status and his eagerness to own the wheel all look shady, even though he ultimately turns out to be just a greedy collector rather than the mastermind.


1995-09-09-04 Platinum Wheel of Fortune
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: During the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, Granny is accused of stealing a platinum roulette wheel and goes on the run with Tweety to prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Sylvester, disguised as a skunk, catches the unwanted attention of Pitu Le Pew.
Name and role: In front of the Monte Carlo casino, our gang launches into a classic Looney Tunes routine: the costume change. With just a couple of moves, each animal slips out of its own fur as if it were a simple pair of pajamas, revealing an outfit underneath (a tuxedo, in this case). Then, of course, they hand it over to the cloakroom a few seconds later, revealing their fur once again under the very outfit they just showed off. It's the classic layering gag taken to the absolute extreme.


1995-09-09-04 Platinum Wheel of Fortune
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: During the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, Granny is accused of stealing a platinum roulette wheel and goes on the run with Tweety to prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Sylvester, disguised as a skunk, catches the unwanted attention of Pitu Le Pew.
Name and role: Pitu Le Pew, Pepé's fourth cousin, shares the same romantic flaws, but wrapped in a massive bundle of muscles. His role in the story? Harassing Sylvester like he's just another poor Penelope in the wrong fur at the wrong time.


1995-09-23 Double Take
Release date: 1995-09-23
Plot: In Copenhagen, Granny is accused of a string of crimes committed by her lookalike. With Interpol on her heels, the gang discovers the real culprit: Moo Goo Guy Pan.
Name and role: The FBI agent assigned to watch over Granny never realizes Moo Goo Guy Pan is impersonating her, and remains convinced of her guilt, until the real crook is shoved right in front of him.


1995-09-23 Double Take
Release date: 1995-09-23
Plot: In Copenhagen, Granny is accused of a string of crimes committed by her lookalike. With Interpol on her heels, the gang discovers the real culprit: Moo Goo Guy Pan.
Name and role: Moo Goo Guy Pan is a creepy ex-suitor of Granny's who disguises himself as her to frame her and steal rare Danish pastries. He returns in a later episode, "The Granny Vanishes", once again dressed as Granny.


1995-09-30 A Chip Off the Old Castle
Release date: 1995-09-30
Plot: Granny and her team travel to County Cork, Ireland, to investigate the theft of the legendary Blarney Stone. During the investigation, they encounter a mysterious creature: the Irish Banshee. Granny ultimately cracks the case, recovers the stone, and reveals the culprit's identity.
Name and role: Dan is the local Irish officer/investigator introduced right at the start, the guy everyone turns to when the Blarney Stone disappears, and who immediately declares he could solve the case, but won't, because "it's me day off."


1995-09-30 A Chip Off the Old Castle
Release date: 1995-09-30
Plot: Granny and her team travel to County Cork, Ireland, to investigate the theft of the legendary Blarney Stone. During the investigation, they encounter a mysterious creature: the Irish Banshee. Granny ultimately cracks the case, recovers the stone, and reveals the culprit's identity.
Name and role: Mary Ann is the "innocent country lass" seen cutting peat near the bog, introduced with a mock-romantic narration as she tills the Irish soil. Her load of peat and dirt literally crashes down on Granny's group, turning her into a temporary suspect and a slapstick target for Hector and Sylvester's irritation. When confronted, she snaps back that a "poor merchant" can't cut peat on her own land without being hassled, which positions her as a working-class local whose business is indirectly threatened by the disappearance of the Blarney Stone.


1995-09-30 A Chip Off the Old Castle
Release date: 1995-09-30
Plot: Granny and her team travel to County Cork, Ireland, to investigate the theft of the legendary Blarney Stone. During the investigation, they encounter a mysterious creature: the Irish Banshee. Granny ultimately cracks the case, recovers the stone, and reveals the culprit's identity.
Name and role: Faith N. Begorra is the anxious novelty-shop owner whom Granny approaches when she needs a telephone to call the hotel. She laments that when the Blarney Stone was still in place, tourists came to buy our goods, but now people only come to steal phones, and she's terrified she'll have to close her "little novelty shop" because the town has lost its main attraction.


