Doggy and Friends is an American animated television series Created by Tom Rugger and Ted Blenny and Produced by Fuzzy Productions and BuzzyGuts Television. The Series is based on the cartoon character of the same name. It Premiered on Omega Network from September 6, 1997 and aired new episodes on the network until March 23, 2003 it moved to TheDoggy on September 12, 2003 until it's cancelnation on March 30, 2019, it was replaced by Doggy's Mixed-Up Adventures which premiered on Febraury 3, 2019.
Doggy and Friends is one of Omega Network and TheDoggy's most successful animated franchises. It received high viewership in the United States on cable television and influenced the development of merchandise, live tours, spin offs, crossovers and movies. A theatrical film, Doggy and Friends: The Movie, was released in July 3, 2000, while two other follow ups titled Doggy 2: The Mirror of Doggy was released on August 14, 2002 and Doggy 3: The Cyberchase Movie was released on July 14, 2008. Two spinoffs, The Carry Cat Show premiered on Omega Network on May 3, 1999 and Albert and Bob premiered on Omega Network and TheDoggy on September 8, 2003. Critics praised for the show's writing, humor and wordbuilding of the franchise. Citing it's appeal to a wide of ranges of ages, however, some critics cited for it's repetitive feedback and lack of sensibly.
Doggy and Friends has won a variety of awards including six Annie Awards, eight Golden Reel Awards, four Emmy awards, two BAFTA Children's Awards. A Broadway musical based on it opened in 2017 to critical acclaim.
Synopsis[]
Doggy the Dog is on vacation with his girlfriend Doggette and champion pal Carry Cat. While's he's on adventures with his fellow mates, he could eaten an bone by an mistake and his co-stars are planning on making an show for him. Doggy got more inspections to make the world an better place and his friendships between his pals are always the best, however he is fouled and massively distracted by an evil and crude bule monster named Blizter, the arch-ememy of him, however he and his Friends, always count on him to defeat and blast him out using their wacky antics and going on the wackyiest adventures by meeting other's all befined to deeply friendship that will ever ended on an brand new boned adventure in their city, Doggyville, USA.
Characters[]
Main[]
- Doggy (Voiced by Frank Welker) is the show's main protagonist, he's an brown dog who is very fun-loving, enegetic, Friendly, goofy and happily to help with his friends, he has an good goal of woofing of the fouls of villains who tries to defend him, he's an clever one that nobody understands he's the best guy of his stars.
- Carry (Voiced by Greg Berg) is an orange cat who is very grouchy, lazy, cooperative and super greed on fish, who is Doggy's best friend and champion of him.
- Doggaette (Voiced by Grey Griffin) is an brown dog who is Doggy's girlfriend who loves flowers and pretty girly recipes perfume, she's the prettiest of them yet and her true love of fourtness.
- Doggy Jr. (Voiced by Rob Paulsen) Is an mischievous and fun-loving yet lovable nephew of Doggy, Junior always plays pranks and always plays with his toys, although he's supported to do work, Junior can be cheeky at many times.
- Randy (Voiced by Neil Ross) is an hopping loving and native bule rabbit who is the gang's comic relief, he's always loves his tricky rabbit carrots, but when someone asks for his carrots he's always tricks them with his screwy antics.
- Quilzo (Voiced by Nila Futterman) is an purple parrot who is really smart, caring and useful for her things, she believes that nobody never knew she ever brought up many of her inventions, through she acts very bossy and somewhat dimensional to her fellow friends, she is best friends with Doggaette.
Recurring[]
- Blips the Chef (Voiced by Jim Cummings) is an short-tempered yet polite chef who always make great repices about food to the customers.
- Crabby (Voiced by Billy West) is an loyal crab who is Blips' assistant and sidekick.
- Joses (Voiced by Greg Bergg) is an Blue dog who is Joseph's hyperactive cousin.
- Joseph (Voiced by Tom Kenny) is an red dog who is Jones' visual cousin.
