Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series)

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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is an animated TV series based on the 1994 film. It follows Ace Ventura, a goofy private investigator who loves animals.

Original run and format:
- Aired on CBS from December 13, 1995 to August 30, 1997 (two seasons, 41 episodes).
- A third season aired on Nickelodeon from October 29, 1999 to February 4, 2000.
- Total: 3 seasons, 41 episodes, each about 22–24 minutes.

Production and style:
- Producers included Morgan Creek Productions, with Funbag Animation Studios and Nelvana Limited on seasons 1–2; Odyssey Entertainment handled season 3 with Hong Ying.
- Ace was voiced by Michael Daingerfield (credited as Michael Hall).
- The show kept some movie characters but not always with the same actors; Seth MacFarlane contributed as a writer.
- The humor was gross-out and ironic, matching the movie’s tone.

Connections to other works:
- This series is one of three Jim Carrey movie-based cartoons from that era, alongside The Mask: Animated Series and Dumb and Dumber.
- It takes place after the Ace Ventura films.

Crossover and extras:
- There was a two-part crossover with The Mask in 1997. The episodes “The Aceman Cometh” and “Have Mask, Will Travel” feature both characters and styles, serving as Ace’s season 2 finale and The Mask’s series finale.

Home media and rights:
- A three-episode DVD was released with the Ace Ventura movies (noting a packaging error about Rudolph in the pilot).
- The rights are now owned by Revolution Studios (acquired Morgan Creek’s library in 2014), with distribution by Sony Pictures Television.