Line #107 Characters/PoundPuppies1980s


1	The Characters of ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s''
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3	For their [[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 2010 counterparts]], [[Characters/PoundPuppies2010 click here]].
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8	[[folder:The Pound Puppies]]
9	!!Cooler
10	->Voiced by: Dan Gilvezan
11	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_cooler.jpg]]
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14	* BreakingTheFourthWall: It's not uncommon for the characters to address the audience and acknowledge that they were in a cartoon (even Katrina got in on the act!), but Cooler definitely does it the most; he basically treats the fourth wall as if it isn't there at all.
15	* CatchPhrase: "Pound Puppies, let's start pounding!"
16	* DeadpanSnarker: He's got a bit of a sarcastic edge to him, frequently quipping and making fun of whatever situation he's in.
17	* FlatEarthAtheist: He knows he's in a cartoon and has seen plenty of fantastical and supernatural things, but he remains a skeptic at heart. His initial reaction to things like the legend of the Star Pup or the Fairy Dogmother is to dismiss them as nonsense, even though they frequently turn out to be true.
18	* TheLeader: He is the leader of the Pound Puppies.
19	* TheSmartGuy: In addition to being TheLeader, he's also clearly the pup with the most smarts. He's by far the one who most often comes up with the solution to the problem of the episode, and he's also the one who makes most if not all the plans.
20	* SignatureLaugh: He's got a very distinct chuckle, inspired by Creator/EddieMurphy.
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22	!!Nose Marie
23	->Voiced by: Joanne Worley (1985 special), Ruth Buzzi (series)
24	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_nose_marie.jpg]]
25	[[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_nose_marie2.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see her in Season 2]]
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28	* GirlyGirl: Of the two main female Pound Puppies, she's the most traditionally feminine.
29	* GracefulLadiesLikePurple / PinkMeansFeminine: Her outfits.
30	* SouthernBelle: She speaks in a Southern accent.
31	* SuddenNameChange: Was named "The Nose" in the original 1985 TV special.
32	* TeamMom: Serves as a maternal figure in the second season.
33	* VerbalTic: As the SouthernBelle she is, she tends to use the description "little ol'" a lot, no matter if it makes sense in context or not. For example, when telling a story she opens with "once upon a little ol' time..."
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35	!!Bright Eyes
36	->Voiced by: Adrienne Alexander (1985 special), Creator/NancyCartwright (series)
37	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_bright_eyes.jpg]]
38	[[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_bright_eyes2.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see her in Season 2]]
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41	* AgeLift: Goes through one no less than twice. In the original special, she's clearly an adult who takes care of herself (and even takes charge when teamed up with Howler), but in the series' first season she comes across as a lot younger; not only is she more immature and needs more guidance and protection, but she starts displaying a childlike wonder and innocence. In the second season she's been de-aged even further, and her and her LikeBrotherAndSister relationship with Whopper is played up, really cementing her as a young pup.
42	* TheCutie: She is a very endearing girl.
43	* TheDitz: Very sweet and loving, but she can also be quite ditzy and a bit naive.
44	* GenkiGirl: She is often cheerful and energetic.
45	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Has this relationship with Whopper.
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47	!!Howler
48	->Voiced by: Creator/FrankWelker (1985 special), Robert Morse (series)
49	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_howler.jpg]]
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52	* BunglingInventor: In the first season he has some traits of this; he's genuinely a competent inventor but his absent-mindedness sometimes contribute to inventions not always working exactly as planned. But it soon becomes clear that he's much more a...
53	** GadgeteerGenius: It's a trait of his character that started out as very downplayed, but got increasingly important; in the second season when he was moved OutOfFocus, his main function was to provide the gang with various inventions to help solve their problems.
54	* {{Hammerspace}}: His derby. He somehow manages to fit an entire feast in there (complete with plates and even a table), which comes in handy when he encounters a pack of hungry wolves.
55	* HatOfPower: He wears a derby with a handle on it that activates retractable robot arms and other gadgets. Occasionally it seems to have some semblance of sentience, as it thinks of solutions before Howler himself manages to.
56	* OutOfFocus: In the second season, he is no longer part of the main cast and is even absent in some episodes.
57	* TheSpeechless: In the '85 special, Howler couldn't speak, only howl. This was dropped for the TV series.
58	* VerbalTic: Replacing TheSpeechless above, the series version of Howler gained a tendency to mix up his words when talking, using howling as a mental "reset" to straighten his phrasing out.
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60	!!Whopper
61	->Voiced by: Creator/BJWard
62	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_whopper.jpg]]
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65	* AfraidOfNeedles: In "Whopper Gets the Point", he went out of his way to avoid getting a shot.
66	* DrunkWithPower: In "King Whopper", he lets his status as temporary head of the pound get to his head and relentlessly orders everyone around.
67	* InflationaryDialogue: At least OnceAnEpisode, his stories have a tendency to have details changed until Whopper makes them as outlandish and blatantly untrue as possible.
68	* InstantCostumeChange: He's got an uncanny knack for these; while the other pups occasionally wear disguises, Whopper does it by far the most. He'll frequently don an elaborate costume if he's playing a role, or sometimes just for a brief gag. Sometimes the costumes are pretty blatantly imaginary, but other times they're just at blatantly real.
69	* KidAppealCharacter: He's the youngest of the main characters and a source of comic relief.
70	* TheLancer: He frequently serves as Cooler's number two.
71	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Has this relationship with Bright Eyes.
72	* MeaningfulName: Appropriately enough, Whopper has a tendency to tell tall tales.
73	* MotorMouth: Even when he ''isn't'' telling tall tales, he still talks a mile a minute.
