Popples (1986 TV series)

Popples
Starring Valri Bromfield
Louise Vallance
Sharon Noble
Jeannie Elias
Donna Christie
Blake Hauser
Danny Mann
Maurice LaMarche
Country of origin France
United States
No. of episodes 44 (3 unaired)
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) American Greetings
DIC Entertainment
LBS Communications
Distributor DHX Media (currently)
Release
Original release September 13, 1986 – July 18, 1987

Popples is a Saturday morning cartoon, based on the Popples toys, that aired in the United States from 1986 to 1987. The pilot was a live-action Shelley Duvall special, in which they were puppets and marionettes; after this was well-received, it was decided to make a cartoon series with the same characters. The cartoon was produced by DIC Entertainment and LBS Communications in association with The Maltese Companies.

Like the toys they're based on, the Popples resemble colorful teddy bears/rabbits with long, pompom-tipped tails, and they have pouches on their backs that can be everted so they resemble fuzzy balls. All the Popples stutter when they say words with the letter "P" in them. The name "Popple" is a reference to the popping sound they make when unfolding themselves from such a ball, or pulling objects from their pouches. In the cartoon Popples commonly pull large items from their pouches that couldn't possibly fit inside, which come from hammerspace; in "Popples Alley", one of the Popples' human friends looks inside one of their pouches and sees numerous objects floating in a void.

Nine of the Popples live with a human brother and sister, Billy and Bonnie Wagner. Billy and Bonnie think they are the only kids who have Popples until a neighbor family moves in and they have their own Popples — the Rock Stars, Pufflings, and Babies. The Popples tend to make the kids activities go out of hand, but with beneficial results by the end. The plot revolved around the children's efforts to hide the existence of the Popples from the adults around them, although their existence is found out by the Wagner parents in the pilot and not in the cartoons.

The Popples also had a comic book series from Star Comics (an imprint of Marvel Comics).

A new Netflix series based on the characters premiered in October 2015.[1][2]

Characters

The humans

Bonnie & Billy's Popples

Mike & Penny's Popples

Sports Popples

This was a group of six sports-themed Popples who appeared in only two episodes: "Decatha-Pop-A-Lon Popples" (in which all six appeared) and "Popple Cheer" (in which all but Cuester appeared). The only previously established character they ever make contact with is Bonnie, in the latter cartoon, where they explain they're "new in the neighbourhood".

The Sports Popples each specialize in one sport, wears an outfit based on that sport, and folds into an appropriate type of ball. Even their tails are shaped like sports balls:

Voice Cast

Character Season 1 Season 2
Bonnie Barbara Redpath Valri Bromfield
Billy Noam Zylberman
Mom Diane Fabian N/A
Mike N/A Valri Bromfield
Penny Jeannie Elias
Party Stevie Vallance
PC Hadley Kay Danny Mann
Pancake Pauline Rennie Sharon Noble
Prize Stevie Vallence
Puffball Stevie Vallence
Puzzle Dan Hennessey Maurice LaMarche
Pretty Bit Linda Sorenson N/A
Putter Len Carlson Danny Mann
Potato Chip Jazmin Lausanne Donna Christie
Punkster N/A Danny Mann Punkity - Stevie Vallence

Popples episodes

Popples broadcast 47 episodes, including the pilot, with two segments contained in each half-hour show. Both of the season's intros and endings are different.

Season 1 (1986–87)

  1. "Popples: The Movie" (two-reel, live-action) – September 6, 1986
  2. "Popples Panic at the Library" – September 13, 1986
  3. "Cookin' Up a Storm" – September 20, 1986
  4. "Molars and Bicuspids and Popples" – September 27, 1986
  5. "The Treasure of Popple Beach" – October 4, 1986
  6. "Popping at the Car Wash" – October 11, 1986
  7. "Springtime's a Poppin" – October 18, 1986
  8. "Popples Play Pee Wee Golf" – October 25, 1986
  9. "Popples Flood the Fluff n' Fold" – November 1, 1986
  10. "Clean Sweep of Things" – November 8, 1986
  11. "Poppin' Wheelies" – November 15, 1986
  12. "Bonnie's Popple Party" – November 22, 1986
  13. "Aisles of Trouble" – November 29, 1986
  14. "Popples Paint Party" – December 6, 1986
  15. "Pop-Paring For Bed" – December 13, 1986
  16. "Poppolympics" – December 20, 1986
  17. "Sports Shop Pop" – December 27, 1986
  18. "Takin' Out the Trash" – January 3, 1987
  19. "A Hair-Raising Experience" – January 10, 1987
  20. "Pop Goes the Radio" – January 17, 1987
  21. "Poppin' Pillow Talk" – January 24, 1987
  22. "Popples Alley" – Sometime between January 24–31 1987
  23. "Where the Pop Flies" – January 31, 1987
  24. "Hooray For Hollywood Popples" – February 7, 1987
  25. "Backyard Bigtop" – February 14, 1987
  26. "Backyard Adventure" – February 21, 1987
  27. "Poppin' at the Drive-In" – February 28, 1987

Season 2 (1987)

  1. "Popplin' Around the Block" – March 7, 1987
  2. "Moving Day" – March 14, 1987
  3. "Tree House Capers" – March 21, 1987
  4. "No Bizness Like Popple Bizness" – March 28, 1987
  5. "Museum Peace" – April 4, 1987
  6. "Lemonade Stand-Off" – April 11, 1987
  7. "Popple Post Office" – April 18, 1987
  8. "Funhouse Folly" – April 25, 1987
  9. "Fixer-Upper Popples" – May 2, 1987
  10. "Rock Around the Popples" – May 9, 1987
  11. "The College of Popple Knowledge" – May 16, 1987
  12. "Popple Cheer" – May 23, 1987
  13. "Barn Hoopla" – May 30, 1987
  14. "The Jellybean Jamboree" – June 6, 1987
  15. "Private Eye Popples" – June 13, 1987
  16. "The Repair Shop" – June 20, 1987
  17. "Decatha-Pop-A-Lon Popples" – June 27, 1987
  18. "Cuckoo Choo Choo" – July 4, 1987
  19. "The Popple Fashion Parade" – July 11, 1987
  20. "Poppin' at the Zoo" – July 18, 1987

Availability

Popples Volume One included several episodes: Popples Panic at the Library, The College of Popple Knowledge, Molars and Bicuspids and Popples, The Treasure of Popple Beach, Poppin' at the Car Wash, Springtime's a Poppin, Popples Play Pee Wee Golf, Popples Flood, The Fluff 'N' Fold, Clean Sweep of Things

See also

References

  1. ↑ Blake, Emily (September 24, 2014). "Popples are getting their own original Netflix series". Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/30/9420555/netflix-amazon-prime-new-movies-tv-shows-october-2015
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