Potato Head Kids

{{Infobox television

| image = Potato Head Kids.jpg

| genre = Fantasy
Comedy

| runtime =

| creator =

| director =

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| voices = Ina Fried
Susie Garbo
Linda Gary
Scott Grimes
Jody Lambert
Christina Lange
Kenneth Mars
Kellie Martin
Anne Marie McEvoy
David Mendenhall
Scott Menville
Breckin Meyer
Laura Mooney
Andrew Potter

| theme_music_composer =

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| composer = Robert J. Walsh

| company = Hasbro
Sunbow Productions
Marvel Productions
AKOM

| country = United States

| language = English

| network = Syndication

| first_aired = {{start date|1986|9|24}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1987|2|25}}

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| num_episodes = 23

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Potato Head Kids is an American animated television series produced in 1986 and syndicated from September 24, 1986 to February 25, 1987. It was made to pair with My Little Pony 'n Friends. An episode of My Little Pony was played for 15 minutes, and then an episode of Potato Head Kids, MoonDreamers, or The Glo Friends was played.{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=575–576}} It also aired on CBN Family Channel from 1989 to 1990.

Premise

Potato Head Kids was an outgrowth of the Mr. Potato Head character franchise. Mr. Potato Head now played an adult figure in the lives of the title kids, a varied bunch of anthropomorphic potatoes with different personalities. The Potato Head Kids do a lot of things in their life while also clashing with a gang of potato-hating delinquents led by Grease.

Characters

Mr. Potato Head (voiced by Kenneth Mars)
Mrs. Potato Head (voiced by Linda Gary)
Big Chip (voiced by David Mendenhall) - The leader of the Potato Head Kids.
Puff (voiced by Anne Marie McEvoy) - A bonnet-wearing potato.
Spud (voiced by Breckin Meyer) - A cowboy hat-wearing potato that talks like a cowboy.
Lumpy (voiced by Ina Fried) - A beanie hat-wearing potato.
Lolly (voiced by Kellie Martin)
Slick (voiced by Scott Grimes)
Spike (voiced by Scott Menville)
Smarty Pants (voiced by Susie Garbo) - A female potato in a green hair bow who is the smartest of the potatoes.

=Villains=

Grease's Gang - A group of delinquents who are the main antagonists of the series
Grease - A kid who is the leader of his gang. He has a crush on Puff and tries to marry her in the Robin Hood episode.
Auna - A female member of Grease's gang.
Freezer - A large and strong member of Grease's gang.

=Crew=

Ginny McSwain - Voice Director

Episodes

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Abbad'Un in a Bottle

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|09|24}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = The Case of the Fouled Up Pharaoh

| DirectedBy =

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| WrittenBy = Douglas Booth

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|10|01}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = The Curse of the Silver Dragon

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|10|08}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Follow the Chocolate Cake Road

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|10|15}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = The Great Candy Caper

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| Co-DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy = George Arthur Bloom

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|10|22}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = The Grin-Ness Book of Records

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|10|29}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Horse Hide and Seek

| DirectedBy =

| Co-DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy = Dale Hale

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|05}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Left Foot Forward

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| WrittenBy = J. Brynne Stephens

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|12}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = One Potato Zoo Potato

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| WrittenBy = Douglas Booth

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|19}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Pig Out

| DirectedBy =

| Co-DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy = George Arthur Bloom

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|26}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Poltergeist Potatoes

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| WrittenBy = Douglas Booth

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|12|03}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Pot of Gold

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|12|10}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = Potato Head Pirates

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| WrittenBy = J. Brynne Stephens and Michael Reaves

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|12|17}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| Title = Potatolympics

| DirectedBy =

| Co-DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy = George Arthur Bloom

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|12|24}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| Title = Puff's New Job

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| WrittenBy = David Schwartz

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|12|31}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| Title = Robin Potato Head

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| WrittenBy = Antoni Zalewski

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|01|07}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 17

| Title = Romancing the Rock

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|01|14}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| Title = Sam Spud, Private Eye

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| WrittenBy = Joe Cook

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|01|21}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 19

| Title = A Side Order of Soggy Spuds

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| WrittenBy = Douglas Booth

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|01|28}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| Title = Small Potatoes

| DirectedBy =

| Co-DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy = David Schwartz

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|02|04}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 21

| Title = Spike Spiked

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|02|11}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 22

| Title = Surfin' Potatoes

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| WrittenBy = Rowby Goren

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|02|18}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 23

| Title = The Trash Can Derby

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| WrittenBy = Joe Cook

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|02|25}}

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Reception

In 2014, io9 listed it among twelve 1980s cartoons that supposedly did not deserve remembrance, heavily criticizing the basis of the series.{{cite news|last1=Bricken|first1=Rob|title=12 Cartoons From The 1980s No One Will Ever Have Nostalgia For|url=http://io9.com/12-cartoons-from-the-1980s-no-one-will-ever-have-nosta-1657410102|access-date=September 11, 2016|work=io9|date=November 11, 2014}}