Doug

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Doug is the short form of the name Douglas

Original series

Doug's older sister, Judy Funnie, is a constant source of conflict. She is a dramatic actress (arguably a beatnik) who always wears a purple beret and sunglasses, especially in the house. Doug is the supposed bane of her existence, as his childlike interests annoy her very much.

A theme in the series is Doug's alternate comic book personality, Quailman. He has a belt worn around his head, towel cape and briefs over his pants, but is otherwise identical to Doug. Porkchop's character is Quaildog, sidekick to Quailman. Skeeter has an analogous character named the Silver Skeeter (a parody of Marvel's Silver Surfer). Doug has other alternate personalities including adventurer, Race Canyon (an obvious spoof of Indiana Jones. Skeeter often appears as Race's compainion, Skitari) and secret agent, Smash Adams (an homage to James Bond).

Doug's imagination, as he reacts to various situations in his life, helps to provide premises for the stories, à la Walter Mitty. One episode dealing with a visit to his dentist, for example, contains homages to Goldfinger and Marathon Man.

Another theme in the series regards Doug's feelings for Patti, with whom he falls in love upon first setting eyes on her. Some episodes focus on this and also involve either Doug attempting to get closer to Patti or his frantic attempts to stop her from discovering his feelings (much like Helga from Hey Arnold!). The story ends on an optimistic note for the two when Patti asks Doug out on a date.

Notable in the series' character design is the frequent use of unusual names and skin colors. Doug is of Caucasian tone, whereas his father is orange, his mother is pink, his sister Judy is tan, neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Dink are purple, Skeeter is blue-green, Patti is orange, and Roger is lime green. Race does not seem to come into play at all in this show. The use of scat singing and vocally-derived melodies (for the starting theme and other instances like the recurring theme for Patti Mayonnaise) and erratic sounds and noises for various characters (particularly for Skeeter) further expressed the unique and eccentric design of this cartoon series. In an episode Judy referred to one of Doug's friends as "the blue one", yet not signifying any race.

It should be noted that some fans of the show felt the use of unique skin color was a way to do away with minorites in the show. With the exception of the Main Characters: Doug, his family and Patti and her father all looked to be Caucasian. No other characters in the show held any resemblance to any other race, yet it can be argued that the other characters, while possessing unusual skin tones, all possessed white facial and hair features.

The television series was produced by Jumbo Pictures and Ellipse Programmé for the Nickelodeon cable channel, and aired from 1991 to 1994 with over 52 episodes produced.

Series creator Jim Jinkins was in production for Disney's Stanley, currently airing on The Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block in re-runs.

Doug's (and many others in Bluffington) favorite band is The Beets. Killer Tofu is his favorite song.

Disney's Doug

In February 1996, Disney bought Jumbo Pictures, and ordered new episodes of Doug to be produced (renamed Brand Spanking New! Doug and then later Disney's Doug). The new episodes brought a new baby sister for Doug as well as a change in age to 12½ years old. It also brought a new haircut for Patti, more money for Roger, weight loss for Connie, and much more. This included a change of clothes for everyone and a brand new middle school. These episodes aired on ABC's One Saturday Morning cartoon block from September 1996 to September 9, 2000. In 1999, after 65 additional episodes (and a feature-length movie), Disney's Doug went out of production. During the course of the show, Doug was nominated for 4 Daytime Emmy Awards. It was also featured on Toon Disney, but due to scheduling changes and the addition of JETIX, it has vanished completely off the network. Along with a number of other shows it was removed from schedules in November 2004 and has not been seen since. It is unknown if it will ever return, and Disney currently has no plans to release the series on a DVD set. The sale made Doug the only Nicktoon to ever be sold to another company (unless Ren & Stimpy, which was sold to another Viacom property, is counted).

The television series was produced by Jumbo Pictures for Walt Disney Television, and aired from 1996 to 1999 with over 65 half-hour episodes and 1 theatrical feature-length film produced.

Specials

• Doug's Halloween Adventure (1994)
• Doug's Christmas Story (1994)
• Doug's Secret Christmas (1996)

Characters

Episodes

The Series (

Season 1: 1991

1. Doug Bags a Nematoad
2. Doug Can't Dance / Doug Gets Busted
3. Doug's Dog's Date / Doug's Big Nose
4. Doug Takes a Hike / Doug Rocks
5. Doug Can't Dig It / Doug Didn't Do It
6. Doug, Mayor for a Day / Doug's No Dummy
7. Doug to the Rescue / Doug's Cool Shoes
8. Doug Gets His Ears Lowered / Doug On The Wild Side
9. Doug's Big Catch / Doug Needs Money
10. Doug's Doodle / Doug's Runaway Journal
11. Doug's Cookin' / Doug Loses Dale
12. Doug is Quailman / Doug Out in Left Field
13. Doug's Fair Lady / Doug Says Goodbye