1995-09-30 A Chip Off the Old Castle
Release date: 1995-09-30
Plot: Granny and her team travel to County Cork, Ireland, to investigate the theft of the legendary Blarney Stone. During the investigation, they encounter a mysterious creature: the Irish Banshee. Granny ultimately cracks the case, recovers the stone, and reveals the culprit's identity.
Name and role: When the rock faints, the best detective possible is called! Columbo, in this case. But he's busy with some hot dogs, so we call Granny instead. The recurring gag about Granny never being the first choice is a classic of Season 1.


1995-09-30 A Chip Off the Old Castle
Release date: 1995-09-30
Plot: Granny and her team travel to County Cork, Ireland, to investigate the theft of the legendary Blarney Stone. During the investigation, they encounter a mysterious creature: the Irish Banshee. Granny ultimately cracks the case, recovers the stone, and reveals the culprit's identity.
Name and role: Duffy is the main antagonist of the episode, not only does he steal the Blarney Stone, but he also rips off the entire concept behind every Scooby-Doo episode, disguising himself as the Banshee to scare off the heroes. He is ultimately flattened by a massive stone that falls on him, thanks to a misstep from Granny herself.


1995-10-07 Something Fishy Around Here
Release date: 1995-10-07
Plot: In Tokyo, at the Water-Land aquatic theme park, Granny, Sylvester, and Tweety investigate the kidnapping of Charlene. Their investigation first leads them to suspect the Sushihana restaurant, but they later discover that Tunamoto orchestrated the theft in order to sell her to a mysterious tuna tycoon. The real culprit turns out to be Alba Core, who wanted to keep Charlene for himself.
Name and role: Itchy Ologi is the sushi cutting master. He wanted Charlene to prove that his superior technique has no limits. When Granny brings him weapons that were used to try to kill her, he directs her toward Tunamoto, a former student of his.


1995-10-07 Something Fishy Around Here
Release date: 1995-10-07
Plot: In Tokyo, at the Water-Land aquatic theme park, Granny, Sylvester, and Tweety investigate the kidnapping of Charlene. Their investigation first leads them to suspect the Sushihana restaurant, but they later discover that Tunamoto orchestrated the theft in order to sell her to a mysterious tuna tycoon. The real culprit turns out to be Alba Core, who wanted to keep Charlene for himself.
Name and role: Bugs Bunny has always been seen as the king of disguises, but the Looney who uses them (and abuses them) more than anyone else is definitely Sylvester. Every setting is an opportunity: he bumps into a suit of armor and suddenly he's a kendoka; he lands next to a fish and instantly turns amphibious. If Wile E. Coyote is the genius of elaborate schemes and Bugs is the master of deception, then Sylvester is surely the grand vizier of improvisation.


1995-10-07 Something Fishy Around Here
Release date: 1995-10-07
Plot: In Tokyo, at the Water-Land aquatic theme park, Granny, Sylvester, and Tweety investigate the kidnapping of Charlene. Their investigation first leads them to suspect the Sushihana restaurant, but they later discover that Tunamoto orchestrated the theft in order to sell her to a mysterious tuna tycoon. The real culprit turns out to be Alba Core, who wanted to keep Charlene for himself.
Name and role: Alba Core is introduced early as the polished, seemingly respectable president of Screamcease, an animal-rights-style group leading demonstrations to "Free Charlene" outside Water-Land. On the surface she plays the concerned activist, steering Granny toward Sushihana and presenting herself as an ally of the investigation, but the script later tags her as Tunamoto's mysterious tuna tycoon contact and the true architect of the fishnapping. In the climax at the Sashimi nightclub, Granny recognizes her as the one who planned to take possession of Charlene threatening to open the tuna with a can opener.