- Mack Mugger (Voiced by Paul Winchell from Sesaons 1-7 and Corey Burton from Sesaons 8-21) is an fox who owns an supply store named Supply or What?.
- Pablo Penguin (Voiced by Jess Harnell) is an penguin who is mischievous and troublemaking problems, he enjoy making spray paint pranks on Iggy's Wall.
- Babble Bear (Voiced by Frank Welker) is an bear who loves eating honey.
- Iggy Polar (Voiced by Rob Paulsen) is an polar bear who is aware of Pablo's troublemaking.
- Mr. Koops (Voiced by Frank Welker) is an strong man who is looking for some to do exercises.
- Dennis (Voiced by Michael Bell) is Doggy's farm-trucking, immature father.
- Donia (Voiced by Katie Souice) is Doggy's hair salon loving mother.
- Granny Doodle (Voiced by June Foray from Sesaons 1-18 and Trees MacNeillie from Sesaons 19-21) is Doggy's cookie loving grandma.
- Chuck Chicken (Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is an jolly chicken.
- Moley Mole (Voiced by Charlie Alder) is an digging mole who is very loves of nature.
- Dippy (Voiced by Jim Cummings) is an red ball.
- Crazy George (Voiced by Maruice LaMarche) is an crazy and wacky kind-hearted man who always on sticky situations.
- George Washington (Voiced by Pat Flarey) is an fictional version of the real figure, he's often visits the gang's clubhouse to learn them about history.
- Marry Sue (Voiced by Tress MacNeillie) is an Heidi-wearing lady who loves singing.
- Period Parrot (Voiced by Neil Ross) is an sailor who been sailing for 50 years.
- The Groovie Busters - are an family of grooving loving family who often lives next door to Doggy.
- Benny Busters (Voiced by Charlie Alder) is the father and Henrietta's wife.
- Henrietta Busters (Voiced by Tress MacNeillie) is Henrietta's sife.
- Bobby Busters (Voiced by Jeff Bunnett) is the elderish son of the family.
- Sarah Busters (Voiced by Grey Griffin) is the daughter of the family.
- Andy Busters (Voiced by Didi Derryberry) is the youngest son of the family.
- Sammy Dooks (Voiced by Billy West) is an red flag.
- Pappy Sammers (Voiced by Rob Paulsen) is an yellow horse.
- Eddie Vaskis (Voiced by Tom Kenny) is an green rabbit.
Villains[]
- Blizter (Voiced by Jim Cummings) is an big, evil, aggront blue monster who is Doggy's arch-ememy and mad appocher, he's own an company named Raggie Blizter Inc., where he makes copies of himself and rules to plans to ruin Doggy's day. He is super nice at his employees an every time his friends get annoying, he becomes an discrimination of himself.
- Blimpa (Voiced by Cree Summer) is an bule lovable and happy wife of Blizter, she has yellow curly hair and an white necklace. Unlike her husband, she's always nice to him.
- Blizter Jr. (Voiced by Trees MacNeillie) Is an small blue monster who is Blizter's nephew and co-workers, he is the counterpart of Doggy Jr.
- Dofo Door (Voiced by Frank Welker) is an greedy door.
- Macksters (Voiced by Rob Paulsen) is an monster fuzz who always to be an perfomance.
- Ms. Moopa (Voiced by Pat Flarey) is an dodging bearly teacher who barley teaches her friends and wants to kill the gang in Doggyville.
- Master Leeders (Voiced by Bradley Dee Baker) is an yellow knight who is an dystrophy guy who leads mainly on his Miami Suturing Situation.
- Dr. Fawns (Voiced by Cam Clarke) is an greedy inventor and sciencest deer who is very greed of his own money and wants to revenge on Doggy.
- Doggy-Bot (Voiced by Frank Welker) is an robot who is indencital to the actual Doggy, he's is an evil clone of Doggy after Dr. Fawns invented him and said to ruin his luck of duty.
Episodes[]
Main article: List of Doggy and Friends Episodes
Production[]
After Doggy and Pals ended on 1996. Doggy and Friends was first announced by BuzzyGuts Television in 1996 that their animated Studio decision with Fuzzy Productions and the first sesaon of the series was produced on 1996.
