Series synopsis
American Chopper is an American reality television series that premiered on TLC on March 31, 2003. It ended on April 2, 2019. It stars Paul Teutul, Jr., Michael Teutul, Rick Petko and Jason Pohl.
Paul Teutul, Sr. and his son Paul Teutul, Jr. manufacture custom chopper-style motorcycles.
Premise
Paul Teutul, Sr. and his son Paul Teutul, Jr. manufacture custom chopper-style motorcycles.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 195 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 10 | September 28, 2002 | March 13, 2006 |
| Season 1 | 29 | March 30, 2003 | May 10, 2004 |
| Season 2 | 28 | January 11, 2004 | February 21, 2005 |
| Season 3 | 37 | March 7, 2005 | December 11, 2006 |
| Season 4 | 22 | January 18, 2007 | October 18, 2007 |
| Season 5 | 26 | January 17, 2008 | October 30, 2008 |
| Season 6 | 26 | April 9, 2009 | February 11, 2010 |
| Season 7 | 8 | March 2, 2018 | July 16, 2018 |
| Season 8 | 9 | February 12, 2019 | April 2, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jet Bike OCC prepares to hit the Sturgis Bike Show down in North Carolina and Paul Sr's thinking theme bike. Paul Jr. comes up with the idea of making a chopper based on an Air Force jet, and has only 45 days to fabricate, get out to paint, and assemble. |
September 29, 2002 |
| 2 |
Biketober After the sucess of their first special, OCC gets another shot in front of the Discovery cameras. The subject this time? Fabricating prodigy Cody and the machine he builds with Paul Jr., and the unveiling at Biketober. |
January 19, 2003 |
| 3 |
OCC Holiday Special (Santa Bike) After receiving a call from Ol' Saint Nick, Paul Senior rallies OCC elves Rick and Mike Campo, plus Mikey, to make a one of a kind Christmas bike for the children who lost their parents in the 9/11 tragedy. |
December 22, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Black Widow 1 In the 2-part series premiere, Paul Jr. builds a chopper inspired by spiders to take to the New York City's International Motorcycle Show. |
March 31, 2003 |
| 2 |
Black Widow 2 Pressure mounts as deadlines loom. It's down to the wire as Paul Jr struggles to complete a motorcycle masterpiece, that will take The Big Apple by storm. OCC Completes The Black Widow Bike and put it on Display at The Javitz Center(New York) |
April 7, 2003 |
| 3 |
Race Car 1 The OCC Crew is at it again. 150 grand is on the line as Paul Jr designs a custom chopper of one of NASCAR's biggest events. The pedal's to the metal, the pressure's on to build a tricked-out, revved-up speed machine. |
April 14, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
POW/MIA Bike 1 To honor those who have fallen in the armed forces, Paul Sr. enlists Rick, Mike, and even Mikey, to begin construction of a one of a kind tribute on wheels. |
January 12, 2004 |
| 2 |
POW/MIA Bike 2 It's into the homestretch of final fabrication and assembly on the POW/MIA Bike. With the paint ideas done, the OCC crew decide to celebrate a special occaison: Paul Jr's, and his mom's, birthday. |
January 19, 2004 |
| 3 |
POW/MIA Bike 3 With the deadline closing in on Paul Sr.'s POW/MIA bike, the OCC crew joins forces to complete the heartfelt tribute before its public debut. But more last-minute delays and unexpected setbacks leave its fate hanging in the balance. |
January 26, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Junior's Dream Bike 1 Paul Jr. decides it's time to build himself a bike, but not just any bike. Taking some design cues from the Spider-Man Bike and the Black Widow, he sets out to create an original web-theme bike. |
March 7, 2005 |
| 2 |
Junior's Dream Bike 2 As Paulie finishes the Web Bike, completing the trilogy, Rick and Vinnie get the opportunity of a lifetime and take a ride in an F-16. Meanwhile, Mikey, Senior and crew pitch in to create a new sign for Orange County Choppers. |
March 14, 2005 |
| 3 |
Caterpillar Bike 1 OCC's next project has them building a chopper based on a Caterpillar bulldozer, but things don't go as well at the shop when Paul Jr. and Mike Campo can't agree on the bike's design. |
April 4, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Junior Vs. Senior Part 1 When Orange County Chopper breaks ground on their new shop, Paul Sr. challenges Paul Jr. to a design contest. |
