Black Dynamite
Black Dynamite is an American animated television series based on the 2009 film of the same name, although the series follows a separate continuity, with some back-references to the film. The series was announced shortly after the release of the film, the 10-minute pilot episode was released on Adult Swim Video on August 8, 2011, and the full series premiered on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim, on July 15, 2012. Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Tommy Davidson and Kym Whitley reprise their film roles as Black Dynamite, Bullhorn, Cream Corn and Honeybee, respectively.
Cast
Michael Jai White
Black Dynamite
Byron Minns
Bull Horn
Kym Whitley
Honeybee
Tommy Davidson
Cream Corn
Debra Wilson
Various Characters (voice)
Seasons
E1Just Beat It or Jackson Five Across Yo' Eyes
Jul 15, 2012
Pint-sized pop star Michael Jackson finds a best friend in Cream Corn after he is saved from an assassination attempt. But Black Dynamite is soon to discover that the teen idol is actually a vicious alien force who has been torturing his own family. Cream Corn and Dynamite team up to take down the evil star together!
E2Bullhorn Nights or Murder She Throats
Jul 22, 2012
Bullhorn falls into the world of adult films while working on a case. Soon he adopts the stage name "Sweet Throat" and gives up crime fighting altogether. Now it's up to Black Dynamite to rescue his sidekick from the pleasures of the porn industry!
E3Taxes and Death or Get Him to The Sunset Strip
Jul 29, 2012
Black Dynamite and his crew face their most challenging mission to date as they try and raise $60K before tax day. This situation has forced them into escorting drug-addled comedy icon Richard Pryor to the most important performance of his career.
E4A Crisis For Christmas or The Dark Side of The Dark Side of The Moon
Aug 5, 2012
In an effort to be more likeable to the orphans, Black Dynamite agrees to go with O.J. Simpson to the moon to get moon rocks on Christmas. However, O.J. bails and leaves Dynamite on a doomed space rocket, leaving everyone to believe that Black Dynamite is dead. O.J. takes over the whorephanage and now Black Dynamite must find a way to get the moon rocks and return to Earth to stop O.J. Simpson.
E5Panic on the Player's Ball Express or That's Influenza Sucka!
Aug 12, 2012
While Black Dynamite is down with the flu, the rest of the crew handles an investigation at the Players Ball, only to end up caught in a hijacking. It's up to Black Dynamite to handle his sinuses and the villains of the day.
E6The Sh*t That Killed the King! or Weekend at Presley's
Aug 19, 2012
President Nixon plans to destroy Black Dynamite by flooding the black community with drugs. However the plan backfires when the blacks begin selling them to whites instead of using them, ridding the community of drugs and using the money to drastically improve things. His original plan a failure, Nixon devises an even more sinister plan, and sends Elvis Presley to stop the flow of drugs from the black community.
E7Apocalypse, This! or For the Pity of Fools (AKA Flashbacks Are Forever)
Aug 26, 2012
Black Dynamite returns to Vietnam with his crew to find his friend Mr.T who was left for dead.
E8Honky Kong or White Apes Can't Hump
Sep 9, 2012
A circus ape falls for Honeybee and kidnaps her. Black Dynamite launches a rescue attempt but encounters his own problems during the mission.
E9The Race War! or Big Black Cannon Balls Run!
Sep 16, 2012
Dynamite enters a car race but realizes he's being used to transport a mind-controlling substance to tobacco companies.
E10That Seed of Kurtis AKA Father is Just Another Word for Motherfucker!
Sep 23, 2012
Weeks after the events of "Trouble on Puppet Street", the son of That Frog Kurtis, That Bastard Kurtis, enacts his revenge plan on Black Dynamite for killing his daddy on national television. Meanwhile, Black Dynamite finally finds his long-lost father.
E1'Roots: The White Album' or 'The Blacker the Community the Deeper the Roots!'
Oct 18, 2014
When ROOTS hits the air and the Community finally sees just how bad slavery was, Al Sharpton whips everyone into a reparation frenzy and they storm Beverly Hills, enslaving every white honky cracker they can find! But BD sees that since you can't even keep white slaves alive without caviar and arugula, being slave masters is actually bringing the Community down. Is Black Dynamite actually going to fight for the White Man's freedom?
E2'Black Jaws!' or 'Finger Lickin' Chicken of the Sea'
Oct 25, 2014
A soul-food-eating contest is interrupted by a man-eating shark.
E3'Warriors Come Out' or 'Mean Queens of Halloween'
Nov 1, 2014
It's Halloween in LA and Cream Corn convinces BD and the Crew to go to a street party where, let's just say, ain't nobody in the closet. Everything's gay (as in happy) and gay (as in gay) until the Emcee is assassinated in front of everyone! The unseen shooter frames BD and the Crew, and now they're on a run for their lives, trying to clear their name, pursued by every gay gang south of West Hollywood!
E4'How Honeybee Got Her Groove Back' or 'Sexodus' or 'Night of the Living Dickheads'
Nov 8, 2014
Honey Bee meets Bob Marley and the hoes turn into zombies while vacationing in Jamaica.
E5'Sweet Bill's Badass Singalong Song' or 'Bill Cosby Ain't Himself'
Nov 15, 2014
Thinking he was financing a film with positive images, Bill Cosby unwittingly helps Melvin Van Peebles make an x-rated "Blaxploitation" film.
E6'Mister Rogers' Revenge' or 'Please Don't You Be His Neighbor'
Nov 22, 2014
Black Dynamite brings the orphans to a taping of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" for their collective birthdays.
E7'American Band Standoff' or 'The Godfather of Soooul Train' or 'Get On Your Goodfellas'
Nov 29, 2014
Cream Corn is excited for the chance to dance on "Soul Train," but BD knows the show is a battle between Don Cornelius and Dick Clark.
E8'Diff'rent Folks, Same Strokes' or 'The Hunger Pang Games'
Dec 6, 2014
The Whorephanage is shut down, leaving the orphans to be adopted by a group of rich white friends.
E9'The Wizard of Watts' or 'Oz Ain't Got S&@# On The Wiz'
Jan 10, 2015
Black Dynamite, during a riot in the neighborhood, gets hit in the head with a brick and goes to the land of Oz-Watts, where everybody is needing his help. But between getting Scarecorn some game, Lionhorn a muzzle and Tin Bee a set of balls, he has to bring down the Pig Chief, The Wicked Bitch of the West Side and reach the Great and Powerful Motherf@$%er’s palace, or he’ll never get home.
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Black Dynamite is an American animated television series based on the 2009 film of the same name, although the series follows a separate continuity, with some back-references to the film. The series was announced shortly after the release of the film, the 10-minute pilot episode was released on Adult Swim Video on August 8, 2011, and the full series premiered on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim, on July 15, 2012. Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Tommy Davidson and Kym Whitley reprise their film roles as Black Dynamite, Bullhorn, Cream Corn and Honeybee, respectively.
