BraveStarr is an American space Western animated television series. The original episodes aired from September 1987 to February 1988 in syndication. It was created simultaneously with a collection of action figures. BraveStarr was the last animated series produced by Filmation and Group W Productions that was broadcast. "Bravo!", a spin-off series (originally called "Quest of the Prairie People") was in production along with "Bugzburg" when the studio closed down.

The idea for BraveStarr began with Tex Hex, his chief adversary. Tex Hex was created by Filmation's staff artists in 1984, during the development of Filmation's Ghostbusters. Lou Scheimer found the character fascinating and pulled Tex Hex from the Ghostbusters cast. He asked Arthur Nadel, Filmation's Vice President for Creative Affairs, and art director John Grusd to develop a sci-fi western around the character. As the concepts took shape, staff writer Bob Forward fleshed out the writer's guide and eventually co-wrote the feature film script for BraveStarr the Legend with writer Steve Hayes.

Heroes

• Marshall BraveStarr (Pat Fraley): The title character is a Galactic Marshall stationed on the planet "New Texas." He is a Native American who can call upon the power of "spirit animals." The spirit animal powers are:
  • Eyes of the Hawk: Enhances his vision and can also grant him an aerial view of the surrounding area.
  • Ears of the Wolf: Gives him super-hearing.
  • Strength of the Bear: Gives him super-strength.
  • Speed of the Puma: Gives him super-speed.

It should be noted that these powers are not literally equivalent to the attributes of the animals he invokes, as the Strength of the Bear grants him far greater strength than any real bear, capable of lifting huge boulders, and similarly the Speed of the Puma allows him to run at immense speeds akin to comic-book characters such as Quicksilver or the original Flash. Bravestarr also carries a "Neutra-laser" pistol and a "Trans-freezer" rifle, but seldom uses either, only doing so when he has to.

• Thirty/Thirty (Ed Gilbert): BraveStarr's talking "techno horse," who can "transform" from a quadruped into a more anthropomorphic biped. He carries a giant energy rifle he refers to as "Sarah Jane." He is the last survivor of an ancient civilization called the Equestroids, a cybernetic breed of sentient equines, and has strength approximating BraveStarr's bear strength.
• Handlebar (Alan Oppenheimer): A hulking, 14-ton, green-skinned bartender and former space pirate from the Rigel star system, with a bright orange handlebar mustache and a Brooklyn accent. He mostly serves BraveStarr and Thirty/Thirty a drink called "sweetwater" in his bar, as they sit and discuss the moral lesson learned in that day's episode although he does engage in a fight with Stampede in one episode and wins. If faced with trouble in his bar he uses the serving trays as throwing weapons.
• Deputy Fuzz (Charlie Adler): A pudgy little prairie dog-like alien, one of the Prairie People, natives of New Texas, who serves almost exclusively as comic relief. Fuzz is similar to other sidekick creatures in other series of the decade such as He-Man's Orko and Snarf of Rankin-Bass's ThunderCats. His specialties, like all others of his kind, are digging, with even the miners of New Texas not coming close to the speed in which he moves through the ground, as well as high mechanical aptitude for building and repairing all manner of devices.
• Judge J.B. McBride (Susan Blu): The town's female judge and romantic interest for BraveStarr. The two share a kiss in "BraveStarr the Legend." She comes to BraveStarr's aid from time to time, using a high-tech gavel given to her by the Prairie People (referred to as a "hammer" in the series) as a weapon. Her Scottish father Angus McBride is an ex-prospector; he has run the town's newspaper ever since being crippled by his former mining partner Tex Hex.
• Shaman (Ed Gilbert): An unnamed Native American shaman who serves as an adviser to BraveStarr. On rare occasions Shaman has demonstrated extremely powerful magic and during the Christmas special, a rendition of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, he served as the three spirits. BraveStarr sees Shaman as a paternal figure since he (BraveStarr) never knew his real parents, and this was occasionally exploited by the bad guys. While the Shaman rarely expressed it, he was known to view BraveStarr as a son. He lives in a towering animal-carved mountain called Starr Peak (in reality the remains of his crashed starship, covered by cooled magma), under which is a large Kerium deposit.
• Long Arm John:

