| Popples | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Popples.jpg) The show's logo with Party Popple | |
| Created by | Marie Cisterino Janet Jones Fran Kariotakis Janet Redding Susan Trentel |
| Starring | Barbara Redpath Noam Zylberman Louise Vallance Hadley Kay Diane Fabian Jazmin Lausanne Dan Hennessey Linda Sorensen Len Carlson Valri Bromfield Sharon Noble Jeannie Elias Donna Christie Blake Hauser Danny Mann Maurice LaMarche |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 44 |
| Production | |
| Production companies | American Greetings DIC Enterprises The Maltese Companies |
| Original release | |
| Network | First-run syndication |
| Release | September 13, 1986 – July 18, 1987 |
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Popples is an animated series, based on the Popples toys, created by Marie Cisterino, Janet Jones, Fran Kariotakis, Janet Redding, and Susan Trentel, that aired in syndication in the United States from 1986 to 1987 and Sky Channel in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1988.[1] The cartoon was produced by DIC Enterprises and LBS Communications in association with The Maltese Companies.
Like the toys which they are based on, the Popples resemble colorful teddy bears/rabbits with long, pompom-tipped tails, and they have pouches on their backs that allow them to curl into a fuzzy ball. 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.[2] In the cartoon Popples commonly pull large items from their pouches that could not 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.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 474. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 471–472. ISBN 978-1476665993.