Broadcast[]
United States[]
- Omega Network (1997-2006)
- Omega Toons (2002-2006)
- Cartoon Network (1999-2004)
- Nickelodeon (2000-2006)
- Doggy Channel/TheDoggy (2003-Present)
- Qubo (2007-2019, 2021-Present)
- CBS (2000-2005)
- Telemundo (Latin American Spanish, 1998-Present)
Canada[]
- YTV (English, 1997-2006, 2019-Present)
- Teletoon (English/French, 1999-2019)
- Jeffery TV (English, 2005-Present)
- Teletoon Retro (English/French, 2007-2015)
Latin America and Brazil[]
- Omega Network (1998-Present)
- ZAZ (2000-2005)
- Cablin (1998-2011)
- The Big Channel (2001-Present)
- Chilevision (1999-Present)
- Canal 5 (1998-2003, 2011-2018)
- Cartoon Network (1999-Present)
- Doggy Channel/The Doggy (2003-Present)
- Boomerang (2002-Present)
- Magic Kids (1999-2005)
- Rebe Globo (1998-2005, 2008-2019)
- SBT (1999-2008)
Spain[]
- Canal+ (1998-2005)
- Clan TVE (2005-Present)
Portugal[]
- TV1 (1998-2005)
- TVP1 (2019-Present)
Germany[]
- ProSiben (1998-2005)
- Super RTL (2001-Present)
France[]
- France 3 (1998-Present)
- Gulli (2005-Present)
United Kingdom[]
- CITV (1998-2005)
- Channel 4 (1999-2005)
- Omega Network (1998-2005)
- Doggy Channel/TheDoggy (2003-Present)
- Pop (2008-2010)
- RTÉ2 (1999-2010, 2018-Present)
- Sky One (1999-2012)
- Nicktoons (2018-Present)
Italy[]
- Italia 1 (1998-2005)
- Frisbee (2010-2012)
- Rai 1 (2001-2003)
- Doggy Channel/The Doggy (2003-Present)
Japan[]
- NHK (1998-2005)
- TV Asahi (2019-Present)
- Doggy Channel/TheDoggy (2003-Present)
Reception[]
Critical Reception[]
Doggy and Friends has received positive reviews from critics particularly for it's appeal to different age groups, the show has earned numerous awards and accolades throughout it's run. James Poinewozik of Time mazagine described the title character as "BuzzyGuts' version of Homer Simpson" According to Laura Fries of Variety mazagine, the series is "a thoughtful and inventive cartoon about a hopelessly optimistic brown doggie dog ... Devoid of the double entendres rife in today's animated TV shows, thisis purely kid's stuff. ... However, that's not to say that Doggy and Friends is simplistic or even junevile. It's charming and whimsical, but clever enough to appeal to teens and collage-aged kids as well." The New York Times crtic Joyce Miliman said Doggy and Friends "is clever without being impenetrable to young viewers and Goofy with boring grown-ups to tears. It's the most charmimg and variable toon on television, and one of the weirdest, and it's good cheer would be irritating if he weren't too darned lovable and his world is so excellently strange ... Like Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Doggy joyfully dances on the fine line between fantasy and reality, gulielesness and camp, the warped and the sweet".
Awards and Accolades[]
Doggy and Friends has received many awards and nominations; among these are four Emmy Awards (Outstanding Special Class Animated Program in 2012; Outstanding Sound Editing - Animation" in 2014; Outstanding Children's Animated Series in 2018; and Outstanding Performer in 2018 for Kenny); six Annie Awards; and two BAFTA Children's Awards, Ross Lynch received a nomination for Outstanding Song dorythe theme song "The Doggy Dance Song" at the 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards.
Pull me over to The Moon Reference[]
On the 1950 Doggy cartoon short, "Take me to the Moon" features an reference for an characters to thought of their own summitnation and being felwed on the top of the moon falling of loops and loops that takes place in further missions and far in this version features Doggy and the gang felwing into different time periods and many more subjects.
