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* [[Frank Welker]] – Fangs/Fangface, Baby Fangs/Fangpuss<ref>{{cite book|last=Lenburg|first=Jeff|title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Third Edition|year=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=0-8160-6599-3}}</ref> |
* [[Frank Welker]] – Fangs/Fangface, Baby Fangs/Fangpuss<ref>{{cite book|last=Lenburg|first=Jeff|title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Third Edition|year=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=0-8160-6599-3}}</ref> |
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* [[Scott McCord]] - Fangs/Fangface |
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* [[Susan Blu]] – Kim |
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* [[Bart Braverman]] – Puggsy |
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Fangface | |
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Genre | Animation |
Created by | Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
Written by | Norman Maurer Mark Jones Cliff Ruby Alana Lesser |
Directed by | Rudy Larriva |
Voices of | Frank Welker Bart Braverman Susan Blu Jerry Dexter |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 16 (Season 1, 1978) 16 (Season 2, 1979–80) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
Producer | Jerry Eisenberg |
Running time | 30 minutes (1978) 15 minutes (1979–80) |
Production company | Ruby-Spears Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 9, 1978[1] – September 27, 1980 |
Fangface was a 30-minute Saturday morning cartoon produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for ABC which aired from September 9, 1978 to September 8, 1979. The executive producers were Joe Ruby and Ken Spears.
Fangface
Highly derivative of Scooby-Doo (which was also created by Ruby and Spears), Fangface features four teenagers — Kim, Biff, Puggsy and Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth (Puggsy and Fangs imitating Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall of The Bowery Boys fame [2]) who transforms into a werewolf named Fangface whenever he sees the moon, a picture of the moon, or anything resembling the moon. Fangface has brown fur with tan paws, muzzle, and tail tip. He has one large fang in the middle of his upper jaw, which protrudes over his lower lip. They drive around in their convertible called the Wolf-Buggy [3][4] and catch crooks and solve crimes involving monsters and evil masterminds. Fangs sits in the backseat next to Puggsy, while Fangface rides on Puggsy's shoulders.
Despite the temporary difficulty of Fangface attacking Puggsy, the gang never hesitates to initiate the transformation to take advantage of the werewolf's power to cope with any danger. Indeed, they often refer to Fangface as their "secret weapon", even though very few people are afraid of him. Fangface and Fangs are unaware of each other, but Fangface lives in the moment, so he never seems to question why he's suddenly in a new place, whereas Fangs is always bewildered upon reversion.
Although it is consistently odd, if Fangface ever sees food, or hears a food word like "turkey", he eats Puggsy. Although, he doesn't swallow him whole; he just leaves him trapped in his jaw. The only way to get Puggsy out of Fangface's jaw is for either Biff or Kim to rub Fangface's foot, thereby calming him down and releasing Puggsy.
Another odd coincidence is that whenever Fangface sees his reflection in a mirror, he goes completely wild and only relies on instinct; sometimes with an addition of an order given to him, as demonstrated near the ending of A Heap of Trouble, as well as Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter, A Creep from the Deep, and Westward Ho to the UFO.
Even though Fangs and Fangface are completely different in their personalities, they have similarities to one another. Fangs and Fangface both wear an orange hat [5], although the rest of Fangs' clothes disappear, and are friends of Kim, Biff, and Puggsy. Fangs and Fangface also say the phrase "Ooh! Ooh!" (the trademark exclamation of Joe E. Ross) before expressing an idea, as heard in the episode The Evil Design Of Vulture-Man's Mind.
Fangs is basically comic relief of the show having no real use as Fangs and getting changed into Fangface when he's needed. Though Fangs does show a spark of use when he's super scared. When he's super scared, he comes up with a super good idea to save his super scared neck.
Another interesting occurrence are the barrage of invented words that the character Puggsy says, such as 'scramify' and 'rescuefy' in the episode The Ill-Will Of Dr. Chill, which can be heard throughout the entire series.
In the episode Don't Abra When You Cadabra, it is revealed that Fangs has an uncle named Arnie (rumored to be possibly Baby Fang's father) and that he runs a video arcade in New York City called Arnie's Arcade.
During Season 1, Fangface would see the sun, or a representation, and transform back to Fangs at inconvenient times, as shown in the episode Space Monster Mishap, long before the gangs' case would be over. As a result, the gang would have to transform him back into Fangface in order to complete their case.
