Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 3: The Lie Detector

The Daruma Dolls

Rip & co. fly to Japan to investigate reports of a live Oni, the Japanese Demon. They discover that the Oni report is a cover-up for something even more fantastic: the discovery of the magical Daruma Dolls. Legend claims the "missing" dolls have been protected for over 400 hundred years by a Samurai. A wealthy collector, with his own private army, will stop at nothing to get them. The action and "ownership" of the Dolls goes back and forth until the final showdown amid the famous Log Ride of Hikkado. The Dolls are put in a museum, and the guardian Samurai leaves us wondering if he is or isn't four hundred years old!

25 min

Wattam the Warriors' Mask

While scuba diving around an old shipwreck, Rip and Samantha have their yacht hijacked on the high seas above them by modern-day Pirates.

25 min

Curse of the Pharaoh's Tomb

Rip, Cyril and Sam travel to Cairo, Egypt to investigate the case of a woman put in a coma by the Curse of King Tut, after trying to buy contraband artifacts from the dead Pharaoh's tomb. When Cyril finds a piece of a Tutankhamen fan, he has a friend analyze it.

25 min

The Vampire Kit

When a young woman collapses in the town square of the Transylvanian town of Poenari, it is discovered she has a vampire bite on her neck!

25 min

Ghost of the Mystery House

When Sam's Uncle Paul, a caretaker at the infamous real life Winchester Mystery House in San Diego, that's supposedly haunted, starts seeing real ghosts, she must defend his sanity to save his job.

25 min

The Lama's Skull

Rip, Sam and Cyril travel to China, to photograph "The Lama's Skull", an artifact said to protect all those "within it's vision".

25 min

The Golden Helmet of Ur

When the Golden Helmet of Ur is stolen from the BION HQ, Rip, Cyril and Sam follow its tracking device to Kuwait City, in the Middle East.

25 min

The Million Year Old Egg

When Rip's old college professor, Dr. Sullivan, searching the Amazon for a million year old dinosaur egg, falls ill, the BION team rush to South America.

25 min

Love`s Many Charms

When the two daughters of an old friend of Cyril's receive Turkish Love Charms, they are mysteriously swept away by Whirling Dervishes.

25 min

And Now the Weather

When the statue of the Toltec Raingod is stolen from a Global Warming conference in Mexico City, the BION team gives chase in the ARV, only to be side-swiped by the sudden appearance of a tornado!

25 min

Eternity for Sale

When a jar believed to contain anti-aging cream of the Pharaohs is stolen from a Ripley exhibit, the BION team travels to Moscow.

25 min

The First Artifact

Diving in mini-subs off the coast of North Carolina with famed treasure hunter Bill Robinson, the BION team digs up a shield belonging to the ancient order of the Knights of the Crusades.

25 min

Well Doon Cyril!

25 min

A Dragon's Lullaby

25 min

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

25 min

A Flare for Fashion

25 min

With the Strength of Ten

25 min

A Helping Hand

25 min

In His Uncle's Footsteps

25 min

Can't See the Forest for the Trees

25 min

Follow Your Dreams

25 min

The Sweet Taste of Revenge

25 min

The Evil Eye

25 min

Hate Never Sleeps

25 min

Peace for a Princess

25 min