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Pif et Hercule is a French comic strip titled featuring an anthropomorphic brown-yellow dog ("Pif") and a black-white cat ("Hercule") who, despite being best friends, are constantly fighting in a friendship/hate relationship. The character of Pif was created by José Cabrero Arnal for the French Communist Party newspaper L'Humanité on 28 March 1948 and the cat Hercule was introduced two years later. The characters' nemesis is Krapulax, who despite his infant-like features always has a diabolical plot in store.^[1]

Pif later got his own magazine (Pif Gadget), which was very popular as not only did it include several different comic strips, but offered a toy gadget in each issue. He was also the magazine's mascot. Hercule also got his own version of Spiff's magazine, this one called Super Hercule, but his magazine was more joke-oriented. A series of 65 26-minute animated cartoons featuring the characters was produced in 1989 by Europe Images/M5 in France. Each program consisted of two episodes. United Kingdom television station Channel 4 aired the series in 1993.

The adventures of Pif also appeared as Spiff and Hercules in English translation in the British communist newspaper the Daily Worker (later The Morning Star) until the mid-1970s.

Animated series

Episodes

001. La guerre du feu
002. Taxi folies
003. Main basse sur l'orteil sacré
004. Suspicion
005. Farfouille s'embrouille
006. A la poursuite du grodeoptère
007. Ballade pour une valise
008. Hold up on the rock
009. Chercheurs d'or
010. Coup dur pour la sculpture
011. Pif détective
012. Père Noël en stock
013. La croisière infernale
014. Hot dog mic mac
015. Drôle de bobine
016. Herculopolis
017. Duel
018. Chut bébé dort
019. On a volé Sésame
020. Grand hôtel
021. Le match du siècle
022. Mini plaies mini bosses
023. Pif et la boule de cristal
024. Du rififi sur l'île
025. Le fakir va au tapis
026. Les toqués de la grande cuisine
027. Descente aux enfers
028. Pif et Hercule au bagne
029. Les as du ciel
030. Nos amis les bêtes
031. Les chevaliers de la Table Ronde
032. Pif et Hercule vont au ciel
033. Les vacances de Pif
034. Obstruction votre honneur
035. Farfouille suscite des vocations
036. Le fantôme misanthrope
037. Deux faux mages bien faits
038. N'oubliez pas le guide
039. Pôles d'attractions
040. Les envahisseurs
041. Têtes de l'art
042. Jour de chance
043. Pif et Hercule mènent la danse
044. Incident spatio temporel
045. Un peu mon neveu
046. Scoop toujours
047. C'est d'un commun
048. Week-end à Zutcote
049. Bon anniversaire
050. Gare au gourou
051. Hoquet choc
052. Pifok contre Herculax
053. Rien ne va plus au Matuvu
054. Un bateau pour Noidkoko
055. Le génie porte malheur
056. L'invention du siècle
057. Rubis sur l'ongle
058. En avant marche
059. Farfouille aux trousses
060. Mieux vaut appeller un chat un chat
061. L'héritage
062. Boom sur le violon
063. Promotion sur la prison
064. Hallucinations
065. Gros Talent a disparu
066. À vot'service m'sieur Grochoux
067. Farfouille et débrouille
068. Baby sitting bull
069. Viva Herculapatas
070. Taxi cassé
071. Rencontre du 3ème type
072. La crise d'Hercule
073. Les voies du ciel
074. Le SAMU s'amuse
075. Coquin de sort
076. Hot dog party
077. Faites un vœu qu'il disait
078. Hercule chasse la prime
079. Piques sous les tropiques
080. Tour de piste
081. Les mémoires d'Hercule
082. Le maître du monde
083. Pif et Hercule cascadeurs
084. Yéti et chuchotement
085. Le contrat
086. Pif des bois
087. Love story
088. Casse à tous les étages
089. Coup de froid
090. Le casse du siècle
091. Un amour de trésor
092. Pif et Hercule gladiateurs
093. La conquête de l'ouest
094. Paris Sud
095. Chaperon rouge et compagnie
096. Bon appétit shérif
097. Et que ça brille
098. Pas de pitié pour les bronzés
099. Les deux mousquetaires
100. Cessez le feu
101. Pif fait une cure
102. Les drôles d'oiseaux
103. Panique dans la bande
104. Dépan télé
105. L'île aux trésors
106. La guerre des trois
107. Hercule disparaît
108. Du gag à la hune
109. Souvenirs
110. La guerre des robots
111. Pif FM contre Radio Hercule
112. Hercule fait fortune
113. Astronautes
114. Cancres et chouchoux
115. Salade tyrolienne
116. Le cauchemar de Farfouille
117. Le coup du siècle
118. Le blues sur le lagon
119. Les frères de l'entrecôte
120. Hercule se met à table
121. Omnibus pour Roccoco
122. Le grand sommeil
123. Une partie de campagne
124. Super Pif contre Super Herculeman
125. Drôles de jeux
126. Gare aux fantômes
127. Aïe mon neveu
128. Les travaux d'Hercule
129. À l'aide les fans sont là
130. Échec et mat pour Hercule