Villains

• Tex Hex (Charlie Adler): The lavender-skinned leader of the Carrion Bunch. Tex was mutated and given magic powers by Stampede including energy bolts, the power to blow up mountains, transformation, and summoning creatures called 'fire-snakes'. Tex once had a girlfriend named Ursula, who wanted to live a content, happy life with him, but Tex left her to greedily seek out his fortunes in Kerium, a decision that at one point he contemplated but briefly disposed of. In the Christmas episode, Tex finds out that Ursula had married and found the happiness that she wanted and needed in her life. He even stops Stampede and the others from invading Fort Kerium to spare her life.
• Outlaw Skuzz (Alan Oppenheimer): Tex's cigar-smoking henchman and cousin of Deputy Fuzz. Like Tex Hex, he was mutated by Stampede. Skuzz is often reprimanded by the others for his constant smoking.
• Sandstorm (Lou Scheimer): A red reptilian alien who can exhale giant clouds of sand, which the Carrion Bunch usually uses to escape.
• Thunderstick (Pat Fraley): A stuttering robot with an arm cannon.
• Cactus Head (Pat Fraley): A robot with a cactus head and four mechanical legs. He's equipped with two energy cannons that can alter matter. Often seen as the comic relief and used as a spy.
• "Two faced" Dingo Dan (Lou Scheimer): One of Tex's anthropomorphic coyotes with a notionally Aussie accent. Dan had the ability to take on a human appearance but would often forget to change his distinctive "fancy hat."
• Howler (Lou Scheimer): Another anthropomorphic coyote of Tex's gang. Like Dingo Dan he can take on human form.
• Goldtooth: An overweight coyote that usually leads other coyotes in the battle.
• Barker (Lou Scheimer): A little coyote.
• Vipra (Susan Blu): A serpentine female villain who has the power to hypnotize people, such as the assayer Klem in Fort Kerium making it seem as if a Kerium deposit below Starr Peak actually belonged to Hex. Her weapon of choice is a snake-shaped "gun" that shoots a paralyzing ray.
• Hog-Tie (Lou Scheimer): A humanoid pig dressed in a Union Army uniform. He seemed to be strong, and used bolas to capture or bind his victims.
• Stampede (Alan Oppenheimer): A demonic-looking bull skeleton who commands the Carrion Bunch. He is the éminence grise behind Tex Hex's schemes and powers. He is to Hex what the Shaman is to BraveStarr.
• Krang (Uncredited): Anthropomorphic panthers with green armor and German accents. The Krang appear in several episodes, looking for slaves on New Texas.
• Two-Face: A two headed anthropomorphic robotic bird(maybe a buzzard) with one head being real flesh & the other robotic.

• The Disappearance of Thirty-Thirty
• Fallen Idol
• The Taking of Thistledown 123
• Skuzz and Fuzz
• A Day in the Life of a New Texas Judge
• Rampage
• To Walk a Mile
• Big Thirty and Little Wimble
• BraveStarr and the Law
• Kerium Fever
• Memories
• Eyewitness
• The Vigilantes
• Wild Child
• Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here
• Eye of the Beholder
• The Wrong Hands
• An Older Hand
• Showdown at Sawtooth
• Unsung Hero
• Lost Mountain
• Trouble Wears a Badge
• Who Am I?
• BraveStarr and the Treaty
• Thoren the Slavemaster
• The Price
• Revolt of the Prairie People
• Hostage
• Tunnel of Terror
• The Good, the Bad, and the Clumsy
• Balance of Power
• Call to Arms
• BraveStarr and the Three Suns
• The Witnesses
• Handlebar and Rampage
• Runaway Planet
• The Bounty Hunter
• Buddy
• The Day the Town Was Taken
• BraveStarr and the Medallion
• Legend of a Pretty Lady
• Sunrise, Sunset
• Call of the Wild
• Tex But No Hex
• Space Zoo
• Tex's Terrible Night
• Running Wild
• Thirty-Thirty Goes Camping
• The Haunted Shield
• Ship of No Return
• Little Lie That Grew
• Brothers in Crime
• Sherlock Holmes in the 23rd Century (1)
• Sherlock Holmes in the 23rd Century (2)
• New Texas Blues
• Jeremiah and the Prairie People
• The Ballad of Sara Jane
• Brother's Keeper
• BraveStarr and the Empress
• Night of the Bronco-Tank
• Nomad Is an Island
• The Blockade
• No Drums, No Trumpets
• Shake Hands with Long Arm John
• Strength of the Bear [aka the Power Within]