1995-10-07 Something Fishy Around Here
Release date: 1995-10-07
Plot: In Tokyo, at the Water-Land aquatic theme park, Granny, Sylvester, and Tweety investigate the kidnapping of Charlene. Their investigation first leads them to suspect the Sushihana restaurant, but they later discover that Tunamoto orchestrated the theft in order to sell her to a mysterious tuna tycoon. The real culprit turns out to be Alba Core, who wanted to keep Charlene for himself.
Name and role: Tunamoto is introduced as Master Ichthi Ologi's former student, a very rowdy boy who drifted from dojo discipline into outright crime. On-screen he is treated as a ninja-style assassin tied to the dojo's wall of killers, the obvious suspect once Granny finds his marked weapon at the scene. When Granny finally corners him, literally with his pants down, he breaks and openly confesses that he stole Charlene to sell to a mysterious tuna tycoon, turning from silent menace into whimpering accomplice in seconds.


1995-10-07 Something Fishy Around Here
Release date: 1995-10-07
Plot: In Tokyo, at the Water-Land aquatic theme park, Granny, Sylvester, and Tweety investigate the kidnapping of Charlene. Their investigation first leads them to suspect the Sushihana restaurant, but they later discover that Tunamoto orchestrated the theft in order to sell her to a mysterious tuna tycoon. The real culprit turns out to be Alba Core, who wanted to keep Charlene for himself.
Name and role: Charlene, the biggest tuna in the world, is present throughout most of the episode without being seen. In fact, she is inside a "super packed" can of tuna. When she breaks free, she crushes Alba Core by herself, leaving her in the hands of the police.


1995-10-07 Something Fishy Around Here
Release date: 1995-10-07
Plot: In Tokyo, at the Water-Land aquatic theme park, Granny, Sylvester, and Tweety investigate the kidnapping of Charlene. Their investigation first leads them to suspect the Sushihana restaurant, but they later discover that Tunamoto orchestrated the theft in order to sell her to a mysterious tuna tycoon. The real culprit turns out to be Alba Core, who wanted to keep Charlene for himself.
Name and role: Soh Fishimeni is the main host at Sushihana. Granny immediately assumes he is the culprit and relentlessly questions him throughout the episode, testing only his patience.


1995-11-04 B2 or Not B2
Release date: 1995-11-04
Plot: During a cruise, Granny is giving a lecture, but a series of bingo-related accidents arouses the crew's suspicion. With the help of Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she discovers that Shecky White is behind it all, trying to eliminate the winners in order to rig the tournament. The group's intervention foils the plan and restores order aboard the ship.
Name and role: Nasty Canasta, in his second design (the chubby crooked gambler version rather than the powerful cowboy), is one of Shecky's victims. On the deck, in tears over the "disappearance" of his wife (yes, he's married) caused by a gigantic boxing glove, he slips on a banana peel and goes flying overboard.


1995-11-04 B2 or Not B2
Release date: 1995-11-04
Plot: During a cruise, Granny is giving a lecture, but a series of bingo-related accidents arouses the crew's suspicion. With the help of Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she discovers that Shecky White is behind it all, trying to eliminate the winners in order to rig the tournament. The group's intervention foils the plan and restores order aboard the ship.
Name and role: Shecky is the culprit behind the attempted murders; he felt he had to win the bingo tournament to enroll in clown school and follow in his parents' footsteps. (These things definitely never happened to Fletcher.)


1995-11-04 B2 or Not B2
Release date: 1995-11-04
Plot: During a cruise, Granny is giving a lecture, but a series of bingo-related accidents arouses the crew's suspicion. With the help of Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she discovers that Shecky White is behind it all, trying to eliminate the winners in order to rig the tournament. The group's intervention foils the plan and restores order aboard the ship.
Name and role: Trudy is the bingo announcer. Alarmed by the attempted murders (Looney-style, sure, but still attempted murders) of the bingo players, she offers her help to Granny to assist in the investigation.


1995-11-04 B2 or Not B2
Release date: 1995-11-04
Plot: During a cruise, Granny is giving a lecture, but a series of bingo-related accidents arouses the crew's suspicion. With the help of Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she discovers that Shecky White is behind it all, trying to eliminate the winners in order to rig the tournament. The group's intervention foils the plan and restores order aboard the ship.
Name and role: Inga Canasta is presented as the doting, sweet-natured wife of Nasty Canasta, a visual contrast to his hulking outlaw presence as they enjoy the bingo tournament together. Petite, well-dressed who treats the cruise like a romantic holiday, cheerfully calling Nasty pet names. She then becomes another of the staged victims: a booby-trapped boxing glove slams her into next week just after she leaves the bingo area