The opening title narration, voiced by John Stephenson [6], for each episode consists of the following:
- Every 400 years, a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth family, and so when the moon shined on little Sherman Fangsworth, he changed into Fangface, a werewolf! Only the sun can change him back to normal. And so little Fangs grew up and teamed up with three daring teenagers: Kim, Biff and Puggsy, and together they find danger, excitement and adventure! Who can save the day? Who can wrong the rights and right the wrongs? None other than Fangface!
Sixteen 30-minute episodes of Fangface were produced for the 1978 season from 8:30–9:00 a.m.
When the series first aired, there was no TV Parental Guidelines rating system, but with repeats the show has been rated as TV-G.
Fangface and Fangpuss
In 1979, the second season titled Fangface and Fangpuss aired as a segment on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show and introduced a new character: Baby Fangs, Fangs' infant cousin who turns into a baby werewolf called Fangpuss (which contradicts the opening narration stating that only one werewolf is born into the family every 400 years, but, of course, that werewolf could be born through another family which may be married to the Fangsworth family). The show remained in the same mystery-adventure style as the first season, but episodes were now shortened to 15-minute segments. Sixteen episodes of Fangface and Fangpuss were produced for the 1979–80 season.
The episodes The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon and Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter are the only season two episodes in which Baby Fangs/Fangpuss did not make an appearance.
Just as Fangs is unaware that he is Fangface, Fangs is also unaware that his cousin, Baby Fangs, is Fangpuss. When Fangs sees Fangpuss, in the episode There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse, he becomes scared and runs off.
During Season 2, Fangface and Fangpuss would never see the sun, or a representation, as shown in the episode There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse, and transform back to normal before the gangs' case would be over.
Fangface and Fangpuss ran from September 22, 1979 to September 27, 1980; it then became a separate series in 1981 and, like the original Fangface, ran for just one season. After this series, Fangface and company faded into obscurity until reruns began to air on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
Episodes
Season 1 (1978, Fangface)
No. | Episode title | Original air date | Synopsis |
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01 | A Heap of Trouble | September 9, 1978 | Professor Arnos uses his invention to change into a hulking blue Heap creature, and plans on changing everyone on the university's campus into monsters for revenge. |
02 | A Creep from the Deep | September 16, 1978 | Grueller and his men steal an ancient tablet that will lead them to lost treasure, defying the consequences of its curse. |
03 | The Shocking Creature Feature | September 23, 1978 | Dr. Cybron, an evil scientist, plans to create numerous energy creatures and use them in his plot to take over the world. |
04 | Westward Ho to the UFO | September 30, 1978 | Spider-creatures from space cover the city in webs, trying to take over the world. |
05 | The Great Ape Escape | October 7, 1978 | Professor Ling is captured by Ape Creatures on the Misty Islands, and its up to the gang to rescue him. |
06 | Dinosaur Daze | October 14, 1978 | A live tyranosaurus rex breaks surface during an earthquake, being controlled by a mysterious figure, and the gang must stop it before it causes damage to the city. |
07 | Don't Abra When You Cadabra | October 21, 1978 | Mysto The Magician creates a super wand that can bend buildings over sideways, and with it, he plans to take over the world. |
08 | Space Monster Mishap | October 28, 1978 | A Space Monster gains entry into a space station and uses a device to drain the minds of the most brilliant scientists. |
09 | The Invisible Menace Mix-up | November 4, 1978 | The Sky Ghost kidnaps airplane daredevil, Su Chang, in order to get information on where her uncle hides a valuable black pearl, the only thing that can power his invisibility machine. |
10 | The Cuckoo Carnival Calamity | November 11, 1978 | The evil swami, Zorak, uses a control device to turn Harold 'Hal' Hercules into a monster in order to get the world's strongest teenager to help him steal gold. |
