Fangface
Genre	Animation
Directed by	Rudy Larriva
Voices of	Frank Welker Bart Braverman Susan Blu Jerry Dexter
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producer(s)	Joe Ruby Ken Spears
Producer(s)	Jerry Eisenberg
Running time	30 minutes (1978-79) 15 minutes (1979-80)
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 9, 1978 – September 27, 1980
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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Fangface

Highly derivative of Scooby-Doo (which was also created by Ruby and Spears), Fangface features four teenagers — Kim, Biff, Puggsy and Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth who transforms into a werewolf named Fangface whenever he sees the moon or an image of the moon — who drive around in their convertible called the "Wolf Buggy" and solve spooky mysteries involving ghosts and ghouls. Fangface usually immediately attacks Puggsy upon transforming, before taking a moment to recognize his friend (he's not very bright in either form). Whenever Fangface hears a food-related word, or a word or phrase that sounds like one (e.g., "let us," which sounds like "lettuce"), he tries to eat Puggsy; when this happens, Biff and/or Kim rubs Fangface's foot to calm him out of his "feeding frenzy." Also, if Fangface happens to see his image in a mirror, he goes into a hyper frenzy, complete with running circles on the floor. The sight of the sun (or a picture of the sun) transforms Fangface back into Fangs. Scooby-doo is also British naval divers slang for civilian sport scuba diver. Scooby-Doo is an important character in animation up to this day Scooby-Doo is a long-running animated series produced for television by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1969 to 1986, 1988 to 1991, and from 2002... For other uses, see Werewolf (disambiguation). ... This article is about Earths moon. ... Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... This article is about the paranormal. ... Ghouls are a variety of monster that come from Arab folklore. ... Binomial name L. Vit. ... A mirror, reflecting a vase. ... Sol redirects here. ...

Despite the temporary difficulty of Fangface attacking Puggsy, the gang never hesitate to initiate the transformation to take advantage of the werewolf's power to cope with any danger. Indeed, they often refer to Fangface as their "secret weapon".

Fangface and Fangs are unaware of each other, but Fangface lives in the moment, so he never seems to question why he's suddenly in a new place, whereas Fangs is always bewildered upon reversion.

The opening title narration for each episode consists of the following:

Every 400 years, a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth family, and so when the moon shined on little Sherman Fangsworth, he changed into Fangface, a werewolf! Only the sun can change him back to normal. And so little Fangs grew up and teamed up with three daring teenagers: Kim, Biff and Puggsy, and together they find danger, excitement and adventure! Who can save the day? Who can wrong the rights and right the wrongs? None other than Fangface!

Sixteen 30-minute episodes of Fangface were produced for the 1978-79 season from 8:30-9:00 a.m. This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all three commercial television networks on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1978 and ending in the spring of 1979. ...

Fangface and Fangpuss

In 1979, the second season aired as Fangface and Fangpuss on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show and introduced a new character: Baby Fangs, Fangs' infant cousin who turns into a baby werewolf called Fangpuss (which contradicts the opening narration stating that only one werewolf is born into the family every 400 years). The show remained in the same mystery-adventure style as the first season, but episodes were now shortened to 15-minute segments. See also: 1978 in television, other events of 1979, 1980 in television, and the list of years in television. For the United States network television schedule, please see 1979-80 United States network television schedule. ... The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show was a Saturday morning cartoon from 1979 to 1981; it was shown right after Super Friends on the ABC Network. ...

Fangface and Fangpuss ran from September 22, 1979 to September 27, 1980; it then became a separate series in 1981 and, like the original Fangface, ran for just one season. After this series, Fangface and company faded into obscurity until reruns began to air on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1978 in television, other events of 1979, 1980 in television, and the list of years in television. For the United States network television schedule, please see 1979-80 United States network television schedule. ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1980. ... The year 1981 in television involved some significant events. ... For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see Cartoon Network around the world. ... Boomerang is the name of at least four television networks. ...

Episodes

Season 1 (1978-79, Fangface)

1. A Heap of Trouble (September 9, 1978)
2. A Creep from the Deep (September 16, 1978)
3. The Shocking Creature Feature (September 23, 1978)
4. Eastward Ho to the UFO (September 30, 1978)
5. The Great Ape Escape (October 7, 1978)
6. Dinosaur Daze (October 14, 1978)
7. Don't Abra When You Cadabra (October 21, 1978)
8. Space Monster Mishap (October 28, 1978)
9. The Invisible Menace Mix-up (November 4, 1978)
10. The Cuckoo Carnival Calamity (November 11, 1978)
11. Begone, You Amazon (November 18, 1978)
12. Snow Job Jitters (November 25, 1978)
13. The Goofy Gargoyle Goof-Up (December 2, 1978)
14. A Toothy Shark is No Lark (December 9, 1978)
15. Where's the Wolf That's the Werewolf? (December 16, 1978)
16. Don't Get Mean with the Cobra Queen (December 23, 1978)

Season 2 (1979-80, Fangface and Fangpuss)