1995-11-04 B2 or Not B2
Release date: 1995-11-04
Plot: During a cruise, Granny is giving a lecture, but a series of bingo-related accidents arouses the crew's suspicion. With the help of Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she discovers that Shecky White is behind it all, trying to eliminate the winners in order to rig the tournament. The group's intervention foils the plan and restores order aboard the ship.
Name and role: Salamander Getrich appears only in the cold open, answering the phone when the desperate cruise organizers try to book a famous guest lecturer at the last minute. He briskly turns them down because he has to go cut the ribbon on a new orphanage. Clearly parody of Newt Gingrich, who was serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives when the series debuted


1995-11-04 B2 or Not B2
Release date: 1995-11-04
Plot: During a cruise, Granny is giving a lecture, but a series of bingo-related accidents arouses the crew's suspicion. With the help of Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she discovers that Shecky White is behind it all, trying to eliminate the winners in order to rig the tournament. The group's intervention foils the plan and restores order aboard the ship.
Name and role: The ship's captain is never given a personal name on screen, but he's a straight-faced cruise officer whose brain is clearly tuned to Starfleet frequencies: the moment Granny suggests someone on board is behind the accidents, he snaps into full sci-fi mode. He loudly declares it an "obvious case of Klingon interference", orders "Red alert. The ship is under attack" and starts barking out "Shields up full. Warp speed, Mr. Chekov. Scotty, full power" treating a bingo-sabotage case like a space battle.


1995-11-04 B2 or Not B2
Release date: 1995-11-04
Plot: During a cruise, Granny is giving a lecture, but a series of bingo-related accidents arouses the crew's suspicion. With the help of Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she discovers that Shecky White is behind it all, trying to eliminate the winners in order to rig the tournament. The group's intervention foils the plan and restores order aboard the ship.
Name and role: Beulah Blalock is a middle-aged cruise passenger who treats bingo like a full-contact sport, introduced as the reigning queen of the tournament. She's sharp, confident and a bit smug about her skills, rattling off called numbers and inviting Granny to her cabin to teach her the finer points of bingo strategy. Shortly after this meeting she becomes one of the key victims of the case, found unconscious in her own cabin after an apparent water-gun accident.


1995-11-11 Bull Running on Empty
Release date: 1995-11-11
Plot: In Pamplona, Spain, Granny investigates the theft of the priceless Pamplona Periscope. During the famous running of the bulls, Sylvester gets caught up in a series of comedic chases, while Tweety and Hector watch the events unfold. The culprit turns out to be the Spanish mole.
Name and role: The mole's true identity is Señor Gabriel. The thief had hidden the periscope inside a streetlamp, waiting for the running of the bulls to end, hiding himself in a sewer. Once he emerges, he tries to attack Granny, but a red cloth dangling from his pants draws the attention of the entire Pamplona bull herd, which proceeds to flatten him.


1995-11-18 A Ticket to Crime
Release date: 1995-11-18
Plot: Granny wins a trip to England, only to discover that several other famous detectives have also received the same prize. During their stay at Clydesdale Manor, the host, Ed McMuffin, is found dead. After a series of investigations and unexpected twists, it turns out the "murder" was actually a staged mystery game masterminded by McMuffin himself.
Name and role: Sam Fudd, who, let's be real, is clearly just Elmer in a trench coat, has an old crush on Granny and is the first detective she bumps into at Clydesdale. When McMuffin is unmasked, a full-blown manhunt is launched by the detectives, during which Sam (yeah, suuure...) slips back into his hunter outfit and proudly declares that this is his favorite hunting season.


1995-11-18 A Ticket to Crime
Release date: 1995-11-18
Plot: Granny wins a trip to England, only to discover that several other famous detectives have also received the same prize. During their stay at Clydesdale Manor, the host, Ed McMuffin, is found dead. After a series of investigations and unexpected twists, it turns out the "murder" was actually a staged mystery game masterminded by McMuffin himself.
Name and role: Ed McMuffin is the smug, well-heeled owner of Clydesdale Manor and mastermind of the phony sweepstakes that lures Granny and the other celebrity detectives to his estate. On screen he appears first as a wealthy, self-satisfied host, then as a dramatically over-killed victim discovered in a secret passage, complete with every possible cause of death. Dars is the assistant slash butler slash driver slash decoy in the classic "the butler did it" way.


