New “Pound Puppies” Series In Development

[The Huntsman]

I was looking through LinkedIn, a site that I’ve fallen in love with recently, and somebody had this on their résumé.

Discovery Hasbro Network
(Entertainment Industry)
December 2009 – Present (4 Months)
I be writing and editing scripts on the new “Pound Puppies” show.

I suppose it makes sense. Hasbro wants to use what they own to fill their new network, but I’m curious as to what exactly it will be like. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything else.

[Speedy Cerviche]

Sounds interesting. I wonder if they'll be basing it slightly on the old 80's cartoon (reuse the old characters, that sort of thing) or go in a completely different direction.

[Ethereal]

And of course, there were technically 3 different versions in the 80s.

Season One and Season Two were like apples and oranges (although the voice actors were the same) and the Legend of Big Paw feature film was different still.

I'm one of the original show's number one fans (despite the discrepancies between the 2 seasons - perhaps the 2nd season can be viewed as taking place in an alternate world/continuity), and while I don't want to get my hopes up about what seems to be in the works (considering how they've botched up cartoons like MY LITTLE PONY in the 2000s), I'll be waiting with baited breath to see what they do....

I would LOVE to hear Pat Carroll as Katrina Stoneheart again (although sadly, Adrienne Alexander who was the voice of Brattina seems to have dropped off the radar - - she was a *RIOT* in the role; one of my absolute favourites!!! In fact, Katrina, Brattina and Catgut are most likely my ALL-TIME FAVOURITE FAMILY from *ANY* TV show!!!! No jokes. )

[Mandouga]

Actually, there are four versions. You forgot the original TV special (included on a DVD found in certain PP toys).

"Discovery Hasbro Network"? I'm guessing this means "The Hub"?

[Blackstar]

Well, this is a surprise. Up to now, I thought that Pound Puppies was officially a dead franchise (I haven't heard anything about the toys in literally years). But if Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, G.I. Joe, Holly Hobbie and Rainbow Brite can get a 21st century revival, why not Pound Puppies?

[TheGunheart]

Oh, so that's what the dog in the Hub logo was:

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...vealed-169280/

[RonDrakenfan17]

Its kind of odd that they'd bring this show back from the dead.
Its been gone for a long time now, does this mean will be seeing other 80's shows back too? I wouldn't mind having another season of Rescue Rangers

[Jeff Harris]

I wouldn't mind having another season of Rescue Rangers

Yeah, that's - - that's not happening. Disney's not bringing that back. Hasbro is largely having fun with this channel, and I'm glad they are.

[SF4Ever]

Sounds interesting. I wonder if they'll be basing it slightly on the old 80's cartoon (reuse the old characters, that sort of thing) or go in a completely different direction.

Interesting, yes. I remember the first Pound Puppies series, back in the mid 1980's, produced by Hanna-Barbera. If Pound Puppies happens to resurface, I wonder which studio will produce it? I was thinking Classic Media, Inc., which also produces Cartoon Network's recent George of the Jungle series as well as 3-2-1 Penguins on NBC Saturday morning. Something to think about.

[AdamYJ]

Its kind of odd that they'd bring this show back from the dead.
Its been gone for a long time now, does this mean will be seeing other 80's shows back too? I wouldn't mind having another season of Rescue Rangers

Your best chance of seeing anything new Rescue Rangers related is to hope Boom Studios does a comic book series about them after they do the Darkwing Duck one.

[zoombie]

If more Hasbro shows outside of the big two, Transformers and GI Joe will get a rivials, that would be interesting. One show in particular I would love to see is Jem.

I hope they don't change too much, like have the whole series take place in a world full of antrophobic animals, like the reverse of what they did with the Underdog movie. There is a chance that all of the characters are different, though I think Cooler will still be there.

[Light Lucario]

Well, this is a nice little surprise. I didn't think that they would remake Pound Puppies. I barely remember the series. I only can recall a couple of the puppies. I'm a big puppy-dog kind of person, so I'll most likely watch a bit of it when it premiers.

[RonDrakenfan17]

Your best chance of seeing anything new Rescue Rangers related is to hope Boom Studios does a comic book series about them after they do the Darkwing Duck one.

Oh darn, I was hopping they were brining some good 80 cartoons back

[Jeff Harris]

If more Hasbro shows outside of the big two, Transformers and GI Joe will get rivals that would be interesting. One show in particular I would love to see is Jem.

Well... they are looking into their back-catalog for other franchises to exploit. Micronauts and My Little Pony are coming, and Jem MIGHT, repeat, MIGHT be coming in within the first two years of the block since Hasbro is kind of preparing a revival of that line in the coming years last time I read.

