Pineapple Kid

Pineapple Kid is an in-universe children's media franchise based on a series of books created by TBA. The books in return were later adapted into an animated short produced by Gotchi Bros. in 1961, a 30-minute special using puppets produced by TAMAX-TV in 1981, several animated shows and movies by Hoshimount Television and Moonfall's Chubby Pancake since 1989, and a (poorly received) live-action movie by Yumeko.
Despite the franchise primarily being aimed at preschoolers, many older Tamagotchi are fans of the series. Notable fans include Memetchi, Ginjirotchi, Cyakotchi, and Princess Tamako.
==Plot==
The Pineapple Kid franchise revolves around Pineapple Kid, the youngest member of a group of eight fruit characters that live in a clubhouse (located in a supermarket) and their everyday adventures. Starting in "The New Adventures of Pineapple Kid", the series would focus the series in a more fantasy-type setting, with episodes now taking place in the town of Durianar, a town located in the middle of the woods.
==Characters==
TBA
==List of Media==
===Shows===
====Pineapple Kid (1989-1993)====
The original Pineapple Kid animated series premiered in 1989 on TAMAX-TV as a part of their Saturday morning lineup. The original series from 1989 revolves around Pineapple Kid and his seven friends spending time together in a clubhouse located in a supermarket. Throughout the series, they encounter many Tamagotchi but only three know that they exist. The 1989 series lasted for 78 episodes before ending in August 1993. Currently, reruns of the episodes are syndicated Brownie Media-owned BrownieToons (since its launch as a block) but have also aired on Toon Yumeko and Boomerang.
====The New Adventures of Pineapple Kid (1995-2002)====
The New Adventures of Pineapple Kid is a sequel series to the original Pineapple Kid series. Now taking place in a fantasy world (in which the eight main protagonists are teleported to after Pineapple Kid discovers a mysterious portal), the series has more fantasy-type elements in the series. During the series, they live in the town of Durianar, a city primarily inhabited by talking plants and animals and is ruled by a Bee queen.
The series aired in 1995 also on TAMAX-TV's Saturday morning lineup until 1999, when an in-universe feed of Cartoon Network acquired the rights of the series for the then newly launched Toonami programming block. Toonami would later drop the series in 2001, resulting in TAMAX-TV reacquiring the rights of the series.
===Movies===
====Pineapple Kid: The Movie (1988) ====
Pineapple Kid: The Movie serves as the first movie as well as the pilot to the original 1989 series. The movie is primarily based on the first Pineapple Kid book, where he and his family move to the supermarket but during their adventure, they come across a gang of fruit flies, that try to chase them. When they arrive to the supermarket, a Mame Tamagotchi smashes the gang with a fly swatter. The movie is notable for being the only pre-2008 film to feature the Hoshimont Pictures logo at the beginning (the 50th anniversary logo but trailers used the previous logo from 1973) and the regular Moonfall logo (as the Chubby Pancake branding wasn't used until TBA).
==Trivia==
*The entire series can be summed up as a mad fusion between the Hamtaro anime and Madeline cartoon.
*Since Pineapple Kid and the Legendary Dragonfruit (2008), the Chubby Pancake logo appears at the end of the film (followed by a "Distributed by Hoshimount" screen). Before then, the logo appears at the beginning of any Pineapple Kid movie after the original 1988 film (with Hoshimount's only presence then being home media logos, such as the "Hoshimount Feature Presentation").