1995-11-18 A Ticket to Crime
Release date: 1995-11-18
Plot: Granny wins a trip to England, only to discover that several other famous detectives have also received the same prize. During their stay at Clydesdale Manor, the host, Ed McMuffin, is found dead. After a series of investigations and unexpected twists, it turns out the "murder" was actually a staged mystery game masterminded by McMuffin himself.
Name and role: Charlie Smith is the group's "Eastern-philosophy" detective, a direct nod to old-Hollywood sleuths like Charlie Chan, but filtered through a very 1990s cartoon lens. He's drawn as a compact, reserved figure who speaks in mock-proverb form.


1995-11-18 A Ticket to Crime
Release date: 1995-11-18
Plot: Granny wins a trip to England, only to discover that several other famous detectives have also received the same prize. During their stay at Clydesdale Manor, the host, Ed McMuffin, is found dead. After a series of investigations and unexpected twists, it turns out the "murder" was actually a staged mystery game masterminded by McMuffin himself.
Name and role: Hemlock Holmes is the resident Sherlock stand-in, presented as a lanky, tweedy master detective with the usual Baker-Street airs transplanted into a Warner cartoon. His role in the story is to embody the hyper-rational, clue-obsessed investigator who nevertheless gets swept up in the same ridiculous trapdoors, misdirections and over-complicated theories as everyone else, making him less an infallible Holmes and more a cartoon participant in McMuffin's rigged mystery weekend.


1995-11-18 A Ticket to Crime
Release date: 1995-11-18
Plot: Granny wins a trip to England, only to discover that several other famous detectives have also received the same prize. During their stay at Clydesdale Manor, the host, Ed McMuffin, is found dead. After a series of investigations and unexpected twists, it turns out the "murder" was actually a staged mystery game masterminded by McMuffin himself.
Name and role: Lojack is the tough, bald TV-cop parody among the invited detectives, a clear riff on 1970s icon Kojak complete with affectionate tough-guy swagger. He trades banter with Sam Fudd and the others, drops hard-boiled one-liners, and even gets a wink to Kojak's famous tagline when he calls out "Who loves you, Sammy?" to Elmer/Sam.


1995-11-18 A Ticket to Crime
Release date: 1995-11-18
Plot: Granny wins a trip to England, only to discover that several other famous detectives have also received the same prize. During their stay at Clydesdale Manor, the host, Ed McMuffin, is found dead. After a series of investigations and unexpected twists, it turns out the "murder" was actually a staged mystery game masterminded by McMuffin himself.
Name and role: Miss Marbles is a tiny, sharp-eyed elderly sleuth clearly modeled on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Bundled in old-lady finery and fussing over her beloved marbles. In the group scenes she provides both exposition and running gags having costantly marbles falling down from her clothes and later lamenting that she's been "losing her marbles ever since" one of McMuffin's Clydesdales destroyed her favorite cat's-eye set.


1995-11-25 The Maltese Canary
Release date: 1995-11-25
Plot: In San Francisco, Granny steps into the role of a real detective, taking over Sam Spade's office. Tweety is mistaken for the legendary "Maltese Canary" by three shady characters: Mr. Greenstreek, Joel Ferret, and Jingleheimascmitt. While Sylvester relentlessly tries to catch Tweety, Granny unravels the mystery and exposes the true culprits.
Name and role: Call him what you want, but that's Peter Lorre, no doubt about it, part of the trio obsessively hunting the Maltese Canary. The three will do anything, legal or otherwise, to get their hands on it... only to end up in police custody while robbing a plush shop full of stuffed canaries.


1995-11-25 The Maltese Canary
Release date: 1995-11-25
Plot: In San Francisco, Granny steps into the role of a real detective, taking over Sam Spade's office. Tweety is mistaken for the legendary "Maltese Canary" by three shady characters: Mr. Greenstreek, Joel Ferret, and Jingleheimascmitt. While Sylvester relentlessly tries to catch Tweety, Granny unravels the mystery and exposes the true culprits.
Name and role: The very last known appearance of the Maltese Canary is on television, during a parody of the game show You Bet Your Life. Groucho has to get someone to guess the secret word, which is written on a slip of paper held in the beak of the priceless statue.


