''Richie Rich'' is a Saturday morning animated series produced by

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and broadcast on

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from November 8, 1980, to September 1, 1984, based upon the

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character of the same name. The series shared time slots with '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Monchhichis'' over its original four-year broadcast run. 13 half-hours were produced, split into segments of 12, 7 and 4 minutes. Many of the titles of segments were never revealed on air, but the titles were used in comic book issues then recently published at the time of production. In 1988, the series was re-broadcast as part of the weekend/weekday programming block ''

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''.

Plot

This show details the various adventures of Richie Rich, his family, and his friends.

Segments

Richie Rich's adventures are sorted into different segments: * Richie Rich Riches – This segment deals with threats to the Rich family or more specifically Richie. * Richie Rich Treasure Chest – Segments that revolve around Dollar and/or Cadbury. * Richie Rich Gems – Short segments for humor like the Wing Dings of ''

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''. These segments were based on one-page comic book stories. * Richie Rich Zillion-Dollar Adventures – This segment deals with Richie Rich and his friends fighting master criminals,

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, and other threats to the world. While Dr. Blemish appeared in one episode, some episodes have an exclusive villain called the Collector as a recurring enemy.

Adaptation changes

The animated series took a number of liberties from the original comics: * Richie is depicted as slightly older, inconsistently voiced as a child between 10 and 13, and wears a red sweater with a large "R" on the front as well as long trousers. In the comics, he wears a black suit with a red bow tie and blue short pants. * Gloria is shown as the same age as Richie and wears a white long-sleeved a

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, pantyhose, purple sweater or sweater vest and purple mini skirt. In the comics, she wore a bow in her hair and wore a white blouse with a short skirt supposedly made of tartan. * Dollar is more anthropomorphized with

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-like fantasies. * Irona the Robot Maid is given a greater presence in the series with additional duties as Richie's personal

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as seen in the "Zillion Dollar Adventures" segments. To fulfill that role, Irona can convert her body into various alternative modes as necessary. For instance, the moment she receives a summons from Richie, she would change her body into a jet plane mode and immediately fly to the boy.

Broadcast history

''Richie Rich'' was originally broadcast in these following formats on

: * ''

The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show ''The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (And Scrappy Too!)'' is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on ABC from November 8, 1980, to November 7, 1981. The program contained segments of ' ...

'' (November 8, 1980 – September 18, 1982) * ''

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'' (September 25, 1982 – September 3, 1983) * ''

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'' (September 10, 1983 – September 1, 1984) It later aired on CBS as reruns from January 11 to August 30, 1986, and then again from November 15 to December 27, 1986.

Episodes

Season 1 – ''The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show''

Season 2 – ''The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show''

Season 3 – ''The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show''

Season 4 – ''The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show''

* Only ''Zillion-Dollar Adventures'' were produced for this season.

Cast

The voice cast included: *

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– Richie Rich *

Christian Hoff Christian Hoff (born April 21, 1968) is an American actor. Biography Hoff was born in San Francisco, California, and later moved with his family to San Diego. At eight years old he began acting at the San Diego Junior Theater, and not long after ...

– Freckles, Pee Wee *

Nancy Cartwright Nancy Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress. She is the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', for which she has received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Perform ...

– Gloria Glad * Stanley Jones – Mr. Rich, Cadbury the Butler *

Joan Gerber Joan Gerber (July 29, 1935 – August 22, 2011) was an American voice actress who provided voices for a variety of cartoons. Her most challenging voice role was "all the children in a Japanese train wreck" for a ''Godzilla'' television episode. ...

– Mrs. Rich, Irona the Robot Maid *

Bill Callaway William Ronald Callaway (born March 11, 1940) is an American retired voice actor. He is also known as Bill Callaway and Bill Calloway. He is known for playing Aquaman in ''Super Friends''. Filmography Animated roles * ''Aladdin'' - Zarasto * '' ...

– Professor Keenbean *

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– Dollar the Dog, Dr. Blemish, Suavo *

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– Reggie Van Dough *

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- Collector

Home media

On May 20, 2008,

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released ''The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1'' on

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in Region 1.

References

External links

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