Films[]
Doggy and Friends: The Movie[]
Main article: Doggy and Friends: The Movie
On March 30, 1999, during the night of the Sundance, a BuzzyGuts animation decision announced that an theatrical release film based on the series entitled Doggy and Friends: The Movie produced at BuzzyGuts Film Animation Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox Entertainment and features the voices of David Bowie, Will Ferell, Alec Baldwin, Demi Lovato, Kristen Bell, Ed Sheeran, and Jane Lynch as new characters. The Film was released in theaters on July 3, 2000 as a part of Doggy's 60th anniversary. The Film was about Doggy and the gang celebrating Doggy Jr's birthday at Tricky Top Carnival Ride, however an evil gang of Blizter's attack the city and it's up for the gang to stop him destroying the carnival or else it ruins Doggy Jr.'s birthday party.
Doggy 2: The Mirror of Doggy[]
Main article: Doggy 2: The Mirror of Doggy
A sequel to the 2000 original film, Doggy 2: The Mirror of Doggy was released on direct to video on August 14, 2002. The series' main cast reprised their roles with Dwayne Johnson, Gabriel Iglesias, Ilama Glazer, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves and Natasha Rothwell as new characters.
Doggy 3: The Cyberchase Movie[]
Main article: Doggy 3: The Cyberchase Movie
On September 30, 2006, BuzzyGuts announced a third film was in development. It will be a hybrid of 2D animation and 3D computer animation. In April 2007, Tom Bradley was named as directo, and the film's original title, The Virtual Daze of Doggy, was revealed. BuzzyGuts oringally scheduled a release date on March 30, 2008, later moving it earlier to May 7, 2008. The first poster along with a title change to The Cyberchase Movie was revealed on September 2008, with the first trailer releasing on September 14, it will be released on theaters on July 14, 2008.
Doggy 4: The Quest to save my Doghouse[]
An 2021 animated feature length film, titled Doggy 4: The Quest to save my Doghouse was released to theaters on July 1, 2021.
Spin-offs[]
The Carry Cat Show[]
Main article: The Carry Cat Show
A spin-off entitled The Carry Cat Show, was put on development by BuzzyGuts in March 1998, it will feature Carry Cat and his new assistant an snunk named Snaggle host an variety show on their warehouse apartment. The Series premiered on Omega Network on March 8, 1999 and later on TheDoggy on September 8, 2003 and ended on May 17, 2013.
Albert and Bobby[]
Main article: Albert and Bobby
On September 17, 1998, it was reported that a spinoff focusing and starring on two funny comic relief handymen characters named Albert Caruso and Bobby Evans, Titled Albert and Bobby, was in development and aired on Omega Network and TheDoggy on September 8, 2003 to March 30, 2009.
Specials and Crossovers[]
ials[]
Doggy meets Tizzy and Buzzy[]
Main article: Doggy meets Tizzy and Buzzy
A crossover between Doggy meets Tizzy and Buzzy was released on Omega Network on March 1, 1999.
Doggy saves Christmas[]
Main article: Doggy saves Christmas
An Christmas-Themed Doggy special titled Doggy saves Christmas was released on December 4, 1999.
Doggy: Heroes of the Day[]
Main article: Doggy: Heroes of the Day
An Superhero Fiction-themed special titled Doggy: Heroes of the Day was released on May 17, 2000.
Doggy's Spooky Halloween Adventure[]
Main article: Doggy's Spooky Halloween Adventures
An Halloween-themed special titled Doggy's Spooky Halloween Adventure was released on October 18, 2000.
Doggy meets Matthew and Timothy[]
Main article: Doggy meets Matthew and Timothy
An crossover special about Doggy meeting rocking duo Matthew and Timothy was released on May 17, 2001.
Doggy and Friends meets Looney Tunes[]
Main article: Doggy meets Looney Tunes
An crossover special of Doggy franchise meeting Looney Tunes acmes characters was released on July 12, 2001.
