Potato Head Kids

Potato Head Kids
Genre	Animation, Family, Fantasy
Voices of	Ian Fried Susie Garbo Linda Gary Scott Grimes Jody Lambert Christina Lange Kenneth Mars Kellie Martin Anne Marie McEvoy David Mendenhall Scott Menville Breckin Meyer Laura Mooney Andrew Potter
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	23
Production
Production companies	Hasbro Sunbow Productions Marvel Productions
Original release
Network	The CBN Family Channel (1989–1990) Family Channel (1990–1995)
Release	September 24, 1986 – February 25, 1987

Potato Head Kids is an American animated television series that aired in 1985. It was made to pair with a show called My Little Pony 'n Friends. An episode of My Little Pony was played for 15 minutes, and then an episode of Potato Head Kids, MoonDreamers, or The Glo Friends was played. It appeared on CBN Family Channel from 1989 to 1990, Family Channel from 1990 to 1995 during My Little Pony.

Premise

Potato Head Kids was an outgrowth of the Mr. Potato Head character franchise. Mr. Potato Head now played an adult figure in the lives of the title kids, a varied bunch of anthropomorphic potatoes with different personalities. The Potato Head Kids do a lot of things in their life while also clashing with a gang of potato-hating delinquents led by Grease.

Characters

• Mr. Potato Head (voiced by Kenneth Mars) -
• Mrs. Potato Head (voiced by Linda Gary) -
• Big Chip (voiced by David Mendenhall) - The leader of the Potato Head Kids.
• Puff (voiced by Anne Marie McEvoy) - A bonnet-wearing potato.
• Spud (voiced by Breckin Meyer) - A cowboy hat-wearing potato that talks like a cowboy.
• Lumpy (voiced by Ian Fried) - A beanie hat-wearing potato.
• Lolly (voiced by Kellie Martin) -
• Slick (voiced by Scott Grimes) -
• Spike (voiced by Scott Menville) -
• Smarty Pants (voiced by Susie Garbo) - A female potato in a green hair bow who is the smartest of the potatoes.
• Grease's Gang - A group of delinquents who hate the Potato Head Kids.
  • Grease - A kid who is the leader of his gang.
  • Auna - A female member of Grease's gang.
  • Freezer - A large and strong member of Grease's gang.

Episodes

#	Title	Director	Writer	U.S. Original airdate
1	"Abbad'Un in a Bottle"	Unknown	Unknown	24 September 1986 (24 September 1986)
2	"The Case of the Fouled Up Pharaoh"	Unknown	Douglas Booth	1 October 1986 (1 October 1986)
3	"The Curse of the Silver Dragon"	Unknown	Unknown	8 October 1986 (8 October 1986)
4	"Follow the Chocolate Cake Road"	Unknown	Unknown	15 October 1986 (15 October 1986)
5	"The Great Candy Caper"	Unknown	George Arthur Bloom	22 October 1986 (22 October 1986)
6	"The Grin-Ness Book of Records"	Unknown	Unknown	29 October 1986 (29 October 1986)
7	"Horse Hide and Seek"	Unknown	Unknown	5 November 1986 (5 November 1986)
8	"Left Foot Forward"	Unknown	Unknown	12 November 1986 (12 November 1986)
9	"One Potato Zoo Potato"	Unknown	Douglas Booth	19 November 1986 (19 November 1986)
10	"Pig Out"	Unknown	George Arthur Bloom	26 November 1986 (26 November 1986)
11	"Poltergeist Potatoes"	Unknown	Douglas Booth	3 December 1986 (3 December 1986)
12	"Pot of Gold"	Unknown	Unknown	10 December 1986 (10 December 1986)
13	"Potato Head Pirates"	Unknown	J. Brynne Stephens and Michael Reaves	17 December 1986 (17 December 1986)
14	"Potatolympics"	Unknown	George Arthur Bloom	24 December 1986 (24 December 1986)
15	"Puff's New Job"	Unknown	David Schwartz	31 December 1986 (31 December 1986)
16	"Robin Potato Head"	Unknown	Antoni Zalewski	7 January 1987 (7 January 1987)
17	"Romancing the Rock"	Unknown	Unknown	14 January 1987 (14 January 1987)
18	"Sam Spud, Private Eye"	Unknown	Joe Cook	21 January 1987 (21 January 1987)
19	"A Side Order of Soggy Spuds"	Unknown	Unknown	28 January 1987 (28 January 1987)
20	"Small Potatoes"	Unknown	David Schwartz	4 February 1987 (4 February 1987)
21	"Spike Spiked"	Unknown	Unknown	11 February 1987 (11 February 1987)
22	"Surfin' Potatoes"	Unknown	Rowby Goren	18 February 1987 (18 February 1987)
23	"The Trash Can Derby"	Unknown	Joe Cook	25 February 1987 (25 February 1987)

Cast

• Ian Fried - Lumpy
• Susie Garbo - Smarty Pants
• Linda Gary - Mrs. Potato Head
• Scott Grimes - Slick
• Jody Lambert -
• Christina Lange - Tulip
• Kenneth Mars - Mr. Potato Head
• Kellie Martin - Lolly
• Anne Marie McEvoy - Puff
• David Mendenhall - Big Chip
• Scott Menville - Spike
• Breckin Meyer - Spud
• Laura Mooney - Dimples
• Andrew Potter -

Crew

• Ginny McSwain - Voice Director

Alternate titles

• French dub: Les enfants Potatous
• Greek dub: Βαβουροπατάτες (Vavouropatates)
• Norwegian dub: "Potethodegjengen"
• Spanish LA dub: Los Poteiros
• Swedish dub: "Potatisgänget"

Reception

In 2014, io9 listed it among twelve 1980s cartoons that supposedly did not deserve remembrance, heavily criticizing the basis of the series.

External links

• Potato Head Kids at IMDb
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