Littlest Pet Shop (1995 TV series)

Littlest Pet Shop is an animated children's television series based on the toy franchise Littlest Pet Shop released by Kenner Products.[1] The series debuted on October 16, 1995 in the United States and syndicated to local stations by distributor Claster Television. It was produced by Sunbow Entertainment in the United States, and Créativité & Développement and AB Productions in France.[2]

For the 2012 television series, see Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series).
Littlest Pet Shop
Based onLittlest Pet Shop franchise
by Kenner Products
Directed byXavier Picard
Creative directorJay Bacal
Voices ofLynda Boyd
Garry Chalk
Babs Chula
Ted Cole
Ian James Corlett
Michael Donovan
Shirley Millner
Sarah Strange
Lee Tockar
Theme music composerGiacomo Cosenza
ComposerGiacomo Cosenza
Country of origin
  • United States
  • France
  • Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes40 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerRoy Wilson
EditorThierry Leray
Production companies
DistributorClaster Television
Release
Original networkSyndication
Original releaseOctober 16 (1995-10-16) –
December 8, 1995 (1995-12-08)
Chronology
Related shows

Plot

Littlest Pet Shop follows the lives of five miniature animals who live in a pet shop on Littlest Lane and have their own treehouse inside of the store.

Characters

Main
  • Stu (voiced by Michael Donovan) - A blue dog with a bumbling personality who happens to be a big eater.
  • Chloe (voiced by Babs Chula) - A sarcastic purple cat who has been reincarnated many times with her first life being in Ancient Egypt.
  • Viv (voiced by Lynda Boyd in a British accent) - A music-loving pink rabbit who sings and dances. She has a backing band that lives in her top hat.
  • Chet (voiced by Lee Tockar) - A macho yellow horse who acts like a cowboy.
  • Squeaks (vocal effects provided by Ted Cole) - A red monkey who loves bananas and speaks in monkey language that the other characters understand.

Recurring
  • Elwood P. Harvey (voiced by Ian James Corlett) - A man who runs the pet shop.
  • Delilah (voiced by Shirley Millner) - A normal-sized monitor lizard who plots to eat the pets and is owned by Elwood.
  • Sergeant Butch Kowalski (voiced by Garry Chalk) - A green militaristic hamster.
  • Rookie (voiced by Sarah Strange) - A hamster that works for Butch.
  • Bernice - A hamster and Butch's love interest.
  • Mumsy (voiced by Kathleen Barr) - An archaeologist and explorer who is Elwood's mother.

Episodes
No.TitleOriginal air date
1"What Do You Mean Little?"
"No Starch Please"		October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16)
2"Frogs!"
"The Closet Eater"		October 17, 1995 (1995-10-17)

"Frogs!": Three frogs -- Slimy, Warts and Fat -- come to the pet shop, but are pretty gross to the animals.

"The Closet Eater": Stu spoils his diet and almost becomes a meal for the lizard Delilah.
3"Chet, the Dream Horse"
"Going Bananas"		October 18, 1995 (1995-10-18)
4"Squeaks in Space"
"Are You My Mumsy?"		October 19, 1995 (1995-10-19)

"Squeaks in Space": Squeaks is held prisoner on a banana planet, the other animals coming to his rescue.

"Are You My Mumsy?": Elwood receives an egg in a package from Mumsy. After it is saved from Deliliah, the egg hatches into a baby dragon who befriends Viv and works to save her from Delilah in a rock opera musical number.
5"Scaredy Dog"
"Littlest Pit Stop"		October 20, 1995 (1995-10-20)
6"Treasure of Sierra Pet Shop / Really Big"October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)
7"The Bully Bugs / The Littlest Whodunit"October 24, 1995 (1995-10-24)
8"The Itch to Be Rich / Mechanical Madness"October 25, 1995 (1995-10-25)

