Underdog (1964)

Action · Adventure · Animation

Underdog, also known as The Underdog Show, is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from October 3, 1964, to March 4, 1967, starting on the NBC network until 1966, with the rest of the run on CBS, under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, for a run of 62 episodes. It is one of the early Saturday morning cartoons. The show continued in syndication until 1973. Underdog, Shoeshine Boy's heroic alter ego, appears whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred is being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyming couplets, as in "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"

IMDb rating: 7.2 (2,982 votes)
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (1964)

7.94 avg 48 episodes 7.2 → 7.7 10 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Safe Waif	7.2	42
2	March of the Monsters	7.6	29
3	Simon Says	7.8	33
4	Tricky Trap by Tap Tap	7.8	20
5	Go Snow, Part 1	7.8	22
6	Go Snow, Part 2	7.8	21
7	Go Snow, Part 3	8.1	21
8	Go Snow, Part 4	8.1	22
9	Zot: Part 1	7.6	25
10	Zot, Part 2	8.2	24
11	Zot, Part 3	7.9	23
12	Zot, Part 4	8.1	27
13	The Great Gold Robbery, Part 1	8.1	21
14	The Great Gold Robbery, Part 2	7.7	21
15	The Great Gold Robbery, Part 3	7.9	21
16	The Great Gold Robbery, Part 4	7.6	20
17	Fearo, Part 1	7.7	18
18	Fearo, Part 2	7.7	18
19	Fearo, Part 3	7.5	18
20	Fearo, Part 4	7.8	18
21	The Big Shrink, Part 1	8.4	18
22	The Big Shrink, Part 2	8.4	17
23	The Big Shrink, Part 3	7.9	18
24	The Big Shrink, Part 4	8.3	17
25	The Bubbleheads, Part 1	7.3	19
26	The Bubbleheads, Part 2	7.8	16
27	The Bubbleheads, Part 3	7.3	15
28	The Bubbleheads, Part 4	7.8	15
29	From Hopeless to Helpless, Part 1	7.5	14
30	From Hopeless to Helpless, Part 2	8.0	14
31	From Hopeless to Helpless, Part 3	7.8	13
32	From Hopeless to Helpless, Part 4	7.6	14
33	The Witch of Pickyoon	8.1	20
34	The Witch of Pickyoon, Part 2	8.3	16
35	The Witch of Pickyoon, Part 3	8.6	18
36	The Witch of Pickyoon, Part 4	8.3	16
37	Weathering the Storm, Part 1	8.2	15
38	Weathering the Storm, Part 2	8.4	14
39	Weathering the Storm, Part 3	8.4	14
40	Weathering the Storm, Part 4	8.1	13
41	The Magnet Men, Part 1	8.3	15
42	The Magnet Men, Part 2	8.2	14
43	The Magnet Men, Part 3	8.4	14
44	The Magnet Men, Part 4	8.5	14
45	The Gold Bricks, Part 1	7.8	15
46	The Gold Bricks, Part 2	8.2	14
47	The Gold Bricks, Part 3	7.7	15
48	The Gold Bricks, Part 4	7.7	15

Season 2 (1965)

8.28 avg 36 episodes 7.9 → 8.5 5 min avg

Rebound

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 1	7.9	15
2	Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 2	7.8	15
3	Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 3	8.3	15
4	Pain Strikes Underdog, Part 4	8.3	15
5	The Mole Men: Part One	9.0	17
6	The Mole Men: Part Two	8.7	14
7	The Mole Men: Part Three	8.5	15
8	The Molemen: Part Four	8.5	15
25	The Flying Sorcerers, Part 1	8.5	16
26	The Flying Sorcerers, Part 2	8.8	15
27	The Flying Sorcerers, Part 3	8.5	15
28	The Flying Sorcerers, Part 4	8.8	15
29	The Forget-Me-Net, Part 1	8.5	14
30	The Forget-Me-Net, Part 2	8.5	14
31	The Forget-Me-Net, Part 3	8.8	13
32	The Forget-Me-Net, Part 4	8.8	13
33	Whistler's Father, Part 1	7.8	15
34	Whistler's Father, Part 2	8.3	13
35	Whistler's Father, Part 3	8.3	12
36	Whistler's Father, Part 4	8.4	12
37	Simon Says, No Thanksgiving, Part 1	7.6	20
38	Simon Says, No Thanksgiving, Part 2	7.4	17
39	Simon Says, No Thanksgiving, Part 3	7.1	17
40	Simon Says, No Thanksgiving, Part 4	7.1	17
41	The Silver Thieves, Part 1	8.1	18
42	The Silver Thieves, Part 2	8.6	16
43	The Silver Thieves, Part 3	8.6	16
44	The Silver Thieves, Part 4	8.8	15
45	Riff Raffville, Part 1	8.1	14
46	Riff Raffville, Part 2	8.2	14
47	Riff Raffville, Part 3	7.5	14
48	Riff Raffville, Part 4	7.6	14
49	The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 1	8.5	14
50	The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 2	8.7	13
51	The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 3	8.7	13
52	The Tickle Feather Machine, Part 4	8.5	13

Season 3 (1966)

8.38 avg 40 episodes 8.3 → 8.6 5 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 1	8.3	18
2	Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 2	8.4	17
3	Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 3	8.5	19
4	Underdog vs. Overcat, Part 4	8.5	19
5	The Big Dipper, Part 1	8.1	20
6	The Big Dipper, Part 2	8.2	21
7	The Big Dipper, Part 3	8.1	18
8	The Big Dipper, Part 4	8.4	18
9	Just in Case, Part 1	8.7	18
10	Just in Case, Part 2	8.7	16
11	Just in Case, Part 3	8.5	16
12	Just in Case, Part 4	8.4	16
13	The Marbleheads, Part 1	8.2	14
14	The Marbleheads, Part 2	8.5	14
15	The Marbleheads, Part 3	8.5	14
16	The Marbleheads, Part 4	8.5	14
17	Simon Says, Be my Valentine, Part 1	7.6	18
18	Simon Says, Be my Valentine, Part 2	8.2	15
19	Simon Says, Be my Valentine, Part 3	8.3	13
20	Simon Says, Be my Valentine, Part 4	8.2	14
21	Round and Round, Pt 1	8.3	13
22	Round and Round, Pt 2	8.3	13
23	Round and Round, Pt 3	8.3	13
24	Round and Round, Pt 4	8.4	12
25	A New Villain, Part 1	8.5	15
26	A New Villain, Part 2	8.5	15
27	A New Villain, Part 3	8.7	16
28	A New Villain, Part 4	8.6	16
29	Batty Man, Part 1	7.9	18
30	Batty Man, Part 2	8.2	18
31	Batty Man, Part 3	8.2	17
32	Batty Man, Part 4	8.1	16
33	The Vacuum Gun, Part 1	8.5	16
34	The Vacuum Gun, Part 2	8.5	16
35	The Vacuum Gun, Part 3	8.5	15
36	The Vacuum Gun, Part 4	8.5	15
37	Phoney Booths, Part 1	8.6	12
38	Phoney Booths, Part 2	8.5	12
39	Phoney Booths, Part 3	8.6	12
40	Phoney Booths, Part 4	8.6	12

Underdog (1964)

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