1995-11-25 The Maltese Canary
Release date: 1995-11-25
Plot: In San Francisco, Granny steps into the role of a real detective, taking over Sam Spade's office. Tweety is mistaken for the legendary "Maltese Canary" by three shady characters: Mr. Greenstreek, Joel Ferret, and Jingleheimascmitt. While Sylvester relentlessly tries to catch Tweety, Granny unravels the mystery and exposes the true culprits.
Name and role: The entire city of San Francisco in this episode is wrapped in an eerie, creeping fog. This mist is artificially produced by a strange machine, guarded by none other than a scruffy hound known only as The Fog Dog.


1995-11-25 The Maltese Canary
Release date: 1995-11-25
Plot: In San Francisco, Granny steps into the role of a real detective, taking over Sam Spade's office. Tweety is mistaken for the legendary "Maltese Canary" by three shady characters: Mr. Greenstreek, Joel Ferret, and Jingleheimascmitt. While Sylvester relentlessly tries to catch Tweety, Granny unravels the mystery and exposes the true culprits.
Name and role: When the tale of the Maltese Canary is recounted, one of its last known sightings is within a pirate's treasure hoard. The ship's cat tries to eat it, finds it way too hard, and tosses it into the sea. Ancestors of Sam and Sylvester, perhaps?


1995-11-25 The Maltese Canary
Release date: 1995-11-25
Plot: In San Francisco, Granny steps into the role of a real detective, taking over Sam Spade's office. Tweety is mistaken for the legendary "Maltese Canary" by three shady characters: Mr. Greenstreek, Joel Ferret, and Jingleheimascmitt. While Sylvester relentlessly tries to catch Tweety, Granny unravels the mystery and exposes the true culprits.
Name and role: Sam Spade appears as the actual hard-boiled narrator at the beginning of the episode, introducing San Francisco, himself and his sideline as a famous film noir detective and notary public before jetting off to a Venezuelan tiddlywinks competition. The character is explicitly presented as the same Sam Spade from The Maltese Falcon, complete with trenchcoat narration and a closing line riff that nods directly at the stuff that dreams are made of.


1995-11-25 The Maltese Canary
Release date: 1995-11-25
Plot: In San Francisco, Granny steps into the role of a real detective, taking over Sam Spade's office. Tweety is mistaken for the legendary "Maltese Canary" by three shady characters: Mr. Greenstreek, Joel Ferret, and Jingleheimascmitt. While Sylvester relentlessly tries to catch Tweety, Granny unravels the mystery and exposes the true culprits.
Name and role: Jingleheimer-Schmidt is the alias used by the main female crook who first arrives at Sam Spade's office calling herself Miss Smith, then gets addressed as Miss Jones, and finally admits, "Well, actually, I'm a hyphenate. My name is Jingleheimer-Schmidt". She's a slippery parody of a classic noir femme fatale: tearful, theatrical and constantly re-branding herself while trying to convince Granny that Tweety is really her missing Maltese Canary.


1995-11-25 The Maltese Canary
Release date: 1995-11-25
Plot: In San Francisco, Granny steps into the role of a real detective, taking over Sam Spade's office. Tweety is mistaken for the legendary "Maltese Canary" by three shady characters: Mr. Greenstreek, Joel Ferret, and Jingleheimascmitt. While Sylvester relentlessly tries to catch Tweety, Granny unravels the mystery and exposes the true culprits.
Name and role: Mr. Greenstreak is the rotund crime boss who secretly controls the hunt for the Maltese Canary, initially talked about as the Dough Guy before dramatically squeezing into the story himself. He play the same urbane, menacing role as Sydney Greenstreet's Gutman from The Maltese Falcon, right down to being too big to fit through the doorway.


