Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone

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* European title

***Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone*** is a series that originally ran on the syndicated block, "The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera", from September 1st to November 24th, 1990. The show was created by couple Martin and Vivien Schrager-Powell, basing it around stories by the latter about their dog Potsworth, who was also one of the show's characters.

## Development

In 1983, Martin and Vivien Schrager-Powell adopted a dog from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London, England, giving them the name of "Potsworth". A few years later in 1987, Vivien made stories that featured the dog as a character, while also creating the characters Carter, Keiko, Rosie and Nick. A show with the characters was later pitched to Hanna-Barbera, who then suggested a 50-50 deal that would utilize Vivien's stories into episodes (a number of venture capitalists also shared the same vision Hanna-Barbera had regarding the series).

## Descriptions

### Entertainment Rights description

#### 2002

> This series follows the misadventures of five energetic, irascible and likeable Earthlings (four humans and one dog) during their travels in the amazing Dream Zone.
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> Every night of the year, each person on Earth goes to sleep. Little do they know, that when they dream, their thoughts and awareness are transported to the magical but very real Dream Zone. Here, fantasies and fears are played out. Strong thoughts and emotions are magnified and exaggerated, sometimes to the point of becoming a physical reality. Carter, Keiko, Rosie and Nick are four neighbourhood friends who meet each night in their dreams in order to have outrageous adventures together.
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> Also making the trip is Potsworth who, on Earth, is just an old dog. But in the Dream Zone he can speak and reason as well as any human. Though he's crusty and sarcastic, Potsworth's wit and wisdom is the bond that holds the kids together. When they're not creating mischief and adventure on their own, our group often works for the Grand Dozer, the always snoozing ruler of the Dream Zone. The Dozer and his helpers send Potsworth and Company on missions as simple as helping a visitor have a pleasant dream, to assignments as difficult as saving the Dream Zone from being utterly destroyed by the villainous Nightmare Prince.
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> This series follows the misadventures of four energetic and likeable earthlings and their friend Potsworth the dog, during their travels in the amazing Dream Zone.
> Every night of the year each person on earth goes to sleep. Little do they know that when they dream, their thoughts are transported to the magical but very real Dream Zone. The four neighbourhood friends and Potsworth (who can speak as well as any human when he's in the Dream Zone) meet each night in their dreams in order to have outrageous adventures together and protect the Dream Zone from being destroyed by the Nightmare Prince.
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## Episodes

* Night of the BedBugs
* The Dozer Walks Among Us
* King Potsworth
* The Nightmirror
* When Bubba Rules
* Nick's Super Switch
* Dozer Quest
* Rosie's Extra Sweet Day
* I Was a Teenage Babysitter
* The Wishing Whale
* Santanapped
* Save the Cave
* Rosie's Fuss Attack

## Trivia

* The series was originally titled "Sleepy Kids".
* The series is currently stuck in a shared copyright between Warner Bros. and NBCUniversal (the latter of which owns the merchandising rights and European rights to the show). While the case of NBCUniversal owning the merchandising rights may possibly result in a DVD release being unlikely, Warner Bros. themselves have confirmed that the home video rights to the show, though no plans have materialized yet for a release either physically or digitally.
* Despite airing on Cartoon Network, it has never aired in some form on its sister network Boomerang, despite being a Hanna-Barbera production.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAG09DP8Eh8
2. ↑ https://archive.today/20121128182011/http://78.136.27.54:8080/programming/article\_328.asp
3. ↑ http://hemeroteca-paginas.lavanguardia.com/LVE01/PUB/2000/06/28/LVG20000628009VIG.pdf
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPUrrbdmjus
5. ↑ https://alltomtecknat.se/series/theodor-och-hans-vanner-potsworth-co
6. ↑ https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/uk-making-tough-tots-sleepy-kids/article/409470
7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020228011902/http://www.entertainmentrights.com/prog/prog.asp?id=potsworth
8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060916180553/http://www.entertainmentrights.com/programming/animation/PotsworthCo
9. ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1073029888983965747/1076071752658079744/image.png
10. ↑ https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/next-hanna-barbera-set.192397/post-4055303