11 | Begone, You Amazon | November 18, 1978 | During a storm, the gang land in the Amazon jungle, where Fangface rescues Sheba, an amazon queen, and they must help her reclaim her throne from her evil cousin, Thera. |
12 | Snow Job Jitters | November 25, 1978 | The gang's ski-trip turns into a delivery, when they help take Charlie, a cat with a formula on how to make synthetic gold hidden on him, to a laboratory while trying to avoid a villain named the Scorpion. |
13 | The Goofy Gargoyle Goof-Up | December 2, 1978 | The gang go to a hollywood costume party, where they meet the glamorous Raquel Taylor. Unfortunately, Crula plans on making the actress a bride for her gargoyle. |
14 | A Toothy Shark is No Lark | December 9, 1978 | Neptune, a sea-creature from Atlantis, uses a device to control a shark, in order to enslave humanity into building him a new empire. |
15 | Where's the Wolf That's the Werewolf? | December 16, 1978 | A werewolf is stealing the animals in the Jungleland Animal Safari and Fangface is to blame. What they don't know is that a staff member named Zorlaff is stealing the animals using a special potion in order to create a potion that will turn him into different animals. |
16 | Don't Get Mean with the Cobra Queen | December 23, 1978 | Cobra Queen sends her giant cobra to abduct Gloria Vanderfeller in order to claim her fortune. |
Season 2 (1979–80, Fangface and Fangpuss)
No. | Episode title | Original air date | Synopsis |
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01 | There is Nothing Worse Than a Stony Curse | September 22, 1979 | The evil Medulla possesses an amulet that gives her the appearance and powers of Medusa. She uses her powers to turn the top scientists to stone and auction them off to the highest bidder. |
02 | Evil Guider of the Giant Spider | September 29, 1979 | Upon crashing onto Spider Island and an encounter with a giant spider, the group ends up stumbling upon the lab of Dr. Lazarus Web who plans to use a formula to enlarge the insects and take over the world. |
03 | Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter | October 6, 1979 | When astronaut Steve West lands on Jupiter, Dr. Lupiter opens a trap door in the shuttle where the gases of Jupiter turn Steve into a molten monster in a plan to tap the Earth's energy supply. |
04 | Who Do the Voodoo | October 13, 1979 | Nigel Winslow helps Count Drako escape from prison by using black magic to change Count Drako into a mist monster. |
05 | The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon | October 20, 1979 | Dr. Vincent Blackmire has invented a machine that transfer the contents of one's brain to another. The results end up different when he switches the brain contents of a Lagoon Monster with Fangface. |
06 | A Scary Affair in the Skullman's Lair | October 27, 1979 | A race of Skullman have kidnapped Professor Ortega and Carmen. They have also shrunken them in a plot to enter a crack in the Earth and retrieve a Skull Coin containing the superpowers of the Skullmen's ancestors. |
07 | A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship | November 3, 1979 | Our heroes are transported in time where they stumble upon pirates led by Ironmask who has plans to rob a Spanish ship. |
08 | The Ill-Will of Dr. Chill | November 10, 1979 | Dr. Chill uses a heat ray to melt the polar ice caps. He plans to flood the Earth if his demands aren't met. |
09 | The Romantic Plot of the She-Wolf Robot | November 17, 1979 | Countess Zarla creates a robotic she-wolf to seduce Fangface into helping her steal the Maltese Diamond Cat from its museum. |
10 | The Sinister Plan of Lizard Man | November 24, 1979 | Lizard Man uses a ray that turns his victims into small reptiles. He uses the device to steal a meteor that will give him enough super-strength to rule the world. |
11 | Royal Trouble with the King's Double | December 1, 1979 | Count Basil kidnaps King Rudolph to prevent his coronation. Seeing as Puggsy resembles the king, he takes his place while the others rescue the real king. |
12 | The Stone-Cold Dragon of Gold | December 8, 1979 | A golden dragon statue lies within Hong Kong. |
13 | The Evil Design of Vulture-Man's Mind | December 15, 1979 | Vulture-Man is abducting Peruvian natives with his giant condor and is making them his slaves to mind for the precious metals located in Vulture Mountain. |
14 | The Defiant Casablanca Giant | December 22, 1979 | Abdul the Giant captures a nuclear physicist named Zatci Hafid and plans to sell him to aliens in exchange for diamonds. |
