It's Punky Brewster

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Animation
Family
Fantasy

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| runtime = 30 minutes

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| producer = {{Plainlist|

Larry Huber (season 1)
Cliff Ruby (season 1)
Elana Lesser (season 1)
Cosmo Anzilotti (season 2)

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| based_on = Punky Brewster, created by David W. Duclon

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Rudy Larriva
John Kimball
Russell Mooney (season 1)

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| theme_music_composer = Shuki Levy

| composer = {{Plainlist|

Shuki Levy
Haim Saban

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| country = United States

| language = English

| network = NBC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1985|9|14}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1986|12|6}}

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 26

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It's Punky Brewster is a 1985–86 animated spin-off of the live-action television sitcom Punky Brewster. It was animated by Ruby-Spears Productions.{{Cite web |title="It's Punky Brewster" (1985) - Company credits |url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0088543/companycredits |access-date=2007-12-08 |website=IMDb}} The show uses the same premise and main cast as its parent series, but also includes a magical sprite named Glomer.{{Cite book |last=Perlmutter |first=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |pages=305–306}} 26 episodes were produced over two seasons.{{Cite book |last=Crump |first=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=57}}

Synopsis

The series featured the voices of the original Punky Brewster cast as their respective characters. A new character, Glomer (voiced by Frank Welker), was added as the "leprechaun gopher". He came from Chaundoon, a city at the end of the rainbow and possesses all of magical powers. One such power was the ability to teleport Punky and her friends, Margaux, Cherie, and Allen, and at times her pet dog, Brandon, to any part of the Earth instantly. Some episodes included Glomer having to correct his own mistakes, as when he plays around with magic and transforms Henry into a statue of Julius Caesar.

Title

It's Punky Brewster is the series' unofficial name (Punky when the show first premiered{{Cite web |date=September 8, 1985 |title=Saturday Morning programs |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xw4iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R6cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2435,7591076 |access-date=2019-09-14 |website=Reading Eagle |via=Google News}} Move to the left for Saturday morning listings.); on the title card and in TV listings, it was simply called Punky Brewster.

Release

In season 2, shows up 4 through 13 had a first-run episode and a rerun from the first season. The show was canceled in September 1987, but reruns came back from October 1988 until September 1989 after NBC's live-action, preteen-aimed show 2 Hip 4 TV was cancelled. The show was syndicated as a revolving feature of Maxie's World during the 1989–90 season.

Cast

Soleil Moon Frye - Punky Brewster
George Gaynes - Henry Warnimont
Ami Foster - Margaux Kramer
Cherie Johnson - Cherie Johnson
Casey Ellison - Allen Anderson
Frank Welker - Glomer, Brandon (barking; speaking voice in "Brandon the Dialogue Dog")

= Additional voices =

René Auberjonois{{efn|name=s1|Season 1}}
Vince Edwards{{efn|name=s2|Season 2}}
Pat Fraley
Alejandro Garay{{efn|name=s2}}
Linda Gary{{efn|name=s1}}
Patty Glick{{efn|name=s2}}
Renae Jacobs{{efn|name=s1}}
Christina Lange{{efn|name=s1}}
Katie Leigh
Joycelyne Lew{{efn|name=s1}}
Tress MacNeille
Mea Martineau{{efn|name=s1}}
Janet Mays
David Mendenhall{{efn|name=s2}}
Scott Menville - Chucky
Lilly Moon{{efn|name=s1}}
Pat Musick{{efn|name=s1}}
Denise Pickering{{efn|name=s1}}
Hal Rayle{{efn|name=s1}}
Josh Rodine{{efn|name=s1}}
Neil Ross{{efn|name=s2}}
Shavar Ross{{efn|name=s2}}

Susie Garrett, who played Betty Johnson, and T. K. Carter, who played Mike, are the only regular cast members of the sitcom that did not appear in the cartoon.

