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Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988)

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On a magical artifact called the Bone of Scone, that gives "Puppy Power" to the Pound Puppies and Pound Purries. However, a villain named Marvin McNasty plans to take it and use it for ... See full summary »

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Cast

Credited cast:
Greg Berg ...
Beamer (voice)
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Nose Marie (voice)
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Bright Eyes (voice)
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Charlamange / Collette (singing voice) (voice)
Ryan Davis ...
Puppy (voice)
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Jeff (voice) (as Joey Deidio)
Ashley Hall ...
Cooler (singing voice)
Brennan Howard ...
Cooler / Digalot (voice)
Janice Kawaye ...
Tammy (voice)
Alwyn Kushner ...
Whopper's Niece (voice)
Jasper Kushner ...
Whopper's Nephew (voice)
Robbie Lee ...
Puppy (voice)
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Big Paw (voice)
Hal Rayle ...
Howler / Reflex (voice)
George Rose ...
Sir McNasty / Marvin McNasty (voice)
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On a magical artifact called the Bone of Scone, that gives "Puppy Power" to the Pound Puppies and Pound Purries. However, a villain named Marvin McNasty plans to take it and use it for world domination. Without the Bone of Scone, humans will not understand what the animals are saying and, if it is broken, Puppy Power will forever be lost. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

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18 March 1988 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Beszélő kutyák csodacsontja  »

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$504,636 (USA)
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Cooler now wears a white leather jacket and no longer sports his trademark Eddie Murphy-style laugh. During the "Let's Go to the Pound" segment, he wears his favorite pair of sunglasses. He is somewhat more serious than he was in the TV Series. See more »

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When Tammy and Jeff are outside of the museum, talking about the adoption center, Tammy is first seen holding one black and white cat. In the next shot, she is holding a tan dog and a white dog. See more »

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A musical mess of a movie.
21 September 2010 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

A TriStar picture directed by Pierre DeCelles

There are films like The Care Bears Movie and the My Little Pony Movie that were made simply for two reasons. One is to make some of the moo-lah in the movie business for a change. The other reason being that they want to sell more products. They were very common in the 1980s, and such is the case with this musical mess of a movie. Originally a toy line under the "Tonka" label, it got a Saturday morning cartoon show, and a theatrical animated motion picture. Does Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw succeed by building on the success of the source material (as if there was any)? Eh...no.

The movie follows a group of dogs who have been blessed with "puppy power", so that they can communicate with humans by speaking their language. This is powered by an ancient artifact called the Bone of Scone (try saying that with a straight face), and if it breaks, dogs cannot communicate with their owners except just barking, and the power would be lost. However, the villain of the movie, named Mr. McNasty (yes, that is his name) wants to obtain this artifact so that he can take over the world. So it's up to our "friends" (and I use that term loosely) to prevent him from world domination.

This is the first animated feature released under TriStar, and for their first animated feature, this is not a good start. The film has a lot of inconsistencies, along with choppy animation and poorly written songs that are supposed to be reminiscent of rockabilly music, since the film takes place in the 1950s. I will never hear the song "Let's Go to the Hop" the same way again. The characters are also forgettable and are not that interesting. I will also go as far as saying they can be at times...stupid. Don't vouch for that. That's what I personally feel about it.

Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw is not completely the worst animated feature. There are far worse, and little kids might enjoy this movie. However, judging the movie as a whole, it isn't a good one...at all. As a whole, it's a stupid movie. If you're looking for a kids movie that can keep your kids quite for an hour, then be my guest. Otherwise, I just use the DVD of this as a coaster for my cup of coffee (Thanks Lions Gate for a $10 coaster).


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