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October 10, 2010 – November 16, 2013
Pound Puppies is an animated children's television series developed by Wendy Klein Moss, Nancy Steingard, Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere for the Hub Network. It premiered on October 10, 2010 in the United States as the first Hub "original series". It also aired on YTV in Canada and on Boomerang in the UK, Ireland and Australia. Produced by Hasbro Studios, it was the second series (after the 1986 series) to adapt Pound Puppies into a cartoon format. Originally a property by Tonka, Hasbro acquired Tonka itself and currently manages Pound Puppies. The plot style and music were similar to the 1960s TV series Hogan's Heroes and to films like Stalag 17 and The Great Escape. The first seven episodes of the series were animated by 9 Story Entertainment, but DHX Media/Vancouver took over to animate the series from episode 8 onwards.
The show is known for being one of four original series from The Hub to win the CINE Golden Eagle Award for high quality production and storytelling in July 2012; one month later, 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. 65 episodes were produced.
Storyline[]
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".
A recurring plot often involves the Pound Puppies helping dogs find loving homes and coming across various challenges as they do so. Once a dog is successfully matched with a new owner, the Pound Puppies give them a dog tag shaped like a dog house as a parting gift, along with the quote, "Once a pound puppy, always a pound puppy".
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TV Song Intro[]
Sound Effects Used[]
- Hollywoodedge, Big Crunchy Bite CRT026401
- Hollywoodedge, Gooey Splat CRT052405
- Hollywoodedge, Object Being Squashe PE105101
- Hollywoodedge, Object Being Squashe PE105201
- Hollywoodedge, Object Being Squashe PE105301
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Body Hit 1 Thud PE100801
- Hollywoodedge, Swish 11 Double Swish PE117001 (Heard once in "Lucky Gets Adopted".)
- Hollywoodedge, Very Wet Lip Smackin CRT026505
- Sound Ideas, BELL, FIGHT - BOXING RING FIGHT BELL: SINGLE RING, SPORTS (Heard once in the intro.)
- Sound Ideas, BURP - MEDIUM BURP, HUMAN 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SEVERAL RUBBER SQUEAKS, STRETCH (Heard once in "Lucky Gets Adopted".)
- Sound Ideas, DOG - PUPPY, YELP, WHINE & BARK, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, DOG, POMERANIAN - SMALL DOG, BARKING, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, EATING, CARTOON - BIG GLOPPY CHEWING
- Sound Ideas, EATING, CARTOON - LOUD SLOPPY CHEWING
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 01 (Heard once in the intro.)
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SINGING SWORD (Heard once in "Beauty is Only Fur Deep".)
- Sound Ideas, SPACE, COMPUTER - SPACE SHIP CONSOLE: BEEP, ELECTRONIC, SCI FI 02 (Heard once in the intro.)
- Sound Ideas, SQUIRREL - CHATTERING, ANIMAL, RODENT (Universal Studios) (Heard once in "Lucky Gets Adopted".)
Image Gallery[]
Pound Puppies (2010)/Image Gallery