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{{quote|''"Fighting crime in a future time, protecting Empire City from Big Boss and his gang of crooks."''|from the [[Opening Narration]]}}

''C.O.P.S.'', which stands for '''C'''entral '''O'''rganization of '''P'''olice '''S'''pecialists, was an animated series that ran from 1988 to 1989 as one of the many [[Merchandise-Driven]] [[Sixty Five Episode Cartoon|Sixty Five Episode Cartoons]] made for syndication. A few years later, it had a brief run on [[CBS]]' Saturday morning schedule under the name ''Cyber COPS''. The show was based on a toy line called ''C.O.P.S 'n' Crooks'', which were futuristic police and criminal based action figures produced by Hasbro.

''C.O.P.S.'', which stands for '''C'''entral '''O'''rganization of '''P'''olice '''S'''pecialists, was an animated series that ran from 1988 to 1989 as one of the many [[Merchandise-Driven]] [[Sixty-Five-Episode Cartoon|Sixty Five Episode Cartoons]] made for syndication. A few years later, it had a brief run on [[CBS]]' Saturday morning schedule under the name ''Cyber COPS''. The show was based on a toy line called ''C.O.P.S 'n' Crooks'', which were futuristic police and criminal based action figures produced by Hasbro.

Set in the year 2020, the show took place in the metropolis Empire City. The main story revolved around Agent Baldwin P. Vess, codename Bulletproof, who has been sent out to stop Big Boss ([[Metal Gear|no relation]]), a criminal mastermind who has taken over the city. However, after being attacked by the henchmen of Big Boss and suffering a near-fatal wound, Vess is taken to the hospital and given a new bullet-resistant torso. While he is recovering, he contacts Officer P.J. O'Malley (aka LongArm) and rookie Donny Brooks (HardTop) to find the best law enforcement officers around. They are able to recruit several people. Among them are David E. "Highway" Harlson, Colt "Mace" Howards, Stan "Barricade" Hyde, Tina "Mainframe" Cassidy, Walker "Sundown" Calhoun, Suzie "Mirage" Young, Hugh S. "Bullseye" Forward, and Rex "Bowser" Pointer and his robot dog, Blitz. Together these people make up C.O.P.S., using their combined power to stop Big Boss.

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** Also, Hardtop had brown hair in the cartoon and black hair in the comic.

** The Crooks barely resemble their toy counterparts thanks to vast exaggerations on the part of the animators.

* [[Sixty Five Episode Cartoon]]

* [[Sixty-Five-Episode Cartoon]]

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: ''C.O.P.S.'' had four major female characters, [[Two Girls to a Team|two each]] for the C.O.P.S. and Big Boss' gang. None of them was [[Toyless Toyline Character|ever made as an action figure]].

* [[The Starscream]]: Ms. Demeanor in the comics.