Stunt Dawgs

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Stunt Dawgs was an animated comedic adventure series (1992 -1993) about a team of stunt performers and their bulldog named Human who also solve problems heroically. The series was produced by DiC Entertainment and Rainforest Entertainment and co-created by Jeff Franklin, best known for co-producing Full House.

A short-lived comic adaptation from Harvey Comics was written by Michael Gallagher and drawn by Nelson Dewey, who worked from scripts and model sheets from the series.

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[edit] Characters

[edit] Stunt Dawgs

  • Needham - The main character and level-headed hero of the series, with an exaggeratedly large chest and chin. He speaks with a Texan accent and has his own theme, which is played in the end credits in some episodes and heard in an instrumental form throughout the series. Needham's battlecry is "T.T.K.B." which means "Time To Kick Butt". Needham was named after former stuntman/director Hal Needham.
  • Splat - The rich, laid-back financier of the Stunt Dawgs who speaks with a posh accent, denoting his cultured upbringing from a wealthy family. His parents do not approve of his choice of profession. He pilots a military-looking helicopter.
  • Sizzle - The lone woman of the Stunt Dawgs, she wears flame-colored spandex and speaks with a stereotypical Southern accent much like Rogue of the X-Men (who was played by the same actress in the 90's X-men animated series). She sometimes likes to flirt with Needham. She drives a racing-looking pink car with giant rear tires and also fires a pocket-fitting flamethrower.
  • Skidd - An "almost crazy" motorcycle driver who is often found pondering near-nonsensical themes. His mouth smells badly, as he is known for burping loudly with his terrible breath. His vehicle is a motor tricycle.
  • Crash - An African-American stuntdriver who, as his name suggests, is known for getting into accidents. He is also often found running away from Velda who has a crush on him. His vehicle is a black and white racing-style car with giant rear wheels just like Sizzle's.
  • Human - The Stunt Dawgs' rather intelligent dog.

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  • Richard P. Fungus - A stereotypical egomaniacal director who is obsessed with pursuing money, fame and the destruction of the Stunt Dawgs. His battlecry is "Lights, Camera, Mayhem!!!." He hates nothing more in all the world than to be called "Dick". Fungus was originally to have been named Peter Bogus, allegedly a parody of director Peter Bogdanovich.
  • Airball (sometimes Hairball) - Fungus' short-statured second-in-command who affects Napoleon Bonaparte, frequently calling Fungus "Mon capitan".
  • Badyear - A sleazy, large construction worker who is frugal to the point of being cheap.
  • Half-A-Mind - Barely a human being and apparently a cyborg of some kind (with a wheel for a leg), Half-A-Mind is prone to falling apart after getting hit. Half-A Mind is the dumbest of the group. He is briefly infused with intelligence in one episode, calling himself "Mind-and-a-Half" and taking over the Stunt Scabs.
  • Lucky - A bushy-browed guy who suffers from luck of the worst kind. He always looks at his fortunes optimistically with his catchphrase "Could've been worse" (although they often get worse immediately after he says it).
  • Whizz Vid (sometimes Whizz Kid) - A psychotic young genius whose inventions seldom work the way they are supposed to, often leading him to yell "Glitch!" His catchphrase is an odd laugh that sounds like "Whoo-hoy".

[edit] Other characters

  • Slime - The sleazy lawyer of the Stunt Scabs.
  • Bambi, Bumbi, Bombi - The three identical bimbo girlfriends of Fungus.
  • Nina Newscaster - A news reporter who is often present for the feuds of the Stunt Dawgs and the Stunt Scabs.
  • Velma - A woman who has a crush on Crash. The theme song suggests that they were together once, although there's little in the series to suggest this.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Credits

