Bruno the Kid
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Plot
The cartoon starring Bruce WillisBruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and musician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles...
as the voice of an 11-year old boy who becomes a top spy for a secret espionage organization. The organization, named Globe, contacts Bruno via his computer and a special gadget watch, and are completely unaware of their top spy's young age as he hides behind a computer simulated avatar of a full grown man (in the image of Bruce Willis).
The members of Globe that Bruno works with in person, such as Jarlesburg (voiced by Tony Jay
Tony Jay
Tony Jay was an English actor, voice actor and singer. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in animation, film and computer games. Jay's distinctive baritone voice often landed him villainous roles...
) and Harris (Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill
Mark Richard Hamill is an American actor, voice artist, producer, director, and writer, best known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy of Star Wars. More recently, he has received acclaim for his voice work, in such roles as the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, Firelord...
), are unaware that Globe do not know Bruno's actual age, and assume that the organization must know what they are doing sending the boy into dangerous situations.
The episodes consist of Bruno managing to live a double-life without his parents' or friends’ knowledge. In one episode, he tells his parents that he is camping in the garden and he sets up a torch to project a fake silhouette of himself onto the side of the tent so that it looks like he is inside it. Meanwhile, with an alibi set up, Bruno will be out saving the world or foiling a major heist with the aid of his British spy partner Jarlesburg. Along the way they usually meet Harris (a spoof of the character 'Q' in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
books and films) who supplies Bruno with gadgets which Bruno usually finds a use for later on in the episode. As well as voicing the title character, Willis was one of the executive producer and also co-wrote and sang the theme song for the show with backing singers.
Episode list
№ | Title | Air date |
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1 | "The Adventure Begins" | 1996.Sep.23 |
2 | "Spies, Lies & Bavarian Pies" | 1996.Sep.30 |
3 | "North by Southwest" | 1996.Oct.07 |
4 | "Take Me Out to the Bomb Game" | 1996.Oct.14 |
5 | "High Tide" | 1996.Oct.21 |
6 | "Moonbeam & Other Strangers" | 1996.Oct.28 |
7 | "Give Pizza a Chance" | 1996.Nov.04 |
8 | "Chip Happens" | 1996.Nov.11 |
9 | "Mind Over Matter" | 1996.Nov.18 |
10 | "Searching for Booby Vicious" | 1996.Nov.25 |
11 | "The Fission Mission" | 1996.Dec.02 |
12 | "The A-maze-ing Adventure" | 1996.Dec.09 |
13 | "Jungle Bogey" | 1996.Dec.16 |
14 | "Bruno-palooza" | 1996.Dec.23 |
15 | "Fade to Bruno" | 1996.Dec.30 |
16 | "The Spy Just Like Me" | 1997.Jan.06 |
17 | "Shake, Rattle & Roll" | 1997.Jan.13 |
18 | "Book 'Em Bruno, Murder One" | 1997.Jan.20 |
19 | "Dr. Nozone" | 1997.Jan.27 |
20 | "The Unfriendly Skies" | 1997.Feb.03 |
21 | "My Dogs Are Killin' Me" | 1997.Feb.10 |
22 | "Meteor Showers Bring No Flowers" | 1997.Feb.17 |
23 | "Bye Bye Jarly: Part One" | 1997.Feb.24 |
24 | "Send in the Clones" | 1997.Mar.03 |
25 | "Who's There?" | 1997.Mar.10 |
26 | "For Your Snake Eyes Only" | 1997.Mar.17 |
27 | "Funworld" | 1997.Mar.24 |
28 | "Soda Jerk" | 1997.Mar.31 |
29 | "The Last Christmas" | 1997.Apr.07 |
30 | "Revenge of the Giganerd" | 1997.Apr.14 |
31 | "Bye Bye Jarly: Part Two" | 1997.Apr.21 |
32 | "Bye Bye Jarly: Part Three" | 1997.Apr.28 |
33 | "Bullet Train" | 1997.May.05 |
34 | "Dead Boy Walking" | 1997.May.12 |
35 | "Virus" | 1997.May.19 |
36 | "You Go, Girl" | 1997.May.26 |
Video and DVD release
Episodes were released on tape by Family Home Entertainment, but as of December 2, 2009, there have been no plans for a DVD release.External links
- Episode index at the Big Cartoon DataBaseBig Cartoon DataBaseThe Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows and cartoon shorts....