History WesternAnimation / PoundPuppies1980s

* {{Expy}}: Katrina is a fairly obvious one for the Disney [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella de Vil]].

** serveral characters such as Zazu the Fairy Dogmother, Mervin (Holly's boyfriend), The Three Wise Guys, and Captain Slaughter were all PutOnABus.

** Howler was DemotedToExtra.

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* {{Retool}}: The show's second season, ''All-New Pound Puppies'' had several aspects of the previous season altered or removed, such as:

** serveral characters such as Zazu the Fairy Dogmother, Mervin (Holly's boyfriend), The Three Wise Dogs, and Captain Slaughter were PutOnABus.

** The episode length was changed from a full 30 minutes, to two 11 minute segments.

* FantasticRacism: Whopper and Bright Eyes express unreasonable disdain toward cats in "Tuffy Gets Fluffy", though they do learn in the end that not all cats are bad.

* AnimationBump: The opening sequence of the second season has noticeably more fluid animation.

* AbortedArc: Four episodes of the first season featured Captain Slaughter, a [[InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]]-esque villain who was responsible for destroying the puppies' home in the first place and was Cooler's ArchEnemy. When the show was retooled in its second season, he disappeared, his storyline never resolved.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: ''The All-New Pound Puppies'' saw the complete disappearance of Captain Slaughter, while Howler was pushed OutOfFocus. Before that, the TV series pared down the pups from the special to five and completely replaced the human supporting cast/setting.

The show was dramatically retooled for its second season, called ''The All-New Pound Puppies'' in the opening credits, including adding an EpxositoryThemeTune, dropping Captain Slaughter and reducing Howler's presence, and having Katrina run the pound like a prison and try to lock all the dogs up. The Pound Puppies and Holly were now freedom fighters who operated out of an ElaborateUndergroundBase, trying to save dogs from Katrina and hook them up with lonely kids.

The show was dramatically retooled for its second season, called ''The All-New Pound Puppies''" in the opening credits. What follows is a list of some of the changes:
* The instrumental theme song was replaced with an ExpositoryThemeTune with the same melody.
* The animation became more competent.
* Bright Eyes was changed into a younger (but still older than Whopper) puppy, to eliminate the possibility of a LoveTriangle between her, Nose Marie, and Cooler.
* The less flighty, more mature Nose Marie became a doting, apron-wearing TeamMom to Whopper and Bright Eyes.
* The pound was now run by Katrina, in the manner of a concentration camp.
* Howler was AWOL in many episodes.
* The originally short-haired, skirt-wearing Holly had much longer hair and was a bit more of a {{tomboy}}.
* Brattina wore different clothes as well.
* Captain Slaughter was completely removed from the second season.

The Pound Puppies and Holly were now freedom fighters who operated out of an ElaborateUndergroundBase, trying to save dogs from Katrina and hook them up with lonely kids.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Bright Eyes and Nose Marie.

* ACatInAGangOfDogs: Tuffy in some episodes has this role.

Creator/HannaBarbera created an animated TV special based on a popular line of stuffed dogs in 1985. A series appeared the next year which followed it closely, despite changing most of the voice cast. Both revolved around "the Pound Puppies", a group of dogs consisting of:

* Nose Marie, a melodramatic {{Southern Belle}} bloodhound.

* Howler, an [[TheProfessor eccentric inventor]] with Harpo Marx-like hair.

The show was dramatically retooled for its second season, called "The All-New Pound Puppies" in the opening credits. What follows is a list of some of the changes:
* The instrumental theme song was replaced with an ExpositoryThemeTune with the same tune.

* The originally short-haired, skirt-wearing Holly had much longer hair and was a bit more of a tomboy.

The premise was then retooled once more for the 1988 movie ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppiesAndTheLegendOfBigPaw'', before disappearing completely, followed by the toy line in 1990, although that made an unexpected reappearance in 2007.

The sister line of toys, ''Pound Purries'', never had the luxury of a T.V. special or series. They did make a token appearance in TheMovie as supporting characters, though.

* AbortedArc: Four episodes of the first season featured Captain Slaughter, a [[InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]]-esque villain who was responsible for destroying the puppies' home in the first place and was Cooler's greatest enemy. When the show was retooled in its second season, he disappeared, his storyline never resolved.

** In "Bright Eyes, Come Home", Bright Eyes wore a strapless bikini with strange shapes on them looking like they're touching her breasts and vagina.

* MsFanservice: Bright Eyes in a strapless bikini from "Bright Eyes, Come Home".

** The episode "Where Do Puppies Come From?" features Cooler singing a song to explain, well, where do puppies come from to Whopper and Bright Eyes. The song is accompanied by a "stage play" in which two dogs are clearly seen laying together in a bed inside a Venetian gondole (after which Cooler trips and brings down the stage, knocking the two dogs off the bed and revealing that they are not wearing anything). Is almost a case of RefugeInAudacity, especially for a mid-1980s cartoon.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Bright Eyes and Nose Marie wear nothing underneath their skirts, and Cooler and Howler are pantsless as well. Whopper wears only a diaper.

* WardrobeMalfunction: Happened to Whopper on the Episode “Tail of a Pup”. While sneaking out of the Pound, the safety pin on his diaper fell off, not only letting his diaper fall down, but also alerting a nearby Robot. Ironically, Nose Marie said not to “Let a Pin Drop”.

* VillainSong: Katrina and her daughter Brattina frequently sing songs to themselves about their hatred of dogs and their intentions to do cruel things to them, but one notable song is "She's Grand Old Hag", a song sung by Brattina about her mother to the tune of "You're a Grand Old Flag" in the episode "Whopper Cries Uncle".

* ChristmasEpisode: "Happy Howlidays" takes place during Christmas and has Katrina Stoneheart attempt to shut down the Puppy Pound by withholding the pound's bills and not giving them to Holly until it's too late for her to pay them.

* ImaginaryFriend: Bob in "The Invisible Friend". [[spoiler:He turns out to be [[NotSoImaginaryFriend not so imaginary]].]]

* CatsAreMean: Catgut is just as nasty as his owner Katrina Stoneheart.
** Subverted in "Tuffy Gets Fluffy".