2 Stupid dogs2 Stupid Dogs is an American animated television series created by Donovan Cook and produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Program Services that originally ran from September 5, 1993 to February 13, 1995 on TBS. The main segments of the show featured two dogs, "Big Dog" and "Little Dog". The Big Dog was voiced by Brad Garrett and the Little Dog was voiced by Mark Schiff. Reruns are played on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang in 2005 through 2006 ,and returned on June 1, 2009 (though only showing it every summer), and also returned on July 5, 2011 to Cartoon Network for the first time in ten years.
A backup segment, a remake of Hanna-Barbera's Secret Squirrel (entitled Super Secret Secret Squirrel), was shown in between the main 2 Stupid Dogs cartoons in many of the 13 episodes, similar to early Hanna-Barbera cartoons in the 1960s.
2 Stupid Dogs is about a big dog and a little dog, who aren't very smart as the title explains, and their everyday misadventures, with an animation style unusual for the time: a very flat, simplistic style similar to early Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the '50s and '60s, but with early '90s humor and sensibility. In addition, the Big Dog talks much less than the Little Dog does and most of the time, the Little Dog talks about food. It also did not have a series structure, similar to many humorous cartoons and sitcoms. The show did not follow a continuous storyline — what happens in one episode has little to no effect on another. 2 Stupid Dogs had very brief loveual innuendos, as did other cartoons at the time, such as Rocko's Modern
Life.
Main CharctersVoice of Big Dog Brad Garrett - Big Dog - He is a large grey Old English Sheepdog (in an episode where they were in a farm, he was even able to herd sheep). He is much stronger than the Little Dog. The Big Dog is generally too lazy to bother with anything, and most of the time seemed more aloof and unconcerned about his surroundings than actually stupid. In some episodes, he surprisingly reveals deep philosophical intelligence. A running gag about the Big Dog is he would spit out a whole cob of corn he ate. In the episode Love, his name is revealed to be "Jonathan".
Voice of Little Dog Mark Schiff - Little Dog - He is a small orange Dachshund. Little Dog is much more energetic and hyperactive than Big Dog. Little Dog is completely scared by cats (possibly a case of ailurophobia), and when a cat appeared, it was Big Dog that had to scare the cat away. He does know a little about history (such as when in "Substitute Teacher", an Abraham Lincoln parody was played, when the Lincoln actor (Mr. Hollywood) dies from a sword strike, the little dog remarks "I thought Lincoln was shot"). He often refers to things he doesn't like as "caca!"In one episode, Sheep Dog ,it was revealed he didn't know his own name. When he asked Big Dog about it and got "I don't know" as reply, he wrote 'Ida Know' on the form.
Minor charctersKenny Fowler - A small skinny kid with nerdy glasses, who is often pushed around by other kids, and often asks the dogs for help, in a certain episode where he tries to talk to Buffy and gets nervous. He has a bully who often taunts him by saying "What a Fowler!"
Hollywood - A large man who likes to point out others' mistakes, always in the same unnecessary fashion; he will begin by saying, in an admiring tone "Well, isn't that cute?" and then shout at the top of his lungs "But it's wrong!" - always accompanied by the background sound of a striking foghorn. At the one occasion where he says "Well isn't that cute?" without adding "But it's wrong!", he breaks the fourth wall by telling the viewers they probably expected him to shout that. Whenever the dogs bump into Mr. H (the way he introduced himself as when he was a teacher) he has a completely new appearance and on one occasion is a woman. He has also had many occupations such as a teacher, farmer, Noah, casino manager and pet shop owner. In "Pie in the sky" he assumes multiple shop owners of a retail store
Cubby - A fat spotty gum-smacking teenager with big glasses, blonde hair and blue lips. In the episodes he appears in he assumes the role of a different job, like Mr. Hollywood, such as in the episode "Far-Out Friday" he is a clerk at the supermarket. In the episode "At The Drive-In" he is the attendant at the snack bar. He has a squeaky voice and often lets off gas when excited i.e. "Post Office". He helps the stupid dogs with questions and problems they have which mainly involves food.
Buffy Ziegenhagen - A girl that Kenny has a crush on, who is in his class who has a secret crush on him.
Red - A parody of Little Red Riding Hood, she's a small, meek little girl that the Dogs often encounter. When she speaks, she shouts one word in the sentence very loudly compared to the quiet tone of voice she usually has. The Dogs usually just join her for food. She needs glasses and even with them her sight is far from 20/20 (which some viewers see as a logical explanation for why Red can't see through Big Bad Wolf's granny disguise—the Dogs are simply stupid). In her first appearance, Red mistakes Big Dog for Granny and Little Dog convinces him to play along for the cake. They miss Granny's home and end up at the Three Bears home. At her next appearance, they once again miss Granny's home and instead go to the gingerbread house, where the witch, not wanting to wait for Hansel and Gretel, decides to eat Red. In her third appearance, Red and the Dogs do reach Granny's but just because Big Bad Wolf got tired of waiting and dragged them there.
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