The Doggies

The Doggies is an American animated streaming television series created by Stephen Hillenburg and David Feiss. The series is produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and United Plankton Pictures and premiered on Netflix on September 7, 2013.

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Plot[]

The series revolves around a family of anthropomorphic dogs, the Doggie family, and their two roommates, the Pussycat Brothers, living in the city of New Bark City with "colorful neighbors" and other animals such as Ricky & Ronnie Mouse, Mr. Badgerton, Laura Bunsen, Stacie Macks, Mr. Goat, Dr. Bear, and Barkwig Von Canine.

In a similar way to Warner Bros.' The Looney Tunes Show, the series features various segments which wrap around the main plot. These consist of:

Jillian's Corner - a segment featuring Jilian showing different way to make art.
The Pussycat Brothers and Ricky Mouse - a series of shorts focusing on the Pussycats' failed tentatives to catch Ricky and Ronnie.
Buddies - a segment featuring a group of animals in a parody of Friends. It later became into a spin-off series in 2020.
Space Wreck - a parody of Star Trek and Galaxy Quest.

Characters[]

Main[]

George Doggie (voiced by Billy West) - one of the two main protagonists of the show, being Linda's husband and the patriarch of the Doggie family. He is a Bugs Bunny/Woody Woodpecker-esque trickster (coincidentally, his voice actor voiced both characters), while also being greedy and short-tempered like Fred Flintstone and Daffy Duck, coming with various schemes to either fool his rivals or get money, while still being kind-hearted to his family and friends.
Linda Doggie (voiced by Grey DeLisle) - one of the two main protagonists of the show, being George's wife and the matriarch of the Doggie family, serving as the voice of the reason for George's crazy schemes and antics.
Tyler Doggie (voiced by Charlie Adler) - the 17-year-old and eldest child of the Doggie children. He is depicted as a bossy, short-tempered and cynical teenager who is condescending towards his younger siblings.
Karen Doggie (voiced by Tara Strong) - the 13-year-old and the first middle child of the Doggie children. She is athletic and likes to play sports such as basketball, baseball, soccer, badminton, tennis, football, etc.
Robbie Doggie (voiced by Jeff Bergman) - the 11-year-old second middle child of the Doggie children. He is depicted to be the most intelligent and responsable of the family and studies math and science. He is seen mostly helping Tyler with his problems on babysitting, giving him advice on how to date girls, and how to get his driver's license without failing his driving test.
Jillian Doggie (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - the 10-year-old third middle child of the Doggie children. She is artistic and likes to draw and paint pictures, make 3D models out of modeling clay, and likes exhibiting things in various different types of art such as realism, impressionism, renaissance, modern, surrealism, etc.
Kevin Doggie (voiced by Rob Paulsen) - the 6-year-old fourth middle child of the Doggie children and Wendy's twin brother. He is a mischief-maker who enjoys pulling pranks on adults and causing havoc anywhere.
Wendy Doggie (voiced by Cree Summer) - the 6-year-old fifth middle child of the Doggie children and Kevin's twin sister. She is a mischief-maker who enjoys pulling pranks on adults and causing havoc anywhere.
Joe Doggie (voiced by Bob Bergen) - the 5-year-old second-to-youngest of the Doggie children. He has an innocent personality but tends to be a troublemaker, causing plenty of trouble usually unintentionally. His personality is similar to that of the titular character from Dennis the Menace.
Melissa Doggie (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) - the 4-year-old and youngest child of the Doggie children. She is a spoiled brat who is very troublemaking and somehow always gets on trouble. Her personality is similar to that of Bart Simpson from The Simpsons.
Steven and Sarah Doggie (voiced by Jeff Bennett and Kath Soucie, respectively) - two of the Doggies' neighbors. Steven is George's older brother, while Sarah is his wife. Steven works as a food market casher and Sarah is an unsuccessful, unemployed writer of unpublished children's books.
Sam and Bobo Pussycat (voiced by Rodger Bumpass and Bill Farmer, respectively) - two cat brothers who live with the Doggies. Sam appears to be a selfish, devious, cranky, cruel and unlucky character, but also well-meaning and kind-hearted in his interior, while Bobo is clumsy and idiotic, but somewhat smart, aspiring to be a stand-up comedian and has skills to impersonate celebrities and cartoon voices.
Ricky Mouse (voiced by Tom Kenny) - a mouse who lives at a mousehole on the Doggies' house who is commonly chased by the Pussycats, ending up to outsmart them.
Ronnie Mouse (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) - Ricky's dimwitted cousin who lives with him in the mousehole.
Frumpy (voiced by John DiMaggio) - George's pet rhea and best friend.