Episodes

= Season 1 (1985) =

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|Title=Punky to the Rescue / The Quartersize Quarterback

|WrittenBy = Matt Uitz & Michael Chain

Michael Chain

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|9|14}}

|EpisodeNumber=1

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|ShortSummary=* Punky to the Rescue: Punky persuades Henry into taking a photography job over a Florida swamp. She and the gang tag along (thanks to Glomer) and she thinks Henry may get caught by a swamp monster.

The Quartersize Quarterback: Glomer gives Allen the abilities of a professional football quarterback.

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|Title=The Gold Rush / Phar Out Pharaoh

|WrittenBy = Sheryl Scarborough

Cliff Roberts

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|9|21}}

|EpisodeNumber=2

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|ShortSummary=* The Gold Rush: Bad Barney was a leprechaun who was deported from Chaundoon for his evil ways and trapped inside a plate. He tricks Glomer into freeing him by lying he has the means to get Glomer home, and Punky must return him to his imprisonment.

Phar Out Pharaoh: Glomer takes the kids to ancient Egypt to return a necklace Margaux has. She is mistaken for an Egyptian princess.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Pretty Ugly / Glomer's Story

|WrittenBy = Kayte Kuch & Sheryl Scarborough

Cliff Ruby & Elana Lesser

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|9|28}}

|EpisodeNumber=3

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|ShortSummary=* Pretty Ugly: Just before a fancy party at the Bigelow estate, Glomer turns Margaux's face into a glomley one.

Glomer's Story: Punky recalls the day she met Glomer.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Brandon the Dialogue Dog / Winning Isn't Everything

|WrittenBy = Cliff Roberts

Sheryl Scarborough

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|10|5}}

|EpisodeNumber=4

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|ShortSummary=* Brandon the Dialogue Dog: Glomer gives Brandon the gift of gab. A magazine writer sees this and tries to get rich off him.

Winning Isn't Everything: Punky and her pals scheme to win a TV set at a department store contest.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Punky Wise and Pound Foolish / Christmas in July

|WrittenBy = Gene Ayres

Dianne Dixon

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|10|12}}

|EpisodeNumber=5

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|ShortSummary=* Punky Wise and Pound Foolish: Punky buys a baseball glove with the money she was supposed to use for Brandon's license. He is locked in a pound and subsequently sold to a rodeo clown.

Christmas in July: It is summer, and Punky is eyeing a skateboard. She has Glomer take everyone to Santa's workshop, but she causes an accident which causes it to snow all over the world! Glomer must track down Santa, who is vacationing on a tropical island, and get him to set things right. Since his elves are also on vacation, Punky is conscripted to help him, and she learns how hard he works.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Return to Chaundoon / A Small Mistake

|WrittenBy = Cliff Roberts

Dianne Dixon

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|10|19}}

|EpisodeNumber=6

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|ShortSummary=* Return to Chaundoon: The rainbow gateway to Chaundoon appears, and Glomer can finally go home. Glomer takes Punky with him only to find his parents, along with all the other residents of Chaundoon, asleep due to the town's clock being stolen.

A Small Mistake: Glomer's beverage makes the kids shrink.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Halloween Howlers / The Perils of Punky

|WrittenBy = Janis Diamond

Gary Greenfield

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|10|26}}

|EpisodeNumber=7

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|ShortSummary=* Halloween Howlers: Glomer spends Halloween with Punky and the kids. He turns everyone who doesn't give him a treat into a jack-o-lantern.

The Perils of Punky: Glomer transports the kids into an adventure movie.

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|Title=Glomer Punks Out / Louvre Affair

|WrittenBy = Ted Field

Cliff Ruby & Elana Lesser

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|11|2}}

|EpisodeNumber=8

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|ShortSummary=* Glomer Punks Out: A sleazy record producer wants to sign up Glomer's musical act.

Louvre Affair: Glomer fools around and turns Henry into a statue of Julius Caesar, which is sent from Chicago to Paris. Problems worsen when the Louvre's curator declares him a forgery, and Punky must save Henry before he is smashed to pieces.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Growing Pain / Double Your Punky

|WrittenBy = Gary Greenfield

Michael Chain

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|11|9}}

|EpisodeNumber=9

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|ShortSummary=* Growing Pain: Pepperoni pizza makes Glomer grow. Punky tries to find a way to reduce him before the National Guard is deployed to Chicago.

