Popples
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First Air DateSep 13, 1986
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Production
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Rotten tomato59%
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Original titlePopples
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ReleaseSep 13, 1986
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Overview
Popples was 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 or rabbits with long, pompom-tipped tails, and they have pouches on their backs that can be everted so they resemble fuzzy balls. 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 come around and mess up whatever the kids are trying to do; e.g., if the kids are trying to brush their teeth, the Popples end up spilling water, toothpaste and soap all over the bathroom. If the kids are trying to clean their rooms, the Popples come along, mess up the room even worse and then help them get everything back to normal just in the nick of time. The plot revolved around the children's efforts to hide the existence of the Popples from the adults around them.
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Casts
Specials ( )
Cuckoo Choo Choo
The Popple Fashion Parade
Popples Alley
Poppin' at the Zoo
Popples: The Movie
Season 1 ( 1986-09-13)
Popples Panic at the Library
Cookin Up a Storm
Molars And Biscuspids, And Popples
Treasure Of Popple Beach
Popping at the Car Wash
Springtime's A Poppin
Popples Play Pee Wee Golf
Popples Flood The Fluff-N-Fold
Clean Sweep Of Things
Poppin' Wheelies
Bonnie's Popple Part
Aisles Of Trouble
Popples Paint Party
Pop-Paring For Bed
Poppolympics
Sports Shop Pop
Taking Out The Trash
A Hair-Raising Experience
Pop Goes The Radio
Poppin' Pillow Talk
Where The Pop Flies
Hurray For Hollywood
Backyard Bigtop
Backyard Adventure
Poppin At The Drive-In
Poppin' Around The Block
Moving Day
Tree House Capers
No Bizness Like Popple Bizness
Museum Peace
Lemonade Stand-Off
Popple Post Office
Funhouse Folly
Fixer-Upper Popples
Rock Around The Popples
The College Of Popple Knowledge
Popple Cheer
Barn Hoopla
The Jellybean Jamboree
Private Eye Popples
The Repair Shop
Decatha-Pop-A-Lon Popples
Cuckoo Choo Choo
The Popple Fashion Parade