Popples

Popples (1986-1987)

★ 6.4 (9) 1 Season 46 Episodes Ended
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Popples was a Saturday morning cartoon, based on the Popples toys, that aired in the United States from 1986 to 1987. The pilot was a live-action Shelley Duvall special, in which they were puppets and marionettes; after this was well-received, it was decided to make a cartoon series with the same characters. The cartoon was produced by DIC Entertainment and LBS Communications in association with The Maltese Companies. Like the toys they're based on, the Popples resemble colorful teddy bears or rabbits with long, pompom-tipped tails, and they have pouches on their backs that can be everted so they resemble fuzzy balls. 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. In the cartoon Popples commonly pull large items from their pouches that couldn't 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. Nine of the Popples live with a human brother and sister, Billy and Bonnie Wagner. Billy and Bonnie think they are the only kids who have Popples until a neighbor family moves in and they have their own Popples — the Rock Stars, Pufflings, and Babies. The Popples tend to come around and mess up whatever the kids are trying to do; e.g., if the kids are trying to brush their teeth, the Popples end up spilling water, toothpaste and soap all over the bathroom. If the kids are trying to clean their rooms, the Popples come along, mess up the room even worse and then help them get everything back to normal just in the nick of time. The plot revolved around the children's efforts to hide the existence of the Popples from the adults around them.

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E01 30m

Popples Panic at the Library

1986-09-13
E02 30m

Cookin Up a Storm

1986-09-20
E03 30m

Molars And Biscuspids, And Popples

1986-09-27
E04 30m

Treasure Of Popple Beach

1986-10-04
E05 30m

Popping at the Car Wash

1986-10-11
E06 30m

Springtime's A Poppin

1986-10-18
E07 30m

Popples Play Pee Wee Golf

1986-10-25
E08 30m

Popples Flood The Fluff-N-Fold

1986-11-01
E09 30m

Clean Sweep Of Things

1986-11-08
E10 30m

Poppin' Wheelies

1986-11-15
E11 30m

Bonnie's Popple Part

1986-11-22
E12 30m

Aisles Of Trouble

1986-11-29
E13 30m

Popples Paint Party

1986-12-06
E14 30m

Pop-Paring For Bed

1986-12-13
E15 30m

Poppolympics

1986-12-20
E16 30m

Sports Shop Pop

1986-12-27
E17 30m

Taking Out The Trash

1987-01-03
E18 30m

A Hair-Raising Experience

1987-01-10
E19 30m

Pop Goes The Radio

1987-01-17
E20 30m

Poppin' Pillow Talk

1987-01-24
E21

Popples' Alley

1987-07-04
E22 30m

Where The Pop Flies

1987-01-31
E23 30m

Backyard Adventure

1987-02-21
E24 30m

Poppin At The Drive-In

1987-02-28
E25 30m

Hurray For Hollywood

1987-02-07
E26 30m

Backyard Bigtop

1987-02-14
E27 30m

Moving Day

1987-03-14
E28 30m

Popple Post Office

1987-04-18
E29 30m

Poppin' Around The Block

1987-03-07
E30 30m

The Popple Fashion Parade

1987-07-11
E31 30m

Tree House Capers

1987-03-21
E32 30m

Museum Peace

1987-04-04
E33 30m

Funhouse Folly

1987-04-25
E34 30m

The Jellybean Jamboree

1987-06-06
E35 30m

Cuckoo Choo Choo

1987-07-04
E36 30m

The College Of Popple Knowledge

1987-05-16
E37 30m

No Bizness Like Popple Bizness

1987-03-28
E38 30m

Barn Hoopla

1987-05-30
E39 30m

Lemonade Stand-Off

1987-04-11
E40 30m

Rock Around The Popples

1987-05-09
E41 30m

Fixer-Upper Popples

1987-05-02
E42 30m

The Repair Shop

1987-06-20
E43 30m

Private Eye Popples

1987-06-13
E44 30m

Poppin' at the Zoo

1987-07-18
E45 30m

Popple Cheer

1987-05-23
E46 30m

Decatha-Pop-A-Lon Popples

1987-06-27

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