Littlest Pet Shop
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For the video game, see Littlest Pet Shop (video game).
Littlest Pet Shop is a toy franchise owned by Hasbro. The original toy series was produced by Kenner in the early 1990s. An animated television series by Sunbow Productions and Creativite et Developpement, based on the franchise, debuted in 1995. It follows the lives of five miniature animals. They live in a pet shop on Littlest Lane and have their own treehouse inside of the store.[citation needed]
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[edit] Kenner Toys
The line includes:
1992-1993 (Where sets released in 1992 were repeated in 1993 in different colours, the 1992 set is described)
- Li'l Paw Prints Pets - Choice of fat yellowish cat or "hairy" black and tan dog. They came on a molded plastic base that would hide a rolling stamper built into the underside of the pet. The cat's stamp had red ink, and the dog's had purple.
[edit] Ready to Go Pets
- Happy Puppy - a dalmatian that came with a purple pet carrier, ID tag, a food dish, and a magnetized red brush that, when moved in front of its stomach, would cause its tail to wag.
- Hurrying Hamsters - two hamsters that came with a clear container (yellow lid), ID tag, a water bottle, a bag of paper "litter", and a clear pink "wheel". The curved hamster had a little weight in its belly - when you placed it in the wheel and turned the handle, the hamster would "run" in the wheel.
- Ticklish Toucan - a magenta toucan with green feet. It came with a light turquoise cage with lavender bars, ID tag, a perch, and a food dish. If you touched the toucan's head, her wings would flap.
- Color Change Chameleon - a green temperature-sensitive lizard with a clear container (green lid), ID tag, water bottle, and "desert" background.
- Bashful Bunny - a white bunny that came with a light turquoise basket, ID tag, a bunch of carrots, and a food dish. If you pressed down on the bunny's tail, her ears would twitch.
- Frisky Kitty - a black/grey cat that came with a pink carrier, ID tag, a food dish, and a magnetized ball of wool.
[edit] Pet Presents
- Cutesy Kittens - Golden Kitty, Gray-point white kitty. Came with a "kitty condo" type thing (with a built-in litter box), food dish, scratching post, and magnetized mouse. Golden kitty's head had a magnet in it and would bobble its head when the mouse was dangled in front of it. Press the gray/white kitty's tail, and her arms would move up and down in a scratching motion.
- Mice - Three magnetized mice with a terrarium. The lid would flip over to become a maze. Also had a plastic bottom with a "nest" carved into it. Came with magnetized cheese, a magnetized wand (to help mice through the maze), water bottle and food dish.
- Turtles - Two turtles in a terrarium.
- Playful Puppies
[edit] Cozy Home Pets
- Puppy Trio - Poodle, German Shepherd, and black/brown mutt. Came with doghouse and fenced-in green grass base, food dish, magnetized bone/newspaper. Press poodle's tail, and she'd scratch her ear. Press shepherd's tail, and he'd shake a paw. The other dog's bobble head was magnetized to play tug-o-war with the paper and bone.
- Gerbils - Four Gerbils with habitat and accessories.
- Fish - Tank with colorful, floating fish.
- Monkeys - A trio of monkeys with a tree and other accessories.
[edit] Mommy and Babies
- Mommy and Baby Puppies
- Mommy and Baby Kitties
- Mommy and Baby Bunnies
[edit] Play sets
- Pet Shop - Came with a variety of accessories and two caged lovebirds that would "kiss" when lever moved.
- Care Center
[edit] Pal Around Pups
- Splash Happy Puppies
- Prize Winning Pups
1994
- Kennel Playcase
[edit] Splashtime Pets
- Swimming Ducklings
- Deepsea Divers
- Jump 'n Splash Frogs
[edit] Chatter pets
- Three sets were available; the forest creature set, the purring kitties set, and the birds set. The forest creatures set included a skunk, a raccoon, a squirrel, a tree, and accessories. The kitty set included three cats and a kitty condo, and a mouse with a box that squeaked. The bird set included four birds and a clear aviary. There was a button on the top of the aviary that would chirp when pressed.
- Chirpy Tree Friends
- Chirpy Birds
- Purry Kittens
[edit] My Real Pets
- Playful Persian
- Sleek Siamese
- Clever Collie
- Fancy Poodle
- Lively Shih Tzu
- Brave German Shepherd
[edit] Littlest Pet Shop Zoo
1993 - 1994
- Jungle Bunch
- Polar Pets
- Baby Tiger
- Baby Chimp
- Baby Zebra
- Arabian Prancers
- Shy Shetlands
- Indian Ponies
- Baby Bobcat
- Desert Parakeet
- Fearless Falcon
- Honey Bear
- Playful Sea Lion
- Lion Family
- Mommy Hen
- Baby Calf
- Baby Lamb
- Zoo Playset
Kenner also produced sets in 1995 and 1996 ranging from "Shimmering Mer Pets" to Plush "Dazzling Hair Pets", diverging further from their original pet shop sets.
- Beethoven - based upon the hit movie series, there was a number of playsets featuring the infamous Saint Bernard dogs.
- Get Better Center - Includes a lizard dog and cat. The cat drinks the bottle of milk when you put it on the mouth. When you rub the lizards spots they turn "invisible".
- McDonald's Happy Meal - included fantasy creatures, such as a unicorn and a dragon.
- Television Series - featuring the characters from the animated LPS stories.
[edit] Animated series characters (and voices)
[edit] The five miniature animals
- Stu (Michael Donovan), a blue dog who loves to eat, and wears a backward baseball cap.
- Chloe (Babs Chula), a purple cat who can channel her own past lives; she most frequently channels the one in which she was the pet of a rock singer named Little Hopper (an obvious parody of Little Richard).
- Viv (Lynda Boyd), a pink rabbit with blonde hair who loves to sing and dance; she wears a magic-satchel-like top hat, inside of which lives a three-piece rodent band.
- Chet (Lee Tockar), a yellow horse who is proud of his muscles and who sees himself as the toughest member of the group.
- Squeaks (Ted Cole), a red monkey who loves to eat bananas, and who makes noises with his mouth instead of speaking.
[edit] Other regular characters
- Elwood P. Harvey (Ian James Corlett), the human owner of the pet shop. He looks after all the animals, although he can't understand what they say; their speech only sounds like animal noises to his ears. His name and face are most likely inspired by the movie Harvey.
- Mumsy, Elwood's globe-trotting mother who often sends unusual animals and relics to her son.
- Delilah (Shirley Milliner), Elwood's pet monitor lizard who keeps trying to eat the other animals when her owner isn't looking. Her voice is modeled after Zsa Zsa Gabor's.
- Harriet, a parrot who's a close friend of the miniature animals and often gets caught up in their adventures.
- Sarge (Gary Chalk), a military-minded hamster who commands all the other hamsters. His name is from the diminutive of "sergeant". He wears a mohawk.
- Rookie (Sarah Strange), a brown dog who lives in the pet shop.
- Bernice A pink hamster 100 pounds bigger than Sarge who Sarge takes a love interest. Every time he tries to impress her, something disastrous happens; Barinkas disputes the gifts Sarge brings.