Double Your Punky: While Punky is at a school picnic, Glomer creates a clone of her from a photograph to keep him company at home. But it is obnoxious, and he accidentally zaps the real Punky back into the photo. When the two Punkys finally lock horns, it's Brandon who sniffs out the real one.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Spellbound / The Shoe Must Go On

|WrittenBy = Cliff Roberts

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|11|23}}[http://www.cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No. PA0000312154 / 1986-11-19

|EpisodeNumber=10

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|ShortSummary=* Spellbound: Punky is in Washington, DC for the National Spelling Bee, where Glomer zaps a bee with the ability to make people spell out words.

The Shoe Must Go On: Glomer makes Cherie a pair of shoes that help her to dance. School diva Leonora Crump wants them for herself.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Switchin' Places / How the Midwest Was Won

|WrittenBy = Gary Greenfield

Jack Enyart

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|11|30}}

|EpisodeNumber=11

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|ShortSummary=* Switchin' Places: To impress a girl, Allen switches bodies with Glomer.

How the Midwest Was Won: Punky and Allen have been protesting urban sprawl, and wants to see a nicer time before urbanization, so Glomer takes them to Chicago of 1803. There a man named Pierre LePelt is campaigning to stop a much smaller Chicago from expanding, earning the kids' admiration. Little does Punky realize Pierre LePelt is actually a poacher whose campaign is actually to continue hunting furs and pelts of the dwindling animal population.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Any Wish Way You Can / The Bermuda Tangle

|WrittenBy = Kayte Kuch

Jack Enyart

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|12|7}}

|EpisodeNumber=12

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|ShortSummary=* Any Wish Way You Can: The wish spell Glomer intended for Punky hits Margaux instead. She wishes to be Queen with the others being her servants.

The Bermuda Tangle: In the dead of winter, Glomer takes the kids to a tropical island then loses his powers after getting hit in the head with a coconut.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Unidentified Flying Glomer / Fish Story

|WrittenBy = Sheryl Scarborough

Dianne Dixon

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1985|12|14}}

|EpisodeNumber=13

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|ShortSummary=* Unidentified Flying Glomer: A pet groomer pursues Glomer after seeing him chasing a bird.

Fish Story: To help Punky win the role of a mermaid in a school play, Glomer turns her into an actual one.

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= Season 2 (1986) =

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|Title=Little Orphan Punky / Punky's Millions

|WrittenBy = Kayte Kuch & Sheryl Scarborough

Gary Greenfield

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|9|13}}

|EpisodeNumber=14

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|ShortSummary=* Little Orphan Punky: Glomer fools around with his magic and makes animals run wild through Punky's home just as social services visits, causing Henry to be declared an unfit guardian. She gets placed into a new home run by an old lady named Mrs. Thrash who owns a candy factory, where she uses foster kids as slave labor in order to sell the candies and make money for her illegal business. One of Glomer's spells to free her backfires, resulting in her being stranded atop a TV tower during a lightning storm, causing this to be put on the news and a crowd to look in shock. The only one willing to scale the tower to rescue Punky is Henry.

Punky's Millions: Based on Brewster's Millions; Henry and Punky compete on a game show and are told they can win millions if they spend $1 million in a week. However, they can only spend so much on each expense, so they must get creative in different ways, such as Glomer making a racehorse lose and Punky finding different ways to help out an orphanage owned by a Catholic priest.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Punky, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves / Punky the Heiress

|WrittenBy = Janis Diamond

Gary Greenfield

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|9|20}}

|EpisodeNumber=15

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|ShortSummary=* Punky, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves: Glomer brings the characters from the "Snow White" story out of the book.

Punky the Heiress: Punky's step-aunt and step-uncle use her to embezzle an heiress' fortune.

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|Title=Fair Feathered Friend / Be My Glomley

|WrittenBy = Reed Robbins

Cliff Roberts

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|9|27}}

|EpisodeNumber=16

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|ShortSummary=* Fair Feathered Friend: Glomer is jealous of a little bird Punky is nursing back to health.

