It's Punky Brewster

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***It's Punky Brewster*** is an animated spin-off of the live action television sitcom *Punky Brewster*. It was animated by Ruby-Spears Productions.

## Series details

The show uses the same premise and main cast as the 1984 live-action show but includes a magical sprite named Glomer. The series featured the voices of the original *Punky Brewster* cast as their respective characters.

*It's Punky Brewster* is the series' unofficial name, as it was simply called *Punky Brewster* on the title card and in TV listings.

In season 2, shows 4 through 13 had a first-run episode and a repeat from the first season.

The series was canceled in September 1987 but returned in replays in October 1988 after NBC's live action pre-teen show *2 Hip 4 TV* was canceled. Selected episodes were syndicated as a revolving feature of DIC's ***Maxie's World*** in 1989.

## Voice cast

### Main

* Soleil Moon Frye as Punky Brewster
* Cherie Johnson as Cherie Johnson
* Ami Foster as Margaux Kramer
* Casey Ellison as Allen Anderson
* George Gaynes as Henry Warnimont
* Frank Welker as Glomer and Brandon the dog

### Additional voices

Season 1
* René Auberjonois
* Pat Fraley
* Linda Gary
* Renae Jacobs
* Christina Lange
* Katie Leigh
* Joycelyne Lew
* Tress MacNeille
* Mea Martineau
* Janet Mays
* Scott Menville - Chucky
* Lilly Moon
* Pat Musick
* Denise Pickering
* Hal Rayle
* Josh Rodine

Season 2
* Vince Edwards
* Pat Fraley
* Alejandro Garay
* Patty Glick
* Katie Leigh
* Tress MacNeille
* Janet Mays
* David Mendenhall
* Scott Menville - Chucky
* Neil Ross
* Shavar Ross

## Episodes

### Season 1

1. Punky to the Rescue / The Quartersize Quarterback
2. The Gold Rush / Phar Out Pharaoh
3. Pretty Ugly / Glomer's Story
4. Brandon, the Dialogue Dog / Winning isn't Everything
5. Punky Wise and Pound Foolish / Christmas in July
6. Return to Chaundoon / A Small Mistake
7. Halloween Howlers / The Perils of Punky
8. Glomer Punks Out / Louvre Affair
9. Growing Pain / Double Your Punky
10. Spell-bound / The Shoe Must Go On
11. Switchin' Places / How the Midwest Was Won
12. Any Wish Way You Can / The Bermuda Tangle
13. Unidentified Flying Glomer / Fish Story

### Season 2

1. Little Orphan Punky / Punky's Millions
2. Punky, Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs / Punky the Heiress
3. Fair Feathered Friend / Be My Glomley
4. All in Henry's Family
5. Call Me Ms.
6. Punky P.I.
7. Mississippi Mud
8. Punky's Half Acre
9. Camp Confusion
10. Bright Eyes
11. Mother of the Year
12. Allen Who?
13. Caught in the Act

## Theme song

### Lyrics

I ran to the end of the rainbow’s arc

there wasn’t any pot of gold

And there I found a friend who’s 2 feet tall

One hundred and four years old

Glomer is an orphan, he was left behind

And a lot like Punky, he was one of a kind

Punky Brewster

come on it’s just a fantasy, oh-oh, oh oh

Punky Brewster

I always want you here with me, I know oh-oh

Punky Brewster

No one is gonna understand

Punky Brewster

Together we’re the best of friends

Punky Brewster

I always want you here with me, you know oh-oh

Punky Brewster

## Trivia

* This series is not canon to the live action series as Glomer doesn't appear in the live action show and the stories of the cartoon doesn't match the timeline of the main series.
* While it is unknown who recorded this series' opening theme song, it sounds like Cyndi Lauper's vocals.
* Even though Susie Garrett doesn't reprise her role as Betty Johnson Betty is mentioned and has appeared in some episodes as a background character & doesn't talk.
* Early season 2 episodes of Punky Brewster (series) features the animated versions of Brandon, Henry, & Punky in both opening & closing credits from this series.
* Season 1 of this spinoff series was animated using traditional cel animation, but in Season 2 the series was supposedly animated using digital ink.
* There are a lot merchandise based on this series including books and toys.
* At one point near the end of the opening theme, the kids are in a band playing makeshift instruments - which may be a callback to the opening theme to *The Little Rascals* cartoon spinoff series - which was cancelled one year before *It's Punky Brewster* launched.

## Gallery

Punky BrewsterCherie JohnsonMargaux KramerAllen AndersonHenry WarnimontGlomerBrandon the dog
## See also

* *Punky Brewster*
* *Punky Brewster* reboot