About this title
Storyline
Jonathan Chase is a British college professor at New York University who has the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal he wants. He decides to use his power to assist the New York Police Department in solving unusual crimes, and in this series pilot, he teams up with cute cop Brooke and war buddy Ty to stop some terrorists from stealing a supply of toxic gas.
Country: United States
Type: scripted
Status: Current
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1983
Also Known As: Manimal
Plot Keywords
turns into animal
criminal investigation
fainting-man
fainting-woman
shark-in-a-swimming-pool
crate
police-officer
police-officer-shot
new-york-university
professor
police
animal
taxi
explosive
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kiss-on-the-hand
drinking-tea
foot-bath
man-overboard
fur-coat
bondage
leopard
tiger
lion
woman-gagged
bamboo-cage
vietnam-war
flashback
reading-someone's-private-journal
snooping
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secret-identity
grabbing-a-snake-with-bare-hands
cobra
seduction
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torn-clothes
anubis-statuette
egyptian-art
silk-robe
unconscious
explosion
warehouse
camera
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shark
cat
night
new-york-city
forced-to-dance
driving-at-night
classroom
police-precinct
run-over-by-a-car
black-panther-shot
machine-gun
black-panther
shapeshifting
metamorphosis
tuxedo
tv-series-pilot
nerve-gas
superhero
Company Credits
Production Co: Glen A. Larson Productions, 20th Century Fox Television