  • "The Itch To Be Rich": Margabelle Crumbhorn, the world's richest girl, and her nanny brings Viv to their mansion when she tries to stop Shelby the Armadillo from causing trouble.
9"Inmate Rookie / A Game of Cat and Mouse and Dog"October 26, 1995 (1995-10-26)
10"Baby! / Littlest Pet Detective"October 27, 1995 (1995-10-27)
11"Belly of the Beast / Cops and Robbers and Pets, Oh My!"October 30, 1995 (1995-10-30)
12"The Deadly Derby / Return to Sender"October 31, 1995 (1995-10-31)
13"Attack of the Manwolf / My Fair Hamster"November 1, 1995 (1995-11-01)
14"Black-Out / Don't Rain on My Banana"November 2, 1995 (1995-11-02)
15"Do Not Solve Until Christmas / A Gift of Gab"November 3, 1995 (1995-11-03)
16"For the Love of Lovas / Obedience School"November 6, 1995 (1995-11-06)
17"Hamster-Lympics / King Squeaks"November 7, 1995 (1995-11-07)
18"Frankenstu / Wanted: Squeaks"November 8, 1995 (1995-11-08)
19"The Black Cat / Bunny Beat"November 9, 1995 (1995-11-09)
20"Travels With My Mumsy / The Best Things in Life Are Flea"November 10, 1995 (1995-11-10)
21"Littlest Pet Shop of Biggest Horrors / The Jungle Novella"November 13, 1995 (1995-11-13)
22"The Rotten Apple / Nothing Up My Sleeve"November 14, 1995 (1995-11-14)
23"Curse of the Mumsy / Whenever Lola Laughs"November 15, 1995 (1995-11-15)
24"Squeaks' Sibling Rivalry / Slinging Fur"November 16, 1995 (1995-11-16)
25"Kowalski and Juliet / Mind Over Monkey"November 17, 1995 (1995-11-17)
26"They Came from Beyond the Dumpster / Lonesome Chet"November 20, 1995 (1995-11-20)
27"Squeaks on a Stick / The Bug House"November 21, 1995 (1995-11-21)
28"My Fair Rookie / Farewell, Delilah"November 22, 1995 (1995-11-22)
29"Stu Man and Super Squeaks / The Bugs in the Wall Gang"November 23, 1995 (1995-11-23)
30"Night of the Elwood / Drained"November 24, 1995 (1995-11-24)
31"It's a Wonderful Hat / This Old Treehouse"November 27, 1995 (1995-11-27)
32"Informercial Superflyway / Dream Vacation"November 28, 1995 (1995-11-28)
33"The Mighty Clucks / Little Junior"November 29, 1995 (1995-11-29)
34"Wrecking Havoc / Chet Goes Hollywood"November 30, 1995 (1995-11-30)
35"The Young and the Vetless / Chloe Tells All"December 1, 1995 (1995-12-01)
36"Encino Mammoth / When in ROM"December 4, 1995 (1995-12-04)

  • "Encino Mammoth": The pets defrost a tiny woolly mammoth that is frozen in the ice rink. With Butch's help, they work to get the woolly mammoth good looking so that it can be sold by Elwood.
  • "When in ROM":
37"Chloe's Evil Twin / The Magnificent Pets"December 5, 1995 (1995-12-05)
38"The Perils of Bernice / Delilah's Bell"December 6, 1995 (1995-12-06)
39"Who Scrooged McRude? / Too Many Birds"December 7, 1995 (1995-12-07)
40"Witness Protection Pup / Eleven Minutes of Fame"December 8, 1995 (1995-12-08)

Production

Littlest Pet Shop was animated by AKOM in South Korea, KK C&D Asia in Japan, and Wang Film Productions in Taiwan.

Broadcast

Littlest Pet Shop was syndicated to local stations in the United States. The series was also broadcast on Tiny Pop and CBBC in the United Kingdom.

Home media releases

In 1996, Family Home Entertainment released the show on four VHS cassettes each containing 2 to 4 episodes. The Christmas video entitled Do Not Solve Until Christmas (which contains "Do Not Solve Until Christmas" and "Who Scrooged McRude?") was released as part of the Family Home Entertainment Christmas Classics series.

References
  1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 367. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 513. ISBN 978-1476665993.
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