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The Irate Pirates is an episode of The Little Rascals. It first aired 6 November 1982.

Summary[]

The gang discovers a treasure map, which leads them to a small island. Little do they know that they are being watched by two adult males posing as pirates all along.

Trivia[]

  • This segment is believed to be inspired by the novel Treasure Island.
  • In the original theatrical shorts, the Rascals encountered pirates in the short "Shiver My Timbers". There may be some minor callbacks to that short in this episode.
  • The title of this segment may have been inspired by an episode of The Ruff & Reddy Show, but this segment has a completely different storyline and its title was pluralized.
  • The title "Irate Pirates" was also used for an Undercover Elephant segment on CB Bears.
  • It is the only segment in the series in which Darla wears a bikini, which has a darker shade of pink than her usual dress. It is also the only 11-minute segment in the series that Darla does not wear her usual wardrobe throughout the segment.
  • Darla was seen barefoot in this entire segment. She was also seen barefoot for 4½ non-consecutive seconds in "Cap'n Spanky's Showboat", despite wearing her usual dress.
  • The boat the Rascals used to row to the small island was branded as the S.S. Buckwheat.
  • The beard and semi-dark skin tone on one of the pirates closely resembles Captain Smokey in "Cap'n Spanky's Showboat".

In other languages[]

German: "Die Schatzinsel"

Cast[]