"Nightmare on Pound Street" is a Halloween-themed episode of the Hub Network animated series Pound Puppies, originally aired as the second episode of the show's first season.
Synopsis[]
It's Halloween day and Olaf is decorating the pound, while Cookie and Squirt think the holiday is silly, Lucky and Strudel explain that it's all just for fun, it's the one night of the year where scary things like vampires and spiders are considered lovable. The Mayor arrives at the pound and tells McLeish that he is throwing a big Halloween party at his mansion, and he needs him to take his bratty kids Seymour and Tabitha trick-or-treating. Just then, Lucky and the gang get an alert that Bingo from Shelter 55 is waiting in the alley behind their pound, and they go to meet with him. Bingo gives them a puppy to place named Freddie, whose been having trouble finding a home. Once Bingo leaves. the pups discover that Freddie is a friendly but creepy-looking puppy who is oblivious of his looks. Meanwhile, McLeish tells Olaf that he's dreading the idea of talking his niece and nephew trick-or-treating, but them realizes that if he can give them a really fun night, then the Mayor will let him attend his Halloween party. Niblet and Strudel listen in on the conversation, and run upstairs to tell the other pups about it, but before they can mention it, the Mayor drops his kids off at the pound and McLeish greets them dressed as a vampire in his "fright-mobile" (a decorated golf-cart). As they leave, Lucky gets an idea on how to get Freddie adopted, they are going to take Freddie trick-or-treating.
Downstairs, the pups try on some costumes from a box that Squirt got from McLeish's office. Lucky explains that since Halloween is the one night of the year where humans find "creepy" lovable, then Lucky, Cookie, and Niblet will take Freddie out door to door, and one of the families is bound to find Freddie lovable and adopt him, while Strudel and Squirt stay at the pound and distract Olaf with decoy dogs. To pass themselves off as humans in costumes, they will have stand up and walk on their back legs, a feat which is no problem for Niblet, as he used to be in a performing dog group, but proves to be harder for Lucky and Cookie. Out in the neighborhood, Seymour and Tabitha are not enjoying their time out with McLeish, and constantly act like brats. Meanwhile, Lucky, Cookie, and Niblet are having a hard time find any family that wants to adopt Freddie, as every time humans see his face, they get scared or faint. Finally, Freddie overhears Niblet say that it's because he is creepy looking. Devastated, he runs off, and Lucky, Cookie, Niblet try to find him.
While this is going on, McLeish has finally had enough of Seymour and Tabitha's bratty behavior, and tells them off. Upset, they run off crying. Freddie sneaks into a cab and ends up at their father's mansion, where Seymour and Tabitha also end up. Afraid they they might have told the Mayor what happened, he runs into the mansion. Lucky. Cookie, and Niblet enter the mansion as well to look for Freddie, while the mayor's kids take revenge on their uncle McLeish by chasing him and eventually trap him in the backyard, but they then become sad, because they realize what their uncle said was true, they really are brats, and them mope that no one will ever like them. Freddie overhears this, and goes over them to cheer them up. Seymour and Tabitha enjoy Freddie's antics, and ask their father if they can keep him, he agrees, and congratulates McLeish on giving his kids a dog to make them happy. Cookie and Lucky see this, and Cookie congratulates Lucky on another job well done. Meanwhile. Niblet hangs out with the other party guests who assume that he is a fun-loving human, despite his barking.
Availability[]
The episode was made available on the Pound Puppies: Halloween at Shelter 17 DVD, released by Shout! Factory on August 30, 2016.
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Eric McCormack | Lucky |
| Rene Auberjonois | Leonard McLeish |
| Yvette Nicole Brown | Cookie |
| John DiMaggio | Niblet Fat Skeleton Dad Asian Warrior Blue shirt dad |
| Michael Rapaport | Squirt |
| Alanna Ubach | Strudel |
| M. Emmet Walsh | Olaf |
| Pamela Adlon | Seymour |
| Dabney Coleman | Mayor |
| Rachel Crane | Tabitha |
| Tress MacNeille | City Council Woman Lorretta |
| Charles Shaughnessy | Bingo |
| Justin Shenkarow | Freddie |