Be My Glomley: A female glomley may be the key to Glomer's return to Chaundoon.

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{{Episode list

|Title=All in Henry's Family

|WrittenBy = Kayte Kuch & Sheryl Scarborough

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|10|4}}

|EpisodeNumber=17

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|ShortSummary=Henry visits his eccentric sisters, bringing Punky and Cherie with him. This is the only segment in the series that Allen and Margaux do not appear.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Call Me Ms.

|WrittenBy = Cliff Roberts

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|10|11}}

|EpisodeNumber=18

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|ShortSummary=Henry is going out of town on a business trip and hires a nanny to housesit, annoying Punky who thinks she no longer needs supervision. She asks Glomer to turn her into a full-grown woman, only to find herself unrecognized by her friends and a fish out of the water in the adult workforce.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Punky P.I.

|WrittenBy = Reed Robbins

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|10|18}}

|EpisodeNumber=19

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|ShortSummary=Punky opens a detective agency at school.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Mississippi Mud

|WrittenBy = Barbara Chain

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|10|25}}

|EpisodeNumber=20

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|ShortSummary=Glomer takes the kids to a turn-of-the-century riverboat in Mississippi.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Punky's Half Acre

|WrittenBy = Janis Diamond

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|11|1}}

|EpisodeNumber=21

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|ShortSummary=Margaux makes a mess of things at Punky's pen pal's farm.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Camp Confusion

|WrittenBy = Gary Greenfield

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|11|8}}

|EpisodeNumber=22

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|ShortSummary=It's Camp Tumbleweeds vs. Camp Towering Pines in athletic competition.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Bright Eyes

|WrittenBy = Kayte Kuch & Sheryl Scarborough

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|11|15}}

|EpisodeNumber=23

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|ShortSummary=Cherie's deaf friend, Danny, wants to keep a lost puppy.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Mother of the Year

|WrittenBy = Herb Engelhardt

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|11|22}}

|EpisodeNumber=24

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|ShortSummary=Tensions arise when Glomer creates a glomley-fueled mother for Punky.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Allen Who?

|WrittenBy = Kayte Kuch & Sheryl Scarborough

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|11|29}}

|EpisodeNumber=25

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|ShortSummary=Glomer grants Allen's wish of never having been born.

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{{Episode list

|Title=Caught in the Act

|WrittenBy = Gary Greenfield

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|12|6}}

|EpisodeNumber=26

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|ShortSummary=After Henry spots him in the kitchen, Glomer gives him amnesia just before an important photography assignment.

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Home media

The show was released on VHS in 1991, and several different tapes were made.

The series is available on DVD as part of the Punky Brewster DVD releases.{{Cite web |last=Lacey |first=Gord |date=May 5, 2006 |title=Punky Brewster DVD News: It's a Punky Press Release |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Punky-Brewster/5601 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311005204/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Punky-Brewster/5601 |archive-date=2016-03-11 |access-date=2016-02-22 |website=TVShowsOnDVD.com}}{{Cite web |last=Rizzo III |first=Francis |date=January 23, 2005 |title=Punky Brewster: Season Two : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video |url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/14174/punky-brewster-season-two/ |access-date=2016-02-22 |website=DVD Talk}}{{Cite web |last=Lewisohn |first=Mark |title=BBC - Comedy Guide - Punky Brewster |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/punkybrewster_1299002576.shtml |website=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050126050918/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/punkybrewster_1299002576.shtml |archive-date=2005-01-26 |access-date=2016-02-21}} Each season also contains a certain number of episodes from it as a bonus feature. Due to music rights issues, "The Shoe Must Go On" is the only episode not released on DVD in the season box sets released by Shout! Factory; a song featured in that episode was "Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer, the theme to Beverly Hills Cop.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Popular culture

The series was parodied in the Robot Chicken episode "But Not in That Way" (aired February 8, 2009) with Soleil Moon Frye reprising the title character's role, while Seth Green voiced Henry Warnimont and Tom Kane voiced Glomer.