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Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' is an American animated television series produced by
Walt Disney Television Animation
Disney Television Animation (DTVA), formerly known as Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group and Walt Disney Television Animation, is the television animation production arm of Disney Branded Television, a sub-division of the Disney Ge ...
. Created by
Tad Stones
Edward T. "Tad" Stones (born May 28, 1952) is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer and director, best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company, where he worked from 1974 to 2003. His most notable credits for Disn ...
and Alan Zaslove, it featured the established Disney characters
Chip 'n Dale
Chip and Dale (also spelled Chip 'n' Dale) is a cartoon duo of anthropomorphic chipmunks created in 1943 by The Walt Disney Company.
Concept
The characters were first drawn by Bill Justice and introduced in the 1943 Pluto short ''Private P ...
in a new setting. The series premiered on
The Disney Channel
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on March 4, 1989,
[''Disney A to Z : The updated official Encyclopedia'', Dave Smith p 101] having aired the first produced episode, "Catteries Not Included", as a special preview on August 27, 1988.
A two-hour movie presentation of ''Rescue Rangers: To The Rescue'' began airing in syndication the weekend of September 29, 1989.
While not produced first, the movie told the story of how the Rescue Rangers met.
The series then began airing in weekday
syndication
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* Broadcast syndication, where individual stations buy programs outside the network system
* Print syndication, where individual newspapers or magazines license news articles, columns, or comic strips
* Web syndication, ...
. From that point forward, the movie was broken up into five standard-length episodes that were considered part of season 2. In 1990, it became part of the syndicated programming block
The Disney Afternoon
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. The final episode aired on November 19, 1990. As a part of the Disney Afternoon lineup, reruns of the show were aired until September 3, 1993.
In the fall of 1990, a live-action educational film/video was made entitled ''The Great Quake Hazard Hunt'', in which Rescue Rangers Chip and Dale, along with their friends, show children how to prepare for earthquakes. (The characters were portrayed in their live forms that appear in the Disney theme parks and other live appearances.)
In the fall of 1991, another live-action educational film/video was made entitled ''Rescue Rangers: Fire Safety Adventure'', in which Rescue Rangers Chip and Dale, along with their friends, must foil the plans of Fat Cat as he leaves a trail of fire hazards throughout the fire station and neighboring bank.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (1989)
Season 2 (1989–90)
Season 3 (1990)
References
External links
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Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers may refer to:
* ''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' (TV series), 1989 television series
* ''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' (film), 2022 film
* ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'' (video game), 1990 game based on the TV series
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Lists of Disney Channel television series episodes