The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda


The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda is a 1989 American/Italian animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera with the Italian public service broadcaster RAI and its first channel Rai 1, loosely based on the main characters in Miguel de Cervantes' 17th century novel, Don Quixote: Don Quixote himself and Sancho Panza. It was first broadcast in 1989 in Europe, and then in the United States in 1990 as part of the weekend/weekday morning programming block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera.

Plot

Don Coyote is a swordsman who travels the land in search of adventure, with the help of his noble horse Rosinante, Sancho Panda and his cynical donkey, Dapple. These crusaders of chivalry ride the countryside fighting for truth, justice, and beauty. Their attempts to do so are complicated by Don Coyote's state of mental unbalance and constantly mistaking everyday objects for horrific monsters. Coyote is always successful, for accidental reasons.

Episodes

Season 1: 1990

Season 2: 1991