Bad Dog (TV series)

Characters

Berkeley, also called Barky, is the Potanski family's dog who compulsively obeys every order he hears and passes out at the phrase 'Bad Dog' until he hears 'Good Dog'. Vic Potanski, the father, is an inventor whose business 'Potanski's Top of the Line' produces inventions that backfire. Madeline Potanski, the mother, is a psychiatrist who treats patients in her home office using hypnosis and puppets. The Potanski children are Little Vic, who adores Berkeley; Penelope, who values her beauty and enjoys theatre; and Trevor, a genius prone to panic, allergies, and phobias who wears glasses.

Grandfather Potanski, a former astronaut, watches space programs and often confuses names. Mrs. Simpkins, a patient of Madeline, has a phobia of dogs. Woods commands a spacecat army that plots to free cats from humans.

Episodes

The series includes episodes such as 'Disobedience School: Part 1 / Disobedience School: Part 2', where the family investigates Berkeley's odd behavior and Mrs. Eva hypnotizes him to be normal. In 'Beast of Show / Trouble with Toto', Berkeley accompanies Lester and Special to a cat show, and Penelope tries to exclude Berkeley from a school Wizard of Oz performance. 'Take Me Out of the Ballgame / Potanskis Go Hollywood' has Vic forming a baseball team with Berkeley and the children, then putting the family in a commercial.

'Space Dog / Robo-Dog' sends Berkeley and Grandfather Potanski into space, and the family orders a robot dog named Happyway 3000. 'Berkeley Takes the Cake / Neighborhood Botch' involves Penelope hiding her birthday cake from Berkeley, and Berkeley foiling pirates robbing Lester's house. 'The Mild Bunch / Berkeley Smells a Rat' takes Vic and the scouts to the forest, and Berkeley detects a rat indoors. 'Buckaroo Berkeley / Real Incredible Genius Dog' has Vic attempting to ride a bull named Jack Mallet, and Berkeley enters a competition called The Animal Geniuses.

'Big Inflatable Dog / Berkeley Speaks Out' features mayors Barry, Harry, and Larry Vickers winning a platform competition, and Trevor builds the Trevortron 1000 for a science contest. 'Bad Dad / They Came, They Saw, They Meowed' shows Vic angry at Berkeley on his birthday, and Berkeley brings Woods, commander of a cat invasion, to Vic. 'Sick Puppy / Bad Dog to the Bone' has Mrs. Potanski hypnotizing Berkeley to not fear the vet, and the Potanski house sits above an underground temple of the golden mole.

'The Flying Potanskis / Burden of Woof' sees Penelope excited to join the circus like Betty Bolinda, and Mr. Johnson tries to have Berkeley jailed for abducting Special. 'A Dog for All Sneezens / If Bad Dog Had a Hammer' resolves Berkeley and Trevor's allergy to dog shampoo, and the family renovates Madeline's room but blows up the house. 'Love Dog / Bad Dog Ate My Homework' involves Grandfather Potanski missing his girlfriend, and Berkeley eating Penelope's science experiment. 'Dogs Are People Too / Fire Dog' is also an episode.