Poochini's Yard

***Poochini*** (also known as ***Poochini's Yard***) is a short-lived American-German-Dutch animated television series created by Dave Thomas and co-produced by the San Francisco-based American animation studio called Wild Brain and the Munich-based German entertainment company called EM.TV which was originally aired worldwide in late 2000-early 2001, but it did not air in the United States until September 1, 2002, when it was picked by syndication where it runned until March 1, 2003. The series follows the life of an Italian dog named Poochini who runs away from home after his rich owner's death, gets captured by the dog pound and is adopted by an average American family.

Despite being co-produced by Wild Brain in San Francisco, California, USA, *Poochini* was not shown in the United States for over two years after its production although it was shown earlier in many other countries in late 2000-early 2001. It was based on the 1998 animated short film called "A Dog Cartoon".

## Episodes

### Season 1

* 1. Coffee Dog/ Amnesiac Dog/ Leaf Me Alone
* 2. Checkers Dog/ Dog Pile/ The Skunk
* 3. Barking Orders/ Fallout Shelter/ Leash Law
* 4. Piranha/ League of Dogs/ Hosed
* 5. The Tail/ Albino Alligator/ Dog Show
* 6. Foamer/ The Dog House of Tomorrow/ Puppy Love
* 7. Heatwave/ Love Cats/ Tar Dog
* 8. Diva Dog/ Poolside Poochini/ Newsboy Rampage
* 9. Recyclers/ Chili Dog/ You Dirty Rat
* 10. Dogsitter/ The Servant/ Phobic Family
* 11. Butterfly Season/ Paranoid Dog/ Robot Dog
* 12. Night of Terror/ The Queen Bee/ Remote Control
* 13. Squeeky Fromage/ Puppy Obey/ The Christmas Tree

### Season 2

* 14. Abandoned/ The Gopher/ The Cone
* 15. Peanut Butter/ The Visitor/ The Flea Collar
* 16. Extreme Poochini Wrestling/ The Guru/ Psychic Dog
* 17. Boning Up/ Night Crawlers/ Flying Dog
* 18. Dog Wanted/ Pleasant Puppy Dreams/ Stray Dog
* 19. Nurture Dog/ Whitesylvania Forever/ Born Again Dog
* 20. Mad Dog on Duty/ The Baldness/ Doggie Day Afternoon
* 21. Garden Guardian/ Hurricane Poochini/ Yard Sale of the Century
* 22. Massive Hounds/ Pet Smells/ Bedtime
* 23. Freak Week/ Meat Madness/ Vomitron
* 24. A Hound in One/ Poochersize/ Super Hearing Dog
* 25. Bone Sweet Bone/ Three Bad Dogs/ Pyro Pooch
* 26. Carry On/ Dognapped/ Hi Class Hi Jinx

## Voice Cast

### Original English Version

* Billy West - Poochini, Walter White, Mr. Garvey, Lockjaw
* Dee Bradley Baker - Billy White, Bunk, Knucklehead, Snubnose
* Maurice LaMarche - Dirt
* Leslie Carrara - Wendy White
* Andre Wells - Boss Parrot
* Tom Ellis - Dazzles
* Jessica DiCicco - Sweetie
* Candi Milo - Pacudy, Poochini's Owner
* Florence Henderson - Queen Beelizabeth II
* Rowan Atkinson - Murray I
* Frank Welker - Various Animals
* Maryke Hendrikse - Brenda

#### Additional Voices

* Jennifer Hale
* Tim Curry
* Tom Kenny

### Japanese Dub

* Kōichi Sakaguchi - Poochini
* Keiji Fujiwara - Walter White
* Miki Narahashi - Wendy White
* Kōki Miyata - Billy White
* Yukana - Brenda

## International Airings

### North America

In the United States, Poochini began airing on syndication on September 1, 2002 and it runned until March 1, 2003.

In Canada, Poochini began airing in both English and French on Canada's 1st 24/7 all-animation cablenet called Teletoon (Slogan: It's Unreal!) in 2003.

### Europe, the Middle East and Africa

In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Poochini begin airing on Cartoon Network Europe in 2000.

In the United Kingdom, Poochini was first aired on Sky One in late 2000-early 2001. It was later aired on CITV in late 2003, on Pop in 2004 and on Kix! in 2008.

In Wales, Poochini was aired on the Welsh-language TV channel S4C with the series dubbed in Welsh.

In Ireland, Poochini was aired on the Irish-language TV channel TG4 with the series dubbed in Irish.

In France, Poochini was first aired on Cartoon Network France in 2000 before the series made its terrestrial debut on TF1 in 2004.

In Africa, Poochini was aired on M-Net‘s K-T.V. block.

### Asia and the Pacific

In Asia and the Pacific, Poochini's Yard began airing in English, Mandarin, Thai and Japanese on the STAR TV-owned Disney Channel Asia Pacific in 2001 and it was aired in a number of countries across the entire Asian continent including Mainland China, Thailand, India and Saudi Arabia.

In India, Poochini's Yard began airing in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on Cartoon Network India in a number of countries across the South Asian region as well as the Middle East in 2000. Beside Cartoon Network India, the series was also aired on Zee TV's Cartoon Network block and Pogo.

In Mainland China, the Standard Mandarin dub of Poochini's Yard was aired on China Central Television (CCTV) and it was syndicated to various TV stations across the mainland including Xing Kong (STAR Greater China).

In Taiwan, the Taiwanese Mandarin dub of Poochini's Yard began airing on Disney Channel Taiwan in 2001.

In Japan, Poochini's Yard began airing in both Japanese and English on Cartoon Network Japan in 2001 and it runned until December 1, 2005, when the series was moved to Disney Channel Japan's sister channel called Toon Disney Japan when it was launched in the same year along with Jetix Japan.

In Australia and New Zealand, Poochini's Yard begin airing on Nickelodeon Australia & New Zealand in 2001.

## Related media

### Live events

In October 2012, a stage show titled "Poochini's Yard Live!" was announced. The show features the *Poochini's Yard* characters meet Queen Beelizabeth II. A sequel show, titled "Poochini's Yard Live!: The Return of Sweetie", was announced in Febraury 2014. It follows Poochini summons his chicken friend Sweetie. The shows are produced in Butlins Resorts.

Mascots based on *Poochini's Yard* characters have appeared at events across Germany, Australia, and the U.S.. They joined an "Youth Day" celebration at WildBrain's office in Los Angeles on October 1, 2006. The characters, along with replicas of the Whites house from the program, were included as part of the Junior TV Play Date Tour in spring 2004. Poochini and Billy White made appearances at shopping malls throughout Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra‎‎ in Australia in the winter of 2008. Multiple meet-and-greet events attracted far more attendees than expected, with some reaching over 76 visitors. They appeared for the first time in United Kingdom at White Tower on April 10, 2008. They are scheduled to appear regularly in a Junior TV-themed area of Olympia-Einkaufszentrum located on the outskirts of Munich, Germany.

Unauthorized productions and events featuring the show's characters have attracted the attention of the show's distributor. In February 2008, several Kent Town Brewery pubs in Australia scheduled breakfast events with a costumed character modelled after the dog. Junior TV forced the chain to stop every event by threatening a lawsuit if they went ahead. There was some consumer backlash as a result, but the events were not held.

## Trivia

* Murray was originally going to be Russian and named "Boris I", but the creators of the series changed it to "Murray I" and made him British.