15 | The Film Fiasco of Director Disastro | December 29, 1979 | Disastro is an alien director who plans to make a movie called "The Day the Earth Exploded" with special effects that are too real. |
16 | A Goofy Bungle in the Filipino Jungle | January 5, 1980 | On the Philippine Islands, a tribe of Filipino Caveman have been discovered by Zeno who uses his ring to hypnotize them into stealing Professor Batack's invention which can make a man 100 times stronger than normal. |
Voices
- Frank Welker – Fangs/Fangface, Baby Fangs/Fangpuss[7]
- Scott McCord - Fangs/Fangface
- Susan Blu – Kim
- Bart Braverman – Puggsy
- Jerry Dexter – Biff
Production credits
- Executive Producers: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
- Produced By: Jerry Eisenberg
- Directed By: Rudy Larriva
- Story: Norman Maurer, Mark Jones, Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser
- Story Direction: Cullen Houghtaling, Gary Goldstein, Jan Green
- Voices: Frank Welker, Bart Braverman, Susan Blu, Jerry Dexter, John Stephenson, Allan Melvin, Michael Rye, Joan Gerber, Larry D. Mann, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Lewis Bailey, Ted Cassidy
- Character Design: Jerry Eisenberg
- Production Design: Lew Ott
- Layout: Lin Larsen, Alex Ignatiev, Don Morgan, Jim Willoughby, Dave High, George Goode, Kirk Henderson, Phil Phillipson, Gordon Kent, Alan Huck, Gary Hoffman, Joel Seibel
- Animation Supervision: Ed Solomon
- Animation: Jim Davis, Ken O'Brien, Daniel De La Vega, Bill Pratt, John Freeman, Virgil Raddatz, John Howley, Bill Reed, John Kimball, Mike Stribling, Frank Nakielski, Bonita Versh, Xenia
- Assistant Animation Supervision: Bill Exter
- Assistant Animation: Fred Abranz, Don Parmele, Holly Forsyth, Karen Schultz, Leonard Johnson, John Shook, Merie Keller, Susan Sugita, John C. Lange, Jim Steele, Anneline Liu, Giselle Van Bark, Judy Niver, Kathy Vaslett
- Background Styling: Eric Semones
- Background Painted By: Phil Lewis, Michelle Moen, Lorraine Andrina
- Color Key: Kit Harper
- Production Supervisor: Natalie Yates
- Xerox Supervision: Ralph Coffman
- Ink & Paint Supervision: Laura Craig
- Checking: Nikki Zelenka, My Bushman, Lisa Lydon, Steve Carr
- Production Assistant: Jodi Berman
- Studio Manager: Jeff Cooke
- Unit Auditor: Henriette Pacile
- Stock: Sandy Benenati
- Cel Service: Jerome Stocks, Jim Stocks
- Title Design: Bill Perez
- Titles: Robert Schaefer
- Music: Dean Elliot
- Supervising Editor: David Spence
- Sound Editor: Ron Fedel
- Camera: Take One
- Laboratory: C.F.I.
- Sound: Glen Glenn Sound
- © Copyright 1978 Ruby-Spears Productions
- A Ruby-Spears Production
- A Company Of Filmways
Merchandising and video releases (1978–1986)
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A Parker Brothers board game, titled as "FANGFACE – Parker Brothers' Wacky Werewolf Game" with this subcaption "Rescue Puggsy from Fang Face as you travel with the gang".[8] |
Fangface 70 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle [10] |
Storybook #1: A Heap of Trouble [11] with front cover caption "Fangface versus the Heap in a laugh-filled TV frolic." [11] and back cover caption "It's Fangface to the rescue as a mad scientist menaces a college campus with his monster-making ray machine. Join Fangface and his TV friends, Biff, Kim and Puggsy as they foil the fiendish Dr. Arnos." [12] |
Storybook #2: A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship [15] with front cover caption "Fangface meets Ironmask, a time-traveling pirate, in this laugh-filled TV frolic." [15] and back cover caption "The Fangface gang travels back in time to pirate days to foil the evil plans of Ironmask. Join Fangface, Fangpuss and their TV friends, Puggsy, Kim and Biff in this action packed adventure." [16] |
A 3-reel View-Master 3D Set [19] with the Story Description "Fangface, Puggsy, Biff and Kim are going trout fishing. To save time, Puggsy takes a shortcut through a swamp. Searching for a way out, our gang stumbles on a creepy-looking mansion. Inside, they find themselves prisoners of a crazy scientist who has discovered a way to harness electricity. He has the uncanny ability to change it into an energy creature. Will Fangs and the gang be able to stop the fiendish villain?" [20] and subcaption "New adventures of the modern werewolf . . . now in 3D!" [20] |