1. There is Nothing Worse Than a Stony Curse (September 22, 1979)
2. Evil Guider of the Giant Spider (September 29, 1979)
3. Dr. Lupiter and the Thing from Jupiter (October 6, 1979)
4. Who Do the Voodoo (October 13, 1979)
5. The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon (October 20, 1979)
6. A Scary Affair in the Skullman's Lair (October 27, 1979)
7. A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship (November 3, 1979)
8. The Ill-Will of Dr. Chill (November 10, 1979)
9. The Romantic Plot of the She-Wolf Robot (November 17, 1979)
10. The Sinister Plan of Lizard Man (November 24, 1979)
11. Royal Trouble with the King's Double (December 1, 1979)
12. The Stone-Cold Dragon of Gold (December 8, 1979)
13. The Evil Design of Vulture-Man's Mind (December 15, 1979)
14. The Defiant Casablanca Giant (December 22, 1979)
15. The Film Fiasco of Director Disastro (December 29, 1979)
16. A Goofy Bungle in the Filipino Jungle (January 5, 1980)

Voices

• Frank Welker - Fangs/Fangface, Baby Fangs/Fangpuss
• Susan Blu - Kim
• Bart Braverman - Puggsy
• Jerry Dexter - Biff

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Production credits

• Executive Producers: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
• Directed by: Rudy Larriva
• Produced by: Jerry Eisenberg
• Voices: Frank Welker, Bart Braverman, Susan Blu, John Stephenson, Allan Melvin, Michael Rye, Joan Gerber, Larry D. Mann, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Lewis Bailey, Ted Cassidy
• Animation: Jim Davis, Ken O'Brien, Daniel De La Vega, Bill Pratt, John Freeman, Virgil Raddatz, John Howley, Bill Reed, John Kimball, Mike Stribling, Frank Nakielski, Bonita Versh, Xenia
• Animation Supervision: Ed Solomon
• Assistant Animation Supervision: Bill Exter
• Written by: Norman Maurer, Mark Jones, Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser
• Edited by: Ron Fedele
• Music: Den Elliot
• Story Direction: Cullen Houghtaling, Gary Goldstein, Jan Green
• Character Design: Jerry Eisenberg
• Production Design: Lew Ott
• Layouts: Lin Larsen, Alex Ignatiev, Don Morgan, Jim Willoughby, Dave High, George Goode, Kirk Henderson, Phil Phillipson, Gordon Kent, Alan Huck, Gary Hoffman, Joel Seibel
• Background Styling: Eric Semones
• Background Painted by: Phil Lewis, Michelle Moen, Lorraine Andrina
• Color Key: Kit Harper
• Production Supervisor: Natalie Yates
• Xerox Supervision: Ralph Coffman
• Ink and Paint Supervision: Laura Craig
• Checking: Nikki Zelenka, My Bushman, Lisa Lydon, Steve Carr
• Musical Director: Dean Elliot
• Production Assistant: Jodi Berman
• Studio Manager: Jeff Cooke
• Unit Auditor: Henriette Pacile
• Stock: Sandy Benenati
• Supervising Film Editor: Ron Fedele
• Cel Service: Jerome Stocks, Jim Stocks
• Title Design: Bill Perez
• Titles: Robert Schaefer
• Camera: Take One
• Laboratory: C.F.I.
• Sound: Glen Glenn Sound
• © 1978 Ruby-Spears Productions, Inc.

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Merchandising and video releases

In 1979-80, merchandising for Fangface included a Parker Brothers board game, two storybooks (A Heap of Trouble and A Time Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship), 3-reel View-Master set, a 12-inch LP by Peter Pan Records, a Halloween costume and other toys. Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The Parker Brothers logo. ... View-Master reels from a German Karl May-movie. ... An LP Long playing (LP), either 10 or 12-inch diameter, 33 rpm (actually 33. ... Peter Pan Records was a manufacturer of childrens music located in Newark, NJ which existed from the 1950s to the 1970s. ...

In 1983, Worldvision Home Video released a videocassette of Fangface containing three episodes and a second videocassette (Fangface: Spooky Spoofs) containing two episodes was released in 1986; these cassettes are currently out of print, and Fangface has not been released on DVD. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... WorldVision Enterprises, Inc. ... The video cassette recorder (or VCR, less popularly video tape recorder) is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

A Fangface plush toy was also made.

Trivia

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• Puggsy and Fangs were modeled after Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall, respectively, of the Dead End Kids.

• Fangs/Fangface often used Joe E. Ross' trademark exclamation, "Ooh! Ooh!"

• The They Might Be Giants song "I've Got a Fang" was partly inspired by Fangface.

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External links

• Fangface at the Internet Movie Database
• Fangface and Fangpuss at the Internet Movie Database
• Fangface Fan Site
• Fangface at TV.com
• Fangface and Fangpuss at TV.com
• Fangface according to Wingnut
• Fangface @ The Big Cartoon DataBase
• Fangface (Fangface and Fangpuss) @ Toonarific Cartoons
• Retroland: Fangface
• TV Acres Werewolves: Fangface
• TV Themes: Bicudo, O Lobisomem (Portuguese)