Doug is an American animated television series created by Jim Jinkins and produced by Jumbo Pictures. The series premiered on Nickelodeon in 1991, and ran until 1994. Nickelodeon declined to green-light a fifth season, and it was instead ordered by Disney. Disney also acquired the production company behind Doug, Jumbo Pictures. The fifth season premiered in 1996 and became a staple of ABC's Saturday morning block. The series continued for two more seasons and a film until 1999.
For the first four seasons (52 episodes), Doug episodes consisted of two stories per half-hour block, with the exceptions of "Doug Bags a Neematoad", "Doug's Halloween Adventure" and "Doug's Christmas Story" as they were full-length. The fifth through seventh seasons (65 episodes) consisted of one story per half-hour block.
A total of 117 episodes (166 segments) were produced over the course of seven seasons.
In the closing credits for this season, two different pieces of music would play: the first piece would be taken from the second story in the episode, and during the last third, Porkchop would don headphones and listen to music from the first story, immediately drowning out the original background music and angering Doug.
Unlike the other seasons, the Jumbo Pictures closing logo is different. It is still and takes place on a dark blue background.
The Funnies have moved from Bloatsburg and are just arriving at their new home in the town of Bluffington. 11-year-old Doug Funnie writes his thoughts in his journal and worries he will not be able to make any friends. On a search to find food for his Mom (Theda), Dad (Phil), sister (Judy), and himself, Doug meets his next door neighbor Mr. Dink. He shows Doug a video about Bluffington and introduces him to the popular hangout fast food restaurant called The Honker Burger. When Doug gets to the hangout, he meets Skeeter Valentine who befriends him right away. Doug also meets Patti Mayonnaise and, right away, has a secret crush on her. However, all is not well when he also meets the local bully Roger Klotz who tricks Doug into believing he has to catch a monster called a Neematoad at Stinsen's Pond to be a town hero.
Beginning with this season, only a single piece of music is played during the closing credits, though the animation remains the same until the fifth season.
Additionally, the more familiar Jumbo Pictures closing logo started to be used.
This season is also one of the only two seasons to not have any full-length episodes.
Along with the second season, this season is one of the only two seasons to not have any full-length episodes.
According to the closing credits, the entirety of this season was produced between late April to mid-November 1993.[12]
In February 1996, Jumbo Pictures was acquired by Disney. Disney greenlit a fifth season of Doug, which Nickelodeon had previously declined to order, for the Disney's One Saturday Morning block on ABC. This season introduced a new theme song and, at Jinkins' decision, some changes to the characters. In an interview, Jinkins said, "We'd already done a hundred and fifty some-odd stories, so our writing team was looking for a way to restart. The changes were my doing. I wanted to shake it up."[17] To emphasize how the episodes were brand-new, this season was called Brand Spanking New! Doug. As of this season, episodes are now made up of one 22-minute stories. The ending credits also changed to where Doug chases Porkchop from left to right and then the latter chases the former to the left. The show started airing on ABC's One Saturday Morning Block, although Christmas-themed special 15th episode "Doug's Secret Christmas" premiered on the network in primetime.[18]
Every episode of this season was directed by both Jim Jinkins & Jack Spillum.
After Doug and Skeeter see a commercial for the new movie Targetman, they desperately want to see it. Soon, all of Doug's friends and even his teachers are talking about Targetman. When Doug tells his parents he wants to see it, they don't allow him because it is way too violent and they feel Doug is not mature enough to see it. So Doug tries to be more mature in front of his parents in order for them to let him see the movie, but they still say no. Doug goes with Skeeter to see the movie anyway, only to regret it later on. Meanwhile, Mr. Klotz is in town to visit Roger who also wants to see Targetman, but Mr. Klotz won't let Roger see it, and he doesn't realize why.
Doug finds a lost puppy named Baker in Lucky Duck park and he decides to keep it until its owner is found. But the puppy proves to be too much trouble at home. The new puppy may be cute, but he isn't like Porkchop and Doug realizes that Baker is a regular puppy is a lot of work to take care of. When the puppy's owner is still not found, Doug gives all his friends a chance to own him. Meanwhile, Al and Moo calculate the day an alien is scheduled to land in Lucky Duck Park.
After a day of repeatedly taunting Doug, Ned Cauphee, Roger’s most obnoxious friend, angers Doug over his limit by plastering him with mashed potatoes and gravy. When Doug and his friends come out of the school, they see a fire at Ned's house, Doug feels at fault after telling Ned that "someday he'll get his." Mrs. Funnie offers to house him while Ned's house is fixed. When Ned arrives, Doug can't believe how well he behaves because he is nothing like that at school. Doug even starts to feel sympathetic towards Ned. But now Ned is off to visit Grandma Funnie with the rest of the Funnies and Doug is worried he'll ruin his grandmother's home.
Patti panics and thinks she's fat after watching a commercial selling a diet kit by a teenage actress, so she, Connie, and Beebe set out to lose weight. Patti decides to go on a drastic diet and exercise routine. But once she starts losing weight, she can't seem to stop herself, she even stops eating and appears to develop anorexia nervosa. This all comes to a head after Patti passes out when she goes 3 days without eating.
In the final season, Brand Spanking New! Doug was renamed Disney's Doug. After production ended, all 65 episodes produced by Disney were repackaged under the Disney's Doug name for syndication on their Disney's One Too block, which commenced on UPN affiliates in September 1999. For the syndicated version, each episode was slightly edited, the end credits were completely redone, and new Doug shorts, featuring some of the characters from the show, were added in between commercial breaks. According to the closing credits, the entirety of this season was produced throughout 1998.
Every episode of this season was directed by Bernie Denk.
Judy forces Doug and his friends to do a Shakespearean tribute to recycling instead of a fun play they came up with on their own. Meanwhile, in Doug's daydream Judy-dra is turning everyone in Megalopolis into performance artists and Quailman and is joined by Silver Skeeter, Material Girl (Beebe Bluff's alter-ego), Supersport (Patti Mayonnaise's alter-ego), and the rest of the other heroes must stop her. They are about to stop Judy-dra (Judy Funnie's evil alter-ego), a three-headed dragon.
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