Series synopsis
Doug is an American animation comedy kids television series that premiered on ABC on August 18, 1991. It ended on June 26, 1999. It was created by Jim Jinkins. It stars Billy West, Thomas McHugh, Constance Shulman and Doug Preis.
Doug Funnie experiences common predicaments while attending school in his new hometown of Bluffington, Virginia.
Premise
Doug Funnie experiences common predicaments while attending school in his new hometown of Bluffington, Virginia.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Billy West as Doug Funnie (voice)
- Thomas McHugh as Doug Funnie (voice)
- Constance Shulman as Patti Mayonnaise (voice)
- Doug Preis as Phil Funnie (voice)
- Alice Playten as Beebe Bluff (voice)
- Fred Newman as Skeeter Valentine (voice)
- Becca Lish as Theda Funnie (voice)
- Greg Lee as Bob White (voice)
Supporting cast
- Neil Nash as (voice)
- Bruce Bayley Johnson as (voice)
- Chris Phillips as Roger Klotz (voice)
- Steve Higgins as (voice)
- Doris Belack as Ms. Wingo (voice)
- John Lee as (voice)
- Eddie Korbich as (voice)
- Fran Brill as Emily Kristal (voice)
- Patience Jarvis as (voice)
- Julie Halston as (voice)
- Alan J. Higgins as (voice)
- Dana Gould as (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 8 seasons with 166 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 25 | August 18, 1991 | November 3, 1991 |
| Season 2 | 26 | April 12, 1992 | July 5, 1992 |
| Season 3 | 26 | April 11, 1993 | July 11, 1993 |
| Season 4 | 24 | September 26, 1993 | January 2, 1994 |
| Season 5 | 26 | September 7, 1996 | March 8, 1997 |
| Season 6 | 8 | September 6, 1997 | November 22, 1997 |
| Season 7 | 31 | September 12, 1998 | June 26, 1999 |
| Season 8 | 0 | March 15, 1999 | September 14, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Doug Bags a Neematoad In the series premiere, we find the Funnie family have moved from Bloatsburg and are just arriving at their new home in the town of Bluffington. 11 year old Doug Funnie writes his thoughts in his journal and worries he won't be able to make any friends. On a search to find food for his Mom (Theda), Dad (Phil) and sister (Judy), Doug meets his next door neighbour Mr. Dink. He shows Doug a video about Bluffington and introduces him to the popular hangout fast food restaurant called The Honker Burger. When Doug gets to the hangout, he meets Skeeter Valentine who befriends him right away. Doug also meets Patti Mayonnaise and right away, has a secret crush on her. However, all is not well when he also meets the local bully Roger Klotz who tricks Doug into believing he has to catch a monster called a Neematoad at Stinsen's Pond to be a town hero. |
August 18, 1991 |
| 2 |
Doug Can't Dance Doug is excited about going to his first school costume dance, and possibly having the opportunity to dance with his dream girl, Patti. But Doug's excitement soon fades when Roger reminds him that he has no dancing talent, so Doug goes to Skeeter for dancing tips. |
August 11, 1991 |
| 3 |
Doug Gets Busted Doug makes a model of a volcano for a science project. But when rumor has it that the volcano erupted, and caused the whole science room to explode, Doug decides to disguise himself as Jack Bandit and go on the lam to avoid the cops. |
August 11, 1991 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Doug Takes the Case Beebe brings her new expensive radio to school, in order to impress the other students. When it ends up missing, Mr. Bone threatens to hold the whole class in afternoon detention, if the radio is not returned. Hoping to catch the real culprit, Doug decides to take the case as ""The Chameleon"", who is a master of disguise. But when Doug finds out that Skeeter has the radio, he'll either have to turn him in or cover for him |
April 12, 1992 |
| 2 |
Doug's Secret Song Doug writes a secret love song about Patti, and makes it into a video at a new store in the mall where you can make your own music videos. But after a mix up at the store, Doug gets Mr. Bone's video and Doug thinks his tape fell into the hands of Patti who is taking it to a slumber party at Beebe's house. |
April 12, 1992 |
| 3 |
Doug's Got No Gift Doug unintentionally spends all of his money on a video arcade game ""Bag a Neematoad"", when he was supposed to be buying a beetball for a birthday present for Patti. So Doug figures the only way to get a present for Patti with no money, is to make something. |
