Top 10 Best TaleSpin Episodes
The best episode from the Disney cartoon TaleSpin a weird spin-off series staring Baloo from the Jungle Book as a pilot as he goes on a series of adventures by delving cargo or treasure hunting all while fending off against Don Karnage and his air pirates.
In this two-part episode, Baloo and Louie, while on vacation, run into an archaeologist, Katie Dodd, who's looking for the lost city of Tinabula. They decide to help her, and unsurprisingly, a villain by the name of Thadeos E. Klang is also searching for the city for his own sinister plan.
Louie's place becomes haunted by a ghost, causing Baloo and Louie to flee and leave behind Baloo's cargo. Rebecca forces them to return. Once there, they meet a mysterious sea captain who quickly captures Rebecca's heart. However, Baloo and Louie discover that he is actually a ghost. They attempt an exorcism, but Rebecca, unwilling to let go of her dream, stops them. Baloo then reminds her of her daughter Molly, who's waiting for her. Not wanting to leave Molly, Rebecca finishes the exorcism and frees the captain's spirit.
The four-part pilot introduces the main characters Baloo, Kit Cloudkicker, and Rebecca, as well as Don Karnage and the other air pirates. They attempt to stop Don Karnage from using a very powerful jewel to blast into Cape Suzette and destroy the city.
Rebecca tries to cater to wealthier clients and meets Buffy and Muffy, a rich couple who hire them to deliver their jewels, putting up the SeaDuck as collateral. Baloo grows suspicious, but Rebecca ignores him. After a stop at Louie's place, the jewels go missing, and per the policy, Buffy and Muffy take the SeaDuck. Louie then reveals to Rebecca that the couple are actually crooks who swindled them. Realizing Baloo was right, she teams up with Louie to stop them.
After receiving an award from Shere Khan for being the best pilot in the world, Baloo lets it go to his head and accepts a mission from Khan for the Master Run - a dangerous route from which none of Khan's pilots have ever returned. Upon arrival, they discover that Don Karnage and the air pirates are using mirrors to confuse the pilots and steal their cargo. Even worse, Baloo realizes he was merely a pawn used by Khan to locate the pirates' base, leading to deep depression. Kit tries to convince Baloo to snap out of it so they can escape and prevent Shere Khan's ships from falling into Don Karnage's traps.
Molly befriends a mysterious flying creature known as an Ikara, who becomes big when wet and shrinks when dry. Things become even more difficult when MacKnee, the poacher who captured him, tries to recapture him.
Kit enlists in a foreign flying school with sinister agendas.
In an episode reminiscent of the DuckTales episode Armstrong, an inventor creates an autopilot machine to fly planes and deliver cargo without distractions. This invention threatens to put Baloo and every pilot in Cape Suzette out of work. A race is arranged between Baloo and the machine, with the jobs of all pilots on the line. Baloo loses, and Shere Khan, impressed by the machine's efficiency, commissions more of them, effectively displacing all the pilots. However, the machine, solely focused on flying, is unable to defend the cargo, which Don Karnage and the air pirates exploit. It's up to Baloo to save the day.
The talk scene (after the SeaDuck gets repainted) is the best part.
A jewel thief named Covington woos Rebecca in order to try to get his hands on a valuable artifact that has ended up in Molly's possession.
That speedboat chase was cool.
Easily the best episode. Baloo gets amnesia, and a mysterious pilot helps him rediscover his love of flying. I won't spoil anything, but the ending was so emotional that it made me cry.
After his piloting license expires, Baloo is forced to renew it. To his dismay, the examining officer is Mr. Throgmorton, Baloo's old driving instructor. Throgmorton's strict ABC checklist makes Baloo so nervous that he fails the test and loses his confidence. To make matters worse, Baloo keeps running into Mr. Throgmorton at every job he tries to get, causing him to lose work. Baloo's friends rally to remind him of his piloting skills and help him regain the confidence to retake the test.
Baloo and Kit encounter a parrot named Ignatz, who claims to know the location of the treasure belonging to his master, Captain Juan. Baloo dismisses the parrot, preoccupied with Rebecca charging him for a shipment of broken crystal glass destroyed by the air pirates. The pirates were actually searching for Captain Juan's treasure chest, which contains a map to the treasure. Unaware that Ignatz is the treasure map, Kit and the parrot set out to find the treasure, only to run into Don Karnage and the pirates. Baloo and Ignatz must put aside their differences to rescue Kit.
An amazing episode about Baloo meeting a disgraced pilot who supposedly committed a crime and now fights to clear his name.
While fishing, Baloo and Kit discover a whale that has escaped from a local water park. The park's owner offers a big reward for the whale's return, so they bring it back and claim the reward. However, when they visit the park, they find it in terrible condition, with all the animals, including the whale, being horribly mistreated. They decide to use the reward money to free the whale and expose the cruel owner to an inspector.
Baloo and Kit help Louie defend his place from Douglas Benson, who has forged Khan's signature to get his men in and take over Louie's place.
Rebecca starts a gas station business in the sky. While it becomes really successful, threatening Louie's business, it leads to a war between Baloo and Louie as they both try to outdo one another. They even resort to sabotage, which later blows up in their faces.
Rebecca starts a skywriting business, and despite Baloo being a terrible speller, they unknowingly become accomplices in helping a crime syndicate deliver secret messages via skywriting. When the feds get involved, they use Baloo to help prevent the crime syndicate from causing destruction in Cape Suzette.