A Fangface 12-inch LP #1107 by Peter Pan Records (1979) [21] with the front captions "4 Exciting, New Complete Stories" and "America's #1 TV Show!" [21] and the back caption "Every four hundred years a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth Family, and so when the moon shined on little Sherman Fangsworth, he changed into Fangface, a werewolf. Only the sun can change him back to normal, and so little Fangsworth grew up and teamed up with three daring teenagers – Kim, Biff, and Puggsy, and together they find danger, excitement, and adventure. Who can save the day, who can wrong the rights, and right the wrongs . . . . None other than FANGFACE!" [21]
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A Collegeville TV-Comics Halloween costume with box captions "Costume With Mask", "Flame Retarded", "One Only", and the following safety notice: "Fabric complies with U.S. Flammable Fabrics Act. Additionally Treated To Retard Flame. Do Not Wash. Washing Removes Flame Retardancy." [22]
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Fangface Plush Toy [23] |
Fangface (1983) videocassette with the back description "Sherman Fangsworth, also known as "Fangs", is your average teenager, except for one little quirk: the full moon changes him into a whirling dervish of a werewolf called "Fangface". His pals, Biff, Kim and Puggsy, do their best to keep him under control, but they all seem to have an inexplicable knack for stumbling into some incredible and hilarious adventures – and this is where Fangface's wolfish ways come in handy! There are two rollicking episodes of this cassette. First, our heros get into A Heap of Trouble when Fangface must match wits with Professor Arnos who has created a diabolical ray machine that turns people into hulk-like creatures. Then, A Creep From The Deep makes trouble when Fangface and the kids wind up in Mexico City where they face the Mummy of Molezuma as they search for lost treasure. But whether Fangs' wacky and unpredictable transformation is a help or a hindrance, this funny foursome always manages to come out on top." [24]
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Fangface: Spooky Spoofs (1986) videocassette with the back description "Sherman Fangsworth is a pretty goofy guy in broad daylight. But when the full moon rises, he transforms into a fang-toothed werewolf, Fangface – and becomes goofier than ever! Teenagers Kim, Biff and Puggsy are at his side, stumbling hilariously into danger, excitement and adventure wherever they go. Here are two more of their thrilling, side-splitting stories:
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Notes
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Third Edition. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 0-8160-6599-3.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff: Fangface, Page 412. The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons – 2nd Edition
- ^ Fangface View-Master 3D Story Booklet – Page 14
- ^ Fangface Series Wolf-Buggy Model Sheet
- ^ Fangface Introduction
- ^ John Stephenson – Voice Actor Profile at Voice Chasers
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Third Edition. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 0-8160-6599-3.
- ^ a b Fangface Parker Brothers Board Game Box Front
- ^ a b c Fangface Parker Brothers Board Game Box Side
- ^ a b c d Library of Congress Copyright Public Catalog
- ^ a b c A Heap of Trouble Book Front Cover
- ^ A Heap of Trouble Book Back Cover
- ^ a b c d e f A Heap of Trouble Book Inside Title Page Back
- ^ A Heap of Trouble Book Spine
- ^ a b c A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship Book Front Cover
- ^ A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship Book Back Cover
- ^ a b c d e f A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship Book Inside Title Page Back
- ^ A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship Book Spine
- ^ a b c Fangface View-Master 3D Set Front Cover Cite error: The named reference "Fangface View-Master 3D Set Front Cover" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d e f g h Fangface View-Master 3D Set Back Cover
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Fangface Peter Pan Record #1107
- ^ a b c d e f g h Collegeville TV-Comics Fangface Costume Box
- ^ a b c d e f g Fangface Plush Toy
- ^ a b c d e Fangface Worldvision Video 1983 Video Back Cite error: The named reference "Fangface Worldvision Video 1983 Back" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d Fangface Worldvision Video 1983 VHS Tape
- ^ a b Fangface Worldvision Video 1983 Spine
- ^ a b c d e Fangface Worldvision Video 1983 Cover
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Fangface Spooky Spoofs Worldvision Video 1986 Back
- ^ a b c d Fangface Spooky Spoofs Worldvision Video 1986 VHS Tape
- ^ a b Fangface Spooky Spoofs Worldvision Video 1986 Spine