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Herbie the Love Bug (1982): A Comprehensive Episode Guide and Analysis of the Animated Series

| Episode # | Title | Original Air Date (1982) | Synopsis | |-----------|-------|--------------------------|-----------| | 1 | "The Good, the Bad, and Herbie" | March 18 | Pilot episode. Matt and Uncle Bobby adopt a seemingly ordinary Beetle from a junkyard. They soon discover Herbie can think, talk (via beeps and a mental link with Matt), and has a mind of his own. They foil a pair of bumbling crooks. | | 2 | "The Matchmaker" | March 25 | Herbie tries to play matchmaker for Uncle Bobby with a kind veterinarian, but his attempts to impress her lead to slapstick chaos at a pet show. | | 3 | "Hully Gully at the Garage" | April 1 | A rival garage owner tries to sabotage Uncle Bobby’s pet grooming business. Herbie uses trick driving to expose the sabotage during a town parade. | | 4 | "The Campout" | April 8 | Matt and Herbie go on a camping trip. They encounter a lost child in the woods and Herbie must navigate rough terrain without roads to reunite the child with park rangers. | | 5 | "Herbie to the Rescue" | April 15 | When Matt is falsely accused of stealing a neighbor's antique clock, Herbie retraces their steps, using his hidden camera (a 1980s novelty) to find the real thief. | | 6 | "The Big Race" | April 22 | Matt enters a go-kart race. Herbie feels jealous and left out, but when Matt’s kart breaks down, Herbie disguises himself and enters the adult race to win the prize money for charity. | | 7 | "The Rock Star" | April 29 | A famous rock star’s car breaks down near the grooming shop. Herbie helps the star remember his small-town roots, while also foiling a bootleg recording attempt. | | 8 | "The Stunt Show" | May 6 | A Hollywood stunt coordinator visits town and offers Matt a job. Herbie realizes the stunts are unsafe and purposely malfunctions to prevent Matt from getting hurt. | | 9 | "The Wrong Park" | May 13 | Matt and Uncle Bobby take pets to a national park. Herbie gets mistaken for a wild animal (due to a fur-covered costume from a parade) and is chased by an overzealous ranger. | | 10 | "The Dog Catcher" | May 20 | A crooked dog catcher is rounding up pets illegally. Herbie hides the animals inside his spacious back seat and trunk, then leads the dog catcher on a chase into a mud pit. | | 11 | "The Invention Convention" | September 4 | Matt invents a silent whistle for pet training. A greedy inventor tries to steal the idea. Herbie uses Morse code (via honks) to alert the patent office. | | 12 | "The Graduation" | September 11 | Matt’s final exam in driver’s ed is sabotaged by a jealous classmate. Herbie proves that Matt is a safe driver by remotely operating his own controls to avoid an accident. | | 13 | "The Haunted House" | September 18 (Halloween special) | Matt and Herbie spend the night in a reputedly haunted house to win a bet. They discover the “ghosts” are smugglers using hidden passages. Herbie scares them off with light tricks and sound effects. | herbie the love bug tv series episodes

The Herbie the Love Bug TV series represents a late attempt by Disney to animate a live-action property for Saturday mornings. While it failed commercially, the episode list shows consistent themes of friendship, problem-solving, and non-violent conflict resolution. The 13 episodes remain a curious artifact of early 1980s children’s television, blending the car-chase tropes of the original films with the gentle moralizing of Ruby-Spears productions. Herbie the Love Bug (1982): A Comprehensive Episode