Exploring an Ant Colony

"Exploring an Ant Colony" is the fourth episode of Micro Ventures season one, as well as the final overall, and came as part of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It aired on December 21, 1968 on NBC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

As the title suggests, Professor Carter shrinks his family down to size to explore an ant colony. Professor Carter's great logic in this parental choice gets his daughter caught by an Amazon ant.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jill Carter
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Patsy Garrett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Carter
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mike Carter
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tommy Cook
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mike Carter
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tommy Cook
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tommy Cook

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Cornfield

Objects

 * Micro-Reducer

Vehicles

 * Sand Buggy

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: December 21, 1968 on NBC

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
 * September 21, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Banana Splits: Complete Season 1 on DVD.