Bow-Wow Buccaneers

Bow-Wow Buccaneers
Network	Cartoon Network
Premiere date	March 17, 1996
Run time	7:35
Starring	Mike Milo Nick Jameson Frank Welker Gregg Berger
Music composed by	Guy Moon
Writer(s)	Mike Milo Harry McLaughlin
Storyboard artist(s)	Mike Milo
Director(s)	Mike Milo
Voice director(s)	Kris Zimmerman
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"Bow-Wow Buccaneers" is the twenty-ninth episode of What a Cartoon! It aired on March 17, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by the creators, Mike Milo and Harry McLaughlin, directed by Milo, and voice directed by Kris Zimmerman. It was a failed backdoor pilot for a full-length Bloo's Gang series.

Tired of being just man's best friend, Bloo takes his fellow dogs out for a night on the town like pirates.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bloo	Mike Milo
Scully	Mike Milo
Simon	Nick Jameson
Bloo's owner	Frank Welker
Stinky	Nick Jameson
Truck driver	Nick Jameson
Cat #2	Nick Jameson
Cat #3	Gregg Berger
Elmo	Nick Jameson
Stinky and Elmo's mother

Organizations

• Ancient A's
• Codgers

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Park
    • Bloo's owner's residence
    • Beef stew plant factory
• The Moon

Objects

• Cart
• Bones treasure chest

Vehicles

• Meat truck
• Bus

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music

The What a Cartoon! theme song was performed by Gary Lionelli. The episode's main music was composed by Guy Moon. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

• Supervising producer: Davis Doi
• Production supervisor: Victoria McCollum
• Overseas animation director: Chris Cuddington
• Production layout artists: Mike Milo, Gary Moon
• Prop and model designer: Jim Stenstrum
• Clean up artists: Barbara Krueger, Dana Jo Granger
• Background designers: Harry McLaughlin, Drew Gentle
• Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
• Talent coordinators: Collette Sunderman, Cindi Lyn Peltier
• Supervising sound engineer: Ed Collins
• Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
• Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
• Background artists: B.G. Callahan, Jonathan Goley
• Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley, Catherine Parotino, Richard Wilson
• Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
• Color stylist: Karen Greslie
• Final checker: Nelda Ridley
• Ink and paint artists: Carmen Brooks, Lori Hanson, Christine Kingsland
• Graphics artist: Iraj Paran
• Camera operator: Dan Larson
• Executive in charge of post-production: John Forrest Niss
• Animation checker: Beth Goodwin
• Track readers: Jim Hearn, Kay Douglas, Jim Hearn, Carol Iverson, Kerry Iverson
• Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
• Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
• Audio services: 21st Century Sound Design Corp
• Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
• Video services: Modern Videofilm
• Pre-production manager: Debby Hindman
• International production coordinator: Brooke Williams
• Production assistants: Sandy Benenati, Linda Moore, Jeffrey Collins
• Production liaison: Heather Kenyon
• Executive in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca
• Development executive: Dan Smith
• Produced in association with: FIL-Cartoons
• Senior Vice President of Production: Sherry Gunther

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 17, 1996 on Cartoon Network
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• Two cats are credited as being the first and second to talk, but technically they would be second and third, since Stinky the cat already appeared before that.

Legacy

Even though Bloo's Gang was cancelled after the pilot, a second short called "The Skies of Bloo" was in the storyboard phase.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