All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series is an American animated sitcom, which aired from 1996 to 1998 in syndication and on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999 with 40 half-hour episodes produced in total. Don Bluth's 1989 animated feature All Dogs Go to Heaven featured a disreputable mongrel (with a mixture of a German Shepherd) named Charlie who died, went to heaven, escaped back to Earth for vengeance on his murderer and then found redemption with the help of a young orphan girl named Anne-Marie. It spawned a 1996 sequel, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2. The series takes place after the second film.
Most of the voice actors from the films reprised their roles in the series, including Dom DeLuise, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bebe Neuwirth, Sheena Easton and Adam Wylie. Steven Weber provided the speaking and singing voices of Charlie B. Barkin, who was voiced in the films by Burt Reynolds and Charlie Sheen (and singing voice provided in the second film by Jesse Corti). A direct-to-video Christmas special An All Dogs Christmas Carol serves as the finale.
Plot Following the events of All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, Charlie and Itchy reside in San Francisco as guardian angels. In each episode, Annabelle assigns them a task, and while they always try to do the right thing, they consistently get stuck in awkward situations. Charlie's duplicitous enemy Carface and his sidekick, Killer – returning from the first film – also appear, as did Charlie's friends: the Irish Setter Sasha; the whippet angel Annabelle, and the human boy David. The series also introduces three new characters: Bess, an award-winning, purebred show dog and Itchy's romantic interest; Lance, a by-the-book Doberman Pinscher, whom Charlie is jealous of for his heroic acts; and Belladonna, Annabelle's demonic cousin.
Voice cast Steven Weber as Charles "Charlie" B. Barkin Dom DeLuise as Itchiford "Itchy Itchiford" Dachshund Bebe Neuwirth as Annabelle / Belladonna Sheena Easton as Sasha la Fleur Adam Wylie as David Ernest Borgnine as Carface Caruthers Charles Nelson Reilly as Killer Carlos Alazraqui as Otto Tress MacNeille as Winifred Bessamay "Bess" de Winkerville / Gerta Kevin Michael Richardson as Manfred Mark Benninghofen as Lance the Wonder Pup Jess Harnell and Steve Mackall as The Blueshounds April Winchell as Tiffany
Episodes Series overview
Season 1 (1996–97)
Season 2 (1997–98)
Season 3 (1998)
Music Mark Watters wrote the show's score. Some episodes feature a song, which was more frequent in the first two seasons, and season 3 only has one. "The Perfect Dog" and "Take the Easy Way Out" earned the series two Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Original Song.
Title Composer Lyricist Performer(s) Episode "A Little Heaven" (theme song) Mark Watters Lorraine Feather Gene MillerClydene Jackson-EdwardsCarmen Twillie All episodes "Casanova" Ernest Borgnine "The Doggone Truth" "By the Book" Ray Colcord Mark BenninghofenSteven Weber "Lance, the Wonder Pup" "It's Gotta Come from the Heart" Michael SilversherPatty Silversher Michael SilversherPatty Silversher Steven Weber "Cyrano de Barkinac" "Everything a Girl Wants" Sheena Easton "Mission Im-paws-ible" "Itchin' and a-Twitchin" Tom Scott Lorraine Feather Steven WeberDom DeLuise "Dog Eat Dog" "The Perfect Dog" Michael SilversherPatty Silversher Michael SilversherPatty Silversher Sheena EastonSteven WeberDom DeLuise "The Perfect Dog" "Take the Easy Way Out" Richard KaufmanScooter Pietsch Lorraine Feather Bebe NeuwirthAndrea L. Robinson "La Doggie Vita" "Party on a UFO" Kevin QuinnRandy Petersen Kevin QuinnRandy Petersen Jess HarnellSteve MackallSteven WeberKevin QuinnRandy Petersen "The Rexx Files" "Sidekicks" Megan Cavallari David Goldsmith Dom DeLuiseCharles Nelson Reilly "Sidekicked" "Be Your Own Dog" Scooter Pietsch Lorraine Feather Sheena EastonAndrea L. RobinsonMaxi AndersonCarmen Twillie "The Big Fetch" "Why Not Be Happy Now?" Mark Watters Sheena EastonCarlos AlazraquiSheryl BernsteinJohn Forsythe "He Barked, She Barked"
Home media In the 1990s, several VHS compilations were released, each with two episodes. In 2006, two volumes were released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, each containing four episodes. The entire series is available for digital download on iTunes. In Spring 2011, the entire series became available on YouTube through MGM Digital Media.
In December 2013, TGG Direct released All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series - Complete Series on region 1 DVD. The 7-disc set features all 40 episodes, alongside An All Dogs Christmas Carol.All Dogs Go to Heaven: Complete Season OneAll Dogs Go to Heaven: Complete Season TwoAll Dogs Go to Heaven: Complete Season ThreeAll Dogs Go To Heaven: The Complete Series
See also List of films about angels
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