Executive Producers 
Jeff Franklin, Steve Waterman, Andy Heyward, Raymond Butler
Co Executive Producer 
Robby London
Produced and Directed by 
John Grusd
Executive in Charge of Production 
Brian A. Miller
Associate Producers 
Kenneth T. Ito, Amanda Ruhland, Kathryn Ellis
Assisted by 
William A. Ruiz, Eben F. Eldridge, Patrick Amschler
Production Supervisor 
Stacey Gallishaw
Talent Coordinator 
J.W.N. Hicks
Casting 
Greg Morton
Production Coordinator 
Kurt Weldon
Production Assistants 
Rene Toporzysek, Peter Sebastian
Voice Director 
Dan Hennessey
Art Director 
Rusty Olson
Recording Assistants 
Louis Burrell, Doug Maddick, Michael Mancini, Kent W. Meredith, Chris Lloyd, Allan Dinehart
Assisted by 
Monica Wakefield, Koarnie Goldberg-Henson, Scott McBride
Story Editor 
Phil Harnage
Script Coordinator 
Lori Crawford
Coordinating Producer 
Michael Maliani
Developed by 
Nelson Dewey, Michael Gallabner
Assisted by 
Lex Bradford, Phil Stapleton, Monica Wakefield
Storyboard 
Ronald Harris, Peter Kingston, Mark Rubinchik, Len Glasser, Keith Matz, Blair Peters, Francis Barrios, Marty Hammond, John Geffen, Scott Jorgensen, Adrian Gonzalez, Nigel Tully, Stan Gaziola, Edwin T. Neberes, Zhi Gang Wang, Mike Swannigan
Storyboard Supervisors 
Romeo Lopez, Rodolfo Messina
Storyboard Cleanup 
Budd Lewis, Tom Nesbitt, Brad Blakeslee, Stephen Burpo, Darryl McNeil, Val Arce, Marcus Walkington, Cullen Blaine, Kris Sherwood, David Hubbell, Scott Shaw, Maria Sanchez, Roger Chiasson, Maxine Berkeley
Animation Timing 
William Reed, Vincent Davis
Assisted by 
Jack Spillum
Character Designers 
Jordan Reichek, Donn Greer, Charlie Steve Zembillas, Ernest Cochran, Fred Carrillo, Jules Wallace, Wayne Becker, Miles Teves, Steve Purcell, Paul Felix, Jonathan Donerthey, Will Henry, Jocelyn Hogan, Marian D. Wright, Carolyn Gair, Ken Mulroney, Sandy Kopitopoulos
Background Designers 
Andy Tougas, Gilbert Hung, Amado Sangalang, Vladimir Spasojevic, Hector Martinez, Timothy Barnes, Dan Wong, Cesar Decastro, Knud Skov, Richard Ziehler-Martin, Hugh Pettibone, Olaf Millar, Fran James, Susannah Bluffe, Ricardo Delgado, Pat Agnasion, Nicola Cuti, Kim Chun Liu, Bruno J. Hamilton, Eddy Corpsley
Prop Designers 
Bill Ewing, Brenda Piluso, Wayne Schulz, Trevor Bentley, Dean Jackson, Joey McManus, Toby Stevenson, Enrique B. May, Duncan A. Fitzgerald, Edward Freeman, Ross Phillips, Lee Goyles, Ted Mathot, Dave Smith, Kellie Shaw, Evan Sellers, Scott Bennett, Joe Suggs, Neil Boyle
Character & Prop Color Stylist 
Sandy Kopitopoulos
Lip Model 
Maureen Trueblood
Assisted by 
Valerie Hawke
Color Backgrounds 
Joan Igawa, Stephen Lee, Teri Shikasho
Color Designers 
Alison Gefre, Kathy Gilmore
Translation 
Minoru Terau, Kazuko Smith, Minnie S.M. Kim, Joseph C. Cho, Noriko Norvell, Charlie E. Halsey, Arlene Palmer
Storyboard Slugging 
John Grusd, Vincent Davis, Karl Fischer, Pierre Lange, Don Spencer
Storyboard Translation 
Jung Ran Son, Joseph C. Cho
Storyboard Assistants 
Mark Rubinchik, Keith Tucker, Joe Bingelli, Jennifer Stillwell, Abel Laxamana, Janice Nicholson, Michael Xerxes, Kathryn Jones, Ron Myrick, Carl Police, Kunio Shimamura, Greg Gibbons, John Bentley, Don Manuel, Steve Swaja, Mario Piluso, Fred Myers, Kit Harper, John Richard Childlaw, Lester Gooch, George Lafayette, Mark Rubinchik, Byron Vaughn, Zlatko Grigg, Ric Machin, Neil Hunter, Eric Chu, Karen Dawes, Dan Veesenmeyer
Sheet Timing 
E.O. Lee
Animation Director 
Mike Stribling
Timing Directors 
Ted Blackman, Gerald Forton, Fred Crippen, Paula Laford
Exposure Sheet Timers 
Walt Kubiak, Louis Scarborough, Gordon Coulthart, Kent Butterworth, Charles Avery, Tony Love, George Goodchild, Shirley E. Walsingtone, Milton Knight, Lee M. Berkeley, Paul Scarzo, Stan Phillips, Laurent Spiers, Jill Goularte, Clinton A. Soloman, Douglas Ball, Edmund Graham, Fred Miller, Kurt Connor, Greg Perkins, Drew Gentle, Diane Bennett, Art Mawhinney, Warren Burnett, Greg Hill, Leo Sullivan, Milimetron Dibujos Animados
Assisted by 
George Hamwick
Production Staff 
Trace Ellis, Chris Hammond, Joshua Lou Friedman
Executives in Charge of Post Production 
Thierry Laurin, Kevin O'Donnell
Film Editors 
Gregory K. Bowron, Richard Bruce Elliott, Allan Gelbart
Dialogue Editors 
Heather C. Elliott, Theresa M. Gilroy, Donald P. Zappala, Ron Fedele, Robert O'Brien, Peter Tomaszewicz, Lida Saskova, Danielle Ross
Post Production Supervisors 
Richard S. Gannon, Brad Gonzalez Jr.
Assisted by 
Larry Cariou
Post Assistants 
Ken Barrett, Winnie Chaffee
Re-Recording Engineer 
Ray Leonard
Sound Engineering 
Brian Eimer
Supervising Sound Engineer 
Michael J. Cowan
Assisted by 
Kimberly R. Francis
Music Editor 
John Mortarotti
Supervising Music Editors 
Stuart Goetz, Daniel J. Johnson
Format 
Mel Ashkenas, Anthony Eugene, C.K. Horness
Format Editors 
Mark McNally, Susan Odjakjian
Videotape Supervisors 
Tonda Lark, Fifun A. Amini
Assistant Editors 
Trudy Alexander, Kris Gilpin
Post Production Coordinator 
Alfred Lang
Assisted by 
Brenda Sherman
Sound Effects by 
Scott Jennings
Theme Song Written by 
Matt McGuire, Sandy Howell
Music by 
Eric Allaman
Music Supervisor 
Joanne Miller
Assisted by 
Judy Sampson-Brown, Melissa Gentry
Overseas Supervisor 
Winnie Chaffee
Overseas Consultant 
Douglas Potter
Opening Titles 
Canvas Inc.
Animation 
Pacific Rim Productions
© 1992 Rainforest Entertainment Productions/Waterman Franklin Pictures Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Creative Supervisors 
Andy Heyward, Michael Maliani
Animation Co-Produced by 
Reteitalia S.P.A. in association with Telecinco

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