Sunbow Entertainment
(1995)



Disclaimer: I am only including information on the cartoon series to make this Littlest Pet Shop Guide as complete as possible. I never liked this show and never knew anyone that did. I will give the writers points for the clever use of puns in the episode titles, but that's all. Truthfully, it isn't a terrible cartoon. I just don't understand why they had to associate it with the Littlest Pet Shop toy franchise.



This cartoon series was created in 1995 by Sunbow Entertainment. There were 40 "30-minute" episodes produced. Each episode had two segments that ran 11 minutes apiece. This series was marketed in the US and in Europe (Germany, England, and France). It went by the name Meine Kleine Tierwelt in Germany, Les Rock'Amis in France, and Cucciolandia in Italy. The basic premise is this: "Pet shop owner Elwood Funk has a unique product -- pets that have been shrunk to teeny-weeny sizes. Unfortunately for him, these miniature animals have a propensity for making mayhem. And no matter how hard he tries to unload the tiny creatures, they just keep coming back home."











Exerpt from an April 1, 1997 article in Kidscreen Magazine:

Summer 1994

U.S. toy manufacturer Kenner approaches Sunbow Entertainment about developing a show based upon the Littlest Pet Shop toy line. Sunbow takes an interest in the property because it thinks it can develop the idea for television in a gender-neutral way that will appeal to kids who enjoy the manic action of shows such as Tiny Toons. "We were looking to do something in the more classic vein, a more stretch-and-squash kind of cartoon, and this property was perfect for that," says C.J. Kettler, president of Sunbow Entertainment.

The fact that the series had a built-in marketing hook in the U.S. with the Kenner toy line was only one piece of the puzzle. "We developed a show that will sell for the next 40 or 50 years, regardless of whether there is any product on the shelf associated with it," Kettler says, noting that the toy line has recently been discontinued by Kenner.

Umm... what?


You know what would have been a great Littlest Pet Shop cartoon? What about a Littlest Pet Shop with a LITTLE pet store and little pets instead of a relatively NORMAL-SIZED pet shop with little pets? Maybe I'm overthinking this. Why couldn't they have gone with a cartoon in a style of the animation from the original 1992 Littlest Pet Shop commercial? Below are screenshots. *sigh* If only...














Episode # Segment One Segment Two
01
What Do You Mean Little?
No Starch Please
02
Frogs!
The Closet Eater
03
Hamster-lympics
King Squeaks
04
The Black Cat
Bunny Beat
05
Chet the Dream Horse
Going Bananas
06
Stu-Man & Super Squeaks
The Bugs-in-the-Wall Gang
07
Wrecking Havoc
Chet Goes to Hollywood
08
The Curse of the Mumsy
Whenever Lola Laughs
09
Treasure of the Sierra Pet Shop
Really Big
10
Sqeaks in Space
Are You My Mumsy?
11
Scaredy Dog
Littlest Pit Stop
12
Bully Bugs
Littlest Whodunit
13
Inmate Rookie
A Game of Cat and Mouse and Dog
14
Belly of the Beast
Cops and and Robbers and Pets, Oh My!
15
Attack of the Manwolf
My Fair Hamster
16
The Young and the Vetless
Chloe Tells All
17
Night of the Elwood
Drained
18
Kowalski and Juliet
Mind Over Monkey
19
Infomercial Superflyway
Dream Vacation
20
The Mighty Clucks
Little Junior
21
Encino Mammoth
When in Rom...
22
Chloe's Evil Twin
The Magnificent Pet
23
Perils of Bernice
Bell Overboard
24
Who Scrooged McRude
Too Many Birds
25
Witness Protection Pup
Eleven Minutes of Fame
26
The Itch to Be Rich
Mechanical Madness
27
Baby!
Littlest Pet Detective
28
The Deadly Derby
Mailroom Mayhem
29
Black-Out
Don't Rain On My Banana
30
For the Love of Lovas
Obedience School
31
Frankenstu
Wanted: Squeaks!
32
Do Not Solve Until Christmas
The Gift of Gab
33
Travels with My Mumsy
The Best Things in Life are Flea
34
Littlest Pet Shop of Biggest Horrors
The Jungle Novella
35
The Rotten Apple
Nothing Up My Sleeve
36
Squeaks' Sibling Rivalry
Slinging Fur
37
Squeaks on a Stick
The Bug House
38
They Came From Beyond the Dumpster
Lonesome Chet
39
My Fair Rookie
Farewell Delilah
40
It's a Wonderful Hat
This Old Treehouse



Characters:





Squeaks
Chloe
Viv
Stu
Chet





Elwood P.
Harvey
Delilah
Mumsy
Sarge
Harriet



English Version Opening
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Theme Song Lyrics:
[mp3]

Get set for something special, excitement to the max
They're wacky and they're zany and headin' down the tracks
They all have big adventures although they're really small
It's all for one and one for all, and also slightly off the wall at
Littlest Pet Shop
Always friends at Littlest Pet Shop

Everyone is racing and the place is always busy
So much going on, don't be surprised if you get dizzy
Some people start to dance to get the music pumpin'
Then before you know it everybody else is jumpin' at
Littlest Pet Shop
Always friends at Littlest Pet Shop

Anything can happen, and it happens in a twinklin'
Keep your eyes on Glowy 'cause you'll miss out if you're blinkin'
Always hoppin', just keeps poppin'
Littlest Pet Shop
You never know who'll be droppin' in
But they're always friends and always true
For Chloe, Squeaks, Chet, Viv and Stu
Littlest Pet Shop



German Version Opening


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French Version:

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Italian Version Opening

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