April 19, 1992 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Doug's Fat Cat Roger asks Doug to take care of his cat, Stinky, while he goes on a trip. Stinky not only rips up the Funnie home but also eats all the junk food in the house and gets sick. Doug rushes him to the vet, hoping he'll be OK. But when Doug gets there, he finds out Stinky isn't a ""he"". |
April 11, 1993 |
| 2 |
Doug and Patti P.I. Someone has sabotaged the wheelbarrow race at the Bluffington picnic and now no one can be in the race. So, Doug and Patti team up to solve the mystery of who did it and why. |
April 11, 1993 |
| 3 |
Doug is Slave for a Day Judy catches Doug breaking a vase that belonged to their mom. To keep her quiet, Doug must agree to be her slave for a week. He suffers until he realizes that the only way out is to tell the truth. |
April 18, 1993 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Doug's Math Problem Doug gets a letter from his school and panics when he sees it's addressed to his parents. Since he's doing poorly in math, Doug immediately assumes that it's a failing notice! So he does everything to find out what the letter says and avoid his parents from seeing it. If that wasn't enough, Patti is trying to tell Doug something and get her message to him. |
September 26, 1993 |
| 2 |
Doug's Big Feat It's the day of the big football game against Bloatsburg and Doug is snared by Coach Spitz, who mistakenly believes Doug has a ""golden toe"" for field kicking. Doug is then put into the next footbal game by Coach Spitz, and he is very nervous when he finds out that Percy Femur is on the other team. |
September 26, 1993 |
| 3 |
Doug's Bum Rap Doug is accused of cheating when he and Chalky score identical marks on a test. He is given one day to confess or he'll have to take a re-test. Doug knows he didn't cheat so he tries to talk about it with Chalky, but he keeps avoiding Doug. |
October 3, 1993 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Doug's Last Birthday Doug delivers invitations to his 12th birthday party. |
September 7, 1996 |
| 2 |
Doug's New School A "Name Your School" student contest causes fierce competition. |
September 14, 1996 |
| 3 |
Doug Grows Up Kids make fun of Doug and Skeeter when they wear their scouting uniforms to school. |
September 21, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Doug's Secret of Success The lives of Doug and all the other students at Beebe Bluff Middle School become a frenzy when Mr. Bone returns and becomes the middle school's new vice principal. He soon starts throwing Roger into detention and making new school rules. Also, eighth graders invite Doug to join a secret club of the future powerful men of the universe. But in order to be worthy to join, Doug must prove he can be a successful person and it's cutting himself out of monster hunting with Skeeter. |
September 6, 1997 |
| 2 |
Doug's Friend's Friend Skeeter is dating Beebe and Doug is disgusted by Skeeter's lovesick attitude and jealous of their friendship. Doug decides to fight back which ends up in the end of their friendship. Doug and Skeeter have been friends forever, but not anymore. Then when Doug tries to break up Skeeter and Beebe, Elmo reminds Doug who got them together. Meanwhile, a flood is reported to hit Bluffington and Roger wants to be part of ""the biggest thing to ever hit this town"". |
September 13, 1997 |
| 3 |
Doug's Chubby Buddy Patti panics and thinks she's fat after watching a commercial selling a diet kit, so she, Connie, and Beebe set out to lose weight. Patti decides to go on a drastic diet and excercise routine. But once she starts losing weight, she can't seem to stop herself, even with Doug's help. Meanwhile, Doug and Skeeter are convinced that the only way to catch the Lucky Duck Lake monster, is to lure it with a female monster. |
September 20, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Doug's Midnight Kiss Doug believes New Year's Eve will be his big chance to steal a kiss from Patti. |
September 12, 1998 |
| 2 |
Doug's Older Woman Cassandra Bleem asks Doug to be her date at an upcoming party. |
September 19, 1998 |
| 3 |
Doug Gets Right Back On! After an accident, Doug is afraid to ride for Patti's team in the bike relay. |
September 26, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug Live! | March 15, 1999 |
| 2 | Disney's One Too: Disney's Doug Shorts | September 6, 1999 |
| 3 | Doug's Big Game | September 14, 2000 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 18, 1991 |
| Last aired | June 26, 1999 |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday |