<Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> September 7, 1959 (1959 - 09 - 07)--December 21, 2004 (2004 - 12 - 21) </Td> </Tr> <P> Hong Kong Phooey was a 30 - minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna - Barbera Productions and broadcast on ABC from September 7, 1974 (1974 - 09 - 07), to December 21, 1974 (1974 - 12 - 21). It was a parody of kung fu shows and movies of the time . The main character, Hong Kong Phooey himself, is the clownishly clumsy secret identity of Penrod "Penry" Pooch, working at a police station as a "mild - mannered" janitor under the glare of Sergeant Flint ("Sarge"). </P> <P> Penry disguises himself as Hong Kong Phooey by jumping into a filing cabinet despite always getting stuck--and unstuck by his striped cat Spot--and once disguised, gets equipped with the "Phooeymobile" vehicle that transforms itself into a boat, a plane, or a telephone booth depending on the circumstances by banging his gong or changes automatically whenever necessary . </P> <P> He fights crime relying on his copy of The Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu, a correspondence - course martial - arts instruction handbook . However, his successes are only either thanks to Spot, who provides a solution to the challenges, or the direct result of a comically unintended side effect of his conscious efforts . The humor of incompetence of the Hong Kong Phooey is a recurring theme of each episode, and is not unlike the recurring theme in Klondike Kat, whose successes are only thanks to unintended circumstances, not his own skills as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer . The background was designed by Lorraine Andrina and Richard Khim . </P>

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