January 18, 2007 |
| 2 |
Junior Vs. Senior - Part 2 The design contest between father and son continues, with fans picking the winner. Paul Sr. goes old school while Jr. puts together a new spider-web design. |
January 25, 2007 |
| 3 |
Go Daddy Part 1 OCC designs and builds a high-tech chopper for GoDaddy.com, but Jason and Paul Jr. can't agree on a design, so Senior has to step in. <br /> |
February 1, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Army National Guard 1 OCC locks and loads as they pay tribute to the troops with a custom bike for the Army National Guard. Paul Sr. takes a walk down the aisle with Beth. Using concepts sent in by the troops, Paul Jr. and Jason Pohl get started on the design. Then, after fabrication begins, Cody steps up to fill a void, and Sr. takes him under his wing. |
January 17, 2008 |
| 2 |
Army National Guard 2 The Army National Guard Patriot Bike is completed by the guys at OCC. Jason Pohl is eager for the opportunity to advance in his training. But tension arises with the crew because of Jason's ignorance of the shop protocol. Paul, Sr. pays tribute to the sacrifice given by some injured vets. |
January 24, 2008 |
| 3 |
Michigan Bike/My Name is Earl 1 Mikey gets in the game and heads up OCC's latest custom creation - a Wolverine bike for the University of Michigan's Mott Children's Hospital.The cast from NBC's "My Name is Earl" bursts onto the scene and gets the OCC team to build a My Name is Earl bike. |
January 30, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
NHL Bike/B-2 Bomber Bike The guys of OCC have their work cut out for them with two new projects: a B-2 Bomber bike for Northrop Grumman and one for the NHL. The company's foundation is rocked as Paul Sr. and Paul Jr. go head to head in a no hold's barred argument. |
April 9, 2009 |
| 2 |
Woodstock/Ringling and Barnum and Bailey Circus Bikes Times are tough at the OCC shop. Now that Jr. has been fired he's on the hunt for a new project to take up his time. Sr. and the rest of the team clown around at the circus, and build a bike to honor the music festival held at Woodstock. |
April 16, 2009 |
| 3 |
DECA Bike/Colmet Bike Sr. is having some work done on the shop and in return he's building bikes for the contracted companies, DECA and Columet. |
April 23, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Welcome Back Ten years after the demise of their rocky partnership, custom motorcycle builders Paul Sr. and his son Paul Jr., are forging ahead with their own shops and separate lives. Senior struggles to meet a deadline, while Junior finds a chance to rebuild a bike |
March 2, 2018 |
| 2 |
Getting the Bike Back Together The OCC crew builds one of their fastest bikes ever but a problem with the supercharger threatens the schedule. Junior races to complete a complicated bike for a client. Father and son find it hard to let go of the past while restoring a bike together. |
May 28, 2018 |
| 3 |
A New Chopter Senior confronts Junior about the harsh words Junior wrote in his book. Senior closes a game-changing deal with an exotic car dealership to sell OCC bikes directly to the public and Junior's simple mistake leads to destruction in the shop. |
June 4, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chopper Up the Middle Senior and Junior begin restoring a 1951 Buick, but they don't always go by the book; Senior risks everything by moving designs away from their famous choppers; Junior challenges himself to build a streamlined bike for the MLB Network. |
February 12, 2019 |
| 2 |
Teutel Recall Junior designs a bike inspired by a futuristic big rig, but the massive amount of fab crushes his schedule; the OCC team builds a vintage military-style bike with sidecar to benefit a foundation for wounded veterans. |
February 19, 2019 |
| 3 |
Senior's Moment Senior goes back to his roots, designing a throwback brand of affordable motorcycles, to sell out of the OCC Showroom: Junior challenges himself to build a bike using multiple aluminum parts. |
February 26, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TLC |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 31, 2003 |
| Last aired | April 2, 2019 |
| Runtime | 42 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 20:00:00 |