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Mr. Crocodile (also voiced by Jeff Bergman) - George's short-tempered boss.
Stacie Macks (voiced by Kristen Wiig) - a crazy and dimwitted cat who has an obsessive crush on Sam, commonly stalking him, despite him not having feelings for her.
Dolores Catem (voiced by Linda Cardellini) - Bobo's love interest. Like him, she's also interested on comedy and finds him cute and funny.
Mrs. Adams (voiced by Jill Talley) - a very smart, good-natured, and well-respected teacher ferret who works at the school that the younger Doggie kids go to. Unsurprisingly, the ones she seems to have the most trouble with are the always troublesome twins Kevin and Wendy.
Laura Bunsen (voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - a bunny neighbor who is always unlucky.
Barkwig Von Canine (also voiced by Rob Paulsen) - a German-accented professor who invents gadgets and machines. In one episode, he helps to turn Kevin and Wendy back into their right age by creating an antidote to the potion that resulted to turn them into babies.
Dr. Melvin J. Bear (also voiced by Jeff Bergman) - the Doggies' psychologist. He's normally seen giving advices to Linda when she tries to get George and/or the children out of trouble.
- Hannah Bear (also voiced by Kath Soucie) - Melvin's niece and assistant.
Colby "Patrick" Framizales (also voiced by John DiMaggio) - a fat mouse who is the owner of the fast food restaurant Trusty's Burger Place.
Heather Adams (voiced by TBD) - a hound and Linda and Sarah's friend.
George Doggie, Sr. and Grace Doggie (also voiced by Billy West and Grey DeLisle, respectively) - George's parents.
Louis Doggett and Lacey Doggett (voiced by Jason Alexander and Kath Soucie, respectively) - Linda's parents.
Mayor Leonard Lionstorm (also voiced by Tom Kenny) - the eccentric and flamboyant Mayor of New Bark City.
Polka Dots the Clown (voiced by Hynden Walch) - a creepy female weasel clown who is strangely energetic.
Daffy Duckson and Dr. Boston Pawtsam (both voiced by Billy West) - a duck and a hound who work as private detectives who are frequently hired by some of the Doggie family members to investigate a situation involving a character's dilemma.

Antagonists[]

Mr. Badgerton (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) - a grouchy redneck badger neighbor who despises the Doggie family. He is a liar, a thief, a cheater and an idiot, amongst other things. Coming from a lower-class background, he tends to steal other people's possessions. As a running gag, he is frequently arrested by the police for some misdemeanors he commits around an episode.
Mr. Goat (also voiced by Charlie Adler) - a crazy goat who commonly annoys the Doggies and/or other characters with his various disguises and alter-egos. He bears a strong resemblance to Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel character The Red Guy.
Gato (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - a Hispanic cat who enjoys schemes and doing bad stuff, but his schemes and bad stuff are always foiled by either Ricky and Ronnie or Kevin and Wendy, and he always gets arrested by the police.
Randall and Wolma Gator (also voiced by Tom Kenny and Jill Talley) - a couple of Bonnie and Clyde-esque criminal alligators who rob banks.
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Laney Woodpers (voiced by Catherine Taber) - Jillian's school rival. She is also outsmarted by Ricky.
Mr. Meekatowski (voiced by Doug Lawrence) - a short-tempered meerkat who is the principal of the school that the younger Doggie kids go to. Due to his mean attitude with everybody, he is hatred by all the students and staff and is the main victim of Kevin and Wendy's pranks, which puts the twins in odds with him.
Jake Squirrel (voiced by Troy Baker) - a con-artist squirrel who devises plans to scam people out of their money. However, his schemes usually end in failure and humiliation.
Mateo Owl (voiced by Jorge Diaz) - a 6-year-old owl who is a brilliant inventor and Kevin and Wendy's "nerdy" nemesis. He serves as Gato's sidekick due to his ability of building inventions, which results on him getting arrested as well.
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Le Faux Fox (also voiced by Tom Kenny) - a French fox thief who enjoys conning people, primarily rich people and has a certain grandeur to his schemes, but he always ends up being defeated by the Doggies and arrested by the police. After most defeats, he usually says "Moi would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for this meddling family!" (a pun to the famous "meddling kids" lines from the Scooby-Doo franchise) while being taken away to jail.