Doggy's Baseball All-Stars[]
Main article: Doggy's Baseball All-Stars
An special of Doggy and Friends playing an baseball game was released on March 18, 2002.
Doggy meets Home Improvement[]
Main article: Doggy meets Home Improvement
An crossover special of Doggy and the gang meeting Home Improvement cast was released on September 18, 2002.
Doggy: The Diggest Ride Yet[]
An Destruction-themed special titled Doggy: The Diggest Ride Yet was released on May 19, 2005.
Doggy's Easter Bunny Case[]
Main article: Doggy's Easter Bunny Case
An Easter-themed special titled Doggy's Easter Bunny Case was released on June 1, 2008.
Doggy's Valentine Card[]
Main article: Doggy's Valentine Card
An Valentine-themed special titled Doggy's Valentine Card was released on 2011.
Doggy in Wonderland[]
Main article: Doggy in Wonderland
Doggy in Wonderland was released on March 18, 2012.
Doggy and the Wizard of Oz[]
Main article: Doggy and the Wizard of Oz
An parody of The Wizard of Oz starring Doggy and the gang. It stars Doggaette was the role of Dorothy.
Doggy and Friends: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory[]
Main article: Doggy and Friends: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chocolate Factory[]
An crossover special of Doggy and Friends meeting Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters was released on March 29, 2017.
Doggy: The Quest at Blizter's Mayhem Castle[]
Main article: Doggy: The Quest at Blizter's Mayhem Castle
An special titled Doggy: The Quest at Blizter's Mayhem Castle. Featuring Doggy meeting two fairies named Pixie and Wixie and an goblin named Snotty, it shows how difficult to aways the indenty to stop Blizter making up into described intermission and defeat him in time. The special was released on March 2029 as an finale of Doggy and Friends.
Video Games[]
Numerous of video games based on the series have been produced. Some of the early games include: Doggy vs. The Blizter Mayhem (1999), Doggy's Go Kart Racing (1999), Doggy and Friends: The Movie Game (2000), Doggy's Building Inspections (2000), Doggy saves The Day (2001). Modern games such as Doggy and the Frogging Invaders (2005), Doggy: The Quest of Roman Castle (2006), Doggy gone Wild (2008). Mobile games were released on such as Doggy's House Builder (2010) and Doggy Run (2012) were released for IOS and android devices.
Comic Books[]
In 1999, An 32-Paged Bimonthly comic book series, Doggy and Friends comics, was announced in November 1999 and debuted the following in February. Before this, Doggy and Friends comics had been published in Omega Network mazagine, and episodes of the television series had been adapted by IDW publishing, but Doggy and Friends Comics was the first American comic series devoted soley to Doggy and Friends. It also served as Doggy and Friends creators Tom Rugger's and Ted Blenny's debut as a comic book author. The series was published by it's production company, Fuzzy Productions and disturbed by Bongo Comics Group. Rugger and Blenny described the stories from the comic books as "original and always true to the humor, characters, and the universe of the Doggy and Friends series." Leading up to release of the series, they said, "I'm hoping that fans will enjoy finally having a SpongeBob comic book from me."
Theater[]
Main article: Doggy: The Musical
Doggy and Friends was adapted as a stage musical in 2017 by director Jennifer Lee. Doggy: The Musical premiered in New York in 2018 and opened at the Broadway at the Palace Theatre on December 4, 2018. The Musical opened to critical acclaim, and tied for most-nominated production at the 2023 27nd Tony Awards with twelve Tony nominations.
Gallery[]
Merchandise[]
The popularity of Doggy and Friends inspired by merchandise from Plush Toys to posters. It was reported that the franchise generated as estimated $8 billion in merchandising revenue for BuzzyGuts. Doggy and Friends is viewed in 170 countries and 24 speaking languages (mainly Japanese), and has become "a killer merchandising app". The title character and his friends have been used as a theme for special editions of well-known family board games, including Monopoly, Life and Uno.
Kids' meal tie-ins have been released in fast food restaurants in many parts of the world, including Burger King in North America and Europe, as well as Wendy's in north America and many more.