Pound Puppies (film)

The Pound Puppies is an animated television special, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, based on the popular toy line from Tonka, which aired in syndication on October 26, 1985, paired with Star Fairies. The story is a spoof of the 1963 film The Great Escape.

Characters in the special included the Fonzie-styled leader Cooler (voiced by Dan Gilvezan), the cheerleader Bright Eyes (voiced by Adrienne Alexander), and a dog with a very nasal like New York accent known only as "The Nose" (voiced by Joanne Worley), and the goofy inventor aptly named Howler (voiced by Frank Welker), who can only howl.

Plot
A female dog from a wealthy aristocratic family named Violet Vanderfeller is being pursued by dognappers when she is picked up and taken to the city pound. There, she meets the gang and discovers their mission to find homes for themselves. The film plot centers on Violet (whom Cooler insists on referring to as "Sam") attempting to reunite with her family, ultimately succeeding. Two other dogs appeared in the special. They were the upper-class snob Barkerville and the garbage-can-digging Scrounger.

Voice cast

 * Charles Adler – Flack
 * Adrienne Alexander – Bright Eyes
 * Ed Begley, Jr. – Arnold
 * Sorrell Booke – The Mayor
 * Vicky Carroll – The Doc
 * Laura Duff - Additional Voice
 * June Foray – Mother Superior
 * Henry Gibson – Nabbit
 * Dan Gilvezan – Cooler
 * Gail Matthius – Violet
 * Don Messick – Louie, Itchy
 * Garrett Morris – The Chief
 * Alan Oppenheimer – Barker
 * Ron Palillo – Scrounger
 * Avery Schreiber – Tubbs
 * Frank Welker – Howler, Catgut, Snichey
 * Jonathan Winters – Bigelow
 * Joanne Worley – Nose

Home media
The special was released on VHS in 1986 by Family Home Entertainment and is available on a DVD which comes with certain Pound Puppies toys.