Pound Puppies (2010 TV series)
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| Genre |
Comedy Adventure |
| Developed by | Wendy Moss Klein Nancy Steingard Paul Germain Joe Ansolabehere |
| Written by |
Joe Ansolabehere Bart Jennett Rachel Lipman Eric Trueheart Mark Drop Tony Infante Paul Germain Billiam Coronel Julie Selbo Silvia Olivas Steven Tsapelas Rich Fogel Mike Ferris Nancy Steingard Peter Hannan Janna King Alan Hanson Evan Gore Merriwether Williams Chelsea Meyer Rich Whitley Stephen Cedars Temple Mathews Phil Walsh Eric Shaw Benji Kleiman Sib Ventress |
| Directed by |
DHX Media: Greg Sullivan Jos Humphrey Tim Stuby (Season 3) 9 Story Entertainment: Richard Weston (7 episodes) |
| Voices of |
Eric McCormack René Auberjonois Yvette Nicole Brown John DiMaggio Michael Rapaport Alanna Ubach M. Emmet Walsh Brooke Goldner Cree Summer Jessica DiCicco Betty White |
| Theme music composer | Jonathan Evans for Spaceman Music |
| Opening theme | "Pound Puppies" |
| Ending theme | "Pound Puppies" (instrumental) |
| Composer(s) |
Daniel Ingram Steffan Andrews |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Alfred Gimeno Elana Adair |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Hasbro Studios Paul & Joe Productions (season 1) 9 Story Entertainment (2010, episodes 1–7) DHX Media/Vancouver (2011–2013, episodes 8–65) |
| Distributor |
DHX Media Hasbro Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | The Hub / Hub Network |
| Picture format | 16:9 widescreen, 1080i (HD) 4:3 letterboxed, 480i (SD) |
| Audio format | 2.0 Stereo 5.1 surround |
| Original release | October 10, 2010 – November 16, 2013 |
Pound Puppies is an American/Canadian animated series that premiered on Hub Network (as a Hub Original Series) on October 10, 2010, in the United States. Pound Puppies also aired on YTV in Canada and on Boomerang in the UK, Ireland and Australia. The series is produced by Hasbro Studios. It is the second series, after the 1986 series, to adapt Pound Puppies into a cartoon format. It is a kid-friendly cartoon, and is designed to appeal to children and their families. It has also featured very well-known voice actors, such as Betty White.
Pound Puppies was originally a property of Tonka, but after Hasbro's acquisition of the company, it is now managed by the latter.
For the first 7 episodes, 9 Story Entertainment did the animation production, but DHX Media/Vancouver took over production starting with episode 8. It bears some resemblance in plot style and music to the '60s TV series Hogan's Heroes and to films like Stalag 17 and The Great Escape.
On July 9, 2012, it was announced that Pound Puppies was one of four original series from The Hub that won the CINE Golden Eagle Award for high quality production and storytelling.
In August 2012, it was announced that the season 1 episode "I Never Barked for My Father" was honored with the HUMANITAS Prize for excellence in writing for children's television animation.
The Pound Puppies is a group of dogs who spend most of their time at Shelter 17. Together with a group of squirrels recruited by Strudel, an incredibly smart Dachshund, they operate a secret and highly sophisticated underground facility beneath the pound, aimed at finding new owners for puppies or even grown up dogs that come to their pound. They rely on their motto, "A pup for every person, and a person for every pup". Although the facility is filled with advanced equipment (mainly built by Strudel and the squirrels) and is often shown bustling with activity, it consistently manages to avoid detection by the pound's clueless human staff. Several episodes have shown that there are multiple Pound Puppies units worldwide. There is also a similar organization, the "Kennel Kittens", which is a group of cats at the Happy Valley shelter that try to find forever homes for the kittens and cats that come their way. The Kennel Kittens have appeared in several episodes, and often mess up the Pound Puppies' missions. The Pound Puppies also have an unofficial side branch, the "Super Secret Pup Club".
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