| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Creator: | Morris |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 26[1] |
| Related: | Lucky Luke (1991 TV series) |
Lucky Luke is an animated television series based on the comic book series of the same name created by the Belgian cartoonist and creator of the franchise Morris. The series lasted for 26 episodes, and was co-produced by Hanna-Barbera, Gaumont, Extrafilm and FR3. In France, the series was broadcast from 15 October 1984 on FR3. In the United States, the show aired in syndication on various CBS and ABC stations.[2]
Lucky Luke is a solitary street-smart cowboy traveling through the Old West. Accompanied by his faithful horse Jolly Jumper and almost every episode by Rantanplan the prison guard dog (who gets lost in the West by wanting to follow Lucky Luke or find his prison), he finds himself confronted with various bandits and thugs like the Dalton Brothers, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and Phil Defer.[3]
| Character | French | English (Original) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Malone | Albert Augier | Unknown | |
| Orwell Stormwind | |||
| Fletcher Jones | |||
| Nebraska Kid | |||
| William Dalton | Jacques Balutin | Fred Travalena | |
| Jolly Jumper | Roger Carel | Robert Ridgely | |
| Rantanplan (2nd voice) | Unknown | ||
| Frank James | |||
| Senator Pendelberry | |||
| Jasper | |||
| Sam Mountaineer | |||
| Professor Gustav Cranium | |||
| Joe Dalton (The Black Hills) | |||
| Will Coyote (Rué on Oklahoma) | |||
| Cass Casey | Jean-Henri Chambois | ||
| Little John the Woodcutter | Richard Darbois | ||
| Calamity Jane | Micheline Dax | ||
| Cole Younger | Jacques Deschamps | ||
| Professor Gurgle | |||
| Yellow Feather Leader | |||
| Phil Defer | Henry Djanik | ||
| Colonel Drake | Jacques Ferrière | ||
| Doctor Doxey | |||
| Captain Barrows | |||
| Jack Rabbit | |||
| Cosmo Smith | |||
| Professor Doublelap | |||
| Petit Roquet | |||
| Rantanplan (1st voice) | Bernard Haller | ||
| Jack Dalton | Gérard Hernandez | Rick Dees | |
| Jesse James | Francis Lax | Unknown | |
| August Oyster | |||
| Barry Blunt | |||
| Waldo Badminton | |||
| Bull Bullets | |||
| Senator Wilkins | |||
| Billy the Kid | Guy Pierauld | ||
| Ma Dalton | Perrette Pradier | Mitzi McCall | |
| Annabelle Phelps | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Luke | Jacques Thébault | William Callaway | |
| Narrator | Unknown | ||
| Averell Dalton | Pierre Tornade | Bob Holt | |
| Joe Dalton | Pierre Trabaud | Frank Welker | |
| Bushwack | Unknown | Paul Reubens |
The opening credits were directed by Philippe Landrot. This series is broadcast in installments of 5 minutes every day in access prime time, followed by a full broadcast on Sunday afternoon (on FR3). Three episodes ("The Daltons in the Blizzard", "Ma Dalton" and "The Daltons Are Redeemed") were combined in a compilation feature movie: The Daltons on the Loose.[5]
The complete series was released in October 2010 by Citel Vidéo in 5 volumes. The episodes are in disorder: