Pound Puppies (2010 TV series)


Pound Puppies is an animated children's television series that premiered on the Hub Network on Sunday, October 10, 2010, in the United States. Pound Puppies also aired on YTV in Canada and on Boomerang in the UK, Ireland and Australia. The series is produced by Hasbro Studios. It was the second series, after the 1986 series, to adapt Pound Puppies into a cartoon format. It is a kid-friendly cartoon, and is designed to appeal to children and their families. It has also featured very well-known voice actors, such as Betty White.
Pound Puppies was a property by Tonka, after Hasbro's acquisition of the company, it is now managed by the latter.
For the first 7 episodes, 9 Story Entertainment did the animation production, but DHX Media/Vancouver took over production starting with episode 8. It bears some resemblance in plot style and music to the '60s TV series Hogan's Heroes and to films like Stalag 17 and The Great Escape.
On July 9, 2012, it was announced that Pound Puppies was one of four original series from The Hub that won the CINE Golden Eagle Award for high quality production and storytelling.
In August 2012, it was announced that 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.

Plot

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 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 him/her a dog tag shaped like a dog house as a parting gift, along with the quote, "Once a pound puppy, always a pound puppy."

Characters

Pound Puppies

The following dogs appear regularly in the series.

Crew

Toys

In Summer 2012, Hasbro released a line of toys for The Hub's Pound Puppies series, consisting mainly of plush toys and small figures. Each plush toy comes with an 'Adoption Certificate' tag that one can fill out. One can also access an official website and download a Pound Puppies adoption.certificate.

Home media

Distributed by Shout! Factory.
TitleRelease DateEpisodesAdditional Features
Homeward PoundMarch 6, 2012
  • "Homeward Pound"
  • "My Fair Rebound"
  • "Quintuplets"
  • "The K9 Kid"
  • "Zoltron"
Bonus Feature- "Learn to Draw Lucky!"
Super Secret Pup ClubOctober 16, 2012
  • "Bone Voyage"
  • "Mutternal Instincts"
  • "The Fraud Princess"
  • "The Super Secret Pup Club"
  • "The Ruff Ruff Bunch"
  • Mission: AdoptionMay 21, 2013
  • "King of the Heap"
  • "Taboo"
  • "Snow Problem"
  • "Zipper the Zoomit Dog"
  • "There's Something About Camelia"
  • Bonus feature- Printable adoption certificate
    Holiday HijinksNovember 5, 2013
  • "I Heard the Barks on Christmas Eve"
  • "I Never Barked for My Father"
  • "Barlow"
  • "Good Dog, McLeish!"
  • "The Prince and the Pupper"
  • A Perfect MatchApril 8, 2014
  • "The Yipper Caper"
  • "Hello Kitten"
  • "No More S'mores"
  • "Beauty Is Only Fur Deep"
  • "Working K9 To 5"
  • Puppy LoveFebruary 3, 2015
  • "Toyoshiko! Bark Friend Machine"
  • "McLeish Unleashed"
  • "The General"
  • "When Niblet Met Giblet"
  • "Rebound's First Symphony"
  • Bonus feature- Printable valentine
    Pick of the LitterJuly 14, 2015
  • "Dog on a Wire"
  • "Pound Preemies"
  • "Cuddle Up Buttercup"
  • "The Pups Who Loved Me"
  • "I'm Ready for My Close Pup"
  • Rare PairJanuary 19, 2016
  • "Catcalls"
  • "The Really Weird Dog"
  • "The Call of the Squirreldog"
  • "Kennel Kittens Return"
  • "Once a Ralph, Always a Ralph"
  • Showstopping PupsApril 16, 2016
  • "The Accidental Pup Star"
  • "It's Elementary, My Dear Pup Club"
  • "Hot Dawg!"
  • "The Watchdogs"
  • "Back in Action"
  • Halloween at Shelter 17August 30, 2016
  • "Nightmare on Pound Street"
  • "Rebel Without a Collar"
  • "Fright at the Museum"
  • "The Truth is in Hear"
  • "Little Monster"
  • "Lord of the Fleas"
  • Puppy PartyDecember 13, 2016
  • "Rebound"
  • "Olaf in Love"
  • "Puddles the Problem Pup"
  • "Hail to the Chief"
  • "All Bark and Little Bite"
  • "Doubles Trouble"
  • "The Road to Empawerment"