Tales from the Cryptkeeper is an animated series aimed at children made by Nelvana Limited, PeaceArch Entertainment, kaBOOM! Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Animation. It was shown on TVO and ABC, and is still shown near Halloween on Teletoon. It was based on the live-action television show, Tales from the Crypt, which aired concurrently on HBO. Being directed at children, Tales From the Cryptkeeper was significantly milder than the live-action HBO version.
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Amazon Prime Video
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Darkroom
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Kartoon Channel
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The Roku Channel
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Amazon Video
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- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes aired
- 39
- Latest aired
- S03E13
- Total runtime
- 14h 18min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1993 – December 1993 13 episodes
- Season 2 September 1994 – December 1994 13 episodes
- the show was away for 4 years and 9 months
- Season 3 September 1999 – December 1999 13 episodes
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S03E01 Sharon Sharalike
September 9 · 22min find the promo
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Selfish Shauna, unwlling to share even her most neglected toys with he younger sister Katie, spitefully hides Sharon Sharalike, the new doll that they've just recieved. But Shauna learns a lesson when she hears Sharon crying in the dead of night and comes to disover that the doll has mysteriously come to life.
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S03E02 Imaginary Friend
September 16 · 22min find the promo
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To relieve boredom while awaiting the grande opening of Laserland, teens Leo and Jamie decide to play ""welcome wagon"" by taunting the new neighbor, 9-year-old Mary Anne. But Mary Anne's new, ghostly ""imaginary friend"" turns the table on the bullies, escalating when Leo snatches the girl's beloved kitten, Boo.
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S03E03 Waste Not, Haunt Not
September 23 · 22min find the promo
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When brothers Richard and Stephen improperly dispose of the toxic waste from their failed Science Fair Project in a nearby bog, it comes back to haunt them in the form of a Bog Blob.
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S03E04 Unpopular Mechanics
September 30 · 22min find the promo
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Randall, who loves to invent destructive mechanical gadgets, gets his comeuppance as his appliances suddenly turn on him.
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S03E05 Competitive Spirit
October 7 · 22min find the promo
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Vincent tells Tom a ghost story about a Mountain Spirit In order to spook out his main competitor before the big ski race, but the spirit really exists and comes to torment Vincent for his deceptive ways.
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S03E06 Trouble in Store
October 14 · 22min find the promo
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Derek and Rob, trying to steal from Rodman's Department Store, get locked in the store overnight as the mannequins come to life.
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S03E07 So Very Attractive
October 21 · 22min find the promo
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Julia, obsessed with the idea of being more beautiful, puts on a miracle cream that fulfills her wish but causes her to attract the unwanted attention of all sorts of creatures.
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S03E08 Drawn & Quartered
October 28 · 22min find the promo
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Aspiring artist Ralph finds a magic pencil that allows him to put life into his drawings and take revenge on the bullies who have been harassing him, but revenge isn't as sweet as he thought.
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S03E09 All Booked Up
November 4 · 22min find the promo
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Book-hater Greg is forced by a mysterious librarian to endlessly relive a bunch of classic stories.
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S03E10 Town Gathering
November 11 · 22min find the promo
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Erin, who has a reputation for making up stories, discovers that no one will believe her when she discovers that the people proposing a new business deal to her mother are actually aliens planning to make a meal out of the townsfolk.
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S03E11 It's for You
November 18 · 22min find the promo
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For Christmas, Gary recieves a phone line for his bedroom with the proviso that he doesn't ""abuse the privilege."" Naturally, Gary immediately begins making prank calls, but he soon finds the tables turned when one of the people he called begins stalking him via telephone. Gary pays the caller a visit and discovers Mrs. Emma Needham, an old lady who soon proves that she's not as nice she initially appeared...
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S03E12 Monsters Ate My Homework
November 25 · 22min find the promo
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After Evan gets away with telling his teacher the ultimate lie that a monster ate his homework, he gets a visit from some monsters inquiring after the missing homework, and about having him for dinner.
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S03E13 Too Cool for School
December 2 · 22min find the promo
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Junior High School friends Stephanie and Jan hate rules. They will stop at nothing to get out of their frog dissection class in Biology, including skip school. The girls end up in the Everglades where they meet John Kirby, a Professor of Zoological Biology.