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Kenny the Hog (voiced by TBD) - a living puppet who is a demonic entity and takes control of his puppeteer turning them into mindless slaves.
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Madame Kadinger (voiced by Carol Burnett) an aristocrat con-artist rat who got impressed by Wendy's singing and posed as a talent agent who would get her lucrative theatrical and operatic engagements. She showed her true colors when she became very abusive and cruel to Wendy, who tried to return to her family (whom she was forced to abandon) but was held hostage by Kadinger, so she can use her singing voice to become rich. After Wendy finally exposes Kadinger as a fraud with Kevin's help, she returned to her family, who forgive her for her actions from before, while Kadinger is arrested and sent to jail for child cruelty.
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Other characters[]

Lapin Deer (also voiced by Grey DeLisle) - a female deer who is the local newscaster for WDOG-TV.
Alyson Marshall/Magical Star (also voiced by Hynden Walch) - a cartoon television character who is a spoof of magical girls like Sailor Moon and Magical DoReMi and Jillian's idol.
The Bear Family (also voiced by Doug Lawrence, by Rachael MacFarlane and John DiMaggio, respectively) - a family of bears who make cameos in several episodes, usually (offscreen) beating up somebody who breaks into their house. They are a parody of the Three Bears from the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Roger Pussycat (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) - a retired aged British-accented comedian who is Sam and Bobo's grandfather, teaching the latter about how to be a good comedian, and a former star on a hit TV show. His appearance, voice and mannerisms is based on British comedian Ricky Gervais.
Lionald Truon (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) - the President of the United States. He is a caricature of Donald Trump.
Captain Spork (voiced by Fred Armisen) - an parody of Captain Kirk and the leader of the USS Pumpkin Pie.
Clog (voiced by Frank Welker) - an parody of Spock and a robot dog commander.
Darklint Commander (voiced by Nolan North) - the leader of an alien race called Darklints.

Episodes[]

See article: List of The Doggies episodes

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Trivia[]

The series follows the style of various family-friendly animated sitcoms, mainly Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones and The Jetsons and Warner Bros.' The Looney Tunes Show, as well as some live-action sitcoms like Disney/Jim Henson's Dinosaurs, ABC's Full House, Nickelodeon's Wendell and Vinnie, CBS' The Honeymooners and Disney's Good Luck Charlie.
The series commonly mocks family and friendship issues, relationships, pop culture and politics.
The series is considered by critics as a "kid-friendly" version of Fox's long-running animated sitcoms The Simpsons and Family Guy combined with Hanna-Barbera's 2 Stupid Dogs and Cartoon Network's Cow and Chicken.
Various brands were "animalified" for the show.
- One of the most notable examples is NBCUniversal itself and its competitors Warner Bros. Discovery, The Walt Disney Company, Paramount Global, 21st Century Fox, etc. since various of their subsidiaries and some of their medias are commonly present in the series.
It is implied in various episodes that The Doggies is in the same universe as Hillenburg's other series Animal City, leading incorrectly to be considered as part of the series.