Outsourced production work

Studio S.E.K.

International titles

بيف وهيركول (Arabic Title)
Пиф и Еркюл - Pif i Erkjul (Bulgarian Title)
Pif a Herkules (Czech Title)
Spiff and Hercules (English Title)
Jeppe ja Kolli (Finnish Title)
Pif et Hercules (French Title)
Pif dan di Herkule (Indonesia Title)
Pif und Herkules (German Title)
Πιφ και Ηρακλής (Greek Title)
Pif és Herkules (Hungarian Title)
פיף ותלתול (Piff VeTaltol) (Israeli Title)
Pippo e Menelao (Italian Title)
Pif i Herkules (Polish Title)
Spiff e Hércules (Portuguese Title)
Pif y Hércules (Spanish Title)
Pif şi Hercule (Romanian Title)
Pif och Hercule (Swedish Title)
Pif ja Herkules / Jeppe ja Kolli (Finnish Title)
Пиф и Геркулес (Russian Title)
Pifa piedzīvojumi (Latvian Title)

References

^ Annessa Ann Babic Comics as History, Comics as Literature 1611475570 - 2013 "In the humoristic “Pif et Hercule” series, after which the magazine took its name, Pif (the dog) and Hercule (the cat) required the help of Professor Belpomme, an African scientist"

[1] Annessa Ann Babic Comics as History, Comics as Literature 1611475570 - 2013 "In the humoristic “Pif et Hercule” series, after which the magazine took its name, Pif (the dog) and Hercule (the cat) required the help of Professor Belpomme, an African scientist"

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 Pif later got his own magazine (''[[Pif Gadget]]''), which was very popular as not only did it include several different comic strips, but offered a [[toy]] [[gadget]] in each issue. He was also the magazine's [[mascot]]. Hercule also got his own version of Spiff's magazine, this one called ''Super Hercule'', but his magazine was more joke-oriented. A series of 65 26-minute animated [[cartoons]] featuring the characters was produced in 1989 by Europe Images/M5 in France. Each program consisted of two episodes. [[United Kingdom]] television station [[Channel 4]] aired the series in 1993. <!-- Television station of [[Indonesia]] on [[Spacetoon|SpaceToon Indonesia]]. -->
-The adventures of Pif also appeared as '''''Spiff and Hercules''''' is [[English language|English]] translation in the British communist newspaper the ''Daily Worker'' (later ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|The Morning Star]]'') until the mid-1970s.
+The adventures of Pif also appeared as '''''Spiff and Hercules''''' in [[English language|English]] translation in the British communist newspaper the ''Daily Worker'' (later ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|The Morning Star]]'') until the mid-1970s.
 ==Animated series==
 ===Episodes===