The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

***The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show*** was a series which aired for one season on ABC from September 10, 1983 through September 1, 1984.  This series would be the final seasons of both *The Little Rascals **and** Richie Rich*.

## Series overview

In this series, there were no Gems, Riches and Treasure Chest segments produced, and only one Zillion Dollar Adventures segment would be aired per week.  Nine new Zillion Dollar Adventures segments were produced (an increase from eight in each of the previous two seasons), and four episodes from the third season were sporadically rebroadcast.

The title cards for the newer Richie Rich segments was a still image instead of the animated version, and featured a credit to the writers of the corresponding story - which was never featured in previous seasons. This might imply that all of the original Richie segments that season were original stories, unlike the previous three seasons which appear to be significantly based on comic book stories with no story credit, which in turn implies that the original writers for the latter such stories worked for Harvey Comics. The titles of the Season 4 episodes were still taken from comic book stories, either entirely or revised - if slightly. However, some titles were never used by Harvey Comics.

This final season introduced the character Jackie Jokers to the cast, the first time he is seen in animated form.  Freckles' brother, Pee Wee, made his only appearance in the series on the final original segment aired on ABC.

The series aired as a 60-minute block until December 31, 1983. In January 1984, due to the network's recurring winter schedule changes, the series was split up into two half-hour programs. *Monchhichis* moved an hour earlier to the 8:00 a.m. ET slot, but as a separate half-hour show, while the remaining half hour remained status quo in the 8:30 a.m. ET slot, but rebranded as the truncated title *The Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show*, and aired as a separate half-hour package show. This series, along with *The Pac-Man/Rubik the Amazing Cube Hour*, would be the last package shows to air on ABC on Saturday mornings.

## *Richie Rich* opening theme

The truncated version of the theme song from Season 3 was also used in this season. In the opening theme to Richie Rich in this season, after the Little Rascals zip past the Rich estate in their handmade car, you could see the mansion, along with its swimming pool, tennis court, and even the Rich Laboratories building. Richie and Dollar are riding in a wheelbarrow filled with money, operated by Cadbury. When they arrive to a vault in the mansion, Richie and Dollar are then seen playing in the money inside the vault.

### Opening title card

The opening title card was updated with the same yellow-green gradient background, but with *Monchhichis* being dropped and the remainder of the title being centered vertically. The opening theme to the downgraded package show was also truncated - starting with footage of Alfalfa and Darla in the handmade car instead of showing the Rascals' tree house from above, and going right to the opening title card immediately after Richie and Dollar were inside a vault playing in the money.

## Trivia

* In the original Richie Rich content this season, Gloria's lips appear to have just a black outline instead of showing pink lips. However, her pink lips were shown in recycled material from Season 3.