Uncle Grubby
- Studio
- DiC Entertainment, Worlds of Wonder, Alchemy II, Atkinson Film-Arts
Synopsis
Gimmick unveils his new book, "All About Fobs," which claims that Fobs must live near Rainbow Falls in order to maintain their bright colors. Fuzz points out that this isn't true, as Fobs are colorful no matter where in Grundo they live. Teddy and Grubby set out to do more research, and meet up with Wooly, who shows them three Fob eggs that were being abused by the Bounders, and Teddy, Grubby, and Wooly take the eggs to Gimmick's house when the parents don't show up. Grubby keeps the eggs warm until the parents arrive, who explain that underground streams lead from Rainbow Falls to most parts of Grundo, which is how Fobs stay colorful even when they're far away from the falls.
Characters
Teddy Ruxpin, Burl Ruxpin, Newton Gimmick, Grubby, Wooly What's It
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Chris Schouten
Producing
- Producer
- M.H. Cloutier
- Executive Producers
- Christopher J. Brough, Jean Chalopin, Alison Clayton, W.H. Stevens Jr
- Executive Producer for DiC
- Andy Heyward
- Associate Producers
- Dave Mepham, Jack Spillum
Writing
Animation
- Animator
- Bob Jaques, Karen Munro-Caple, Brian Lemay, Kelly Armstrong, Chris Damboise, Lee Williams, Daniele Deblois, Liliane Andre, David Parks, Michael Shiell, Gerald Paquette, Nicholas Vallinakis, Glen Sylvester, Patrick McCourt, Greg Holfeld, Paula Irvine, Greg Upshaw, Phillipe Pellerin, Hana Kukal, Robert Waldren, Howy Parkins, Robert Shedlowich, Jeff Wilson, Susan Spriggs, Jill Halliday, Wayne Lee Pack, John Williamson
- Key Animation Supervisors
- Devanand Ramsaran, Marc Sevier
- Animation Advisor
- Kazumi Fukushima
Voices
- Voice
- Phil Baron (Teddy Ruxpin, Burl Ruxpin), John Stocker (Newton Gimmick), Will Ryan (Grubby), Pier Kohl Pier Paquette (Wooly What's It)
Music
- Music
- George Wilkins
- Musical Score
- Andrew Huggett
Editing
- Editor
- Rod Crawley
Crew
- Creator
- Ken Forsse
- Background Designers
- Sophie Lapointe, Peter Moehrle
- Character Design
- Richard Petsche, Victor Glasko
- Creative Supervisor
- W. H. Stevens Jr, Jean Chalopin
- Concept Design
- David High
- Design Supervisor
- Drew Edwards
- Dialog Editor
- Helen Watson, Tony Kelleher
- Foley / Sound Effects Editor
- Pierre R. Labelle, Stephanie Duncan
- Foley Artist
- Tamara Smith
- Head of Backgrounds
- Gordon Coulthart
- Layout Co-ordinator
- Tim Deacon
- Layout Artists
- Andre St. Amour, Pierre Jarry, Barbara Woodruff, Richard Allen, Blake James, Richard Forgues, Charles Botham, Richard Livingston, Dave Pemberton, Robert Walker, David Merritt, Scott Bennett, Kevin Brownie, Steve Majaury, Lyndon Ruddy, Terry O'Reilley, Mark Komza, Tim Dillabough, Maryann Capling, Warren Huska, Meinert Hansen, Wayne Millett, Nora Brown, Peter Ferk
- Music Editors
- Daniel Desbiens, Joe Fitzpatrick
- Script Co-ordinators
- Bill Ruiz, Lori Crawford, Gail Chapple, Particia Hicks
- Story Consultant
- Phil Baron, Lenny Levitt
- Story Editors
- Brian Jeffrey Street, Jack Mendensohn, Doug Stratton
- Storyboards Supervisor
- Richard Morrison
- Storyboards
- Arna Selznick, Jill Halliday, Cam Drysdale, Larry Cariou, Curtis Crawford, Robert Browning, Danny Craig, Sam Agro, David Feiss, Tom Nesbitt, Eric Fredrickson, Trish Stolte, James Hiltz, Jamie Oliff
- Talent Co-ordinators
- Chuck Rubin, Marsha Goodman
- Voice Direction
- Chuck Rubin
Production notes
Teddy Ruxpin was a groundbreaking toy manufactured in the 1980's. Built with a cassette tape deep inside him, the friendly bear would tell long, involved stories to his young playmates while his mouth and eyes moved in connection with the tape. In order to boost sales of the plaything, Teddy Ruxpin was given his own animated series in 1987.
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin was "test-marketed" with an advertising campaign for the Teddy Ruxpin toy, in a five-part series for TV, which acted as the pilot for the series. In the cartoon, Teddy was an Illiop, a kind-hearted species of talking bears. Together with his "Octopede" pal Grubby, T.R. traveled from place to place searching for the secret behind a treasure of magic chrystals, each labeled with words like loyalty and friendship. Trekking into the land of Grundo, the bear and the caterpillar ran across a goofy scientist named Newton Gimmick, who joined them on their quest.
Floating from place to place in Gimmick's "Airship," the trio met up with new friends such as King Nogburt, The Wooly Whatsit and the other constituents of the Land of Grundo. They also ran into the villainous organization M.A.V.O. (Monsters And Villains Organization), headed by chief baddie Quellor, who wanted the chrystals for their own nefarious purposes. Bumbling M.A.V.O. member Tweeg was the foot soldier most commonly sent out to foil Teddy and his quest.
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin may have been a fine companion for the doll of the same name, but by the time the series premiered, the toy market was filled with Teddy Ruxpin imitators. With few toy sales to support and a major 1987 Stock Market crash that left producer Worlds of Wonder hurting, the animated version left the air after a single 65-episode season.
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin was "test-marketed" with an advertising campaign for the Teddy Ruxpin toy, in a five-part series for TV, which acted as the pilot for the series. In the cartoon, Teddy was an Illiop, a kind-hearted species of talking bears. Together with his "Octopede" pal Grubby, T.R. traveled from place to place searching for the secret behind a treasure of magic chrystals, each labeled with words like loyalty and friendship. Trekking into the land of Grundo, the bear and the caterpillar ran across a goofy scientist named Newton Gimmick, who joined them on their quest.
Floating from place to place in Gimmick's "Airship," the trio met up with new friends such as King Nogburt, The Wooly Whatsit and the other constituents of the Land of Grundo. They also ran into the villainous organization M.A.V.O. (Monsters And Villains Organization), headed by chief baddie Quellor, who wanted the chrystals for their own nefarious purposes. Bumbling M.A.V.O. member Tweeg was the foot soldier most commonly sent out to foil Teddy and his quest.
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin may have been a fine companion for the doll of the same name, but by the time the series premiered, the toy market was filled with Teddy Ruxpin imitators. With few toy sales to support and a major 1987 Stock Market crash that left producer Worlds of Wonder hurting, the animated version left the air after a single 65-episode season.