The Wuzzles
Created by	Fred Wolf
Voices of	Jo Anne Worley Henry Gibson Bill Scott Brian Cummings Kathleen Helppie-Shipley Alan Oppenheimer
Narrated by	Stan Freberg
Opening theme	"The Wuzzles" performed byStephen Geyer
Ending theme	"The Wuzzles" (instrumental)
Composer	Stephen Geyer
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer	Fred Wolf
Running time	23 minutes
Production companies	Walt Disney Pictures Television Division Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group
Original release
Network	CBS[1]
Release	September 14 (1985-09-14) – December 7, 1985 (1985-12-07)

The Wuzzles is a short-lived Americananimated television series created byFred Wolf and produced byDisney Television Animation (then known as Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group) in their first of two productions. The series was broadcast from September 14 to December 7, 1985, onCBS.^[2] An idea pitched byMichael Eisner for his new Disney television animation studio, the premise is that the main characters are hybrids of two different animals.^[3] The series ran for one season of 13 episodes.^[4]

The Wuzzles features a variety of short, rounded animal characters.^[5] Each is a roughly even, and colorful, mix of two different animal species (as the theme song mentions, "livin' with asplit personality"), and all the characters sport wings on their backs, although only Bumblelion and Butterbear are seemingly capable of flight. All of the Wuzzles live on the Isle of Wuz. Double species are not limited to the Wuzzles themselves. From the appleberries they eat to the telephonograph in the home, or a luxury home called a castlescraper, nearly everything on Wuz is mixed together in the same way that the Wuzzles are. The characters in the show were marketed extensively — featured in children's books, as poseable figures and plush toys (similar toCare Bears), and in aboard game.

Disney premiered two animated series on the same day in the same time slot, 8:30 AM ET, in the United States, with the other beingDisney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears onNBC,^[6] and both series were successful during their first seasons. However,The Wuzzles ended production after its initial run.CBS canceled the show, andABC picked it up and showed reruns during the 1986–1987 season; they aired it at 8:00 AM so that the two Disney shows would not be in competition with one another.

The series was a bigger success in theUnited Kingdom, where the first episode was released as a theatrical featurette in 1986 alongside a re-release of Disney'sBambi. In the United Kingdom,The Wuzzles andDisney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears were originally screened on the same channel (ITV) in 1985/1986; therefore, both series enjoyed high popularity. Reruns of the show were aired on bothThe Disney Channel andToon Disney. SongwriterStephen Geyer composed the theme song and performed the lead vocal.

• The Narrator (voiced byStan Freberg)^[5] – The never-seen narrator who welcomes the viewer to "the Land of Wuz" and is heard throughout each episode talking about different things.
• Bumblelion (voiced byBrian Cummings)^[5] – Halfbumblebee and halflion, Bumblelion is mostly lion in appearance. He is a short, squat, orange-furred creature with a pink mane, fuzzyantennae, a lion's tail, smallinsect wings, and horizontal brown stripes up his tummy. He lives in abeehive, likes sports, is courageous, and has a crush on Butterbear. He is said to be the sort who "rush[es] in where angels fear to tread". He and Eleroo are best friends.
• Eleroo (voiced byHenry Gibson)^[5] – Halfelephant and halfkangaroo. One of the larger Wuzzles, Eleroo is pink and purple, with the body shape and tail of akangaroo and anelephant's trunk and ears. He has an orange hair tuft on his head and a horizontally striped pouch (despite the fact that pouches are found only on female kangaroos). Eleroo has trouble remembering what he stores in his pouch. He is sweet, but accident-/disaster-prone. He and Bumblelion are best friends.
• Butterbear (voiced by Kathleen Helppie-Shipley) – Halfbutterfly and halfbear, Butterbear is mostly bear in appearance. She has yellow fur with a white tummy, larger wings than the other Wuzzles, and short antennae with white flowers on their ends. She is a keen gardener who is gentle and patient despite the crazy adventures of her friends.
• Moosel (voiced byBill Scott)^[5] – Halfmoose and halfseal, Moosel is the smallest and youngest of the Wuzzles. He is blue and purple, with a moose-like head with antlers and flippers like apinniped. He has a vivid imagination, which makes him believe in monsters. He and Rhinokey are best friends.
• Hoppopotamus (voiced byJo Anne Worley)^[5] – Halfhippopotamus and halfrabbit, Hoppopotamus is calledHoppo by her friends. She is the largest Wuzzle, a blue and purple hippopotamus with rabbit's ears, buck teeth and a fluffy tail. She loves to sing and act. Hoppo is a pushy and demanding diva, but she can be sweet. However, when toughness is called for (particularly in dealing with the regular villain, Crocosaurus), she is the toughest Wuzzle of all. Hoppo has a crush on Bumblelion, but Bumblelion has his heart set on Butterbear.
• Rhinokey (voiced byAlan Oppenheimer) – Halfrhinoceros and halfmonkey, Rhinokey is mostly monkey in appearance. He has a rhino-like snout with a horizontal-striped horn, pink fur, and rhino-like legs. His posture is very much like that of a monkey's. Rhinokey is a fun-loving, happy-go-lucky prankster. He loves to play practical jokes, and can be obnoxious, particularly with Hoppopotamus, but he loves his friends. He and Moosel are best friends.