1995-12-16 It Happened One Night Before Christmas
Release date: 1995-12-16
Plot: Granny arrives in Bedspread Falls to help her forgetful brother, Willie Daily, recover an envelope containing $8,000 that he lost on Christmas Eve. With the help of Tweety, Sylvester, Hector, and the mice Hubie and Bertie, they retrace Willie's steps and uncover that the money was stolen by the banker Freddy T. Totter.
Name and role: Willie is Granny's brother, and it's always a treat when these old-school characters expand the family tree. He's a textbook case of chronic forgetfulness, he once even forgot his horse inside a taxi. We must revisit this moment, possibly with courtroom sketches and a re-enactment.


1995-12-16 It Happened One Night Before Christmas
Release date: 1995-12-16
Plot: Granny arrives in Bedspread Falls to help her forgetful brother, Willie Daily, recover an envelope containing $8,000 that he lost on Christmas Eve. With the help of Tweety, Sylvester, Hector, and the mice Hubie and Bertie, they retrace Willie's steps and uncover that the money was stolen by the banker Freddy T. Totter.
Name and role: Hubie and Bertie are Willie's pet companions, yes, the classic mischievous duo, and they team up with Tweety to keep Sylvester's holiday appetite in check, which is somehow even more outrageous than usual. A well-placed brick hurled straight into Sylvester's mouth definitely makes the job a whole lot easier.


1995-12-16 It Happened One Night Before Christmas
Release date: 1995-12-16
Plot: Granny arrives in Bedspread Falls to help her forgetful brother, Willie Daily, recover an envelope containing $8,000 that he lost on Christmas Eve. With the help of Tweety, Sylvester, Hector, and the mice Hubie and Bertie, they retrace Willie's steps and uncover that the money was stolen by the banker Freddy T. Totter.
Name and role: A recurring gag in the series is that Granny's car is hyper-accessorized. But in this Christmas episode, they truly go off the rails. The car sprouts a gadget so terrain scoutish that Disney might be tempted to send a politely furious letter about infringement.


1996-01-27 Outback Down Under
Release date: 1996-01-27
Plot: In Australia, Granny investigates the mysterious disappearance of sheep from local ranches. With help from Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she uncovers a scheme involving Wolfgang Wolf and Harry Follicle, who are stealing the sheep to sell counterfeit wool. Thanks to her sleuthing, the villains are exposed and the sheep are rescued.
Name and role: Harry Follicle is absolutely obsessed with factories, he buys up every square inch around him, including native reserves, with the native inhabitants still inside! Factories, factories, and more factories so sheep ranchers who won't sell? Yeah, they're on his naughty list.


1996-01-27 Outback Down Under
Release date: 1996-01-27
Plot: In Australia, Granny investigates the mysterious disappearance of sheep from local ranches. With help from Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she uncovers a scheme involving Wolfgang Wolf and Harry Follicle, who are stealing the sheep to sell counterfeit wool. Thanks to her sleuthing, the villains are exposed and the sheep are rescued.
Name and role: Wolfgang Wolf is the owner of a local restaurant. Granny becomes suspicious of him after seeing the sheep-filled menu. In the finale, he disguises himself as a ram and fights with a sword to protect his evil plan.


1996-01-27 Outback Down Under
Release date: 1996-01-27
Plot: In Australia, Granny investigates the mysterious disappearance of sheep from local ranches. With help from Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she uncovers a scheme involving Wolfgang Wolf and Harry Follicle, who are stealing the sheep to sell counterfeit wool. Thanks to her sleuthing, the villains are exposed and the sheep are rescued.
Name and role: Ever wondered who Sam the sheepdog actually works for? Just take a good look at the faces of those two and you got the answer


1996-01-27 Outback Down Under
Release date: 1996-01-27
Plot: In Australia, Granny investigates the mysterious disappearance of sheep from local ranches. With help from Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she uncovers a scheme involving Wolfgang Wolf and Harry Follicle, who are stealing the sheep to sell counterfeit wool. Thanks to her sleuthing, the villains are exposed and the sheep are rescued.
Name and role: Episode begins: there's a problem with the sheep! Time to call the best detective around. Unfortunately, Alligator Dundee is busy, so we'll have to settle for Granny.


