- This article is about the TV series. For the series' title character, see Doug Funnie.
Doug (unofficially referred to as Nickelodeon's Doug only on this wiki) is an American animated sitcom that was created by Jim Jinkins and produced by Jumbo Pictures (alongside the France-based animation studio) for the Nickelodeon network, as the first of their successful line of Nicktoons.
Doug premiered on Nickelodeon on August 11, 1991 alongside the other two original Nicktoons Rugrats and Ren and Stimpy. New episodes aired until January 2, 1994 and in reruns until 2002.
From 1996 to 1999, the series was then produced by Disney for airing on ABC's One Saturday Morning block, which included a theatrical movie.
Plot
The series centers on 11 1/2-year-old 6th grader Doug Funnie, who had moved from Bloatsburg with his family to Bluffington. It deals with the life and imagination of titular character, grade-schooler and diarist Doug Funnie, his pet dog Porkchop, and good friends Skeeter Valentine and Patti Mayonnaise.
In the series premiere, Doug Funnie and his family (Phil, Theda and sister Judy), come to a new town called Bluffington after moving away from their former residence in Bloatsburg. There he meets his future best friends Skeeter Valentine and Patti Mayonnaise, town bully Roger Klotz and rich girl Beebe Bluff, and his new life in a new town begins.
Characters
- Main article: Category:Characters
- Main article: List of Characters
Episodes
- Main article: Episode Guide
The Nickelodeon series spanned four seasons with 13 episodes in each, for an initial total of 52 episodes. There were two, 12 minute segments per episode, save for full-length specials such as Doug Bags a Neematoad, Doug's Halloween Adventure, and Doug's Christmas Story.
In the Disney series, there were a total of three additional seasons and all 65 episodes were full-length, bringing the total for both shows to 7 seasons and 117 episodes.
Disney's Doug (1996–1999)
- Main article: Disney's Doug
In 1996, Disney ordered new episodes of Doug to be produced (renamed Brand Spanking New! Doug and then later Disney's Doug) which was in production from 1996 until 1999.
Where can we watch it?
On TV
Reruns of the Nickelodeon series continued until 2002 on the channel it originated from; it was shifted to the Nicktoons Network from 2002 to 2005. In the late 2000s, Nickelodeon's Doug airs reruns on MTV Tr3́s affiliates KBEH and KMOH-TV (as a E/I program) in the United States. Internationally, the show was aired on YTV in Canada and Nicktoonsters in the UK. In 2020, the show can be found in TeenNick's NickSplat block and removed in 2021.
On home media
- Main article: Doug videography
Throughout the 1990s, Sony Wonder and Nickelodeon Home Video distributed Doug videotapes. These tapes are nowadays quite hard to find.
Nickelodeon's Doug was released on DVD for Seasons 1 and 2 in 2008 and for Seasons 3 and 4 in 2009, and is currently available on digital platforms like iTunes.
There are currently no plans to release the show on Blu-Ray.
As of 2022, the entire series is now streaming on Paramount+.
| VHS and DVD name | Release date | Discs | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| How Did I Get Into this Mess? | August 31, 1993 | 0 | 3 Segments and 2 music videos |
| Patti, You're the Mayonnaise for Me | August 31, 1993 | 0 | 3 Segments and 2 music videos |
| Doug – Christmas Story | August 30, 1994 | 0 | 2 (Paramount version only, Sony contains 1 segment.) |
| Doug's Birthday Blues | July 15, 1997 | 0 | 2 |
| Slam Dunk Doug | July 15, 1997 | 0 | 2 |
| The Vampire Caper | August 26, 1997 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug's Secret Christmas | October 7, 1997 | 0 | 2 |
| Season 1 (1991) | August 29, 2008 | 3 | 13 |
| Season 2 (1992) | August 29, 2008 | 3 | 13 |
| Season 3 (1993) | December 8, 2009 | 3 | 13 |
| The Best of Season 4 (1993–94) | December 22, 2009 | 3 | 12 |
| Doug: The Complete Nickelodeon Series | June 26, 2014 | 6 | 52 |
| Doug: The Complete Disney Series | TBA 2026 | 5 | 65 |
Pop culture references to the series
- Robot Chicken has a episode in season 3.