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Genre | Adventure |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 41 (103 segments) |
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Release | November 8, 1980 – September 1, 1984 |
Richie Rich is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and was broadcast on ABC from November 8, 1980, to September 1, 1984, based upon the Harvey Comics character of the same name. [1] The series shared time slots with Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo , The Little Rascals , Pac-Man and Monchhichis over its original four-year broadcast run. [2] 13 half-hours were produced, split into segments of 12, 7 and 4 minutes. [3]
Many of the titles of segments were never revealed on air, but the titles were used in comic book issues then recently published at the time of production.
In 1988, the series was re-broadcast as part of the weekend/weekday programming block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera . [3]
The series was also the voice acting debut for Nancy Cartwright who has since become better known as the voice of Bart Simpson.
This show details the various adventures of Richie Rich, his family, and his friends.
Richie Rich's adventures are sorted into different segments:
The animated series took a number of liberties from the original comics:
Richie Rich was originally broadcast in these following formats on ABC:
It later aired on CBS as reruns from January 11 to August 30, 1986, and then again from November 15 to December 27 the same year.
# | Title/Plot | Airdate |
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1 |
| November 8, 1980 |
2 |
| November 15, 1980 |
3 |
| November 22, 1980 |
4 |
| November 29, 1980 |
5 |
| December 6, 1980 |
6 |
| December 13, 1980 |
7 |
| December 20, 1980 |
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| December 27, 1980 |
9 |
| January 3, 1981 |
10 |
| January 10, 1981 |
11 |
| January 17, 1981 |
12 |
| January 24, 1981 |
13 |
| January 31, 1981 |
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14 |
| September 19, 1981 |
15 |
| September 26, 1981 |
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| October 3, 1981 |
17 |
| October 10, 1981 |
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| October 17, 1981 |
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| October 24, 1981 |
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| October 31, 1981 |
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| November 7, 1981 |
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22 |
| September 25, 1982 |
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24 |
| October 2, 1982 |
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| October 9, 1982 |
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28 |
| October 16, 1982 |
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| October 23, 1982 |
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| October 30, 1982 |
33 |
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| November 6, 1982 |
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| November 13, 1982 |
37 |
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38 |
| September 17, 1983 |
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| September 24, 1983 |
40 |
| October 1, 1983 |
41 |
| October 8, 1983 |
42 |
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The voice cast included: [4]
On May 20, 2008, Warner Home Video released The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1.
DVD name | No. of episodes | Release date |
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The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1 | 7 | May 20, 2008 October 3, 2017 (re-release) |
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