Return to the Planet of the Apes

While on a mission, three astronauts in their spaceship get caught in a time vortex. They return to Earth in the year 3979 A.D. and discover that intelligent apes are now the highest form of life.

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Animation

Return to the Planet of the Apes

While on a mission, three astronauts in their spaceship get caught in a time vortex. They return to Earth in the year 3979 A.D. and discover that intelligent apes are now the highest form of life.

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Animation

Created By: Friz FrelengDavid H. DePatiePierre Boulle
First Aired on: Sep 06, 1975
Popularity: 9.0409: 59 votes
Networks: (US)
Production: DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (US)20th Century Fox Television (US)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 13 episodes

Season 1

Astronaut's from Earth's past deal with an advanced technological Ape society that is debating the destiny of the remnants of the Human race in a not too distant future

Aired 50 years ago

13 Episodes

Episode 1Flames of Doom30 min
A trio of astronauts are thrust forward in time. They find themselves fugitives after crash-landing on the Planet of the Apes.
Episode 2Escape from Ape City30 min
After nearly dying in an attack on the humanoids' caves by General Urko's gorilla army, Jeff is able to hide with Nova and avoid being captured.
Episode 3The Unearthly Prophecy30 min
Urko and his army search the desert for the entrance to the Under-dwellers' caverns.
Episode 4Tunnel of Fear30 min
Bill and Jeff move the humans from the warpath of General Urko and his army.
Episode 5Lagoon of Peril30 min
The Simian Senate is holding a top-secret session debating the possibility of intelligent humans after one of Urko's soldiers returns, delirious from the Forbidden Zone.