• Crocosaurus (voiced byAlan Oppenheimer) – Halfcrocodile and halfdinosaur, and the mainantagonist of the series. Crocosaurus (normally referred to asCrock in the series) is bad-tempered, lazy, vile, ignorant, a bully, and does anything to get what he wants. He always wants the best of what the other Wuzzles have, but does not want to apply the effort to acquire it himself.
• Brat (voiced byBill Scott) – Halfwild boar, halfdragon, and Crocosaurus's chief sidekick. Brat sputters, raspberries, cries, laughs, yells, growls, and grunts in his speech, but Crocosaurus always understands what he is saying. Like Crocosaurus, he is very lazy and has a strong dislike towards the other Wuzzles coupled with a desire to have the best of what they have without applying any effort towards acquiring it. As his name implies, Brat is very bad-tempered and is often shown throwing tantrums when he does not get his own way. He is also greatly lacking in intelligence, and his incompetence often sees himself and Crocosaurus falling victim to their own devices, which in turn occasionally sees the two of them falling out.
• Flizard (voiced byBrian Cummings) – Halffrog, halflizard, and Crocosaurus's other sidekick. Flizard is not particularly intelligent, but he means well, is more amiable in his manner than either Crocosaurus or Brat, and relatively more tolerant of the Wuzzles, but nevertheless very loyal to Crocosaurus; on occasions where Crocosaurus and Brat fall out, it is often up to Flizard to try and patch things up between them. His character essentially emphasizes tolerance of others whom one is not particularly close to, while staying loyal to one's friends regardless of whether their plans are morally right or not. Flizard does not appear in every episode, only making sporadic appearances throughout the series.

• Brian Cummings – Bumblelion, Flizard, Peter Parafox, Molecrab
• Stan Freberg – Narrator
• Henry Gibson – Eleroo, Girafbra
• Kathleen Helppie-Shipley – Butterbear
• Alan Oppenheimer – Rhinokey, Crocosaurus, Mr. Packcat, Pirat Captain
• Bill Scott – Moosel, Brat, Officer Eaglbeagle, Dr. P.U. Quack, Mr. Beaverbuck, Pigmouse, Chef, Mover
• Jo Anne Worley – Hoppopotamus

• Gregg Berger – Tycoon
• Tress MacNeille – Mrs. Pedigree, Transylvia
• Will Ryan – Wishing Well
• Frank Welker – Mockingbirddog

Butterbear and Rhinokey appeared in theDuckTales episode "The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker!" Unlike their original TV series' appearances, their designs are more realistic and animalistic and Rhinokey resembles a gorilla instead of a monkey.^[7] Additionally, they were created by a relic called the Stone of What Was, which bears Bumblelion's likeness and fuses any two animals that touch it into onechimeric monstrosity.^[8]

• The Wuzzles atIMDb

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