74	* MrImagination: It's made evident by his constant fabrications that he has quite a vivid imagination.
75	* TagalongKid: Often follows the other Pound Puppies on their adventures.
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79	!!Holly
80	->Voiced by: Ami Foster
81	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_holly.jpg]]
82	[[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_holly2.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see her in Season 2]]
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85	* CoolBigSis: To the Pound Puppies.
86	* TheCutie: A kindhearted and likable young girl.
87	* {{Expy}}: Disney's Cinderella. Her "Auntie Katrina" and Brattina uses her like a slave for housework. WordOfGod said that Brattina was inspired by Anastasia and Drizella. Has friends with the Pound Puppies like Cinderella has friends with the mice and birds. Holly even had an episode similar to Cinderella.
88	* HeartwarmingOrphan: Her parents are supposedly deceased, but that doesn't in any way prevent her from being a nice person.
89	* NaiveNewcomer: At the start of the TV series.
90	* PinkMeansFeminine / TrueBlueFemininity: Her clothing, through she seemed to wear less pink and more blue in the second season.
91	* {{Shorttank}}: More in the second season.
92	* {{Tomboy}}: In the second season.
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94	!!Millicent Trueblood
95	->Voiced by: June Lockhart
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98	* OlderThanTheyLook: In spite of looking like she's in her 60's, Cooler mentions that she passed away at the age of 101.
99	* PosthumousCharacter: She's the founder of Holly's Puppy Pound and the aunt of Katrina Stoneheart. She only appeared in flashbacks during the episode "How to Found a Pound". The house where Katrina lives was inherited from Millicent while Holly inherited the Puppy Pound.
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103	!!Katrina Stoneheart
104	->Voiced by: Pat Carrol
105	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_katrina_stoneheart.jpg]]
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108	* CardCarryingVillain: She named her kid '''Brat'''tina! That's all you need to know, other than the fact that she takes it as a compliment when Holly calls her out for stealing the Puppy Pound's food supply in "Whopper Cries Uncle" and when she is booed by the audience in "The Captain and the Cats".
109	* CatchPhrase: In the second season, she frequently states "Those mutts drive me nuts!"
110	* CruellaToAnimals: Who wants to turn the puppies [[FurAndLoathing into fur coats]].
111	* EvilRedhead: She has red hair and is quite mean.
112	* IgnoredEpiphany: In "Happy Howlidays", after the Pound Puppies make her dream that she is a dog so she can witness firsthand how heartless she's being by shutting down the Puppy Pound and leaving the dogs out on the street, she considers changing her ways so that she can be on better terms with the Pound Puppies, but then says "Nah" and goes right ahead with her mean scheme.
113	* KickTheDog: Appropriately enough for the trope's name, it's rare for Katrina to go even a single episode without at least attempting to do something cruel to Holly and the Pound Puppies. One particularly cruel example is hiding bills from Holly and not revealing them to her until it's too late to pay them on time in "Happy Howlidays".
114	* MeaningfulName: She's every bit as nasty as her surname suggests.
115	* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: She can't go one episode without exclaiming how much she hates the Pound Puppies or all dogs in general.
116	-->'''Katrina:''' You Pound Puppies / I hate them, yes I do
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118	!!Brattina
119	->Voiced by: Adrienne Alexander
120	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_brattina.jpg]]
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123	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Had [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys a very obvious crush on Captain Slaughter]], much to his annoyance.
124	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She has a crush on Captain Slaughter because of how rotten and mean he is.
125	* CuteButCacophonic: Her voice can get pretty grating.
126	* DisappearedDad: Her father isn't even so much as mentioned.
127	* EvilRedhead: She has red hair and is as bad a person as her mother.
128	* MeaningfulName: True to her name, she is rather bratty.
129	* SpoiledBrat: She whines whenever she doesn't get her way.
130	* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Like her mother, she can't go one episode without exclaiming how much she hates the Pound Puppies or all dogs in general.
131	-->'''Brattina:''' Eww! Pound Puppies! / They’re yucky, icky-poo!
132	* ValleyGirl
133	* VerbalTic: Always calling things "icky", no matter how little sense it makes.
134	* VillainousGlutton: "The Fairy Dogmother" shows her being more concerned with eating food at the dance than actually dancing.
135	* [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Kid Brattina?]]
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137	!!Catgut
138	->Voiced by: Creator/FrankWelker
139	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_catgut.jpg]]
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142	* CatsAreMean: Belongs to Katrina and is just as mean as his owner.
143	* RightHandCat: He's a pet cat belonging to Katrina Stoneheart.
144	* TheVoiceless: He never speaks, instead meowing and hissing like a normal cat would.
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146	!!Captain Slaughter
147	->Voiced by: Creator/PeterCullen
148	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pound_puppies_captain_slaughter.jpg]]
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151	* ArtificialLimbs: He has a robotic right hand.
152	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappeared completely in ''The All-New Pound Puppies''.
153	* TheComicallySerious: Despite being a serious villain, the lines he says are actually pretty funny when he delivers them with a completely straight tone.
154	* {{Determinator}}: He blamed Cooler for [[spoiler:how he lost his hand during a previous chase]].
155	* EvilSoundsDeep: He has a deep and sinister voice, being voiced by Peter Cullen.
156	* TheFaceless: His eyes are the only part of his face visible.
157	* KnightOfCerebus: Brings a more serious tone to an otherwise lighthearted series whenever he turns up.
158	* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has menacing red eyes.
159	* RedRightHand: His most distinguishing feature is that ginormous robotic prosthetic hand.
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