Tony Love
Director
Chucklewood Critters (1998)
Season 1
Chucklewood Critters is an American line of television specials and an animated TV series created by former Hanna-Barbera animators, Bill Hutten and Tony Love, which centered on two woodland animals: Buttons, a young bear cub, and Rusty, a fox cub. It started as a Christmas special in 1983 called The Christmas Tree Train, followed by eight more holiday/seasonal specials. In 1997 it was developed into a series entitled The New Chucklewood Critters, which ran for two seasons.
Released Jan. 6, 1998
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
Keywords: imdb.cartoon-animal, imdb.family-and-friends, imdb.problem-solving, imdb.seasons, imdb.forest, imdb.flying-machine, imdb.fox + 8 more, imdb.teacher, imdb.1990-s, imdb.park, imdb.bear, imdb.cave, imdb.owl, imdb.woodland-creature, imdb.park-ranger
Production Companies: Encore Enterprises
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Mudcats Galore
The cubs learn about the endangered mudcats and decide to help them, but don't know what they look like and accidentally mistake them for a couple of wild pigs.
Jan. 6, 1998, midnight
S1E2 - Chucklewood Cousins
Buttons' Uncle Woodrow, Aunt Francine, and Cousin Bruce visit Chucklewood. However, when Bruce shows off in front of Rusty and the girl cubs, Buttons loses his confidence. How can he get his confidence back?
Jan. 13, 1998, midnight
S1E3 - The Salmon Are Running
Buttons is caught in a dilemma; he has to choose to either go fishing with his father or go to Bearbette's birthday party. The cubs come up with a way for Buttons to do both.
Jan. 20, 1998, midnight
S1E4 - The Big One
Earthquakes are mysteriously occurring in Chucklewood Forest, and the cubs meet a young elephant and his mother, who were responsible for the tremors.
Jan. 27, 1998, midnight
S1E5 - No Cave Like Home
All the critters are forced to evacuate Chucklewood when they hear explosions from a mountain, which they think is a volcano.
Feb. 3, 1998, midnight
S1E6 - Mother Nature's Missing
A barrel of chemicals falls into the Chucklewood creek and Mother Nature becomes affected by it, which causes strange things to occur around the forest, like a rainbow at nighttime. The cubs set off to find a flower called the Shepherd's Goblet which will save Mother Nature and restore the natural balance in Chucklewood.
Feb. 10, 1998, midnight
S1E7 - An Eye for a Tooth
There's a rumor of food shortage in the forest, and the cubs meet a traveling trader named Claude; they exchange Abner's tools for a barrel of food, but it was full of straw. The cubs go on a search to get the tools back, and the search leads them from one critter to another who have used the tools.
Feb. 17, 1998, midnight
S1E8 - The Mystery of the Sneaky Snacker
The critters celebrate Chucklewood's birthday. When a bobcat named Jonah comes to Chucklewood, food starts mysteriously disappearing, and Jonah is accused of stealing and eating it. Buttons and Rusty set a trap to catch the real thief.
Feb. 24, 1998, midnight
S1E9 - Anything You Can Do...?
While the mothers are visiting Grandma Bear's, the fathers are in charge of doing chores and cooking dinner. Meanwhile, the bear cubs have an argument about whether boy cubs or girl cubs are better, Freddie decides to have a contest.
March 3, 1998, midnight
S1E10 - Raging Rivers
Jonesy reminds the critters that the Critter vet is coming to do some sort of inoculation. Meanwhile, the cubs set off for adventure, water rafting and camping, and are caught in the rapids. They reach a cave and meet a critter named Selma, who ran away from something scary.
March 10, 1998, midnight
S1E11 - Scenter of Attention
When Rocky Ridge, which was on the other side of a ravine from Chucklewood, catches on fire, a skunk named Eugene escapes it and meets the critters. However, they find his scent a little disturbing.
March 17, 1998, midnight
S1E12 - Timeout
The cubs enter a cave which leads them to an underground world, and there they meet a young dinosaur named Bubbles.
March 24, 1998, midnight
S1E13 - Family Feud
The cubs' folks are into serious arguments. They must think of a plan to stop the feud between their folks before it ruins their friendship.
March 31, 1998, midnight
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 780 min.
Released: Jan. 6, 1998
Last Air Date: July 1, 1999, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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