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Pound Puppies
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Genre	Adventure Comedy
Based on	Pound Puppies by Tonka
Written by	Tom Ruegger
Directed by	Alan Zaslove
Voices of	Dan Gilvezan Ron Palillo Alan Oppenheimer Gail Matthius Don Messick Adrienne Alexander Frank Welker Joanne Worley
Composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna Joseph Barbera Patrick S. Feely (for Tonka Corporation)
Producers	Mitch Schauer Lois Hanrahan (for Tonka Corporation)
Editor	Gil Iverson
Running time	36 min.
Production companies	Hanna-Barbera Productions Tonka Corporation
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	October 26, 1985 (1985-10-26)

The Pound Puppies is an animated television special, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, based on the popular toy line from Tonka, which aired in syndication on October 26, 1985, paired with Star Fairies. The story is a spoof of the 1963 film The Great Escape.

Characters in the special included the Fonzie-styled leader Cooler (voiced by Dan Gilvezan), the cheerleader Bright Eyes (voiced by Adrienne Alexander), and a dog with a very nasal like New York accent known only as "The Nose" (voiced by Joanne Worley), and the goofy inventor aptly named Howler (voiced by Frank Welker), who can only howl.

Plot

A female dog from a wealthy aristocratic family named Violet Vanderfeller is being pursued by dognappers when she is picked up and taken to the city pound. There, she meets the gang and discovers their mission to find homes for themselves. The film plot centers on Violet (whom Cooler insists on referring to as "Sam") attempting to reunite with her family, ultimately succeeding. Two other dogs appeared in the special. They were the upper-class snob Barkerville and the garbage-can-digging Scrounger.

Voice cast

• Charles Adler – Flack
• Adrienne Alexander – Bright Eyes
• Ed Begley, Jr. – Arnold
• Sorrell Booke – The Mayor
• Vicky Carroll – The Doc
• Laura Duff - Additional Voice
• June Foray – Mother Superior
• Henry Gibson – Nabbit
• Dan Gilvezan – Cooler
• Gail Matthius – Violet
• Don Messick – Louie, Itchy
• Garrett Morris – The Chief
• Alan Oppenheimer – Barker
• Ron Palillo – Scrounger
• Avery Schreiber – Tubbs
• Frank Welker – Howler, Catgut, Snichey
• Jonathan Winters – Bigelow
• Joanne Worley – Nose

Home media

The special was released on VHS in 1986 by Family Home Entertainment and is available on a DVD which comes with certain Pound Puppies toys.

References

1. Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 313–314. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
2. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 638–639. ISBN 978-1476665993.

External links

• The Pound Puppies (TV special) at IMDb

• 1985 animated films
• 1980s American animated films
• 1985 television films
• 1985 films
• American children's films
• American television films
• Animated films based on toys
• First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
• Hanna-Barbera animated films
• Hanna-Barbera television specials
• Pound Puppies
• Tonka films
• Films directed by Alan Zaslove
• Films directed by Ray Patterson (animator)
• Films scored by Hoyt Curtin
• 1980s children's animated films
• 1980s English-language films