1996-01-27 Outback Down Under
Release date: 1996-01-27
Plot: In Australia, Granny investigates the mysterious disappearance of sheep from local ranches. With help from Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector, she uncovers a scheme involving Wolfgang Wolf and Harry Follicle, who are stealing the sheep to sell counterfeit wool. Thanks to her sleuthing, the villains are exposed and the sheep are rescued.
Name and role: Sam Sheepdog appears in this episode, in all his sleepy, slow-moving self. The kidnapped sheep are under his watch, and this failure seems to have hit him hard... has the stoic shepherd finally slipped into a woolly cloud of temporary depression?


1996-02-03 It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World
Release date: 1996-02-03
Plot: Granny travels to Scotland to investigate the theft of her family's tartan, the McRory. A clan golf tournament is underway, but the McRorys can't compete without their kilts bearing their ancestral pattern. Between the B&B and the rival clans, the mystery unravels: who stole the fabric?
Name and role: Angus McRory appears to be a distant relative of Granny. His proud and fiery Scottish temper won't allow him to back out of the golf tournament, though his biggest handicap on the course turns out to be the deep depression caused by losing his tartan.


1996-02-03 It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World
Release date: 1996-02-03
Plot: Granny travels to Scotland to investigate the theft of her family's tartan, the McRory. A clan golf tournament is underway, but the McRorys can't compete without their kilts bearing their ancestral pattern. Between the B&B and the rival clans, the mystery unravels: who stole the fabric?
Name and role: Myopia is the waitress at the local pub where the McRorys gather. She's also the mastermind behind the whole plot. Her motive? She could have seen perfectly fine, if only her eyes hadn't grown strained from staring at all that tartan.


1996-02-03 It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World
Release date: 1996-02-03
Plot: Granny travels to Scotland to investigate the theft of her family's tartan, the McRory. A clan golf tournament is underway, but the McRorys can't compete without their kilts bearing their ancestral pattern. Between the B&B and the rival clans, the mystery unravels: who stole the fabric?
Name and role: Gossamer is the B&B's goofy bellhop. Despite his terrifying appearance, he genuinely loves his job, and the sound of bagpipes.


1996-02-03 It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World
Release date: 1996-02-03
Plot: Granny travels to Scotland to investigate the theft of her family's tartan, the McRory. A clan golf tournament is underway, but the McRorys can't compete without their kilts bearing their ancestral pattern. Between the B&B and the rival clans, the mystery unravels: who stole the fabric?
Name and role: The mad scientist is the manager of the "Scot Free Bed and Breakfast" In secret, he runs a lab where he manages to liquefy all the McRory tartans into a single, hyper-volatile droplet, hidden inside a golf ball.


1996-02-17 Go Fig
Release date: 1996-02-17
Plot: We're in Figdale, a Texan town where every single thing in the economy runs on figs! Granny, Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector arrive at the ranch of Sam Ficus to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his fig harvest.
Name and role: The owner of the (guess...) "Fig Bar & Grill", organ player and Elvis impersonator, is Wayne Fig. The lack of raw material is driving his business into total ruin.
Trivia and other appearances: Do we want to talk about his role as Master Wayne in the Taz-Mania episode Enter the Devil (1991), where he plays a martial arts actor that Taz idolizes? No? Well, I tried.


1996-02-17 Go Fig
Release date: 1996-02-17
Plot: We're in Figdale, a Texan town where every single thing in the economy runs on figs! Granny, Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector arrive at the ranch of Sam Ficus to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his fig harvest.
Name and role: Sam Ficus (that's Yosemite Sam, dammit!!) is the biggest fig grower in the area, and he's the one who hires Granny to get to the bottom of the mystery.


1996-02-17 Go Fig
Release date: 1996-02-17
Plot: We're in Figdale, a Texan town where every single thing in the economy runs on figs! Granny, Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector arrive at the ranch of Sam Ficus to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his fig harvest.
Name and role: Sir Isaac is a scientist who has devoted his entire life to the use of figs. He loves them, worships them... steals them. Using them just for food? Ridiculous! Especially when you can fill them with helium and turn them into a brand-new, all-natural method of flight!
Trivia and other appearances: One shot villain who's actually not a proper villain. But he just appears in this short.