Season 2: 1992

1. Doug Takes the Case / Doug's Secret Song
2. Doug's Got No Gift / Doug VS The Klotzoid Zombies
3. Doug's Secret Admirer / Doug's On TV
4. Doug's Dinner Date / Doug Meets Fentruck
5. Doug's On Stage / Doug's Worst Nightmare
6. Doug's Derby Dilemma / Doug's On His Own
7. Doug Meets The Rulemeister / Doug's a Genius
8. Doug Saves Roger / Doug's Big News
9. Doug's a Big Fat Liar / Doug Wears Tights
10. Doug On The Trail / Doug Meets RoboBone
11. Doug Pumps Up / Doug Goes Hollywood
12. Doug's Hot Ticket / Doug's Dental Disaster
13. Doug's Lost Weekend / Doug's Lucky Hat

Season 3: 1993

1. Doug's Fat Cat / Doug and Patti P.I.
2. Doug's Servitude / Doug Rocks The House
3. Doug's Comic Collaboration / Doug's Pet Capades
4. Doug's Career Anxiety / Doug's Big Brawl
5. Doug's Huge Zit / Doug Flies A Kite
6. Doug and the Weird Kids / Doug's Behind The Wheel
7. Doug's New Teacher / Doug On First
8. Doug's Cartoon / Doug's Monster Movie
9. Doug's Hot Property / Doug & The Little Liar
10. Doug Inc. / Doug's Nightmare on Jumbo St.
11. Doug's Shock Therapy / Doug Is Hamburger Boy
12. Doug and the Yard of Doom / Doug's Garage Band
13. Doug's Great Beet War / Doug's Magic Act

Season 4: 1994

1. Doug's Math Problem / Doug's Big Feat
2. Doug's Bum Rap / Doug & Patti Sittin' in a Tree
3. Doug Door to Door / Doug Tips The Scale
4. Doug En Vogue / Doug's Mail Order Mania
5. Doug's Halloween Adventure
6. Doug's Birthday Present / Doug's Fan Club
7. Doug Runs / Doug Clobbers Patti
8. Doug's Treasure Hunt / Doug's Brainy Buddy
9. Doug Ripped Off! / Doug's Babysitter
10. Doug's Christmas Story
11. Doug's in the Money / Doug's Sister Act
12. Doug Throws a Party / Doug Way Out West
13. Doug Graduates / Doug's Bad Trip

Disney's Doug (

Season 1: 1996-1997

1. Doug's Last Birthday
2. Doug's New School
3. Doug Grows Up
4. Doug's Hoop Nightmare
5. Doug's Patti Beef
6. [[Doug: A Limited Corporation]]
7. Doug's in Debt!
8. Doug's Bloody Buddy
9. Doug's Big Comeback
10. Doug Directs
11. Doug's Brain Drain
12. Doug's Movie Madness
13. [[Doug: The Big Switch]]
14. Doug Gets His Wish
15. Doug's Secret Christmas
16. Doug's Hot Dog
17. Doug's Great Opportunity
18. Doug Gets a Roommate
19. Doug Gets Booked
20. Doug's Minor Catastrophe
21. Doug's Big Panic
22. Doug's Hairy Situation
23. [[Doug: Oh, Baby]]
24. Doug the Thug
25. Doug's Disappearing Dog
26. Doug's Mural Mania
27. Doug On The Road

Season 2: 1997-1998

1. Doug's Secret of Success
2. Doug's Friend's Friend
3. Doug's Chubby Buddy
4. [[Doug: Quailman VI: The Dark Quail Saga]]
5. Judy, Judy, Judy
6. Doug's Doug's Old Lady
7. Doug's Shocker
8. Doug Gets It All
9. Doug's Midnight Kiss
10. Doug's Older Woman
11. Doug Gets Right Back On!
12. [[Quailman VII: Quaildad]]
13. Doug's In The Middle
14. [[Doug: Night Of The Living Dougs]]
15. Doug's Dream House
16. Quailman Takes the Blame
17. Doug and the Bluffington 5
18. Quailman VS Supersport
19. Doug's Concert Crisis
20. Quailman VS the Annoying S.T.U.A.R.T.
21. Quailman VS the Whackhammer
22. Judy's Big Admission
23. Quailman VS the Quizzler
24. Doug's Sour Songbird
25. Doug's Best Buddy
26. Quailman and the Quintuple Quandary

Season 3: 1998-1999

1. Quailman's Bad Hair Day
2. [[Doug: Beebe Goes Broke]]
3. Quailman and the L.U.B.
4. Patti's Dad Dilemma
5. [[Quailman: The Un-Quail Saga]]
6. Doug Cuts School
7. Quailman VS the Triad of Terror
8. Doug Plays Cupid
9. [[Doug: I, Rubbersuit]]
10. Doug's Adventures On-Line
11. Quailman VS the Little Rubber Army
12. Doug's Grand Band Plan
13. Doug's Marriage Madness

Film

(full-length feature film)

Copyright claims

• Disney for all episodes produced since 1996
• Nickelodeon for all episodes produced for that channel, 1991 to 1994. However, Nickelodeon owns the distribution rights only for North and South America.
• Groupe Ellipse, the co-producer of the Nick version, has distribution rights for other parts of the world.

Popularity

Richmond

External links

• [Doug] at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• [] at TV.com
• ["Killer Tofu" by the fictional band "The Beets"]
• [Nickelodeon's/Disney's Doug] at TVRage.com

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