Oh darn, I was hoping they were bringing some good 80 cartoons back

Who said they aren't?

Hasbro has a massive library of animated and live-action titles over the decades already in the can, and they're going to air them somewhere on The Hub.

[zoombie]

Well... they are looking into their back-catalog for other franchises to exploit. Micronauts and My Little Pony are coming, and Jem MIGHT, repeat, MIGHT be coming in within the first two years of the block since Hasbro is kind of preparing a revival of that line in the coming years last time I read.

Who said they aren't?


Hasbro has a massive library of animated and live-action titles over the decades already in the can, and they're going to air them somewhere on The Hub.

Well it makes more sense to produce new series of these franchises instead of showing reruns of the old shows, though it would be much more cost efficent to just show reruns. But there target audiance is kids, let's face it only so far you can go with reruns especially with kids, if they see something older than them, they might not be interested.

Actully I heard they might do a Jem live action movie first. If they ever did a new Jem series, I personal wish they would give it to the Japanese like Toei Animation, but that might be unrealistic to ask.

But a new Jem series would interest me for a lot of reasons, one of them being it was so 80's fashion and technology based. You watched an old episode of Jem you knew it took place in the 1980's. Love to see what would happen in todays world. For example they could remake episode plots for todays world. For example "Glitter And Gold" the plot was about who could sell the more LPs at a record store chain. They could remake it about of a contest who's songs have the most downloads. And the fictional gossip magazine Cool Trash magazine could instead be a blog or something like TMZ.

Back on the subject of Pound Puppies, what does this mean for the 1980's series, who owns the rights? Could it still air on Boomerang or not. We might have another Batman tv show conflict here. I heard that Hasbro settled a legal despute and gaining the rights to their cartoon shows. Does that include Pound Puppies or just the Sunbow shows?

[Jeff Harris]

Back on the subject of Pound Puppies, what does this mean for the 1980's series, who owns the rights?

Time Warner, by way of Hanna-Barbera. The official Pound Puppies site acknowledges that.

The Pound Puppies franchise itself isn't owned by Hasbro, nor Mattel, nor Play Along Toys, but rather a licensing group known as Pound Puppies, Inc. That's why Tonka, Galoob, Mattel, Play Along, and now Hasbro made the dolls.

Could it still air on Boomerang or not.

It can.

I heard that Hasbro settled a legal despute and gaining the rights to their cartoon shows. Does that include Pound Puppies or just the Sunbow shows?

Just the Sunbow shows, including The Great Space Coaster, and all those fun Marvel Animation-animated, Sunbow-produced Hasbro and Tonka productions.

[Blackstar]

Oh darn, I was hopping they were brining some good 80 cartoons back

Who are "they"? Rescue Rangers is Disney. Pound Puppies is not. There will be some revivals/reboots of some franchises from the 1980s, but those 2 franchises have noting whatsoever to do with each other.

[TheGunheart]

Well, this is a nice little surprise. I didn't think that they would remake Pound Puppies. I barely remember the series. I only can recall a couple of the puppies. I'm a big puppy-dog kind of person, so I'll most likely watch a bit of it when it premiers.

I'm looking at the art in that logo, and it looks like it's going to be something different: that really looks nothing like any of the original characters...

...Which makes sens, I suppose, since the characters in question were more or less invented for the cartoon, while the toys seemed to have more uniform designs that differed only in color.

It also looks like there'll be far less anthropomorphism going on, since the dog shown is apparently only wearing a collar.

[Silverstar]

I'm looking at the art in that logo, and it looks like it's going to be something different: that really looks nothing like any of the original characters...

...Which makes sens, I suppose, since the characters in question were more or less invented for the cartoon, while the toys seemed to have more uniform designs that differed only in color.

It also looks like there'll be far less anthropomorphism going on, since the dog shown is apparently only wearing a collar.

Well, the previous Pound Puppies cartoons were produced by Hanna-Barbera. This one, as far as we know, is not. So if we don't see Cooler, Whopper, Bright Eyes, Howler, Scrounger et al in this series it's not really a surprise.

[Mandouga]

The Pound Puppies franchise itself isn't owned by Hasbro, nor Mattel, nor Play Along Toys, but rather a licensing group known as Pound Puppies, Inc. That's why Tonka, Galoob, Mattel, Play Along, and now Hasbro made the dolls.

I don't mean to nitpick, but technically, they're not dolls, they're plush toys (i.e., the kind you can "cuddle" with and go to bed with, etc, like teddy bears, or toys like that).